DigiTech RP-100

would not really know, my friend helps me out with that, other wise i will probly be have trouble

i played with a no brand guitar loaded with emg selects and another no name guitar loaded with EMG-HZH3 pick up set. The guitar is plugged into the pedal into a marshall G30R-CD combo amp that has a ten inch speaker.wow this thing is a POS! put the gain all the way up and crank the master volume to max and you find out that this pedal has no better distortion than a acustic amp! This thing is a toy and nothing more, its for people who want to play around.

its lasted my friend a good long time and i played a great deal on it too, hasent broken since he first got it used on ebay.

maybe my friend knows

i play thash metal, punk, old school metal, but would not use this for that, but it sounds good for emo (gay fagget, winny rock). i have been playing for a year n a 1/2 but know better to stay away from this pieace of shit. If I own one and it got stolen, the i would say thank you very much, i think i would go buy a boss now. what i love about it though is that its travell size, another thing i forgot to mention about it is that when you try to tune your guitar the pos half the time is so fucking senceative that it takes forever to tune your guitar and when your done it still sounds out of tune. Final conclusian, go get a zoom or rather a boss, thtrow this piece of crap out the window or give it to good will because remember its just a toy.

Honestly, I have a terrible experience with this pedal.
My RP-100A broke one month after purchase. Two weeks after purchase, the pedal would, after several minutes of being on, cut-out all guitar sound and replace it with loud cracking noises and tones. The screen would also display gibberish. Shortly after that, the power cable stopped providing power so I had to use batteries. Then the RP-100A finally broke completely. When it was powered on, the screen would display random lines and there would be no sound output.

My model's serial number was 1000-something.

I called customer support and described my problem and that I had my proof of purchase that was less than one month ago, well within the warranty period. They wanted to charge me to fix it. Luckily I purchased it from a good local store and they let me return it and refunded my purchase. I put the money towards getting a better pedal.

Complicated at first, but you get the hang of it with time.

The so called dual rectifier sounds terrible, I have EMG 81's in my Flying V so don't whine about my pickups. The cleans are ok, but I rarely use them, the Mesa Mark IIC+, or their really bad version of it, has very little gain-base ratio and most of what you here is bass monotone, keep in mind the Mark IIC+ is what the boys in metallica used in Master of Puppets and ...And Justice For All. The JCM 900 is realistic, a low gain POS.

pretty reliable, but I wish it would stop and give me an excuse to replace it.

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I play mostly metal, fast and heavy. Played through a marshall for practicing, it makes it sound even more pathetic. I don't know what I was thinking when I bought that amp. My other amp is a Mesa Mark IV long head, that I keep on a Rectifier 4x12, and all this pedal does is make me realize how blessed I was to get my hands on that Mark IV.

it not really easy to use but anyone with a brain could figure it out.

the feature that is supposed to change your sound from a humbucker sound to a single coil sound is really bad and most of the amp models are bad too. the efffects and the delays are the only thing that makes this piece of crap worth buying

i would never in one hundred thousand years use this for a gig or even a jam. The reason is that when you are using a patchand you want to switch to another patch, the sound cuts outs momentarily, so you can forget about continuity in your soloing or riffing. it also takes six double a batteries that it sucks dry in about 6 hours

i haven't

i mess around with the effects and delays on this machine. the drum machine that it comes with has the absolute worst drum beats. with the exception of maybe three f these beats the rest are impossible to play along to

its pretty easy to get a ok sound out of it by just going through the presets. Number 45 is pretty sweet distortion. The manuel is good and pretty inforative tells you everything you need to know. It takes some playen with it to figure out how it works.

I use a epiphone les paul custom (soon to have a emg 81 and 60) and a fender standard strat with hot rails. I run this through a fender stage 160 (soon to by 5150 II, witch is the best and most brutal amps i ever played). On high gain settings it is pretty noisey. The noise gate is a piece of crap, it doesnt take out any notes it just shuts of all sound when your not playeng but all the noise is right back when you hit a note. I like the effects a great deal, fun to mess with although i dont usually use effects. Also i love the autowah. whenever i turn it on and it pisses off all my bandmates. i though all cabinet simulation was real bad. drak fuzzy useless for my tastes. the distortions are ok, there non terrrible but they aint no 5150 II. but they are better than my fenders dist. but i give it an 8 for the cool effects

its been fine for the 6 monthes ive had it.

i got some complaints in this aspect. ok when i got mine it was supposed to come with a rebate for FREE ac adapter, gigbag, cable, and picks. So i get it and the rebate has a 10 dollar shipping and handleing charge. what a load of crap. 10 dollars to get this "free" stuff. Plus it took over 2 monthes for them to send the stuff to me. 2 monthes of battery chugging, that ate 6 aa's like a whale. The ac adtapter was worth the 10 "shipping" bucks but it shouldnt be advertised as free. so i get a cable to, and its like 20 feet, that stopped working after a month. what a hunk of junk. i had to give this catagory a one

i play hardcore and metalcore. its not that good of a match but it will hold me over till i get a 5150 II. i been playen a little over 3 years. If it were stolen or lost i would not replace it, cuz i wont need a pedal once i get my 5150 II. Its good for the money, but not a a maricle

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.

To the people that think this thing is hard to use: what the hell are you doing using the internet? This is the easiest to use piece of equipment I own. Really. Push the button until it gets to the effect you want to use and then use the knobs to tweak them, then push the store putton to store it to a preset number. Wow. Tough.

The manual tells you basically the same thing, but it also lists the factory presets. Not really vital information, but nice to have.

Occasionally used for recording, never used live. Has a terrible noise problem when put through any high-gain setups, or simply high volumes. Amp models are... iffy. Some sound great, others are terrible. The effects are all rather well done, only the pitch shift is aneimic. Which is sad, as Digitech gave us the Whammy Pedal. I just don't like the non-editability of effect order, and the fact that you can only have one effect plus delay plus reverb. The noise gate is terrible. Only a threshold parameter. Blasphemy.

I will never ever gig with this thing. It's built like a tank, but the sound is terrible for live situations, and I have issues with its preset selection system. MIDI implimentation would help.

I play a lot of stuff that requires flexiblity, and this thing doesn't have enough of it. It's nice for getting a particular sound for recording, but don't EVER gig with it. If it were stolen/broken/lost, I probably wouldn't care. I rarely use it. Again, needs more flexibility and MIDI. But for 100 bucks, why bitch?

Manual is essential inless you have had experience with these sort of things.
Editing patches is a snap once you've read the manual.

I play a Fender Strat plus through either my Fender Princeton 110 plus amp or straight into my Fender P-250 PA. OK ... I love Fender gear:)
Some of the distortions are quite noisy, esp if the gain is high. Knock the gain back and the noise goes without a huge loss of 'crunch'. I also find the distortions lacking in reality - ie they have a very digital sound but I am continuing to search coz this unit is so flexibile there must be a great sounding disto in there somewhere !
Some of the amp modeling is crap. The rectifier is unconvincing but I like the crunch amp and the Stack is Ok with some tweaking. The effects: flangers, phasers, chorus etc are all quite usage and very tweakable. I haven't found any clean tones that I really like but part of the problem is my guitar has a GREAT tone which is lost a bit going through this unit. I gonna try using it in the effects loop of my amp / PA as suggested so I can retain the tone of my Strat and still get the use of the great effects.

Have had no problems with it yet. It has been used for both outdoor and indoor gigs ... and will again. I have no backup unit:(

never needed it

I Play rock/pop/folk - mainly originals.
I have been playing for 10 years. I also have An Ovation acoustic and a Samic Classical. No other 'gear'
If lost or stolen I would replace with either the RP200 or the J-Station
Apart from researching the net ...it was the best priced option !
Wish the distortions where more convincing. I have yet to find one that has the sustain and 'warmth' of my Fender amp. Also find it lacks a little bit of bottom end.
This unit HAS added to my playing.
For the price its unbeatable ... but it will never be the real thing. For those who think it is and have rated this unit down because it doesn't exactly replicate a Mesa or whatever are full of shit. For me its to get a sound that suits MY songs not those written by some other artist so its great for personalising your own sound.
But if you wanna sound like Jummy - 99% of Joe Public will NOT know the difference between this unit and a $2000 amp but those that do know and have a quality ear will cringe with its digital sound.

This is very easy to use once you've spent a few minutes getting the hang of it. It is very flexible and easy to program for your own settings/patches.

If you want to know what it sounds like, check out these mp3s- I used the RP100 on each with different effects. These were home recordings through a Shure SM57 into a Roland Boss BR8 recorder. I played an Ibanez ES335 copy (the AS120):

1) 'We Are The New Wine' - used the RP100 distortion, cabinet modeler and delay as well as the vibrato on a few of the breaks, the tremelo on the 2nd guitar, and the auto-wah on the break near the end.
http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/3388/3388677.html

2) 'Summer Century Meltdown' - used the RP100 delay, cabinet modeler and vibrato effect as well as the phaser effect. The vibrato effect came out great.
http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/2339/2339652.html

3) 'Fear The Unknown' - I got some great RP100 distortion with lots of feedback and sustain on this song. One guitar is full saturation on the gain, the other was minimal gain with delay and reverbs from the RP100. A tad much on the reverb, but it was all one live guitar take and I didn't want to redo all of it just to knock a bit of the reverb off.
http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/2581/2581466.html

After having bought and played at least 100 different pedals over the last 13 years, I have to rate this very highly. The last guy's comments indicated this was not stage-worthy and that it is only for beginners - I would instead say that I have used it to great effect live and on recordings, and that I think it's got some great sounds (and I am no beginner). I bought the Line6 DL4, MM4 and DS4 and have instead opted to keep using the RP100 after checking both out top to bottom. My ONLY problem with it is that if you are changing from one patch to the next, there is a brief drop-out of sound while it switches. This doesn't bother me too much because I run a dual-amp setup and the effects only go to one amp - so if the one amp drops out for a sec, the other is still blasting and no one notices the 1/2 second drop-out.

Worked great for the last 2 years.

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I give it high ratings. It's not the absolute best top gear you can get, but for the money it's great. It is much better than many other effects in the same price range and can be quite useful even in a pro setup. Would I rather have a Bradshaw switching unit and all vintage/top of the line gear? You bet. Can I sound great on stage and on recording with the RP100? You bet.

I play effect driven alt-rock, indie-pop and energetic, darker melodic rock along the lines of U2, The Church, Sunny Day Real Estate, Coldplay, Trail Of Dead, The Verve etc... I've been playing since 1987. I have owned dozens and dozens of effect pedals as well as over 100 guitars in the last decade. Currently I own/use the following.
Guitars: 3 Ibanez AS-120s (ES335 copies), 3 Gibson Les Pauls (a 1960 Classic, and two Studios), an Epi Les Paul Custom, 3 Yamaha SBG/SG series (SBG200, SBG1500 and SBG1300ts), Washburn Mercury II series strat style.
AMPS: Peavey Classic 50 (all tube), Classic 30 (all tube), and a Fender RocPro1000 transtube through a vintage Fender 2x12 cab. I run a stereo setup.
EFFECTS: guitar>Ibanez TS9 tubescreamer > TS808 tubescreamer > DOD FX65 Stereo chorus > Ross vintage Phaser > RP100 > Boss DL3 Delay > Line6 DL4 delay > amps

Very simple - RTFM, that's why they went thtought the trouble to write it!!! It took me a little while to get the hang of it, but now I can do it blindfolded. The preset sounds are a bit goofy, so I have tweaked it to my own liking and I am happy with the sounds. You can move your sounds around, that was an excellent idea - you can put them in any order you like. I haven't really had any problems getting a good sound. It helps to set your amp to a very neutral tone.

I use(d) a Hamer Studio (got stolen) through an Ibanez TB-25R amp and I found that it worked quite well. (Good quality pickups help!!)Replaced the Hamer with an Ibanez GAX-70. As far as noise, not much there, more with single coils though. Some of the presets are crappy, but that's why you should experiment, find out what you like. Most of the distortions are good, although the "recto" setting is fairly generic and the "fuzz" is crappy. Chourus, delays and reverb and so forth are pretty good. I don't really use vibrato or tremolo at all. I also like the detune and pitch stuff - kinda fun, you can get some Jimmy Page sounds with those. Auto-Ya: USLESS! I plan to get a passive volume pedal to play with the "Whammy" effect. My only gripes sound-wise are the cabinet models, most are pretty dark sounding and consequently not really satisfying. Also, the humbucker/single coil setting is backwards on my unit - the display reads one setting and is actually the other.

Never given me a problem, hopefully it stays that way. I am a basement noodler, so I've never taken it on a gig. Maybe one day...

Never dealt with them, but I did register it.

It works good for my tastes, mostly heavy stuff (Zeppelin, Sabbath, Ozzy, Rush, and newer heavy bands; Korn, Staind, Disturbed, etc..) I've played on and off for 20+ years. Other gear: Fender Strat, Crate MX-10, Yamaha PRS-550 Midi Keyboard (it's my drum and bass machine.) If it were stolen or lost I'd move up in the range (RP-200 or 300) I love the simplicity - once you get it set up it just works.
What do I hate? CRAPPY PRESETS, LOW HEADPHONE VOLUME OUTPUT, SOME OF THE RHYTHMS ARE USELESS (Not enough rock rhythms) - are you listening Digitech?
I have a friend with a ZOOM 505, I thought I might get one, but I like the RP-100 better (metal case, easier to use, sounded better) I think overall its a pretty cool thing for the price.

Anything I wish it had? - A FREE POWER ADAPTER!!! $20 FOR A $5 AC adapter, come on Digitech!!!

I'd like to get a POD, but that's a LOT of money when you got kids, house, car and everything else to pay for too - not to mention you have to get a MIDI foot controller or Line 6 board you make it really useful in a gig situation.

How easy is it to get a good sound out of it? - not possible

How about Editing patches? easy

How is the manual for it - good

What setup - Roland JC-120, various guitars(gibson, fender, gretsch, Dearmond)
Is it noisy? at times it is.
Are the effects weak or do they always sound great? weak
Can you get the sound of your favorite artists? no
Are certain effects (distortion, chorus,) very good? Very bad? - its fair
Don't be decieved by high ratings on this thing. It is for beginners, who want to have a toy to help increase their desire to play. This is not, gig quality.
Kids may enjoy it, but it is not a serious tool.

Didn't keep it long, it was given to me.

They have always been good to me

this is a toy, a toy. Repeat a TOY.
It is not worth the price of $99.00
Parents, don't buy this thinking it will make your kids sound better, it will only grate on your nerves.
Kids, save up your money, and look for a used or new Boss GT-6, ME-50, or a POD. You would do better spending your money on a decent amp(marshall, vox, fender)
If you want lots of diffrent sound get good gear, you'll be sory otherwise.
I've been playing for about 25 years, 16 years professional, and I have gone through a lot of gear. This thing doesn't even come close to stuff that is 20 years old.
If you spend your money on this and think it sounds good people will look at you funny and you'll wonder why they don't want to listen.
Sory digitech, back to the drawing board.

it's not hard to use, not at all. It's just that the longer you use it, the better you start playing with this or that, and I don't really understand people who say it can't sound any good... I'd put it this they, THEY can't make it sound AT ALL.
The manual is ok, but nothing better than self experience.

It is not noisy, my amp (old Hughes & Kettner) is due to some obscure soldering problem! The factory presets aren't good, but that's the same for most factory presets on most modelizing thingies (vetta anyone?) The effects are ok, but I rarely use anything more than a little delay and reverb, and even for those I'm not a whining picky biatch given the price of the thing.
I've posted some sound patches on digitech's website, under the nick of Sam669 or something like that, check for yourself, but I find them to be really honest sounding!
I love the Mark IIc amp model.

hmm, that's the drawback! The right knob has problems: if I turn it to the max clockwise, the value goes back/oscillates between 0 and 99.
And sometimes when I click on "store", it launches the drums AND the store function. It can be scary!
For serious gigging, I'll prefer to wait for a good deal on a digitech 2120 ;)

I play progressive metal, and that thing is ok. So ok that I prefer it for lead tones than the Yamaha DG over there lol!
If it were stolen, I wouldn't buy it again though, but would look for something better.
I'd like to add that people who complain about how it sounds blatently do not know their needs enough to know what gear they should buy to please them.

First off: I'm pissed at Digitech. They make products that sound pretty decent & are easy to navigate, only to have them develop weird
problems over time after they are conveniently out of warranty. Nice.

Sounds pretty good. What does it matter when you have zero faith in the unit. Tech 21 GT-2 anyday friend. The leslie imitation is wonderful- the autoyaya a fucking joke. The blackface is righteous-
The rectifier renders all guitars indistinguishable from one another only to dissolve into an unrecognizable sputz of fizzy white noise.
Does anyone deserve such wild inconsistency even in a 99 dollar box?
I don't think so

In two words: FUCK NO. The one thing I really need-the tuner- takes a crap and starts registering the wrong notes- making me think me losing me mind! WHAT"S NEXT
I'm selling mine before it stops working completely(my mind, that is)

Don't know, Don't care
I won't buy another effect device from Utah, ever.
Fuckin Harman bought dbx and jbl too godamn bastards
Pardon my French

If stolen good luck tuning up you larcenous swine.
I wanted to like this box, I really did.
Try Korg, Boss instead. Zoom bites.
Digitech,Genesis,Johnson,DOD is all the same conspiracy: a product you want to utilize and enjoy but ends up letting you down in some
pointless, avoidable and stupid way.

Well... its got 3 knobs and a few buttons, and 2 pedals. Pretty easy to use if you read the manual as it details everything in layman terms. If youve ever used a multieffects box, then youll have no problems.

Youve got a bunch of amp models to choose from, and most of them sound pretty decent. Theres plenty there for any style. Most of the patches I used were thin and lacking in bite, but thats just the distorted ones. The clean channels sounded pretty nice though. One big downfall of this pedal is that when you switch channels theres a lag between them where there is no sound. When you are playing by yourself its not that big of a deal, but if you are in a band trying to keep up, its really distracting. Not for gigging, thats for sure.

Mines been dropped and kicked and many other things and it still works. The pedals get stuck down every once in a while which is a big hassle, but nothing too terrible. Its made out of metal with plastic pedals. I wouldnt use it for a gig except as a tuner set up off the ground somewhere.

Ive never had to deal with them, so I dunno.

Basically this pedal is good for beginners who dont have a lot of cash to spend. I paid 165 bucks for it and got severely ripped off. Later I found out that they only list at about $99US. They are pretty good for recording, or playing direct to board, but after a while you get tired of the lack luster patches and the lag between channels. My advice, save up to buy the GNX series effects if you want to go that route.

Very well designed from the point of minimising the number of controls required.
Quite intuitive again considering the minimalist design approach.
Manual is quite good, but I always like the idea of easy/getting started single sheet approach as well as a detailed manual

Jackson Professional and Peavey Amp
Early days yet but I have gone through all standard and previous users effects and all seem OK.
Facility to listen directly through headphones is soooo very good for me when my kids are in bed.
I was unsure what to expect from this little unit but this is so cool, and with the added bonus of some great user sites with users effects........what can you say!

I will give it only a 7 as this is only a #70 unit so will never sound like something ten times the cost

Well its 3 years old and looks very good (of course the guy I got it from may not have used it very much)

NA

Metal, Rock and blues
Many years on and off
Yes I would and I may even buy it new
I love it all, but I love gimmicks
Only compared reviews rather than sitting in shop and making true comparison, (but why invent the wheel when others have done it for you, and the unit came up for sale too quick and didnt want to miss a possible bargain)

No too hard. Only had it for about 30 minutes. Able to make decent sounds pretty quick and preset patches are ok.

Sounds like a $100 processor. Used with a Marshall AVT 50 (which rocks btw, best 400 amp i could find, but line6 spider is pretty sweet too). Used in effects loop in store, chorus sounds good, tremolo sounds good most other modulation effects sound good. Distortions are all kinda weak, the amps sims sound tinny and weak. This unit sorta takes away from the amp. Prolly going to get a Boss chorus like everyone else. Would buy digitech pedals, but well, read below. I bought it for this one gig cause i dont have any effects and wanted to spend very little money.

Ok. This is the vent section. I took it home, played for about 30 min on batteries (cause the Guitar Center man sold me the wrong power supply) and it just died. Like out of the blue. Really really stupid. I wasnt really that pleased with the sound in the first place but this is pathetic. So im taking it back tommarow.

Havent delt with them, YET!

It sounds ok, but not great. Maybe im just not a digital fan. The reliability thing is kinda sad though. If you like it, buy it. If not, go for individual pedals. Maybe they are more expensive and more of a hassle, but I think they sound better.