Quick Music Fact...New Effects Pedal...Make it Simple

Here's a Quick Music Fact...when you have purchased a new "toy",say an effects pedal board,make it simple and easier on yourself.Select a patch that is close to what you are wanting to create and simply alter it to your liking.Then once you have learned how to get around on the pedal,start a patch from 'scratch" and build it.
I recently purchased the Boss GT-10 pedal effects and will be doing a review/post on my discoveries,likes and dislikes of it.