DigiTech GSP-2101

i love the tone and abilities of my 2101. it takes a bit of time to learn all it's capabilities but worth the efort. p.s. switch out the pre-amp tubes with groove tubes

Not an easy machine to program because the manual is so poorly edited.

Signal and sound are great. The ability to tweek settings endlessly is a great time-waster and alot of fun.

No problems so far but I've only had it for a few weeks.

My one question was answered adequately by a surley tech.

The price paid was for a Limited Edition model and also included the foot controller. I like this machine a great deal but would like it better if it could be programmed from a computer. The Data Wheel input method helps but the manual doesn't cover some items very well.

I can get great sounds out of this preamp. Editing is harder than your average preamp, but easier than programming waveforms on my synth. Thank God for the data entry wheel.

No, it won't emulate a cranked up Marshall to a "T" but it comes close enough for me. The "seamless" switching is a little overrated. If you're switching from dirty to clean, be sure you use some sort of delay to cover up the gap. Effects are great, but I wish something could be done to tame the "grunge" distortion.

Can't say I've had it long enough... (1 week) I would use it on a gig without a backup.

If I had to do it again, I'd go for the Limited Edition with the matched Groove Tubes. At the time, I didn't think it was worth the extra $250-$300 in price. Upon further reflection, however...
The tuner blows - use the display on the foot controller (Control One).
Definitely better than anything I've ever used. I really have no basis for comparison, however, because this is my first rack-mount anything. I've always used my pedals - anybody want them?

Setting this thing up is not rocket science, but you do need to know a little bit about effects and their parameters. Once you get acclamated to programming patches.....the spin dial is fast and useful. The sound is great. The distortion is fat and warm...... however, I am curious about what groove tubes would do to this beast. I also wish that there was a computer based interface for patch building and naming.

This beauty sounds great. Make sure that you demo it on a clean power amp. The store that I went to punched it through a dirty Soldano, and the processor tones sounded awful. When I dropped it onto a power amp, I loved the tone that I got. The distortion is very good.

Haven't had it long enough to judge.....

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I would definately buy it again.....However, next time I'll shop around I could have bought it mail order for $130.00 cheaper. I love the warm tones that I pull out of this box...and have only begun to discover the flexibility of the product. The pitch shifter is great. I was looking at the ART SGX2000, but I'm glad that I bought this instead the ART had thin distortion, and a lot of unusable patches. I chose this one because of the quality and tone that it delivers. The only thing that I don't like about the product is that its tuner isn't very precise, and doesn't give the actual frequency or centime offset.

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