Valeton GP-5

This is the MVP of this year but no one seems aware of the potential of it yet.
Listen, either you don't have the budget for bigger units or you like cheap and good stuff. For both, you're in the correct spot.
Are you aware of this thing can play NAM profiles for 80 euros?
Do you know what it means?
It means you're not only getting a bluetooth pedal with amp models, you're buying the freakin player. The world is yours now, go crazy, go find every expensive unit's neural model and play it for free.
Get a 30€ wireless midi footswitch, the chococolate one and you have a 5 switch unit and the best part is, this pedal can be powered by the footswitch and if you throw a small powerbank to the chocolate footswitch, it can also power the valeton as well and voila...You have a wireless/powerless setup. Go further and buy the harley benton wireless guitar jack and a small expression pedal and for 200€ you have an endless options / wireless / power cord free / versatile as f. setup.
tonex my.....ss.

OK, I hadn't paid much attention to this pedal because I'm a dinosaur who doesn't know what neural modelling or IR loading is. Then I saw the Glenn Fricker review and was impressed. So I scrounged together not so many dollars and bought it.

OMG girlfriend! Straight out of the box using only the Valeton app and the pre-loaded patches, and I have a complete guitar rig of amps, cabs and pedals. In fact many guitar rigs, I would even say I have a plethora of guitar rigs, if I knew what a plethora was.

If there is a problem with the GP5 it lies in the extremely small form factor. I've got to invest another fistful of dollars for a midi controller to expand the functionality of the unit. I think I want a FRFR amp to maximise the sonic properties of the pedal. Well, I've never had a problem spending money on guitars and accessories in the past so I'm certain I'll overcome those two slight issues.

My conclusion: if you haven't already bought this pedal your life is worthless. Your children will not respect you; your wife will have an affair; and your cat will defecate on your favourite shirt. Your community will shun you and no house of worship will offer you shelter. You must rehabilitate yourself before it is too late for your own sake, I'm begging you.

The GP-5 is quite incredible. To think that say 10 years ago you'd have to pay $4000 for amp modeler and now less than a $100? We are truly living in a golden time for guitarists. The GP-5 factory settings are not great and almost seem to have been set up by a work experience kid? The volumes etc are all over the place? But if you spend the time to create your own tones it is superb. If you were really organized, you could play a gig with this pedal replacing most of your board and amp. Also perfect for the home recordist. Apart from the fact it has practise drum loops and a very good tuner you'd be crazy not to buy one just because!

Didn't know what to think when I read about this pedal, so cheap, but yet so much technology packed in a very small pedal.
After receiving my GP-5, I took it at rehearsel one day, sounded great right out of the box, many very usefull sounds are already programmed, did some tweaking after the rehearsel to make the sound a bit my own, now it's always in my roadcase as a possible backup, if something would go wrong with my main live rig, but I also use it for small practice sessions and at band rehearsels, sounds really great, a for that price It just can't be beat, I like it big time...

In theory this item looks like an ideal backup solution or quick studio toy. The form factor is really appealing - you could definitely use this in a variety of roles.
But one thing I found disappointing is the basic and the most important one: amp sounds. Most overdriven or high gain amps sound similar, and harsh. Addition of overdrive pedal in front of the amp most definitely does not behave as a real world tube screamer (for example) would behave. And the worst flaw of them all: it is not possible to use any high(er) gain sounds without the noise gate, and the noise gate creates awful digital artifacts and does not feel as an amp at all. This is a disqualifying factor for me.