GE 200 : Absolutely worth it for live usage

Very sturdy unit, would highly recommend.

The positives:

- Very good build quality

- Easy to navigate the menus and understand how to tweak whatever can be tweaked

- It's perfect for playing live & plugging in the PA. You'll sound like a guitar, you'll fit in the "mix" perfectly without carrying an amp/cab and artificially raising the volume in the room with an amp.

- It's reliable, I have been using this guy for the past 2-3 years on every rehearsal, stepping on it all the time.

- In your mobility, reliability, ease of use, reproducibility of sound it's a huge upgrade over traditional amps for a fraction of the price.

The negatives:

- Small amount of writeable patches (I think 50 in total), the rest are hard-coded presets. Limiting if you are playing multiple sets. The default patches should be overwritable.

- For each patch 1 element of the effect chain can be toggled by a footswitch. Works in most cases (switching between rhythm and lead), but can be limiting for more complex songs.

- Not amazing if you want to DI record with it (but not impossible).

- No on/off switch, has to be unplugged if you want to unpower it.

- PC software is janky AF.