Seconded on the multi-effects thing. I picked up a Zoom one a while ago and had hours of fun pissing about with it.
Bought my youngest a Mooer multi-effects pedal for Christmas last year and that was great fun too - plenty of presets that sound like stuff you've heard, customisable, loop function, several drum pattern backing tracks, metronome, etc. For less than £100.
Seconded on the multi-effects thing. I picked up a Zoom one a while ago and had hours of fun pissing about with it.
Bought my youngest a Mooer multi-effects pedal for Christmas last year and that was great fun too - plenty of presets that sound like stuff you've heard, customisable, loop function, several drum pattern backing tracks, metronome, etc. For less than £100.