What is it?
You can’t unlock your phone, laptop, or tablet without coming across another multi-effects pedal these days. They’re the hot new product, combining amp modeler, effects pedal, and audio interface into one handy unit. With nearly every major manufacturer offering something in the space, it’s getting increasingly difficult for guitarists to choose the right one for their needs, and that isn’t about to change with the launch of the Blackstar ID:X Floor Three.Looking very similar to their, in my opinion, underrated Amped series of pedals, these new hardware units do away with the power amp section of the aforementioned pedal and focus on becoming the centrepoint of your rig. As modelling becomes indiscernible from the real deal, the ID:X Floor series seems like the natural evolution from the ID:X amps and Amped pedals, giving guitarists everything they need in a single unit.Today I’m reviewing the full-fat version of the series, but there’s also the Floor Two, which features three footswitches and an expression pedal, and the Floor One, which has no expression pedal and three footswitches. All of the versions feature the same sounds, but as you go up the range, you add flexibility with additional controls.
