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• TimmyO Frets: 7990

  May 2022

  Looks neat

  Red ones are better.

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• Kebabkid Frets: 3395

  May 2022

  This might just be what I need, replacing 2 X TC Flashbacks and a Zoom MS-70 CDR and it has cab sims to be a DI rig and looks simple.

  With the X5 at £400, it'll be interesting to see at what price point this comes in.

  This has just come in and I like this guy's reviews/demos
  

  Feedback - http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57885/
  

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• english_bob Frets: 5295

  May 2022 edited May 2022

  Interesting. I like that it's small but doesn't seem to lose any of the functionality of the big box (except that yer man below says it can only do three effects at once, not five).

  I want to see the back panel though. If it hasn't got MIDI and a send/return loop I'm going to rapidly lose interest.

  Just starting on this other video:

  

  Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.

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  TC ELECTRONIC PLETHORA X3 QUICK START MANUAL Pdf DownloadTC Electronic | Product | PLETHORA X3TC Electronic Plethora X3 favorable buying at our shopTC Electronic Plethora X3 review

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• Kebabkid Frets: 3395

  May 2022

  english_bob said:

  Interesting. I like that it's small but doesn't seem to lose any of the functionality of the big box (except that yer man below says it can only do three effects at once, not five).

  I want to see the back panel though. If it hasn't got MIDI and a send/return loop I'm going to rapidly lose interest.

  Just starting on this other video:

  

  Good point on the FX loop but not fussed about the MIDI

  Feedback - http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57885/
  

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• english_bob Frets: 5295

  May 2022

  Product page and manual.

  https://www.tcelectronic.com/product.html?modelCode=P0EB4

  Has MIDI in/out/thru, so that's good. Stereo in/out but loses the insert loop from the X5 so everything in the box has to be in the same place in your effects chain.

  I've got my eye on something like this to replace a pair of Line 6 M5s that currently provide a bunch of effects I don't want / can't afford / can't fit a dedicated pedal on my board for, but the ability to put the two units in the signal chain at different points is crucial. Looks like I'll keep saving.

  Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.

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• robinbowes Frets: 3114

  May 2022

  @english_bob I'm selling an X5, if you're interested:https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/227243/fs-tc-electronic-plethora-x5
  

  Good quality cables available here

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  Monte Allums TR-2 Plus mod kit

  Trading feedback:http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60602/

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• EricTheWeary Frets: 16622

  May 2022

  Lost the FX loop and the expression socket. I’d much rather be able to use an expression pedal in this than have MIDI. Although has the MASH function I guess.

  Tipton is a small fishing village in the borough of Sandwell.

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• EricTheWeary Frets: 16622

  May 2022

  £297 inc VAT at thomann.

  Tipton is a small fishing village in the borough of Sandwell.

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• english_bob Frets: 5295

  May 2022

  robinbowes said:

  @english_bob I'm selling an X5, if you're interested:https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/227243/fs-tc-electronic-plethora-x5
  

  I don't really know what I want at the moment. Can't even remember the last time I plugged in a guitar. My big pedalboard is like a slightly cooler version of a train set in the attic right now.

  Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.

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  The Big Review: TC Electronic Plethora X3 – is this a new ‘third way’ for multi-effects?

• robmac5150 Frets: 187

  May 2022

  Looks good. If it did Aux in and Headphones I'd have bought it for home

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• Kebabkid Frets: 3395

  May 2022 edited May 2022

  Thanks @EricTheWeary for the price. Mmm, that's there with a used HX Stomp which is more powerful and would allow for all this and much more whilst occupying the same small footprint
  
  Shame about the insert loop and signal chain as I would like to utilise the Compressor, Pitch Effects and Phaser, which like many, I prefer first in the chain, before my overdrives and with the modulation and delay after those.

  Feedback - http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57885/
  

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• merlin Frets: 6906

  May 2022

  For me even GAS doesn't stretch to this. Curiosity to try one out, but I sense disappointment so I'll pass.

  feedback here

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• welshboyo Frets: 1831

  May 2022

  Kebabkid said:

  This might just be what I need, replacing 2 X TC Flashbacks and a Zoom MS-70 CDR and it has cab sims to be a DI rig and looks simple.

  With the X5 at £400, it'll be interesting to see at what price point this comes in.

  This has just come in and I like this guy's reviews/demos
  

  That's 2 of us interested then!!

  I've been looking at building a 4CM board for the EVH and this could be exactly what I was looking for.

  Trading Feedback Here -http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57820/

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• english_bob Frets: 5295

  May 2022

  Kebabkid said:

  Shame about the insert loop and signal chain as I would like to utilise the Compressor, Pitch Effects and Phaser which I prefer first in the chain before my overdrives.

  That's vital IMO if you're trying to sell a multi-fx to integrate with a pedalboard.

  I think most of us would be happy to sacrifice stereo for a mono I/O and insert loop (or a way to switch between the two) if the firmware will allow it.

  Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.

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• EricTheWeary Frets: 16622

  May 2022

  £289 in stock at Andertons if anyone wants to be an early adopter.

  Tipton is a small fishing village in the borough of Sandwell.

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• paulnb57 Frets: 3200

  May 2022

  I have an x5 and really like it, although it sits on top of my amp and goes into the fx loop, I dont use it to anywhere near its full potential, the x3 look like a good option for a small board

  Stranger from another planet welcome to our hole -Just strap on your guitar and we'll play some rock 'n' roll

  My trading feedback link; http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/59923/
  

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• Creed_Clicks Frets: 1497

  May 2022

  Looks interesting! HX Stomp might win out!

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• StefB Frets: 2521

  May 2022

  For those of us that still mount pedals to a timber board with chain links, and I realise I’m in a minority of one, I do hope TC use those usual neither imperial nor metric monkey metal screws with tiny Posidrive heads to attach the base plate.

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• handsomerik Frets: 1009

  May 2022 edited May 2022

  I would absolutely buy one of these but only if they update the firmware to let you use 2 of the stereo jacks as an insert loop for drive pedals.

  To have so many different effects available and have to choose whether to put them all either before the drives or after them makes it untenable for my needs.

  I love the look of it apart from that one issue.

  My Feedback thread:
  https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57776/handsomerik/p1

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• english_bob Frets: 5295

  May 2022

  handsomerik said:

  I would absolutely buy one of these but only if they update the firmware to let you use 2 of the stereo jacks as an insert loop for drive pedals.

  To have so many different effects available and have to choose whether to put them all either before the drives or after them makes it untenable for my needs.

  I love the look of it apart from that one issue.

  This. I get that making it smaller than the X5 means there wasn't room for a dedicated set of jacks for an insert loop, but I completely agree that an effects unit designed to provide more than one effect at a time, but that can't be used as a standalone multi-fx is hamstrung by being stuck in one place in the signal chain.

  How many guitarists really play in stereo anyway? I get that it's nice to have for studio recording (how many guitarists regularly do that either?) but the reality for most of us is mono.

  Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.

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