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.....

pretty easy but you have to put a lot of time to edit sounds because there is so much choice of effects and e-q's...(the 1.03)

at first, I used the 2112 as a preamp and a effect unit plugged into a marshall 9200 rack power amp and, for metal, the preamp's sound didn't cut it at all so I kept it for the effects. I bought a mesa tri-axis and tried pluggin the 2112 every wich way with it but it was like the 2112 was putting a glue on my preamp's sound... I had to sell it. The effects were cool though.

I didn't keep it long enough...

It's not for me
The preamp section was really weak and lifeless.

this thang is pretty easy to operate IF (i repeat if)you know your way around it logically please forget about the manual its so shite the presets are mostly bad except for the queen patch and my favourite is BIG BLUES SOLO but taking your time in playing around with this unit will make you throw all your other stuff in the bin or rather lock them up except of course for the gsp21 which for me is an all time great effect unit especialy if you are not good inprogramming your own patch i will give it two ratings 10 for the unit 5 for the presets and i almost forget ther is an awefull noise with the distortion and programming it with care will solve your problems I use this unit in my home studio only and the gsp21 for live gigs but it is always there for my back up This baby is really good in the studio since im sure a lot of tricks can be better done in the studio.

i would not use this unit on a gig without a back up I am actually using it AS A BACK UP in case my gsp 21 let me down
THE REASON is sometimes it locks up and i have to power it down and back on again

I don't want to even think about calling customer support you can guess the rest....

The unit is very easy to operate. I'm not much of the "technical" person when it comes to heavy stuff but this is easy to use. I was dailing in effects and storing new presets the first night. The big dial face is very user friendly.

I run the 2112 into my Marshall 4x12 and JCM 900 head. All the effects are good and are easy to dial in. The effects are not limited either. Different types of delay, chorus, distortion, compression. The presets are also fun to play around with. In particular, the Queen preset is cool. Some nice textures to choose from with a wide range of selection. (100 presets)

So far I have no complaints (3 weeks so far). Works great. Sounds great.

Well I haven't called customer support yet. I did request some information on their website about the 2112 and the control pedal and some helpful brochures were promptly sent to my house within 2 weeks.

I play just about everything. Blues, rock, classic rock, harder stuff. The 2112 can handle it all. I've been playing for 7 years and own 6 guitars. I used to mainly rely on 6 BOSS pedals to do everything for me effects wise including DS-1 distortion, phaser, chorus, blues driver, flanger, and delay (DD-5?). But now I'm using only the 2112 but may try to reencorporate the DD-5 a little later. If it were stolen, I would definitley buy a new one. I love it!

It took some fidleing around with it manuel was dirt some recycled paper!thats the 90s for you!

This sucker will sound like anyone from ac/dc to metallica to steve vai to satch,van halen it takes ot of messing around grant you ive made a decent wah sound very agressive to alien noises to rubber band noises man you name it this is a very well made processor for the money ive had alot of affects from boss pedals rocktron voodoo valve art sgx-2000 express yamaha theyve all been deported the possibilites are endless!!!!!!

havnt had any problems 2years old!

i have a screwy comunication problem between the foot controller and the 2112 they didnt e-mail back second time guess they had no idea ~..~

ive been playing for about 15 long years i mostly concentrate on my music now and this unit does it for men i run this in conjuction with a slew of rockmoduals rocktron hush bbe 482 mackie mixer samson power amp crate half stack on one side peavy on the other guitars i use wolfgang ,fender strat,gibson les paul studio,charvel,danelectos im a damn guitar junkie!!!!!!my final word if you see one used grab it 2 recently sold o e-bay for 400 to 500 dollars.

The only thing you need to do on this box when you buy it
is curb back some of the effects on some of the patches to hear
what wonderful true tube-amp tone it has. I love the 2112,
if the 2112 was a girl it would be Cameron Diaz.

Rather than bore you with redundant info others have probably
stated, I'm gonna quote a memo that sums up the all-important
"COMPARO" between the 2112 and it's rival the GP-100. Since both
products are discontinued, if you're reading this you're probably
looking to buy either product used, so a comparo seems the best
way I can help buyers.

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I STILL LOVE THE 2112 MORE THAN ANYTHING ON THEPLANET FOR GUITAR!!

It eliminates the need for an amplifier for both
recording and live which means no mic'ing, no
lugging of a heavy combo, etc., etc., ad infinitum...
I've bought other gear such as the Yamaha DTX drum
system and refer to that as "the 2112 of drums",
and refer similarly to various stuff I find that
is such a wonderful all-in-one box for me.
The only thing I ever add to my 2112 is my crybaby,that's it, nothing else.

So... what I wanted to say tonight is, since I like
a variety of sounds, and since I'm such a used-gear-
bargain-hunting maniac, I have now acquired both
a Boss GX-700 and the Roland GP-100; both often
compared to the 2112 and Digitech's related products
such as the 2101 and ValveFX.As much as I love Roland, I am sorry there is NO
COMPARISON, the 2112 wins HANDS DOWN!! No close-tie
Pepsi and Coke challenge, this is a STOMP-BOOTANG win.

I think the GX-700 is very cool, the amp simulations
are really fun, and some of the presets they thought
up I definitely will be using; and about the same
comments go for the GP-100; but for simple basic
good guitar tone that TRULY emuluates the sounds
I hear through a real amp with a few high quality
effects units, the Digitech 2112 does it.It does it! It does it! It does it!

Please know, I love many Roland products, own a
ton of their stuff, and am very grateful to their
many GREAT developments in music gear, but...
The GP-100 still sounds to me like NOT a tube amp.
It sounds like a nice JC-120 Chorus amp with some
very high-quality rack effects, but it does NOT
sound 100% like a tube amp; it only seems to
emulate a tube amp about 80 or 90 % close.
The 2112? it sounds 100% like a tube amp to me,
and I play the thing straight into my mixer usingcabinet emulation globally.

The best part to me of both the GX and GP units
is their amp emulations, which are very fun and
pretty darn close. The 2112 does not have that,
but I think the Johnson amps do....I wish that was
available for the 2112 in an upgrade (hear me Digitech?).

owned 2 for over 2 years and nary a prob.
BUT...unlike most electronic equipment that I tend to leave
turned on for the entire weekend, this thing has real tubes, so
remember to turn it off when not in use or you'll bake your tubes
like I did. But ya know....I baked the tubes in one (they're black),
but I STILL haven't even had to replace those tubes! they still sound
fine.

Not sure; I think they're cool but I've heard mixed reviews,
but then again the people who are the most pissed off tend
to speak the loudest...
I've only had minimal dealings with Digitech and they've been
very cool to me.

Oh man.... this dang box does EVERY style I play and the ONLY thing
I DON'T play is Jazz and Reggae. I like every d*** thing else on the planet, music-wise. ...I know, I know, as Silverchair says "I'm a freak...I'm a freak...".

HEY! for buying the box see www.ktjmusic.com who has been selling the 2120 WITH FOOT CONTROLLER NEW FOR $749 as long as it's been in existence!!! I'm aghast at how many netizens still don't know this and are paying too much for the unit!! GO KTJ!! YEAH, KICK BUTT!! WOOHOOO!!!

Some people said that it was hard to program this thing but I thought it was rather easy. Within and hour I am creating all sorts of patches. The manual is very helpful and plentiful. I use version 1.03 and so far I haven't come across any bugs or anything. Plus, the interface is really cool looking!

I use this with a Marshall 6100LM 100watt tube head, Crate 412 cabinet with celestion speakers, and Jackson KingV guitar with EMG 81's. I used this on a solid state Crate amp and it sounded great as well. I used to own various pedals but as soon as I got this, I sold them. I play mostly Metal. Even when I have gain at a very high level, this thing is dead silent. Before I was worried that the distortion was going to be too weak when I read the other reviews, but I was wrong. I was able to get Rammstein, Fear Factory, Megadeth, you name it distortions from this thing. The factory presents aren't very good so you will need to do alot of tweaking. I found that the effects are VERY good. I especially like the phasers when used with distortion. The EQ is very useful for getting a variety of sounds. The only thing thats not so great is the wah as everyone else said. I thought it was decent though. The synth patches are really neat! Something different for a change.

I haven't had it for very long so I can't comment.

Never dealt with them.

Bottom line is, this thing will work for ANY style. If it were stolen, somebody would be gettng hurt. I would buy another instantly. I probably wouldn't get the 2120 either because it's the same thing and costs more. I have owned tons of pedals and a few multi boards like the ART Xtreme plus and have played stuff like the Boss ME-30, RP-12, and a few others. Those aren't even in the 2112's class so of course the 2112 blows them away in every perspective. Like I said earlier, this sounds great in solid state amps as well. I don't notice much difference when playing through tube and solid state anyway. I don't know why there is such a big deal over tubes. And trust me, I have one of the best tube amps ever built. If anyone wants to exchange patches let me know but I have to warn you, I don't really know how so you will have to help me out.

Its the most annoying piece i've worked with. I've had it for about a month now and i know it pretty well, but in the first week of programming (don't even think of using the factory presets) there were many times when i felt like throwing it out the window, fortunately my rack ways 100+ lbs so i was deterred. The only other proccessors i've used before were a dod fx7 and a boss me8 so this was quite a step. I didn't understand all routing and configuring your fx level as opposed to dry level. I had lots of problems assigning what i wanted because the pedal i chose to say turn of the delay would also turn of the reverb because of fx level settings, i also could find some parameters i wanted to assign such as solo on/off or preamp pan. The manual is a load. It's got a lot about fairly obvious parameters but doesn't tell you how to do things. I got it all figured out now, once you know there are features to make programming go fast its just hard to learn. My biggest gripe (i suppose i'll put it here) is the constraint of the effects skeletons. You get to choose from 24 skeletons with spaces for certain sizes (not effects, they're not really algorithms). Unfortunately i think that too many skeletons have parrallel effects chains, not series, so putting in a whammy, even with the dry level all the way down, will leave you with pitches, or adding a tremolo to a parrallel chain won't do much. There are seamless (patch change) chains which only use half the effects proccessing, but i never use them because i like to use all the power. Speaking of patch changes, there's a noticable delay between when you push the button and when it changes. In seamless mode theres the delay but the sound continues and reverbs/delays trail off. Without the seamless all output is muted briefly during a patch change. So there are my biggest gripes (the only i can think of besides it being so hard to use at first), to many constraints by preset effects skeletons and delay time during patch changes. Oh yeah, i think mine is ver 1.2, when powering up the 2112 says 1.2 but the control one says 1.3, i think i'm going to upgrade to artist specs anyway.

Ok heres what im playing it with: an epiphone sg with a gibson p94 and a 500t-crybaby wah-2112-ramsa stereo poweramp-2 yamaha 1x12 speakers (woofer and horn). The first impression of sound is absolutely horrible. But if you learn to work with it, its an amazing piece of guitar equipment. the 2112 works for two purposes, preamp (tone shaping/distorting) and digitally effecting Preamp: There are two preamps, one tube, one solid state, which you can use only in parralell. Each preamp has four modes (tube: warm clean, bright clean, dirty, and saturated; ss: grunge, fuzz, overdrive, and heavy sustain) and its own 10 band eq. Also theres a 3 band eq in the front which you edit in program not edit mode and you can add lots of eqs. You can get many sounds obviously with all the eqs. The tube preamp is terrific works great as the stand alone. The solid state is not so good i only add it the tube when it needs something more, but never use it alone. Believe or not the distorted sounds from classic blues to high gain rock to hard core are extremely believable, the trick is to set it right and turn the input up about three fourths, no matter how much it clips, that gives it a good mesa boogie living saturated sound. The cleans are sweet and pristine (i've gotten some great fendery sounds out of it). the problem arises then that with the input way up for the dirty sounds it dirties up the cleans, so just don't turn your guitars volume all the way up. The compressor is here, its good, adds sustain and still allows expression. the wah is the only bad effect in the 2112, the worst wah i've ever heard. Noise gate: good, doesn't cut off your sound if set right. Digital effects: Its all good basically but here are most of the catagories Delay: the regular digital delays sound bad for distortion, ok for clean i suppose, but thats where the analog delay comes to save the day, they have tone controls and smear the sound so its very warm, great sounds. Reverb: Great, So much better than the me8. I use the dual reverbs all the time because they have low pass filters (extremely important) and i can get great stereo sounds. Eqs: very versatile, helps with the preamp. Chorus: what do you expect, its the best, many options. Flanger: haven't done much with it, i think i liked the me8's better but i don't use flangers that much so i don't care. Phaser: good and versatile, what a phaser shoud be. Rotary speaker: oh i love it, its my most used effect next to delay and reverb, it envokes the prettiness of a chorus but the modulation of a phasor. Tremolo: good i suppose, but doesn't have a great effect on parralel effects chains, same as autopan. Detuner: very good for fattening sounds, adds spice to a bassy neck pickup tone, also includes a delay control for getting doubled or tripled sound such as randy roads would have liked. Pitch: i never thought a pitch shifter could sound so good. I had even borrowed a digitech isp33b from a neighbor and thought it sucked, but this pitch is good sounds almost like a real guitar, unfortunately i don't use pitch shifters much. Whammy: it sounds great but it cause a small delay between when you play and when it comes, when my friend played with it i couldn't hear the delay but when i play with it, its annoying, but it does sound like a real whammy bar, also if the whammys in the chain and you turn it off, whith fx level off the delay still occurs, so make whammy patches strictly for whammy. Autowah: unlike the normal wah this is nice, good funky sounds. I think thats just about it for the effects. I play in a jazz/funk/hardcore band and like to use effects, the preamp allows me real versatile tones and the effects allow me greater sound variation. Oh yeah you can assign any parameter to an lfo (modulates the paremeter automatically) a dynamic control (depends on how hard you play) or (with the control 1) 5 control buttons (perfect for turning effects on or off within a patch) or the c1 expression pedal, and you can assign

I've heard horror stories about this unit, but nothing has happened to me yet, i put it in a rack and the c1 is built like a rock (tougher than i expected) i'd gig with it.

About the price, guitar center was getting in the 2120s and selling these real cheap, the shipped it in from somewhere else, so it would be hard to get it a this price i imagine. I've only been playing for four years, and i got it with luck and selling everything else i own, i love it, you might to. My friend can't figure how to program it, he loves hardcore and would prefer a simple tube halfstack, but he admits it sounds great. If you can figure it out you'll be in tone heaven, if you can't then i don't know what to say just don't expect to sound it's best in the store. There are other features like morphing which i haven't touched yet but maybe i'll review again (if it ever screws up on me). I give it an 8 because its hard to get it to sound good even though when it does its amazing. To me its a solid 10, but for someone without the time or patience to mess with it so much an 8.

Getting a good sound out of the 2112 is really easy, 2112 just sounds great! (you can get a bad sound if you want too) The 2112 is the most easy to use device i've ever had. The manual sucks, that's why i'm giving it a 9. I've no problem getting any sound. I've the 1.01 firmware, and i've read about a lot of bugs on it (i haven't found none yet), so i'm thinking on upgrade to 2120.

I've used it straight to mixing boards, PA, combos and power amps (in fact, to whatever gets to my hands), and always souns great. Of course, you have always to do some adjustment (nothing is transparent), but i've set my cab emulator to global, and no problem. I have no problem getting sound such The edge's Mofo (U2 - Pop)or Gustavo Cerati's "Luna Roja" (Gustavo is Soda Stereo's guitar player and singer). The distortions are the best i've ever heard. I don't like the pitch shifter, but i don't use it anyway.

I would use it without a backup, but i've one already, so why should i do that?

I've mailed digitech support many times asking about upgrades, accesories, replacement parts (tubes!!!), and i've always got answared within 24 hours!!!

The best of the best!!! (10 would be ok too, but nothing is perfect), and once again, the manual sucks!!

As usual the factory presets are way overblown. A few sound killer just as they are. Editing seems pretty simple especially since it has such a huge display. Very well laid out but as with any new unit it has a learning curve. The manual is just so-so, but it will get you past most road-blocks. I usually approach a new piece of gear by mostly turning knobs until I figure it out anyway so as to put it permanently in my noodle. Mine is ver 1.03

I am running mine with a Boogie Triaxis and A 2:90 poweramp. I run the Triaxis in the effects loop of the 2112 and it absolutely SMOKES! This combination is Stunning! Really!....I have 6 guitars of various sorts Tele's, Strats, Humbuckers, Singles Etc. It is no more noisy than any of the other combinations I have used in the past. The effects are great but the distortions don't sound like the Triaxis......What does?!, but the are very, very good. They have character the Triaxis doesn't which is nice. Boogies don't really do the Country Chicken Pickin Thing well but the 2112 just nails it! The Triaxis is the king of all else though.

I have had it only a few weeks but it seems very stable thus far. I do not carry a backup. I do have a Line 6 if it dies and has to go in.

I wish I had some good to say about Digitech's Customer support. I can always get through to a really un-interested, un-informed, "I should be a rock star by now, I hate workin here" customer support person every time I call though!

I play all styles and this is the coolest rig I've owned thus far, and in 26 years of playing I had a bunch of them. From a silvertone amp all the way up to a 185lb refrigerator full of black boxes and enough wire and switchcraft ends to outfit a high school. I also own a MK3 Simul-class head, A Line6 Axsys 2X12, 66 Bandmaster, Original Crate CR-1, and a SWR Basic Black.
I compared this to the new Lexicon and found it to be too limited. The lexicon Sounds great but Who cares about 16 megs of reverb anyway.
One really cool thing about The 2112 is that it is designed for guitarist not engineers and since it is all in one box my rack is lighter, more versatile, and has ver little cabeling in the back. It is what I have always wanted in a unit of this type. If I have one criticism, it's that it has no guitar input in the rear.....HELLO!.........

Aside from the massive improvement over the 2101's controls, this still is not intuitive from the software standpoint. Even when you bypass modules, their parameters affect the overall sound, especially dry signals passing through reverb units. The manual reads as though it was written by surfers, rather than engineers, meaning its good or bad depending on your personal taste (I found it really bogus, dudes). Patch editing, on the whole, is a definite improvement.
Digitech still needs to make a divisible S-DISC, so you don't have to use pre-divided configurations. If you want to use a 1/2 module and a 3/4 module, you should be able to, in whatever configuration, and not worry about how the effects are going to lay out.
Regarding the firmware, see my comments, below.

I don't need another preamp or another effects module. A good power amp is all you need. The sound on this unit is incredible ... it sounds better than the JMP-1/HushIICX/TSR-24 combination I used before. This was used for a majority of work on my album in the studio, including all effects-driven guitar tracks.
It's reliability is another story. See below.

I'm on my third unit. The firmware on the first one crashed within a week. The second developed a short in the outputs within another week. Third had to be repaired at the factory, but since it returned, no problems. (It did take 2 months for it to return, rendering my rig useless). Incidentally, when the third unit went back to DigiTech, they put in new software (1.03), and this took care of the MASSIVE glitch between the tuner function and the control one.

I called. I faxed. My units spent months in the shop. DigiTech NEVER ONCE returned my calls or faxes. If it weren't for the dealer bitching to DigiTech, I think I'd have been out one guitar rig and $800. DigiTech's customer support, in my experience, is the worst, and it keeps me from wanting to buy another product from them ever again.

The unit is good when it works. When it doesn't, it justifies spending the heavy dough for Mesa and Lexicon.

It is pretty easy to use. Has dedicated buttons for each type of effects so you can edit them quickly and it has the eq nad gain knobs on the front if you use it as a preamp which is cool. The manual sucks. It needs more examples and more of everything for that matter. It doesnt really tell you what all the unit can do. It left me feeling like there is a lot more I can learn about the unit. I just got it so it has the latest software.

The sound quality is great. It beats anything else out there in its price range although it will color your original tone slightly. It is very quiet which I like a lot. I use it with an egnater preamp and power amp and then into 2 egnater 4-12 cabinets. The distortions are very good but second rate to the egnater, but then everything is compared to the egnater stuff. if I wasnt using the egnater as a preamp I would be happy with the 2112 as my main preamp also.

I use it at gigs all the time and I have no worries about it breaking down. the software seems very stabile also. It hasnt crashed on me yet unlike the boss gx700 I used to own which crashed all the time.

I havent had to deal with them on this product yet.

I play heavy pop rock and hard core instrumental stuff and the 2112 is perfect for these styles. I have been playing for about 17 years and use the egnater ie4 preamp and 2x80 power amp and 2 egnater 4-12 cabinets and the rocktron all access foot controller. I would buy the 2112 again. I compared it to every other product up to and including the price range of the 2112 and there is no competition. There is nothing else that sounds as good as the 2112 for a all in one combination preamp effects unit. I do wish they would help out in the manual when using other footswitches than there own. Their attitude seems to be either use their footswitch or you get no support. I bought mine from KTJMUSIC for $699 and I see everyone else paid way more. I definitely recomend them, their prices are the lowest in the country. I used to do the mail order thing like american music and music emporium etc... but even they werent as cheap.

price included a control1 foot pedal
the manual stinks is the reason I give it a 7. if you are familur with effect untis and digitech, you can work this one.

I use it linked to a DHP-55 (mostly for chorus and a few harms) thru a stereo amp into 2-4X12's. i have only had it for 2 months and have not done a lot of editing i will shoot for raising this to 10, but i am happy overall

no probelms yet

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I think I will be very happy as long as no problems develope. I like to get good early Rush tones and all the way to trebely,brown,vh sounds. I have played for 15 years, and could not find a tube sound i was happy with or a soilid state sound. someone finally put both in one box for me.

This unit can be very easy to use. You can just plug in a play around with the presets, and instantly get great sounds. However, editing is a little more complicated. You wind up scrolling through millions of menus and all of the usual crap that goes with rack gear. The manual doesn't help much at all. It barely mentions some of the most important features, like the cabinet simulator, and doesn't explain editing very clearly. The manual is garbage, basically.

The 2112 sounds amazing. You can get any sound on earth with it. You can record direct for clean tones, solos, and varius special effects with great results!! But, raw, distorted rhythm tones have to go through a loud amp (a tube amp) to sound convincing. But through a loud amp, it does sound fantasic!! It has no limits. The effects are all of the highest quality, except the wah, which sucks. But, I'd rather use my Cry Baby anyway.

I have had no problems. Just switch in on and play.

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It great. You can do anything, but the manual doesn't tell you how. Only one other problem, recording direct only works well for solos, and clean stuff. You still need a good tube power stage for chunky rhythm tracks. But as a preamp and processor, the 2112 is simply the best thing God ever created.

I've had it for about a month now and it's pathetically easy to use. The manual is not as good as it could be, but I'd rather be figuring it out for myself than screwing with some manual. Editing is easy and very user friendly. It is pretty much plug and play.

I use a Yamaha Acoustic FG-180 w/ a Furman Matrix Pickup (awsome sound!!!), along with a Epiphone Les Paul (Trans Red...Limited Edition) Studio, and a Fender Strat. They all sound I was surprised how nice the acoustic sounded through this processor. The reverbs are nice considering all of the other bells and whistles that also come along with it. I read that some people thought the distortions were great, and others thought that they were not so great, but I have found them to be decent. I'm sure with a little tweeking here and there, anything from a light overdrive to a heavy fuzz is in reaching distance. I currently am not able to let the processor shine through mainly because I am using only one amp, so I only get mono sound (which is still great), but having this sucker hooked up into a stereo amp, or two seperate amps really lets loose the stereo effects built in. I currently am using a Roland BluesCube ( 3 x 10 ) at 90 watts. I plan to get another in the future to get stereo from the 2112. This thing is quiet as well. If there is a noise problem, the noise gate is set up in a way that it can be inserted before or after the tubes (another plus!!), or elsewhere in your effects loop. I use a Digital Music Corp. Ground Control for this, w/ an expression pedal.

Dependability would not be something I would even question. I've had no problems at all, and from what I've heard, it's only the old firmware verssions that caused crashes and/or program losses. I plan to use it on a gig w/o a backup......that's the true test.

Haven't encounter anything requiring customer support.

I play many different types of music. Heavy Metal to Jazz, and that's the main reason I purchased this processor. It does so much for a reasonable price (I got a good deal on it as well) that you'd be crazy to pass it up. I compared it to alot of things. The Roland GR-30 (no distortions....but amazing sound), Boss GX-700, Rocktron Pirhanna (also great, but not as user friendly), and a couple others, but this one delivered in a big way. I wish it had a headphone jack, but you can't have your cake and eat it too. The tuner is very nice, and the overall editing capabilities are the greatest thing about this unit, not to mention the two 12AX7s available to run distortions, overdrives, wahs, etc. If I had the option to buy it again I certainly would.

Found it easy to use. Ready to go right out of the box. I have a Zoom 9002 so when it comes to programming, I was familar with the methodology. I have 1.03 firmware. The manual is ok if you are familar with computers. I think it was written by the programmers, and I know they can't write manuals! I found the best way to get into programming was to think about what you want to do, then use the manual and the machine to do it. You can't get through the manual in one sitting and get a grasp on all that the 2112 can do.

I'm using it with a Marshall 8008 into two old (1976) Ampeg 4x12 cabinets. For guitars I have a PRS Custom and Artist III, A Les Paul Classic Plus, A 1975 Strat and a Ovation Elite. I've only used it with the PRS' and the Les Paul so far. I think it sounds great. I can get the same "punch" that I got with my Ampeg V4 head. The distortions are great and the digital effects are excellent. I own a Digitech Chorus/Flange, PD20/20 delay and a PD1550 distortion pedals. The sound from the 2112 is right on with them as you would expect. The stereo effects are great. I think you do have to tweek some of the presets though, but not a lot. The overall sound is excellent. I use the 8008 in valvestate mode. The 2112 is very quiet. If you fool with the gate, you'll get some noise. Some presets have the gate set to high so they cut out too early, but this is easily rectified.

Got it Christmas day (much thanks to my lovely wife). No problems so far.

Haven't had to use them yet. Hopefully I won't ever have to.

I play mostly rock, Zeppelin, Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Pink Floyd. Also some blues. I think this is the machine to have. I checked out the Roland GP100 and the Boss GX700. This unit blows away the GP100. The GX700 is very good if you don't want to spend a lot of cash. The 2112 does sound much better than the GX700 but it's an apples/oranges comparison. I also checked out the Johnson Millenium. It's based on the 2112. It sounds very good as you would expect but again it's apples/oranges. I love the 2112. I think my guitar processing life is complete. I don't play in a band unfortunately so I won't be taking it out, but it was mail ordered and survived a UPS trip from Oregon to Connecticut so I think there is some ruggedness there. I'll be getting the Digitech Control One to use with it. I think to maximize the possiblities of the 2112, you need the Control One. I think this is the best pre-amp/processor out there. Nothing else can compare to it. I think you can set yourself up for an enire gig via it's programming. Also, you can get into programming as deep as you want to. The default settings that are provided for all of the effects are more than enough for most applications. With these you don't have to go tweek effect parameters. The default pre-amp setings are excellent. They model most of the amps out there. With these, you can save a lot of programming time beacuse they take care of the entire pre-amp chain. I am very impressed with this unit and would by it again.

This unit is not easy to program and few factory presets are "ready to go". Only when you master it you can achieve excellent results. The manual doesn't help you so much and it's easier to try on your own.

I use IBANEZ JPM-100, ROCKTRON VELOCITY 300 power amp and MARSHALL 1960 4x12" CABINET. The unit's very quiet and the noise gate works well (if you reduce the amount usually present in all factory presets!). All the digital effects are great but I don't like distortions. They are too weak. I don't like fuzzy tones or crunchy sounds and this units doesn't have BIG GREAT distortion. I like GEORGE LYNCH's lead tone and there's no way to obtain it from this unit. For these kind of sounds (LYNCH, LETEKRO) it's better the GSP-21 LEGEND (strange but true).

No problems at all but I know I'm very lucky! I've had a lot different multieffects, preamps, power amps etc. and none of them has given me troubles! Yes... I'm very lucky!!

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I play progressive metal and probably there are better units around that fill my needs. This is for the "all rounder" and only average for my music. I play since 12 (now I'm 28) and I use a DIGITECH TSR-24S, a MESA BOOGIE TRIAXIS (this is GREAT!), a SANS AMP PSA-1 (tons of power!), a BOSS SX-700, a ROCKTRON VELOCITY 300, a BRUNETTI SILVER BULLET custom power amp, MARSHALL 1960 4x12" cabinets, CARVIN V212 cabinets and ADA MICROCAB speaker emulator. Guitars: IBANEZ JPM-100, IBANEZ 7-strings UNIVERSE and ANGEL italian custom made. Probably I won't buy it again. The price is high and only a small slice of power it deserves is dedicated to my genre of music.

Owner's manual is definitely the worst I've seen.. Luckily everything is quite logical and easily manageable even without manual. User interface is really good, IMHO. Simple infinite- knobs for altering values and a few short-cut buttons to jump between different effect-modules. Also 'programming' of the floor pedal (control one) is fail-proof. Just select anything you like to assign into pedal and tap/move that pedal/controller you wish.

Sound quality is good. No noise, no glitches. There isn't also too much delay between patches. Effects are really natural. Especially I like those reverbs and 'analog' delay. Doesn't sound 'digital' Wah isn't that special compared to my CryBaby. In fact it's just a bit different (a little less transparent than cb) and works fine where crybaby doesn't There also isn't so much of those 'trick' effects. (Waiting for that update)

Can't say much on reliability since I've had it only two months. Still, it has never let me down.

I don't know about phone support or such but there's an excellent mailing list for 2112 (manufacturers representative is subscribed to the list and (in contrary to many other similar lists ; ) , answers promptly when asked Free upgrades are available every now and then, just like with 2101

I would definitely buy it again. I had some afterthoughts when I saw TC electronics' G-force but I'll gladly trade some processing power to fast/intuitive user interface and programmability.

The 2112 is easy to use once you get to understand it. The problem is the manual(my one anyway), which doesn't even tell you how to program your own patch! It only took me about 4 hours to work that out anyway. After that ,I think this is the easiest effects unit to use on sale at this moment. Everything is well laid out and the realtime control of Gain. Treble, Mid and Bass is really good when gigging in various places with different acoustics and stuff.

The sound quality excellent and in my use very quiet. The choruses, delayes and reverbs are as good as any musician would need(no need for a Lexicon!!). I had no problems with the clean or the semi-distorted sounds, but Smashing pumpkins type crunch proved to be alittle more difficult. It took me about one week of careful tweeking and i wound up using a combination of the tube and solidstate distortion paths, which by the way is a great invention from Digitech. The parametric EQ's helped a lot too. I used two six-band parametrics on my crunch. None of the effects sound weak except the wah-wah, which is crap. It's better than the 2101, but I still use my trustworthy Cry-baby in front of the 2112. The preset sounds in my opinion are really bad, but once you get your own sounds going you will be in heaven. Don't let the presets dissapoint you and put you off the machine.

I have only had it for a very short while so i don't really know.

I haven't been in touch with the company. I don't think there is customer support in Finland, where i live.

I bought it with the Control one, which is great. I sure would buy it again. Idon't really need anything else, except a poweamplifier and a 4x12 cab!!!!!! Chuck out those old unreliable stompboxes( i have about 20) and get a 2112. You won't regret it.

I've been gigging and recording with the 2112 for a couple of months, traded in my GSP-21 for it. So far, I wish I still had my GSP-21! Few of the factory sounds are useful to me and I'm struggling to program the 7 or 8 basic patches I use live. The manual is not great; for example, there's no info on what the various speaker simulator settings are, just numbers. My unit is V 1.02.

This unit makes a considerable amount of noise, which can usually be dealt with using the included noise gate settings. I have a problem using it with my guitar synth, which frequently triggers the gates on the higher gain settings with no straight guitar output present. The distortion settings to my ear are not as good as the GSP-21, but I'm just beginning to put the necessary hours into tweaking them. Basically, I'm praying for Digitech to provide a set of better (artist?) patches in a coming revision.

I've used it on a couple of dozen gigs with no backup. It's only failed once, locking up in a soundless state after being moved slightly. Turning it off and on restored operation.

I haven't returned or upgraded this unit. My GSP-21 had some early troubles and the company was great about fixing it promptly. The Legend upgrade I bought for it was easily installed also. All my phone calls have be returned promptly by friendly competent people.

I wouldn't buy it again, or at least I'd wait until better patches and a better manual were available, hopefully at a lower price, too. I wish it had a headphone jack (yes, I know about y-cording the outputs), a rear input jack, XLR outs, and a better speaker simulator. Mostly, I wish it sounded better and was easier to program. I have to say that so far it gets in the way of my playing, not helps it.
But hey, all of you go out an buy one or they'll never upgrade it! Thanks!

Very easy... Thru the manual once, and you'll be modifying presets... A few more times thru the manual, and some trial and error, and you will be doing fun stuff like linking parameters to input dynamics.. (which by the way is not documented correctly in the manual) My firmware version is 1.02.. I understand there is a 1.03, but since I've not encountered any trouble, I dont see why I'd need to upgrade.. I've had it for a week now... And I think I've got it basically all figured out..

Absolutely awesome... This is my first piece of equipment with tubes in it, and I must say, you really can tell a difference... I am a former RP12 user, and always thought I had great tone (which I did), but the 2112 is just alot better. As usual, the effects are all top notch, and extremely configurable... One thing though, my RP12 had "Whammy" and "Smooth Whammy", the "smooth whammy" seemed to be much faster and better tracking... The 2112 only seems to have the regular "Whammy" in which there is a perceptible delay from the time you pick until the time you hear the note.. The 10band GEQ is alot easier to use than the 4band PEQ on my old RP12..

I wouldnt know... BUt i've not had a lick of trouble with any of my digitech stuff in the past.

dunno. never dealt with em..

BTW, that price was with the Control 1 also... Hell yeah, I'd buy it again... I'm extremely pleased... BIG step up from my RP12. I was going to wait and see how the RP20's were, but since they've not yet been shipped, I got restless and just said "screw it, I'll go ALL THE WAY:)" I will be adding songs recorded with the 2112 to my web page, as time goes on... check it out at http://glock.triax.com

I give this a 5 because the manual is terrible. But, as I understand that is a problem with many Digitech products It is easy to operate, and edit patches. However, you end up learning on your own. It would help to have a least a little more info in the manual. Some of it's best features are undocumented. This leaves you poking around and most of the time getting frustrated.

Sound quality is excelent. With the noise gates you can virtually eliminate any unwanted sounds. The effects are very good. I like the reverbs very much, and the Digital effects are great. The best part though is the great tube tones that you can get out of this machine. Both clean, and distorted tones are easy create.

Have not had a problem. I have had the unit 6 months now. There has been a firmware upgrade since i bought it (1.02 --> 1.03).

I have only dealt with digitech via email, but they have always gotten back to me the next business day. I asked them about any firmware upgrades, and they sent it to me no charge. Also, with the digitech 2112 email discussion group it is easy to get answers to your questions from other users.

If it wasn't for the crappy manual I would absolutely go nuts about this machine. I am still extremely happy with it. It is easy, even without the manual, to create some bitchin tones.
If you need patches, go to you search engine and look up:
digitech, 2112, sgs, effects, patches
any combinations should do. That should lead you to the pages that are popping up with 2112 patches. Including mine of course.
I would give you the address, but I am having a hard time finding a reliable internet provider, so I keep changing servers. I guess it's time to get a domain registered.

As just about everyone else has said, getting a great sound out of the 2112 is as simple as turning it out... The only complaints I had with any of the standard presets were that the EQ tended to be a little on the bright side (easily fixed), and the noise suppression would often cut the tail end of sustaining notes (an easy adjustment).
Editing patches is really simple, once you get the hang of the effects architecture (which is a little different from the Ensoniq DP/4 I used before this unit). The amp-like controls make life very easy.
The manual is not real crash hot, with a couple of inaccuracies, and some glaring omissions (it took me a couple of weeks to stumble across how to set the pan position for the pre-amp stages, although I wasn't looking very hard :)
As for the revision in my unit, it lists v1.03 when the Control-One starts, but 1.0 on the LCD on the front panel...

It sounds brilliant. I run it through a Marshall 9200 power amp, in full stereo, and its superb. The only complaint I have is that the harmonising pitch-shifter seems a little quirkier than some others I've used...

The unit crashed catastrophically twice within the first week (half way through a band rehearsal the first time!) Both times it happened while editing the assignments for pedals on the Control One, and I think it was down to my not pushing one button in the process of storing the settings... So it was my mistake as far as I can tell, but it shouldn't be a mistake the operating system lets the user make, much less one that locks up the machine, requiring a hard reset and destroying all user presets...
Since then, I've had no problems with the unit at all (over a few months now), and it's moved around (in an SKB case) at least once a week.

I haven't dealt with customer support yet, but the Internet mailing list provides a few interesting bits of information.

Without question, I would buy this unit again in the same situation. The sound is excellent, the programming simplicity itself, and the unit is remarkably flexible (I haven't yet needed a sound I couldn't create...)

it is very easy to use the editing function. The manual is clear . I have it since 2 months and it's 1.02 ver.

At low volume, the sound is good but I don't like the distortion at higher volume. It's sound vague. It's like if I have a big digital reverb but the reverb is off.

A bug appeared only 5 days after I bought it. I shipped it back to the company and they upgraded the processor to the version 1.02. I received it 2 weeks after but another bug appeared: the harmonizer. The sound of the harmonizer was not right. I reshipped it back and they finally gave me a new one that works well until now. I also note that a fine adjustment for the pitch shifter was missing.

The customer support is very good because they gave me a new machine that works well.

By far the best i've used so far. All those infinity knobs make it almost as easy to use as a pedal, except you can save it all into memory! Perhaps my only complaint is that they didn't put in one more knob for the button to be able to access all the preamp options faster. As it is now, i have to multi page it 5 or 6 steps in order to get to the tube section which is wht i access most. Besides this though it's just plain fun to edit.

Very quite, but the dist sounds like it's coming straight out of a box. I changed the tubes and found some that don't sound so cold (an RCA and a Ruby, or maybe it was an AEG). It really helps to go in and play around with the settings, As with all these sorts of boxes, getting beyond the presets really helps the sounds. Surprisingly i have found that it sounds great with vocals, even better than with guitar. The oak room verb sounds especially nice. Overall the effects are good, i especially like the wah (sold my Morely). Seem to get some crackling on certain presets, but it could be a cable

So far so good

No idea, haven't tried yet.

Nice quite machine, just a shame they didn't have stereo inputs instead of mono. Easy to use and wonderful to edit. The dist sounds boxy, but if you run it through a tube amp it helps. The verb is good, but strange enough i prefered my old quadraverb GT's reverb for my guitars (although QV sucked for vocals and bass, while the 2112 sounds good with both). I bought it because it was quite, had a lot of options and most of all because the user interface makes editing a total breeze.

Very easy for it to sound awesome. Hard to program at first because the manual is a bit difficult to understand. Read it twice and it'll hit you though. I don't know if there is an upgrade or what the upgrade would change but mine is v1.01

Very very excellent sound. Very clear sounding. Slight delay on harmony effects though but nice just the same.

Only had one problem when I was scolling through the effects to change a bunch of little ** 's came across the top and the whole thing froze. Then I turned it off and back on again and it was like caught in a loop trying to intialize itself. I turned it off and on like 10 times then it finally said it was resetting itself. (wiped out all my custom patches too!) Then it went into some weird editing mode where each button pressed came up with weird numbers and then it went into "Edit SDisc II" mode. Dunno why this happened but I turned it off and then on and it has worked perfectly ever since then.

Dunno yet. Hasn't died on me.

Limitless tones. Play around and you'll find your perfect sound.