DigiTech DF-7 Distortion Factory

a little difficult to use...manual is needed because the bottons does diferents in each dist type. this is not easy than a single dist pedal, but also there is 7 distortions...

absolutely outstanding...the eq of this pedal is excellent...only one rule, dont put the bottons all at high places...midge range to experiment an a delicate use of the impressive eq...the distorsion models are just like reals ones or in case of ts9, ds1 or dod250 are still better than original pedals...low noise for a dist pedal and cabinet output for direct mixer recordings...once again the manual reading is needed to use correctly...if you dont know to use an eq this pedal will sound horrible...put the bottons at the midle position and play with dist gain and a little eq (not much)...the best distortion pedal ever...

this pedal is a tank...like a blackbox

yo can register your pedal on line and get 6 additionar warranty years

simply the best distortion pedal I've ever play...some models are better than originals and this pedal comes with a semi-proffesional eq impressive...

Go to www.digitech.com for full details. You can even experience some clips.

This pedal is great overall. I am comparing it with a reald DS-1, Zoom 510 (which is a little digital but fairly good), a Digitech Tone Driver overdrive (also a grat pedal), distortion from a RP2000 (also digital but good for hard rock) and a VAMP2 (excellent amp simulation tool that is also warm). Overall the pedal is not noisy at all (except on the MT-2, Metal Master and Muff, but similar to the originals at high Gain, just reduce it a bit to be good).
The tonal flexibility that this pedal provides is outstanding. Tonal quality is also outstanding.
Some of my friends above, rated it low, probably due to battery problems (based on the sympthoms that were described) or a non-functional pedal. Mine is very good and it delivers exactly what is supposed to do (TS, DOD250, DS-1, ProCo Rat, MT-2, Metal Master (thin sound selected for some reason by Digitech) and Big Muff).

Very robust pedal.

???, but in contrast to Boss you can download manuals and description of gear prior to have it in your home. (Boss support sucks).

Great pedal. Buy it intead of a bunch of other pedals. The good thing is that you can add a Digitech Tone Driver in front of it to boost and compress your signal for solos without noise (you have to select a good gain, but it is not impossible). It is only $99.99 compared to more than $450.00 if you buy the individual pedals which it emulates in a very good way (almost $350 that you can save otherwise).

This is a good pedal for beginners.
It is easy to use and offers a 6 great distortion sounds [metal master sound is crap].
Also has a couple other cool features like the cabinet modeling for going direct into a mixing or recording board and the stereo seperation option.

Of course, the stereo funtion could have been a lot simpler to operate had Digitech thought to just install another knob.

PEDALS SHOULD NOT REQUIRE MANUALS TO OPERATE!!!!!

Pedal manuals should be helpful to only the most ignorant musicians. Musicians are far to creative and drunk to be required to read manuals to operate such little devices!

Since I own 5 of the distortion boxes these pedal is sopposed to emulate I would think you to be impressed that I was most pleased with most of the tones the different models offers.
The TS-9 sounds like crap just like a real one does.
The DOD 250 Preamp/Overdrive mode is the coolest of all the models. The notes were so clean, sharp and defined. I was playing Hendrix for hours on this setting.
The Pro Co sounds like crap just like a real one.
The MetalZone model was very cool just like a real MetalZone but it did lack the eq necessary to be totally equivalent to the real MetalZone. Still....very good!
The MetalMaster model was thin with no bottom end. I suppose someone might like this sound but certainly not me.
The Big Muff is "pretty" good. I happen to own 4 old Big Muffs from the 70's and no 2 sound alike. So, it is a Big Muff tone for sure, and a nice tone too but certainly not the best. I did enjoy using this model of the Big Muff but certainly would not replace my Big Muffs with the DF-7.

The stereo wide is a cool thing but a pain to operate.

I did not try the cabinet modeling feature on a mixing board but I could hear over an amplifer that there is a big difference between regular and cabinet modeling tones.

Looks as well built as, or better than, a Boss but I certainly don't know how reliable it will be.

I've been playing since 1969.
I have 5 old Marshall half stacks and a host of old Les Pauls and Stratocasters.

I returned the DF-7 and am looking for an old origianl DOD 250 now!

If you got an hour or two to fiddle with the thing and read through the manual, its really not complicated but does offer some cool features and flexibilty. Unfortunately, switching between channels does require eq modifications and is not quick or do-able during a song. I do use the various distortions and the amp mods and all are easy to use and adjust to your desired settings. If you managed to figure out how to work your volume nob you'll pick up using this little box in no time.

I either play a Les Paul standard or an old ibanez S series with a Screamin Daemon humbucker through a Marshall valvestate and/or a Fender blues junior. I do like the marshall distortion but the valvestate tone just never pushed hard enough for me. The tube screamer setting did make my eyes flash seasick green but the sound is a slight bit screechy and almost hard on the ears with bridge pickups (the screamin daemon made my dog run out even with treble settings all the way down and gain at the 12 oclock. She also runs from my girlfriend though.) The DS-2 emulator is by far my favorite and could almost pass for a 2555 SJ although im sure slash would argue. The tone is great for midrange with enough crunch and grit to run nasty rock licks and bust power chords but clarity enough for nuanced 7th's 9th's etc. The upper register is a little thin and twangy and usually I gotta turn the bridge pickup tone down or use neck pickup. But for busting pentatonics in the middle register, this distortion rocks hard. The metal zone setting is very close to the MZ pedal although I dont really like the sound personally. Way too bass thin and grainy. However, for the hard metal, especially heavy down tuned chords, distortion 7 is nasty but smooth and the sustain is quite fitting. Forget getting any mids from the setting, but the bass is thick and full and balanced well with enough but not shrill treble. If you like smashing out Tony Rombola licks this setting is perfect and accomodates room for additional guitar harmony lines and vocals well. Overall, there is little noise except on DOD and Rat metal tones which I simply avoid in the nob turning sequence. If you want a great versitle light rock, rock, hard rock, (see a pattern here) and metal tone, check one of these out but don't pay more than $100 US or so. Jazz + blues, look elsewhere. Duh.

I bet it could handle a night with my girlfriend the thing is so damn tough! Works consistently and efficiently but get the power cable cause the damn thing goes through batteries faster than my girlfriend's vibrat"o". (thats acceptable cause its a guitar term)

No clue, but the thing came with enough marketing materials for cryin out loud!

Rock and Metal, give this thing a look. If you got the money for a Marshall, Boogie, maybe even Crate?, head (and Im talking about tube heads), then go with that cause theres still a definite digital sound to this pedal. But if that isn't obvious your a moron. If you only got $100 bucks to blow and you want to upgrade your distortion rig or just get a pedal for some reason, check this one out. For rock and metal, this is def one of your best current pedal options.

The best thing about this pedal is that you can change the sound to whateva you want by the 3 knob equalizer. I personally like the sounds of 1,3,4, and 5, especially 4 (proco Rat). With certain models, it takes a lot of tweaking to get it to sound like you want, but its just so versatile. The manual is very general and only tells u the need-to-know basics.

I use this with a 60w vester amp, a 100w Marshall Valvestate amp and in the shop i also tried it with a Fender Cyber Twin. I didnt find any problems with any of these combinations. I use Ibanez RX and SZ guitars.
I found the sound quality to be very good, although on setting 6 it is a bit noisy. Every other setting has no noise at all. I think in general the effects are very good, and I find them all to be useable. Some just require more tweaking than others to get to sound good. As I said my favourite setting is 4, with a fair bit of mid range added.

This thing is built like a brick and yes I can rely on it

Neva dealt with digitech, there is nothing wrong with my pedal...

I play any form of rock; from blues rock, to alt rock to hard rock and metal to pop rock to radio rock. Ive been playing about 4 years. If it were lost or stolen I would want to buy it again but cant coz i hav not enough money...I really like the fact that u can get any sound you want out of it by the EQ knobs. It can be a little frustrating sometimes if u forget what setting u had it on if u found a good sound. I spose it would be nice if u could save settings, but that cant happen, because part of its advantage is that its small. I do recommend this product, but try it first, and if u cant stand tweaking things, dont get it. I like it tho...

First off, if your trying to use this on a solid state amp, it will sound like balls, and the same goes for a small tube amp like the blues jr. by fender. Of everything I've used, my larger combo tube amps sound the best. It's a really handy device if your looking for different sounds, I'm not sure how accurate the replication is, but I couldn't care less. I'm not trying to replicate any one sound, this little box gives me the versatility to find my own. I'm a tone-freak, always tweaking and trading in guitars, effects, and amps, but recently, I've slimmed my collection from 14 to 4 guitars, two amps, and six effects, the DF-7 being the most used.

I use a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe and a Peavey Classic 410 with various American Strats, American Teles, and Korean Schecters. Each one has a completly different sound on each different setting! For the most part, the Tube Screamer, DS-1, Metal Zone, and Big Muff Pi always sound pretty damn good, the rest sound like crap without any EQ tweaking (for convinience sake). But, with my 2004 '52 and brand new Schecter Ultra III playing through my Peavey Classic 410, they all sound so good I have a hard time choosing witch selection to choose. I can see how others maybe dissapointed and disslike this pedal, but for some reason, it works with my set-up perfectly without sounding digital. Sure, it would be nice if it sounded great with all guitars and amps, but I'm not going to complain, it fits me just fine. All I can say is keep this pedal until you have equiptment it meshes with, you won't regret it.

At least everyone agrees on this one, it's built like a friggin' tank. Though, I wish the switch from selection to selection clicked in place instead of gliding, it doesn't really matter though, I've never had any problems and I don't forsee any. Like I said earlier, it seems to work best with selct guitars, of which I happen to own a few of.

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I play Rock, Blues, Alt., Country, a dab of metal, a dash of jazz, and anything I think sounds good that I've encountered over the last 5 years of playing. I highly reccommend at least giving this pedal a try IN YOUR RIG at least once. It's really too bad it's not reliably good with all set-ups, but there is no way you can find at least one setting you'll like thats worth the retail price alone. If it got lost or stolen, I'd order another in a heart beat.

This pedal has serious pros and cons. The three band EQ, plus midrange, offers serious tonal flexibity. Trying to dial in a sound is a little harder. You can spend a hour on this thing and still not come up with a good tone.

Using Strat/LP into a Marshall JCM 800 or a Fender DRRI. The three band EQ can certainly beef up the bottom end of the Fender. The Marshall doesn't really need a pedal like this. The TS morph doesn't sound like a Tube Screamer. You can dial in a clean boost tone. It sounds a little processed or fizzy as you move up to the gain knob. I did like using this setting as a boost but you can do that with a Bad Monkey or Wasabi overdrive and get the same effect. The DOD preamp seems very weak and trebly. The Boss DS-1 is noisy - and no it's not my guitar/amp combo or the cords or the lighting. It's the pedal setting. The DS-1 is really thin, too. I had to crank the mid/bass up on the amp - and that ruined and muddied my whole sound. The Rat is fairly decent but it doesn't sound like a Rat and you could probably get this tone with a $20 distortion pedal.The Boss Metal Zone model is thin and raspy. No bottom or smoothness to it. Maybe that's the way the real pedal is supposed to sound - I don't know. I liked the X-Series Heavy Metal morph. I almost bought that stompbox. I liked the flexibility - and I don't even like metal in general. The Muff morph had the most sustain but it was a little noisy, too. The pedal pops when switching on and off. This is most annoying. I'll say the Heavy Metal is close to the original. The Tube Screamer doesn't sound anything like the Tube Screamer.

Most of all - you're pretty much stuck with 1 pedal if you plan on gigging with this thing - even home use. You simply can't change from one distortion to another one. You have to spend minutes, maybe hours, trying to re EQ everything.

I bet this thing will last hundreds of years - survive nuclear wars - maybe even outlast Keith Richards. It's a very sturdy pedal.

No clue but I assume they're as good if not a little better than the big boy manufacturers.

I play classic rock/blues and this pedal did not work for me. It sounded too cheesy and processed. I returned this pedal and got something else. I think Digitech does make some good pedals these days. This one isn't working for me. It doesn't sound 50 percent of the real thing - and it is very "fake" sounding.

Pretty simple to understand. The lower knobs on the stack control the EQ and the upper control volume and tone settings. The only problem with it would be memorizing which Distortion Model is emulating which.

I'm using an Epiphone Les Paul Special plus through a Marshall MG30DFX. I'm not sure what problems everyone else is having but this pedal is amzaing with my setup here. I bought a Boss DS-1 originally and it sounded so thin and weak. I'm sure it's partially due to the small combo amp I have, but after testing out the DF-7 it certainly had a lot to do with the pedal as well. My tone is much clearer with the DF-7. The boss was very fuzzy, especially playing a single string at a time. With the DF-7 the notes are so much crisper. I can't really choose a favorite setting because they all sound good. If you can't find a tone you like with this pedal you're gonna have to do a lot of work finding something you like. Between the 7 different Distortion Models, the adjustable gain and mid frequencies, and the 3 band EQ there are thousands of possibilities.

I think the biggest advantage over the Boss pedal is the 3 band EQ. Another problem I was having with I had no bottom to my sound with the boss pedal. WIth the DF-7 and the 3 band EQ I just had to turn up the bass and things sounded a lot better.

The pedal has some noise when activated, but no more than any other distortion pedal would.

Haven't had any problems with digitech pedals yet. I think it should be pretty standard knowledge to get an adapter because we all know how quick they'll go through batteries. Using a OneSpot adapater with the OneSpot daisy chain I've got no problems at all.

Haven't had to deal with them.

I'm a bass player who bought a guitar to noodle around on every so often so my ear may be different than others, but this is the best pedal I've heard so far. I've used the Boss DS-1 and the DOD distortion and this blows them out of the water. It also has all the options of the Hot Rod distortion and then some. If you're looking for distortion from a pedal this is the one to get. Otherwise I'd suggest getting a good head with a great sounding overdrive channel.

Easy to use and get your sound's if u know how it works.
Manual is ok.

I'm using Cort & Vantage guitars and Yamaha g100 head with H/H cabs.-or straight to mixer. It's not noisy at all in my opinion. Effects sound ok. but i think the boss emulations are the best.

Yes i think i can depend on it if used normally.
I'd use it without backup but i don't have to.

No experience with the c. support yet.

I play heavy or hard rock and this pedal is just great for my purposes.
I have played 15 years now. I it were stolen i'd buy it again.
My favourite feature's are the boss emulations.
There are many possibilities to make music with this pedal since it can be connected to mixer (has cab. emulation's) or mono/ stereo amp's.

Easy to use. It seems to be set up so that if you leave the controls flat that each tone is very usable. At that point you can tweak to taste.

After I read the manual I learned that you can modify the outputs to operate in stereo or actually one of seven different ways. Neat pedal.

Mostly Fender amps. 69 Deluxe, Hot Rod Deluxe. Standel Artist, Marshall JCM 900, Crate VC50.

Don't know what the other posters are talking about with noise. They need to turn something down for crying out loud. This pedal is not noisy.

The pedal does a better Rat than a Rat and a better MT-2 than Boss. I don't use 6 or 7 which are Digitech Metal Master and Big Muff Pi. All of them are very usable. The Tubescreamer sounds exactly like a Tubescreamer only with more control. Same with the DS1.

Great job.

I'm sure it's reliable. Built like a tank.

Don't know

Like I said. I don't know what some of these people are hearing. I think that sometimes kids that have been playing for two weeks get things and turn all of the controls wide open and expect things to sound good.

Use a tiny bit of common sense and it's not hard to make this pedal sound very good. It has the ability to reproduce some really good overdrives and distortions that were actually done at a very high volume but do them at a very low volume. That is a neat thing if you are playing somewhere where volume is an issue.