GT-001 vs Amplifi FX100

[mkaylor]

I'm not a gigging musician.  I play by myself at home, at night, and at low volumes to keep the wife happy since I'm a fairly novice-intermediate player.

Currently I have a Focusrite 18i20 for I/O and I'm feeding a Onkyo with some nice speakers and I have another output feeding a VOX guitar amp.  But in actuality I use headphones a lot to keep the wife off my a$$.  I have several regular guitars but my favorite is my Variax JTV-69.  I currently have the Pod HD500X.  I find it, while not too difficult, it's just way overkill.  I'd like something simpler.  I'd like a lot of sounds (functionality), but I don't want to spend half the night looking for a tone in 1000 different settings.  Foot control is really a non-issue to me. 

I like the Amplifi idea of getting the sounds from the song database and it looks easy to operate.  That seems more appealing than searching through a million presets to find the one you're looking for.  But it does store a couple hundred in case the internet blows up.

The GT-001 looks a little harder to operate but does look like a much better unit since it's USB works and could jack right into Logic Studio without the need for the 18i20. I also feel there's more support for patches.  But I guess once again, you would be wading though to find the one you want.

I must be getting old!  It used to be all about the number of knobs and features.  Now it's about ease of use.  Please help me make some kind of decision.  I would love to hear your ideas on my delima.

Mike