DigiTech RP-100

I'm accustomed to figuring out software options, so I found this unit easy to learn.

This is my first modeling guitar processor, so I have no other reference point.

It has worked OK for me so far. I did notice that if I put the PS0913B power adapter that I purchased too close to the unit, there was a loud hum and other noise. Once I moved the processor away from the wall wart power supply, the noise disappeared.

Haven't contacted them yet.

I am satisfied with the amount of capability I have received for $99.

Very simple. It's pretty logical....as far as "the matrix" is laid out, so after
a quick glance at the manual (which is helpful) you're on your way. You're
always gonna sacrifice convenience and options when you get one of these
"Jack of All Trades" multi effects devices, but for what you pay for this, as far
as it's size and accessibility, i'm impressed. Editing the patches is a bit cumbersome
and the parimeters are a somewhat limited. The rhythm trainer is great, as far as
functioning as a practice tool, but it's very crude when trying to tweak the meter
or changing the rhythm style. Tuner works great.

I'm running a Epi Les Paul Custom thru a MXR Dyna Comp/George Dennis Wah-Volume/
Dano Daddy O/ Dano Fab Tone/Boss EQ/ Ibanez Soundtank Phaser/ RP100/ 2
Vox Pathfinders. For a standalone multi-effects pedal, the RP100 could be very functional, basically
covering the spectrum of your needs (with the exception of the "Auto-Ya"....what the hell ???).
Also, for what you pay...it's incredible what they pack in this. I'm using
the RP100, more as a Chorus/Reverb/Delay pedal. Functioning in this mode,
it's great. Very organic sounding. The reverbs are outstanding and the delays
are precise and warm, but not too digital sounding. As far as the modulations, you're
pretty much covered. Some actually approach the quality of Boss or MXR's pedals.
The phaser is good. Flanger is very good. The tremolo rocks.The stereo effects (rotary speaker and
auto panner) are great. Auto Ya and Envelope Filter are weak.
I've used the Clean Amp models (sound great) some. For direct recording, the
distortions are average to good. I really like the Stack and Hot Rod. The Rectifier
and High Gain are too muddy, but I was just tinkering and not really spending
a whole lot of time of these, so I can't be real accurate, since i'm not really into
those styles of music utilizing those (Metallica, Limp Biscuit....). Compressor
is suprisingly good. The cab sims are great for added
"modeling realism". The EQ is functional. The rhythm trainer is fun for practicing
, although the drum sounds evoke the sounds of a Casio SK1. For my setup, my Dano
Pedals give me my distortions and cover my needs and styles (Joe Walsh, Dave Gilmour, Edge).
The RP100 is very versitile, and for the money it's a steal. Don't bother with the
whammy or wah on the RP100, get the real deal.

I've had it a few months. It's encased in aluminum and it seems pretty
well built. I don't gig, so it should be around a long while.

Never dealt with.

Great value for what you get. For my purposes...it's great. Good for just
noodling around, functions as a great headphone amp. You're never
gonna hit every nail on the head as far as emulating whoever. But with a bit
of patience you could get close.

Very easy to use. Simple if you take ten minutes to read the manual and then tweak away til your heart's content.

I use a Fender Strat and a 1966 Guild Starfire VI mostly, plus a Takemine acoustic and a Chet Atkins nylon string classical acoustic electric. Sounds great on all of them. I run them thru a little Squier 25 watt amp and it sounds awesome. The Fender amp sims are great, and with the right tweaking, you can emulate almost any guitar/amp sound you can find, but be patient and experiment.

Totally dependable. Defintely have to use the AC adapter though, since it tends to eat batteries and who wants to run out of juice during a performance? NOTE: the US Robotics 56k external voice/faxmodem AC adapter fits this nicely and works perfectly. So you may not need to drop the extra $20-25 on the Digitech adapter, that is if you can rememember next time you dialup that you need to reattach the power supply!!!!

Have not had to deal with the manufacturer yet, but I have heard they are easy to deal with.

I mostly play jazz and blues, but use this for all musical styles, from acoustic duo to rock to blues, etc. I would replace this in a minute if stolen or lost. The only drawback is that you cannot select a particular patch without scrolling up or down to it, but that is not a problem if you set it up properly.

While it STILL WORKED.. it was a great pedal. Very easy to marry effects and set up noise gates. The manual was very helpful, indeed.

I use a DeArmond S-67 7-stringer guitar through an old KMD amp head, with a 2 x 12" Celestion cabinet. The cutoff is a little lagged, but otherwise it was easy to set up with my rig.

Mine was defective (purchased through Musician's Friend). What else is there to say?

Never dealt with the manufacturer, just the people I bought it from. Having it replaced soon. If the next one is defective, I'm going to be really pissed.

In summary, the pedal was very smooth and easy to work with (if you READ THE MANUAL, which most don't). If it hadn't become possessed by a higher evil, I'm sure it would have been great to play in front of an audience. Great for a span of black metal guitarists to classic rockers.

I like it a lot, but ease could be improved.

Using two feet to bypass is not optimal, lots of scrolling, and
most presets need tweaking, which takes some getting used to.

It is however, easy to copy sounds to the 40 user preset slots.
I put my clean sound on the odd number presets and my "effects"
on the even number presets. This means I usually don't have to scroll
more than one preset up or down in a song.

But hey, would you rather hook up eight or nine pedals? I wouldn't.

I like most of the sounds, but they went a little overboard with
delay and reverb on most of them. Also, quite a lot of hiss when plugged in, although you're not gonna notice it once the band starts playing.

It definitely sounds different thorugh different amps and with different guitars, which for me is actually good. I use a jazz guitar
(Sebring), and a strat or tele, through a Fender Vibroverb.

Only had it a copule weeks, dude.

Useful sounds, relatively simple to use at a great price. I'm not
much of a knob-twiddler, so my needs for effects aren't as great as
some. I play in a retro-lounge band and mostly use clean effects
like reverb, tremolo, delay, and octave doubling, so this unit is good for me. I can, however, make it sound like Nugent when provoked, so back away slowly please.

It's not hard to use at all. Programming can get to be a bit tricky as every editable parameter is controlled by three knobs which don't always react exactly how you'd expect them to (you have to turn the knob back to it's original position to edit that parameter. This is, on occasion, a major pain in the butt). After you get used to it it's not that bad, tho.

Everything else is pretty simple you've got an up button and a down button to scroll through patches (sometimes I think it scrolls a tad too fast). Press 'em both and it bypasses the effect, press 'em both again and you've got the tuner. Hit one of them and back to the patch.

I'm mainly using this with a selection of Ibanez RG (7620, 750, 570FM and 550), Epiphone (Special II), Squire (Pro-Tone Fat Strat) and Peavey (Falcon Custom, Nitro I) guitars either straight into my 4 track or into a little Laney HC25 amp (straight into the front since it doesn't have an effects loop. I know you're not supposed to pre-amp a pre-amp, but what can you do?). The sounds from these are very good. I know this is a modeling pedal, but since I own none of the amps that it models I can't really judge how "real" it sounds. The two exceptions to this are the Pickup and Acoustic Simulators.

Ok, I have to say, the pickup sim doesn't (to my ears) make my humbuckers sound like single coils or my single coils sound like humbuckers. It makes them sound *DIFFERENT*, but not as advertised. The Acoustic sim does a good job of making a clean electric sound like...a REALLY clean electric lightly (and I mean "almost subliminally") doubled by an acoustic guitar. It's not a *BAD* sound and as a clean electric sound it's actually very nice (if occasionally overly bassy). But it's *NOT* and let me repeat is *NOT* going to replace your Ovation, or even your Parker anytime soon.

Overall I give this an 8 because most of the effects sound good and you can find most any basic sound you're looking for. Some of the things here I have no real use for (the Auto Ya is fun, but I've yet to find a good musical application for it) and others (like the Wah and Whammy sounds) I haven't really messed with because I already have a dedicated pedal (plus I think Wahs are overused and played out at this point).

By the way, the delays are beyond killer. I especially like the two second delay with infinite repeats. Budget sampler, ladies and gents.

I bought this about three months ago and have nad zero problems. The package is pretty sturdy so I think it can stand some stompin' on. It's not like I'm trying to kill it, tho. You might want to wait to read a review from someone who had beer poured on it before you decide on its gig-worthiness. Then again, at a hundred bucks. You can afford to buy a spare.

It gets a 7 just because it seems sturdy but I haven't really had it in destructive conditions.

Digitech customer support has always been good to me in the past, but I haven't had to use them with this so I can't say.

Overall I'll give this thing a "10." you might look at the individual ratings and say that it doesn't deserve a 10 but let me reiterate here.

*THE THING COST A HUNDRED DOLLARS*

For a hundred dollars you get a helluva lot of bang for your buck. No, this isn't going ot replace your Pod. It's probably not even going to replace your RP-3. But it's a fun little toy for anyone who's wnted to get into multi-effects pedals but doesn't want to drop a lot of money. It's also great for all the four track hobbyist out there who live in an apartment. And as a travel tool (six AA batteries and some headphones) it's good for enjoying the outdoors. It's every bit as good sounding as my Pandora PX1 (which to me is the standard for great sounding, cheap multi effects) and while not quite as flexible as my Zoom 9002, it gets used a lot more (and the distortions on the Zoom are weak).

If it were lost or stolen I'd probably go ahead and upgrade to the RP-200 which is the same thing only with one or two added synth affects and a built in expression pedal (I started to knock this unit a point since the RP-200 came out like 2 weeks after I bought this. But that's not fair).

Yes, it's easy to use but I hate when ther are too many functions on a single knob. What if you have to reach down to fine tune a setting while you are playing a song?

The RP100 is extremely noisy! Hiss, Hiss and more hiss! So much hiss that I won't be able to use it through an amp. The unit has the same amount of hiss in bypass as it does when the effects are on. I guess they never heard of a complete bypass? I have a 60's Fender Strat, Vibroverb and a 1963 Super Reverb. My amps are extremely quiet when the guitar is plugged directly into the amp. Even with the volume on 10 the hiss is barely audible. I play blues and don't need the distortion or amp modeling but this box makes a lot of hiss no matter what the unit is set on and there is no way to get rid of it. The signal to noise ratio is so bad that it could be used as a pink noise generator to calibrate your studio. The effects sound great except I don't see a way to adjust the volume level of the delay. A major bummer. Good frequency response and reverb tones but no overall mix control so it can't be used in a mixed effects loop. I even tried connecting it directly into a power amp and it was still noisy! Imagine miking your amp through a 1000 watt PA with the RP 100. The sound man will drop a mike stand on it just to get rid of it. This is a great idea and price but someone forgot to use a quality op amp! It won?t be in my rig on the gig... Too bad, I was looking forward to using it.

So far, so good. It is built solid and has a bright display. The only construction problem I found is that the battery cover latch protrudes slightly beond the ruber feet making it a little unstable.
I can't use it on a gig because the hiss would give me and the audiance a head ache. Reliability is unknown at this time.

This is my first day with the unit and I have sent them e-mail. Lets see how they respond.

Style: Blues.
Playing: 35 years.
Lost/Stolen: No, I'm going to return it if I can't eliminate the hiss.
Likes: Multiple effects, noise gate, compact, light weight.
Dislikes: Can't change effects or turn on/off without drop outs.
Favorite feature: It has a tunner but it's slow and inaccurate.
Why did I choose this one? I listened to the sales man.
Anything else I'd like to share?: Build a quiet stereo stomp box that has a Tunner, wa-wa, Flanger/chorus, noise gate, echo and reverb with independant on/off switches. Include level switches and a overall mix control so it can be used with a variety of effects loops and tube amps. Don't digitize the direct sound so the guitar sounds right when the bypass is on. Oh yea, it has to cost $120.00 with the power supply.

I found it very easy to use overall, intuitive and easy to learn.

I am new to using effects, so I'm easy to please. Generally the sound quality blows me away. I've used it with a Les Paul studio standard and a Strat standard/mexican, and it sounds great to me. I'm using it with a Marathon practice amp.

Now here is the crazy part. I got this for Christmas. It worked great, no problems. the batteries held up for a few hours and were still ok when I decided I wanted to exchange it for an RP 200. I got the RP 200, but I didn't like it because I liked having the option for batteries, and also, I was having some trouble with the unit. I took it back and got another RP 100 and also an AC adapter. That's when the trouble really began. Using the AC adapter, in the first preset, the sound started cutting in and out while I played. I'd play a riff and as I played along, the sound would cut out, as if it had a short or something,as if the guitar wasn't connected to the amp. It did this on all the presets, and the longer I played the worse it got. Finally, I lost the sound altogether. I called tech support and they said it sounded like something was wrong with the unit, something internal because when I used the bypass mode, there was no problem. So I took the unit back and got another one. The same thing happened. the sound cut in and out, and then got worse until I had no sound, and also, the knobs stopped working. The thing acted like it was dead. So I went back to the store, Guitar Center, and accompanied by the salesman I tried about 3 or 4 new ones right out of the box, and they all did the same thing, with the sound cutting in and out. After the second one that didn't work at home, I thought I must be doing something wrong, or it must be my setup, but now I was using the store's guitar and one new unit after another, and the problem was easy to repeat every time. the salesman witnessed the whole thing. He said I should just get my money back. But I really wanted one, so I took a new box home. At home, the problem recurred, but I found that it mostly happens when using the first preset. It seems that if I stay away from that one, the problem doesn't come up. But I took it to a friend's house to show him, with the batteries, and after he played around with it for not more than a couple of minutes, it died. First it cut in and out and then all the knobs stopped working, and the thing was dead. But since I've had it home, I've been able to use it. I just make sure I avoid that first preset--but once the problem starts, it effects all the presets, not just the first one. So I'm completely mystified by this, and I don't feel that it's reliable at all. I'm thinking of exchanging it for a Korg, but I still have most of my 30 days to return it so I'm giving it a try. I looked through a lot of these user reviews and oculd not find anyone else having this problem, so I still feel as if it must be something I'm doing wrong. But it happened to my friend too.

When I called, I didn't have to wait very long to get someone. But I felt that the techs were not knowledgeable--I called on two occasions. They did not seem to have any sense of how to trouble shoot the problem. and one told me I should send it in for repair. but it was less than a day old. I don't think so.

I play mostly blues and jazz and I'm happy with the RP 100. I've been playing 35 years. I own an 84 Les Paul, two Mexi strats (a standard and a super strat), a 70 Mustang, a Tokai (model unknown), a Fender Vibro Champ (old), and a Marathon practice amp. Plus several acoustic guitars of different kinds, including a Larrivee OM-25 with an LR Boggs dual system which sounds really nice with the RP-100.
If anyone has had any experience with the SERIOUS problem I described above, I would appreciate an email.

THIS PRODUCT IS VERY EASY TO USE. ALL YOU DO IS TURN THE KNOBS UNTIL YOU GET THE RIGHT SOUND, AND I HAVEN'T EVEN LOOKED AT THE INSTRUCTION BOOK

I USE A CRATE GFX HALF STACK. IT IS SOLID STATE, BUT THE RP-100 SOUNDS GREAT THROUGH IT. THE AMP MODELS ARE AWESOME. THEY HAVE A AMP FOR ALL TYPES OF MUSIC, FROM BLUES TO METAL, FROM COUNTRY TO ROCK, YOU CAN GET THE SOUND YOU WANT. IT DOES NOT FEEDBACK IF YOU USE THE NOISEGATE. THE WAH IS VERY GOOD, I HAVE AN ORIGINAL CRYBABY AND I CAN MAKE THE CRY WAH ON IT SOUND THE EXACT SAME. THE REVERB IS GOOD AND SO IS THE DELAY

NEVER HAD A PROBLAM

NEVER DEALT WITH THEM

I THINK THAT THIS IS AN AMAZING AMP MODELING EFFECTS PROCESSOR, ESPECIALLY FOR THE GREAT. I HAVE BEEN PLAYING FOR THREE YEARS AND LOVE IT, IT IS JUST AS GOOD AS THE RP-200 IN MY OPION

This is a review after two months of use. This effects back is very easy to get good sound from. Editing is so easy that once you learn the principle you'll never need the book again. The manual is good and I suggest reading it until you've got the principle of programming the rp 100 downpat. My unit is the same as when I got it with no upgrades.

I've found that it works best through an effects loop, at least for my purposes and with a solid state amp. I have learn this the hard way. I use a Rogue A/E 300 guitar and Rogue S/S CG30R and have use Fender Blues Jr. I think Solid State and the better the speakers the better the sound is the key. It can be noisy when plugged into the front or straight input. Some of the high gains are noisy but great sounding otherwise. The effects are great except wah. But I still don't have a pedal so take that with a grain of salt. I love the Matchless amp model for 60's british such as Beatles and Stones. Classic studio and clean are great. Cowpie for country, 50's rock, playing the instrumental "Walk, don't run," and the Fender amp models are great. I can get CCR right on. There are 40 presets and I use my favorites as is. My favorites in order: Matchless (match this) studio clean, drippy, cowpie, vibro thing, Be Bad. I use 4 or 5 of them most of the time. The chorus is the best effect. Panner is super, you can get really clean sounds and some really "bad" distortion, and you can get any kind of reverb you can think of, no joke. I need to check out wah with a pedal.

Yes, I can depend on it. If it is not thrown around like a rag doll I see no reason why it can't last. As long as you have the power supply I see no need for a backup. It is sturdy-built.

Have had no dealing other than a timely processed delivered order and friendly order taker.

Play rock mainly, but can play country, heavy metal, blues. I can play any style with this box. I have certain settings, amp models programmed to do different thing. I literally can walk in to any jam session, hear their sound and match it or come close enough to it to jam with them in perfect harmony. I would suggest that cover bands buy one of these and match their tones by setting them up the same way and writing the different sounds down in a notebook for reference to sound like the top 40. I have moved presets around for my own use. For example: Studio clean is in position 1. I write studio clean at the top of a page and list songs I do on this settings along with the drum rythmn setting and tempo. For example, "Oh, What a Night," drums settings 15-(tempo)75) or 15/75 next to the song. I'm creating a notebook like this. I've been playing 24 years. I own a Rogue A'E 300, great guitar, Rogue CG30R, really decent small amps, lots of features, buying a Princetion 65 with effects loop. I'd buy it in a heartbeat again if it broke or was stolen. Probably buy the rp 200, which should have been the only model to start with since it does have the power cord and pedal. I love everything about it except I think the wah could be improved. As I said, rp 200 should have been the only one in this series to start with. I really wish the button that controls the drums on/off was footswitchable. I have to do strange song endings and sustained note/chord ending in order to reach over and stop the drum rythmn. But man is that drum trainer handy. I get so many good comments. Favorite features drum rythmn, matchless amp model, it is so good. I chose is because of its good reviews, which are the truth, and the price. I wish I had a pedal for it. I don't make music without it anymore. It is easy to carry with you and it makes you sound professional. I get so many positive remarks on it. I 'd like to say if you have to choose between a guitar amp and this rp 100 choose the rp 100. You can use it through your computer or stereo at home and sound really good. It really doesn't matter how cheap your guitar is either, it makes cheap amps and guitars sound pricey.