Tech 21 Flyrigs: Anyone use them as their grab and go gear?

[nightlight]

I find the Tech 21 Flyrigs to be really useful devices. You get a clean channel, a distorted channel and features like switchable boost, delay and reverb.

The thing is pretty small too, but has independent controls for the two channels as well as the delay and reverb.

You can also use its output for headphones if you want to practice silently.

The sound isn't too shabby as well. And it's handy in the studio as well, if you go by the story that Paul Landers used one on at least one Rammstein album.

This is a video demo I did of the one I own today. Just the Feuer (fire) channel directly into my interface. I did use the cab from one of the Neural DSP Nolly plugins because I didn't have an XLR cable with me.



Definitely worthwhile as a backup rig, imho

 

[newholland]

not entirely- but i have used a Leeds pedal as a bombproof front end into whatever-the-hell. its tweaky and you breathe on the knobs to adjust them- but if its that or nothing, its a great fixer. works equally well direct into a HOF with a room delay direct into an interface as it does in the front side of a guitar amp, into the loop, or even into a pa or pa amp. theyre solid gear and well beyond emergencies. id still rather use an amp- but good tools are good!

 

[Frankencat]

I have tried these but they don’t work for me tone wise. The Boss GX-10 is the perfect fly rig for my needs.

 

[GuitarBilly74]

We use the bass version in our band, straight into the PA so we don't have to carry a full bass rig. It sounds great.
I've tried the guitar version and it's ok but it does need some external EQ and/or an IR. I've had much better luck with the Friedman IR-D for guitar.

 

[dronerstone]

I dunno, Tech 21 are a nice company, but their Fly Rigs seem limited.

If I needed a single-piece grab'n'go board, I'd get a HX Stomp XL and an expression pedal, and call it a day.

Yeah, digital AND lots of tweaking, but that's fine by me. Does everything you want and then some, at a more than reasonable price point.

 

[nightlight]

Just found out mine has the signature and a drawing by Paul Landers at the bottom. Interesting.

 

[paisleywookiee]

We use the bass version in our band, straight into the PA so we don't have to carry a full bass rig. It sounds great.
I've tried the guitar version and it's ok but it does need some external EQ and/or an IR. I've had much better luck with the Friedman IR-D for guitar.

I think Tech21’s bass stuff in general works better than the guitar stuff. The Steve Harris and Dug pedals are killer, as are the bajillion Geddy Lee preamps they make.