DigiTech BP-200

This is my first processor but the UI made configuring the unit extremely easy. I had read the pdf version of the manual (available on the website) and that had given me a clear understanding of the kind of effects available. Also, both the guitarists in my band use digitech processor (RP250 and RP300 respectively) and so i was familiar with the UI of the unit. Bottom line: editing patches is very easy as long as you know what kind of sound you want.

I have an Indian made Java bass and a Laney 15W practice. My bass has an excellent clean sound and so had been using it for the past 2 years without effects (only a bit of compression from the AMP. I finally decided to dabble in effects. And the result was quite fantastic!

A lot of people have said that the effects are not up to par. What they are doing is tryiing to use the presets. The presets are merely guidelines which show the entire range of effects in the processor. Its upto you to tweak the patches as per your requirements.

Our band plays a lot of originals (mainly into Sufi/Hindi Rock). However, i also dabble into heavy metal. I loved the fatfuzz patch- it pretty much replicates the bassline of NIB - Sabbath... Pretty cool by any standard!

The chorus sound a lil digital, but the amp simulation and compression are excellent. Takes the bass sound to a whole new level! I have only tried it on my practice amp thus far (got the processor 2 days back) and i cant wait to try it on stage!

I am rating it a 9 because i was kind of disappointed with the chorus effect.

Its built like a tank! i know everyone says that, but it just feels so sturdy! I have major doubts about the power supply - an AC adapter will always cause problems. It did flicker a lil on the first day and keeps going into edit mode at random intervasl... kind of wierd, but as long as it doesnt effect the sound...

I would gig without a backup, but i am still a little worried about the power supply. i am planning to get a new one made complete with a built in fuse and all... Dont want this one to get fried!

I play a lot of originals -Sufi Rock... has jazz, metal and indian classical influences. This gives a lovely new dimension to my music. The ashdown amp gives the deep "bassy" sound that i need, and the hiwattgain amp gives that sharp twang that i would want. The distortions are also pretty cool, but i need to be extra careful not to go overboard with the effects. Got to keep irt simple!

I have been into music for over 20 years now. Started off with indian classical , then moved to drumming about 8 years back, then guitars and now bass. Have been playing the bass for over 2 years now and i love the instrument. allows me to wander and play my stuff (even while playing covers!) Keeping in mind the diversity of the kind of music i play, this is just what was required.

I had looked at the Bass POD XT Live and i know that the quality of that would probably be a lot better, but then at twice the price, i didnt find it worth it. After all, as i bass guitarist, i will probably use a maximum of 5-6 kinds of sounds. And i am sure this unit is more than capable of producing the kind of sound i need. Complete value for money!!!

I have 2 complaints about this- 1 is the power supply - seems a lil flimsy - can be easily fixed. 2 - is the quality of the chorus - that was something i was loking forward to using. Well, cant expect the world at this price.

I will most defenitely graduate to a stompbox setup sometime down the line, but until then, i love my BP200!

Oh, and the drum machine/head phone out make it the perfect practice unit!!! Havent been able to sleep for the past 2 days (coz i keep playing till 5 in the morning!) bloody addictive!!!

A++!

Not hard to customize your tones, editing is easy, the manual helps if you cant figure it out, I needed the manual because somehow the expression pedal got stuck (digitally, not physically) and i had to reprogram it, though as soon as I figured it out it was a breeze.

The sound quality is what you would expect from a multi-effects processor, decent at worst, ranging to pretty damned good. I like the pitchshifter effect, and the whammy effect, both have been utilized in my songwriting using the expression pedal to control them in real time.

I dont get any noise from it.

My setup is: Bass > Bass Synth Wah > Boss PH-3 > Overdrive > DigiDelay > BP-200 > EHX Pulsar > Boss RC-2 > Carvin RD100

7 - Eventually after about a year I had problems with the scroll down pedal, I thought it was the rubber piece that presses the switch, but it turned out to be the switch itself. Replaced it and havent had a problem since!

I had a faulty switch, got ahold of customer service and they sent me a new switch at no charge!

Ive had this thing practically since it came out, it was my first Effect Pedal, and i loved it. As time went on however I found myself wanting more tones and started buying individual stompboxes, though I still utilize this tool quite often!

very intuitive for a multi FX pedal. Easy to understand and get decent sounds out of it.
Stage wise is OK if you don't need a lot of stuff.
I bought this just to have a compressor, but as it turned out, the 'expression' pedal is programmable so I made it into a volume control - very handy!
The compression ain't bad either for live work. It compares well to the more dedicated pedals!
Nice and easy to program.
Programing the other FX are very easy, although some seem to be missing essential parameters, eg, there is no control for the 'sweep time'on the flanger, which makes it very limiting.
Love the tuner function for stage,and for practice it got a reasonably useful drum machine for practice, and an input for your mp3 player, very useful, and not least, a headphone socket.
This is an absolutely brilliant practice box, forget the FX!!!

This is a quality bit of gear. Those who complain about hiss and hum, must be doing something wrong. It sounds clean and pro to me.
I'm talking only live work here. I've not tried to use it in the studio. Why would I? Good studios should have racks of high quality gear anyway!
I don't use the EQ, or the 'amp modeling' part of the pedal, as all my stuff sounds hot already, and I've got my sound. So I've no solid opinion on that score, although I've played around a little with it and it seems cool enough.
I use a Stingray 5 and a 30 year old US peavey MKII amp with a 2X10 Peavey cab - amazing sound - who needs amp modeling!!??
The sound FX are great. Octavider, ADT, DDL, great reverbs. That's more than I need. All the other stuff I don't really care about, and there's a lot more. Envelope, detune, EQ, Wah Wah, distortion etc. I

Cast metal casing. very robust.
Don't like the flimsy power supply, and I don't like the idea of not being able to run it on batteries.
Don't know how easy I'm gonna find a 110v power supply when I'm in S. America as I often go there.

Dunno

I'm into all kinds of music.
I've been a pro studio musician for over 30 years, although I like to play live as much as possible.
I'm not really into FX, although I like a bit of compression, and now a volume control.
This box is great for me. I dont carry a seperate tuner anymore as this box does it.
As I said, it's a great practice machine, for either jamming with the drum box, or playing along with your ipod plugged into it.
If it late at night, plug in the headphones and blast all night to your hearts content, no one will mind!!!

I didn't really need the manual much, except to figure out how to get to the built in tuner feature, which I don't use that much. Other than that, the text under the display is pretty self-explainatory.

The presets arn't what you buy the pedal for. You buy it to custom tailor your sound, albeit the presets make for a good starting point for the sound you want, cause there are so many of them. I havn't gotten any noise from it while playing or when it's on bypass. Though I set my first preset to no effects, except the volume is controlled by the pedal. I like that more than bypass. Many of the effects are out there... you'll probably not want to use them. Though, with tweaking you can get a very nice sound for various songs. Also you can only use one of the 'effects' at once, such as phaser/envelope/chorus etc..... though you'll probably not want to use more than one at once, it's not usually needed. There are a few Amp Models that make some very good sound.

Metal chassis, never gigged with it, seems tough. the pedal squeaks a bit, but WD-40 fixes everything. pedal still works great. Only had it about 2 weeks.

Never dealt with em.

My first multieffect, and very useful! It can do many things, and if you sit down for a while with it, you can get many good sounds. For a first pedal it's well worth it IMO, and can keep you occupied for quite a while if you like playing with new sounds like I do.

I am a technical person and it took a while of reading the manual all the way through to use it effectively. However, once I learned how to use it, it was fairly intuitive and I rarely needed to consult the manual. I felt the 2 foot buttons were a bit too close together for live performances, and I could find myself easily hitting the button and it jumps 2 or didn't jump. When first using it, I documented the initial settings and made notes, because otherwise I couldn't remember all 40 of them. annoying thing was that on a hard floor, it would rock from side to side slightly and I had to put some tape on a leg bumper so it wouldn't do this.

I guess my biggest gripe is that for many effects, the signal tends to diminish. In other words even though you apply an effect, it tends to slightly fizzle out, because there is little or no amping of the signal. You take a weak signal and then transform it, and the result is something a bit weaker. There is a wide range of effects. The different amps seem to be very influential in the sound. The delay effect was quite good. This was my first effects pedal, so I can't really compare it to others. The rhythm machine was pretty good, but not something you would play live. It's got a lot of features that I like. I didn't heavily use the expression pedal.

I would rate the metal case a 9, because it does a good job protecting everything. I bought this new and after less than 2 years the Master Level knob didn't rotate through the whole range and the store button stopped working as intended. That store buttom problem was quite weird, because I very infrequently used that button and it probably didn't get bumped. The quality of that knob and button is in question. Besides that I don't recall any other problems. The I/O pots worked as intended. Anything I stored was always saved.

Got an email response in under 5 minutes. Superior support. Gave options and I ordered replacement parts within minutes of visiting their web site. That level of service was practically unprecendented for any company.

I play a Warwick bass. When I play with a Behringer Ultrabass pre-amp and cabinet, some of the phaser effect and other effect like chorus and flange was literally lost in the thick heavy bass tone until I turned up treble on the EQ. When I tried this with a 20 year old Carvin cabinet, I got a much more desirable tone for the phaser and buzzy type treble effects, including reverb. Overall I was pretty happy with the choice of options, but I still felt that what was lacking was clarity of tone sometimes. Good to almost very good, but it just wasn't crystal clear for some effects.

It's pretty easy to use - I figured most of it out without the manual.

Most of the effects sound ok. The compressor was fair, the delay was excellent (as it should be). Distortion was pretty good. This was what I used most of the time. The downside is the unit itself was noisey. It makes a pretty audible hiss when I crank up the amp it was connected to - even with the output level turned all the way down. Because of this, I did eventually replace it.

The foot switches both gave out a little over a year after I bought it and I had some problems with the expression pedal. And the transformer mount broke inside the wall wart. I ended up cleaning the expression pedal and getting it to work, replaced the factory switches with my own heavy-duty ones, and put the transformer in a new box to keep it running. Though I have finally replaced the pedal now.

Never contacted Digitech since it was out of warranty.

Effects sounded ok, but the hiss is bad and the reliability issues make me rate this item low.

This is one easy to use pedal. "Fool-Proof" definitely. Boss stompboxes are the only other pedals I can think of that are this easy to use. Editing patches with the BP-200 is surprisingly fun. There are tons of great sounds that are completely practical. Then there are some sounds and effects that are just a little ridiculous sounding but funny nonetheless. I've had no need to use the manual at all. It's too simple a product. Plug in and play. Incredibly user friendly.

I use a Music Man 5-String and Jackson Custom 5-String through the BP-200, an Ampeg 4x12 cab, B2R Ampeg Head, QSC Power Amp, and Digitech GSP 2101 Pre Amp. I bought the BP-200 before the power amp and preamp. Now the bp-200 is pretty much a cheap backup in case anything happens to the rest of my setup (God4bid...). When I was still using the pedal through the ampeg head and cab, it sounded great. No complaints about the sound quality and tone. My only complaints were with the distortions. They were either too weak or just completely overwhelming. Way too much distortion and the noise gate at its highest threshold only cut the notes off. If the gate wasn't high enough there would be constant feedback from the gain and if it was too high, the notes would be cut short. Other than that the effects sound great. Top notch. The only way to regulate that was by using the weakest distortion with the gate threshold very low. It can get pretty noisy with certain effects in the loop, certain amp and cab models, and how much gain there is...obviously. Overall its a pretty quiet unit. There are about 15 different amp models to choose from and they all sound great. Again, some of the effects, sounds, delays, amp models, and whatnot tend to go a little overboard.

For about a year I thought I could completely depend on having it in perfect working order. Until it just stopped working...:/ I maintained it very well from the day it was purchased to the day it died. heh. I recorded with it - no problems at all - sounded great. It sounded much better than I thought it would in the studio. http://www.myspace.com/mindsoulmythos - thats me on bass using the bp-200 in the studio. Music Man 5-String - BP-200 straight into the computer. Definitely great sound. I was really upset when this thing just stopped working out of nowhere for no reason. Pissed me off like crazy. Maybe I just got a crap one? I dunno. But overall it really is a great piece of equipment.

Customer support was great. They offered to fix it and if they weren't able to they would send em a new one for free. I thought that was great. Definitely surprised the hell outta me. I just haven't sent it back yet. Gotta get on that...

Been playing for about 10 years now. I play everything from jazz to fusion - rock to hip hop(for my friend in his studio-only reason I play it is because I get paid =D) - but mostly Metal. I probably would buy the bp200 again. It's a great product for a great price. It's pretty durable. Travel friendly - very unlike my huge and ridiculously heavy ampeg cabinets. Overall, the BP-200 is a great buy, especially for the price. It def helped me in the studio. Live, it's extremely helpful - 5-string to BP-200 to amp. EASY. The only thing that I dislike about it is the noise gate and distortions. It's kind of annoying to have the notes cut out as with most noise gates I've used. Also, the amp models sound sort of flat. not very bright. Mess around a bit and you can def fix that though. I would recommend this to any bassist that needs great sound for a decent price. If you have the money...go for the Line 6 POD rack mount pre amp and get yourself a VHT 2902 Power amp. That'll do ya. Wihtout a doubt.

The BP200 is easy to use. I think Digitech sort of made the unit "dummy proof". I have some other rack effect processors which give you much more tonal control but they also require much more time to program.

The unit is a bit noisy...but remember high gain effects like compressors and distortions are noisy...that's the point. I use 3 basses with this unit. I've created 15 patches with varying tones. I planned out each program to allow a quick sound change during perfomrance. I use a 1986 G&L L2000, a Hohner Acoustic, and a Palantino Electric Upright. My amp is a Hartke Kickback 12. I like slap...and the EQ and compressor in the unit sound great. I can get that warm compressed crunch. And the amp simulators are great. Let me justify...there is a reason they are called amp "simulators". Don't expect to play through a 100 watt amp and get a wall of sound. The main effects that I use are amp sim, EQ, compressor and chorus.

OK. The BP200 is made of metal which I think is a really nice feature. But I don't care what the unit is made. I used to work at a music part-time and I saw all sorts of equipment come into the store. And let me tell you..it comes in completely beaten up. They could make these units out of Titanium and they would still be destroyed by the user. So when I hear stories about the knobs being "cheap" becuase they "fell off" or the footswitch "broke"...chances are the unit was destroyed by a user who has no idea how to properly maintain gear. For me plastic or metal...if you take care of the unit it will last.

I purchased mine used. It looked like some idiot jabbed a key into the LED. I ordered a replacement cover which was under 10 dollars...that included shipping. They were quick to respond. Plus their sound community web site is a great resource for users.

I play rock and fusion. I've been playing for about 20 years. I like the unit becuase it is compact. I like the fact that it is easy to program. I wish the 3 knobs were user programmable so I could choose which parameters to adjust live. I'd like to have control of chorus levels and EQ settings. I'd like to see a bass proceessor in the same price range that could mount on a mic. stand or music stand with a few more knobs and still have external control with my feet. It's a pain to bend over and adjust the unit while playing live. I'm probably just getting old. If you plan ahead it's great for playing live. I use a Peavey Transtube FEX unit for recording in my home project studio, it's sound is absolutley pristine. I also use the BP80 which is a little quieter and the OS is newer.

Straight out of the box, this unit makes for a very good multi-effects pedal. Editing and tweaking patches hasn't been easier. The 3 control knobs allow you to easily scan through different parameters and effects. This pedal is very straight forward and anyone can operate it without the manual. I myself don't have to use the manual and was editing and playing within 10 minutes!!

With this BP200, I'm using a 1986 Fernandes 4-string. On certain patches this pedal can be a tad noisy (especially on distortion and fuzz) but nothing a littly editing can get around. The different patches sound great especially the wah-wah. I've come accross finding Marcus Miller's sound. The whammy effect on here is ok and the distortions sound very digital and noisy. I don't bother using the distortions. There's nothing worse than ruining your bass tone with some fuzzy grungy distiortion crap. The chorus is very clean and rich sounding. If the whammy and wah-wah were better i'd give this a 10 but it stands a very good 9.

This BP200 is built like a tank!! With a solid metal casing, you could throw this at someone and knock them out hard.. I wouldn't use the effects all the way through a gig although if it did break during a gig, I could do without.

I play a lot of funk, soul and fusion. A little effects here and there adds a little spice to my music. This unit isn't perfect although I would definately replace it if it were ever stolen. My favorite feature about this pedal is it's one of the few compact bass multi-effects with an expression pedal. Feels great to rock that thing back and fourth. Very smooth. I had worked with Zoom multi-effects pedals and found them VERY NOISIY and were made of VERY CHEAP PLASTIC. I wish this pedal had a better quality wah-wah and whammy patch. Overall, this DigiTech BP200 was worth purchasing. Very great product and I reccomend it to bass players who are beginning to look into effects. A+!!

This pedal comes out of the box with some great-sounding patches and the rest are pretty stright-forward and easy to tweak. I usd to own a Johnson J-Station, and the BP200 is far easier to adjust thanks to the front panel matrix and large 7-character LED display (the Johnson only had a two-digit display). There are units out there that have a much more informative LED display, but they cost a lot more and are often more complicated to set up. The manual is pretty helpful and explains each parameter, though a chart would have been a nice inclusion.

I have an Ibanez BTB 6 tring bass and a Dean Edge 4 string fretless, both with active electronics. My amps are a Behringer Ultrabass BX1200 120W combo and Thunderbird 108 15W practice amp. I do find that I have to turn my amps down very low to keep the BP200's own preamp noise from being amplified, but the BP200 also puts out a lot of volume, causing my amps to still sound loud enough. I'll have to try it in the effects loop of my BX1200 eventually. I play in my church and at home for leasure and my rigs cut through just fine. I like the tone I get from the BP200. It makes my amps come alive and I can get a real nice deep bottom with the Ash Down amp simulation. The chorus sounds real nice and warm, but it can also come on too strong and warbly for the church music, so I just back off the amount and it fits right in adding that slight bit of extra dimension to my sound. At home, I can play around with pitch harmonies and Whammy effects that track pretty good (of course not like an Eventide, but the price...) and the wah can be quite fun due to having a rocker pedal onboard. You can also reset the pedal to produce a reverse-action wah or any amount in between, but I find the wah sound doesn't go quite far enough down on the bottom end to compete with a Crybaby. I still give this at least a 9 though because the sounds and effects you would actually use live are very good and even enhance a basic setup to have a fuller and livlier tone.

The metal case is definitely reliable and I think the rocker pedal and even the plastic knobs and footswitches would survive most standard gigs. The 5-foot AC adapter is short, but an extension chord resolves that. No on/off button, but unplugging the adapter does the same function. As for the issue of no battery operation, the trade-off benefit is better headroom and processing power due to solid AC power. No MIDI connections or computer ports to screw up the processor by some data error. Of course this means the user patches on the DigiTech site are only able to be updated by manually editing each parameter. The tuner works well for me and I have to tune a 6-string with low B and high C. Drum machine is very basic, but sounds nice and helps to practice with at home. Also has a jam-along input for CD players, etc. Nice all-around unit that is actually useable!

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At this price ($150.00 on average), nothing beats it for value. I doubt a touring pro will hve one on stage, but beginner thru semi-pro could find a lot to enjoy about the BP200. I would buy it again if I had to. I don't think you get much more by paying more until you are paying a LOT more for a high-dollar pro rack-mount device. If you got money to burn, then go for it. For the rest of us, either build a basic pedalboard with a few effects that do just what you need, or get the BP200 to feed what you need AND feed your experimental/fun side as well! I have to say that afterr buying this unit, it has helped my music and the sound inspires me to play more, while the drums help me to practice better! Another hit for DigiTech!

Had the basics figured out within an hour even without the manual. Editing patches is pretty simple. Spent a few minutes setting levels, overal you can get a good sound fast.

I'm running it through a trace elliot boxer 65 1X12 combo and a SWR workingman's 4004 head with a 2x10", 1x15". The sound quality really surprised me for the price of the unit, I'm not talking studio quality but for the $100 CAD I paid it is well woth it. People who have given this unit a bad review should remember it's a low end effects unit not a $1000 rack processor.

Metal case, plastic pedals. It will hold up fine for home/practice use, not sure if I would want to be jumping around on stage with it in a crowded bar gig though.

I play a variety of music from punk to metal and even worship music at my church. I've been playing for close to 10 years. If the pedal were lost or stolen I would find another one on ebay. My only complaint is that it doesn't use a standard 9v adapter. It takes a 9v AC NOT DC like Boss pedals, 1300mA, you won't find those at Radio Shack. Overal I think Digitech did a great job making a decent unit for a decent price.

Before I get into this review, I wanted to state that I used Zoom products for 4 years prior to buying the BP200, so I may make frequent comparisons. The BP 200 is a cinch to edit, after reading the manual, oh for an hour or two. The Zoom 708II was also easy to edit, but maybe a bit more complex than the 200. The manual is easy to read and simple. Takes a bit of experimenting to get an altered patch to bank in the user section, but we all need a good challenge, eh?

I use an ESP B154 bass, which I just bought before Christmas. It sounds really good with this pedal. No amp right now, although I'm thinking of getting a 150-200 watt combo with a "15" or 2-"10." I use some top notch Sennheiser phones with this, as well. As with the Zoom, you have a smattering of good presets, a few average ones, and some useless ones. Well, maybe that's a bit harsh. Perhaps I should say that a number of them sound the same. My complaint with the 708II is that you had 60 presets, and I liked maybe 10 of them. Sort of the same with the 200, I like "Smooth," "Punch", "Jazzy". I've always liked Entwistle, and some of these presets give you that deep, crisp punch. These are the clean programs which sound punchy and more "presency" than the Zoom. I think the 200 has a better, quieter internal processor than the Zoom. as far as effects, I really like the section with chorus, flange, octivider, detune, et. You can really color up the clean presets and create some interesting user sets. Overall, nice sound quality. A major complaint...a lack of decent synth programs. Even the Zoom, which lacked in this category, as well, has a better synth program or two. I also like the Zoom drum machine better.

Well, as others have stated, this thing is built like a tank. I love the steel blue color. No problems yet!

Haven't had a problem yet. I bought it from a local store...they would take care of any problems under warranty.

Well, after owning the original Zoom 708 and 708II, and now this, I've come to the conclusion that this type of setup is really designed for hobby use. I agree with others, it would be difficult to use onstage. I can see why the pros use separate, chained boxes, because in reality, you'll probably never use 40-60 sounds. In my case, however, it's perfect for me. I primarily play with it at work on lunch breaks, and at home on nights or weekends ( with 4 kids in the house). I'm not in a band, so programming for stage use isn't an issue. One major difference...the Zoom had optional batteries. Why the 200 doesn't have the same feature is beyond me. You have to use their 5 foot cord with no on/off switch. A big plus for the Zoom. I could take the 708II anywhere...the deck, backyard, top of the roof...you name it. So, as you can see, I'm really 50-50 with both products. I sold the Zoom just to try something new, and well, I really like the 200...quieter, punchier clean presets, et. I do some of the Zoom programs...I guess I got used to certain features which I'm trying to duplicate with the Digi. Again, if you're like me...a guy with kids at home, not in a band..this could be the pedal for you. If I had my way, I'd combine features from both pedals...the Zoom drum machine, mix the presets...eliminate some, add battery capability, put in the 200 internal processor, et. Hell, I may end up getting the Zoom again just to have both! But yeah, the Digi is a good pedal, and I really believe the secret of happiness with this, is to create your own programs, bank 'em away, and you'll have loads of fun with your creations.

Very simple to understand, compared to other products on the market this surely must be rated as the easiest to edit

I go directly to the mixer, found that too much manipulation of the amp settings will reduce the overall effect of the patch, just use basic bass treble and mid settings and use the controls of the guitar to vary the tone of the effect, as stated by previous reviews works best with passive basses

Have a problem if the voltage is not steady so have to travel with a stabilizer just for use with the unit

Never had to refer to them. Been using it for gigs for the last 18 months without much problems

Used mainly for small gigs, banquets, weddings, anniversarys etc. playing all types of music for different occasions. Been playing for over 35 years. This product really helps me to select a variety of sounds and gives our group which is very small a more impressive sound

way easy! Although I had a head start....I already owned an Rp200 guitar version of this, So I was already familiar with programming it etc.

I have been playing for more than 12 years, currently running a Warwick Corvette 5/Fender Jazz/Fender 51 reissue P bass thru a Hartke 500 wtt head and a variety of 4x10, 8x10, 15 cabs.
I'll admit, a tad noisy on the front end, would not ever use this in the studio (why would you?), But, I was able to get some decent sub octave stuff, good overall overdrive and fuzz bass out of it, used it at a gig other day right out of the box, with a little bit of tweaking, I was up and running, rockin the house.
Currently involved in a U2 Tribute, nailed Adam Clayton's tone witht very little effort, had to adjust my levels and eq on the amp itself though. Those of you having trouble using this or getting a certain sound......it helps to understand the functions and tone of the actual amps this thing is trying to model......and don't have high expectations.....a $150 pedal thingy will never beat a $2000 SVT or Ashdown rig...the rest is in the hands......the hardware is just tools man.
overall pretty good. Let's face it, this was not a pro peice of gear built for touring with Van Halen or whtever. But for the price, you get all the basic tools any bass player needs to get a quick good overall sound. If you are on a budget and need something programable and versatile, get this. If you have bank and Matalica calls you to tour with them, get the line6 bass pod pro.

I did use it at a gig without a back up, although I can get killer tone right out of my amp, and I tend to use a blue tube pedal for overdrive and tone. But only had it 3 days so too early to tell.....I feaer others may be right bout the pedals, very lite plastic.

I'm mainly playing U2 stuff right now, and this thing fits well, then again any good tube amp and bass would. If this got stolen I would laugh my ass off. overall it does what they say it does, some amp models are fairly close, some not so close, some tones are really good and very usefull, I mainly got it to use as a vloume pedal and be able to switch from dry to gritty tones and I like the octave effect for some stuff

at first it was a littel complicated, but after that the only thing is the time you spend creating up patches. the nobs are nice for edditing patches. the only i thing i would likw is true bypass, with one button, rather hen having to press both pedals at once.

A broad range of sounds, from goffy crap, to usualble amp modeling, distoriton etc. great effects, the posibilites are almost endless, alot of patches can be found online. buitiful chorus.

made of metal, does look like it will brake, one of the rubber feet came off already, but thats cause i was repeadily draggin it through rough capreting. no biggie

never delt, i hear there ok.

great product, i will keep my eyes open for more digitec stuff.

Very easy to use, editing patches does pose some time to get used to. The firmware number is 1.0.

Usiing Ibanez GSR200 and Brice HXB-406. Great and vast array of effects you can use. The best artists you can get from this pedal is nickelback, John Entwistles new sound, and many others I cant think of, but theres a good number of them!! Some effects while you change them you can hear the digital clips as the settings change. Also the pedla is very noisy between a bass and the amp itself. The reason for this is that it is designed to be a rpeamp, so always use the effects loop instead or it will interfere with the preamp inside your amplifier.

Aluminum Chasse, thats all you need. The plastic pedals after awhile need to be adjusted or the pedals will have to be prressed hard for the effect to change. Other than that would gig with no backup. has enough effects to do what I have to do

Good for questions and research, never dealed with them for anything else.

If broken, lost or even stolen I would replace it immediatly. I wish it had an ouput for recording. Plug it right into an analog in for a computer and recording.

a lot of setting premade were sounds i was looking for. lucky me. the manual helped a lot, but the basics were obvious

i am using an ibanez sr300dx bass and a limited edition schecter diamond series black hawk on a fender bassman, a 30 watt ampeq tube, and a 1985 peavey tnt 115. it doesn't get noisy unless you want noise. the effects sound how they sound. if you want something strong, then obviously, it will be strong and vice versa. eric melvin of NOFX is very special since he makes his sound out of a special guitar through a custom amp with special effect. i made that sound on my own effect pedal on three bass amps. the distortion is great. you can get an old vintage distortion, a normal punk rock distortion, or a heavy metal dark distortion. lots more kinds. you can get all different kinds of reverb and delays.

i can depend on this most of the time. it never failed during a gig and i don't think it will. the only problem is, that after a year or two, and some consistent use, the footswitches stop working, and you have to push them at the base. i always use this without a backup. there are no problems, and if there were, i play bass in my band, so i just unplug and play normal.

never talked to them. never needed to

it doesn't matter what kind of music you play. it has a built in rhythym drum box, so you can make songs right there, record, and become famous for a one man band. since i have more money from shows, i would get a better one by digitech if this was stolen.

The manual is pretty helpful, but even without the manual it's pretty easy to figure out. It's just that took ALOT of fiddling to get the sound I really wanted out of it.

I ran my Ibanez SR305DX through the unit into a Peaey. The clean sound is really good, but most of the stompbox/amp models are really UNpunchy, which is a big turn off for me. In terms of effects, the wah is pretty good, but hard to get a good sound out of, the chorus is awesome, the flanger, vibrato, synth, delay, reverb and phaser are good, but the ovtave, pitch shift, and whammy are all a little off. Nevertheless, I had some damn good times with that Whammy

It's never failed me during gigs, but it did fail me right before one. The expression pedal isn't really built very well, but besides that everything worked absolutly fine for about a year until the footswitches stopped functioning consistently and then not at all.

The customer support was quick to respond and friendly, but not the most helpful.

I play pretty much any style of music, and this served most of my needs. However, now that it's broken, it's not really worth getting fixed. The only thing I'm really going to miss is that whammy. Damn I love that thing. I could do some pretty cool stuff with the delay, but I kind of wich it had a tap tempo. THe only other digital processor that I've used is the Zoom 506II, and the bp200 worked much better for me.

It is fairly easy to use, it's not rocket science but it can be frustrating as well. Easy enough that you can fiddle with it for about 20 minutes(straight out of the box) and get a general feel for it. But the format could be better.

I use a Jay Turser Stingray going to the BP200 into a peavey poweramp and then into a 2x15 bass cabinet. The effects on this unit require some high end. My 2x15's produce lots of bass but not much for high end. The Effects sound much better through a 4x10 or similair cab setup. Some useless effects but also some interesting experimental effects along with some effects you can really use. Its fairly versatile but dont expect much out of the amp modeling. If I were to pick the low points of this unit, I would say it is the Bypass mode(not true bypass) and the amp modeling. Not to mention the evil button like mentioned before.

I've only had this unit for a few days. The chassis of this unit is metal but the up and down shift pedals are plastic and feel fairly shakey. They could've done better with that part. If my setlist for my band was totally dependant on effects, I wouldnt use this unit without a backup. But it is definitely not a plastic Dan Electro unit that will snap with a mis-step.

I've never had to deal with them

I play a variety of music. This effects unit does not do any one form of music justice extremely well but rather does all of them decently.
I've been playing for about 3 years now, and I'll admit(i'm a gear whore). If it were lost or stolen I would say that I would shop around and save my money for a better unit. For the money, it's not too bad and the saying that you "get what you pay for" comes into effect here. Try it before you buy it. If you are looking for a unit that will be fun to experiment with, get this. If you are extremely critical of your sound, do not buy this unit. You will not get professional results out of this unit but you will get decent sounds.

Once you give the manual good read and play with it a while, you can get decent sounds. The software revision appears to be 1.0. I've noted that EEPROM upgrades (if available) are somewhat expensive but I believe current models have not had upgrades as of yet.

Just like some people said, do not insert directly between the amp and your instrument. The reason is due to the pre-amp on the unit interfering with the pre-amp on your amp. The effects loop works much better. No noise noted with a Sampson Wireless, Carvin LB75, and Carvin R600 playing thriugh a 2x10 + 1x15 stack. Neat unit but if you play with the parameters of the effects, expect some experimental sounds from your system!

The drum rhythm samples are just that, drum rhythm samples to practice your timing only. This does NOT take the place of a live drummer folks! Go and buy a dedicated drum machine if this is what you are looking for. It's great for practing your timing and technique, as advertised.

Built like a tank. Metal chassis unlike the ZOOM or other effects pedals with features that will probably never be used. Remember, this is a STOMP BOX!

N/A. Never had to use, other than perusing the patch library on their web site.

I play gospel, funk and blues stylings. I've been playing Bass for about 20 years. If it were stolen, I would probably miss it. I do not know if I would buy another one of these but it is worth the money in any case. I've compared this to the Behringer Bass V-Amp. The Behringer has a few more features but the appeal of a floor box with the setting changed ala 'stomp-box' was the rule-out factor.

sort of difficult to customise the effects the FIRST time. after that it gets easier... not hard to customize, some confusing configurations

im using it with my squire j-bass 5 string, an ibanez sg2000 and a squire p-bass, so the sound quality is going to be lowered already. but it sounds great with the wah pedal (especially the manual wah). the others are very origional and loads of fun to play with. i play a lot of red hot chili peppers, so i like funk and crazy bass shit. its my dream pedal

mine actually broke frome my stupidity. i dropped it and i think i broke part of the electronics boards inside. but other than that minor setback, it never got messed up or anything

great for funk, heavy metal, ballads, anything really

Read the manual, play with the options, check the patch library at digitech, the sounds are easy to create ... the tough part is knowing what sound you want.

This thing makes terrible noise if used between the bass and the amp, stick it in the loop and you will be much happier. The expression pedal sounds very digital on some effects, but smooth on others. There are those that claim that the effects are to extreme, but what kind of bass effect do you think is going to be heard, my god people, do you really need an effect if you aren't looking for a change in your sound? The sound quality depends soley on the programmer, it's up to you to create the sound you desire.

I've had this thing for over a year, no trouble.

Never contacted other than the patch library.

For the price it sure is nice. Great for carving up some new sounds. The only down side is that it may be a bit noisy for recording.

I figured out the pedal in about 30 minutes of playing and adjusting the knobs...the sound quality is good...The Manual is small but effective.

I'm running my Ibanez SR406 through a Crate BXH-220 amp, with 2x15's...sounds good - love that think chorus sound. No noticable noise or feedback. Some effects vary in the sound...the presets are at different volume levels so I've had to adjust most of them...but mainly I use the ones I've created. I try and get a smooth chorus sound mainly...but I like to use a good Fuzz during the distorted parts...this model is perfect for both.

It's def. a dependable pedal. I use it for practice and gigs...I would definetly use it without a backup

I've not had to deal with them...But I'm sure they are helpful

I play an odd combo of Opeth versus Nothingface...been playing about 4 yrs now...I would maybe upgrade to the BNX3...It has helped my music for the most part...

I've had this nearly a year, and it's still going strong. No issues with it yet. I've only calibrated the expression pedal once. I'll probably beef up the input and output jacks at some point so that they feel more solid. I still prefer using a wah pedal in front of the BP200 when I need one. Still plays and sounds great.

Probably one of the easiest effects processors ive used in a while. i had been messing around with zoom and boss but i really like this one. patch editing is easy as anything. its not hard to edit patches on the fly, say, you have a distortion patch that you want to slap some chorus into. just press edit and then select the chorus from effects. manual is good too but unnessessary... the unit explains itself.

i play my cort cubrow 4 string, olp 5 string, carlo robelli 6 string, peavey 4 string, and fender fretless jazz 4 string, all through a samson airline bass unit, a GEB-7 bass equalizer, then my bp-200, then a few other effects pedals, all into a ampeg 500 watt stack. its not noisey as all. probably the best thign is the noise gate feature, when i used it it made my noisy old squire sound managable. the effects are delicious. the wah doesnt wah enough for my taste, but i have a dunlop cry baby that i go through anyway so no worrys there. it kinda blows that you can only use 1 different effect at a time (eg chorus, phaser, flange, whammy, ect...) but i would probably never use phaser and chorus or flange and chorus or any of those at once. im going through my ampeg stack into an eden cab, so it sounds so beautiful i almost want to cry. (just kidding). i can really easily get the sounds of flea, les claypool, justin chancoller, and even pink floyd through this thing. i have a whole 20 patches in a row set up with all my favorite artists. i really liked synth talk. it adds some good depth to playing in some parts. distortion is a little too digital for me, but its a digital box, youre not gonna get analouge distortion from it. i just love this thing. best deal for sounds on it.

i was playing at a gig and halfway through the show my whole setup goes down. i thought oh my god this thing failed me. then i noticed some clown pulled the plug on it. i love this thing i was about to kick his ass. the thing is built like a tank. its nice and heavy and doenst move at all. i use it all the time at a gig without a backup, but i ducttape my power chord down now :-D

never dealt with them. but im sure they're fine people for making such a fine product.

i play mostly rock, jazz, funk, anything i can get down and dirty on. ive been playing now for 6 years. this is by far one of the best pedals i have (ive got 3 others). if it was stolen, i'd track down the bastard that stole it and beat him with his own shoe. then i'd buy another one exactly the same. i love everything about it. nothing i hate. i love the whole damn thing.

i compared it to a zoom pedal that was the same price range. but i forget the name of that worthless piece of junk (you konw the gold plastic thing that is gay?)
i wish every bass player had one :-D

the drum beats are good but not awesome to jam with

its good :-D go get one