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

Ok, I gave a warmly glowing review for this effect back in 2001. After playing with it for a couple years, it is starting to fall apart. In less than 20 shows, it has stopped working. Two problems - the very thin and cheaply constructed ribbon cable on the inside that connects to the photo-resistor (controls the expression pedal) has started shorting out. Secondly, and more serious, the in/out jacks have gone wonky and I can no longer use the unit. I won't be purchasing this line of pedals from DigiTech anymore. It gave me a good sound for a while, but it's not professional equipment.

It is very easy to use, the only thing to is kinda annoying is when trying to create different settings if you miss the thing you have to go all the way threw them agian, and the knobs are really sensitive. Other than that its great.

I love the sound quality nothing to complain about here.

Never had a problem with it, ecept that pedal sqeaks like crazy i have to oil it a lot.

Never had to deal with them.

Great, I love the thing I do recommend it if you want a great effects pedal and you dont want to spend tons of money. I even showed my bass instructor the thing and he is suggesting all of his students to buy it, he loved it and he has been playing a long time.

I have found that with the Bp200 it is very easy to get a nice clean sound. It is very simple to use without reading the manual but it does take some getting used to.

I use a basic fender P-Bass with a 25 watt ibanez amp.i have never had a problem with hissing or uncalled for feedback.when using a small amp like my old 15watt rogue the effects sound kind of weak. but when plugged into my new ibanez i can get a forcful sound.

I have never had a problem other than it has a hard time picking up sounds on a lowvolume level when my bass is plugged into the imput. but when plugged into my effects loop i have never had a problem. I use it on our gigs with out any sort of backup.

I have never had to deal with the company.

i play a variety of styles such as slow worship hymns to really distorted metal. this pedal can do it all. I have been playing for less than a year and I dont need anything else but this it has everything I need. As far as if it were stolen yes I would surely buy a new bp200. I love the over all versatility of this product, and the analog feel of this digital processor.

This is a tool that is very easy to program. It took me about 2 hours to completely figure out the pedal. Editing is very easy.

I use a Fender Precision Bass with this. I work out of a Fender BXR-100 with a 100 watts, 15" speaker, and 7 Band EQ. The sound quality is iffy on some effects but really cool on most

No problems. I guess I would play without a backup.

I play all kinds of rock and metal and it is a very versatile pedal.I have played for 9 months but I could rock down some of you dudes playin 3 years. If stolen I would get another one. If it had more distortion stompboxes like Hot Rod that would have been awesome.

Okay. This is fiddly to program because of the control layout, but it's not rocket science. All the sounds and parameters do exactly what you'd expect them too. The manual is easy to read and explains the basics. Then you need to experiment.

I play a standard Jazz through a variety of amps with this pedal. This unit can sound very digital and extreme using the presets, but the trick is to make it work for you. Think of the presets as a showcase mode for the types of sound you can get. You are never realistically going to be able to use the presets as they stand. Output levels vary and the sounds are not designed to sit in the mix of your gear and band. A lot of the other reviewers complain that the presets they want to use are too far apart... well save them closer together then.

To get around the bypass issue I have my 1st preset as a clean sound. Okay it's not a true bypass, but then neither is the bypass mode.I have the eq on the amp set flat and use a subtle mix of effects and eq on the unit to vary sounds between songs with the patches saved in a convenient order. with practice (if you hold one pedal down it will skip through the patches at speed) you can change sounds very quickly.

One preset is fantastic and that is "strings." If you take the delay off and fade it in and out with the pedal you have a bowed string section effect. (You can hear this effect on "Rule Brittania" on our website www.imperial109.com)

For Jazz bass players a combination of mild compression and the silencer effect removes the hum that jazz basses are famous for.

gigged without problem. Very solid for a cheap unit

not needed to contact them.

I switched to Bass permanently about 3 years ago but have been playing guitar and bass for over 10 years. I play in a band that mix electronic with rock and experimental sounds and rythyms

I can get a variety of sounds from a bootsy ring mod funk sound to bass heavy dub noises, and it stopped me being jealous of the flexibility offered to our guitarist. Purists amongst you will hate this unit but you already knew that. The fretless sound is no replacement but it is an interesting effect.

I choose this over the Zoom units because there is no comparison. If i lost it i'd buy another. Don't expect too much and don't go overboard, this is a useful tool not a replacement for technique.

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.

Though this unit has a vast array of features, all control is concentrated in one button and three knobs. This is at times frustrating. The way it works is you push the tiny button to get to a group of parameters you wish to control and then use the knobs to tweak them around. The button obviously only works one way.

The usual procedure is as follows: you push the button 5 times to get to the amp selection. You select an amp. Then, you push the button another 6 times to get to the effect selection. You select an effect. Then, realizing that you also wanted compression, which is just after the amp type, you press the button another 7 times to get to the compressor settings. You adjust the compressor... To sum it up, besides moving the knobs, you've pressed the button 18 times total in order to select three properties of your sound. Enough said.

Sure, it has presets, but the process of creating custom ones will take some sweat. Especially considering that most of the factory presets are a little bit too extreme with respect to effect amounts.

Also, I'd like to point out one interesting factory preset design choice: None of the factory presets have cab emulation enabled in them. This means that if you are running a new unit into PA and are using factory presets, you will have to bend down use the evil little button and a knob to select a cab type every time you switch a preset.

I plugged my trusty old Ibanez Soundgear into it. I thought it sounded pretty good at first when playing by myself. The overall sound seemed very real through my stereo. The distortion was convincing, although it did sound a little bit "digital."

It wasn't until a rehearsal with my band that I found out that this thingy was much harder to get to sound good in the mix with the other instruments. We all run through a single set of speakers (POD for guitar and a digital drumset). First of all, I found a serious lack of low end in the sound. Seemed as if my bass actually had more "bass" in bypass than in most factory settings.

I did try customizing the sound at first but then got tired of the evil little button (see above) and mostly used factory presets.

It does have a wah effect on it. However, I did not find a practical use for it for the simple reason that when you have it on, no matter which position your pedal is in, there is no low end. I mean no low end at all. The bass stops sounding like a bass and starts sounding more like a very heavy-gauge guitar. Now, I admit, it is a very cool sound, but I just wonder how useful it is. It might be good for a break somewhere in the song where just drums and bass play. That is, if you don't mind switching the presets as you go (you need actual bass "with bass" for the rest of the song). I have never tried an actual bass wah pedal, so I might be criticizing it too much, but am just describing the facts.

I ended up returning it and getting a SansAmp Bass Drive DI instead.

Doesn't feel like it's going to fall apart, but it's definitely not a tank either.

Althrough my whole review was generally negative, I don't want to discourage all people from buying it. It's not all that bad for the price, considering it's array of effects. One can get used to the evil button and manage to collect a nice array of useful custom presets. Still, it would be a much better unit if it had easier control options. Separate knobs for EQ, accessible at any time, for example, is a given on most units. Not on this one.

I think this is a pretty good processor for a bass. It's easy to use (with the exception that the bypass can be a pain), and making new patches for it is rather easy.

For some reason when I use patches that aren't mine, they seem to blast through my crappy little 20 watt Rogue amp, which I don't like too much. Most of the effects come through clearly though.

This is a processor that's very dependable, with exception of the bypass. I'd use it at a gig, and without a backup.

Since I play a lot of rock on my bass, and some punk too, this is a pretty useful item to have. The distortions I can work out, along with the phasers and such, are useful. And, if it were stolen, i'd probably get the same thing because there's really nothing better. And the only think I can say I hate about this processor is the bypass, because it seems like I can't use it while i'm wearing shoes. I really wish it had a better bypass on it.

Some of the parameters are fairly intuitive (simple), but the fretless, effects, and delay parameters might require that you spend a lot of time experimenting with them in order to dial in your desired sound (if you know what you want).

The BP-200 is my first foray into real effects (except for a wah pedal I experimented with in the late 70's), and I am impressed with several of the factory presets. The ones I use most frequently are PHAT and STNDUP, with only a bit of tweaking in the equalizer. The bass signal goes first to the BP-200, then through a Rapco direct box, then to a Peavey TNT130. So far, no complaints from the sound technician, and some live recordings we've made sounded fine, although the bass was a bit weak in the live mix. The BP-200 sounds fine as a practice unit even through ordinary headphones. Some of the factory presets are so bizarre though that I can't imagine anyone using them for any serious purpose (other than electronica, perhaps).

I've had the BP-200 for over two months and it has proven reliable so far, but a longer AC adapter cord would be in order, especially in venues where AC sources are in short supply. I imagine the metal housing to be sturdy enough for normal use, as long as the unit itself isn't manhandled.

I haven't dealt with the company directly, but their website offers some fine user-submitted patches (see "Patch Library").

I wanted something that I could consider "outboard active electronics", encompassing active EQ, some amp and cabinet modeling, and chorus and other effects of that type. The BP-200 has all that and more. While it isn't for the proud purist, it is a great unit, in my opinion, for anyone who wants to expand his or her bass tonal horizons. It should make almost any small to mid-sized rig sound "alive".

It's fairly intuitive. No inexpensive compact/all-in-one unit is going to be as easy to use as a rackmount processor or an amp, but it's not as obtuse as some multi-effects pedals that I've tried, either.

I use a Modulus Q5 and an MIM Fender Jazz with everything upgraded. The BP-200 is not noisy at all - I was pleased with that, the floor model that I tried out was quite noisy.

As for the effects, I like them. Some are a little thin, but I didn't expect Lexicon quality for the price. I especially like the phaser and the amp models. The detune, delay and such, I don't touch.

The compression is quite usable, and so is the chorus with a little tweaking. My holy grail of chorus is the digital chorus on my tascam 788 multitrack, and the Digitech chorus doesn't even come close to that, but it's definitely audible.

I haven't had it long enough to say. It's not plastic, was made in the USA. It seems to be made better than the Zoom stuff, but that's not saying much.

dunno. I've heard they're pretty good to deal with.

I play a hodgepodge of most styles of music, and I'm not into effects for their own sake. As such, I think this will be all the effects I'll need to play small to medium gigs. Nobody besides other bass players pays much attention to how the bassist sounds anyway, as long as it's loud :)

This is a very easy pedal to use. The people who have written reviews for this talking about how bad the sound is obviously didnt bother to read the instruction manual and tweak the effects.

Editing patches is very easy so far, but the amount of editing i can do is a little overwhelming at this point (Ive had it for about 3 days).

The manual is very simple and informative..... even though I hardly needed it to start using it as soon as i took it out of the box.

I'm using a Peavey Cirrus bass with a small fender practice amp, a somewhat larger SWR LA-12 practice amp, and my main amp is an SWR Goliath 3 4x10 cabinet with a Hartke 3500 head. On the small SWR and Fender, the pedal sounds great... I havent used it on my main rig yet, but im sure it'll sound great with a little adjustment. I played in a rehersal studio yesterday through an Ampeg B-2 and a Peavey TNT (I think). I was able to get great sounds through these... the switching was totally quiet, and there was no noise if i wasnt playing and my distortian effect was running.

A couple of the effects are weak, sorry to say. The wah sounds are very weak, but I have a Dunlop Bass Wah to make up for that. Also the chorus sounds, to me, are a bit weak. But then again, I like my chorus to sound very very deep. Everybody else I've shown it to has thought its sounded fantastic. I can dial up some really nice distorian sounds too.

It seems very sturdy, made of metal... and I know alot of other pedals in this price range arent. The pedal is also made of metal, and it seems like it'll last me for a long time. The foot pedals are made of plastic, but they are very sturdy and I dont see why they would crap out on me anytime soon.

Ive never dealt with them.

What a pedal. Its very convenient to have a pedal like this because I play a very different form of rock/metal (think Tool), and the pedal has certain effects that just make some parts of the music sound so perfect. The price was right too. I definatly recommend this product to anyone looking to buy a budget priced HIGH QUALITY multi-effects pedal.

Out of the box, it comes preprogrammed with 80 preset positions. The same 40 factory settings are repeated twice. You can rearrange the preset order or store your own patches in any of the first 40 positions. I set up standard patches for my Fender JB Fretless and Ibanez Ergodyne in the first two positions. Then, depending on the set list, I sequentially set up any efx patches I want to use followed by a "standard" patch. This way I minimize the tap dancing.

Unlike some other multi-effects, there is no dead sound when switching between adjacent patches. If you hold down your foot on the switch you will rapidly scan through the whole library. The display is big and long (6 characters) enough to store some meaningful text. "FENDER" and "IBANEZ" both fit in the space so I don't have to think about it on stage.

There are 9 modules all of which are user-programmable for three parameters. The parameters differ depending on which module you're working with. For example, "Fretless Type", "Attack" and "Gain" can modify the "Fretless" module. This is an important feature (see "Sound Quality" below) because out of the box, the presets didn't sound terribly impressive to me. I wish there were a MIDI jack to back them up directly rather than text versions on a paper chart. If the internal memory gets zapped, or you have to do a reset on the unit, they're history and you've got a lot of reprogramming ahead of you.

The unit's controls are intuitive enough that you can start tweaking it after ripping open the box and before reading the manual. As others have mentioned, when you do read it, the manual is clearly written (for a change) and the fact that it is a US-based company means that there's no weirdly stilted translations.

A rather awkward simultaneous press of both footswitches accesses the bypass and tuner functions. It takes some getting used to and in live performance can result in inadvertently stepping up or down to an unwanted patch. I only do it to access the tuner between sets, or to mute the DI connection to the PA when changing basses, so it isn't really a problem for me.

My basement rig is (all SWR Workingman's) a 160w solid state head going into 2x12" and 15" cabinets. I use a Fender Jazz Bass Fretless w/ EMG-SEJ's (passive) and an Ibanez Ergodyne EDB500 (active). This set-up with the BP-200 also sounded huge through a Hartke Kickback 15 DI'd into the PA with the band.

With a little tweaking and coloration (chorus/detuning/amp/cab sims) you can make your set-up sound like it's coming from much more expensive gear. The EMGs on the Fender seem like they project a more powerful signal with less (but still some) of the artifact 60-cycle demon than the standard FJB p/u's, so extraneous noise wasn't a problem. The Ibanez with its active circuitry, gave some transient hum when letting go of the strings, but was quickly suppressed by the unit's noise gate.

Some of the factory settings, especially the modulators, do add quite a bit of hum and sizzle and need to be tamed to be useful in a live performance situation. The fretless sim also has an annoying clicking sound (presumably from the swell delay) and has to be tweaked to remove it. I wasn't too pleased with any of the factory presets and quickly programmed in my own versions.

Programming is fairly intuitive and the knob interface is much better than an up/down button. The ranges of the parameters are pretty broad, so you can dial in the sweet spot of whatever sound you're trying to create. There's plenty of headroom in the parameters and altering one will have an effect on another.

I was much more impressed with the sound of the unit after taking it home and playing with around it for a few days than I was when I demo'd it in the store. Unless you're trying out a simple stompbox, I think this is true of any of the multi-effect units.

I can't really say how accurate the amp sims are, since I don't have the gear to compare them to. I do have a Line 6 guitar amp that is supposed to emulate my vintage '65 Super Reverb, but doesn't hold up very well in an a/b test. I suppose it is the same with the BP-200. I look at the amp and cabinet sims as useful tools to find "the sound" you're trying to create. I just wouldn't get too hung up on trying to recreate the exact sound of a Trace Elliot Commando.

Bottom line is that using the unit increases my creative bass playing and doesn't make the sound from my set-up sound worse than when I'm not using it. Most of my patches are subtle variations of the "natural" sound of my rig and I took the time to balance the output for each of them appropriate to the desired effect. I also have many over-the-top processed sounding ones programmed in for that "stompbox sound".

I like the solid all-metal construction, which is unique for this echelon of multi-effects. The footswitches are solid-feeling plastic. I've been using it for a couple of months now. It's been kicked, sat on, and bumped and jostled around on the stage and carried around from place to place.

It has a tension reliever for the wall wart cord. The Achilles' heel is the point of contact for the input/output jacks. This is where everyone seems to want to sit on it, or step on it, whatever. It has held up well so far though, nothing loose and no crackly sounds from the cables.

The store demo unit looked like it was worse for the wear though. The plastic footswitches had trouble controlling the scroll through the patches. I hope this doesn't become a problem down the road for a "used not abused" unit.

Excellent resources on the Digitech web site for .pdf downloads and the obligatory patch exchange library (still tiny).

Features: 10
Amp modeling for 11 classic bass amps and 5 bass stompboxes (from their Johnson division?); chromatic tuner; rhythm trainer; expression pedal which can be assigned any 1 of 12 parameters; 9 module effects-chain (Fretless Simulator, Wah, Compressor, 3-band EQ, Noise Gate, Cabinet Modeling (6 types), Chorus, Flange, Phaser, Envelope Filter, Vibrato, Octavider, SynthTalk?, Detune, Pitch Shift, Whammy?, Delay, and Reverb.); AC power (wall wart included); all-aluminum construction (plastic footswitches and control knobs); external stereo audio source input jack; stereo headphone jack; stereo output jack; bypass mode (not a true electronic bypass); and, 40 user-programmable patches / 40 factory presets.

The expression pedal is programmable for Wah, Amp Gain, Amp Level, Amount, Effect Level, Whammy, Modulator Feedback, Delay Level, Decay, Reverb Level, and whether the Volume Pedal is pre or post effects. There is a calibration procedure to make sure that you get the maximum sweep.

The tuner is excellent and has minimal wandering when trying to find the low notes, as compared to other stand-alone tuners or multi-effects. The note is displayed in the big green LCD display and the 9 module LED's are used to zero in on exact tuning. The middle one is green to easily indicate when you're precisely tuned. I didn't care for the clockwise-counterclockwise swirling cursor display on other units like the ZOOM BFX-708 and 607.

The rhythm trainer has 31 PCM patterns and I agree with others' opinions here that about all you can say is "it's more fun than a metronome". You can alter the bpm for any pattern. Mercifully, it also has a separate volume control (unlike the similar ZOOM BPX-708), so you can hear your bass riffs without overmodulating the effects gain.

Battery power might have been nice, but I appreciate the fact that after shelling out over a $100, I didn't have to buy any thing extra like a power transformer. As someone else mentioned, this unit runs on AC not DC power, so the standard Radio Shack model won't work.

A midi jack would have also been nice for patch downloads and unit back up.

Comparison to Other Models: 9
I auditioned the ZOOMs (506 MkII, 607, BFX-708), Line 6 Bass POD, Korg AX1B and Pandora PX3B, Digitech BP-8 and some others in the store. Of these some are way more expensive >$300 and others are cheap <$70. I wanted something that was inexpensive, had a decent readable display and an expression pedal for on-the-fly hands-free adjustment of the sound. I tried not to let my in-store experience be the primary influence in my decision.

I settled on the BP-200 and the ZOOM BFX-708 for price/performance considerations. I first took the ZOOM BFX-708 and played around with it at home for a couple of weeks and just wasn't satisfied. It wasn't as versatile in dialing in the sweet spot, although its controls are very similar to the BP-200. The all-plastic construction worried me and I just didn't think it was a huge improvement over the 607 in terms of sound quality. There were some patches that I just had to give up on because no amount of tweaking produced a satisfactory sound.

When you power up the BP-200 it displays "VER 1.0". I hope this means that the processor is firmware upgradeable. It would be great if you could swap out a ROM chip and have a whole new set of amp/stompbox combos (like on my Line 6). There's nothing about this on the website or in the manual, it's just a dream?..

This product is VERY easy to use. I was able to use it to a limited degree right out of the box. I've had it two days now and I'm already programming my own patches. The instruction book is well written, and though it is pretty short, it is quite informative.

I am using an Ibanez bass with an SWR SM-400 amp connected to a Mesa-Boogie 1x15 cab and an ampeg 8x10 cab. There are only two or three presets that I am happy with. Most of them sound too processed to my ear. Fortunately it is very easy to customize these, or build new ones from scratch, which is what I did and i was much happier with what I came up with. Nevertheless, this unit does appear to have a tendency to sound over processed and specifically the "Octavider" effect seems to be a bit buggy. The drum machine sounds fine, but truth be told it is very weak. If you are buying this unit because it has drums on it you are buying it for the wrong reason. It's nice to use to play along with but for all intents and purposes it's just a glorified metronome.

I've only had it two days, but it seems very solid. It has metal construction which is great compared to the plastic that comparable units are made of. The only negative is the headphone jack on my unit. Sometimes I've got to wiggle it a bit for the sound to come through in stereo.

Never used it.

I mainly play heavy rock music, though my band does change things up from time to time. I've been playing about three years. If it were lost or stolen I would want to get another one. The thing I like most about it is that it is very easy to access a huge variety of sounds and effects, but the thing I like least is rtrying to press both pedals at the same time to use the bypass. I can do it successfully on my first try probably 2 or 3 times out of 10. Not a good ratio. I compared this to the Zoom BFX-708, which was $10 less. The thing that sold me on the Digitech was the metal body. The only thing I wish it had was a greater abilty to change patches on the fly. Since I've been using it, I've been more creative with my bass playing, using my bass to control sounds that I've never had the ability to control in the past. I'm very happy with my purchase, and I think it is perfect for someone like myself that wants some sound processing capability at a budget price. Just realise what this unit is. It's a low price Bass Processor. I would not consider it a "professional" piece of equipment, but at this time, I'm not a professional. If I had to gig a lot I would probably end up buying something more expensive with a better capability of changing settings on the fly and higher quality patches.

I had a near impossible time getting any decent sound out of this. It is basically easy, but for anything really good... can't be done.

I'm using an Ibenez 406 through just about any effect you can use. I thought it might be good to get the multi-effects for some simplicity, but I was wrong. The sounds are nasty. I couldn't make it sound good at all. The synth sounds couldn't track. The overdrives sounded fake and troubled, the amp modeling was bad, the chorus was worse. I returned it so fast

I wouldn't even bring this to a gig. I have no idea about it's reliability though

piece of junk toy. Save your money/ stay away. Might be decent if you are just learning and want some new sounds, but for anyone playing for any time, stay away.

This pedel is well easy to use. It not like one of those pedals with loadsa buttons and knobs everywhere. Each effect is simple to use

Im using this with a yamaha bass on normal settings. It sounds great when im on my practice amp by myself and i sounds good when im with the band on my bassman 100. It will give you all the sounds you need.

Never faulted with me. I dont thing you would need a back up in a gig, coz the whole thing is good quality aluminium. If you had a back up for a gig you would have to have a vigarous foot.

It good so I havnt had to contact customer support

A great buy. If you want a bass pedal that is gonna last you get this. It was worth every penny. Fantastic!

The unit is very easy to edit, and the manual explains each effect very clearly. Editing is fairly simple using the nobs, and the LEDs and display as feedback. It is easy to use , except the bypass is a pain in the ass. You have to hit both buttons at once, with your foot to engage it. If you don't, it's on to the next patch (up or down). Then you're fumbling around trying to get back to the original patch and then try to engage the bypass again.

The sound quality is fine for practicing alone at low volumes. At high volumes with the rest of the band, it sounds like shit. The sound is muddy, and indistinctive. If you ever get the bypass to engage, it adds so much noise that you just want to disconnect the whole unit.

Don't know; I only owned mine for 2 weeks.

Never dealt with them.

My overall rating for this unit is about a 3. I liked it in the store, and when playing alone. I couldn't handle the noise added by the bypass, and the sound quality was just too much for using it live.