DigiTech RP-100

This thing is sooooo easy to use its untrue. Getting a good sound out of it is tricky though if you don't know what you're doing. The inbuilt sounds a re largely poor (although i prefer the 100 to the 100A the "artist" presets are really bad)but the pedal has a strong following and you can get patches from the digitech website made by people that DO know what they're doing. In the right hands this thing can do a lot - the manual is very good i thought just what you need to know nothing less nothing more. The tuner is very good - the drums (metronome really - very simple beats) are fantastic for jamming/practice and have really tightened up my playing over time but not good enough to record really. Plus you have the input for an expression pedal - never tried it (fool that i am i went out and blew wads of cash on the rpx400 instead.)

weeeelll i been using headphones and a 4 track which was the appeal of this pedal anyway - space saving/versatile and cheap. I use a bad fender strat copy (would like a goth flying v but money dont grow on trees)there is a hum on some setting s but i think that's lareg;ey my crappy axe! the noise gate eradicates noise when the strings arent vibrating. The effects might not be perfect but for the money they're amazing - you can get a lot of variety with this pedal - the overdrive is satisfyingly thick (recently got RPX400 and was let down in this area.)and the correct balance of setting scan give a very pleasing and professional sound - but you either got to be a pro or lucky to get the balance right i think. check the patches at the website. It records well on a tascam 4 track anyway.

had it 2 years - it went flaky for a month or so but apart from that it's solid as a rock. I wouldnt gig so i dont know (performance anxiety - im the same in the guitar shop!)

never had to deal with them because the product is ver strong but they're website is pretty cool and they gave me a carry bag/lead/plectrums/headphones when i bought the RPX400 so i like them :-)

I play rock/metal/goth/blues/mellow/ambience this thing can do it all and more - its so small, so reliable, so versatile and SO CHEAP! you really cant complain - it's so cheap and so fun you might aswell get one. A pair of headphones your guitar and the RP100 all fit in a gig bag and you dont need anything else. I always loved it but now i got the RPX400 i appreciate it more - you get SOOOO much for the cash. BUY one BUY one BUY one!

Look at all the reviews! I'm not the brightest bulb on the tree but with some tweaking and a short learning curve good sounds were had in a short amount of time. Setting patches is a breeze. The manual is ok but a quick reference card for the presets would of been nice. I know I had to make my own and tape it so I didn't have to peck through 40 of them. Minus one...

No you will not get the exact Marshall or Mesa or.... But for the price it's close enough. My pedals were sold on eBay long ago with the new technology this and my amps have to offer. The presets are overdone and you'll want to set your amp flat or find something very neutral to play through to avoid coloring the sound even more. Then set everything to 0 and start with an amp model. Build from there until you're happy. Take your time, For the price a 9. Two decent pedals will set you back way more than this thing.

I wouldn't trust stomping on this thing 50 times a night. For the occasional change of sound the pedals are ok. If you play through entire songs without channel switching/pedal stomping put it somewhere that you can switch settings by hand. Batteries and AC options are good insurance that you'll at least have power should one fail.

No need to call.

Looked at models from Zoom and the other companies. Needed something easy to haul around that would outlast the warranty and give decent sounds. Easy to learn and fun to use. Bang for the buck rated it gets a 10. Thanks HC for providing the space for us to share our opinions.

Never had any effects before except a poor tube on my amp - my freind had racks of effects processors and they confused the hell out of me! this things interface is a piece of cake though - before reading the manual (which is very good - except it description of single coil/humbucker doesnt match whats on the display) i was editing patches straightaway - it takes time/knowledge/experience to get a good noise but the principal is very straightforward.

I am not a professional - i am not in a band - i do not gig - i wanted a very cheap very small very versatile effects processor for my crappy strat copy that i could plug headphones into and connect to my tascam fourtrack. This thing satisfied all requirements. At first the novelty of having effects was enough to put a smile on my face but after a while i started to think it sounded really poor! the factory presets are awful (seriously) but user presets sounding awful is purely your own fault man! after visiting the digitech website and copying patches that sound like Steve Vai/Yngwie/Hetfield etc i realised this box has A LOT of potential and the only thing holding me back was that i didnt know what i was doing! The website is very good btw - a number of famous guitarists have posted patches there (Yngwie/D.Mustaine etc..) but it takes some coaxing to get the good stuff out of it. I have also played keyboards through it for messed up hawkwind type ambience or just a bit of atmospheric reverb on a piano - very good - i give it a 7 for sound because it has a lot of potential but it isnt immedialtely apparent.

had it two years - kicked it dropped it used it every day - works fine. Havent toured with it and i am gentle when i use the foot switches so no expert. Briefly went through a phase of changing amp models on patches for no reason, which was disconcerting, but stopped a long time ago.

N/A never dealt with them but am always drooling over their products and visiting their patch pages.

I predominantly play thrash/death metal but like all music and have found this pedal is capable of producing most sounds i want for blues/pop/ambient/LSD psychadelia/Goth etc.. (at least in the right ball park if not perfect). I have been playing bass for years only seriously picked up the 6 string 2 yrs ago when i bought this pedal. As i said i only have a strat copy and a 4 track but this thing has really inspired me and im looking at upgrading (maybe a flying V goth or a Variax.) - i am going to buy a RP300a or GNX3/4 as soon as i can as i want more functions than ive got - but as an entry level pedal for someone who is very poor or has no kit/space - you cant beat the rp100. professionals complain about it but they really should be spending more cash on their gear - for everyday doods like me this thing will rock your world for a long time for very little money! THE ONLY THING TO SAY IS GET THE RP100A INSTEAD AS IT HAS 40 PRESETS FROM MUSICIANS INSTEAD OF THE CRAPPY 40 FACTORY PRESETS I NEVER USE ON MY RP100 BASIC!!!

Pretty easy to use,not that you'd want to use everthing IN it,but it does OK with a few butttons to push. I downloaded the manual from Digitech and had most of it sorted out in a couple days. Upgrades?--hell, the guy that had it before didn't even try to change any of the presets!

I use mainly Strat style guitars--some with single coils, one with humbuckers, and they sound good with the basic settings on the RP100--both into the amps and into the board, so now I have options when I record--I can have more control over sounds and can cut down on backround noise. The effects are uneven--reverbs and delays are decent, but some of the others are pretty cheesy.

I only use this at home--bypass mode is very thin sounding and is the main drawback--I'd be tempted to try it in front of people if it sounded better when its turned OFF. Maybe it'd be OK in somebody else's rig, but I have other effects that sound better.

Other than the manual, I haven't dealt with them--at least their website is useful as opposed to a couple other ones I've visited lately. The RP100 will probably be fine just sittng on the desk next to the recorder.

I play blues and rock,also some experimental music for 35+ yrs. and will keep going as long as my hands work : ) I've owned lots of stuff over the years and have had fun with most of it. I also have a ZOOM GFX707,which is good for effects,but doesn't sound much like an amp--the RP100 gets more amp-like sounds, so maybe they can work together. Maybe when the plug-ins get better, I'll go out on a limb and buy something new, but right now, these are a big improvement over just miking an amp--the tapes don't lie(at least MINE don't!) If it got stolen, I'd have a good laugh, since these aren't worth much used, and if you don't know what its for, it's a big doorstop!

This pedal is very easy to use. I bought it used and didn't have an owners manual for a couple of days and I still figured it out pretty simply for the most part. I downloaded the manual off of the digitech site and it made life a lot easier.

I run a variety of guitars through this thing. I have a Marshall DSL401 but I never use the pedal with it. I have a Vox 15r pathfinder and since I don't like the distortion on that little amp I bought this little pedal to help me out. I play a lot of bluesy stuff(The Black Crowes, Allman Brothers, etc.) and for just jamming over at a buddies house this thing helped me out. A lot of useless effects onboard so probably 85% of the effects never get used. And as far as the total sound,, its pretty convincing of the amp modeling attributes,, but its hard to get a good distortion right next to a good clean channel,, especially a good clean channel without some kind of crazy delay or tremolo effect kicking its ass.

Built like a tank as far as I can see. I would never gig with this thing because of the sounds. It could get too confusing. But I don't think that it would break down on you if you were to use it for this.

Never dealt with them.

This thing is perfect for what I bought it for. I only use it with my practice amp to get bigger tones and better distortions. For what I bought it for and the price I paid,, I couldn't really ask for much more. It would probably be perfect for home recording use as well,, you can get pretty much any amp sound you want and the lead channels do indeed kick ass.

With the manual, there should be no problem figuring out this pedal. Without it, like suppose it was bought used, you might run into trouble. If you know what you're doing, though, you can probably get the tone you want, anyway, because the knobs are arranged in a sensible fashion.

I have the box between my Epiphone Les Paul and Crate half-stack. The tones are pretty good, but the versatility is where this thing is worth the investment. It really has about all the effects I would need, even if they aren't quite perfect. The distortion is not quite as heavy as it could be, but it's as heavy as I, personally need it.

The effects on the RP100 are reliable. It always turns on when I plug in and off when I pull out. It feels indestructable, if not for the plastic knobs and pedals. The main body is steel maybe, and heavy. The problem I have is with the built-in chromatic tuner. It is on crack. Apparantly I am constantly playing either an Eb or an A. That's okay, though because I don't really need the tuner. I would, though, advise buying a power supply. It will eat your batteries faster than you can eat a cupcake.

I play everything from Eric Clapton to Metallica, so it's nice to have a pedal that can cover them and everything in between. On second thought, it might not have quite enough distortion for Metallica, but I guess it isn't bad. The only feature I would add would be a seperate bypass pedal, but I'll live. If it were stolen, I would try to find the person who stole it, to see if he was a guitar player, and I'd see if he wanted to jam, because no one within a 50 mile radius of me seems to play. This is a nice pedal for just playing around in my room, which is all I'm good for anyway. Live, I don't know, but it's great for what I use it.

Really simple and easy to use. All you have to do is read the manual once, and you'll do fine. Manual explaing everything.

Everything is good. There's no noise because this thing has a NOISE GATE AS AN EFFECT. When it did make noise, it was because of my amp. All the effects are good EXCEPT THE DISTORTION DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH GAIN AND CAN SOUND BLOCKY. I paly alot of thrash and death metal. There are a few distortion types, but it can sound really crappy sometimes. Good for solos though. gets a 6 because all the effects are good, but because distortion really important, and this distortion lacked, i had to dock it alot.

Up to a scertain Point. MY LEFT FOOTSWITCH HAS BEEN BROKEN, it's being dumb. It's gotten to the point to where it switches up when it's supposed to be switching down, and it'll stop working completley at times. DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE METAL CASING, this thing can still be damaged easily. I'v giged with it, i had to set my settings in order according to how they were going to be played through out the set because i was only able to go from setting 1, to 2, to 3, to 4, and so on because the left footswitch was broken. I'v had to gig withouth a back up, it was the only way i could get lead boosts.

havn't dealt with them, like a moron i didn't mail my warranty. I wish i did so i could get this thing back like new and i could sell it at a decent price and save up for a better distortion.

I Play HEAVY metal that need alot of Gain. THIS LACKS IN THE GAIN part of distortion. However, if you're into rock, or you just want it for the other effects, deffinatly worth cheking out. HOWEVER, this cannot take alot of abuse, the left footswitch on mine if broken, and because of that i'm giving this thing a low score. I'v had this for a little over a year.

Very easy to make or edit cool tones. The manual is easy to understand. It has everything I could ever want, except for an "inteligent harmony"

USA Jackson KV-1 Dave Mustaine model > RP-100 > Crate 212 combo
I bought this for the Delay and Pitch Shifter effects...I'm not into all those crazy effects like Phaser, Flanger and Chorus. Sounds good to me, and I've used alot of shit. The distortions don't get as heavy as I'd like, but they're pretty good.

I bought the AC adapter because I HATE battery power. Unlike the RP-50, this is made of metal not plastic.

I play music influenced by guys like Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen and Marty Friedman. I also play Thrash Metal and Death Metal. I'd buy again if destroyed, the only other pedal I'd consider for my use is a Boss PS-5 for the harmonizer. I used lots of other pedals, and this had what I wanted and nothing I didn't.

For it's price range, it is easy to use. Ony 3 knobs and a ton of parameters, though, can make it time consuming compared to a Genesis-1. Sometimes the knobs don't register when I turn them--it seems you have to roll it past the setting to get it to work. It is easy to learn as well; you can just jump in and fiddle. One complaint---the drum pattern tempo setting does not dial in BPM's, i.e. "75" seems to be about 120 BPM---there are only two digits on the display, so they couldn't put up anything past 99.

Manual is very good---expains all the effects parameters pretty well.

It's irritating that it didn't come with AC adapter (it needs a 1300 milliamp 9v adapter, not too common). It takes 6-aa's and only lasts 9-10 hours on that. There's no on/off switch---you just plug in to turn on. Footswitches are just up/down patch change and bypass for both and tuner for both held down for 3 seconds. Tuner works well, but if you bypass, sometime when you go back, you're up or down one patch before you started.

Good wide variety of sounds. Lots of different amp sounds, but they sound very digital to me. I picked up a Genesis-1 and like the sounds out of it much better. Lots of the presets go a bit overboard with reverb---fine for headphones or DI, but too much for playing through an amp with a group.

I use a rebuilt Peavey Triumph 120 tube amp and it makes the distortion sound awesome, but the reverbs sound muddy. I like a big, bluesey David Gilmore sound, and this combination of amp and pedal nails it. I play Ibanez GAX-70 as my main axe. I've also used Yamaha Pacifica strat copy (HSS), D'armond Les Paul copy, and a Schecter C-1 with it.

There are tons of delays as well, and they are fantastic. No tap-tempo, though, only presets. Modulation effects are good as well, but again, the chorus and flanger sound really digital. Very good clean amp sound with reverb to do a blues sound.

I don't particularly like the compressor, either. My Genesis-1 just has lo-med-hi compressor and it works much better than the RP-100. I bought a Nady CL-5000 rack-mount compressor/limiter/gate so I can truly tweak it and it works much better (good investment for only $85).

Gate works pretty well, but if you turn off the gate, even with no input signal, this sends out noise. Otherwise very quiet.

All in all I'd say this is great for practicing and if you really work with the patches, they'll work live as well. As I use it more and more (had it about 2 years), I plan to use it for less and less. I want to pick up a dedicated distortion pedal and use the RP-100 only as a delay/modulation box (I use the reverb on the amp).

Rock-solid construction--all-metal box, very solid. Battery box lid broke, but I use AC adapter now. Solid buttons and knobs. I would use it without a backup (not on battery power, though!)

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Very good for the price, but I think more aimed at practicing/home recording. It's great for playing on the couch with headphones, but I am not totally satisfied when I get together with my band and use it---I spend too much time there twiddling knobs to try to get the sound right. But for $79, which is what I've seen it for recently, you do get a LOT of effects and parameters!

Your an idiot if you cant use this you select the effect twiddle the nobs done.

The sound quality on this is great, everyone is saying its noisey but you can put the noise gate on and vuala. The effects are very well done and dont sound cheap.

Hasnt done anythign wrong yet ive used it 4 times live and the guitarist loves it in my band so he bought one very reliable.

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My band plays emo/pop/punk and the tone is great at home i paly blues jazz classical metal hard rock old rock and u can get everything. GREAT BUY.