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, this thing can be used only in home or during rehearsals (And just hope that you don't get on the nerves of your bandmates with this source of problems)

Can't really tell, I've never dealt with DigiTech

I wish this thing was more realiable, had better amp simulations and wasn't that noisy.

I've been playing for slightly over 2 years. I know that it's not much but I believe I deserve something better. The RP-100 is good for complete beginners but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone more experienced.

It it were lost... Well, I wouldn't care much because I expect it to completely fall apart in the next few months anyway. I would never buy it again. In fact, I would never buy anything made in China again...

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.

N/A

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)

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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.