Line 6 M13 Stompbox Modeler
The soul of a pedal, the power of a rack.
The Line 6 M13 Stompbox Modeler has the soul of a multi effect pedal and the power of a rack. It boasts a complete collection of the immortal stompbox effects, stompbox simplicity, rock-solid construction... read more
Line 6 M13 Stompbox Modeler
In this picture, you can see that Johnny Marr uses a Line 6 M13 Stompbox Modeler in his studio (to his left). more
It is a video of Chris Shiflett talking about his signature telecaster deluxe from Fender's official youtube channel. The Line 6 M13 was ... more
Paisley uses the Line 6 M13 Stompbox Modeler, “for some pitch effects and some really long delays where I’ll double delays up on a couple... more
In this video around 2:30, Teppei on using the Line 6 M13: “I pretty much only use maybe some reverb and delay here and there. Possibly... more
Reviews
Trusted musician and artist reviews for Line 6 M13 Stompbox Modeler
Based on 11 Reviews
Not as good as M9, great option for avoid other pedals
Used to have it, You can have 4 stompboxes at the same time with 3 different pedals per stompbox. The bad thing is too big and heavy. I prefer M9. Check my review of M9, the effects are the same.
A Versatile Tone Monster
This is one of the very few Line 6 products that I love. Possessing the capabilities of 100+ effects and a floorboard-like arrangement, it is incredibly easy to use for any guitarist at all familiar with pedals. Its best sounds are its reverbs and delays, as they accurately emulate the units they model. I'm not as familiar with the filters and mods to know how accurate they are, but they sound good to my ears. The one sort of letdown are the drives. They don't sound as organic as their real-world counterparts, as they lack warmth and complexity; however, they aren't terrible and I use them with confidence, even if they don't stand up to personal scrutiny.
Effects all in one
Instead of buying a dozen different pedals, I opted to get the Line6 Stompbox Modeler. It has good distortion, delay, reverb, among many other effects, and a couple different effect settings to boost your signal before it hits your amplifier. I added an expression pedal in order to mold the speed of my delay on the fly.
Great!
Great sounds, specially the modulations and delays. The distortions could sound better, but they're ok...
Praticidade!
Excelente multiefeitos. Me fez deixar um pouco de lados os pedais individuais.
Irreplaceable
This is the workhorse of my rig. I use this for all of my mods and delays, as well as boost. The looper comes into play every now and then.
Bellsls & Whistles
The samples in this board are pretty good. I can't get the sound out of the tube screamer that I get from my Ibanez. I like the spring reverb - very Fender-like. It has a very deep reverb that I enjoy pairing with my Les Paul to get that classic Fleetwood Mac Echo often used by Danny Kirwin and Bob Welch, the kind you hear on Future Games and Show Me A Smile. There are a lot of samples to choose from for those who love many different effects.
Replace Almost All Your Pedals
A more versatile board I cannot imagine. The amount of effects this thing emulates is staggering. And by emulating, I mean virtually exact copies. A/B'd several of the stomp models with the real thing and cannot tell the difference. This is the ultimate all in one pedal board. I don't know how much all these effects would cost individually but I know I don't have that kind of money.
Wonderful piece of kit
The M13 presents a breadth and depth of sounds and opportunities to combine them that is frankly mindblowing. It's been a trusty and reliable steed for many years. However, I currently use it in combination with a BOSS ME-50 and a Line 6 Spider Valve 212 (which I use to switch between clean, crunch and distorted settings with and FBV Shortboard), and to simplify switching and set-up times, I'm planning to retire all three of those, in favour of a GT-100. As per my review for that item though, the GT-100 seems incapable of replicating some of the filter and synth effects that I rely on in the M13, so it may have to stay in the rig until a software update is released for the GT-100.