I hear the 'complexity' comment often, and then I see these guys' pedal boards with multiple delays, multiple chorus pedals, multiple distortion/overdrive pedals, and they have to play a tap dance between songs in the sets.

I use ONE patch 90% of the time on my Zoom G5 and I spent way less than the cost of about 3 average priced pedals, plus it's a recording interface if I need to use it that way.

My audio cable count: 1 15' 1/4" from guitar to Zoom G5. I carry a 15' XLR but I rarely use it because I'm almost always plugging into the house PA. using their cabling, 1 15' stereo headphone extension cable to plug into the in-ear monitor system.

Other cables: 3' 1/4 TRS for the optional tap-tempo pedal for the G5 a short A/C extension cable and the wall-wart for the G5.

Total weight of the G5 and cables is about 10 pounds.

To me, it's way less complex than pedals, cables, and about 75-100 lbs of speakers/amps.

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