singular pedals or multi effects pedal?
Hello! I'm not a musician but my boyfriend is.
I need help to figure out what to give him for our upcoming anniversary next month. My budget is 2,000 to 4,000 PHP.
He's relatively new to owning an e-guitar, and he got his just this January. Despite being just recently owning an e-guitar he's actually quite skilled in playing as he would just borrow from his friends or other people whenever he played the e-guitar in gigs. With that, I feel like he also has 0 idea what else to buy for his guitar. It's probably also cause he's a really frugal guy and would think that if it works right now then it's fine for now. And I know him. He's the type of guy to jump from genre to genre (and right now he wants to try shoegaze) but an eguitar and an amplifier could only do so much...
We talked about the pedals before and he told me that he really wants to get a chorus, reverb, delay, and distort pedals.
But from what I've seen is that each costs 500 to 700 each, and of course the expense doesn't end at just the pedals. I want to give him something complete that he'd just plug and play so I'll also be considering the power supply, cables, and etc.
(IDK what else is there to buy, my research is limited and i don't understand a lot of what i search...)
Then I heard of a multi-effects pedal, I haven't done much research about it (IDK if it needs the other equipment like singular pedals do) but it looks like an easier and cheaper way rather than buying the 4 singular pedals and its other equipment... I did ask my boyfriend about it if he knows how to use one and he doesn't know how to daw so I'm very lost....
So now these are my general inquiry:
- Should I buy the 4 singular pedals (from Do-Re-Mi music shop in Shopee) and the other equipment?
- What does a multi-effects pedal do and how does it work? Does it need other equipment other than itself?
- If ever a multi effects-pedal is more budget friendly and easy to use than my other option, what multi-effects pedal would you recommend that is within my budget? (I've only heard of MVAVE)
Any response is okay and appreciated! Any other advice is appreciated as well. Thank you!