DigiTech RP-100

I have the RP100W (with a red screen)

This is fairly easy to edit using the knobs on its face. The USB connectivity of the new RP models would be REALLY nice!

The factory presets are ok, especially if you have a cheap amp, but on a good amp, they will sound pretty bad.
You can use the 40 user preset slots to make your own patches. Just google "RP100 Patches" -- there are some great sounding patches that you can dail in if you look for them.

However, this unit will NOT work well with a high-end amp. It adds buzz and noise if put in the effects loop, and it will make a tube amp sound very digital-ly. It also changes the tone of your amp significantly even when it is in "Bypass Mode". I tried using it for delay on my 5150 Combo once, and it was horrible. However, if you own a good amp, chances are you would buy high-end effects as well, and this is not designed to be a high-end pedal.

I rated it an "8", just because on headphones or a crappy amp, this unit can be programed to sound really nice.

This is very realiable. It has only 'frozen' on me once, and I just unplugged and it came back just fine.
You wouldn't need a backup for this live -- (but I wouldn't use it live anyway, just because of its sound quality when paired with the 5150.)

Digitech is a well-known company. They will give you support.

This is a really good do-it-all effects pedal. If you only need a simple solid state amp and 1 multi-effects processor, then this is the way to go.

Considering it only has a small,two digit screen it's actually Pretty easy to use.The layout is pretty intuitive,easy enough for beginners to use(which i'm guessing is the market they're after)For those who don't know any better i suppose it's easy to coax some descent tones out of this box.

Like i mentioned before,i think this unit is aimed at players who don't have a lot of experience playing through great sounding tube amps.It's great for what it is,an entry level digital representation of real amps and effects,but i'm a huge tone freak!!

i suppose the tones are more inspiring than playing strait through a crappy 10 watt solid state practice amp,but after playing the real amps this thing emulates you'll notice how harsh and fake sounding it is,i believe that may be due to the 22khz sampling rate,very shrill sounding highs and unresponsive lows.

i haven't even touched it since i bought my Zoom G7.1ut(real tube distortion!)the Zoom is the greatest sounding thing i've ever stepped on!!Anyone considering the RP100 please do yourselves a favor,save up and buy the Zoom!!this pedal will only hinder your playing and stifle your inspiration,imho

i've never had a problem with it,then again i've never had a problem with the garbage cans out front of my house 8-p.I'll give credit where it's due,this thing is built like a tank!!i've kicked it around for years(until i could afford some descent gear)Never had a problem with it physically.

i always kind of hoped it would die on me so i would have no choice but to buy a better unit,but it never did.

never dealt with them

If you want a broad digital representation of real tube amps,i guess for the price it's not a bad little unit,but if you're looking for tonal bliss,this ain't it.listened back to some tracks i cut before i bought my Zoom,compared to the new pedal it's night and day.

Like i said before,if you're a serious player like i am this thing will hold you back.

Easy.

You can get a huge range of sounds out of this pedal. We play covers so it's great for dialing in sounds from David Gilmour to Joe Walsh.

I run a Fender Strat SSH to a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. I've got an A/B splitter box, A for the RP-100, B for a Boss 7-band EQ and noise suppresor pedal.

It's noisy on the major gain settings, but if I'm using a patch for distortion, it's usually dialed in low, just to add a little punch to the Fender amp.

I use the RP-100 on about half our songs, and of those, the majority of the RP-100 usage is for modulation. It does just fine for chorus, delay, flange, phase - but I mainly use chorus, delay, and the compression function is good.

You can depend on it if you're not stomping the crud out of it. It takes a little effort to get to the tuner (stomp and hold both pedals down simultaneously for a second or two, and a quick stomp on both to bypass).

I have the RP-100 set according to our set list. I hit 1 for the first song, 2 for the second, etc. If one song needs a considerably different sound for a chorus or solo, etc. then that one song may get 3 and 4, and then I only have to go back and forth with one stomp. After that, I stomp again for the next song.

Never used

I play a huge range of styles, but mainly classic rock. It's a great match for the money.

I've been playing for 20 years.

I would get something more up to date if it were lost/stolen.

If you read the manual, you will have 90% of your problems solved. Making your own presets can be frustrating at first but, with patience, anyone can do it. My major beef is that it has too much of every thing. You could spend more time playing with your toy than working out your riffs! Buy it only after you already have your chops and song catalog down pat. This thing is like having a new video game.

It has a USB port so you can make a youtube video and sound like your favorite hero.

This will make you sound great through headphones. I use both single coil and humbucker guitars and could get my rock and blues sounds fairly accurately. No noise whatsoever! The effects and amp/speaker models are on the money.

This is difficult to say after 2 week use. The unit is metal and seems strong enough for gigging.

No need yet.

If you are into the heavy metal stuff, the presets are all you'll ever need. Buy this unit if your genre is 60s rock, 70s rock, 80s hair bands, techno rock or spacey music. If you want to sound exactly like SRV prepare to do alot of trial and error.

Buy it if you want to sound like a star through headphones.

This is my first multi-effects unit. It replaces a boatload of pedals and only costs $99. It is versatile beyond belief.

My only wish is that they offered a $40 pedal that has a few amp models and a few effects.

Once you've got it worked out this thing couldn't be easier to use! I guess it's because there simply isn't many features, and each effect/model/module only has a couple of parameters to tweak.

Changing patches sucks because you're only option is to change to an adjacent preset, ie... scroll through 'em 1 to 2 to 3 to 4 etc. There's also a HUGE silence while the preset loads... like half a second or something. This makes the unit unusable in my opinion, except for recording.

Distortions are fake and unresponsive/compressed, but i am pretty picky about my crunch. You can't get a responsive crunch out of this thing which sucks if you like to have a clean sound while picking softly which breaks up naturally when picking hard. Fidelity is low, i beleive the sampling rate is only 22KHz. High gain amp models are noisy.

You have to change patches a second before you want your new sound because it takes so long to load presets... useless for playing any song that requires more than one sound the whole way through.

Effects are not bad a suppose.

I've had this thing for about 6 years, used it extensively for about 2 or 3 of those years. I've had a few problems with it. One of the patch changing switches fucked up so I replaced it with the switch that controls the drum machine, which i don't use (haha, can't use now!). The AC adapter socket fucked up so I've connected a 9V DC adapter straight to the battery terminals. The output socket also fucked up so i had to re-solder it to the PCB.

You gotta be careful not stand on the leads when plugged in, as the sockets are soldered right to the PCB and end up breaking.

Cheap sounding
HUGE SILENCE BETWEEN PATCH CHANGES!!! big issue

Fairly easy to operate and program, even without reading the manual.

I'm very pleased with the sound. I'm really only using it for EQ - Reverb - and Delay. Sometimes I'll use a little Compression. I play jazz and shoot for a sound between Pat Metheny and Ben Monder and I think this does a good job. I'm using a stereo to mono 1/4" adapter in the output to run it in stereo to two early 80's Yamaha G100-112 amps. My only complaint is that when you plug in an expression pedal and try to do volume swells (ala Bill Frisell), you can hear the "MIDI" steps in the volume, so I use a volume pedal in front of the RP-100.

No problems yet, however I don't gig heavily.

I think it's a great value, however I'm really thinking of getting the RP-150 to see how the new "Lexicon" reverbs sound since that's my main use for the effects pedal.

Read the manual (available on-line). Very easy to use. I had to turn it into an emergency bass preamp last night, and that took about a minute.

With all the settings and EQ options on this unit, plus the ones on the guitar and amp, it would be impossible not to find some good sounds on this unit.

I have used this with an GK bass head into an old 2x12 bassman cab, or a TubeWorks 2x12 cab, and also a pair of Peavey 1x12 combo amps for stereo. I have used it both with and without a TubeWorks Realtube preamp, and of course, it sounds better with the tube preamp.

The 40 presets really suck - most are way over the top and I wouldn't use any of them. But they are really easy to tweak and save in the 40 User slots.

I don't use much distortion, but I think the Tweed model with the gain jacked up and a little slapback echo is just FINE.

I've used this on over 350 gigs, and I bought it used on Ebay, so it's been around. It's been stepped on, tripped over, and dropped many times, and I only had one minor problem. One of the pedals stopped working, and it turned out to be the tiny rubber pad that actually makes contact with the circuit board. It had shrunk a tiny bit. I cut the corner off of a business card and stuck it under the pad and it's worked ever since.

I play a lot of Dub and Old School Reggae, and I've used it on live gigs for reverb, chorus, phasing and echos and delays.
I sometimes use two 12" combo amps and the RP100 has stereo outputs, so I can get nice wide tremolo and ping pong effects.

I've used it as a stand alone pedal for a bass preamp, an EQ, or an autowah. I've used it for computer recording and as a headphone practice amp. The built in drums are a nice touch for practice or for a click or scratch drum track.

I can get a full 3 sets on rechargeable batteries if I unplug it during breaks, but I usually use the AC adapter, which in NOT easy or cheap to replace (no Radio Shack!).

Never dealt with them.

I've been playing funky reggae jazzy bluesy dub stuff since Nixon was around. The less I have to carry around and plug in, the better. This is good stuff for cheap. They don't make this one any more, but I wouldn't hesitate to buy a newer model.

Easy to use, but reading the manual is a good thing.

I sold my old Zoom 505 to buy this thing. BIG MISTAKE!!
The Zoom has nice distortions. The distortions of the RP100 are terrible, very artificial. Not to mention the noise and the hiss it produces. The humbucker/single-coil is shit. It makes my Gibson SG scream of feedback. The modulation effects are ok I guess. But I don't use them that much cause I play mostly 80s (hard-)rock.

Sometimes you have to switch it off and on again to work. The switches produces 'plops'.
You cannot run it on batteries, they're dead in 1 hour. You need that expensive DigiTech AC adaptor. Why doesn't it run on DC like normal effects???
Sound is too bad to gig with, so I don't know.

Dont know.

The Zoom 505 is a much better pedal in my opinion. I play 80s (hard-) rock so I need good distortions. This RP100 sounds very digital/artificial and makes a lot of noise..
I ordered a Zoom GFX1 yesterday. So maybe next week i'm happy again.

This unit is easy to use, once you get the hang of the layout of the top panel, and what each effect range is. Some of them are very powerful, so it takes some time to find out what combination of effects give you the sound you want. You can program 40 patches and there are another 40 fixed presets by Digitech.

In terms of switching between patches, I find it is difficult to use the unit as you have to scroll through your preset patches in sequence. What I end up doing is setting up groups of patches for each song or type of song that I play. It works, but then if you just want to add some delay or distortion and improvise then you can't, unless you can remember which number that sound was set under.

An AC power source is mandatory, I had the unfortunate experience of gigging with it, and a new set of batteries lasted the warm up and died during the gig. The problem is that when the batteries go flat, the unit doesn't die, but it goes crazy and switches between different patches on its own. Some of the presets are very loud and crazy sounding, so it can be quite nasty.

I use this most of the time with a pair of headphones and my USA telecaster.

The sound is pretty good. I would not say it was gigworthy comparing it to my normal stomp box set up. Some of the sounds are a bit hollow and processed. Using it as a dedicated pedal would not be a bad idea, for example if you just need a but of flanger, or extreme stereo delay from time to time, then maybe you can use this with an external looper.

Not sure if it is just me, but the tuner is very diffifult to use and not a great aspect of the pedal.

It seems pretty well built. I would gig with it alone, as long as I had the power supply!

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A good unit but not really good for playing live.

perfect for punctual use at home

If I lost it or broke it I would look around as this kind of product evolves greatly and there is surely something more capable on the market now.

This is a decent multi-effects unit if you're practicing, doing home recording, or playing the occasional show. It's not for the gigging guitarist, because, while it has good sounds and is easy to program, it has frustrating limitations that reduce its usefulness for live performance. The RP100 is a prime demonstration of why so many working guitarists still have pedalboards full of snaked-together stomp boxes instead.

The RP100 itself is a compact, dual-footswitch floor unit in silver and blue, with both plastic and metal components. The back holds 1/4" jacks for input, output, and expression pedal (which takes a standard passive volume pedal -- nice) jacks, plus a spot for the AC adapter (which you'll need -- the RP100 takes a slew of batteries and eats them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner). The top consists of a two-character LED screen, some more LED lights as indicators, three adjustment knobs, two programming buttons, and a pair of footswitches at the front edge. There's no MIDI control, although there is a built-in tuner.

Having bought it used from the guitarist in my band, I figured out how to use the RP100 quickly without the manual, but I did download it from digitech.com to find out what some of the cryptic two-character LED codes are (although the important Amp Model and Effects ones are printed right on the unit, others are not), and to determine what the 40 preset effects patches are called (even though the manual doesn't reveal what their settings are).

The major downsides, which make the RP100 ineffective for live shows, are:

- Changing patches requires repeated tap-tap-tap on the footswitches. If you're at Patch 1 and want to go to Patch 18, you have to tap up 17 times -- and you hear every patch in between.

- It's easy to change patches accidentally, because to bypass the unit you need to press both footswitches at the same time, and to tune you need to press both and hold them. If you're slightly off with your stomp, you might end up going up or down a patch instead. That's particularly annoying if you mistakenly go down to Patch 80 from Patch 1, since 80 is an especially shred-o-licious Teutonic Metal God patch that you can't change.

- The expression pedal support is weak. Most patches use it only for volume control. The only other effects that take expression input are the various wah pedals and the Whammy pitch bender effects. (When you're using the wah or Whammy, the pedal doesn't control volume. I'm not sure which takes precedence if you try wah and Whammy together.) I was disappointed not to be able to vary the rate or depth of tremolo, phaser, delay, chorus, or reverb with the pedal -- something Digitech could have supported, but doesn't.

- When you're in Performance mode (i.e. not editing, tuning, or in bypass), only one of the three control knobs modifies anything useful: no matter what patch you use, they change output level (good), gain/distortion (tolerable), and amp model (useless!). Seriously, how often do you want to crank around trying different amplifier emulators while you're playing? I'd much rather be able to (again) change the tremolo rate or reverb depth. But no go.

If I were gigging with this box, I'd probably use it as a serial-offender single-effects box, setting it for tremolo, for instance, but leaving it in Edit mode so I could tweak the settings. Unfortunately, once I did that it would forget the setting if I changed patches. As it is, I only use it for practice and home recording, where it is quite a good unit indeed -- see below.

Here's the chain: Godin LG (dual humbucker) or Strat guitar into the RP100, with the output of a cheapie Italian volume pedal plugged in separately for expression control; an MXR Phase 90 phase shifter; Fender pedal tuner; Danelectro Daddy-O overdrive; SansAmp GT amp simulator; 1970s silverface Fender Princeton Reverb amp (12 watts of monster power, with 10" stock speaker). All run off AC power except the Phase 90, which is old and can't, but when it's bypassed it doesn't seem to consume any 9V battery, so that's good.

The first thing I noticed: the RP100 hisses. Take it out of the chain, and the background noise diminishes noticeably. The hiss isn't terrible, but it's there, and the built-in noise gate won't help. Otherwise, its sounds are remarkably good: quacky wahs, decent EQ and amp, pickup, and cabinet mic modelers, and a wide range of lush tremolo/pan, rotary, chorus, phase, flange, pitch/detune, and Whammy effects, plus delays and reverbs. Unfortunately, most of the interesting effects (from trem to Whammy) lie in one bank, so you can only run one of them at a time. (You can combine effects from different banks -- such as wah, amp sim, EQ, chorus, and reverb -- simultaneously.)

The preset patches are of variable quality, and in no logical order. You can have a nice shimmery clean chorus patch, tap a pedal, and suddenly be in too-loud, echo-drenched, harmonized, super-shred prog-metal territory. Worse, of the 80 patch spaces in the RP100, half (41 through 80) are locked and unchangeable, with only patches 1 through 40 ready for editing (which you can do to your heart's content, including really easy copying of an existing patch -- yours or a preset -- to another memory location as a basis for tweaking).

How the expression pedal works for you probably depends more on which pedal you choose than on the RP100. I found my cheapie Italian job just fine for wah and whammy, but something with more throw might give you finer control. The nice thing is, since you can use any standard passive volume pedal (or any other sort of volume control, really), you have lots of choices.

So, if you want rockabilly slapback, AC/DC crunch, Clapton's "Brave Ulysses" wah-ified Woman Tone, acoustic simulation, old tweed blues, or whatever else, you can probably find a decent approximation from the RP100. You'll just have a hard time if you want to switch between them or make adjustments on the fly during a gig, without breaking the flow of a song or show. And there's that hiss. Which is too bad, really.

It's not a Boss pedal or even Digitech's all-metal Whammy, but it's not flimsy like the Zoom and ART multi-effects monstrosities of the early '90s, or even many other models today. My guitarist did gig with it (though the moved to a Line 6 pod and then a Vox ToneLab, which has a lot more knobs and two built-in expression pedals) and mine is beat up, but it still works. I wouldn't use a backup -- but I wouldn't rely on the RP100 either. Instead, I'd use it to supplement further, more necessary effects on a pedalboard, and wouldn't sweat it too much if it broke.

Once more, it's durable enough for the basement, garage, or home studio, but not for rattling around in a touring van.

Used, out of warranty, and it works, so I have no idea since I've never talked to Digitech. Their website is pretty good, though, and includes manuals, so they get points for that.

Okay, I admit it: I'm a drummer. I studied guitar when I was a kid and play it when I record my own Penmachine Podcast of podsafe instrumental tunes, but I make my money behind the kit, and have since 1989. So the RP100 works for me, because I don't gig with it. I play sixties-influenced rock (as well as actual sixties rock in my cover band), with some blues and electronica styles thrown in. The RP100 _can_ get good sounds for me, but as I mentioned, some of the presets are more suited to '80s hair metal, as is typical with these sorts of units.

If it went missing, I'd check out the competition first, since its limitations are annoying. The RP100 has some great individual effects which can be layered into cool patches, but I wish it had broader expression pedal support, a way to run some of the time- and waveform-based bank's effects simultaneously, more intelligent performance-mode controls, and less hiss. But for $50 from my guitarist, it does what I need pretty well, and I shouldn't knock it.

But if I were making my living with my guitar? Well, I'd save up for a better, more expensive, more durable multi-effects box or, more likely, a serious multi-stomp pedalboard, which might have a Digitech Whammy on it.

I've played the guitar over 25 years now, & I have been around equipment & such all that time. As with all effects, I strongly recommend getting the owner's manual & take the time to learn how this thing operates. It is not rocket science, & the manual is written very well, easy to follow.

My current set up is: 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom, RP100, Boss CS2 Compressor, Boss AD2 Acoustic simulatore, Boss GE-7 EQ, & a Marshall 5212 Amp. Needless to say, I get a very thick sound. I'm playing in a classic rock band that does some country (as opposed to the traditional country band that plays some rock). As one can imagine, versatility is the prime aspect I'm looking for. I like the sound & dynamics of the RP100, but I was only 100% satisfied after reading the manual & tweaking my setting to meet my personal preference. This thing sounds great, but only after tweaking for personal preference.

Delicately tough would be a best way to describe this. I mostly use Boss effects, which as we know is legendary in the reliability department. I don't believe the RP100 would take the same abuse that a Boss pedal would, it's simply not built that tough. I treat it with care, & am very careful about how I handle it.

Never dealt with Digitech.

I think this pedal is a very useful tool to have. I have read reviewes where people have stated it is not good for playing gigs, more of a "bedroom" effect. Well, I disagree. Read ther manual, get your settings where you want them, & it will deliver the goods. Also, it does so in a cost efficient way that won't bankrupt you!

This is my first experience with a multi effects processor and I found RP-100 to be extremely easy to use all features.
It was very easy for a beginner like me to tweak the tone the way I like it with my set up. For example, to change delay effect, push select button until you the LED goes to Delay and turn three knobs to select the type of delay, amount, and time. Press store button to save to user bank.
One annoying thing is that you would have to program user bank carefully if you want to use this on stage. There's only two buttons to scroll up and down all 120 presets. Also, two digit LED display is not the best user interface although a unit as simple as this, you'll get used to it quickly. -2 points for buttons and LED display.
There's not much to the manual. I read it once just to figure out how to save my edited program and see the list of presets. I don't think I'll need the manual around. I already know how to use it(took me 5 minutes to get use to it once I read the manual).
I don't know whether it's been upgraded.
This unit is a great value though.

I used it with Fender Frontman 25R, LTD EC-1000, Fender Standard Fat Strat. I also tried using DS-1 for few minutes. One comment as a beginner with only few hours of playing with RP-100 is that this processor seems to hide the unique character of each of my two very different guitars. It would be quite difficult for someone to guess what guitar is playing if it's processed through RP-100(or is this true with most amp modelers?).
I found it quite noisy if noise gate is not used or using an extremely high gain setting.
The effects were ok(again, I don't have too much experience with other effects) in my opinion. I still like DS-1 pedal better as far as distortion sound. I was quite pleased when 3-4 models/effects were combined - as long as I keep each effect level low. I don't think anywhere near what I hear on professional recordings though. A lot of effects don't sound very smooth(is this what you call digital sound?) I get much more explosive drive tone using DS-1 or my little amps drive channel. RP-100 does change my guitars tones drastically, making it a fun toy or useful when trying to copy somebody else. If I crank up too many things(as in many factory presets) then it gets noisy, too muddy and worst - too digital. Having only few hours to play with it, I like Andy Laroque patches the best with some effects tone down a little(RP-100 includes 40 factory, 40 user, 40 "artist" presets).
I think I can get so many sounds out of this if I spent couple of weeks on this thing. But having only spent $100(new) I wonder if there's a big difference in tone quality of RP-100 and say.. GT-8. Is the tone quality better on more expensive units? Or is it just more bells and whistles? This leaves me wondering if I should try more expensive units. It might be better off spending extra $$$ up front and not wanting more features or better sound quality.
I've used Aleses Quadraverb II a little bit and I thought its sound quality(delay and reverb) was better than RP-100. I should go try other units and exchange my RP-100(see Reliability on why I'm returning it) if I can tell the difference. It keeps me wondering if RP-100 sound is cheesy compared with more expensive processors.
The drum machine is very simple but you can change pattern, speed and volume. Nice feature as I don't have a drummer to jam with.
Tuner is piece of crap. I got a Korg tuner that works 3x better. Extra feature but I think RP-100's tuner doesn't work well at all.
For $100 though, I doubt if I can find anything as feature loaded as this one. Rating 8 for interesting sounds for the price.

This is where I had the bad experience with RP-100. After using this unit for first 30 minutes it crapped out on me. While playing a preset it locks up. No sound. I unplug and plug it back in both power and input to reset it. Sometimes it freezes in 1 minute, 10 times in a row. I look in the back and the sticker says designed in US and manufactured in China. Not sure if it's bad micro or bad software, or both. I'm going to return this and probably buy more expensive model. So there goes my first impression with Digitech brand..
The exterior is made of some kind of cheap metal case(feels like it'll break if I drop it in the parking lot) and plastic buttons and knobs(plastic material actually seems sturdy). Probably not something you stomp real hard. But again, that's why it only costs $100. Actually, I should thank Digitech for making it cheap for an amature like me who will never gig on stage.

I don't want to try getting this fixed. Fortunately, this lock up problem showed up on my first try at home so I can return it tomorrow.

I don't play well. A cheap unit like this is a good match for someone like me who hasn't developed a unique tone or not worthy of $500+ effects. It's very easy to use therefore fun to play around with it. You don't have to open up the manual to program it. Having had a little experience with Alesis QV II rack effect, it's a pain to program a processor unless you enjoy turning knobs and pressing buttons 50 times looking at tiny LCD display before saving to your user bank. I'm too lazy. I'd rather play guitar than tweaking my effects for hours. In the end you only end up using handful of features that the processor provides.
After having a bad unit(I saw few more RP models behind the counter at Guitar Center.. looks like ppl returned them) I would like to try other brand. Something more expensive since I'm encouraged by how decent RP-100 sounded to me.

This unit is very easy to use. Take a few minutes to read the manual, after that so many sounds and effects are opened up to you.

I've been performing with this box for the past 3 years. It has handled every sound I needed. The rp-100 can be a little noisy at times, but it has a noise gate, use that and away goes the noise. For the few bucks this unit cost the amount of effects and delays are great, there is enough here to get many different sounds. I plug into a boss stage tuner-crybaby-rp-100-boss eq (volume boost) directly into the mixing board.

Been using this live for the past 3 years without a back-up, it has not let me down.

Never had to deal with customer support

I play current and classic rock and pop tunes and I have been playing for 30 years (started real young). This rp-100 is great for what I do. For the $75 bucks I paid 3 years ago I feel this unit has tons to offer. Very easy to tweak to the sounds you want.

I have found this thing very easy to use. No problems setting up my own patches, in fact I probably tweak one or two on almost a daily basis. Keep the mahnual because you will need it at first to remind yourself what each setting is doing. Eventually you will just have it all memorized.
It's pretty easy to get the sound you want because you can check the sound as you are actually going through the set up process. In other words you don't have to wait until you are completely done setting up a patch to see if you like what you have created.

The sound you get is totally up to you. I really don't like many of the preset patches, but you have 40 patches to create to your won liking so that's no problem.
I have been able to duplicate just about every sound I want. Everything from an old Eric Clapton/Cream sound to Beatles 12string electric, to AC/DC crunch/distortion.
Like the instructions suggest, I send the out signal from the pedal into the return jack on my amplifier. That way I am bypassing all the volume, tone, gain settings on my own amp.
I play both my electric and acoustic guitars through this. My electric is a Yamaha with two humbucker pickups so the pickup modeler comes in handy to get more of a single coil sound.
One thing that I ended up doing was purchasing a volume pedal so I could control the wah and pitch bender. I actually find the wah useful now but have not found any sound that I like with the pitch bender.

I have never had any problems with this unit. Mine did not come with an adapter whcih you really HAVE to have and never use batteries in it. I think that is the way to go because I hear the batteries will wear out quickly anyway. Check out the RP-50 unit because I believe it comes with an adapter.
Sometimes the tuner acts a littel whacked out. I will hit the e-string and get a g reading out then two seconds later it read e??? With some patience the tuner works pretty good.
The case is made of a pretty solid metal and has been solid for me although I treat it gently and never beat on it.

Never tried to contact them but I have found various sites on-line where you can get more information about the unit and patch settings.

Overall I have been very happy with the performance of this unit. I use it at least a few times a week and have never had any problems with it. The drum machine comes in handy although the drum beats are pretty much useless other than the first style. I have no idea what the other 29 could be used for. You can adjust the speed of the tempo and it's great for practicing.
I love this little box and playing guitar became a lot more fun after I got it. I would have to get a new one if lost or stolen. Not sure if I would get the same unit but definitely something similar, perhaps the RP-50, 70 or 200.

fairly easy to dial in good sounds with this, either tweaking the user default presets(1-40) to suit my needs or totally remaking them if i choose. some of the factory presets(41-80) are useful while some sound kinda cheesy. if you get a used one without the ac adaptor, buy an adaptor because this thing eats up batteries!

i've mostly used this with a 2001/2002 squier stagemaster HSH(last model of production before they changed the name and raised the price, very underrated guitar imho) into a behringer gx212(discontinued, it has a lot of these same effects already built-in, but it's not as flexible with different combinations) and haven't had any noise problems yet, knock on wood. also have played it through a couple different little practice amps(it made a usually weak sounding yamaha amp sound terrific). some of the effects on this unit sound good(chorus, phaser, flanger, whammy, vibrato & lots of cool sounding reverbs while a few effects don't sound very authentic(namely the envelope filter which to me sounds nothing like a real envelope filter). also, some of the amp models sound a little over the top with high-end fuzz, but considering the price paid i'm not complaining. for a low-end processor, this is excellent in terms of value and sound quality. i think you could dial in virtually anyone's sound you like - all you gotta do is put in some time with it, the sounds are in there! the drum rhythms can be helpful as a practice tool.

was purchased used a while back, so far so good - seems solid enough. i wouldn't recommend stomping on the plastic switches too hard. at least the casing is metal. if i were a gigging musician i'd definitely use it at a show for a tune or three. the appeal of this to me was have all the effects in one unit, to avoid having to get separate stomp boxes for chorus, reverb, phaser, flange etc...

been playing for a few years - rock, hard rock, classic rock, metal and this unit seems to be a good fit for them all. if stolen or lost i would probably get the rp200 with the built in expression pedal. i wish it had a larger alpha-numeric display than 2, but you get used to it. overall i think the rp100 is an excellent value as a low-end all-in-one effect unit. if you're on a budget and want something versatile that sounds pretty decent you can't go wrong!

C'mon, 2 pedals and 3 knobs? When compared to the higher end Digitech's with thier 5 pedal setups and everything, this one's a pretty good gateway into the realm of Digitech, when I got it I spent about 20 minutes learning about the thing and had it figured out for the most part...

Lacks alittle in this category...some of the effects just sound cheap to me, though the distortion I can get out of this cheap little box is perfect for the stuff I do (I play Progressive/Industrial Rock), and I get some nice clean tones and delays out of it, I play a Peavey Firenza AX and get a perfect tone, and even my Kramer focus gets some lovin' from this thing. But the iffy noise gate problems, and the cheapness of flange and phase effects is a bit of a turn off...

I've been using the pedal for 4 years, and I have gigged without a backup and had no problems whatsoever, the only problems I had were due to the pedals previous owner, who had actually souldered a random power supply to the main board of the thing, after fixing this travesty and buying an actual power supply I've had no problems, just had to adjust some settings when playing through new amplifiers. This things been through alot...

Never had to call 'em since I didn't buy one from the store.

Considering I traded a Boss Metal zone and 50 bucks for this thing (The metal zone was in shambles) back when I think the damn thing was still 150 or something, I don't feel ripped off at all, back when I played through a Polytone Mini Brute the thing helped my tone out a lot, now I play through a Crate GT200H Half Stack and I'm still trying to fiddle with the settings to make it work, if it doesn't , I'll probably sell it off to someone who wants a multi f/x pedal and pick myself up some individual stomp boxes or something, I most likely wouldn't replace it if it broke because the model is kind of obsolete by now, but in short, a very good pedal for the price.

What can I say, 2 pedals and 3 knobs, not hard to operate. Currently using gnx3 and gnx4, while on tour. Take a spin thru the manual, you might learn something.

I play with a young popular band here in the US so I will keep this short and sweet due to endorsement reasons. I used this pedal with various guitars such as Gibson LP's, Fender strats, etc. and also thru my stage amps which are Peavey Classic 100 Full stack, and a Marshall 69 plexi 100 half stack, and smaller solid state amps as well. Some of the overdrives and distortions are weak and sound very artificial. The acoustic simulator is not to bad. Some of the reverbs, chorus, and delays seem to be ok for an intermediate effect unit. To all you younger guys out there, good luck or try to get mom&pop to spend a little more cash.

OK, check this out. I got this pedal off a friend for $20 with the correct power supply. He never used it much, just dicked around with it at practice, and gigged a few times with it. I play around with it for a few minutes at night, for only a couple of days, and just this morning, it doesn't power up at all. What a shame, It was going to give it to my little brother. The power supply works with my gnx3 and gnx4, so its not that. I put fresh batteries in and still no power. I disasemmbled the unit several times and troubleshooted as much as I could, and still nothing. WTF!!! Just wondering if anything works anymore. Oh yea I almost forgot, Its only made to work for a while, then break after the warranty runs out, so you have to send it back and pay for the repair. Thats a smart way to make money, make crap, then sell it. I would not gig with this unit, or you might be stuck on stage with a broken ass pedal, wondering what to do. I am now a little scared to use my other Digitech products on stage. But theres always back up units. If you do, have a back-up. Yes I know, I can't bitch to bad since I only paid $20 for it. Guess I'll give my little bro' the gnx3 or send him something new.

I have dealt with Digitech in the past, and I found them to be very helpful. All questions were asked, and they put me on the right track.

If you are on a tight budget, I would recommend this pedal. However, if you are not, get something else.

They say we get locked-in to a specific sound when we use a multi-effects guitar processor. I have heard other guitarists use their RP's and I can testify that we each sound completely different! The RP100 took my archtop right over the top with unbelievable professional sounds. This is an absolute must since I perform for a living.
I edit patches only slightly and am impressed with the factory sounds for the most part.
The manual is easy to read and I still rely on it from time to time. I try to memorize the directions as much as possible since I have to have this stuff down pat on stage. The settings for each tune/song are written on the music or the song title in my music list. The patch is listed first, then Digi, then the drum beat (its number) and then the tempo, like this: 2/td-Digi-7@34. This is the setting for "The Water Is Wide." This code takes up little space and my eye recognizes it quickly on stage. It only takes 30 seconds to set up the RP100 for each tune.

I use an archtop with two magnetic pickups and a Yamaha 6 channel PA system. The RP100 goes into the "Line" input. It is never noisy. The effects are very strong.
I do not try to copy any other artists, but try to get a unique sound. The overall sound is the usual sweet jazz style so common to the archtop, but with a bright treble to keep the melody above the chord accompaniment so natural to this guitar style. All the various effects sound very good.

I can depend on this handy little unit. It is very reliable. The unit and cord fit in the pouch of my padded case. I take it everywhere so I can practice with it. When I'm away from electricity I use batteries and a headset.
I use a variety of drum machines which I have prerecorded for backups. However, I have practiced with and learned the RP100 so well that I can use it for requests when I need a quick backup drum beat. It is very good for this!

I have not needed customer support yet.

I play cover tunes/songs from many genres. Pop, folk, jazz, fingerstyle, classical, ballads and love songs. I'm getting up there in years and have played since I was 4 yrs. old. I also play plectrum banjo (4-strings), elec./ukulele, and an elec./classical guitar. A Yamaha AG Stomp is the processor used for the uke and classical. And the RP100 is the first processor in the line for the archtop, but also goes through the DigiTech GNX3 before it reaches the PA system. I also use a (passive)volume pedal for the RP100, as sometimes I start out too soft or too loud and can make that final adjustment while my hands are busy at my craft of entertaining audiences with pleasing sounds.
The RP100 is "Digi" and the GNX3 is "Dad of Digi." If anything happened to Digi I would replace him immediately! I use this friendly music companion more than any other unit I own!
I wish The RP100 had "intro and ending" drumbeats. But I live without them since I always include instrumental intros and endings. With the volume pedal I can turn the volume off the drum machine on the last beat. This helps the music sound very professional.

the manual is very clear but even without the manual you can operate it !
you have 40 patches you can chose and 40 al allready chosen.
If you want a realy great sound you'll be busy for a couple of minutes but it's worth your time.

I play a strat with a 100W marshall and if I pick clean channel and every time I chose a distortion patch I remember why I bought this pedal !
It's not that noisy certainly not if you select the noise gate.

It's built in a hard metal chassis so I think it's pretty strong, but I don't think if you jump a couple of times on it, it would still work cuz' the pedals are made of hard plastic.

haven't dealt with them

I play rock and this pedal works well for that, you can play metal with it, but then you beter buy the metal zone of boss.
My god, if it was stolen I'd by a new one, this pedal realy kicks ass !

It's relatively easy to get basic sounds out of this unit. For a cheap pedal, it sounds decent, but your options are limited when it comes to achieving a certain sound you want. Editing patches is alright... Nothing special and you get used to the set up rather quickly.

I use this pedal with no other effects/pedals, and it plugs into a Peavey TKO 80. One of my biggest complaints is the excessive noise of distorsion. I was very unhappy with the flange with distortion as well. However, if you like to play clean tones with flanges and other effects, it sounds a bit better. In my 2 years with this pedal before the right pedal broke, I could not find any similar sounds to artists like Frank Zappa, Chuck Garvey, Trey Anastasio, or Dickey Betts.

The thing shit the bed after a friend of mine played around with it for 10 minutes. The right pedal is broken, and I have to use the left pedal to cycle through all 80 tones. I suppose for $100 you get what you pay for, but this thing is made out of very shoddy plastic. I don't think I would ever use this at a gig, anywhere but by myself, or at a practice.

N/A. I don't think I would try to deal with them anyway, the pedal was not all the great to begin with.

If you want a compact multi-effect pedal with decent sound fr it's price, go for it. If you want something more reliable, better sounding, and more usable for live shows, I would spend another $100 and buy a Boss ME-50 on ebay. It's not that I'm unbiased towards this pedal, but 2 years of working condition is unacceptable for the thing to crap out. Hope this review helped.

I played through this for a while with just headphones, and other than the presets, it wasnt very hard to get different tones on it, the manual explains it all pretty well. Definitly needs more knobs, less buttons

Blah. I play through this with an LP into a simple solid state amp. The sounds are horribly processed and fake, not usually a lot of white noise, but on some settings its pretty buzzy. The acoustic sim didnt sound acoustic, but it gives alright cleans, and the blackface and other clean amp models are alright, but dont have any real character. The delays, verb, chorus, and flanger are all i ever use this for.

Its plastic, strange popping noise, cant put up to high inputs

I play blues, some rock, and a little funk. This unit didnt cut it. WAHs are very sterile. ALSO: big issue with this-this processor doesnt have "distortion", just overdriven amp models with settings 1-9. Not much in the way of versatility. The single coil emulation was kinda cool if you wanna add some sparkle to a dull setup, however in general, this unit just sucks all tone out of a signal chain. very digital

You can tweak hundreds of combinations an dlevels of effects. To some this might be frustrating trying to achieve that "perfect" sound. Of course we all know that sweet sounding amp we own somehow will sound different as our styles change. This box gives you enough options to change the sound for the current mood you're in. You can keep it simple with a bit of reverb or pile the effects on. Learning the funky two letter abbreviations in the display takes getting used to.

I hated most of the 40 presets at first. Sounded over processed and fake. It collected dust for awhile until one night I plugged it into a little Peavey Blazer. I set all the amps controls flat. No bass, mids, verb, nothing.. everything to zero. Turned the volume knob up a bit and found I was getting great sounds. The other amps were coloring the sound and what this thing needed was nothing more than a powered speaker. Plus no more trying to use the amp's volume knob to keep the late night practice quiet. The RP100 is now used as a volume control with more precise results. I'll try is someday with the bigger amps and see what happens. Try plugging one into your amp with everything set flat. A touch of volume and if you can't find presets you love you should spend your money on more lessons.

To stomp on night after night I wouldn't trust. The price doesn't have beat it into the ground built in. I have mine sitting by my gear and switch by hand for different tunes. Had it a couple years. Seems better built than other similiar products in the $100 and under bracket.

It works well for it's price. The built in tuner works but can be tricky. As mentioned I wouldn't use for serious stage peformance unless switching was at a minimum. No regrets with this purchase and I shopped hard before taking it home. Ac adapter is a must. It's a battery killer. This is a top pick in it's class.

This is an easy pedal to use and set up, and has lots of variations of sounds. I do feel the drum machine end is weak. Now, in my opinion, the coolest thing about this pedal is the headphone jack, you don't even need an amp. When we went on vacation, I took my guitar, a good set of headphones(ones with an in-line volume control), one cable and the RP100 with a power pak. I was jammin all the time, and nobody could hear, down right awesome!

I use a Gibson LP and the guitar I've been using the most lately is a Schecter S-1 elite. Amps are, Tophat Club Royale, Vox Buckingham and a Marshall JTM30, also an Epiphone Galaxie 10(very cool little tube amp!). This thing makes all kinds of different sounds, and when you find one you like or make one up yourself, you can store it one one of forty presets. As far as quality goes, I have a Boss DS-1 that was modified by Keeley, a tube screemer and one of the Fulltone pedals just to name a few. These individual pedals DO have much better sound quality than the RP100. Sometime, after a while, they can all start sounding the same. Some you couldn't even use in a song, but, they all sound cool just to mess with.

Like anything else built in this world, some are good and some are bad. Sofar, mine has had no problems. It seems to be made of mostly plastic, therefore, you absolutely can not beat the shit out of this pedal. A lot of pedals are built like tanks, this one isn't. If you buy new, get the replacement warrenty, it paid off for a friend on mine.

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I've been playing mostly rock for over 35 years. I have had the RP100 for close to 2 years, almost got rid of it at one time. Then I started to use the headphone jack. Now there's no way, I'll replace this one if I ever loose it or it breaks. Again, if you go on vacation and can't part from playing your guitar for a week, this pedal is the ticket!! Weather at home and everyone is asleep or on the road, nobody can hear you!! I call it "playing under glass"....

This unit is very easy to use once you understand the modes of operation. I actually broke down all of the factory patches and put them in a speadsheet so I could see what each patch was made like. Manual is good but you just have to spend a little time with the unit to get the hang of it.

I have several Les Pauls (and some other guitars) that I play thru the RP. I am very torn because I play thru a Marshall TSL 100 and I love the distortion that the amp produces but the RP100 has such great distortion too. The unit is not noisy at all.

I would definitely trust this unit playing out. I love it so much that I bought another one on ebay for half the price I originally paid just so I could have one to practice at home with. At home I have a Marshall MG50DFX. I use the clean channel and the RP and the sound rocks. Any sound you want. I also have a Marshall half stack at work that I use it on and it brings the old 50 Watt MKII head to life.

Haven't had to call them.

A good sound to a guitar player is EVERYTHING. Good sound motivates you to play better. This unit does the trick! Buy one. Shit, buy two like me.

There's nothing really difficult about using it. The manual pretty much says it all and editing patches could hardly be easier. If you know what kind of sound you need it's not hard to get it.

My setup is quite poor: Ibanez RG320FA (I'm going to replace the humbuckers with SDs JB & '59 soon) - RP100 - Park 15W

For the price range, I believe the sound is OK. The reverb and the delay are quite good, the chorus and the flanger aren't really really bad.
However, most amp simulations suck ass: the Marshall stack is pretty weak (not even far from the real Marshall sound), the same goes for Fender Twin Reverb and etc... the ones I use - Dual Rectifier (Does a good job for thrash metal though it's noisy), High Gain (for soloing) and C2 (for acoustic stuff).
The whole thing is a bit noisy, you cannot pass without using noise gates (And that cuts off your tone, sometimes it fucks up my dive bombs)

I try playing bands and artists like Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Dream Theater, Death, Megadeth, Pink Floyd - of course, with this small box you couldn't expect to get their sound.

Here's where the whole thing crumbles down. Made in China, what can I tell you...

First off, the right footswitch started to cut off the signal. I opened the box and saw that the plate wasn't really stable in the right side (it was slighly curved). I tried to fix it and now it's better but still isn't really reliable. I would absolutely never gig with it !

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention the tuner:
1) Well, it never was precisely accurate
2) It doesn't show the exact tone anymore. When I play an E, it shows me G. When I play G, it shows Bb.

Frankly speaking,