DigiTech RP-100

My friend bought the Digitech Whammy padal and i was stunned by the number of sounds he made out of it. So when I went out looking for a whammy - i found the Digitech RP200 and was blitzed out for the thing - I was going to get a Line 6 POD - but this thing was waay better - a lot easier - had great presets & a whammy!!! I could not be happier with the results.

I can absolutely get any sound out of the thing I need - and then some - i'm still exploring new possabilities with it - and i've had it for over a year. All my favorite bands - Tool, SNOT, Alice N Chains - I cover them all - and all there varieties of sounds that even they use. I use a Schecter C-7 with it - which is almost a disgrace cuz i'm from Kalamazoo, Michigan - Home of the Gibson Les Paul. But i can't complain - i also use a Crate - or what ever else i can plug it into. Anything sounds good with my Digitech RP200!

ok - everything is great but Depenability - the thing needs to be more tank like. Traveling with it is kinda a pain in the ass - cuz sometimes i have to reset it. I should make a case for it - i really hate to complain.

BLiTZeD OuTA My MiND!!!

Terrible. Difficult. Frustrating. Then again, it's a processor.
I should've known better, and just stuck with my stomp boxes.
Who wants to mess around with all those damned settings? Not me,
that's for sure. It's a processed sound, and doesn't at ALL sound
like a good amp, don't let the hype fool you. The only thing
that this thing is good for is to play it through your stereo when
you don't want to plug into your big amp, or use it with the headphone jack thru headphones. A big waste of money.
Then, when trying to shut the thing off, you have to step on both
pedals to put it on bypass....then to turn it back on, press just
one of the pedals, and if you leave your foot on the pedal too long,
it goes up or down the number settings....that is, you press on the
pedal to get setting number 1, and WHOOSH! it goes all the way up
to setting number 4 or whatever! It's too damned touchy. I had to
make a LONG list of the settings because I couldn't remember which
one was which! Cumbersome, indeed. I don't give a shit WHAT Guitar
Player Magazine says (they gave it a good rating). Digitech must've
paid those guys off in BIG bucks!

I use a Les Paul and an SG. Not noisy, just sounds shitty, no matter
WHAT settings I used, and I tried all of them. Played this thru a
Fender Blues Deville, which has a beautiful sound, and this thing
ruined the sound altogether.

I wouldn't use this on a gig. It would totally fuck me up.

Who cares? It's a piece of shit anyway.

I play rock...classic and some metal and some country and blues.
It sucked for all of them.

Difficult, even impossible to get a googd sound out of this effects unit. Editing patches is quite easy. The booklet is o.k..

Used with only a Squier Strat and 10W solid state combo, but I would have thoght even with these it would have been capable of producing a decent tone somehow. This was not the case. Both the clean and distorted sounds are far too dark and muddy. I ended up using the rectifier and black face simulations most because these sounded the least like this, but they weren't good.

Completely reliable and quite robust

N.A.

I don't recommend this moddeler to anyone, unless you have hardly any money and want to recreate a few (poor) classic amp sonds

To me, this thing is a little confusing because the parameters for each object, say amp model or effect, keep flickering past on the display field. it would be nice to see all 3 at once.

I'm using a Godin Artisan and a ES335 copy thru a Fender Princeton. The only noise I get is when you try to use certain amp models with the gain set high. Most of the effects, like chorus, flang, delay, reverb, etc., sound very nice. I didn't care for the amp modeling or the picup selection or the mic placement.
One big complaint I have is with the 40 presets. I cannot use ANY of these. I tried some of the user patches from the Digitech site and the same thing. How could anyone possible use these settings with a live band?
My final solution with the sound is I changed settings 1 thru 10 to be a specific effect (or 2). Like 1 is chorus, 2 is delay, etc. This makes it easy to get to a nice effect and if I want lead, I hit my Ibanez TS9. Then I used 11 thru 20 for different amp models. Then 21 thru 30 for the amp model of choice for distortion with the settings from 1 thru 10. Hey, it works for me.

pretty solid unit

never had to call

First let me say, if you're gonna get this pedal, get the RP200. Same unit plus expression pedal - and you get the adapter FREE. Approx. $150 for the RP200. Approx $110 for the RP100 plus $25 for the adapter.
I'm an old blues player, but I got this unit because I'm playing in a band that does all styles and we use a sequencer (yuk!). I just needed more options than my tube screamer gives me and I think the RP100 will be a big help.
I've been playing for 30 years. I think I mentioned my equipment already. I've owned and played about everything thru the years.
If it were lost or stolen, I'd get the RP200.
I love the fact that you get all those effects from ONE pedal. I hate daisy chaining a bunch of pedals!
I already mentioned that I don't like the amp modeling much. I used to have an old RP5 or something. It was huge with 5 pedals, but it had different distortion sounds v.s. amp modeling. They were very usable. And there were several factory presets that I used.
I don't like holding down both pedals to bypass or tune. There should be a separate pedal for that.
It helps my sound, but I had to work at it.

Read on for ideas on how to get more from this thing:

You already know all the features; they're mentioned below. I'll try to stick to opinions here. The RP100 is easy to use, but unlike a Line6 POD, it only has three knobs, so you have to scroll down a matrix of features to change settings. Most guitar players are used to twisting knobs to get a change in tone, so it's counter intuitive for us to work this way. Manufacturers should take note: we don't liket his type of user interface!

As a practice and noodling tool, it's alright. There are a few good smooth sounds here and some not-so-good, harsh ones. There are better tools out there for recording such as the units from Line6, Yamaha, Behringer and Tech21. If you're going to commit something to tape, invest in more pro-level gear!

I've found it quite useful as a pedal for jamming and live performance (and even for recording as noted below). The RP100 allows you to selectively turn off virtually all of its features including the amp models, cabinet simulation, EQ, gate and effects. In this respect, it's the ultimate multi-effect for your tube or solid state amp's effects loop!

For example, my 5-watt Crate VC508 tube amp has an effects loop but has only a single tone control for EQ and no reverb, so I patch the RP100 into that and turn off everything except the noise gate and reverb. Excellent results! In this configuration, I've found that I can use the middle knob to change to one of the other clean amp settings (C1, C2) or even the blackface and tweed settings. So I have the tube preamp section of the Crate going into the RP100 then the output of that going back into the tube power amp section of the Crate for awesome warmth. By diming the output of the RP100, I can push the Crate into warm overdrive. I can use the EQ on the Crate and tweak it further with the EQ on the RP100 and I can dial in any of the additional effects from the RP100 such as delay, flange, etc. This should work very well with any amp that has an effects loop and it greatly enhances any of those one-trick-pony amps and breathes new life into them.

Or I could bypass the preamp section of my tube amp and plug my guitar straight into the RP100, but still run the output into the tube power section. Very versatile!

It's not that great in front of the amp, but there are uses there too.

One other feature I like is the Humbucker to Single coil emulation; it doesn't really sound like a single coil, but it's quite helpful in making your tone cut through when you decide to turn on all the effects.

As a standalone device, this is just ordinary, but it's versatility when combined with the above setup is invaluable in a package that fits in a gig bag!

I've had it for over a year without any problems. It's quite solid and I expect it to last many years. Forget about running it on batteries, they don't last very long.

Digitech has a lousy rep for customer service. My few dealings with them bear this out.

The RP100 is an excellent value not just for what it is, but for what you can do with it.

Very simple guitar processer lost of great features to simple

Well I dont know whats the problem with all the negative reviews This this only cost $99 dollars. I think if you think about it its the cost a weeky shopping. However this thing sounds great one or two of the effects need tweaking.

look pretty well made however your not surpose to throw the thing around.

dont know

I have to say I'm impressed with this petal it also has a drums patten to practice with the secret of the this unit you have to make
it work you you find the right beat set the temple find your patch I'm
certain you will be able to record with this thing. By the way guitar player listed it as editor choice. that alone speaks for it self.

It's a simple thing to use. Very easy to make your own patches. The manual is good enough to get started, after that you'll never use it again.

The guitars I own are the better budget guitars. I have an '87 Squier Stratocaster and an Epi Les Paul with birdseye top. Usually I run the guitar through a Crybaby Wah > RP100 > Laney LC15 tube amp. In this setup the RP100 sounds great. It doesn't kill the tone of my guitars when using my own patches. The factory patches are overprocessed and can sound too digital, but little adjustments can make them very useable.

Before I bought the RP100 I kind of decided I would only use it for the reverb, chorus and flanger. I also have a H&K Tubeman which has incredible overdrives and distortions and I expected to keep using it together with the RP100. Well, the Tubeman now lies somewhere in a closet doing nothing. The RP100 has actually good distortions and very acceptable overdrives. The only one I don't like is the rectifier...too much noise and very cheap sound.

The effect are good, especially with clean sounds. Not all of them are useable. I don't think I'll ever use the auto-Yah. In some cases I would like some more control but in general you can create some wonderfull sounds. Also this thing is not very noisy. Some of the distortion have some noise. but I guess that's normal for any high gain setting.

I often use it with headphones and then it also sounds great. If setup well it can really sound as if you were playing through an amp.

I thought this thing was made of plastic, but a little piece of the finish chipped off and now I can see it really is a metal casing. I don't thing is build strong enough for gigging, but I never gig so it's good enough for me.

never dealt with them.

I've been playing for more then 20 years...but that was just fiddling around. I started to play seriously about 2 years ago and decided 2 months ago to add a new toy to my setup. I wanted to make some more different sounds and a multi effect was the obvious choice. I did not have the time to check out many other products and started to read reviews at harmony central. It's not easy to pick the more serious reviews, but after reading a lot of them I thought the RP100 would be the right choice for me. I was right. The RP100 is a lot of fun and makes beautifull sounds.

I think the RP100 is more than a toy. If you play around with it and don't overprocess your sounds it can be good enough for the serious guitar players. For headset practising it's excellent.

It's a fairly straight forward unit, for the price. The manual does give a logical, basic, graphic explanation of what certain effects do, how they interact, and how they should be hooked up, so it's fairly obvious that Digitech is seeking the novice market with this unit. I used it a few weeks before I gave it to my son, to check it out. It's good for him. That's why I bought it anyway, a gift for him.

First, I have a criticism. I've have noticed that on many, many reviews on nearly all products reviewed here on Harmony Central, players don't match their equipment well, or at all. And they claim to be professionals! I have a Gibson SG Standard and a custom Amer.Deluxe Fender Strat with Texas Specials, into a Marshall AVT 50. Big sound and mucho denarii here. You DON'T use a $100 pedal with a $2000 guitar, or top quality amp! With my equipment, the RP100 doesn't do them justice. So I used it only on the Strat to check noise suppression. BUT, I bought my boy a Washburn BT-2 ($400) customized with Seymour Duncun JB's, and a 15 watt Marshall practice amp along with the RP100. With that setup, the RP100 sounds very good. He has fun with it, and he likes ALL the effects. FUN...isn't that what playing guitar should be? Think novice when buying, with matching novice equipment.

He won't gig. The kid's in law school and slogs dogs at Fenway. It has a high impact plastic casing, but if a stack of law books in his small apartment falls on it, I question its ability to survive. Any company that makes effects should make sure their product is "step on proof," as in actually being stepped on by a heavy person in the dark, not just "stomp on proof." The power supply is rugged, however.

So far, after 10 months, he hasn't had any trouble. He hasn't expressed a loss of interest, so an upgrade is not necessary. As I've said in other reviews, part of customer service is making a quality product in the first place. I think this is an excellent buy for a novice, and it doesn't break the bank. I don't think Digitech intended this to satisfy the artistic needs of a player who owns a Les Paul with a Marshall JCM, for example.

My rating will be in the context of novice use. It's novice equipment!
It's easy to hook up, store, and is clearly labeled. Lost or stolen..."Uh, Dad, got a few bucks?" Yes, I'd get him another. He's progressing with it, and not to rely on it solely to learn how to play. The problem is, novices don't always store equipment properly, or at all. Therefore, the casing could be a safety hazard if left on in the dark and someone steps on it. Not only would the person get a shock and cut their foot, but the unit would be destroyed. I hope the folks at Digitech will correct this problem. I have lectured him about taking care of stuff. And no, he can't touch my SG or Strat.

this is an update to my previous post. Late in '02, I decided to get a rogue volume pedal from musiciansfriend.com to test out the options the rp100 has that I couldn't access. I would definately recommend getting a passive volume pedal.

With the passive volume pedal you can access the wah, volume, and the whammy feature. And all work quite well! Volume works well for swells (whales sounds etc), the wah is decent (i prefer the 3rd option over the crybaby and the boutique-has more "range", and i also find it sounds better when i also run my zoom 9150 tube preamp on a clean setting for some subtle distortion-it enhances the wah i think) and the whammy feature is WAY FUN!!! If you've heard the cool noises/sound effects that tom morello makes w/ RATM/audioslave, you'll enjoy this. I do a lot of post processing (the rp100 is first in my chain) and you can get some fun techno sounds w/ the whammy. the potential of this pedal is not unlocked until you get a passive volume to add to the input.

w/ the volume pedal going into my rp100, i find that i'm using it a lot more. the amount of sounds at times seem almost unlimited for a small inexpensive pedal like this. i use it in my chain of effects at the beginning: rp100--zoom 9150--digitech dsp256xl--dod d12--digitech ips33--lexicon mpx100.--to amp/or direct for recording. the only knock is that the presets have a very weak signal going through all my gear, so i have a couple of presets w/ the amp settings maxed out when w/ my rack setup. a very flexible pedal. I'm trying to imagine what the future of digital modeling will be and all i can think of is something like this but it will have a pedal for volume control, a pedal for pitch (whammy) control, and a pedal for tone (wah/envelop) control. the sound will be very moldable/flexable. it will also be very tiny i bet.

The ease of use is really great i didnt even half to read the manual which is a first for me. Its alot easier to use then some efect prosesers liek the boss rackmounts and things which dont even come with optional pedal and you have to press with your fingers.

The sound wuality is great im running it through my roc pro 1000 head with a traynor 4 12 cabinet. The only thing is some of the amp mods on high distrtion arent so great jsut because of the fuzz u can hear when ure not palying all the effects sound great though and really like the flanger and the chorus. My favorite thing probaly thoguh is the amp mods like mesa fender amrshall and the fact you can switch your pickup type

The reliability is great ntuhing can really go wrong with it the only thign is the pedals are a little to clsoe together so when ur epaly a song with many different efects its hard tos et them up int he right order of use ide deffiently use this on mah badns gig which is coming up soon!

I never had to deal with the company theres nothign really that could go wrong with it.

The overall is that its great you can customize it for anystyle of music you paly i paly rock and ouck witch is great for this machine if soemone stole ide cahse them down and kill them too bad im not a fast runner. I probaly owudlent buy it again becasue ide probaly go for the RP-200 which has the expression pedal built into it. The only thing ide like to have different is if you could use too amp mods at once i would deffiently recomend this for the begginer or expert.

Before I begin let me tell you this. I already wrote a review for this product below but after more use I came to a harsh conclusion.
The ease of use is great just edit a patch and put it where you want it.

LET ME TELL YOU IF I WAS JUST USING THIS IN MY BEDROOM IT WOULD GET A FIVE. TURNED UP LOUD THIS THING BLOWS!!!! I tried running this through my amp. IT sucks I am a hard rock player it has the worst distortion I have ever heard. It even sucks out of a good PA.
Although I said it is horrible I will gove it a three because the chorus is pretty cool and so is the echo and those type of effects.
And one more thing. TERRIBLE NOISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah I would rely on this but the only question is why would I want to use something that will make me sound less good than I really am?

I give this a low rating but I would have to say it is fun to mess around with and I use it out of a practice amp instead of my performance amp and it is great for a beginner. If you are a tone fanatic like me or are in a serious band dont buy this. Even if you think it sounds good in te store trust me, turn it up and you will be disappointed.

The unit is easy to use as far as editing patches is concerned however it takes a little time to get a good sound out of it. Some may argue that you can never get a good sound out of this unit however you have to understand this is a toy (something to have fun with) not a serious piece of sound gear. What can you expect for $100? The manual that comes with this unit is easy to read and understand.

It doesn't really matter what amp or guitar you are using with this unit because this unit does not enhance tone quality. If you are looking for quality effects this not the unit to buy, it's on the noisy side and sounds somewhat processed - especially the distortion settings, when you strum your guitar strings the resultant sound from the amp doesn't feel like it is coming from the guitar. Overall the effects are not very good however you can milk some good sounds out of this unit with a little tweaking, the delays, reverb and tremolo effects are useable.

I'm not sure how reliable this unit is. I'm having a problem with low headphone audio so I have my doubts about the build quality of this unit. It wouldn't be advised to gig with this unit without a backup.

This unit works okay for Rock however it is limited in its use for Country music. I've been playing for a couple of years and own both high and low end equipment. The RP100 is a low end piece of equipment however it comes in a very compact package with lots of features. In terms of performance, flexibility and value its good piece of gear to have fun with however if you are serious about the quality of your tone don't get this unit. I'm not a big fan of digital processors however they are very convenient and fun to use. Previously I owned a Korg digital effects proccesor - the Korg was a better unit in terms of tone quality. If I lost this unit I would look for something else with better tone quality - in fact I may give this unit to my daughter to use and stick to individual pedals.

Para ser un multiefectos, es bastante intuitivo, si lees un poco el manual, lo dominaras pronto, claro q demora sacar tu sonido preferido(con tantas opciones) pero se pueden sacar buenos sonidos. Puedes editar los patches facilmente al cabo de un dia de usarla, el manual ayuda mucho, es amigable. Pero en presentaciones de dia, es casi imposible modificar patches o ver la pantalla. Ademas tienes algunas pistas de bateria para jamear, un afinador q ayuda bastante (si no hay sol), y puedes enchufarlo en tu cuarto y usar los audifonos para ajustar tus patches y ensayar sin ayuda de un ampli, eso es muy bueno.

Uso una Epiphone, y el ampli es un Selmer. Empiezas a escuchar ruido al ir aumentando el uso de simuladores de pickups o los compresores. Pero en general el solo uso de lo basico(simuladores de amplis, de cabinets, reverb, chorus, delay, etc)no genera ruidos notorios. Los efectos de modulacion me parece q estan buenos, sin llegar a espectaculares. Gran variedad de opciones para editar cada uno, aunque no puedes escoger algunos juntos como chorus y detune. Pero si reverb+delay+algun otro. Ese "algun otro" puede ser o chorus, o detune, o wha-wha (horrible whawha), o pitch, o flanger, entre otros. Los distorsions son malos, el unico rescatable es el que simula un Marshall JCM900, aunque si estas buscando un sonido serio, como para grabar, no pienses que tendras el sonido del Marshall de Slash en una cajita. Solo es bueno, pero no excelente. ALgunos simuladores de amplis limpios, si me gustan, sin llegar a ser expectaculares. Bueno, luego de 3 horas de probar y probar configuraciones, logre un sonido bastante parecido al de la guitarra de Slash en Sweet Child (version original, no en vivo) Este patch lo debo estar publicando en la pg de Digitech en estos dias. Yo conecto el line out a line in de mi PC para grabar, y obtengo buenos resultados, las simulaciones de cabinets ayudan mucho a obtener un sonido real, aunque repito po enesima vez, que es un buen sonido, pero no super impresionante si buscas calidad profesional. Pero si quieres un sonido aceptable, bueno para presentaciones en vivo, y divertirte grabando en tu PC, esta excelente

Me ha pasado una vez q se cambio de patch solo, pero nunca en un concierto o ensayo. Parece que es de buena calidad, yo suelo cuidar muy bien mi gear.

Quize el pedal de expresion y no lo tenian. Aunque me recomendaron sitios.

Toco rock de los 70, 90, blues. Guns n Roses, Aerosmith, Metallica. La calidad del sonido al aumentar el volumen (si usas distorsiones de los patchs)decae , aunque no terriblemente. Por ello estoy pensando comprar un buen pedal de distorsion para ayudar a mi RP100 en la distorsion. Estoy pensando en el Guvnor 2. Y el RP100 lo usare para boost de volumen, y efectos en general, nada de distorsiones. Toco desde hace 8 anos. Si se perdiera, no compraria otro, buscaria otras cosas, no porque sea malo, sino porque ahora busco calidad de la mejor. Lo q me encanta es el hecho de no necesitar ampli para jamear en tu casa, poder grabar buenas pistas, y la facilidad de uso. En la pg de Digitech encontraras muchos patches. Odio los distorsions y el ruido al usar compresors o pickup simulation. Seria bueno q tuviera pedal de expresion (eso lo trae el RP200) Debo de admitir q me ha inspirado mas de una vez su sonido en mi cuarto.

Very simple to edit patches. You do have to read the manuel to find out what some of the abbreviations on the LED stand for but for the most part, its pretty self explanitory.

I run it through the effects loop of my Nomad 55 and it sounds great. I use it for subtle effects (mostly delay, chorus, and compression). The chorus in particular is AWESOME. Its one of the smoothest and most subtle choruses that I have ever used! The distortion sounds pretty fake, but what do you expect? My only complaint is that it is a bit noisy. Running it through the effects loop fixes this problem but I also use it sometimes in front of a POD when I go direct into the board. The noise is minimal so its not a big deal but its still kind of annoying.

Metal construction. MUCH better than the plastic ZOOM pedals that I have used. I've had it about 6 months and it hasn't failed me yet.

never dealt with em

Overall, its a great value. I used to think these things were pretty cheesy but this one has proved quite impressive. The biggest advantage of this thing over individual pedals is that you can write patches and use the footswitch to change em on the fly, which is something that's just not possible with separate units. Its also very easy to set up, as opposed to pedals that can be such a hassle sometimes. For such a cheap price, you can't lose.

Couldn't be easier to use the 40 presets that it comes with. Programming your own sounds is a little more involved, but read the manual and you can figure it out.

If you can't find some good sounds from this unit, then I feel sorry for you because you can't be satisfied. There are an unlimited number of different sounds this thing will make, some are better than others, and some I'll never use, but I can find an infinate combination of sounds that will work for any kind of music imaginable. I play mostly blues, but throw in some other stuff including classic rock and country rock. I'm playing an Epi Joe Pass and a Tele, through a SF Vibro Champ or a Blues Junior, and I am very happy with my tone, but this unit has opened up a whole new world.
I don't agree with the reviews that say the distortion sucks. Some of the sounds are somewhat digital sounding, but there are plenty of good ones on here, you just have to experiment to get the one you're looking for.

It's made of metal, and seems durable. I've only had it a few days, and I don't play in a band, but if I did I would certainly gig with it and not worry about it.

Haven't dealt with them, but the website is very helpful, with lots of user suggested settings to try.

This thing is a great value. It would cost a thousand dollars to buy individual pedals to do what this unit does. I'm having a ball with it. I bought it just as a toy, something to goof around with, but it's actually a great piece of equipment. You name an effect, and it's on here. You want to sound like Santana, SRV, you name it, this little bugger can do it.
I've been playing 23 years, and have owned a few pedals over the years, but the last few years have been playing just guitar, cord, amp. Now I'm getting sounds I never imagined before, and it's easy. If anything happens to it, I'll get another one, definately.

Wham-Bam New effect, easy as hell as long as you actually have a clue about EQ, Dist, and different syles of Effect. Hit left Button, lower number, Hit Right Button, higher number, A gerbil could use this..... as long as it was as intelligent as a 5 year old.

Sounds Grrrreat! you can get any kind of distortion with it, any kind of phaser effect, whatever you want as long as you know how to use it, it is possible to get. If your looking for an effects bank with lots of fancy things to play around with until you find 'your sound' then buy it, if your looking for a simple on/off distortion pedal, or a simple on/off effect, then its a waste of money, buy some boss pedals!

Mine has decided to go MENTAL! if i use it through a loud amp (i use a Hughes And Kettner Half Stack) basically if its used about 50W or more it goes mental and changes all the settings around, changes number, all while i'm playing so i wouldnt gig with it at the moment... then again i did buy it second hand (the person that had it before me never gigged with it and he says he only played through it twice) if it was new then sure i would, apart from it is plastic and it will be broken if you jump on it too much. If i had a back-up then yeah i would use it.

N/A

Its great if your still searching, if like me you have found the sound taht you desire, dont bother with it. Although.... it is fun to play with, even if you dont gig or compose with it!

this unit is very rudimentry in fashion, however it is impossible to dial in the three knobs on the very first try. editing patches is very easy once you read the manual. getting a good sound is a different story, the unit only models amps not known to mankind but will get some sounds which may be tolerable. roll the treble down on your Les Paul type axe and explore the stack/analog delay, got some Page like tones. also dialed in a Run like Hell clone program using tweed, mininal flange, C1 on cab and diggi delay.

do not use: chorus, phaser, detune or compressor, these negate the already mediocre performance. also for some of the drives except when using cab positions. I use this with a practice amp only, does not sound good with my tube setup. a crybaby pedal will liven up this unit though.

i have had this for 2 years. i have taken this on camping trips and have had no problems. i would use this as a backup on a gig only with the power supply. this has been reliable for practicing.

I would only recommend it for practice situations. I wish it had better amp mod sounds. Anybody who has blinking lights on the unit better change the batteries when using batteries. keep it in a good storage place like the box it came in.

Yeah whatever. I hate the way you have to "catch" the setting on the knob before it changes the value. PODs do that too. it's just annoying.

Not good. Very processed digital tone by itself or through headphones directly into the unit. But... I got this as a gift from my wife and I was using a POD at the time for my home jamming set-up, so I was bound to find a good sound. And I did.. Set the RP100 on the Stack setting, lots of Bass, less mids and treble, cab simulator on 3A, a little reverb and delay, nothing else. Then go into a CabTone speaker simulator set on 4x12, then into a RP7 with some more reverb, eq and another cabinet simulator, and finally into quality headphones and viola instant Marshall stack, big ballsy hairy tone with smooth harmonics. A whole lot of monkey motion and the Cabtone costs as much as the RP100!, but like I said it was a gift.... Actually this set up sounds so good I sold the POD. Into a PA it sounds OK but not as good as the headphones. Moral of the story, keep plugging in stuff til it works, or save up and buy a tube amp and quit your bitchin'!

AA batteries? come on. I found out that the POD AC adapter works just fine for this as well, same voltage, roughly same amperage, been using it for a year, no problems. Cheesy packaging, plastic parts, basically a throw away til something better comes along.

N/A

For a home set-up into headphones with the above mentioned other bits, pretty good. Otherwise by itself it's crap! My main set-up is a Les Paul into a Bogner. I'm waiting for a better modeling device to come along.

It is easy to use, probably the easiest multi-effect processor I've worked with. It's easy to edit and to work out. The manual is very helpful. It was easy to get the best sound possible out of it.

Have you ever broken wind into a microphone? No, seriousely! That's what I got from this. I'm not a fan of the whole amp modeling scene and this is just a big example. It carries no tone. Any guitar you play through it sounds the same. The delay, flanger, tremelo, and a couple reverbs are what I found useful. The stack modelis the only one I use but it still doesn't have the gonads to drive metal, get harmonics , or drive a solo. The chorus is bad and so is the phaser. Detuning effects are fun, but my amp can't get the lows to use it a lot and it is out of tune if you have it up above your pitch.

I can depend on the AA's to run out. Seriosely, this thing eats AA's like an obese 10-year-old at Old Country Buffet. Unfortunately I'm forced to use it w/o backup. The adapter specially made by Digitech is $20 and I accidentally lost mine.

Rock, Blues, ...
Played for 1.7 years, won't get another one. I'll eventually replace everything with individual pedals, but for the time, it was okay for me. For the price and the skill level I was at it was worth it but since I got my Brian Moore I'm needing some sounds w/definition.

Well I am surprised . At first glance it looks a little complicated but the manual is very descriptive and will help ou t a bunch.The only bit of advice I would say is if your a beginner on guitar I would start out with single effects because with this you need to know what your doing in order to tweak it perfectly. If you buy it I must say the manual helps a ton and explains everything perfectly.

I am currently using a strat and a gibson/ epiphone which kicks serious ass. Im playing out of a sundown a 50 boutique amp. Basically I like straight up stuff like creed disturbed godsmack and Most alternative I dont use too much of one effect at one time.But my favorite effect on here would have to be the chorus or the noise gate and compression oh yea and the mic placement options. The chorus is a little more difficult to use but if you tweak it right you should be fine. If I have one word of advice it would be dont overdue the effects or youll get too much of a sloppy sound. Themost usefull tools on this handy little product would definitally be the compressor the noise gate or mic option. Im pretty young but very serious about my music. I must say if you wanna sounds tons more proffesional and to get that proffesional tone try this hot kick ass little tool. But one last thing I strongly advise you to get another distortion pedal . the distortions on this sound good but there is not a big enough low end and there is only one volume channel which can cause problems.

Ive never dealt with the company and prolly will never have to, but Im expecting this thing should last a long time with its metal casing.

I would give this unit a ten because anything with this many features for such a low price is an excellent value . Although this is true you will need some good old stomp boxes such as a crybaby wah or ibanez smash box distortion pedal . Although there are a few things I dont like they arent enough to keep me from lovin it .

Editing patches is a breeze, but part of the criteria required for this review is "how easy is it to get a good sound out of it?"... Unfortunately, it's next-to-impossible to get a good sound out of it. Everything sounds grainy, lifeless, and sterile. The manual was decent, but if you candy-coat a piece of shit, it doesn't make it taste better.

Terrible. Weak. Unconvincing. The sounds you get from this pile are horrible. They sound like pre-packaged, vacuum-sealed snapshots (piss-poor ones at that) of a decent effect. Terrible.

Well, here's the product's one and only saving grace... the chassis is all completely metal, and the only plastic parts on the unit being the knobs/buttons/patch pedals... however, the only thing this amounts to is that this pedal will sound bad throughout the entire show/recording session with a great deal of consistancy, as it is too structurally sound for you to have the distinct pleasure of it dying.

Decent.

How long have I been playing? 9 years. Experienced? Definitely. Look kids, if you've never had a pedal before, of course this pile's going to come up roses, but if you've had ANY experience with analog/good digital effects, stay away from this one. It's a huge pile of shit.

this pedal is very easy to program and it sounds alot better than other digitech processors period.

This pedal has extremely good sound quality(24 bit 44.1 khz)studio quality,it sounds the best through Roland amps,especially a jazz chorus,ive gotten a pretty good rhoads tone out of the thing,but you have to spend some time tweaking it to get the best possible tones.It is worth it in the long run,the best sounding amp models are the marshall 900 and the johnson high gain,the rectified takes alot of tweaking to get a good mesa sound,but mesas sound like shit to me so i dont use use that particular amp model anyways.My setup=84 Gibson Flying V>rp-100>roland jazz chorus 90.....im done with my rack,this pedal does it ALL!

i gig with it all the time,its a keeper....

Im Rob,i mainly play metal and progressive(Yes,Ozzy Ozbourne,Vh,Motley Crue)ive ben playing for 16 years,im a marshall stun soloist and have won many guitar competitions(classical and rock)and this is the most advanced compact processor i have played through,its not a junker like alot of zoom shit is,the models actually sound like the genuine amps but heres the catch..YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT AMP TO MAKE THEM SOUND GOOD(a very clean setting with alot of warmth and prescense,preferably an older fender tube amp or any roland amplifier above 40 watts,this pedal will not shine with any of the new marshall mgs or crate amps,due to the sharp clean tones that lack warmth and definition.The distortions are superior to the metalzone,tubescreamer,just about most of the novice pedals on the market...but you have to program the right cab settings to get that ultimate tone your looking for.Effects are all top notch,it is truly a rack in the box...very quiet,very dependable,it sounds beter than my old $1000 rack setup,which i recently sold after purchasing this pedal....

After daisychaining a few stomp-boxes together for a few years, it was nice to stumble across this product. Out of the box and experimenting, then recording & gigging with this bargain in no time whatsoever.

1996 Peavey Reactor (US Telecaster style guitar) & a Peavey "Tupelo" Accoustic/electric; through a Fender "Auto GT" amp. I have noticed just a "tad bit" of "white noise" through the house PA when I have plugged in direct, no problem with amp (where I had more controll on stage). I love the controll you have to tweak the settings of the effects, the phaser blows an MXR Phase-90 out of the water, excellent for getting sounds of Waylon Jennings (although not being able to mix in chorus or flange at simutaneously is a mild setback). Also dig the presets, although never named as-such, that emulate EVH, SRV, Thorogood, and Angus Young. Settings for accoustic guitars are awesome, great depth & warmth with chourses, reverbs & delays. The tuner is fine, but the LED's tend to jump around a little bit more than a dedicated digital tuner-that aside, it's nice just to mute & tune really quick in between songs without unplugging. Note for players playing into PC-based hard-disc recorders: Unless you have no problem boosting the sound in post, a pre-amp between RP-100 and recording source is advised for recording more subtle setting-based tones.

Good for gigging--I personally set up my own presets in groups that keep things a click away from each other, electric patches in one group, accoustic in another. Never had a back-up, I guess I'd finish the night "dry"!

Never had to deal with them, will grade on a simple, yet effective manual.

This is my first multi-effects unit, so without having anything to compare it to besides reviews from trade mag's & other players, I find this to be an essential part of my gear, on the stage & for recording. Versatility, modest price, all in a nice little package.

The RP-100 is extremely easy to use and get great sounds out of it. Editing patches is simple and straight-forward. The only drawback is that you have to start with one of the 40 factory-programmed patches, which isn't a big deal.
The manual is good, and even attempts to describe how a flanger, chorus, etc. works. Mine is revision 2, or at least is says r2 when it starts up.

The only ease-of-use problem I can think of is that it can take several stomps to get from one effect to another. If your song has more than 2 effects in it, then you might have a problem during live performances.

Using it with a 2002 Epiphone Les Paul Standards and an old Squier Strat.
The unit is not noisy at all, except on certain amp models, where I assume it is *supposed* to be noisy. It adds in the amp's characteristic hum, which is a nice touch, IMO.
Most of the factor effects are good, but it is so easy to customize them, that you can easily adjust them to your liking.
I'm using it with a simple Peavy RAGE amp, 15-20 Watts, I'm not sure. I have never heard such good sound come out of it!
I stumbled on a good Van Halen setting while customizing, and there seem to be plenty of parameters to get you the sound of the band you are looking for. DigiTech has a page with user-submitted patch settings, too.
The Auto-Ya effect is pretty silly, but might come in handy for one song in a lifetime! All the other effects are great.

The housing is built tough, with a metal casing on top. It is dependable when using an A/C power supply. I haven't tried it with batteries, yet. I'd probably at least gig with a distortion box as backup, 'cause electronics can screw up at any time, regardless of the exterior construction.

They have a good web page with user-submitted patches, but that's all I can say. For this, I'll give it a 8.

I play rock, a little metal, and acoustic strumming/picking. This pedal has effects for all my styles. I've been playing for 10 years, but not seriously until lateley. I've got the Epi Les Paul and Squier Strat, and a Peavey Rage amp.
If this was lost or stolen, I'd definitely get another one. I don't have the coordination to use an expression pedal just yet, so I'd probably stick with the RP-100.
I love the massive flexibility each effect has. It would be nice, however, to be able to add more than one "effect" to a patch.
I read a comparo on Musician's Friend, but I didn't actually try any out before buying one used on Ebay.
It helps me make music, for sure. It inspires me, because I can have a new sound when I get bored, and it spruces up the sounds coming out of my wimpy amp.

It's very easy, and it's manual is very friendly, pedals react at real time.

The knobs are cool, gives you the feeling that you're interacting with single pedals. It's a perfect ten because is the first processor that is friendly with impatient users.

One thing I hate of any effects processor is distortions. But this unit has a lot of them and they are really cool, however I believe that distortion must come from an external source, I actually use two dist. pedals to get a customized sound instead of the RP-100. That makes me have two more pedals of this unit for other purposes.

I was looking for a reverb-delay pedal, since Boss pedals are very expensive I considered the chance of buying a Zoom 505 or the RP-100. Zoom 505 is a toy, it's a beginners thing with limited settings, it doesn't have the features of a experienced axeman, I really think it sucks after I tried one.

So I tried the RP-100, and it had the features I wanted, more control over delay-reverb settings, and more control over modulations. Delays and reverbs have the sound quality of rack processors, 3 kinds of delays which are totally cool, with 2 secs of delays, that opens a lot of possibilities, just like Boss pedals and maybe better than them, 99% of feedback emulates the "hold" settings of Boss pedals. Reverb sounds are great too, maybe ten kind of reverbs, I only use Arena (low level but with a lot of decay, not noisy, but very deep), Spring and Room sometimes.

Modulations are great too, even when I don't use Flangers or Phasers, those are very good too, you can play all Smashing Pumpkins Phaser songs.

I would compare the chorus effect with the Boss Chorus Essemble. Very nice but not as psycho as church or Hammond organs, it is a great effect one of my favorites. The rest I can say that I don't dig them, they distort the sound of your guitar a lot, maybe you can rescue old cheap guitars adding some compressors, EQ., Pick-up type, amps and mic placement settings and a noise reduction thing. I actually try to make my sound the most natural possible, so I avoid the last effects mentioned.

Auto-yas (not interested), Envelope filters (cool wah sounds, not interested), Pitch Shifter (very nice, some cardingans are cool with it), Bend (cool when you want to sound like baritone guitars, it reacts at real time). The rest I can't remember them... Any other issue you can send me an email.

Tuner is great.

I can depend on it, I use it in gigs without backups. However I can easily play without it because my style doesn't require lots of effects.

Great customer support, I live in Venezuela and once I had troubles with a RP-6, I worte them and they helped me great. Their response took one day.

Great stuff, killer sound, easy handling, very good any style.