DigiTech RP-100

VERY easy to use. I was editing patches the day I got it out of the box. there are some things you NEED in patches (ie noise gate) however.

I'm not all tha familiar with some of the amp models, I only use 2 or 3 (mesas and fenders), but they sound good and have definitely halped me find my sound. in fact, I can have about 3 or 4 sounds that I like. if you don't have the noise gate on, this thing will scream like a castrated howler monkey, especially on the rectifier model.
effefcts sound good enough to my ears, but the wah sucks. not that I care, I never use it.

metal case, still haven't had any problems, and I've had it long enough (bit over a year) that I can gig with it.

I use the patch library from time to time. it's a gold mine. haven't needed to call the company. they make good stuff

it has been a huge help in my playing. with my fuzz pedal, all I got was a wash of noise, so I couldn't tell if I was playing right or even it tune. now I can tell both of those things, and I sound amazing, even if my playing is off. great product.

Three knobs for every parameter: who's complaining ?

I use an Epiphone Les Paul Custom, dramatically enhanced by Seymour Duncans through, until today, a low-budget amp at home (now a Marshall AVT50) and through an older Valvestate at the rehearsal-facility. This is where it gets tricky.....
The RP-100 greatly improved the sound of the cheap buggers amp, no complaints here. Problem was that when I had made some presets at home, the differences in volume were unpredictable when I used them on the Valvestate (=some too loud, others too soft).
Being the proud owner of an AVT50 now, the Digi slightly disappoints me. Even in bypass-mode, nicely routed through the Effects loop, it takes away some of the dynamics of the beautiful clean Marshall sound. The clean sounds CL1 and CL2, or Black Face with not too much gain are not as rich and warm as it comes from the amp right now, so my rating is not as high as it would be yesterday....

Distortion sounds are very usable: Stack (Marshall sound) for rhythm guitar, HiGain for powerful leads, Fuzz for heavy songs... this is okay !

Chorus, tremolo and Vibrato aren't very great, but I don't like those sounds even when they're perfect, so no complaints... Phaser and Flanger are okay.
And for the gimmicks like Auto-Yah: the kids love it, but I'd never use it in a song...

This is where I want to make a point: a lot of reviewers have complained about this, but guys: give it a break ! It's not expensive so it's not top-of-the-bill. Take care then ! Don't kick it and don't throw around with it ! If you're a bit cautious you won't break it.

No problems since there has been no contact.

The advantage in this thing is that there are only two footswitches, so it's small ! I mostly use two, soetimes three sounds in one song and then there are combinations I use for several songs (one clean, one with distortion, one for lead) so I just programmed things in a logic way....
It suits me in this way: it's easy to use, has OK sound and is affordable. Pity of the poorer quality when used with better amps...

After reading the manual just a little bit, you should have a decent idea of how to fuck with it, esp. if you have used an effects processor before and have good knowledge of amp sounds and a good ear. The best thing about this pedal is the depth of the editing for a $99 pedal

I play a beautiful black cherry Ibanez SC420 with dual humbuckers, a Peavey Transtube head, and a 4X12 Marshall cab with Celestion speakers. I put this pedal into the low gain input on the amp, as there is no effects send/return option on it. I dug it for about a month until I jammed with my old band with it. This thing sucks cranked up. After the mistake of using it with the band I played a show with it. You can't get it at a high volume and expect good tone. This thing turned out to be a fucking ripoff unless you're a beginner who just wants to get a feel for an effects processor. You can't even get a believeable metal distortion out of it, esp. if you're as picky about tone as I am. Bottom line is it sounds great quiet, shitty loud. If you're in a band that plays live/practices often, get something else, like a Boss GT-6!!!

Don't depend on it for anything other than quiet practice, DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT use it for a gig!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Other than the Digitech whammy pedal, I'm not terribly impressed with Digitech. Boss and Roland has the best multieffetts out there. Save a little money and use a simple setup in the meantime, such as a Boss Metal Zone, DOD Grunge, Marshall Guvnor dist. pedal, along with any boss or DOD chorus box. The only multieffects worse than Digitech are Zooms. Never had to deal with Digitech service people.

I play basically metal/industrial/hard rock, with some bluesy solos thrown in for good taste. Once again, dont mess with this pedal if you are a professional gigging musician. It just sucks. The only thing halfway decent was the control you have over the effects. That's all I have to say. It sucks. Don't buy it.

First let me start with the bad:
The small two digit screen is hard to see at a distance, and remembering what is set on which patch is a pain. To bypass the unit, you need to press both pedals at the same time. Most of the time I ended up pressing the up or down pedal and got screwed up my timing. I don't see why you can only change the 40 user presets, the 40 factory presets are not that good, and are all over the map. No one could possibly use them all, some are twangy and some are 80 rockin, etc..
The good:
The effects are clean, and the pedal is totally quiet. You get a lot of options or parameters to play with (ie: mic placement, eq, etc)

I didn't like the distortions, any of them... The pickup selector seemed like a waste, as did the mic placement feature. Most of the effects are nice, with the exception of the whammy, wah... both useless with out the extra expression pedal. The delays are great, and I also enjoyed the flanger and phasor.

Seemed fine to gig with

never used

I ended up selling the unit off as it was not a good fit for me. I would say go for the RP200, as the expression pedal is needed. I was thinking of getting an A\B switch to avoid the bypass problem, but will just another unit instead.

Fairly easy, quick up and down foot control. Manual is done very well. Problem is there are only 3 or 4 presets that are worth going to, acoustic simulator,number 2, #54, and #75. All others are goofy and quite rediculous. There is virtually no sustain. It does not sound so good with smaller amps, I have a pignose 20 and peavey 60, anything larger I can't comment. Batteries drain quick, about 1 and a half hours it's history. You can use headphones directly bypassing the amp but you can hardly hear it. I should have returned it in the first 45 days.

As I said before, there are only 3 or 4 out of 50 factory presets that sound good. The worst thing is no sustain what so ever. Most of the amp modeling is crap.

It has not broke yet, i have had it 6 months. Get the 9 V adaptor, batteries drain quick.

N\A

I play blues like srv and ry cooder, not good for this type of playing since no sustain. I have been playing for 10 years. I also play metal, MOD, metallica, etc. There are a few factory presets on this that would drive a teen beginner nuts, not bad for crunch metal. Also , 99 dollars , not bad.

Simple to use there are lots of patches at digitechs website,the manual is alright.

I have used the pedal with my custom double humbucker fender strat &
jackson kelly guitars,On several amps Marshall stack,Fender Twin,Yamahas,Stephens etc.It does have a good range of effects no matter what amp I used it still sounded pretty much the same,I still preffer a cheap under $50 distortion pedal I own to it for distotion.The digitech seems to be lacking in that area for me not much extra sustain on it either but am content with other effects it has for the price.

It does drain batteries fast and has freaked out a couple times on me even using ac adapter,It has stopped since dropping it on concrete several times bringing it home from parties and loading it so I guess it's rugged or im just lucky.Always have backups for anything doing gigs.

Range for all styles of music,been practicing since 85 off and on.If it were stollen or lost oh well,I dont think I wuold buy another one.
I like the editing features on it,dislike the fact that you have to have self amplified headphones to hear it and the jack should be 1/4
not 1/8,I wish it had more intricate drum patterns,It does help some effects that are hard to find without a hundred different pedals or stacks.It is a well rounded processor for the price.

I have used other effects units before so this one came fairly easily. Spend a few minutes with the manual and then you are set.

I am using an El Degas Les Paul clone and a Peavy Rage 158. Not much as I tend to play alone at home. The default sounds are ok but with some tweaking you can get pretty much anything you want. I was quickly impressed with the sound through headphones although I wish it could go a bit louder.

A few adjustments were required for me to get the same sounds when plugged into the amp. Nothing major though. I have also used the unit through a Marshall and a Mesa Boogie (friends stuff) and still it provided great sounds - to me anyway. Not sure why some people say that the sound is very thin. Either they have a bad unit or they aren't using it properly. Most musician friends of mine that hear it can't believe I only paid $77 dollars for it!

In the beginning, it "rebooted" itself 2 or 3 times but that was 6 months ago and it hasn't happened since. Other than that it has been great. If I were gigging, I would probably buy a second unit just in case as it costs almost nothing.

Never used it.

I play stuff from Metallica to Ozzy to Floyd to Stevie Ray Vaughn - anything with decent guitar in it. I have found that I can get the sound that I am looking for when I want it. I have found over the years that the guitar you use and how you play will HEAVILY influence the sound you produce regardless of what effects you have. Two people can use the exact same setup but sound different.

Sure I wish that the unit was a bit more flexible in that you could set more parameters... but for $77... C'Mon!! I bought a Roland GP-8 back in '88 for $1000 (CDN). It was a fantastic unit for it's time, and my friend still uses it exclusively. I find this unit sounds just as good if not better.

Scrolling through patches is not the greatest but you can work around it. How many different sounds do you REALLY need to have live??

This is the most bang for the buck I have seen so I give it a 10.

Easy to get some effects going, and editing isn't too hard. It takes a while to get used to what the little displays mean, like Hr and TD, etc.

I am using it with a boogie studio preamp as a cheap multi-effect. Not noisy. The sound is 'cheap'. Not great, not terrible, but you get what you pay for, if you know what I mean. I don't like the compressor though, but there are many okay reverbs and chorus is okay. Overall - as mentioned already, nothing great but okay for someone low on dollars.

This is why I am writing. I have had terrible moments with it. It would go bonkers and flip on and off uncontrollably. I thought it was the power supply and got it replaced. Didn't help. After months of embarrassing moments live, I opened it up today and found the problem. It was shorting out when pressure was applied underneath it. If I pressed on the battery location area, it would start go crazy. I applied plastic tape and some cardboard under the screw that holds the digital card, and I did the same on a 'thingy' sticking out just beside where you plug the power in. Yeah, I am not good with technical names for these things, but if you have similar problems and want to fix it, you can email me and I'll try to explain better. It works fine now, and I'm glad I figured it out. I was about to drive over it with my car.

Overall, it gets a 6 from me. Not great sounding, but okay for subtle use. It can sound very cheap if you pump in too many effects. Subtle use is the key for me. I am mostly rating it for the sound. Considering the problems I had with it, I think it was poorly designed, plus I had a bit of bad luck. If you buy one, first thing you should do is to apply firm pressure under the battery area when it is plugged in. If it goes bonkers, you know why!

This is fairly easy to use, I would recommend reading the manuel, especially since all of the amp models are abreviated. Three knobs to turn two footswitches. I don't know how easy it is compared to other multieffectpedals because this is my first and last. You can buy an expression pedal, but not just any kind, I tried that. If you find the best prices on expression pedals I found that it would be cheaper to buy the RP200. But easy to use good manual, not too complicated.

I use either an Ibanez GAX70 or a Fernandes Native into a 50 watt marshall. I used to use this pedal, but not anymore. Now I use a Boss DS-1 and some Ibanez pedals. The sound for the RP100 is great, at least that was my opinion. When I bought this I had been playing a year and a half, so I hadn't found my sound, and I had almost no clue about what sounds would be the best, so I loved this, I still use it a little. It has some good amp sims with good distortion and overdrive. I never use the compressor, noise gate, delay (because it sucks), or the reverb (if its built into your amp then why would you use it?), or the pickup simulator, but we'll get to that later. The effects are pretty good, the chorus flanger and phaser are the best the others are crap. I used the built in tuner, until i realized that it was tuning down a half step, then a whole, now it tunes one and a half steps down! I tried the pickup simulator, until that too broke. In all the sound was okay, too a beginner it woudl be worth it, but to anyone who wants a really good sound, buy a Boss DS-1 it can get you almost as many distortions as this, but they all sound ten times better, and the boss is only $40.

As I already said the thing is slowly breaking on me.

I had trouble with it once and they were helpful, then I had a few questions about putting an expression pedal in, they were rude and because of them I wasted $30 on a pedal that wouldn't work with the thing. Then later I had trouble with it breaking and they told me to do a factory reset, which did nothing but get rid of the patches that I had made.

I play punk and a little ska, not blink182 punk real punk. This thing was okay and i coudl get a few good sounds out of it, but its dying, I'm hoping that mine was just a dud and that no one else will have these problems, and I'm hoping that the people at costumer support were just a few duds themselves.

Easy, easy, easy......those who think it is not easy should stick to three knob-10 watt-practice amps. Dialing in custom sounds is a breeze.

I'm using a variety of guitars....a Strat, Tele, M77, and Starfire Special. I plug it into my '65 Twin Reverb Reissue, and am constantly amazed at the clear authentic sounds I get out of it.

The amp sims so suck, and I don't even bother with the gate or compression on this thing. However, I have found that the two sounds I can get "perfect" out of this are heavy distortion, and 50's Rockabilly "twang".

I wouldn't gig with it...don't trust it that much...I bought it to practice with in my apartment.

I've found the RP100 to be a good match to all the styles of music I enjoying playing.....Blues, Rockabilly, early Metal.

If it were stolen/lost I would replace it.

Took a while to get used to especially if you are new to multiple effects setting with compression, delay and etc. but once you get used to it...very easy.
Editing is nice very versatile some from 1-99 setting, some -12 to 12 setting.
Manual is a little booklet not very useful.

You just gotta mess around with it...but then you will be nicely surprised.

Distortion... several different types...you can throw away your old distortion box.

You need to becareful with adding compression with reverb and delay. The wrong mix will create a unbearable feedback. But you can set tweak it to rid of the feedback.

Sounds great by pluggin into my computer speaker...nice and smooth and pretty damn loud. I need to make adjustments to play on the Crate.

Heavy metal sounds with high gains are very nice. Does not sound like metal zone but very heavy lows and nice crunch. DIO, metallica, megadeth with heavy riffs.

AutoYah is cool for goofing around and composing new music.

Great for soloing satriani, journey, van halen, oldfield, etc.

Chorus and acoustic need help and is weak on clean channels
But hey many effects are short on the acoustic sound anyways.

Flanger is weird but then again I had problems with my DOD flanger never knew how to use it properly.

Reverb is not that good either sounds flat and sharp.
Chorus is pretty wet but I have seen better.

Compression and delay since I am new to it sounds great. Versatility with the compression and delay setting are scarce but they work fine on the few setting that I use so it is nice.

There are so many settings on the type of pickups type of amps it emulates and even the gate setting...This gets kinda confusing and you have to spend time fooling around with it.
But then again I bought it to fool around with it.

The various types of distortion and amp models create a vast scenario of sounds...from 60's rock and blues to 70's black face to 80's retro to the chilli pepper freaks with nice warmth is there.

Very nice sound but not a 10 since the BOSS rack system is a 10.

Dont use batteries...the unit acts weird when low on power.
This unit lasts about 3 hours on batteries and then it acts wacko.

Get the ac adapter and forget about it
Dependability comes with time.

Dont know if it is reliable for gigging but nice to practice and compose on.

Play heavy metal, hard rock. This unit is great for it.
But note that it is not a very clear sounding distortion that you wold get from Marshall stacks. But then nothing is.

If lost or stolen I would check out the BOSS rack system.
I only bought this since the one I wanted was about 500 bucks.

This thing can replace my Ibanez sonic distortion, DOD flanger but not sure if it can replace my BOSS power driver.

This is a cheap version of the BOSS rack system which is of high quality and better sound... but for the buck, it is an intro version of a rack system.

For the buck this is the best effect I bought since the early 80's.

Very easy too use. The matrix is very intuitive. A big plus is that the values for each of the parameters are displayed alternatingly when you edit. That way, you don't have to guess where you're at before you change the parameter, and you can always go back to the value you started with. I also have the Korg AX1500, where I find that to be a problem sometimes. For some of the effects (esp. Flanger and Chorus), I would wish for more than two knobs to control the parameters. In a life situation, patch navigation might become a problem because you wil sometimes step through several patches to get to where you can to be. The tuner works fine - don't know what people are complaining about.

I am using an Ibanez AS200 semi-acoustic and a Charvette Strat copy, and an Ibanez Roadster bass through an Acoustic G120/212 solid state amp equipped with two 12" Mesa Black Shadow speakers. Some of the sounds of the RP100 are very usable in this setup. I LOVE the HotRod model (Mesa/Boogie MarkIIC). Very responsive and sweet. Also the Boutique is very nice, even if I'm told it doesn't come close to the Matchless it's supposed to emulate (I wouldn't know). The Tweed model is also fine. Some nice tones also in the High Gain model, although that one is quite noisy when the noise gate is off. It seems to me that HiGain, HotRod and Boutique are sort of the same sound with different spectra of Distortion, but that works for me. Generally, the highly overdriven models (Rectifier, Marshall and HiGain) are somewhat noisy, but that's something you have to live with if you are using a real tube amp, too. The noise gate will help if you do not let the notes ring out - but if you do, the noise gate will cut off the note. It is also impossible to do volume swells with the noise gate on.
The crunch model sounds like the British Stack (=Marshall) model with less distortion. Rectifier is O.K., but a bit tame. Both clean models are fine; the Clean2 also produces an excellent sound for bass guitar. haven't done much with the blackface, and the acoustic model is tolerable, but not great. The pickup simulation works nicely (at least Hb-->SC). Speaker models are a bit lame; especially the first four are very dark for my taste; I mostly use the 2x12 with the center of just off-center microphone position. I have problems tweaking the modulation effects (chorus and flanger); needs some work because there's only two knobs to do so. It also seems that they work a lot better stereo, because I can get O.K. settings on the headphones. A general warning: what sounds good through the headphones might not sound good through an amp, and you will have to adjust your patches if you switch from one to the other (actually, first setting for amp appears to work better). The reverb section is wonderful, there's almost too much to chose from. But that's not a critizism. The rhythm trainer can be quite helpful, but I wished Digitech would not use the same sounds for all types of rhythm. The snare you use for hard rock just isn't the one you'd use for Bossa Nova. Anyway, a few quite usable practice rhythms anyway.

The top looks quite solid, but the bottom seems to be pretty thin plastic, so beware. Don't know if I'd gig live with it - why not. If your life depends on that gig, get a spare RP100. At that price, it's a realistic option. But can't really give a valid opinion here.

Haven't had any need for it

Overall, the RP100 is a quite nice package. I wish they'd sold these things 20 years ago; who knows, maybe I'd become a musician instead of a biologist.... I've been playing guitar for 26 years now in Rock and Jazz bands and in an acoustic duo. I play all kinds of music; I like Rock, Fusion and Funk, dabble a bit in Jazz and Blues. So, this little device actually comes quite handy. If it was stolen, I might upgrade to one of the higher models, but overall I'm pretty happy. I also own the KORG AX1500G, and have to say that I like the amp models in the RP100 better for Rock and fusion. When it comes to more heavy music, however, the KORG blows it away. Also, I suppose the effect editing is easier on the KORG. A big plus for the RP100 is the option to run it on batteries, so you can take it with you into the woods (or one of those Finnish summer cottages without elecytricity). I think it's a great deal, but anyone considering buying it should check if he/she can swing the RP200 (so you can use the expression pedal) or even the RP300, which is even easier to program and also should be more feasible for live gigging with the amp switching option

Digitech used to be difficult to navigate and get good patches(sound) But this one.A monkey can use it!

When I bought my RP-100 I pluged it to a crap Amp at store and this sound pretty good.
But of course, if u use with a good setup I mean a decent Guitar and Amp it will sound Amazing.

Like a Tank!

Never use it.

I would buy it again and again and again!
Very good! I've compared to my Boss individual Pedals and The RP-100 really match it!

Its pretty easy to use. the manual sucks though. I am never ever gonna buy this one again.

i use an Ibanez Gi0 and a peavey amp. its sounds petty cool live onstage. you can only get close to Metallica.thats it. The chorus is pretty cool. the delay aint that cool.

depend on it????? no ways dude! get a load of this - this thing conked off onstage. man that was bad. it just went blank. and believe me this has happened with my friends too. i cant give it back as i am a resident of India and thanx to digitech for not havin a support center in India.

total shit. Please have some more support centers in Asia.

this thing has conked off anyway. so i am gonna go for either GNX1 or Boss GT-6. if anyone has suggstions then please email me at rocsatan@hotmail.com

i would really appreciate your help.

it is difficult to remember what all of those two letter codes stand for. I have to keep referring to the manual in sucks.

I use an Ibanez Rg Deluxe to the RP 100 an into a pa system or a fender deluxe tube amp. Many of the distorted sounds are loud not distinct. once I get a patch dialed in it sounds okay for worship. Not as good as all these reviews though.

always works but darains all kinds of power 6 batteries a use. Better get the power adapter.

n/a

I play worship music for a contemporary chuurch. This is a good one for a biginer or some one who wants a compact box. I would not buy this again. however it is a good buy for the price.

Pretty easy to use. Just read the manual and experiement.

Sounds pretty good, especially for digital.

This is where I had problems. Within two months of buying it, the tuner stopped working correctly. Then the batteries started runing down faster and faster causing it freeze up constantly. Plus, sometimes the whammy works, sometimes it doesn't

Sadly, I never got around to getting it checked out. Don't know about the warranty.

Had this one not been messed up, it would have been a perfect unit. The times it worked I really liked it.

The manual is good, easy to understand. I thot its okay even if thers no adapter included. But i warned u, this thing eats battery very fast and it will affect ur editing & wen u change banks. So better buy a power supply. And sometimes you can get confuse because their are instances that the knobs doesnt respond qucikly when u dial it. And help, the cabinet/mic is only up to A1 to C3 and ther is a "D1 to D3" which is not inlcuded in the manual ????? toink!!!!

The amp sim are great it gives a nice distortion. I love the Recto sim, its the nearest thing i can experience playing through a messa boogie kuz there are no messa boogie amp here in our country that are used. I dont say people here cant afford it(me personaly cant afford one) but maybe they are not yet familiar w/ the messa or the only amp they know is Peavey, Fender and Marshall. The volume is also louder compared to my AX 100g.

It looks hard enough to gig with.I think its made of hard plastic! ????.I already gig with this thing and it does well but it crap out one time in the last two songs when i used it.By then,im not comfortable with its performance maybe because i used batteries, which the damn thing eats a lot, It sometimes change banks by itself or respond slowly when turning the knobs. Advise: Buy an adaptor!!!....

never delt with em'

My band plays anything form pop to hardcore to metal to jazz.It just depends to what crowd are we playing for, we just adopt. I compared these to my ax100g. Distortion- RP 100 is a winner in the heavy distortion NU style type. The ax100g is also a winner if u want that warm, crunch, vintage, Analogy 70's & 80's metal soloing thing. Modulation(chorus,flanger,tremolo)- RP100 has louder output but the ax100g has more parameters to tweak the sound of the modulation effect. Delay/Reverb- i think they fair well but the rp100 has more delay and reverb type to choose from. The noise gate is better on the ax100g. If ur on a budget they are both cheap, wallet friendly hehehe. And they also have unique effects ax100g-has a virtual feedback while the rp-100 has a talker which sounds like the effect use in the Bon Jovi song YUCCCCKKKK

Takes a little time to get used to, but makes sense once you get a hang of it.

Good stuff -

Amp Models: especially the Rectifier distortion (311 sound), the Fuzz and the Fender Tweed. Little gap in sound when you switch patches, but not too bad,

Delay & Reverb: Very flexable, lots of control over the parameters

Compression, Noise Gate, EQ all do what they're supposed to.

Not so good: Modulation effects, only has two knobs for each effect, one for wet/dry mix and one that combines speed and depth. I'd much rather have separate control for speed and depth, like the RP-300 does. The mix is cool, but it's not as flexable as I'd like. The sounds themselves are ok, but not really an improvement on the Zoom 505 I had 5 years ago.

Cabinet Simulation - It's got 12 and the first 10 are too dark and boxy for my use, I only use the last two.

If you just want something basic, it's cool, but think about the RP-300 (it wasn't out when I bought this one.)

Never gave me any trouble, be careful not to keep your foot on the button or it will keep going.

Haven't tried, got the manual on line.

It's a good deal for $100, I use it for direct recording and playing live, but if you can afford it check out the RP-300 so you can have more control over the modulation effects.

Once you understand how the thing is layed out it is not very difficult to program the kind of sounds you want. Mine didn't come with a manual, but a qucik trip to digitech's website fixed that. The amnual did help understand some of the subtleties.
Using this pedal live would require you to preprogram and order your patches.
I use this pedal for the more exotic and or seldom used effects (phaser, tremolo etc) in the effects loop of a BOSS LS-2 line selector. This allows me to keep the pedal out of the signal path unless I am using it, and acess any number of sounds preselected at the touch of a button. Pretty nice. It works very well like this for me, and keeps me from having to have a ton of pedals that I would hardly ever use. i really don't use most of the pedals options just a patchlist of individual effects.

My rig is as follos: 96 Strat H/s/s-->Vox Wah-->Dynacomp-->Boss Sd-1 -->DS-1--> Boss LS-2 (A-->Byopass mode) RP-11 in A effects loop ---> Peavey Classic 30. I play contemporary christian, Praise and christian rock, and as such I need to be able to get a lot of different souind very easily.
For me, the key to this pedals usefullness is as I explained above, and I highly recomend using it that way. Without the LS-2, it is very difficult to scroll between sounds live. The amp models are ok but not like a good tube amp w + w/o distortion pedal IMO. The effects are pretty decent too for the money. This is not a pro-level pedal nor was it intended to be. However for $100, it has been well worth the money for me. It allowed me to play around and decide which effects I really wanted to incorporate into my sound, and which effects would be used sparingly for a little spice. It is a great practice tool, works pretty decent for direct recording, and is just plain fun.
My live sound I use dedicated pedals for the staples ( Comp, OD, Dist, Delay, Chorus). However the RP-100 allows me to color my sound on the occasions where I need or want something else.

I have had it for a year and so far no problems, The pedal seems built very well and I expect to get my monety out of it completely. (Already have).

Haven't had to find out.

I have been playin off and on for around 10 years, mostly acoustic guitar or jazz until recently. I started getting more into rock style guitar and needed to have a range of sounds and effects. The RP-100 was great for a starting point and helped me shape my sound. I still use it and it does exactly what I need it to.
Overall it is an exceptional value as the sounds and utility are quite good for the price paid. I would deffinately recomend the rp-150 as the built in expresion pedal is definately worth the extra cash. If it were lost or stolen I do not know that I would get this exact pedal again, as it is not really a critical part of my sound.

This unit is very easy to use, even if it is your first effects pedal. The manual is useful when you first get the RP100. Using it live? You have to go through every preset between where you are and where you want to go. This makes it less useful for playing live.

I use the RP100 with a Legend amp live and plug into my BR8 digital recorder at home (this is 95% of the time).

AMP MODELS - Most of the clean amp models are weak and need plenty of Treble/Mid/Bass adjustment to sound full. They sound plain rather than distinct, like the originals.

Distorted models are OK. You can get a variety of sounds here.

EFFECTS are generally not very good. Chorus - OK. Delay - OK. Flange - sounds like the chorus on this unit. Rotary - sounds like the chorus (tastes like chicken). Auto Wah - Why? Wah - you can hear each change in tone as you sweep through, like steps (not good). All other effects are OK / not bad.

The RP100 is in a metal casing. Seems very solid, kind of like MXR stuff.

Haven't used them.

This is one of the best $100 I've spent on a piece of equipment. This is a great toy but doesn't have professional sound quality.

I am a rock player. Some of my favorites are Beatles, Boston, Kansas, Yes, Eric Johnson, Beethoven (?!!) I've been playing about 37 years. I'm about as good as half the people you hear on the radio. I have a 1981 Les Paul Custom, Fender Strat (Tex Mex), Carlo Robelli Les Paul forgery, Legend 60 watt amp, Intellifex (great unit), Boss Chorus, Morley JD10, Boss BR8....(on and on).

You will have to pay more to get a variety of quality sounds but... if this unit gives you a sound that works for you (most of us use 3 or 4 different sounds at most - not including effects) you may not need anything else for amp simulation/modelling. It's decent but I think I'm getting the Genesis 3.

very easy to use, and editing, it takes a minute!!!

I have a ESP, LES PAUL, with a JB, pick up, and all I have to say
is the people who dont know how to use the new staff, they just have to say that they dont like it!!!
the sound is great,I'm using a laney LC50 with it, and I have no noise, I use this amp for practice
with the rp100, and it is so perfect, and it will be loud if I wan too.

yea, but, my main amp is a peavey head ultra plus, which I use with
a 4-12 marshall cab, but if something hapen, Iknow I can get what I wan from the rp100.

good, I buy the rp100 with out power supply at a dealer.

I play from, soft rock to heavy metal,I been playing, for about 10 years, yes I will but another there is a good sound out of it, I dont
compare it with other, it does have its own sound which is great,
if I wan more all I have to do is buy the rp200 or 300.
It is a good buy either for pro or beginners, dont listen to the people
who dont know any thing about music!!!

Simple Matrix setup. All the menu options are in front of you, and you can tweak them with knobs. At least it has that. The tuner is poopy and a little vague, but it works ok. Editing patches is easy, has a pretty thorough manual, explaining each effect.

I don't know what these people have been smoking that keep giving this unit 8-10 ratings. It is SO NOISY!!! NOISY NOISY NOISY. Especially with the High Gain type amp settings. Any distortion at all and you get lots of line noise. And the noise gate is real bad... it chops off notes, and that hiss just comes back when the gate opens. It also dulls your guitar tone in bypass. Most effects are too bassy. I used this box with a fender bassman. That was like eating a turd with fine china! And they give you stereo panning without stereo inputs. Brilliant.

built pretty sturdy. Isnt it ironic, dontcha think?

You get alot of stuff for your money... but it is poopy stuff. The cab simulator and pickup simulator are laughable! All they did is boost the eq. where appropriate, and you can do that yourself. I have to admit, though, you get introduced to alot of effects for the money. I think it would be good as a first time pedal for beginners, but as something for the gigging, serious musician, you have to shell out the bucks if you want something decent. I'm not really sorry I bought it, because I learned alot about what I want out of a pedal because of it. Save your dough and get the Boss ME 33.

with or with out the use of the manual you will get great satisfaction out of this wonderfull machine

i play a jackson dinky reverse w/ emg 85 neck and emg 81 neck, and a fernandes vertigo x with screamin demon pickup, i play it through a peavy classic 50 amp for practice, and a line 6 half stack for gigs

with the rp100 you can get sounds like rush, van halen, white zombie, and to a degree rage against the machine

the distortions are all cool, the auto yah thing isn't that neat, but there are well over 30 factory prestest that i use out of the 80 that come programed

haven't lost faith yet, and i get crazy when i play

i called them for tech questions, and after about 1 min of hold the guy answered 20 min worth of questions i threw at him, so i was pleased

i play all styles, with a big focus on metal.

i have been playing for 6 years, i own 2 other guitars, 2 basses, a drum set and im purchasing a synth soon.

if i had to get another one, i would get an rp200 or rp300

it is usefull for writing songs and practicing to a drum loor for timing, also it is good for pissing off the neighborhood

This Pedal is so easy to use it isn't funny. It has 2 buttons to switch between patches, 3 knobs to change the parameters of the patches (eg. In amp selection they will control which amp you want to emulate, how much gain you want and the amp volume). It has a button to switch from performance mode to edit mode. It has a button for saving and a button to turn on the drum samples. You can pretty much use the pedal without needing to use the manual but if you want to make some serious patches you need to know how everything works (Trust me, I thought I knew everything there was to know about this thing. But when I read the manual front to back, the quality of my way cool patches sounded way better). The rp100 also comes with a tuner which works pretty good, and a drum sampler which is also pretty good.

My setup is fairly simple. I have a mexican made strat running to the rp100 and then to a marshall valvestate 8020 20 watt powerhouse (I've never needed to turn the volume past halfway). Pluging straight into the amp there is no noise but with the rp100 there is noticable hum, nothing to get all upset about though because the rp100 comes equiped with a built in noise gate. The amp model are pretty much all great except for the acoustic modeler. It doesn't sound anything like acoustic guitar, more like a muddy clean channel. The marshall stack, boogie rectifyer, and johnson high gain are very good distortion settings and all sound very distinct. The clean amp models such as the twin reverb and vox A30 are really good and the delay and reverb settings are very cool. The built in effects are all high quality sounding but you are limited to how you can change them but for 200 bucks its a deal and a half. I play mostly metallica stuff or 70s and 80s rock such as led zepplin, guns and roses, etc. I can pretty much make this pedal sound like any kind of tone I want at 80 to 100 prcent accuracy. My metallica settings sound just like off there albums, and I have some pretty cool rock/blues sounds. There hasn't been a tone that I couldn't replicate yet so I can't complain about this pedal, it just sounds great. Never use the pickup simulator unless your pickups are really really crappy. I find it sounds much more pure and precise with my own pickups. I wouldn't use it on a gig because when you change between the patches there is a half second delay which sounds pretty crappy because the changes between the settings isn't very smooth.

Now here comes the bad news. The input jack on the rp100 is very low quality. It is flimzy and has a good chance of breaking. Once you put your guitar cable in, leave it in. If you keep on taking it out after you use it it will probably break. When I turn off the unit i just unplug the dc power or the batteries. That way the input jack will be ok. Other than that this unit is pretty damn strong. It is very low profile so you can't flip it over by accident, and it is made out of some kind of strong metal (aluminum or steel or something, i don't know), so it will take some abuse. If I played live I would rather buy single effects pedals because they are more versitile and have no sounds or delays when you turn them on. It would be really good for recording because of its simplicity and high quality sounds though. I would have given it an 8 but the input jack was pretty bad (thanks digitech!).

never had any problems with it and I hope the input jack doesn't break or something (knock on wood).

If you are the bedroom/basement player and you are strapped for cash, this pedal is a must buy. It has great amp models, great effects and at a price that won't drain your bank account. It has a tuner drum sampler and an equilizer on it too. If you were to add up the price of the amps you can get on the pedal and all the individual effects your grand total would probaly be more money than what your car is worth, so you are definetly getting a lot for your money. If it were stolen I would buy the new digitech multi effects pedal (i forget what its called) just to try somthing new. Ive never played the line 6 pod but I cant imagine it sounding that much better, and besides the rp100 is 150 bucks cheaper.

Almost all effects programmers like to,(or are coersed to,)load sounds that are "over-the-top". Given that my preference is toward "minimulism"... When the flanger or rotary speaker is set to 35 I'll drop it down to just above the point at which if it were any less you might miss it in the mix.
It's easy enough to find and enter the appropriate changes and the little booklet, (handy size),is happily devoid of the all too common Japinglish commentaries which tell you little of the "how to's" and simply urge you towards being excited about what you've purchased.
I guess my one complaint is that the liniar mode select array has a lag in it and it's too easy to overshoot your selection if you move too quickly.

I'm running a 71 tele through Fender "Jam" amp -picked up by a clamp mounted SM 58. The amp can have a tendency to sound like fried bacon with the burner set on high if you add the amp effects to what's already comming from the RP-100.
As one reviewer pointed out, the device has all you need to sound like the things it's supposed to emulate but it lacks the 3D crunch of live picking action. But hey! I listen to the commercials on TV now and can say... I can make THAT guitar sound!... it's in the box!
Since the keyboard is the lead instrument in our group the residual noise floor on some of the amp selections will only be heard on the songs that everybody's wailing out on anyway.
I have to admit..the thing that sold me on the RP-100, over the Line 6 stomp box was the clean and tasty accoustic amp sounds you get.YUM!

'Seein a lot of complaints about having to stomp both footswitches together... I don't see a problem there.My worry is if you're too casual about it and you don't do it quick enough you'll go silent and when the tunner kicks in it will read the chords your playing but nobody's gonna hear um including you.
Do I need a backup unit of some sort? NAAAH! The amp's chorus and reverb are still serviceable albeit noisy.

My first night with this sweet thing and I got scared. There was an arcing fizzlie sound. As far as I can tell it was one of my patch cords.
I can't seem to get it to do it again so I might not have to worry about the repair aspect in this survey. (Please God)I've got several hours of "just right" sounds stored away.

-'play a mix of styles from folk to country to ZZ Top style rocking blues... or whatever.
-'Been playin since Luke was a cowboy.
-'got me a yamaha electro-coustic, 71 telecaster,guild classical guitar,a couple-a Roland sound moduals, an old CZ-101, a midi sequencer, various 1/3 size sound processors, Mackie mixer,and an old 4 track recorder.

All is well with my selection of the RP-100 as the sound shaper of choice. Ask me if I have a wish list? OK! I would have welcomed the option to drop out the original signal on the detune chip so's I could emulate a bass guitar for recording purposes.
And I like the old MXR's distortion peddle... 'couldn't duplicate that on the RP-100...(no big thing... just a druther.)
To re-iterate - I was sold on the unit because of the accoustic amp that went along with all the bone crunching sounds.
(That Rectifier is a nasty thing isn't it?

Ease of use... wow, let's put it this way: I grew up with a generation that didn't use fancy processors, but instead had mile long daisy chains of effects pedals. I'd never owned one, much less used one. This unit is so easy, that I had it figured out before I left the store... with no manual. Two buttons and 3 knobs are all you have to mess with to adjust the sounds and effects. If you need to scroll through a vast amount of settings, you can simply step down on and hold the "up" or "down" buttons and it will speed-scroll. You'd have to be a drooling, brain-dead, idiot to be unable to use this.

I've heard some people complain that digital processors give you a "tinny" sound. I didn't find that to be the case with this piece of equipment. I use an old Crate G120CXL, with an equalizer pedal in the effects loop, so this processor only added to the great sound.

I'm not much for trying to obtain the sounds of others, but I did find something quite remarkable when flipping through the presets... #26 (may or may not be the same on other units) sounds identical to David Gilmour's lead sound on The Wall... especially the Comfortably Numb solos. That's one preset I won't be changing, because I'm so impressed by it.

I bought it used, so I can't comment on the reliability of it as of yet. I've only owned it for a few days, so haven't had a chance to "road test" it yet.

It does, however, seem solid enough.

Bought it used. Tried the website, to see if there were any hidden functions that I haven't found yet (considering I got it with no manual) and the website has been down.

I'm absolutely fascinated by this piece of electronic wizardry. Rather than another rack-mount processor, it's packaged in an impressive looking housing, with two, easy to use footswitches. I like the fact that I can program each setting in sequence to a song list for performing. This unit is now, and will remain a permanent part of my arsenal.

very easy to use , editing simple .
havent read the manual - didnt need to .
its that easy!

i use two ibanez rg 550's - one with a duncan custom in the bridge , the other with a dimarzio PAF pro in the bridge .
no noise to speak of .
the effects have a very good basic mix facility .
i use it through a technics hifi amp with tannoy speakers (in the office).

so far it has proved to be dependalbe (only had it 3 days though)

ive been playing/gigging for 22 years and my previous setup (sold in april) was a marshall jmp1 with an aleseis quadraverb and marshall 80/80 power amp - all controlled by an ART 128 patch midi foot controller , and going through a stereo slant front 4*12 marshall cab . i,m basically an old (well , not THAT old ) rocker , and i play metallica / salas / vai / wylde stuff .
everywhere i played i ALWAYS had somebody (usually other guitarists) complement me on my tone .
the trouble with that rig was that it had to be fairly well cranked to sound good (as most valve amps do ) .
in all honesty this RP100 sounds better for home use than the rig i just sold - i can get tones that are almost identical - even the distortion .
the last time i tested a digitech box i HATED IT !! ( this was 10 years ago ) - the distortion was terrible back then , and i would say that this has been the single largest improvement over the years (and probably the most important ) .if it were stolen i would definitely buy another .
i compared it with the zoom 7070 - no contest there , and with the equipment that i owned for 10 years (mentioned above) .
i'm just stunned by the quality of this for the measley sum of a hundred quid !

It has to be one of the easiest processors to use, but processors are complicated. I like processors a lot because I like computers and electronics. Some other people hate them. Depends on what kind of person you are.

Very good for a $100 processor. I use some of the amp settings with distortion all the way up for a change of pace from my marshall distortion.

It's reliable as long as you have batteries charged up. Adapter's even better.

Never dealt with the company. They've got a good website, so I know they have some customer support, and I did look at some of the specs for the gnx's.

I play mostly rock. Some of the amp settings aren't bad at all. It's the best in the price range. I didn't want to go out and buy 10 pedals so I bought this processor. It has a flanger, auto-yah, chorus, delay, reverb, amp sims, and lots of other stuff. Once you figure out hot to use this thing you can get some of the effects to sound as good as regular pedals. The one most useful effect has to be the drop tuner. It can drop you tuning a whole step. Very useful. I'd pay $100 just for that!

It's a bit confusing at first, but in a good hour or so of working with it, you'll know all you need to know to start busting out some awesome tones. Once you know what your doing it's really simple to use.

I play a Samick SG with a Crate GX65 amp. Thank god for this pedal. The overdrive on the my amp w/o the pedal was horrid, but this pedal saved it. I love the distortions, especially the one modeled after the Marshall half-stack. It gives you a lot of freedom, my distortion is very bassy and heavey, which goes to the music I play, but using the other distortions and the equalizer, you can dial in any distortion you need, from blues to classic rock. The clean is awesome also, great for anything. The effect are pretty good, I don't use them much, but that's just because I don't need them, as far as chorus's, flangers, and other effect go, it sounds pretty good. If I did need them, I'm very sure I would be even more in love with this pedal.

Very reliable, I have gigged and practiced with it a good amount. I've only had it for about 6 months, but I've given it a good year or so worth of use, and it shows no signs of letting me down. I wouldn't dream of using a backup for it during a gig, it more than gets the job done, and it's very well built. The only reason it didn't get a 10 in this category was because I haven't had it all that long, so I can't know what will happen to it a good 10 years from now, but from the looks of it, this baby will still be crankin just like the day I bought it.

When I ordered it, the retailer (Musician's Friend) made the mistake of sending me a power adaptor that was made for use in England and Africa (it didn't plug into a normal U.S. outlet.). I contacted them, and within a week I had the normal power supply. The mixup was in no way Digitech's fault, and even if it was, I still applaud them for the quick and friendly service I received.

Flat out, this pedal rocks, I love it, and if someone were to steal it, I'd buy another one, and do some crazy shizznit to the person that stole it. Can't blame anyone for stealing it really, it's that good of a pedal. If it weren't for this pedal, I'd be lost in a sea of mediocre tone and horrible distortion. It saved my life, and I strongly recommend it for anyone out there, with any guitar, any amp, and any style of play. This thing rocks!

Initially a little difficult to use because it has so many capabilities. Well worth it. The manual tells you the basics, and then you can tweek it to your liking from there. Presets are fine if you just want to go with them.

I have a lotus les paul copy, a fender duo sonic and a harmony bass that I run through here as well as vocals. It can be noisy in some settings but with the gain and level controls I have no trouble getting the sound I want. I record directly from the unit without an amp. The effects are great especially the chorus, flanger and phase shifter.

I haven't had a problem one with it. I hear that if you try to use it without a power supply the batteries run down quick so I bought the power supply and haven't even tried batteries in it.

I play rock and it works great for it. I have had it six months, and I'm sure I haven't heard everything it can do yet. I would replace it if something happened to it. I read a good review for it in Guitar Player before I bought it. Probably the best $100 I've ever spent as far as value goes.

I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to use this device. I'm from the old days of plug in the amp and go. I've been known to use a stomp box or two at the most. I bought this mostly for direct recording and for playing directly into a PA. The manual is useful, and very clear about it's general usage, but didn't make it clear that the preset patches have no speaker simulation on them, as noted below. Could cause some major confusion when trying it out. I personally feel that those who have given unfavorable reviews about this product have not tried to add speaker simulation to the presets, have humbucking emulation on while using a humbucker equipped guitar (resulting in mud), likewise for single coils, not had speaker simulation on when going recording direct, etc. Forgetting these little details results in amazingly bad tone.

I'm using a Telecaster, and a Stratocaster. I haven't noticed any unmanagable noise. I'm not sure about the noise gate. I don't like the way it cuts off notes as they die out. I like the delays and reverbs, although I'm not nuts about them. They're OK. I don't use much for effects. Live, I NEVER use a chorus, flange, or anything like that. While recording a big ballad the other day, and thinking that I could use some kind of organ chord sound, I recorded two tracks of rhythm guitar. One with the rotating speaker sound, and one with a light, slow chorus. I did volume swells manually with the guitars volume control, and panned each track hard left and right during mixdown. Didn't sound like a B-3, but it did have the effect that I was looking for. As for amp simulations, I liked all of the Fender and Vox settings, although they were all too clean, even with the gain cranked up. As for the Marshall and Mesa settings, I'm not really into high gain tones. That's the biggest fault with this unit - there's not really any in between. I'll experiment by putting my Marshall Bluesbreaker pedal in front of it and use the Twin, or Tweed patch and see if that does it. I didn't really care for the Matchless emulation either, but I didn't spend much time tweaking it. All in all, I think it's very usful and definately the biggest bang for the buck out there.

Hard to tell since I've only had it for a couple of weeks now.

Couldn't tell you.

I play mostly blues or blues influenced rock. Professionally, I get called to play many different styles and I think this device may be a big help, especially when it come to playing straight into a PA. I don't switch sounds much. I like to dial in one decent amp tone, with maybe a little slapback delay, and vary my tones by manipulating the guitars volume and tone controls. I don't switch from patch to patch. I've been using it on an open jam night that I host, and have had great luck with it tonally, and regarding reliability. It devours batteries though. Also useful, without being the most realistic sound, is the built in drum machine. I've actually used this on a couple of the jam night where no drummer showed up. Helped out immensely.

I've been playing for about 35 years, and have played through many old tweed Fender amps, old vintage Telecasters, etc. back in the days when that stuff was considered old junk. I can't vouch for the accuracy of the emulations, but I can say that there are countless good, usable tones in this cheap little box. I haven't tried it into a regular guitar amp yet, and this is where it may leave the POD in the dust. I've owned a POD for about a week and took it back. Seems that even while turning off the A.I.R. switch on the POD, it doesn't completely disable the speaker emulation without getting involved with the deep editing stuff. So I was disappointed with the POD in that respect. Overall I think it's a great value considering it's price and it's usefulness for direct recording and for playing into a PA.

Impossible to get any good distortions out of this thing.

The distortions all sound lifeless. Not to mention muddy, way too bassy, and they all sound the same. The cleans distort if you attack the strings too hard (absolutely ridiculous.) i have an Epiphone Standard Les Paul running into a Morley Bad Horsie wah into a Marshall AVT 50. all the RP-100 does is make it sound like shit.

Do not waste your money on this thing!! It doesn't deserve ANY of the hype it got!!

Easy to use, as long as you're not expecting to get a great sound out of it. The manual was nice, it explains everything you need to know.

I have an ESP M-55 > Morley Bad Horsie > RP-100 (Not anymore though) > Marshall MG80RCD. The RP-100 is very noisy, but it does come with a noise gate. However, a noise gate is just the cheap way out. It only gets rid of the noise while you're not playing. As soon as you hit a note there's loads of static and background hiss. The effects are ok, nothing great, but for a $100 processor they're ok. If you use too much of an effect though it totally screws your tone up by making it sound like your amp is buried underneath no less than 76,849,645,900 pillows. So keep the volume of the effect under at least 60. The distortions are terrible!! Despite what most people say, they are not that great. To begin with, every amp setting makes the guitar sound extremely muddy and bass-heavy. It really muddles up the whole sound and is very poor for any direct recording. Second, as I mentioned before, they're extremely noisy. Third, if you turn up loud enough to play over a drummer, all the amp models sound hollow and like you're playing through a trash can.

It's reliable, made of metal. I'll never gig with it, but if worse came to worse, and I had to, I'd gig without a backup.

Never dealt with them.

I'm mainly into rock, and a little blues on the side. I've been playing for two years, and consider myself quite accomplished in that short period of time. My other gear consists of ESP guitars and a Marshall amp. I really don't care for this little processor. I've had it for about five months now, and I've given it every chance I can think of. I mean, money is tight, I paid a hundred bucks for the thing. I have tried my hardest to like the RP-100, but it's just not happening. Folks, it is impossible to spend that little amount of money and sound good. Guitar is one hobby where there are no cheap ways out. This is no different. The RP-100 blows!!

Easy to Use Guitar Processor. I'm finding I can now edit on stage if need be...The manual is not nearly as useful as the grid laid out on the front panel. Everything you could tweak is right there in front of you.

I use this with a Standard Strat (stock pups) and a Marshall Valvestate 8240 (2x12 Celestion)

I have had this unit for about eight months now, and I have used it for all manner of gigs. (I work 10-15 dates a month) I have used it not only for guitar, but also for saxophone, with all the models turned off and straight effects. I play in an alternative band and I did some guitar work in the studio for a local 50's band and it covered both well...(the tweed model was very useful)

I haven't tried to emulate any artists (except the Gilmour solo in "Time") but rather I've spent the most time trying to get the units best sounds out of it.

Distortions are good, cabinets are decent, echo and compressor are great, and the noise gate SAVED ME from having to shop for noiseless pups. Tuner bites though...I can't give it enough signal.

Have used it eight months gigging with no issues.

No dealings with Digitech...

Yeah I'd buy it again, in fact I almost bought a second one used for my sax rig. I like setting up one pedal and getting almost any effect I need.

This thing is incredibly easy to use, in my humble opinion. Patches are easy to make as long as you know what the amp models are. The manual is sufficient, and far better than the Pandora manual.

I use a Dean Avalanche through a '70 Fender Blonde Blues Tube Combo. I get a big hum if I have a wah before the RP-100, but that could be the wah or a cable. The effects and amp models sound great. I have been trying to get that super crisp Edge-sounding delay-laden clean sound for a long time, but the Fender just sounded too muddy. With the VOX AC30 amp sim, though, it's incredibly crisp. (About as crisp as you can get without actually buying an AC30 for $1539) If you're playing hard rock or classic rock, of course you think the auto-yah or envelope are stupid. But if you like synth-pop and electronic music you can get some fantastically offbeat sounds with the envelope filter and auto-yah. The delays and reverbs are great as well.

I can't say how reliable it is yet. The two footswitches are a little close together, but as long as you've got you're playing together, switching on the fly is easy. I wouldn't try to bypass live, though. Get an A/B box.

I play music with a lot of post-punk and Britpop stylings, like the U2, Joy Division, New Order, Smiths, Morrissey. I also like techno, trance and drum and bass stuff, like Moby, Underworld, Roni Size, Goldie, etc. I just bought this pedal for the footswitchability and the AC30 sim. It exceeded my expectations as far as cool, weird sounds.
I have been playing for little more than two years. I also have an Ibanez DE7 delay (with a broken switch), a Dunlop 535Q wah, and a Pandora PX2 effects processor.
I might buy this again, but if I had more money, I'd buy the RP-200.

Not too bad to figure out, but you definitely have to read through the manual before you try using this unit. They should have also made it clearer in the documentation that the presets do not have the amp simulation on them (fine if your just using it as a stomp box but can give you a false first impression if you plug it into a line in of your recorder).

At first I wasn't that impressed. I plugged the unit into a line on my recorder (I bought it because it was advertised as a amp sim) and ran it through the presets. It had a cool range of effects but the sound didn't knock my socks off. Then (after a review of the manual) I realized that none of the presets have the speaker cabinet simulation on them. WOW!! What a difference!! After spending some time tweaking the cabinet selection to each preset I found this unit to be quite good. I found and extremely usable palate of tones. I've since used this unit for recording demos (using Gibson guitars and Fender basses), and while I won't ever say that this unit will ever replace a real stack for the price it is quite kicking!! Heck, for the price it's a 12 on a scale of 1 to 10!!!

I've had no problems as of yet. The construction seems quite solid and it fires right up every time I plug it in. I might change my mind after it's had six months to float around in a gig bag, but for now it's right up there.

Haven't had to call their customer support so I can't be a judge of it.

As I said in the sound quality review: for the price it's a 12 on a scale of 1 to 10

I had no problem with using this even without the manual!, I created some cool sounds and Digitech has some cool patches on their web site

I like most of the effects , Distortion is my fav and Delay isnt bad either, the Chrous could be better, I'm using a VS265R Marshall AMP see my review for that Amp!
I get some great Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Iced Earth sounds.
Also some nice classic rock sounds too Led Zepp, Sabbath

Yes indeed I dropped it twice and no problems!

Never needed them

Overall I love this Pedal, just wish it had a better chrous sound, but i get that from my Amp itself! Yes I've used it to record and even the Rhythm trainer came in handy!

Easy to get a good sound. Once I has read the manual a couple of times, and played with some of the sounds, I found it easier to dump the presets and start to construct sounds from scratch instead of editing presets. The manual is okay, but just tells you the "nuts and bolts".

I use my RP-100 with a Yamaha Pacifica 112, an Ibanez RG505, into the line in (effects return) of a Crate G60XL 1x12 combo. All the EQ etc is done on the RP-100, using the Crate like a powered cabinet. The RP-100 sounds great through headphones. When you get to grips with the noise gate (notice I said when, not if) noise is not a problem. The amp sounds seem okay to me. Obviously a REAL Dual Rectifier or a REAL Vox AC30TB will blow it away, but I haven't got room for all those amps in my box room!! The effects seem useful, but I'm getting used to the Wah. I bought an expression pedal (today in fact)and I'm still getting to grips with the settings. I TRY to play mainly rock/progressive/metal stuff, and have come up with reasonable approximations of Dream Theater, AC/DC, and I am in the middle of getting Steve Rothery's sound for Kayleigh. I don't tend to use the Cabinet/mic simulator with the Crate, I'm toying with the idea of doing some recording onto my PC so it may come in handy. All effects are good except maybe AutoYa!!

I've had it for about six months (I think) and have had no problems with reliability (quick, find me some wood or a rabbits foot!!)
I have not gigged with it, but it would be foolish to gig with NO backup.

Never had to deal with Digitech, though I have visited their website and it looks like they are well prepared.

I have played on and off now for a few years, no gigs, just play to annoy my wife!! I think its probably the most rewarding piece if gear that I have bought, apart from my 2 guitars. If it was lost or stolen, I would probably replace it AND my Crate with a Digital modelling combo, Line6 or Tech21, something like that. It is a floor unit really, which is always a bit awkward when you want to tweek something, and I actually have it sitting on top of my amp. But if you buy something like a POD or J-station, you have to stump up for a foot controller.

It's incredibly easy to use. The tuner is a bit wonky, but I have a handheld tuner anyways. I only used the manual because I wasn't 100% sure how to edit patches.

I use only Ibanez guitars. I have an AX and an RG, both black.
At first, it was really noisy and I was getting this ear-splitting feedback. Then I added the Noise Gate and the Pickup sim. It sounds AMAZING. The Effects are very good, except the Auto-Yah. It's just not to my taste. I like using the Whammy to "detune". I run it thru a Fender Bronco, which is fed into a Crate 4x12 cab. You have to figure out the amp EQ a bit, but after that, it's all good.
I can get a sound VERY close to Finger Eleven with this.
The Fuzz distortion is great for some things, but it really is terrible for muting, so I use the Rectified setting. I only use effects that fit what I play, so the Flanger, Auto-Yah, and Vibrato are out of the picture. The effects are great quality and sound good to me.

I've used this for a few gigs, and it is very good. I don't even have a backup.

I have yet to have any problems.

Considering the next cheapest unit (BOSS ME-30 @ $400+) was nearly twice the price and didn't have nearly as many goodies, I'd say I got a great deal.
I play in a hardcore/metal band None, and our sound is based AROUND this unit. If it was lost, I'd buy the 100 again, unless I could get a good deal on the 200. There's 3 things I love: The metal casing, the Noise Gate, and the Pickup Simulator.

A drugged monkey could do it. Simply press the select button a number of times until you're on the part of the program you want to edit, and tweak the 3 knobs to find your setting.
To get a good sound out of it, it shouldn't be too hard if you know a little about effects and such.

I'm using this with an Ibanez GRX20 with factory Powersound Humbuckers (OH GOODY!) and a Fender Frontman 15 amp at home, but I usually find something different when I jam with my bands. I haven't actually used this with my bands yet though. It really doesn't sound too bad, my amp's volume is low and the EQs are all at zero, and this makes my amp sound a LOT better than bare, either way you look at it.
I can get cool sounds resembling AC/DC and various other classic rock stuff easily, I especially like the different wailing lead sounds I can get, being a fan of 80s guitar solos and shred. The Heavy Metal rythm distortion on this unit, there are different things to play with (Rectified, Johnson Hi-Gain, Fuzz, Stack) but some of them essentially don't sound a whole lot different unless you listen closely.
Most of the effects are good, I like the amp modeling a lot. Its possible to get some pretty good sounding cleans out of this.
Not a super fancy top-of-the-line unit, but you get what you pay for, and this is the max for $100

I'd probably gig without a backup since it would be dumb to gig on just amp distortion with no other options.. and I can't really afford a backup. Not likely that this thing would fail on me.
built out of lightweight metal (not common in such inexpensive units) so you could kick this thing around if you like, but it's better to take care of it, then it will last even longer.

Never had to deal with them yet and I don't plan on it.

Great for the money.
I play Metal, Rock and Blues, and I suppose other stuff if my friends want to play it. I love lead soloing.
I've been playing for a short amount of time but I feel I've made some pretty good progress. I also have a Danelectro Pastrami Overdrive pedal which is really pretty nice but this beats the hell out of it. I gotta say the Auto-Yah is really stupid, and the envelope fiter is cool but I'll probably never use it. Haven't gotten to play with the whammy yet unfortunately.
I hate two things. Scrolling one by one through 80 presets to find something (not that bad though just put the ones you like near each other and get used to it) And I hate that I had to pay $25 for the power supply. I mean COME ON! Who the hell makes an AC-output 1300 milliAmp supply! Radio Shack was my thought on a cheaper place to buy one and they said they didn't carry anything like that. What a ripoff just include the power supply.
Anyway, it helps me make music more than it gets in the way. Decent deal, if it were stolen I'd get pissed off, then I'd buy the RP-200.
by the way feel free to see some videos of me goofing off and some pictures of my cool guitar, and some MP3s of me playing, at http://www.angelfire.com/rock2/rocknrollsteve the mp3s maybe count as samples of what you can do with this thing.

Easy to program, but the LEDs are hard to figure out and hard to read while standing up. A 6 or 7 digit LED would have solved that problem.
AC adapter should be included. It is easy to get a decent sound most of the time, but the manual's print is tiny and hard to read. Having to press both pedals at once to bypass is stupid.

I play a strat mostly with this, and also a Taylor with LR Baggs duel source pickup/mike for reverb, chorus, and delay side chained through an SWR Strawberry blonde 80 watt acoustic amp. It is noisy on some effects like the auto-yah. The pickup simulator was useless. Amp modeling was ok, but I have not heard some of these amps in such a long time I couldn't tell the difference. The cabinet modeling works well the the Taylor. Chorus and flanger are weak. The reverb is excellent - 10 to choose from. The delays sounded weak. Tremelo and vabrato sounded cool. Pitch shifter sounded good with the strat. Most of the distortions sounded too much the same, but some sounded really great. The rythm trainer is weak, very limited, not much use. I use the chorus and reverbs the most, distortion the least. Overall sound quality is weak and tinny. Amp modeling and cabinet modeling sounds thin compared to J-station. Even the Zoom amp modeler sounded better.

I would not gig with this unit. It looks and sounds weak. I would use dedicated pedals and the spring reverb in my amp.

Never dealt with em.

EASY TO USE

DID NOT LIKE THE OUTPUT, SOUNDED WEAK AND THIN. ALL SOUNDS SOUNDED THE SAME. I HAVE OWNED 5 EFFECT PROCESSORS, THIS IS THE WORST.

BROKE DOWN AFTER 6 USES. SEEMS TO HAVE A WEEK COMPONENT SOMWHERE.
WILL NOT TRUST ANOTHER DIGITECH PRODUCT. FOR A WHILE ANYWAY.
40 FACTORY PRESETS STILL WORK.

SENT IT BACK YO AMERICAN MUSICAL SUPPLY. DONT WANT TO MESS WITH BROKEN PRODUCTS. DONT HAVE TO, ZOOM BOSS KORG NEVER BROKE DOWN ON ME. WHY TAKE A CHANCE? FOOLISH.

DRUM BEATS WORKED OK. EXCEPT YOU CANT CHANGE PATCHES AND KEEP THE BEAT. IT LOST TIMING THEN. I THINK THE ZOOM ORIGINAL 505 IS MUCH BETTER. I THINK THE RP-2000 MAY HAVE BETTER OUTPUT, AND MIGHT SOUND MUCH BETTER. IT BETTER. I LIKE MY BOSS-GT-3 A THOUSAND TIMES MORE.
TRY THE ZOOM AMP MODELER ($150) I HEAR IT SOUNDS GOOD BEFORE YOU BUY THIS ONE. "" MAYBE "" A SPECIAL AMP WOULD SOUND BETTER, BUT IM COMPARING IT THROUGH SEVERAL DIFF AMPS, AND I HAVNT LIKED IT AT ALL.
MY GT-3 SOUNDS GTEAT IN " ANY " AMP I USE. SHOULDNT THE RP-100 TOO?

Easy to use. The presets are quite good and with a litle tweeking they can sound very good. Editing patches is a bit of a pain. Logic of edit patches is a little arcane but works ok. Manual is not so hot. Sufficient but not as detailed as I'd like.

I route a Standard Strat into the RP-100 and monitor through studio amp/monitors. The thing emulates some amps well and others not as good but overall does an excellent job for $100! Very clean sound but can emulate noisy analog amps quite well. The distortion is good...not great but good. Chorus is good. The reverb isn't too impressive but then I use Lexicon PCM 91 for that. Most of the FX though a quite good except wah. It's not so hot.

Seems to be reliable. Get a power adapter. The RP-100 eats batteries.

Never used it.

I play pop/rock. Some funky world beat stuff. been playing 4 years. I have a project studio with Lexicon, PreSonus, Mackie, and even some Alesis, ART and Behringer gear. 4 Guitars, a couple keyboards, two computers (one running Cubase vSt the other running Gigasampler). If it were stolen I'd probably get something a little beter. But overall this unit kicks boo-tay. I'd recommend it to anyone. For cryin' out loud the thing only cost $100.

It's pretty easy to use.

Well the Mesa Rec distortion sounds harsh. The Marshall distortion sounds smoother, but lacks tone. Its a dry sterile sounding machine. Your better off buying a distortion pedal, and different effect pedals. Of a J station for $150.

Don't know.

Don't know.

I guess this thing is good, if it sounds better then your amp. I figured by the great reviews that this thing would be killer. But its only killer on your ears. I ran it through both my tube and SS amp with the same results.

I've seen a lot of reviews where I don't think people have enough experience with the unit so I want to set the record strait with the RP100.

It's very easy to use relative to other programmable effect processors. If your a beginner, you've got a bit of a learning curve just figuring out how to get the sounds you want anyway - regardless of the equipment.

The bottom line is this unit sounds great. If there's 1 problem, it's that with all the sound generators and amp emulators I think it's hard for someone who's not familiar with guitar sound to dial in their sound. I use everything under the sun from a Strat to a Les Paul, from Marshall, Mesa, and Fender (though only tube amps). I also have and endless array of processors from Boss Pedals to an extensive array of rack-mount units. I bought the RP100 just to mess around with it. Now, I started by cleaning out a patches and starting from scratch to build sounds. I can honestly say that I could recreate virtually every sound imaginable with this thing into a small Marshall combo tube amp. To do it right, you do need to know the difference between overdrive and distortion. And the effect of different amp types. I've read other people say that the delays sounded 'digital'. Hogwash. I'll admit, running this thing through a solid state amp some of the effects are night as nice. But, that's true with everything. Through my Marshall tube amps, the delays rang like bells and sounded great. Also, I've read that there are a lot of 'gimicky' sounds. Hogwash again. If you know what you are doing, the harmonizers and volume swell effects can be used to cover keyboard parts real nicely. I'll admit also that if you try and play a Metallica rhythm with a harmonizer it's going to sound stupid but that's not what it's intended for. 2 other suggestions: 1) if you want to add this pedal in line for live playing, use an A/B box to toggle it in and out of your line. The 2 pedal bypass pedals are very hard to use for this. The A/B box works good. 2) If you use this pedal for mostly delay, tremolo, and verb effects, always put the the distortion pedal before the RP100. (And always put a Wah pedal before a distortion pedal).

I don't know yet. The paint chips easy - I know that.

Digitech is pretty good as you can call them and get someone knowledgeable on the phone.

This is a great sounding and versital pedal. If you don't know how to use effects well or what attributes make up good sounds you may be at a loss to find sounds you like.

Somewhat involved learning curve but not more difficult than any other of the new effects units coming out nowadays. The manual is adequate. It's amazing how much stuff they put into this little box!

Surprisingly good sounds for such an inexpensive effects box.Killer rectified sound! Effects are really good.
Custom strat played thru H.O.T. fender amp.Lots of fun!

The first I bought freaked out. Plugged it in , worked great for ten minutes then everything lit up and froze! Sent it back, got a new one.Works great!

Feature packed effects unit.Great sounds! Don't get me wrong. It won't sound better than a POD 2 or DG Stomp but imho it is hands down the BEST $100.00 available today. Great for beginners to learn what different effects are/ do. Some for amps.Throw in a drum machine...get one!It Rocks!

This unit has nice factory pacthes. Thr rhythm settings are a little funky, but usable. It sounds good right out of the box. Editing is NOT it's strong suit. I seem to screw up a decent patch every time, the company should take a tip from Line 6 and Rocktron and build alternative settings on their website. The manual is small, but informative. I still can't edit without ruining it. I had the Boss GT-3 and had similar difficulties. I am not an electronics programmer and don't want to take a course in it. The effects have extreme impact on the sound and by by the time you get through changing parameters in all the areas, the patch gets screwed.
Oh yeah, buy the power adapter!!!

I play a Franken-Strat w/ Carvin pickups and X-Bridge through a Crate VC-508 (Jan Phillips 5751 tube and Sovtek EL-84M) This is a vvery good set up for most styles The RP is not noisy, the noise gate is usable. It does take some of the chunk out of the unit when set at an high level. I don't like the chorus, a little cheesy. The amp models are pretty good. I can't really compare it to a '65 Fender tweed. It is ridiculous to compare a $100 multi FX to one anyhow. I would benefit from some editing help to get the most out of it. I do like the sound quality for what is,and the presets are usable.
I don't sound like Ronnie Earl and Stevie Ray, but it is a $100 stompbox.

I purchased it from Musician's Friend and had to send the first unit back. It had a short in it that were causing pops to come through the amp. They took it back, paid shipping, and sent a new one very quickly. I have had the new one for about a month with no problem.
I would use it without a backup. It seems sturdy enough and I use an ART Acoustic pedal for my X Bridge which is the only pedal that I am truly satisfied with it's sound

I haven't dealt with them.

I think this is a good practice unit. I know Guitar Player gave it the Editor's Pick, but it is usable. If I wanted a pro sounding pedal, I would have purchased the DG stomp or POD.
I've been playing for 8 years and have been through the gear lust and disappointment too many times. A cheap stompbox is not the way to great tone. You get what you pay for and it is better to get the highest quality units a piece at a time instead of selling and trading for the next great cheap unit (under a grand).
For what it is, it is a no brainer investment. It is great for practicing scales and rhythm ideas to the drum beats and getting close to sounding like the guitarist of your choice. Great for beginners and useful for players.... but it's only a $100 multi effects unit.

THIS AFFECT PEDAL Is great, it comes with 40 factory sounds and 40 programbale slots.
it is very easy to adjust the effects
The manuel is very easy to understand
There has been an upgrade, it merely is the rp200 with a pedal on the side for wah and volume ect...

I use a Kramer Focus, 3 single coil, on a stage 160, it sounds great
It is clean when you want it and noisy when you want it be
some effects are wierd but they all sound great
I use a stage 160 fender
It replicates the sound of some other songs great( has exact effect Bruce Springsteen uses in Glory Days)
All the effects are great, except wah and auto yah(there ok)

Hasnt broke down yet i dont think it will
Who the hell has the money for a backup

dunno

I love it for all my songs i play eveything classical and shit hard too
ive been playin for 6 months
If it was lost i would get it agian its great
its all around great
the digitech rp200 was comapreed
free power source
it helps me make music greatly

How easy is it to get a good sound out of it?
Compared to other units in the same price range, it is much easier, because of the matrix and 3 knobs.
How about Editing patches?
Simple, Just twist the knobs.
How is the manual for it (if there is one)?
Very good, very basic for a basic digital device.
Do you know the firmware revision number? Has your unit been upgraded?
No idea.

My guitars are Fender Strat with single-coil pups.
My amp is a Fender Bassman 50 with an Ampeg VT-22 2*12 cab.
The amp simulations are very good for this price range. Much better than the Korg units under $200. More dynamic and sweeter sounding than anything in this price range.
The modulation effects are very ordinary for multi-effects in this low bracket pricerange.
The unit is only noisy with the high gain amp simulations/compressors.
The noise reduction circuitry is very good.
None of the effects stand out.
The delays are grainy, you can hear the digital quality of the repeats. The analog delay is simply the digital delay with a low-pass filter. Not warm in the least, not like a real analog delay pedal. But of course, that's much more money.
The reverbs are decent, actually very good for this price range.
One good thing about this unit is that the user has more than one parameter to adjust as compared to the other units in this price range. You can mix the modulation effects to the pre-effected signal to your liking. I will not give a rating since the effects, in my opinion, were ordinary digitally produced effects. Individual pedals are definately better but more expensive and more of a hassle in terms of patching and powering.

It is housed in an aluminum casing. Excellent for this price range. Nothing else in this price range has a metal casing. It isn't very thick or heavy duty like a BOSS pedal, but good enough if you treat it with a little respect. I did not own it long enough to accurately rate its reliability.

Harman International is average for their customer support.

I play a dub, reggae, classic rock, and surf instrumentals. This is not a good match. I had some kind of wishful thinking that this unit would sound good for warm echoes and splashy reverbs. The delays, even the analog simulated delay, sounded very unnatural sounding to me. I returned it after a day of use, both with headphones, and with the amp cranked.
I have been playing for about 12 or 13 years. I wanted a simple effects box that could do echoes and reverbs, I didn't care for or need any digitally created amp simulations. The mod and ambience effects are disappointing, which is the norm for this price range. It is better though, than anything else in this range. AX1G, 505II, etc. I expected the 24 bit A/D, D/A convertors to sound especially clear and transparent, certainly with processor intensive effects, but that just wasn't the case. Either the convertors are of low quality, or the processor is doing too much.
I'll stick to individual pedals. No more messing with digital effects, until the manufacturers figure out how to simulate power tube saturation for a warmer, non-digital tone.
My overall rating, hmmm, for this price range, a 10, as compared to the other $100 units. Amazingly consolidated, certainly, but lacking in the tone department. Compared to anything else out there, in any price range, its a 3.

Pretty damn simple to use. just select which effect you want to use, then use the three knobs to adjust the paramaters. the presets are good, and you can tweak each one. I'd have a tough time believing that someone couldn't work this device.

the sound quality is damned good. Currently, I've been using a crappy practice amp, and I thought that I'd never get a decent, non-buzzing sound from it. But, this processor really cleaned it up; the distortions are great. The big factor here is the built in equalizer and compressor. While the equalizer is just three bands (Bass, Mids, Treble), it's much better than the onboard EQ of amps. The only effect that is lacking is the envelope filter. It tends to make a 'whooshing' or whistling sound, which is just awful. If you like to wah, use a dedicated wah pedal. Other than that, the sound kicks.

I take good care of my gear, so I'd gig with it (and I probably will). but people who like to toss their gear around will break the unit, because it is not sturdily built.

never tried.

For the cost, it's an amazing device. if you're not a pro, then just go with this instead of spending thousands on the separate pedals. I've been songwriting for a few years, and I had just been using straight up guitar-to-amp setups. but this device just opens up so many sonic opportunities--as I'm sure hundreds of other devices do. still, I like it. If you've got specific Questions, just email me.