DigiTech 2112

I feel sorry for the poor slobs that left a bad review, My guess is the couldn't figure out how to use it. The 2112 is not a toy, if you expect this thing to make a Peavey back stage 40 sound good,buy a Rp50. I bought my 2112 in 1999, and you'll have to rip the 2112 out of my cold dead fingers. I run the 2112 into VHT 252 stereo tube amp into marshall 4/10 artist cabs (same sound as the 4/12 but smaller, lighter and still 30 watt celestion equiped of corse)I had a recent scare when the battery went dead and I lost my settings. I was frantic looking for something romotely equivalant to it. There isn't. The 2112 is not a plug and play preamp, it takes time and a few weeks of programing. It's the ultimate guitar preamp, no tech is needed back stage. With the solo feature no more worries about the sound man who just mist the first three mesures of your solo trying to pick up the chick at the back. No need for a second guitar player for harmony leads, tell the 2112 what key and what scale and now you can add a keyboard player. From Johny Cash to Pantera, the 2112 delivers the goods.
The 2112 is rugged, I had a overly exited fan get caught in the cabling and watch my 2212 fall off the marshall full stack. 8 years of touring and riding in the trailer from gig to gig. From burning hot summer temps to -20 blizzards in North Dakota my 2112, is still kickin hard and heavy (with the new battery and 5 hours reprograming my settings). So for those poor slobs that don't like the 2112, stick to your beringer preamp, crate amp and the garage your playing in or better yet go back to playing guitar hero!

Lynard Skynard, Eagles, 38 Special, Cars, Duran Duran, Boston, Cheap trick, Forigner,Pantera, Megadeth, Reo and everything in between the 2112 has not disapointed. it takes some effort but with the two types of distortion (real tube and solid that is blendable) I can sounds like Golden earing or Ozzy. (Zak or Randy)

Giong on Ten years with the 2112. It's a tank

Manual is downloadable if you lose it. Upgrade is easy to do yourself and Digitech will direct you to a qualified repair shop (The battery Scare lol) For a item that is, sadly, no longer in production, there a considerable information to be found

I think I will retire? well no I won't but I will have a hard time founding the same quality sound and features elsewere. My fellow band mates call it the brgde of the Starship Enterprise, but 30 years giging, from Marshall plexi and JCM 800 Peavey 5150 Ampeg? (you know the one that had the key lock), Laney with a Carvin Quad 4, Hughes & Ketner Duo-tone. I,ve owned and played threw a lot of great amps but I'm staying with the 2112 and VHT until they drop dead. Then maybe I'll get a bogner or another laney?

I feel sorry for the poor slobs that left a bad review, My guess is the couldn't figure out how to use it. The 2112 is not a toy, if you expect this thing to make a Peavey back stage 40 sound good,buy a Rp50. I bought my 2112 in 1999, and you'll have to rip the 2112 out of my cold dead fingers. I run the 2112 into VHT 252 stereo tube amp into marshall 4/10 artist cabs (same sound as the 4/12 but smaller, lighter and still 30 watt celestion equiped of corse)I had a recent scare when the battery went dead and I lost my settings. I was frantic looking for something romotely equivalant to it. There isn't. The 2112 is not a plug and play preamp, it takes time and a few weeks of programing. It's the ultimate guitar preamp, no tech is needed back stage. With the solo feature no more worries about the sound man who just mist the first three mesures of your solo trying to pick up the chick at the back. No need for a second guitar player for harmony leads, tell the 2112 what key and what scale and now you can add a keyboard player. From Johny Cash to Pantera, the 2112 delivers the goods.
The 2112 is rugged, I had a overly exited fan get caught in the cabling and watch my 2212 fall off the marshall full stack. 8 years of touring and riding in the trailer from gig to gig. From burning hot summer temps to -20 blizzards in North Dakota my 2112, is still kickin hard and heavy (with the new battery and 5 hours reprograming my settings). So for those poor slobs that don't like the 2112, stick to your beringer preamp, crate amp and the garage your playing in or better yet go back to playing guitar hero!

Lynard Skynard, Eagles, 38 Special, Cars, Duran Duran, Boston, Cheap trick, Forigner,Pantera, Megadeth, Reo and everything in between the 2112 has not disapointed. it takes some effort but with the two types of distortion (real tube and solid that is blendable) I can sounds like Golden earing or Ozzy. (Zak or Randy)

Giong on Ten years with the 2112. It's a tank

Manual is downloadable if you lose it. Upgrade is easy to do yourself and Digitech will direct you to a qualified repair shop (The battery Scare lol) For a item that is, sadly, no longer in production, there a considerable information to be found

I think I will retire? well no I won't but I will have a hard time founding the same quality sound and features elsewere. My fellow band mates call it the brgde of the Starship Enterprise, but 30 years giging, from Marshall plexi and JCM 800 Peavey 5150 Ampeg? (you know the one that had the key lock), Laney with a Carvin Quad 4, Hughes & Ketner Duo-tone. I,ve owned and played threw a lot of great amps but I'm staying with the 2112 and VHT until they drop dead. Then maybe I'll get a bogner or another laney?

Complicated if you are an idiot, but just like any other do it all machine, there is a learning curve-read the manual! I owned the 2101 before this and found it maybe harder to use but could make the 2101 do just what I wanted but not so much with this one.

As stated before, I owned the 2101 when it first came out and thought it was great but not perfect. I was able to do some really cool channel switching with it. I Did the "quit playing thing for a few years" then got back into it. My second time around I went the all tube head route, Marshall(some of the best ones), Laney, Peavey, etc. I also used a Marshall JMP-1 and even had a short stint with a ADA MP-1(crap!). Out of curiosity I picked up one of these 2112's too see how it matched up. Well, it didn't come even close! Either the 2101 sounds much better(from my memory) than the 2112 or my ears have changed over the years. The 2112 to me has the most sterile lifeless sound for a tube preamp that I have ever heard. If you like boatloads of uninspiring fx and a weak distortion tone than you may like this thing. To be fair a few of the clean tones were usable. BTW, I thought this model was much harder to use and less editable than the original 2101. The "dual path" thing is a joke. I am more of a tube purist but I would rather play thru one of those cheap modeling bean shaped things then this 2112.

This preamp reigns winner as the piece of gear that I owned for the shortest period of time.

The worst thing about this compared to the original 2101 is that you can't really even use it as an fx processor and bypass the crappy preamp. Spend your hard earned cash elsewhere this is not worth it at any price.

I've had this unit new since the day it came out, and would'nt trade it for anything. I bought the 1st one shipped to Colorado. It does take some time to get used to setting it up, but once you figure that out, you got it made.

I run a Jackson/Ibanez-2112-Carvin HT 150 Solid State-2 Carvin British 2x12's. I like the idea of running it through tube power, and may try that soon, as it does sound a bit fake on higher leads. Overall I really like the sound.

I giged with it early, but not in about 7 years, and it's never shit on me once.

I've been playing a total of 33 years. I'm a metal head all the way, and while it could have a bit more crunch, it may not all be it's fault. With a solid state amp like mine, and 2x12's instead of one 4x12, I'm a bit limited in how much bass I can put in the mix.

Well ease of use depends on you. I find it pretty easy havin worked in studios and on stages part time for about ten years now, but I definately had a few teething problems with this beast and was ready to smash something hehe! The manual is written fairly comprehensively but not as good as rocktrons which are excellent but anyway.

Currently my setup is an Ibanez Voyager/Carvin DC127c/LTD KH202 guitars straight into the 2112 into a Carvin TS100 poweramp into a Marshall 1960a Quad.
I play just about anything, but metal flows in my veins and this is capable of just about every concievable heavy sound youd ever need.
Most(all actually) of the heavy sounds programed into the unit are absolute shite if you ask me but once you find the right distortion there is enough eq's to nail any tone. Ive got rhythm sounds almost exactly like dimebag and dave mustaine, leads like vai and petrucci etc.. and the clean sounds are pretty damn amazing too depending on the guitar used, definately not a fender twin but a twin cant do nearly as much. The effects i find great, but I mostly only use reverbs, delays and chorus. Ive tried out all the weird stuff and it can definately go way fukn crazy., Wah is pretty crap, harmonizer passes for live gigs but not recordings, dont fancy the gate much bit too choppy at the level I need. Overall I love the sound, this thing can do anything. My only gripe is the delay when switching patches and that the continous controller doesnt automatically sense its position.

Well I hope I can depend on it! I play drums in a band also and its hard to afford the gear on my crummy wage let alone backups!
No problems so far(approx 1 year, unit must be about 7-8y.o!), the odd crackling sound, but i think this may just be bad power sources as it only happens in some places and not others, need a furman in my rack.

Well in australia we deal with a distributor (cmi) that ive used for other gear and theyre cool(mostly)

I bought this cause my fav band uses em (ALARUM- fantastic aussie death/prog band) thats pretty gay I know but they just sound brilliant and now so do I hehe! I really want to get the 2120 upgrade eprom off ebay hopefully this will fix the switching delay etc.. im not sure.
If this ever died/lost/stolen Id buy a randall rm-4 tube preamp and a tc elec or lexicon fx processor. The digitech is really really great but sometimes i find it just a tiny bit too synthetic sounding especially for bluesy hendrix type stuff.
Control one pedal is also great but not all that tuff.

First: bought this off Ebay about a month ago for $365, including the Control One floorboard. I consider this to have been one of the greatest values I've ever gotten, musical gear-wise (the other being a Korg SDD 3000 for $200).

Rated 7: This is not the absolute most simple processor to use. It is fairly complicated in the options it allows, but I appreciate that. So many processors are only willing to allow you limited control of effects, while this one pretty much gives you full access. It takes a bit of fiddling to figure it out, though. When you do, watch out. The sounds that come out of this are, in my opinion, fantastic. Even the wah, which some people seem not to like, sounds fine when mixed in with the other effects properly. Distortion is above board in every way (tube and solid state), the delay options are great, and the various configurations for effects (based on memory allocation) mean that you can get pretty much any sound you want out of this. The only thing I wish it had was the ability to run two or more different patches at the same time, but that's what you buy other processors for.

Rated 8: Editing patches is easy. The factory presets are a little heavily weighted toward distorted, overdriven sounds, but there're some fantastic ones in there (a remarkable synth sound, for example). Even the great patches typically need some modification to fit my needs, but they're not hard to change at all.

Rated 5 (for size/completeness, mostly): Manual is okay, but I really haven't used it that much. I read through it twice when I got the unit, to get an idea for how it was set up (the unit). It helped me to figure out the best way to configure patches, set up effects chains, etc. But it's not like a 2112 bible - if it was going to be the complete guide, it would have to be about eight times as thick, and who'd read it, then?

Unrated: Recently inquired of Digitech about the possibility of scoring a 2120 upgrade chip. Haven't heard anything back, but if I don't, I'll probably go ahead and pick on up off Ebay or something.

Rated 9: I use a Gibson Epiphone Sheraton II (my first guitar), a G&L ASAT Classic, a Heritage 140 CM, or my solid-body Schwab 5-string electric mandolin through this, into a Randall RT-30 class A amp (not great, but not bad, either). The thing I like most about this processor is that the strengths and weaknesses of each guitar are readily apparent in the sound quality. The single coils of the ASAT or the doubles on the Heritage are very noticeable, but considering that I use the guitars for different sounds, that's appropriate.

Rated 7: There *is* a bit of a hum at times, but this is to be expected. I haven't ferreted out whether it's for certain that it's the unit, or my amp. It may very well be the amp, which I've had problems with lately.

Rated 9: Effects are fantastic. Distortion, delay, chorus, pitch shift, even wah, all sound damn good. I can't complain...

As I said before, I'm running this through a Randall RT-30 tube, an amp that's a sort of low-budget alternative to a Vox AC 30 in sound. It's got two channels (clean and "dirty") and both sound great with the 2112 running through them.

I try to play more original stuff than covers, but always seem to come back around to the style of U2. This unit is decent in replicating certain sounds, and actually has been used by Edge for its distortion (Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me), but more than just this unit would be required to really nail the tone. But since I'm not the Edge, getting close is good enough, and I can do that with the 2112.

Haven't had it on the road yet, so I can say for sure that I could or couldn't depend on it. However, it seems to behave itself to the extent that I would feel comfortable gigging with it.

As to whether or not I'd use a backup - it would depend on the situation, I suppose. It would be nice to have one around just in case, but I wouldn't anticipate any real problems.

Dealt with them once over email, got a quick response. Digitech's customer service is pretty highly thought of, and I have no reason to go against that.

I play pretty much any style, so a multi-effects processor was a necessity to me. Prior to this one, I was using a cheap Boss ME8 I picked up a few years back, and although the sounds that come out of it are all right, I wanted something with better distortion and more possibilities for modding my sound. I considered a Line 6 Pod Pro, a Boxx GX 700, a Yamaha SPX 90 (still might get one of these), and a Korg A3 before finally deciding on this. I'm pleased with it, although I may try for the others mentioned sometime in the future.

I've owned a guitar for over ten years, and played off an on during that time, but never really got into it until about five years ago.

Aside from what I've mentioned, gear-wise, the only other things I own are an acoustic guitar and a custom-built acoustic mandolin. Neither is applicable here...

As I said before, I wish the unit had some way of running multiple patches simultaneously. I suppose it does, in some ways, allow that by running different chains, but I'd really like to use the synth effect at a low level in combination with some overdriven delay/chorus, and haven't yet figured out how to do that.

It definitely helps with "making music," as the question says. Some songs need a certain sound to form in your mind - I've gotten more than a few ideas by simply scrolling through the presets and fiddling with the guitar a bit.

"How easy is it to get a good sound out of it?" well, compared to turning on a tube amp and turning the volume up to "10" it's not nearly as easy to get a good, warm sound but that's to be expected with the nature of the unit. The first step to getting a great, amplike sound (yes it's in there) is going into "Edit Mode" and scroll to the "Master Mix" section, and you'll probably notice if you're working from a factory preset that the Wed/Dry ratio (the precentage of the signal that is routed through the digital effects section as opposed to just going through the analog preamp section) will be at 100% digital. Roll that off to about 15-20% Digital (maybe more for a lead or clean patch) and you'll start to get good preamp tones.

Editing patches is fairly easy, especially compared to this unit's forerunner, the GSP 2101. The interface is much more user friendly. This unit, unlike many others, has not been upgraded to the 2120, an upgrade which is purely software (it adds a bunch of artist-created patches). Whatever headaches I might get programming, it makes up for in creative possibilites and features.

I use it with an Ibanez RG421 (fixed bridge), Ibanez RG7321 (7-string fixed bridge) into the 2112 and then into both sides (stereo) of my Mosvalve 962 power amp. I use it in the "stereo" output mode but since only a few of my presets utilize stereo it doesn't make much of a difference on my main rhythms and leads. The stereo configuration does enable me to pan harmonies left/right so the different notes will be coming out of different cabs and gives it a much more realistic harmony sound. It is noisy without the gate... but fortunately the gate works very well. All of the effects are great, but some of the modulation effects (like phaser or flange) have a more modern sound - you're not gonna get a vintage Pink Floyd phaser sound out of it (part of that lies in the fact that the mod effects are after the preamp in the signal chain, whereas 70's bands were running pedals in front of the amp... not something I suggest doing with the 2112). The analog delay is great, the harmonizer is great. You can get any sound out of this if you have the patience. With the possibility of 3 separate EQ stages, tube or SS distortion paths I'm confident with enough tweaking I could get any sound.

Seems reliable so far. I always have my J-station around if I need a backup. Haven't had it long enough to really say.

Great Customer support with Digitech/Johnson always.

I play and gig regularly in a progressive Metal band (Profane Oath). I've been playing for 9 years and I have owned every piece of gear imaginable from Fender tube amps, Marshall JCM900, Mesa triple recto, Carvin Legacy, but nothing I've used approaches the flexibility and creative possibilities I have with rack setups, and this is a great piece of rack gear. All you need is this and a power amp.

I wish it had a specific manual for this model. While it is nearly identical to 2120, there are a few functions that need to be performed differently, one of which is changing the effects module configurations which I had to call Digitech to figure out how to do. There was a manual for it, but it is not available online and Digitech just tells you to use the 2120 manual. While that works mostly, there are slight differences.

This unit needs some tweeking to really get a good breakthrew cut threw the mix tone...but it is very easy to use if you know what you are doing. There are somethings about this unit that i dont even know about yet....there are so many features and tones possible.The manual will help you get familiar with the knobs and shit... but its pritty weak and sometimes repetes thing over on later pages...Soem useful tips are provided. My unit was currently upgraded to a 2120...yeaaa!!!

the sound rocks...iam using gibson les paul std 2000-->2112/2120 w/mesa tubes-->bbe 362 sonic maximizer---> mesa boogie 50/50 power--->marshall 4x12 and 2 celestion vintage 30s. Disk processing is quick and effects sound great...it is also nice that this unit can be used to produce layers of effects as well as a speaker emulator a million diff eqs lots of distortion types solid state and tube. You can pritty much get any tone possible ...Godsmack...deftones...ramones...clash...311..funk jazz...bad brains type versatility everything in music...nice sounds all around...one flaw is that the clean channels are weak they dont have enough beef and character like my old fender dual showman head....i dunnomaybe its me

the only thing about this product i dont trust is all the digital stuff in it...bad power can equal destruction of amplifier...ive had it happen to me with my johnson millenium and im sure it can happen to this device too. but plug the unit into a safe power supply or get a conditioner. i would gig with a back up if i didnt have stuff to protect my digital 2112. But yes i would use with out a back up if protected

no not yet...ive delt with johnson amplification which is a division of digitech on the millenium with is very similar to the 2112....they have been really good so far... and they are right on top of stuff asap.

I play punk rock, 77 style, the clash, 311 funk grassroots,transistor albums, godsmack, deftones, ramones, red hot chilli peppers, metal, hardcore, i have been playing close to 10 years now and ive owned crate products...marshall heads, fender heads,fender cabs, fender strats, fender teles, fender mustangs,p basses....epiphone les pauls and a gibson les paul. Ive also owned a line 6 pod as well as os2 boss and the boss turbo distortion...pro co distortions..the list goes on and on.....i would buy this product again but they are hard to find cause they are now discontinued...But the mesa triaxis and those rectifiers have some klutch tones! I love the amps versitility, i can switch from one sound to the next so easily.Every thing sounds good too, whether you like solid state or tube you choose....i dont hate anything yet...i want more saturation and less chunk...but a sonic maximizer may help...johnson millenium is very similar to this product as well as the 2120 and the 2101. i wishthis unit had more tube tones...more beef like a fender....and authentic or a channel for rectifier tube saturation. If covers are your thing...this is it!...creating new music on this thing is great too...come up with soem really phat tones.

I was already addicted to programmable gears and specially to digitech gears, when I bought it. It seems to be hard to use at first, but if you keep faith for a few days, than you discover how similar to old analog pedals is..

I've got a standard strat and a rickenbacker 330/6, 2 vintage vox AC30. You can use factory settings to trick: they sound astonishing good!!! You can really change your basic sound if you are able with the eqs but you know, good eqs are very hard to use...
If you play in a band making a lot of different cover in live situations, 2112 (or 2120) it's for you. I've played thru it a lot, and I'd give it a 9 (even if wah is not that good and I never use 2 of the 4 solid state distortions)...but I've changed my mind!!! If I put my guit jack directly in my amps the sound is wonderful, and the 2112 between, changes it: no noise, but a change of the basic sound, even bypassing the tubes and the distortions. This preamp is a kind of a nasty boy...that I don't always like..

Once or twice it stopped working while I was changing presets..I bypassed it and then it started working well again

I'm not a session man, I make my own music which is close to vintage '60ies sound (from Beatles to Jimi Hendrix) and modern pop rock (U2, Oasis, REM and things like that) I also like to discover new sounds tricking with knobs. I play since I was about 10, now I'm 27, I've worked with a lot of programmable equipments, so I can say a Digitech 2112 can due a lot to a certain kind of guitar player, first of all because it's well built (forget those mid '90ies units like art, zoom and so on...), then for the useful factory presets; anyway I'm gonna sell it for some stomp boxes. I want a mountain of stomp boxes to use 2 or 3 of them at a time with the help of a patch mate!!!!! I told you I have two old AC30: is my basic sound good enough?!

It's easy to use but not very easy to get good sounds. But if you take the time then you can make some great sounds, it's just a matter of having patience and it will pay off.

Editing is easy compared to other units I've used. There is a button assigned to each effect (modulation, reverb, preamp, etc) and you just press it to edit it. The ease of use is because of the visual representation of whats happening. You can see the effects chain from the guitar to the outputs.
The manual was fine for me, although it was poorly printed (photocopied?) and bound. You would think for the amount of money you were spending it would have a decent quality manual. My only gripe would be it seems to have missed information on the pre-delay effect.

this is my setup: esp ltd 307 with emg 707s>digitech 2112>marshall 9100>marshall 1932 cab

Initially I used the 2112 through various effects loops of solid state amps. I was pleased with the sound but not estatic, overall I thought it was tinny sounding and preferred the sound of my pod.

Just recently I decided to take a sonic step up and buy a tube poweramp to see how much difference it would make. Well now the 2112 has gone from gathering dust to my main unit and now the pod has been relagated to the back benches. The tube powerstage makes SO much difference, to do this unit justice you have to give it a good powerstage to go through. It makes a HUGE difference. I'm playing the guitar much more than I used to and enjoying the sound I'm getting.

I also did an a/b comparison with a roland gp-100 and although I liked the effects of the gp-100 the 2112 kicked its ass on the distortion front. It had more punch and cut through, the roland unit had a good sound on its own but when I compared it to the 2112 it just sounded dull and lifeless. As for the effects, I found I could get the 2112 comparable with the gp-100 with alot of tweeking.

never had a problem with the unit. But I don't gig so I guess that doesn't really count

I've e-mailed digetech a couple of times about ugrades and programming help and they've always got back to me within a couple of days.

I think this is a good unit that seems to have been overlooked by a lot of people. Digitech also have stopped making them, and have stopped making any high quality rack units, A trend I've noticed with other companies as well. Most of the companies seem to be focusing on cheap floor based products which sucks for rack fans.

I've been playing for about 7 years, mostly I play metal (emperor, dimmu borgir, morbid angel, etc, etc) and with the 2112 I can get a variety of diverse, great distortions. I've also tried a marshall jmp1, roland gp100 (see above), and a boss gfx-700, and I prefer the 2112 over all of them because of the huge depth of editing and the overall sound.

I wish it had:
stereo effects loop
headphone jack
more gain (it has enough but sometimes you want insane amounts)

Overall I think the 2112 is a great bang for your buck buy. One thing you do have to keep in mind is that you have to spend time to get good sounds with the unit and you HAVE to have a decent powerstage to run it through. If it were stolen I probably look at other rack gear (I'm a sucker for new stuff) but the only other similar unit available in New Zealand is the mesa tri-axis which I haven't tried, costs four times as much, and doesn't have effects.

WELL, I'VE HAD THIS FOR 4 DAYS NOW & I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING, BUT THE FACTORY PRESETS SOUND FINE & TWEAKING IS EASY. I CONCUR WITH EVERYONE IN SAYING, "THE MANUAL S U C K S!!!"....MY 8TH GRADE TERM PAPER WAS MORE PROFESSIONAL (AND LESS TYPOS!). I HAVE VERSION 1.01 & AM THINKING OF DOING THE 2120 UPGRADE....IS IT WORTH IT??? ANYONE???

I HAVE A FENDER POWERHOUSE STRAT, HOME-MADE THINLINE TELE W/TEX-MEX P/U'S, EPIPHONE LES PAUL CLASSIC, EPI SHERATON SEMI-HOLLOW, AN APPLAUSE ACOUSTIC/ELECTRIC & A FENDER P BASS...GUITARS ARE GOING THROUGH A TECH-21 TRADEMARK 60 & A TECH-21 POWER ENGINE 60 IN A STEREO SETUP. I ALSO HAVE A VOX WAH INTO A MESA-BOOGIE BOTTLE ROCKET OVERDRIVE/DISTORTION INTO A BOSS EQ-20 EQUALIZER INTO THE FX LOOP. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE 2112 IS SO DAMNED QUIET COMPARED TO THE PEDALS! I LOVE THE EVH '78 & THE BOSTON PATCH IS GREAT...MADE ME RE-LEARN "MORE THAN A FEELING" (I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WAS 1976 !!!)...ALL IN ALL, THERE ARE ABOUT 20 OR SO FACTORY PATCHES I WOULD USE WITH A TWEAK HERE & THERE. SOME OF THE METAL PROGRAMS BRING NEW LIFE TO THE GODSMACK TUNES I PLAY.

I KNOW IT'S EARLY IN MY OWNING THIS UNIT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BUILT SOLID................WHAT'S A BACKUP????

AGAIN, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING, BUT I'VE SENT A HANDFUL OF E-MAILS REF BATTERY/TUBE REPLACEMENT & FOOT CONTROLLER INFO & GOT ANSWERS BACK WITHIN MINUTES TO HOURS. I ALSO ORDERED A POWER SUPPLY FOR A CONTROL 8 FOOT CONTROLLER (ANOTHER E-BAY PURCHASE...$30.00!!!) OVER THE PHONE & THE PERSON I SPOKE WITH WAS VERY POLITE & INFORMATIVE.

I PLAY EVERYTHING FROM THE BEATLES TO HENDRIX, 70'S...80'S...90'S...2003 ROCK/BLUES, SOME COUNTRY/JAZZ. ALL MY CURRENT GEAR IS LISTED ABOVE. I'VE BEEN PLAYING OFF & ON FOR APPROX 10YRS. THIS IS THE 1ST MULTI-EEFECTS UNITS I'VE OWNED & I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. THE DUAL DISTORTIONS ARE PROBABLY MY FAVORITE FEATURE...NOTHING I DISLIKE...OR SHOULD I SAY, THE WIFE DISLIKES... ABOUT IT OTHER THAN NO HEADPHONE JACK. IF IT WERE LOST OR STOLEN I WOULD WIPE AWAY THE TEARS & HOPE I COULD FIND ANOTHER PRISTINE UNIT LIKE THIS ON E-BAY....GOD BLESS E-BAY!!!! FOR A WHOPPING $255.00 FOR THIS & $30.00 FOR THE CONTROL 8, HOW COULD I GO WRONG??? I'M MAKING MUSIC WITH A SMILE!

IF ANYONE OUT THERE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE PATCHES OR ANY OTHER INFO, FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL ME @ PUCKBOY1175@AOL.COM (HOCKEY...MY OTHER PASSION!). RIGHT NOW I'M WORKING ON MASTERING THAT DAVID GILMOUR SOUND & ALSO 3 DOORS DOWN.

OH, BEFORE I FORGET....ANYONE THAT HAS MADE THE 2120 UPGRADE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW THAT WENT...WAS/IS IT WORTH IT?????

I play guitar for 10 years and I had other preamp like Twin Tube and I guess very easy to change effects and programs, and I really think that I did a better trade with my ex-Carlsbro head. The manual of 2120 VGS is very helpful, because 2120 is just an upgrade of 2112, but with the same caracteristics and sounds. You can download from http://www.digitech.com

I use a Gibson Nighthawk '98 and I prefer say nothing about that....just listen and take your own decision....I play Metal...this equipment is excelent for me...and I need to say that the pitch shifter is very useful.

Yes, you can use this without preocupations...but is very cool to have a backup equipment.

Digitech's support was very helpful when I asked about the manual and other things about the amp. I recomend.

You can play anything you want, I had Marshall amps, Carlsbro amps and I think that the 2112 is the best for me.
I just don't give 10 to this equipment, because there is the Triaxis in the market, that I prefer no comment.

Well, I must say that im impressed with the 2112 mine is actually a 2120, I called Digitech and they sent me a ver 2.11 upgrade and did so quickly. The manual is not available online but you can download the 2120 manual and it's basicly the same thing with the exception of some of the factory presets. Speaking of which im not a programmer and am somewhat new to rack effects but this thing is pretty easy to edit and the manual if you have over a 9th grade education is easy to understand unless you are impatient or have A.D.D or somthing. I first plugged this thing into the mono effects loop of my crate and it sounded like crap (that's a no brainer by the way) I then plugged it in through the stereo inputs of my mesa simul 2: 90 and it blew me away, it sounded so good and the morphing is awsome. I really have nothing but good to say about this piece of equiptment.

As I said before I am running my EBMM Petrucci to the input and stereo out to a Mesa Simul 2: 90 it's awsome.

It hasen't died and I don't think it will I would definatly use this at a gig without a backup.

Just Perfect. I don't know why everyone else is complaining Digitech answears E-mails and phone calls promptly and they even get involved in the users forum.

I play mostly dream theatre, Rush, and some extremely heavy origionals and it is extremely versatile. You like panteras cowboys from hell song set the preset to Death Scoop and see what I mean!!!!

The good thing about the 2112 is that you can work on different layers, depending of how deep you want to go. There are many pre-programed modules on each effect ready to throw in. You also have the opportunity to adjust every parameter inside each module aswell. Here is my first objection: There are way to many parameters to adust. You really could get lost in this parameter-jungel. Especially in live-situations all the parameters do more harm than good.
This is the reason I'm thinking of going back to all those stomp-boxes. Anyway, I don't think I'll sell my 2112, because a processor gives you the possibility to store your patches.
Another BIG objection is that there is about 20 configs. This means that you may have made a good patch, and you just need a little tremolo to make it perfect, you may have used all the effects in that config.

I've never got that good clean-sound out of the 2112 pre, so I bought a Mesa Boogie Studio pre. HALLELUJAH! Now I only use the effect-part of the 2112. This works better for me, but in rehearsal and live-situations all those parameters still bugs me. BUT: If you got time to twink those knobs for some time, you can get good results. I still have some comments on some of the effects: The reverb don't have eq on the effectsignal, so you can't filter the reverb. The wah isn't very good.

It crashed once (I've had it for five years), so I had to reset it. I lost all my patches, and it was one hour before the gig....

As you can tell, I'm not one cloud nine aboud the 2112. It's a little tricky in live-situations, when you need to alter one parameter, but you can get where you want if you got the time. A great feature is that you can store your own modules (not patches) and use them in other patches. So, a good adwise is to build you own library of modules.
The Edge (U2) used the 2112 on the Pop-mart tour. In his current setup, he got two 2120s along with 60!!! vox AC30s, and Bono uses one 2120, so the machine can't be that bad after all.

The ease of use is the intelligence of people. If you had never used effects then it would be difficult but also a GP 16 is hard to learn!
The effects I use now were programmed in about two days and with my KOCH KV-50 it kicks ass. I already played life and our bandmembers are really glad I bought this product.
I only want tosay if people get a bad sound try to change the things that make your sound (according to your knowledge) or even (like compressor, eq to loud delays and stuff like that) remove them from the bank. The manual was not delivered but I'll get it.

The sound quality is very very very good. I can play death, thrash, doom, gothic, blues, jazz and so on and so on. The noise gate works as it should be the distortions are very good en if they are to noisy mix it with a little overdrive. The settings for each effect is enormous. Also if you play (during rehearsals) on a different amp you can easily use the 3 band eq and the in and output meters for a good/acceptable sound. I play now a KOCH KV-50 and with the settings I play now I wouldn't even think of trading/selling one of tehese products even so for my guitar (Ibanez RG 470, LP, Jacksoncopy)

Reliability is good for now. I own it for two weeks now. So I cant say much about it.

I emailed to digitech a several times and the respond was clear and good. Within three ours i got respons.

I usually play melodic/harmonic/doomy and stuff like that, but I also try to do a little black parts within these styles. i play for about 5 years now and I am still learning shit. ( I took lessons fo about 3 months)The only thing that took a while to learn was the time to switch sounds. It is not so fast but everybody could learn it in two hours. I only wish it had afridge iside so I would not have to walk for beer during playing.

The interface is pretty intuitive and there are a lot of places on the net where you can find your answer regarding this unit.

The stock tubes in this thing really suck: I replaced the tube dedicated to overdriven sounds with a NOS RFT 12ax7 and the clean tube with a JAN GE 5751: this was a hughe improvement in sound.

I own it for 3 years now: it was a second handed unit. Still no problems with it.

Never had problems with it. If I had questions, I consulted the many FAQ's and fora on the net, always with succes.

I play heavy metal, but also use it to create The Edge kind of sounds: this unit can handle this perfectly.

Very easy to use, the interface is very user friendly. It has easy to understand graphics

I like the noise gate, works fine. Only 2 tubes 12AX7 makes it sounds not as good as I would want. The distortions are not bad but I've seen much better. Any pitch effect should NOT be used, the suck big time, especially intelligent pitch harmony, they simply do not work. If you want something for harmony, get an Eventide, they rule. Speaker emulator is not that great, still sounds like its direct. But I have to say it sounds better than the small "all in ones".

Never had any serious problems.

Good support from Digitech

I want to switch mine for an Eventide, but there's a big price difference. I suggest you use this unit with a good full tube amplifier.

For a pre-amp, it is pretty easy. I've had multi-effects pedals, but this is my first pre-amp. I asked a lot of questions at the store about how I use it. They were very help full. With the manual, I was able to figure most of it out. The firmware version is 1.2

This thing kicks a*s. The only thing is that the wah in it sux (unless I have it set up wrong.) I play Ibanez and Jackson 7 string guitars plugged into a Shure UT wireless, into a 535Q crybaby, into a Digitech Whammy/Wah, into this. Basically, I've been named the big boy on the block with this setup.
I then plug my right and left outputs into a BBE 232 Sonic Maximizer, into a Peavey 2 way crossover, into 2 separate power amps. My Power amps are PV1200. I have 2 seperate stacks. My tops are Peavey 5150s, and my bottoms are Peavey 15" TLS Subs. My 5150's can't handle my pal muting of my low B string, so that's why I need 15" speakers, crossover and seperate power amps. I get one hell of a death metal sound out of this. SOrt of Dimebag Darrel like. Nice 30 band eq built in and solo boost for volume. Every one who has seen my set up and heard it loves it, including me. I should give it a 9.9 only because I don't like the wah, but that could just be me.

I've had this for 6 months, and have never had a problem with it. It has never crashed on me. I love it. If it isn't broken, don't fix it. So I'm not upgrading the firmware on the chip.

I e-mailed them about a question I had about changing the tubes. I'm not a tube guru and I asked them about if I needed to the 2 12AX7 tubes rebiased when I replace them. They e-mailed me back immediately the next day and told me that I didn't.

I play metal. Speed metal/Death Metal, the heavier and faster, the better. With this setup, I can make some 10 year Mashall stack, metal veterans shit their pants. It's pretty funny. This is my first pre-amp and I love it. I've been playing for 7 years with pedal boards, then I went to this for more control. It's pretty neat. Factory presets weren't bad. Just had to do some tweeking. Noise gate works nice and so does the tuner. If this were stolen, I'd try the 2120 because it is the only one I can really buy new. Pretty much the same from what I've heard. I just wish it had a better wah built in, but oh well. It still kicks ass.

I got a good sound out of it now, with jcm 900, I have it hooked up to
the front input, & had the preamp up too much, It works good at about 1/4 of the way up on the jcm 900 preamp, I only use channel B on my marshall, I sometimes have a hard time getting the solo to program on some of the channels, I mainly use 39 for dist. 2 for clean, & 34 for tremelo. & 5 for whah. Manual is fine, it helped me once when system locked up & had to press certain buttons when powering it on.
I think I have revion 02. Have never upgraded mine yet.

I use the marshall jcm 900 100 watt w/the marshall vintage series cabinet 4 12's, 78 les paul w/emg 85 & 89 pickups. other guitar is ovation celebirty deluxe, I have the noise controled good, just have to tinker with the noise gate. Effects I use sound good, I backed off the factory settings from 100 percent to like 17 percent. My favorite artist are Alice n chains, stp, metallica, eagles, pink floyd
collective soul. etc.

Yes I depend on it, have been gigging with it for about 4 years. without backup. only had problems with it locking up once. & had to reset it. Always have problem with getting tuner to come on with foot petal, I like the tuner & the ability for different tunings. I also recently had to completly disasemble & remove one of jacks I never use on the back to put on the front for the input. it had like 6 places to solder. Wish like hell it had the input jack option on the back of unit so when I use my Nady wireless I don't have to wrap a wire around from the front. Now I always wrap a loop around my skb case so I dont pull on the front jack.

never dealt with support.

Play rock music, good match. have been playing 25 years. other gear I own, Mackie 16cfx, peavey 1200 amp, carvin 1000 amp, carvin 400 amp, bbe 362, nady wireless, midiverb 4, 3160 compressor, dod electronic crossover, dod eq. two juice goose, yahama 18's subs, yamaha 15's mains, peavey 15's monitors, shure sm57 & sm58, & nady drum mics.

Well, it's not to easy, but the layout is very well thought, and, well - if you're not a retarded baboon, you'll figure it out. As to this, guys got their thinking caps on. Great.

Huh... Frances Farmer will have her revenge on DigiTech. One big gripe, but:
1. Delays / revs - great, very clear and just good. Industry standard, what can I say... The best around.
2. modulation FX. Chorus - good, but lacks that IN YOUR FACE of a mere $80 BOSS... Bad then. Flangers - wimpy, digitally sounding and harsh, even somewhat unadequate (call me stoopid). Phasers - thin. Never liked phasing anyway, so forget it. Digital. Typically expansive settings.. Yuck Wot, guys, you spent your youth trying to be Diana Ross guitar player and The Big Macho Disco Dancer?
3. Distortions. Ahem... Gimme my BOSS DS1 - I hate it, but even the miserable tube glowing inside this unit is just for lighting up the screen, probably... IT DOES NOT AFFECT TONE, so was probably put in by mistake. Period. Distortions are not very bad - it's an expensive toy, after all - but not good. They lack definition, power and character. Good for cheap pop studio, or retirement feast... For the Beasts after 64...
4. EQ - uh, they're OK.
5. Editing, layering - well, great, but the sounds suck by themselves. Successfully.

Can simulators - wot, you mean this is a sound of a miked-up cab? LOL LOL LOL Harsh and utterly unnantural. No "cab" as a matter of facked. LOL

Gets 4 only because delays are sooooo good.

Never gigged with THIS. would be scared to even put it in a case and move out.

Dunno... ppl say they're good and polite.

I play in indie band, and I own a Gibson Les Paul, a Mexican Strat, some cheap Stratalike, Marshall JCM900 combo, BOSS DS2, CE5, GEQ7, DD3 and Dunlop Crybaby. I have never been vintage nuts, and I force myself to be openminded - I am afraid to miss the next coming of an electric guitar... This device (2112) has lots of possibilities, myriads of them, it is packed with great useful features, I am almost sure it is gig worthy, and it has amazing delays. I even heard of ppl who used it as their main delay unit for everything intheir small studios...
The rest sucks harcore. Dists are almpst no good... *sigh* Could be far, far better. Soubds very plastic-ly, childish-ly, ZOOMish-ly, you name it.

The Operating system has a quite good layout, having so many parameters and all that. It's pretty complex, thoug. Having 6 endless dials for parameter selection and input is cool. NOT having a real graphical display is not so cool, but I can live with that. The best idea the digitech engineers had was the library of *defaults* found in the unit - for each FX you have several preset settings, and you can define your fav reverb settings as user default, too. Very handy. What bothers me big time is the way you are forced to use certain FX routings (called "configurations"). Annoying: no guitar input on the back (how could they??), no stereo input, solo function not assignably to midi prg change message, no analog input level meter (just a clip LED).
Because of the great idea they had with the "defaults", I rate it an 8 (would be a 7 otherwise).

Now, I've had this unit for almost 3 years now, and I've really been through it. Programmed about a 150 patches for various purposes, used it live, for direct recording, as a FX-only box and so on, with different guitars and amps (including PRS Custom, Gibson, Fender Strat, Mesa/Boogie gear, Hughes&Kettner amps etc.) This thing works in the FX loop of an amp or direct into a power amp, but NOT in front of a guitar amp. It isn't intended to. It really benefits from a good tube poweramp, because that will make it sound better.

This review is based on the fact that I spent lots of time with the unit and know it by heart. Had I written this within weeks of purchasing it I'd thought it to be the holy grail of tone, too. But after all that time I had to realise that it isn't near to that. Oh, and the factory presets suck, too.
I'll go through the FX modules now:
Compressor: pretty tweakable, tuned for guitar use and usable for that, too. Quite good, but this units preamps compress anyway.
Wah: pretty weak, no comparison to the evil bark and bite of the classic crybaby.
Preamps: Tube cleans ("warm" and "bright") are usable, but lack dynamics and "shimmer". They don't sparkle and they lack the attack of a fender clean channel. Tube overdrive is pathetic for slight crunch, it's clipping to harsh and gets muddy very fast. It can't handle more "complicated" chords like a sus4 very well. It gets better when turning the gain past 50. Saturated tube is the best of the four, this unit can handle high gain ok. It packs a nice punch, too. And it has a quite ridiculous amount of gain which is way beyond usable for me. Again, complex chords are a problem. Overall, the tube preamp is disappointing compared to my mesa/boogie or hughes&ketter preamps. And this is not the fault of the tubes, I tried this. Digitech done something not quite right with the voicings in the preamp.
As for the solid state distortions, the fuzz emulation is fun to play with, the tube screamer wannabe is not very cool, with the grunge/industrial thing you can make some very cool grinding noise, and the solid state lead thingy is totally useless - sounds like a distorted telephone.

the 10band eqs... it's cool to have so many bands to customize your tone, if only the general eq quality would be better. The eq sounds a bit cold and "digital" to me (it is digital anyway). Also, they should have included some possibility for eq'ing the signal in front of the distortions, as this is the only way to change the "character" of a distortion.

The noise gate needs some customizing to work with your guitar, but you need it. The tube circuits can be pretty noisy, which you don't realise in the store because the factory presets all have the gate set to ridiculously high threshold levels.

The digital FX: some a good, some are so-so, none are really bad (except for the whammy which is just too slow tracking your guitar). The reverbs are good, not too intrusive, and can be customized nicely. The choruses lack. I don't know, but even the 8-voice chorus sounds thin and not very lush to me. Flangers are cool. The delays are ok, though I would have liked some more filtering options. The detune algorithm is great. The harmonizer is so-so, it has some problems with tracking. The fixed pitch shifters vary depending on how big a module you give them. On smaller modules they don't manage to add a correct octave down to a note, which is a shame. Overall, the quality of the digital FX is good and this unit is quite usable for digital-FX-only if you bypass the preamp section.

The speaker simulator for itself is a joke. They tell you in the manual that you have ten different programmed speaker simulator settings, but those ten settings are only different in how much high frequency rolloff they produce. You have to eq patches differently to make them sound ok while going direct. But even then the unit does not "f

It has never let me down. No problems at all, but from other people I heard different stories...

dunno, never dealt with them

I've been playing for 17 years now, and have owned my share of guitar gear. I bought the 2112 more or less by accident when my old multiFX broke down in '97 and I needed a quick replacement. I had it for some days at home before I decided, and at the time I was very pleased with its sounds - it was a step ahead for me then, and it was my main preamp for some time. Over the time I replaced the 2112 with a Hughes&Kettner Access preamp, a Mesa/Boogie studio preamp and a TC electronics G-Force (and several other gizmos, but these are the key units for my tone). This setup is more complicated, but tonewise it's much better than the 2112. My musical interests range from blues rock to industrial and electronica, and the 2112 is only useful for the latter. It's good for high gain applications, but for traditional blues and rock tones look for different gear.

For the money, this is a good-to-great package. The problem is, they sold it at a price where they had to make too many compromises. This is good, but it's not high-end. I definitely won't buy it (or its successor, the 2120) again (I've kind of grown out of it), but I can recommend it if this is the price range you can afford. After all, it is a quality unit. I still have it around for the odd recording job that needs to be done quickly. Because of its good bang-for-the-buck-value, it gets an 8.

The unit is fairly easy to use...it takes a while to learn how to use it efficiently and effectively...editing patches is pretty easy, however scrolling through 2-15 pages for different effects and parameters takes forever...the user interface could use a big-time revision...i've always thought that Digitech should release an official computer patch editor, like RPEdit...the manual sucks ass, it is important to read, but it is poorly laid out (actually i have the 2120 manual printed out from the digitech website)...the learning curve for this product is probably a month...the best way to get started with it is studying the factory presets, and then tweaking from there....i'm using v1.03 and about to upgrade to 2120 v2.10

I use the 2112 in a rack which includes a BBE Sonic Maximizer 462 which then goes into a Marshall JCM900 and a 1960B 4x12 cabinet...i basically use the Marshall head because it serves as an automatic backup when gigging...my main guitar (for now) is an Epiphone SG with aftermarket tuners and pickups...maybe someday i'll switch to a rackmount power amp....i would say that the effects are pretty good...they're not excellent or unbelievable, but you get so many that you can come up with some interesting tones...i usually dont try to emulate any other tones, i just search for cool dirty, clean, and wacky sounds...i love the dual distortion paths because this lets me fatten up clean sounds with solid-state fuzz and tube clean settings...it sounds just like a fender into a marshall...whatever

aiyee...i've never had a single problem with this or the Control One foot controller....however, many people on the digitech mailing list have come up with some serious and some not-so-serious problems...i gig with everything backed up...i would bring a backup of myself if i could....i use my marshall head as a backup...i lose effects, but its still a backup...i give it an 8 only for other people's problems

i've never dealt with em...i will soon when i get my 2120 upgrade chip

our style of music is pretty strange...its basically a combination of folk, jazz, blues, rock, and metal into one loud package, but would probably be filed under "hard rock"...this is why the 2112 is perfect...it certainly offers an extremely wide range of tones...for the money, it can't be beat...however, if it got stolen, i'd probably go with a Triaxis from Mesa Boogie and some rackmount effects unit...it would much more pricey, buts it what i really want...for now, i cant complain with the 2112...i get great high-gain sounds out of it (thanks to the 31-band EQ!) and cool clean sounds and tons of funky sound effects...it is a great creative source for writing songs...i give it a 9, and the Mesa would get a 10...thats all for now

Kind of difficult to get used to at first. Once you learn the layout its OK. Terrible Owners manual.

Very Good. the setup I am using is: multiple Jackson USA soloists with Bill Lawrence pickups connected to the 2112, then the 2112 feeds into a Marshall EL 34 50/50 Tube Power amp powering 2 cabinets, 1 Marshall 4 x12 and a Laney 4x12. The Sound is unmatached. The Tone is pure Marshall. Coupled with the versatility and programability of the digitech effect processor. whenever you want a sound press a button and it is there.

have had it 2.5 years with No Problems. I don't gig so I can't say whether or not I would use a backup.

never used the support

I play Classic rock,pop and metal from the 80's. You can play ANY style of music with this. this setup is the "Holy Grail" of guitar tone.I have been playing for 13 years. You cant compare this to any other product. It has no equal.

Takes a little getting used to, if you already understand the Digitech architecture in their other products than you shouldn't have too much problems with the 2112. The manual helps but it really doesn't cover everything, how can it, this thing has so mant tweekable perameters. The manual would have to be thicker than an encyclopedia. My unit is installed with ver.1.03 firmware,that's what it came with. You shouldn't have too much trouble upgrading any loxer versions, check with your local music store for details.

This thing is Incredable! There are soo many tweekable perameters. My setup is as follows Fender American Strat>>Digitech 2112>>Rocktron Taboo Twin>>Left out goes into Presonus compressor then into my Fostex VM8TL hard disk recorder. The right output from Rocktron goes in directly to my recorder. I also use an SM 57 and Audio Technica 4033 to mic the taboo into the overall mix (I know I need a good mixer). a Boss also fits into this chane at the insert level in my Fostex recorder. The Rocktron/Digitech mixture is an awsome combination they relly complement each other. I can setup my rig to sound like almost any artist, and most of all my rig inspires me to sound like ME! Choruses and all modulation effects are fantastic. The distortions are incredable, if tweeked properly.

No Problems! (2 years)I would gig without backup.

Never had to deal with them.

My musical style and tonal expectations fall in line with that of Creed, Steve Vai, and various others. This unit delivers! I wish that there where toslink outs on this thing, but I think you can modify it to have a digital out, I can't bother though, I am very happy with the 2112 as is, why fix something that ain't broke! If you are in need of a processor that will do alot of things very well this is for you. They have been discontinued, taken over by 2120, so if you can find a used one for any price grab it! you will never look back, I promise!

Very, very easy, the best.

Excelent, the tone of god.

I use this very usefull, is great

Bad, Digitech does not have any idea about it!!!!!!!

the only problem is the control one, it can put an error in your foot. is not the wonder that every one say, i like the midi foot control again.....