DigiTech BP-200

It's quite simple mastered it in under 15 minuets. You could easyily make good sound patch in 2 minuets.

I play with a Ibanez SR 405 and a Galllien-Kreuger backline 112 ad it sounds great. All the effects sound great except for the distorion. The chours is very thick, the Wah is unbelieveable and the synth-talk is great for a spacy effect.

Never had a problem getting it to work. Iv droped t a few times not a scratch.

Sure

Manily i play heavy metal like Metalllica or Megadeth and its a great math, i think even Dave Ellifson uses it. Ive been playing with it for 3 months and never had a complant. I would deffinatly replace it.I love the added drum machine on it its great fo working on timeing, but the best feature is the wah, its 10 times better then any bass wah ive ever seen. I wish it had a seperate pedal for bypass because is kinda hard to hit both the pedals at the same time in a live show.

At first I loved this item, now I'm not quite so sure, the whole thing sounds a tad digital and seems to leave your bass sounding a bit winded. Takes forever to edit patches, as the guy a few reviews before me said "evil button" can be a pain in the ass. The manual is clear and tells you what you need to learn, but good luck figuring out what the hell half the effects are supposed to be used for, I recommend that you be open minded or experimental with some of this stuff! Since I've bought this item around 6 months ago, apparently they added a digital out to the unit, which kind of sucks because that would probably be useful, I probably wouldn't use this much live though.

I run this thing through my Hartke HA-5000 head equipped with a 4x10 hartke TP cab and a custombuilt 15" cab complete with Eminence Legend driver!!! I use a washburn xb-200 4 string and a warwick streamer bolt on 4 string as my 2 weapons of choice. This unit helps my washburn, but the amp is all I need for the warwick. The effects can be weak or strong, depending on the mood of the pedal or the person that pre-sets it, there is no way of keeping everything at one nice straight volume, so u can end up looking a tad stupid on stage when everyone suddenly can hardly hear u, then you're suddenly knocking the walls down. Oh yeah I can get the sounds of my favorite artists, with enough fiddling (hours) the DigiTech site even has some people that share their presets with you, claiming they sound like certain artists, too bad whoever thinks they got flea right on the head completely missed the nail! The distortion is weak, chorus is decent, funky weird stuff, yeah it's funky and weird alright, the wha pedal is nothing to blow your load over because the bottom end completely disappears when you switch to wha mode. which requires you to switch pre-sets.

well I never tried to smash it or anything, but they made it out metal which is a step up from a lot of things these days. Plastics save lives but they also break an awful lot! I don't use effects enough to require a backup, if it dies I can do without...

never used it

I play funk metal, I guess it matches anything well if you can figure it out. I have played for 4 years, I pretty much named my gear already. I also have a stupid Crate BFX100 combo that sucks royal ass, that amp is powerless don't buy one! I wouldn't replace it, simply because I don't use it enough. I love how I can use it when I need it, and it wasn't super expensive. I don't like sortin' through 80 presets to get to the 3 effects that I actually use. This one seemed to have a lot of features so I chose it, turns out it has a tad too many. I wish it had an eq that u didn't have to adjust for every preset, that or a compressor that can override the effects if needed so EVERYTHING IS AT THE SAME VOLUME. I guess it's useful in the studio where you have 12 hrs to go between effects, but live it doesn't do much for me. I would not recommend this product for live use simply because everything isn't exactly easily accessable and when you change presets it cuts out your sound for a moment. If you are a very passive effects user like myself, that only uses them on a minimal basis, this is a good unit to own.

First off I have owned this unit for just under a year and used it with several combinations of amps and basses. As far as easy to use i would say it's a 6 or so. Although the preset patches are easy to use the question is would you want to. Well sure I would use 5 maybe 6 of them. All in all though the presets are to varied in there settings, re: eq, volume etc.. Editing patches is okay because the capability is there, but there are so many different voices {in my opinion, to many} that to find a specific one really makes it difficult in a "real gig" setting. That includes once you have edited a patch where the patch ends up in the mix so to speak could be 20 patches away from the other ones you like and that just makes this unit near impossible to use in a live setting. The manual is okay but really the only way to get to know this unit is to dig in.

So far the best quality of sound has come from my Steinberger 4 string "passive" bass to the unit {with a GK700 210 combo}. On several factory settings I found some addition to my overall sound. I have a Conklin groove tools with a really hot active eq that no matter what I do to the voices in the BP200 it just dosent work. I also have a passive six string that sounds pretty good with some of the voices {but not many}. So if you have a passive bass and you are just looking for a new sound this could help, but if you intend on changing sounds a lot between song's live then forget about this unit and get a POD. I spent some pretty serious time editing some of the voices and have found some combinations that actually add some good color and wave to my already killer sound. Overall though I would say that I do not use this in live settings anymore, it's just got to many voices to select through to change your sound between song's in a set. Although I rate it pretty high, keep in mind what I have said.

No question about it's reliability, it is really well protected by it's steel case and I have dropped it a couple of times with no loss of sound.

Never talked to them

I have been playing bass now over 12 years. I play rock, funk, blues whatever etc. If it were lost I would definately not replace it. Overall I would have to say if you play live and you want a bunch of different sounds in your show, then DONT buy this unit. You will just be frustrated and distracted by searching for different sounds between songs. However if you are just looking for a couple of different effects and or using it in the studio then go ahead and purchase it. The price is not bad for what you get but remember what I said about playing live.

I've had this thing about a month, and I've used it in about 4 shows so far. I've only been using the presets, because I have not yet had the time to try and figure out how to program it. What I've noticed about setting the gains, etc. is that it tends not to be uniform from one preset to the next -- I'll switch effects between songs and end up with no volume, or way too much. I see a lot of people have trouble with the bypass setting, but so far I haven't. Maybe I just have big enough feet to cover both switches at once easily. I have more trouble with accidentally stepping on the right side switch with the edge of my foot while trying to move the pedal, thus changing the effect to something totally weird.

I'm using two basses at shows. I hook up a Peavey Milestone 4-string directly to the amp, (it's a cheap bass but it sounds great for slapping, and so I keep it around) and my DeArmond Pilot 5-string to the BP200. I have an older Peavey 4X10 cabinet and head setup, which has its own set of problems, but the BP200 actually helps smooth things out for me a bit, because when I hook up the DeArmond directly to the amp I get a much lower volume than with the Peavey, and so I'm constantly adjusting things, which I hate. Now, as to the BP200... There are an AWFUL LOT of different effects to wade through, and most of them are less than useful. I use the SMOOTH, the STANDUP, and the PUNCH most of the time, and none of those are easy to find in a 5-second break between songs. Also they don't all come through at the same volume, so it's back to adjusting the amp or the pedal to get enough sound... embarrassing when you were supposed to lead off. I don't like the distortion effects. They sound cheap. But all of this I'm sure can be fixed through programming, if only I took the time to do it.

This thing is built solid, I'm confident in its working well. One exception to that is the power adapter which looks about the same as the one on my kids's Gameboy. I'm not sure how much winding up and unwinding it's going to last through. I don't worry about it though... I've played many shows with no effects at all and if it pukes I'll just go around it.

Don't have a clue on this.

I'm on the whole, fairly new to music (4 years) and this is my first effects processor. The band plays all styles, original Christian music and we jam to old rock-and-roll tunes. Most of our stuff goes well with smoothed-out bass rather than distorted bass. There are a few exceptions though, which is why I keep that ol' 4-string slapper on stage with me. But I'm happy with the way the BP200 mellows out my jazz-type music, and I look forward to trying it out with other styles as well. I still haven't found a good-sounding effect for some of the more punchy tunes, and so I'll keep on working on that. If the thing were stolen, I'd most likely buy the same one again, if I bought another one at all. The thing I hate the most is that you never can predict exactly how loud it's going to play. My favourite feature is the tuner, which actually works accurately on the 5-string. I looked into the DOD 30 but really didn't check out either of them all that thoroughly. They seemed both in about the same price/feature range but the DOD seemed to be not as solid in construction. I haven't read the manual yet, so one of these days I'll have to sit down with it and see what I've been missing.

I think the main thing you need to know to get the most out of this unit is to program beforehand. If you just take the time to tweak the knobs and buttons to get just the exact presetted sound you need, it works nicely. That is not to say that that is such an easy task...it's a bit painstaking. But if you care a lot about your sound, you'll take the time.

The Jam Along capability is crucial to my use of the unit in practice and it is the one feature my wife and five kids like the most.

You sometimes have to be rather light-footed to hit the pedals just right, but again with practice, all comes...

The manual is rather plain -- the manufacturer could certainly improve here.

Right now I am playing a platinum mockingbird through an Ashdown amp and I am very pleased with the sounds I get. It is a most versatile unit, especially for the price, and has widened my scope as a player and arranger. My amp has an active equalizer and the two units have worked flawlessly together so far...

Both my guitarist and drummer are jealous...they really like the unit too...my guitarist has a bank of six different pedals and looks like he's dancin' sometimes trying to change tones...

The pedal that comes with it is okay...I usually dial in the values for gain and effect strength before I use it...like I said, be prepared...

Used it about 100 times so far...a few gigs, much practice...no problems at all...clean metal case, no loose fittings, pretty solid...

Have yet to need their support...I guess that's a good thing...

Playing guitar and bass since 1971...generally classic rock, covers, modern rock, some metal, some folky...this unit makes a joke of my old Crybaby...

Overall I am very pleased with this unit...and for a mere buck fifty, quite a value!

if you know how to work this pedal its pretty decent, the only problem I have is changin from an effect to the by-pass as u have to press the 2 effect changers simutaniusly to get to to it and it doesnt 100% work, i rekon it could be embarising doing a gig and accidently slipping and chaning to so weird effect when doing some form of solo.this pedal is something you need to get used to, plus it really could do with a banking pedal. the expressin pedal is a bit stiff and could do with a spring but i use it very little, only for wah and volume on a certian effect.

alot of these effects are very good,how ever im in a metal band and i like a sharp distortion effect, the ones provided on the pedal or ones i make always seem to give a more fuzz effect, also there are alot of stupid effect which no1 would ever use! there are some good 1s which are brillaint for phat bass beats and slapping, also its gd if u want a sharp grinding bass tone.

so far this pedal has been gr8, ive dropped it so many times pretty hard and has got soaked 2 and sill works like a charm!! i can this this lasting a long time! especialy coz of the metal casing.

i havent needed it yet and everything ive needed to know ive found out on the digi-tech site.

when i bought it i expected to use it loads when gigs but the only thing i ever seem to use it for is the slapping effect, very rarely disortion and the built in tuner. its gr8 for slapping and it realy brings out a high pitched punchy sound but it could do with better distorion and more usefull effects. my fav 1s are made by myself but there are sum gd 1s on the digi tech site. i would say this is better then most other effects pedals (would be great if it had a bank)and hopefully i will find more ways to make the most out of it.

This thing suffers from "featuritis", the desire by engineers to ad EVERY possible feature, without any attempt to make it user friendly. The preset sounds are mostly horrible. You can change them, but you have to be a computer nerd to figure out how. For example, it has three rotary knobs. The function of the knobs changes with each mode you are in - this is a PERFECT example of non-intuitive design.

I use it with a 1975 Fender Precision bass, and an Ernie Ball Stingray 5 string bass. Amps are an SWR 4004 through two Trace Elliot 15" cabs or an approximately 30 year old Traynor 100 watt tube head and 2 x 15" Traynor cab. This is TOO NOISY to use direct. It is OK through the effect channel on the SWR - but my old tube amp doesn't have an effects channel. Most of the effects are very bad. The amp and speaker cabinet modeling, and only two of the pre-set effects are the only things I like.

From the factory, one of the four screws holding the printed circuit board had come off and was rattling around in the case. I fixed it with Lok-tite. NOT REASSURING!!!

I e-mailed Digitech about their loose screw problem, and all I got from them was an e-mail that they would "look into it". Again, NOT REASSURING!!!

I play everything from jazz to Oi punk. Have been playing for 30+ years. This effects box was a BIG disappointment. Basically, it was a waste of money. If you really want effects, you HAVE to try before you buy - I didn't. I will probably wind up buying a few single effects stomp boxes or rack gear.

At first, it does seem to be a bit tricky to use, given that you have only two pedals to hit for going through patches. If you do a little math (at least in my case :)), you can do eight sets of five effects for different styles of music. I'd put the main sound in the middle of every style set, so any other sound you want is no more than one or two steps away. I just got this today, though, so this may change.

Editing patches wasn't too difficult, but using the knobs, you have to be careful. I found them more sensitive than I expected.

As for the manual, it was easy to read through. No problems there. A PDF copy is also at the DigiTech web site, should you lose yours. Cool! ;) I do wish it had some MIDI capability, but that would probably add another $150 U.S. to the unit.

I'll update this in a few days, when I've had time to play with this through my live rig.

I was using this through some Roland keyboard amp, and a OLM 4 string bass, which is a passive, low end version of an Ernie Ball 4 string. Great bass for the money. Anyway, I didn't notice much noise at all, only on the heavily distorted patches. I did a little chorus, flanger, pitch shift, octave, and played with the Whammy. The Whammy needs a little work to work properly with the expression pedal, but it works fine.

Th amp models seemed to work as expected for a unit of this type. I'd be happy running this direct if needed. I could easily coax some fine distortion tones a la Voivod, King's X, etc. Not to say that the cleaner stuff was chopped liver, mind you. :D

The metal casing sure looks durable. As long as I don't have some unruly, drunk idiot running all over my pedal board, all is well. I may have to purchase another AC adapter from DigiTech, just to be safe. Otherwise I'd be fine without a backup. I give it a 9 for now.

Hey man, I just got this! I do have an older DOD GS30 unit, and have never had to deal with support. (The GS30 still works fine.) So for now, it's fine.

I play a little of everything. Metal, rock, jazz, classical...basically, if I like it enough, I'll play it. Yes, I'm kind of a Jack, but I seem to do well in most of the styles I do regularly. I've played electric bass since about 1992; I also used to play the acoustic dog house, but I think I can play one again someday...

I own:
1994 Fender P-Bass Special (Active EQ PJ style)
Early 1980's Yamaha BB300 (passive P copy)
Peavey MicroBass (for home use)
Peavey TNT 115 (live amp)
and a few cables of course hehehehehe

I may get a 6 string in a few weeks (either Ibanez SR406, or a Carlo Robelli 6).

Again, I hope to update this in a few days. Goodnight.

very simple to use. I was able to use it with out reading the manual,but i was reading it a few days ago and found out how to use it all

some of the factory presets im shur you could use ,but to get the exact sound you want you have to modify them.and for the people who say it sounds shitty,just play around with the eq on your amp or the one on the pedal

its very reliabill,ya i would use it with out a backup

everything anybodey could ever need!

There is a wide variety of sounds in the factory presets. Making your own takes time but you have to to make it sound good. The manual helped me out alot, it told me what everything was, and does.

I am using a KRAMER baretta 522S/ and an AMPEG BA210SP. I have problems with noise on my own made edited. You have to fiddle with the nobs to get it perfect. The effects, always sound perfect to me both edited and factory presets. I can find the sounds of all my favorite artists, it just take time and good ears for the right sound. I thing this is a very well sounding proccesor.

This thing is built strong. but i still be very careful with it. I dont have a backup and i never intend to get one.

I havent dealt with the company.

I play heavy metal. This pedal is equipped with sounds for every style of music. I have benn playing for a year and a half and i could do anything until i got this pedal. It helped my play to whatever i wanted to. I would for sure buy this again, because of the variety. I love that you can make so many of your own settings. the only thin i hate about it is the word screen has room for 6 letters, i need more than that. my favorite feature is the jam along. This is a proffesional pedal, i wanted something that had many different combinations. This thing helps me write music way easier, than with just the amplifier effects.