DigiTech RP-100

The effects processor comes with two foot switches/peddles built into the unit. The item has a multitude of settings and combinations.

The left peddle cycles down through the available sounds and the right cycles up through them. Press both peddles simualtaneously and the unit is bypassed.

The problem with this, although programable, is a limited availablity of desired effect(s) and the speed which they can be accessed.

If you program more than two or three effects into the pedal system, you will have to cycle up or down through the selection in order to find the one you want, and by that time, the need for it could have passed.

I "did not" find the board easy to use, and the manual limited in scope.

Disappointing as the unit is very light and any sort of aggressive use would find the little unit spinning across the floor. I did not see any mounting holes to attach it to a more secure footing. Additionally, the system is battery operated, there is a AC/DC plug available for it, however it does not come complete and that item is a seperate purchase. yuck.

I was using a Washburn WR150 fed into a Fender Princeton 65. Most of the effects caused the sound of the guitar to become indiscernable. Very poor delay, very poor, crunch. The amp modeling available was junk. I was very disappointed in the sound quality of the unit. One or two the several hundred combinations were worthy of play, however, I would surmise, that a purchase of an individual switch designed to perform that indvidual effect would be money better spent.

I took it back the next day

never broke, the unit was returned

Rock and/or Roll, Blues
I've been playing about a year and have an accoustic as well. If this thing were lost or stolen... and I didn't spring the cash on it, I would be laughing at the idiot who thought he'd gotten away with something for nothing.
I have yet to compare it with other products in the same category, however, I think the future looks bright.

After 2 seconds with the manual I was editing and dialing up the tones. I have played or owned just about everything. So after doing the best tweaking I was left dissapointed. I read reviews in magazines praising this unit but it was very flat and dull to me. Easy to use I would say it is great. Practical yes.

I play a B.C.Rich Warlock with an EMG85. My amp is a Crate GFX212 w/a Ampeg 4x12 cab. Also I have a Crate Blue Voodoo head. I was most interested in this units rectofier setting cause of my love of Mesa's tone. I adjusted the setting trying to get that maxium chunk like a Mesa but end up w/a flat weak tone. To a beginer it might pass. The other effect ae chorus,flang & phase... were pretty good. I wanted a Metallica,FearFactory,Soulfly,Machine Head tone and is not possible. If you don't use the noise gate their is alot of hiss but if you use it makes your tone sound messed up when you stop playing (cutting out your distortion when chugging). I unplugged the unit pluged my grunge pedal back up and smoked any setting on the rp100 as far as distortion. The drum machine was lame.

Just boughtit so I could not say.

No say!

I play heavy music in the style of the fore said bands. I've been play for 7 years. I would not buy it again. Infact I want to sale it. I would be a fun device to have if you are just starting out but not for a working musician. If you are like me you need to just keep putting the $ away for that day when you can proudly plug into your very own Mesa Boogie Dual Recto. There is not one product out there that can match it(Line6,Digitech,Johnson,Rocktron...)

This is one of the easiest pedals I'v seen. I have used quite a few pedals and this one is simple and it is just awesome. Seone can just up the manual and learn basicly how to use the whole thing in like an hour or so,

Im using it with a Fender Squire strat and a Marshall 30w, and it is unbelievable. It has every sound someone could ask for, if you play hard rock, light rock, really heavy stuff or if your going for the acoustic sound. I can play all my favorite artists like Nirvana, Deftones, and Mudvayne. Also i can play the artists like The Doors, and Hendrix and stuff.

This is definatley a pedal i can depend on. With the metal casing around it, and the fact it not too big, its really relieable. I would definatley use it on stage without a backup.

It is the best overall pedal in the market. I play mostly heavy, like hardcore music, and its a perfect match. I have been playing for 3-4 years and this pedal is great. If this got stolen id probably get the RP200 or RP300, unless i didnt have the money then id buy the RP100 again. I campared this one to the ZOOM 505 II and this pedal blows every ZOOM producy away. I chose the RP100 because it had everything the others had and more for less. I only wish it came with a pedal on the side for no extra $50 or a DigiTech adapter that came with it. For $100 its the best pedal ever made...

This is so easy to use, it has two footswitches, three knobs and three buttons. There are 80 patches (40 factory presets, and 40 user patches) and you can access them with the footswitches. The knobs control gain, amp model and master volume, but they are used to change the effects when in edit mode. Most of the factory presets suck but some of them are great. The manual is good, it describes each effect in good detail but this pedal is so easy to use you can get good sounds without reading it at all.

I use a squier mexican strat and a marshall valvestate 20 watt amp. The effects are great especially the auto yah. I could spend all day playing with that. You can sound like any band that you can think of. On my user patches i have set them up in groups such as Mettalica clean and Mettalica high gain, Creed clean and high gain, Papa Roach clean and high gain, Limp Bizkit, any of my favourite tunes i have a setting for. I can make my 20 watt marshall valvestate sound like a mesa/boogie dual rectifier, a marshall stack, a fender twin reverb, and many others. The effects are good too, not excellent, but unless you are tom morrelo or wes borland they are good enough for anyone from begginer to expert

This unit is very sturdy and solid. The only thing that would break on me would be the screen that covers the matrix (where the lights and numbers appear).

I play alot of hard rock (mettalica, papa Roach, Limp Bizkit, etc.) and this little baby is great. It can sound like many different styles of music. If you hear any song on the radio you can get that sound on the RP100. If i lost it i would go for the RP200 or the new RP300. The RP100 is by far the best amp modeler/effects proccesor for the price. It is very simple to use and you can get the sounds you are looking for.

Very easy to use, the factory presets are good and can be customized.
The manual for this one is very handy, it would be difficult to figure out the settings without it.

One thing though, I took the advise here in the reviews and got my hands on a USR Sportster power adapter, the oem was a little steep.

I bought one primarily because of what people said about it here, and they were right. It sound great, the modeling is excellent, it does some amp types better than others but overall I am very happy . I use it with a Fender Vibro Champ with good results, but primarily I use it directly into a sound card and record using cakewalk.

I use it primarily with G&L's with both single coils and humbuckers and it seems to sound just as good with any of them.

This is where the problem came in. I had it a month (it never left the house) and it started cutting in and out. I believe it is related to the input jack (I tested every way I could) anyway I took it apart to see what I could find. I have had good luck with amp and effects pedal repair. This one however is a pre-printed circuit board and the all of the jacks connect directly to the card, I suspect a solder joint was cracked on the card but I have no way to fix that.

Other pedals, amps, etc usually have a 1/4 inch lock nut to hold the jack in place, but this one does not and that may be part of the problem.

The aluminum shell is rugged, but it is what is inside that I would be concerned about, especially if I had to depend on it in a live situation.

Digitech responded promply to my email, and gave information if I needed to send it for warranty service. I bought it at Mars Music and they took it back no problem and gave me another one. The guy said mine is not the only one that has come back.

Overall I am amazed that for $100 you can get something that sounds like this. I really did not expect it to sound as good as it does. In my opinion it really sound like a black face (amoung others). Headphone out is a neat feature as is the tuner, and the cabinet modeling is a bonus.

I have my fingers crossed for my new one.

A bit tricky at first, but after a while you get used to it. Not bad compared to other multi-effect pedals on the market. Just experiment for a while.

Amazing sound quality. I play a 1962 Telecaster re-issue through a 1970's bandmaster head with a 2X12 Celestion Cabinet. It is a very clean pedal. The delay and reverb are good and the distortions are smooth. The sound gate can be a bit overdone, but that's only if you program it that way. Overall, it is great.

Dependable with an adapter, take extra batteries for a long jam.

For $100 what more could you ask for? It eliminates lots of other pedals and makes getting the same sound you want as easy as pushing a button to program it. Great buy, but make sure you get an AC adapter.

I will be frank with you guys, I am not a bright man. But within one hour I knew everything about this pedal and how to use it. It's my first effects processor and a nice one at that. Editing was very easy In two hours I had 20 spots just for my bands stuff and songs we play.

Right now I'm playing a fender squier strat through a jim dunlop cry baby wah to a gx 120 crate amp. The sound is amazing I can get any effect out of this thing. Every thing is top notch. Except for the wah it sucks donkey balls.

No problems at all.

Never dealt with them

I will play anything and this pedal suits me wonderfully. I have been playing for a year and a half. If this were stolen I probably find the guy and kick the crap out of him and then go buy a expression pedal.

hmm, ease of use, hmm, damn them for upgrading to the 200 and 300 if they took their time i would own a 200 or 300

quieter thru normal input using crappy gear makes it sound very good distortion leaves a bit to be disired wish i had an expression pedal

depend, with power supply yes, gig you say?

fuck them

fuck this unit i need more of a heavy sound not wimpy

You gotta look in the manuel or else there's no way you can use it. but after u read the manuel its easy as crap to use. all you have to do is hit 'select' and just edit the effects. some of the presets are cool too. its really easy to get a good sound out of it cuz it has so many affects and you can adjust them all.

I'm using an ibanez RG120 through the RP-100 INTO A JOHNSON 25 WATT AMP.it's not noisy at all, except for if you simulate the "rectifier" and turn the gain and level up to 99, and then use an effect, it gets noisy. but thats all.This is where the RP100 shines: the effects selection is really wide. It has chorus, flanger, tremolo, phaser, auto volume swell,panner,vibrato,rotary speaker,envelop filter,wammy, wah, compressor, auto ya(a human vowel effect), and tons of other stuff.You can pretty much get any sound out of this.My only problem is with the flanger and chorus, you can't get a very fast shimmer effect. thats no big deal, cuz id only want it for eve6's "showerhead",but it would be nice to have a wider range.

I had just one problem with it: the onboard chromatic tuner broke. it still tunes, but it calls the E string Eb and the A string F and so on. other than that, its fine. it might just have been my model.

Digitech has been great. it comes with a mail in one year warranty, and they give it to u as quick as the can.

This an awesome accesory for any guitar player. i only use one other effect(a danelectro hashbrowns flanger, because like i said, the flang and chorus are just a little too slow).I play mainly rock and some rap like blink 182(my favorite band), Creed, limp bizkit, hendrix, eve 6 and all other kinds of stuff. this is great for all of them. its not just good for effects. u can customize a distorted of clean sound just like a song u hear on the radio or whatever.Here's a tip:If ur going for a really clean sound, go to the pickup/wah and select Fr for the wah and select 99 for foot position. Its an incredible price and a good machine. anyone should buy it.

I find the RP100 very easy to use, it is not as complicated as Digitechs higher end pedals and makes all the sounds I want, editing the presets is very simple and does not take long to get used to. The manual is helpful but after a few weeks of playing on the pedal I didn't even need it anymore. I don't have a nice guitar, but you can't tell when I'm playing through this pedal.

I'm playing a Washburn Shadow Series guitar through a Fender HotRod Deville amp,and with the RP100 it sounds great. I play anything from Hendrix, to Clapton, to Metallica, and this pedal seems to make all the sounds I want. It has numerous cleans, and distortions, the only draw back is that different effects are at differend volumes, when switching from song to song during a gig, I have to keep adjusting my volume.

I haven't had a problem yet with this pedal, I take it to gigs with my only backup being my in amp distortion, but that doesn't sound so hot, but I never worry about it not working. Just don't plan on using batteries in it they will only last about an hour. You need the power adaptor.

I play blues, Rock, and Alternative, and it is perfect for all three. I've been playing for five years, and the only other pedal I use is a cry baby wah, that along with the RP100 is all I need.

1) very easy to get any sound you could imagine
2) editing is very simple although I do play a little keyboard so I had a head start on programming experience nontheless it's pretty simple
3) the manual is very easy to understand

1) I play a cort mgm-1, gibson standard les paul, steinberger spirit gu series straight into this effect unit into normal input on my 1970's peavey classic (tubes in the power amp section w/ solid state pre-amp section) loaded with eminence legends
2) very clean VERY CLEAN!
3) for all the effects I use this thing for it FAR exceeded my expectations
4) I NEVER try to sound like anyone, that's weak.
5) again I am blown away by ALL the effects. PERIOD!

1) one thing to say in this catagory: It's NOT PLASTIC! Thanks Digitech
2) I gig with it always

1) do not know and hope I never do

1) playing now 18 years
2) I don't own any other guitar gear than listed above except a electar 10 amp for living room jamming an I don't need anymore.
3) If I lost it then I'm a dumb shit, well maybe I will lose it.
4) I will own this model for a long time I am too use to it and love it, although I might throw it up on ebay to get the rp200 (same thing but with expression pedal). Yah, I will.
5) can't really list a favorite feature I love everything about it. (maybe that it's made out of light weight metal and NOT PLASTIC!)
6) sure, I wish it talked back to me. (incase you didn't know yet I'm just answering the questions here)
7) compare to what?!!! it's smaller than a book with more features I would use in a lifetime!
8) if you have a problem with this unit getting in your way then stick in your pants (again just answering the questions)
9) sure, I would like to share that if you enjoy wipping your rear-end
with dollar bills (ouch) then buy something else. If you like quality gear and can get it for next to nothing compared to evrything else that's worth a damn than you are very wise to have this little beast in a box. PEACE.

Not very experienced with multifx but I got the hang of it quite quick. Very light weight!!

10 for distortion sounds. Great for Vai, Paul G., Van Halen etc.9 for whammy sounds,10 for clean tone sounds (the chorus, reverb and delay on this is amazing). I used to be skeptical about the amp modeling thing I thought a digital multi fx unit could never replicate the all tube tone of a tweed Fender but it sounded really as good as the real thing. Wahwah sounds are not so good but still usable.Phaser and Flange is quite limited. The overdrive sounds are very lush and tubey. I was totally impressed that there was no tubes in there! I used to have a bias for digital multi effects because they are known to sound lifeless but the first time I heard it and found out it was so cheap, it was sold.

When I went to the store I was originally looking for a Whammy pedal to complete my rig. My prospect buy was the Whammy reissue of Digitech. But I thought it was a very limited effect. Not worth the price at all. Then the store manager told me about the RP100 that had a whammy in it. I tried it out and was blown away by the presets. I was totally impressed by most of the 80(not sure) presets. The overdrive and distortion sounds blew me away and so did most of the other effects. And this thing was 25%cheaper than the Whammy reissue!!! I was so impressed that I bought it right away.

The unit comes with a few decent patches right out of the box. The matrix style editing menu is easy to use (only three knobs) but the LED display should have more characters to make the parameter descriptions more intuitive (it only has two digits). Overall I found it easy to set up a few of my own patches within about the first couple times using it. I generally jam on whatever I came up with for a while before making something new.
The manual does a good job of showing how to get going right away, and it written with guitar players in mind. It is fairly short (blessing) and to the point.

This is my travel/silent practice rig. I play an Ibanez Proline, HSS pickup configuration straight into the unit, with headphones to monitor. I also have output it right into practice amps, or a stereo.
The sounds are pretty good, thought the cab emulator goes from bright to dark to quickly, not enough in between.
Some effects are better than others, I tend to use mostly delay and chorus or flange. The amp models are pretty good, but I wish they had the Grunge distortion they had in the ValveFX instead of the Fuzz setting.
Overall for the money the thing sounds pretty damn good.

It seems pretty sturdy. I have dropped it without harm.
I play a Millenium 150 for gigging, and don't use the RP100 live, but I suppose it would make a decent emergency rig if something went wrong with my main amp.

I dealt with Digitech/Johnson when a light burned out on my Millenium three days after I got it (did not effect performance). They shipped me a new amp and had UPS pick up the old one, no hassle at all.
I was significantly impressed with that level of service. I have owned many Digitech processors, through several years of service and have never had anything go wrong besides the light burning out on the Millenium.

I play all primarily rock, alternative and blues. I have been playing for about 20 years.
If the RP100 was stolen, I would most likely get another, or maybe an RP200 (with exp pedal). Of all the floor processors even close to this price point, this one is the best for features, ease of use, and sound quality.
I wish it had the Grunge distortion.

This thing is just AWESOME!Sounds best through Roland amps,ive tried it through Marshalls,Fenders,and Crates,and it sounds best through a Spirit50 with the amps master volume and presence on 10 for more sensitivity and cut.It takes a bit of tweaking to get the best sounds out of it but you will eventually......and this thing has BETTER distortion than the Marshall MG and Valvestate series,trust me on this....im an Official Marshall Stun Soloist!I'm out of contract now,so i can decide what sounds better and what doesnt.The stack setting on this processor really dishes out a better tube tone with the cab emulator set on 3a.Check it out!Rectifieds sounds like crap to me,but if you use the 3a on the Re setting with the eq's set below 0,you'll be pleasantly surprised.

I mainly play an '84 Gibson Flying V ,a Les Paul Special,and a Jackson PS2 through this unit and everything is quiet(cuz i set it to be that way!)Dont set the noise gate past 20,or youll lose sustain.The clean sounds you can get out of this thing are pretty damn near the original amps being cloned.Effects are great,if you know how to dial them in right.I've got the sounds of my favorite artists,Randy Rhoads,Eddie Van Halen,and Steve Howe programmed right in so when im playing songs from these guys live,i can just tap to the sound i need.But don't use the flanger with the distortions,as it flattens out and dulls the sound at the peaks.I have the pitchshift set on +3 for the Trevor Rabin solo from Only of a Lonely Heart and it NAILS the Rabin tone(just add some tite compression!)to a T!Aside from this,the effects are pretty good.

Its dependable,i gig with it all the time.

Never dealt with them

My name is Rob Lindbeck,i have a unique style of playing(i play lefthanded,guitar strung righthanded),i pick with my nail and can speed pick,sweep pick,alternate pick,play classical,rock,jazz,blues,metal,ANYTHING in this fashion.I won the Marshall Stun Solo awards back in '91 and the guitar wars at Sunny's in Fredonia 2 years in a row,i currently play in the Ozzy tribute band "Children of the Grave"based in Erie,PA.Besides playing through a Roland stack setup(with this pedal)I also play through Crate Blue Voodoo stacks.I use any of which depending on the requirements of the gigs.Get this pedal,it SEETHES with sonic venom.

This pedal is pretty easy to figure out, although the LED is a bit cryptic - I had to use the manual a bit to figure out what everything was. The manual is helpful and well written. After about ten minutes I was comfortable with the way it worked.

I originally bought this just for the delays and chorus/flanger, but I have found myself using the amp models a lot. Most pedals in this price range don't have very good distortion but I was impressed with the sound of this unit. It comes with 40 presets that are mostly usable, but most people will want to tweak their own sound anyways. The presets do give a good example of its variety of effects. I gave it a 9 because it can be a bit noisy, but it's nothing that the built in noise gate can't silence.

Seems sturdy, nice metal casing.

No idea

I have been playing for 10 years and play all sorts of styles and this pedal suits them all nicely. It was between this and the Zoom 505II, and I am glad I chose this pedal. It has a better variety of effects, they sound better (usually), and they are more customizable. For the price you can't go wrong.

Very easy to set up and get going. I still have to read through the manual again to figure out how to program my own sounds, but it didnt sound like it was that hard the first time I read through the manual

Very easy to get good sound. I have a crappy Aria Pro II guitar and Park 6' speaker 15watt amp and it cranks! The tones are amazing, and it's all the processor. I have impressed many people with the sounds that I can get out of the processor. I saved myself big $, I was looking into a new amp and guitar because of my sound quality, now I dont need either.

I have had no troubles with it except for having to change the batteries, I need to purchase a power supply for it. I have only had it a month or so, no trouble so far

havent dealt with the company yet, just browsed around the website for reviews/info before I purchased it

I am very happy with my purchase, it gives me the sounds of many different pedals, that would cost large amounts of money. I saved money and get great sounds

Easy to get great sounds.
Editing patches is a pain if you gig. Switching between patches is a bitch because you have to plan it all out. Not for the spontaneous pedal pusher.
Manual is fine. BUT it doesn't match the Mic emulation or pickup LED readouts and that is disconcerting.

I play a Yamaha AEX-500 guitar (or Fender Mustang) into the rp100 direct into the amp (Fender M80). If you use the effects in as it suggests you get an ok sound if you noodle in your attic by yourself. If you gig than it is far too quiet and sucks ass. Most of the stock patches are too shred for me. My guitar has a piezo in the bridge so the the acoustic emulation is wankerly by comparison. But gee, I can get arseloads of feedback on demand. There seems to be a lot of trouble using many of the options at once when you play with a full rock band. Your sound disappears. The bypass can be tricky to get to because you have to trip to pedal buttons at once. And you have to hold them down to get the tuner on. It takes some getting use to. I guess this would be more use to record or noodle than to gig.

see above.
Several times I've had to just bypass it and use the distortion on the M80. Just because it doesn't have a very dense sound. So based on the room, be careful. I've had it suck down new batteries by song 2, so the power supply is a must.

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I play in a two guitar rock band. I'm glad I got the pedal but if I'd paid more money for it, It would be on eBay right now. A great bargain. I think to be fair I should try a louder amp. I compared to the Pod, which costs 3x as much. I hate the fact that the effects wash out the sound. If you don't have a Volume pedal get one, although a good one will cost nearly as much as this pedal. So consider the RP200 which comes with it attached. Volume ped doubles as wah/expression ped. I got rid of a bunch of pedals because of the rp100 and am still happy about that.

It is incredibly easy to use. This is my first effect processor and within two minutes of having it I had figured everything out. If you don't understand something the manual explains it all very well.

I play an Ibanez GAX70>RP100>Peavey Rage 158 which isn't a very good amp, but it sounds great. The noise gate blocks out any static. I play punk and alternative. This sounds great for them. It also sounds great for any other style of music.

It has heald up well so far. Except for once when it circled trough every patch over and over agian, but I contacted them and fixed it in no time. I would probably gig with a back up distortion pedal, just because of that one time. If you asked me in six months I would say yes.

I dealt with them once and they were very quick to respond and it fixed the problem.

This is a great pedal and for $100 how can you not buy it. People I know have told me that its as good as their $300 pedals. Other people have asked me about it after hearing me played and were shocked when I told them its $100. It sounds great! If you don't have one go buy it.

This effect could not be eisier to use. I pulled it out of the box at the store and within five minutes I was getting the great sounds I was hoping for.

I think that this box sounds great. You can get the sounds you want no matter what kind of music you play. I can get a really good in your face metallica/megadeth sound, and then there is my great stevie ray vaughan sound. The effects are pretty basic, I wish that they were more adjustable. I use a fender american strat and a marshall valvestate combo, and it sounds really good through it. The wah on it sucks, like after the play a note and move the pedal back and forth, it loses the sound, so I recomend getting a mortly or a crybaby. I have a crybaby, they are great.

I feels pretty dependable. It has stell casing all around it. The knobs fell pretty strong. I have dropped it down the stairs once, and it didn't hurt it a bit.

Never dealt with them

I play a lot of metal, but I do play some blues and some punk. I get all the sounds I want. I have been playing for three years and it is definately worth buying. If it were stolen I would probably buy the new upgraded one instead of this one. If you compare this to the rp-2000, you can see that there is not that much different in what they do, this one is just a bit more basic. The amp models great, just as good at the pod. I would recamend getting this.

Very easy to use. A good manual came with it.

I've played this thru my home stereo and into my Fender amps(into the lower gain input). Not very noisy at all. The effects sound good and the amp simulations sound good also. I give this thing a high rating because of the price and I just use it for practicing at home. It is true that picking dynamics don't sound like the real thing. But hey, for the money this thing is a great buy.

Seems fairly well built. I just play at home mostly so I can't say how reliable it would be in a gigging situation.

Never had to deal with them yet.

I play blues mostly. Been playing for 31 years. For blues the lack of dynamics in pick attack of this thing gets in the way. I just use this thing around the house to practice. I have mostly Fender gear. A SRV strat, 52 reissue Tele, G&L ASAT Classic, Epiphone ES-295, thru a 1970 Deluxe Reverb, 1971 Super Reverb(with black face specs), Kendrick Texas Crude & a Champ. Considering that I have several pedals that cost quite a bit more than this thing and they don't have anywhere near the flexability of this unit. For the rock sounds and ease of use this thing is a fantastic value.

I'm accustomed to figuring out software options, so I found this unit easy to learn.

This is my first modeling guitar processor, so I have no other reference point.

It has worked OK for me so far. I did notice that if I put the PS0913B power adapter that I purchased too close to the unit, there was a loud hum and other noise. Once I moved the processor away from the wall wart power supply, the noise disappeared.

Haven't contacted them yet.

I am satisfied with the amount of capability I have received for $99.

Very simple. It's pretty logical....as far as "the matrix" is laid out, so after
a quick glance at the manual (which is helpful) you're on your way. You're
always gonna sacrifice convenience and options when you get one of these
"Jack of All Trades" multi effects devices, but for what you pay for this, as far
as it's size and accessibility, i'm impressed. Editing the patches is a bit cumbersome
and the parimeters are a somewhat limited. The rhythm trainer is great, as far as
functioning as a practice tool, but it's very crude when trying to tweak the meter
or changing the rhythm style. Tuner works great.

I'm running a Epi Les Paul Custom thru a MXR Dyna Comp/George Dennis Wah-Volume/
Dano Daddy O/ Dano Fab Tone/Boss EQ/ Ibanez Soundtank Phaser/ RP100/ 2
Vox Pathfinders. For a standalone multi-effects pedal, the RP100 could be very functional, basically
covering the spectrum of your needs (with the exception of the "Auto-Ya"....what the hell ???).
Also, for what you pay...it's incredible what they pack in this. I'm using
the RP100, more as a Chorus/Reverb/Delay pedal. Functioning in this mode,
it's great. Very organic sounding. The reverbs are outstanding and the delays
are precise and warm, but not too digital sounding. As far as the modulations, you're
pretty much covered. Some actually approach the quality of Boss or MXR's pedals.
The phaser is good. Flanger is very good. The tremolo rocks.The stereo effects (rotary speaker and
auto panner) are great. Auto Ya and Envelope Filter are weak.
I've used the Clean Amp models (sound great) some. For direct recording, the
distortions are average to good. I really like the Stack and Hot Rod. The Rectifier
and High Gain are too muddy, but I was just tinkering and not really spending
a whole lot of time of these, so I can't be real accurate, since i'm not really into
those styles of music utilizing those (Metallica, Limp Biscuit....). Compressor
is suprisingly good. The cab sims are great for added
"modeling realism". The EQ is functional. The rhythm trainer is fun for practicing
, although the drum sounds evoke the sounds of a Casio SK1. For my setup, my Dano
Pedals give me my distortions and cover my needs and styles (Joe Walsh, Dave Gilmour, Edge).
The RP100 is very versitile, and for the money it's a steal. Don't bother with the
whammy or wah on the RP100, get the real deal.

I've had it a few months. It's encased in aluminum and it seems pretty
well built. I don't gig, so it should be around a long while.

Never dealt with.

Great value for what you get. For my purposes...it's great. Good for just
noodling around, functions as a great headphone amp. You're never
gonna hit every nail on the head as far as emulating whoever. But with a bit
of patience you could get close.

Very easy to use. Simple if you take ten minutes to read the manual and then tweak away til your heart's content.

I use a Fender Strat and a 1966 Guild Starfire VI mostly, plus a Takemine acoustic and a Chet Atkins nylon string classical acoustic electric. Sounds great on all of them. I run them thru a little Squier 25 watt amp and it sounds awesome. The Fender amp sims are great, and with the right tweaking, you can emulate almost any guitar/amp sound you can find, but be patient and experiment.

Totally dependable. Defintely have to use the AC adapter though, since it tends to eat batteries and who wants to run out of juice during a performance? NOTE: the US Robotics 56k external voice/faxmodem AC adapter fits this nicely and works perfectly. So you may not need to drop the extra $20-25 on the Digitech adapter, that is if you can rememember next time you dialup that you need to reattach the power supply!!!!

Have not had to deal with the manufacturer yet, but I have heard they are easy to deal with.

I mostly play jazz and blues, but use this for all musical styles, from acoustic duo to rock to blues, etc. I would replace this in a minute if stolen or lost. The only drawback is that you cannot select a particular patch without scrolling up or down to it, but that is not a problem if you set it up properly.

While it STILL WORKED.. it was a great pedal. Very easy to marry effects and set up noise gates. The manual was very helpful, indeed.

I use a DeArmond S-67 7-stringer guitar through an old KMD amp head, with a 2 x 12" Celestion cabinet. The cutoff is a little lagged, but otherwise it was easy to set up with my rig.

Mine was defective (purchased through Musician's Friend). What else is there to say?

Never dealt with the manufacturer, just the people I bought it from. Having it replaced soon. If the next one is defective, I'm going to be really pissed.

In summary, the pedal was very smooth and easy to work with (if you READ THE MANUAL, which most don't). If it hadn't become possessed by a higher evil, I'm sure it would have been great to play in front of an audience. Great for a span of black metal guitarists to classic rockers.

I like it a lot, but ease could be improved.

Using two feet to bypass is not optimal, lots of scrolling, and
most presets need tweaking, which takes some getting used to.

It is however, easy to copy sounds to the 40 user preset slots.
I put my clean sound on the odd number presets and my "effects"
on the even number presets. This means I usually don't have to scroll
more than one preset up or down in a song.

But hey, would you rather hook up eight or nine pedals? I wouldn't.

I like most of the sounds, but they went a little overboard with
delay and reverb on most of them. Also, quite a lot of hiss when plugged in, although you're not gonna notice it once the band starts playing.

It definitely sounds different thorugh different amps and with different guitars, which for me is actually good. I use a jazz guitar
(Sebring), and a strat or tele, through a Fender Vibroverb.

Only had it a copule weeks, dude.

Useful sounds, relatively simple to use at a great price. I'm not
much of a knob-twiddler, so my needs for effects aren't as great as
some. I play in a retro-lounge band and mostly use clean effects
like reverb, tremolo, delay, and octave doubling, so this unit is good for me. I can, however, make it sound like Nugent when provoked, so back away slowly please.

It's not hard to use at all. Programming can get to be a bit tricky as every editable parameter is controlled by three knobs which don't always react exactly how you'd expect them to (you have to turn the knob back to it's original position to edit that parameter. This is, on occasion, a major pain in the butt). After you get used to it it's not that bad, tho.

Everything else is pretty simple you've got an up button and a down button to scroll through patches (sometimes I think it scrolls a tad too fast). Press 'em both and it bypasses the effect, press 'em both again and you've got the tuner. Hit one of them and back to the patch.

I'm mainly using this with a selection of Ibanez RG (7620, 750, 570FM and 550), Epiphone (Special II), Squire (Pro-Tone Fat Strat) and Peavey (Falcon Custom, Nitro I) guitars either straight into my 4 track or into a little Laney HC25 amp (straight into the front since it doesn't have an effects loop. I know you're not supposed to pre-amp a pre-amp, but what can you do?). The sounds from these are very good. I know this is a modeling pedal, but since I own none of the amps that it models I can't really judge how "real" it sounds. The two exceptions to this are the Pickup and Acoustic Simulators.

Ok, I have to say, the pickup sim doesn't (to my ears) make my humbuckers sound like single coils or my single coils sound like humbuckers. It makes them sound *DIFFERENT*, but not as advertised. The Acoustic sim does a good job of making a clean electric sound like...a REALLY clean electric lightly (and I mean "almost subliminally") doubled by an acoustic guitar. It's not a *BAD* sound and as a clean electric sound it's actually very nice (if occasionally overly bassy). But it's *NOT* and let me repeat is *NOT* going to replace your Ovation, or even your Parker anytime soon.

Overall I give this an 8 because most of the effects sound good and you can find most any basic sound you're looking for. Some of the things here I have no real use for (the Auto Ya is fun, but I've yet to find a good musical application for it) and others (like the Wah and Whammy sounds) I haven't really messed with because I already have a dedicated pedal (plus I think Wahs are overused and played out at this point).

By the way, the delays are beyond killer. I especially like the two second delay with infinite repeats. Budget sampler, ladies and gents.

I bought this about three months ago and have nad zero problems. The package is pretty sturdy so I think it can stand some stompin' on. It's not like I'm trying to kill it, tho. You might want to wait to read a review from someone who had beer poured on it before you decide on its gig-worthiness. Then again, at a hundred bucks. You can afford to buy a spare.

It gets a 7 just because it seems sturdy but I haven't really had it in destructive conditions.

Digitech customer support has always been good to me in the past, but I haven't had to use them with this so I can't say.

Overall I'll give this thing a "10." you might look at the individual ratings and say that it doesn't deserve a 10 but let me reiterate here.

*THE THING COST A HUNDRED DOLLARS*

For a hundred dollars you get a helluva lot of bang for your buck. No, this isn't going ot replace your Pod. It's probably not even going to replace your RP-3. But it's a fun little toy for anyone who's wnted to get into multi-effects pedals but doesn't want to drop a lot of money. It's also great for all the four track hobbyist out there who live in an apartment. And as a travel tool (six AA batteries and some headphones) it's good for enjoying the outdoors. It's every bit as good sounding as my Pandora PX1 (which to me is the standard for great sounding, cheap multi effects) and while not quite as flexible as my Zoom 9002, it gets used a lot more (and the distortions on the Zoom are weak).

If it were lost or stolen I'd probably go ahead and upgrade to the RP-200 which is the same thing only with one or two added synth affects and a built in expression pedal (I started to knock this unit a point since the RP-200 came out like 2 weeks after I bought this. But that's not fair).

Yes, it's easy to use but I hate when ther are too many functions on a single knob. What if you have to reach down to fine tune a setting while you are playing a song?

The RP100 is extremely noisy! Hiss, Hiss and more hiss! So much hiss that I won't be able to use it through an amp. The unit has the same amount of hiss in bypass as it does when the effects are on. I guess they never heard of a complete bypass? I have a 60's Fender Strat, Vibroverb and a 1963 Super Reverb. My amps are extremely quiet when the guitar is plugged directly into the amp. Even with the volume on 10 the hiss is barely audible. I play blues and don't need the distortion or amp modeling but this box makes a lot of hiss no matter what the unit is set on and there is no way to get rid of it. The signal to noise ratio is so bad that it could be used as a pink noise generator to calibrate your studio. The effects sound great except I don't see a way to adjust the volume level of the delay. A major bummer. Good frequency response and reverb tones but no overall mix control so it can't be used in a mixed effects loop. I even tried connecting it directly into a power amp and it was still noisy! Imagine miking your amp through a 1000 watt PA with the RP 100. The sound man will drop a mike stand on it just to get rid of it. This is a great idea and price but someone forgot to use a quality op amp! It won?t be in my rig on the gig... Too bad, I was looking forward to using it.

So far, so good. It is built solid and has a bright display. The only construction problem I found is that the battery cover latch protrudes slightly beond the ruber feet making it a little unstable.
I can't use it on a gig because the hiss would give me and the audiance a head ache. Reliability is unknown at this time.

This is my first day with the unit and I have sent them e-mail. Lets see how they respond.

Style: Blues.
Playing: 35 years.
Lost/Stolen: No, I'm going to return it if I can't eliminate the hiss.
Likes: Multiple effects, noise gate, compact, light weight.
Dislikes: Can't change effects or turn on/off without drop outs.
Favorite feature: It has a tunner but it's slow and inaccurate.
Why did I choose this one? I listened to the sales man.
Anything else I'd like to share?: Build a quiet stereo stomp box that has a Tunner, wa-wa, Flanger/chorus, noise gate, echo and reverb with independant on/off switches. Include level switches and a overall mix control so it can be used with a variety of effects loops and tube amps. Don't digitize the direct sound so the guitar sounds right when the bypass is on. Oh yea, it has to cost $120.00 with the power supply.

I found it very easy to use overall, intuitive and easy to learn.

I am new to using effects, so I'm easy to please. Generally the sound quality blows me away. I've used it with a Les Paul studio standard and a Strat standard/mexican, and it sounds great to me. I'm using it with a Marathon practice amp.

Now here is the crazy part. I got this for Christmas. It worked great, no problems. the batteries held up for a few hours and were still ok when I decided I wanted to exchange it for an RP 200. I got the RP 200, but I didn't like it because I liked having the option for batteries, and also, I was having some trouble with the unit. I took it back and got another RP 100 and also an AC adapter. That's when the trouble really began. Using the AC adapter, in the first preset, the sound started cutting in and out while I played. I'd play a riff and as I played along, the sound would cut out, as if it had a short or something,as if the guitar wasn't connected to the amp. It did this on all the presets, and the longer I played the worse it got. Finally, I lost the sound altogether. I called tech support and they said it sounded like something was wrong with the unit, something internal because when I used the bypass mode, there was no problem. So I took the unit back and got another one. The same thing happened. the sound cut in and out, and then got worse until I had no sound, and also, the knobs stopped working. The thing acted like it was dead. So I went back to the store, Guitar Center, and accompanied by the salesman I tried about 3 or 4 new ones right out of the box, and they all did the same thing, with the sound cutting in and out. After the second one that didn't work at home, I thought I must be doing something wrong, or it must be my setup, but now I was using the store's guitar and one new unit after another, and the problem was easy to repeat every time. the salesman witnessed the whole thing. He said I should just get my money back. But I really wanted one, so I took a new box home. At home, the problem recurred, but I found that it mostly happens when using the first preset. It seems that if I stay away from that one, the problem doesn't come up. But I took it to a friend's house to show him, with the batteries, and after he played around with it for not more than a couple of minutes, it died. First it cut in and out and then all the knobs stopped working, and the thing was dead. But since I've had it home, I've been able to use it. I just make sure I avoid that first preset--but once the problem starts, it effects all the presets, not just the first one. So I'm completely mystified by this, and I don't feel that it's reliable at all. I'm thinking of exchanging it for a Korg, but I still have most of my 30 days to return it so I'm giving it a try. I looked through a lot of these user reviews and oculd not find anyone else having this problem, so I still feel as if it must be something I'm doing wrong. But it happened to my friend too.

When I called, I didn't have to wait very long to get someone. But I felt that the techs were not knowledgeable--I called on two occasions. They did not seem to have any sense of how to trouble shoot the problem. and one told me I should send it in for repair. but it was less than a day old. I don't think so.

I play mostly blues and jazz and I'm happy with the RP 100. I've been playing 35 years. I own an 84 Les Paul, two Mexi strats (a standard and a super strat), a 70 Mustang, a Tokai (model unknown), a Fender Vibro Champ (old), and a Marathon practice amp. Plus several acoustic guitars of different kinds, including a Larrivee OM-25 with an LR Boggs dual system which sounds really nice with the RP-100.
If anyone has had any experience with the SERIOUS problem I described above, I would appreciate an email.

THIS PRODUCT IS VERY EASY TO USE. ALL YOU DO IS TURN THE KNOBS UNTIL YOU GET THE RIGHT SOUND, AND I HAVEN'T EVEN LOOKED AT THE INSTRUCTION BOOK

I USE A CRATE GFX HALF STACK. IT IS SOLID STATE, BUT THE RP-100 SOUNDS GREAT THROUGH IT. THE AMP MODELS ARE AWESOME. THEY HAVE A AMP FOR ALL TYPES OF MUSIC, FROM BLUES TO METAL, FROM COUNTRY TO ROCK, YOU CAN GET THE SOUND YOU WANT. IT DOES NOT FEEDBACK IF YOU USE THE NOISEGATE. THE WAH IS VERY GOOD, I HAVE AN ORIGINAL CRYBABY AND I CAN MAKE THE CRY WAH ON IT SOUND THE EXACT SAME. THE REVERB IS GOOD AND SO IS THE DELAY

NEVER HAD A PROBLAM

NEVER DEALT WITH THEM

I THINK THAT THIS IS AN AMAZING AMP MODELING EFFECTS PROCESSOR, ESPECIALLY FOR THE GREAT. I HAVE BEEN PLAYING FOR THREE YEARS AND LOVE IT, IT IS JUST AS GOOD AS THE RP-200 IN MY OPION

This is a review after two months of use. This effects back is very easy to get good sound from. Editing is so easy that once you learn the principle you'll never need the book again. The manual is good and I suggest reading it until you've got the principle of programming the rp 100 downpat. My unit is the same as when I got it with no upgrades.

I've found that it works best through an effects loop, at least for my purposes and with a solid state amp. I have learn this the hard way. I use a Rogue A/E 300 guitar and Rogue S/S CG30R and have use Fender Blues Jr. I think Solid State and the better the speakers the better the sound is the key. It can be noisy when plugged into the front or straight input. Some of the high gains are noisy but great sounding otherwise. The effects are great except wah. But I still don't have a pedal so take that with a grain of salt. I love the Matchless amp model for 60's british such as Beatles and Stones. Classic studio and clean are great. Cowpie for country, 50's rock, playing the instrumental "Walk, don't run," and the Fender amp models are great. I can get CCR right on. There are 40 presets and I use my favorites as is. My favorites in order: Matchless (match this) studio clean, drippy, cowpie, vibro thing, Be Bad. I use 4 or 5 of them most of the time. The chorus is the best effect. Panner is super, you can get really clean sounds and some really "bad" distortion, and you can get any kind of reverb you can think of, no joke. I need to check out wah with a pedal.

Yes, I can depend on it. If it is not thrown around like a rag doll I see no reason why it can't last. As long as you have the power supply I see no need for a backup. It is sturdy-built.

Have had no dealing other than a timely processed delivered order and friendly order taker.

Play rock mainly, but can play country, heavy metal, blues. I can play any style with this box. I have certain settings, amp models programmed to do different thing. I literally can walk in to any jam session, hear their sound and match it or come close enough to it to jam with them in perfect harmony. I would suggest that cover bands buy one of these and match their tones by setting them up the same way and writing the different sounds down in a notebook for reference to sound like the top 40. I have moved presets around for my own use. For example: Studio clean is in position 1. I write studio clean at the top of a page and list songs I do on this settings along with the drum rythmn setting and tempo. For example, "Oh, What a Night," drums settings 15-(tempo)75) or 15/75 next to the song. I'm creating a notebook like this. I've been playing 24 years. I own a Rogue A'E 300, great guitar, Rogue CG30R, really decent small amps, lots of features, buying a Princetion 65 with effects loop. I'd buy it in a heartbeat again if it broke or was stolen. Probably buy the rp 200, which should have been the only model to start with since it does have the power cord and pedal. I love everything about it except I think the wah could be improved. As I said, rp 200 should have been the only one in this series to start with. I really wish the button that controls the drums on/off was footswitchable. I have to do strange song endings and sustained note/chord ending in order to reach over and stop the drum rythmn. But man is that drum trainer handy. I get so many good comments. Favorite features drum rythmn, matchless amp model, it is so good. I chose is because of its good reviews, which are the truth, and the price. I wish I had a pedal for it. I don't make music without it anymore. It is easy to carry with you and it makes you sound professional. I get so many positive remarks on it. I 'd like to say if you have to choose between a guitar amp and this rp 100 choose the rp 100. You can use it through your computer or stereo at home and sound really good. It really doesn't matter how cheap your guitar is either, it makes cheap amps and guitars sound pricey.

easy, no? i like

this awesome

no know

never deal

this thing is best value i am japanese you can tell? sorry no very good at english

Gets great sounds without haale or fuss. I can make just about any patch I'd care to in a couple of minutes, if I didn't choose the already very capable stock patches.

I have paid MUCH more for worse quality. I can use this as easily plugging into my car stereo cd input for jamming at lunchtime (I have!) as I can plugging into my 2 amps at home. Sounds clean going into my computer as well. All in all, this is THE BEST you will get for the price, unless you're buying them off the back of a truck, in the middle of the night!

I have had no issues with running out fast on batteries, but I have only ran it a total of 2 hours on 1 set of alkalines. I would probably use it to gig, but I would write down all the critical patch settings (The bugger can't backup the patches. Small issue, patches are easy to copy at these prices) Digitech is usually pretty good to keep running, in my experience.

no opinion.

I like everything from rock to blues, to technopop (Remember Alphaville, The Fixx, Icehouse?) so I like some processing on my guitars (Aims telecaster, Tokai Vee)and this thing allows me to mimic the tones of a lot of different rigs, with a minimum of tweaking. I like the amp modeling, especially when going straight to the box (Car amp, or computer), but it also good going into my Hafler T2 tube preamp, then into my old Vox Pathfinder. It also sounds good out of my Mansfield 2x12 amp. The unit does sound best in stereo, so if you have a stereo loopback, use it.
I'd probably get the rp-200 as a replacement if stolen, but the unit is good enough with a 20 dollar volume pedal attached.

this effects box is easy to get pretty good for practice sounds out of, but it to get really good sounds for gigs you have to tweak (like most multi-effect boxes). you can pLAY ON the presets some of them are okay, but most use every effect this thing can do which lots of times sounds like shit. the manual helps it tells you what if can do and editing. editing patches is pretty easy i just hate how you have to scroll down the menu i wish you could scroll both way

i had all this rack gear but i got tired of it so i got rid of most of it so not this is my setup: i have a morley wah goin into a boss ds-1 to a ds-2 to a ibanez ts-9 to a big muff to a ibanez fuzz to a boss ge-7 to the digitech (with a expression pedal connected) to another boss ge-7 to a mxr phase to a boss chorus to a bradshaw switcher that goes into a mesa triple rectifier into a marshall tsl-100 into a traynor ysr-1 custom reverb and into a crate for clean shit i also play an amp i made myself
believe it or not i use the digitech a lot because i dont want to deal
with all my shit, it doesnt get noisy with noise gate a big tip is a simple one: almost never set the amp models on the gain all the way up
most effects are sweet the chorus isnt the best but pretty good i can get many artists: i got some nirvana metallica hendrix led zepplin
fenix tx papa roach creed mxpx green day. the marshall mesa boogies tweed fuzz the matchless are all good some better than others

this thing is reliable with a power supply with supply: 10 without:6
i have had problems with digitech rack shit in the past but never had a problem with this thing

for this product never dealt with them have dealt with them since i got rid of my rack shit

i play pro and i dont want to have to deal with all my stuff lots a times so i use this with some other things i got really good apresets that i ve worked out take some time with its worth it. you should give this product a try its worth it very good VALUE

Very easy to use...I was creating crunchy tones right out of the box. After about an hour of use, I knew this thing front and back. The manual explains each effect if you are having difficulty, but if you are having difficulty, maybe you should sell your guitar and start playing drums.

I am playing a B.C. Rich NJ series Warlock with an EMG 81 (bridge position) and an EMG gain circuit, through a Marshall JCM2000 tsl 2X12 with Celestion speakers, and it sounds fucking ELECTRIC. Well, pretty damn electric, for 99 bucks. Using the Mark II amp model, it gets as raw as my metal zone. I paid the same amount for this as I did for my metal zone, and it has all the crunch and a bunch of effects. When the gain is turned way up, though, it hisses. When you use the noise gate to correct this, there is a problem with notes sometimes swelling slightly. Not a huge problem though, and perhaps my attack is too light sometimes? The auto-yah is a total waste of space, and the chorus can't really stand on it's own, though it's not bad. With the pitch shifter set at -12, you can get super heavy death metal tones. (But don't-death metal is shit [boycott noise metal!]) You can get that twangy-reverb-surf type tone as well. The acoustic simulator is good too, but I like metal, and I want metal tone. With the RP-100, you can get most of the Thrash/Speed/Shred tones you're looking for.

Overall, pretty damn good sound for 99 bucks.

I have not really had it long enough to say how reliable it really is. One thing though (this doesn't really have anything to do with the reliability)-the second day I had it, the display started freaking out...I did a factory reset (and lost all my saved presets...grr) and found out about 2 minutes later that the batteries were dead...after about 1 hour of use. If you are using this at a gig, you BETTER have an AC adaptor...if not, expect your new batteries (that you just spent 8 bucks on) to be dead in about 2 minutes.

N/A

I listen to REAL metal...(Megadeth, Maiden, Overkill, Nuclear Assault, Sacred Reich, Slayer, Obituary, etc. etc.) Through the clean channel on my amp, I am able to emulate just about anyone's tone...perhaps not always EXACTLY right on, but pretty damn close-definitely close enough for my hammerhead friends to tell who'se tone it is. I was impressed when I pulled it out of the box and nailed Gustafson's tone from Taking Over in about 5 minutes. I also use it clean with the reverb set on hall, this sounds really good for some Beethoven. I have been using my metal zone for about 2 years, and wasn't really worried about getting new effects, but I'm glad I bought this. The rhythm trainer is a nice feature too...When I'm playing a scale, I play it along with the drum track, starting out with the tempo at about 85, moving it up 1 degree every few minutes. By the time I work my way up to 96 or 97, I know that my muscles have retained some memory...you can feel it in your arm. My speed increased dramatically in the first 2 weeks that I had this thing...and jamming with generic drum tracks is a lot more fun than a metronome. One thing, however-it would be nice if there were a way to program the order that it scrolls through the presets, for example-stomping the pedal would skip from 2 to 33 (or whatever, according to the programming). It sucks when you want to go from your rhythm preset to your lead preset and you have to scroll through looking for it. I suppose you could set your rhythm to 1 and your lead to 2, but a lot of times it's a pain the ass to switch all your presets around, and you can end up losing some of your creations if you aren't careful.

If you buy an Rp-100, don't even bother buying batteries. An AC adaptor is about 25 bucks. If you want to use the wah, you have to buy a volume pedal. If you are looking to buy an RP-100, though, it would probably be wise to get the RP-200, it doesn't require a seperate pedal and it doesn't need batteries...you would spend about the same amount and have everything in one package.
Overall, DEFINITELY worth 99 bucks.

Very easy to use - plugged it in and started working with it. I did read the book to get the values for the settings for each effect - but it's really straight forward.

For 99 bucks - this just can't be beat. I tried out the Zoom 505 II and in my opinion at least - this one is much better. I do think I'll return it for the RP200 but that's just to get the expression pedal that's built in. The drum rhythms to play along with are very handy and there are around 18 different rhythms and you can set speed from 1 to 99 - very original addition

Not made of plastic - I would use it only with AC power without a backup.

For 99 bucks - you won't find anything as good. The only drawback is having to buy a power cord for $25 - it should have been included even if it raised the price to $119.

Typical multi-effects matrix. This time Digitech has opted for rotary control, which is much easier to use.

I think this little box is Digitech's master creation. After playing other RP's for years I have to say this thing rocks. It's got 24 bit converters, something unheard of in $99 effects. I am playing it through a Mesa Mark2 and it sounds very transparent with the amp modeling off. I run it through the effects loop and it makes a huge difference. Effects processors should be run thru effects loops not into the preamp as most people do. This gives more headroom and transparency. Right now i'm getting some very nice tones out of this thing, although it takes a little bit of time. I can make my Mesa sound "identical", no kidding to my old fender tube amp. Kind of like the SRV tone, very bluesy and expressive. The reverbs are very good and also the delays. The modulation effects are pretty good, except for the auto-ya, sounds very crappy, the rest of the effects are pretty much standard Digitech . I think for 99 bucks its a steal. Ten years ago a device like this would cost hundreds if not thousands.

Seems sturdy. Its made of plastics, but should last several years if taken care of.

Go get one, you won't regret it. Its a very good effects unit and for the price its a steal.

Yoy need to read the manual and play with It. It's tricky at first.

I am playing a Lespaul with 500T pickups. My amps are Mesaboogie, and Marshall. I hate to say, but It sounds horrible. Not one of the distortion setting were pleasing to my ears. It does not have any kind of a smooth sound to It. I guess I was asking to much for the cheap price.

I guess I will keep my metalzone. I was thinking this would be good for practice, but It sounds bad to me. You might love It, but It sounds rough to me. It went right back to the store.

I used this pedal for a few weeks and had an incident that I explain below. For a more normal review, see my review of the RP200, which is basically the same box with an expression pedal stuck on it.

See my review of the RP200.

Don't use the batteries unless you're the gambling type. Here's my tale.

I put fresh AA batteries in this box. I plugged in some headphones and played through all of the patches to give it a listen. Then I worked up some patches for my acoustic and my electric. A total of maybe an hour on the batteries. Then I took it to practice and a gig, total time on the unit there was two hours. At some point I was trying to tune my guitar with it when I noticed it was in an alternate tuning mode. I spun the knob to get it right, then later thought I saw the screen glitch. A few songs later, NO SOUND. The batteries were dead and I still had another song to go (no matter that I had to switch guitars due to a broken string - rough night).

This pedal has the option to separately purchase an AC power adapter, which I had, I just didn't bring it that night. I would suggest that you buy it if you want this pedal and don't want to be severely displeased when they die.

I would recommend this pedal if you want something simple to use for live sound. It's definitely not a recording unit. If you're going to use the expression pedal input, I would recommend upgrading to the RP200. It gives you much more control over the parameters you can assign to the pedal, adds a few more effects, and gets rid of the temptation to use batteries, since you can't - they include the power plug. After two sets of batteries, a really cheap $10 expression pedal, and finally buying a AC plug ($20), you're getting a better pedal for the same price.

It is very easy to use. You just turn it on and search the patches for the sound you want. Editing is very simple.Just scroll down through the parimeters and make your adjustments. The manual is set up nicely. Explains everything about it in detail.

I am using an Epiphone G-400 and a Fender Strat Affinity series guitars with Seymour Duncan pickups. I have a Marshall JCM800 Lead Series 2204 amp and same model 2*12 cabinet, a Peavey Studio Pro 112 , and a Peavey Rage158.This product is not noisey accept on the trebly sounding patches. Other than that it sounds great on most patches as is.I think the effects are pretty good. The chorus, Flanger,and phaser sound great. I like AC/DC and fortunatly for me the Stack and the Angus patches are right on. I get Malcolm's rythem and Angus's lead sound. Just a little tweaking of the EQ.I like the 80's sound and I can acheive it with this. Most of the patches are usable with a little tweaking.

I think I can depend on it. It seems to be made sturdy. I don't play in a band so I can't reply on it's live use. Though once and a while the thing bugs out and you loose your presets. It makes this bad shrill sound.Then you have to reset it.

I have never had to deal with them. I did Email them once asking if they were ever going to have a patch library on their web site for it. I think it would be great to hear what sounds other users have made with it.

I play mainly rock and roll like AC/DC,and other 70's and 80's music.
I have been playing for about a year and a half. I also have a Boss Blues Driver which is great too and I had a Metal Zone but I traded it for the Blues Driver. The Metal Zone's sound was too much.I had wanted to buy a bunch of pedels of different distortions and effects to make my own sound ,but it would've been too expensive and it wasn't worth it. I saw the RP100 in a magazine and it looked great. It had everything on it that I was looking for and at a great price. I didn't try it out first, I just bought it and I was satisfied. I first looked at getting pedals and than a processor. I looked at the Korg AX1000 , the Line6 POD ,and the RP2000 but they were too expensive and looking at the reviews for the them ,it didn't seem that they were all cracked up to be. From what everybody else says. The things that I think it could improve upon is first making it able to scroll up and down the parimeter, maybe a plain reverb knob, and maybe a full equilizer 7 or 8 band to really fine tune your sound.I like this product because I can get the tones of about any band you could think of. It has made playing a little more enjoyable and kind of helps you to expand your playing styles. Overall I am very satisfied with the RP100. It was my first processor and it is great for a beginner who is looking to have a great pallet of sound options. Very affordable and worth the price. I would buy it again if I was in the market for one.

Very easy to use. Also easy to edit patches. Decent manual.

Main use is as a direct recording device. Don't use it live, but in the event of an amp blowing up in the middle of a gig, you could pull this thing out, go right into the board and sound fine. The effects are pretty good. I don't use the high-gain stuff. I really like the tweed deluxe sound, and the twin sound is fair. The marshall stack sound is ok if you turn the gain almost all the way down.

Haven't had it long enough to commment on reliability. Seems to be built solid.

no clue

I play country/blues (Lee Roy Parnell, Delbert McClinton, Steve Earle)I've been playing guitar for a total of 7 years, as a full-time professional for the past three. I own 4 strats, 1 Tele, 1 Takamine acoustic, various amps, PA, recording, effects, stomp-boxes, etc. If it were stolen I'd get another one right away. I did compare it to the POD. In fact I had a POD for a few days and returned it. The POD has more and better tube amp sounds, but I just didn't think it was worth the money. With the RP-100 you get MUCH more overall, for one-third of the price.

Few but flexible parameters. The only-2-digits display does not help a lot. But the lists printed on the effect box make up a little. Nice tuner, but a little erratic. Up/down pedals for 40 presets and connection for optional expression pedal for volume/wha/whammy. I don't need more than this.

Guitar technology has never been as good as today's. For its price (and a lot more, too), you can't find anything else on the second hand market with comparable quality. Grab it. If you can spend more, get the Line 6 products, but this is very good, too. Don't forget that anyway this is a typical multieffect to be tweaked a lot to make it sound good. But it will. It's specially difficult to find a good equilibrium between the eq (that is only post-amp, therefore without any effect on widening the kind of sound of the amp models) and the cabinet simulation. You need the latter only if you don't use a guitar amp, otherwise the tone will be very bad (typical example: listen to the demo sound on the Digitech web site - why did they do that?). The other effects are of very good quality.
The tone doesn't change a lot according to your dynamic/volume pot, but it's acceptable.
Both direct recording and a guitar amp work well with this baby.

In the past, I was not very happy with Digitech stuff (a lot of, and expensive ones, too), but maybe technology is improving here, too...

Digitech on-line assistance is ok: But what do you want after spending few bucks???

I wanted something for my homework, so that I don't have to carry home my official stuff, even if now, after the big racks of the past, I just use a Line 6 Flextone (great!). And for this purpose it's perfect. I just wonder why I must tweak so much the eq and the cabinets... I lose my time instead of playing.
Anyway for that little money, you also get some useful rhythmic samples, and a decent acoustic guitar simulation. Is there still anybody against what technology can do for us?

I found the RP100 very easy to use. The presets are actually usable, not excessive showcases like some presets are on other multi effects. Then from there you just have to reach down and turn a knob to adjust gain, amp type, and master level. Hit the select button to tweak the the patches, and while in the patch you can tweak at the knob, and experiment, just like your favorite stompbox, but since one knob usually selects the effect, you usually limited to 2 adjustments. Then when you find a sound you like, just hit the store button, select the patch you want to store to, and hit it again.

Overall I don't think it could be much easier. Similar to the Zoom 505's setup, but it lacks banks, which would have been a nice addition.

I feel this sounds very good, for the price your paying. It doesn't quite sound great, but it is an inexpensive pedal. The RP100s instructions recomend running it through the effects return on your amp, but I like the sound of it through the front of my Fender HR DeVille better than through the power amp.

My main reason for buying this was to get a high gain sound for direct recording, that doesn't sound buzzy and treblely, and this does it well. I like to use the Rectified model, with the cab/mic sim on the warm 4x12, and the mic in the center position. The clean sounds are good too, but I haven't played with them much yet. Some complain about Digitechs being noisy on high gain settings, but I use it near my computer, and have noisy wiring in my apartment, so I wouldn't know, I just use the noise gate alot. Properly set up it does a great job of creating silence between the playing, and still letting the playing through. If you turn it up too much it starts to make the note swell.

I started out using it to record, but since I live in an apartment, and can't practice at high volumes, I've been using it almost all the time. It is a great practice tool for use at home, because you can get big sounds at low volumes, and have good sounding drums to play with too.

I have no past experience with Digitech, so based off the RP100, I'm pretty impressed. I was not expecting it to have a die-cast casing, which gives it a heavy, rugged feel. The knobs do feel flimsy, and while they are counter sunk from the pedals, they do stick up a bit. I can see these getting kicked alot. Which leads me to also question the quality of te internals, but what else would you expect for the price it costs, and what it does.

I emailed them to compliment them on the quality of the RP100, and they replied the next day, so I guess that's pretty good.

I listen to, and play a lot of styles of music. Some of my favorites are Punk, Metal, Blues, Rockabilly, and Surf. I'm on a budget, and I'm always wasting money on things that I think will cover a lot of different styles. Only to find it doesn't do any of them very well.

The RP100 is probably the first under $100 product that does a decent job of keeping up with my musical schizophrenia, is excellent for practiceing at low volumes, and is a good direct recording tool. For these reasons I'm giving it high ratings

This thing has great soud right out of the box. It is realy one of the best I have seen for a all in one amp model/ processor. Editing patches is easy, but there are so many options that you could be at it for some time. This is a pluse in my opinion, as you can get any sound you want from this thing. there are some web pages out there that have some patches by others, but I wish there were more. This unit will do well for the player who doesn't want to tweek it , as well as the one who likes to play with his processor for hours at a time.

I use a bass amp Peavy TNT 115s, and play a DeAromnd M-75t. It gives me a great sound!!! everything from heavy metal to an acoustic sound.
You can tweek this thing to get any soud you want, from any artist. I play all Christian music, blues rock (Darrell Mansfield) some stryper, Audio A, and passion music. This means a wide variety. RP-100 gives me all the sounds I need. Amazing Grace for funerals to Hindrix style.

As dependable as it gets. I don't stop on it though. I keep it where I can get to the knobs in order to be able to change quickly to any mood. I use my hands to switch sounds, I need a mount for my mic stand.

never delt with them, hope I never do. I've been playing through this thing for 6 months, no problems, and the knobs are still there.

If I were to lose it I would go for the RP-200 as it has the pedal. Just because I would like to try it.
For the price It's the best thing out there. No more long boards full of pedals, just one box to do it all. Take the time to set it to your style.

Easay to use,dont need the manual- except where is the list of the drum loops ? was a pain figuring out what was what.

The tuner is great and the footswitches work fine

awesome.Instant rack sound - lukather/vai etc.I use the stack with compression for palm muted metallica stuff and the stack with boosted mids and no comp for gary moore style blues.The rectifier model was a bit too dark for my liking,good for lead but less so for chugging.

I doubt if its as accurate in simulating the lower gain stuff,but i dont care as im much less fussy with my clean sounds than the high gain stuff..not much call for it in 80`s hard rock.



I also have the zoom gfx-8 for gigs,but wanted something small for practice.I use the rp-100 into a sovtek head and 1x12 cab ands its killer for the size/weight.This replaces the gfx into peavey power amp and 4x12 for smaller gigs.This thing easily sounds as good as my ada/rocktron/marshall mega rack as well(which is 15u high and impossible to move- still i love it!)

dunno.i had some very dodgy older digitech stuff before.. so i hope they have sorted this out!

i woudnt buy any of those 2u digiech rack units they always break.

The old gsp-21 rocks though....just dont use the overdrives.

dunno.

This is the most for the least.Great overdrives,tuner,drum machine portbable and better than those horrid shitty pod things(i owned one of those for about 3 days -piece of crap.)

Now if they just added a row of 3 patch footswitches and a bank up/down and kept the rest the same id be perfect....

Or an amp or head with one of these as the preamp section,like a simpler version of the johnson thing,more like the spider but with amuch beefer power out section.

I consisdered the 505(2) zoom thing but it didnt have the drum loops and wasnt as editable.

and dont even consider the korg stuff- yuck..they need to stick to keyboards and yamaha`s dsp stands for Dodgy Sounds Poo.Zoom stuff is pretty cool though

It takes a little getting used to, but once you get the hang of it, it's a breeze to program. Editing tones is easy.

This unit is one of the new modleing units that have been popping up from almost every manufacturer. It is in my opinion that none of these tones come close to hitting the mark. That being said, there are some decent and usable tones. I particularly like the "Stack" and the "Boutique" (when gain is dialed down). "Tweed" and "Blackface" are acceptable clean tones. The "Rectified" "High Gain" and "Hot Rod" are too over-the-top for anything but Metal, unless you dial the gain and level way dow, but then again, that's not the point of those models.

The effects are IMHO, not perfect, but usable. The Reverb, Tremolo, Rotary, and Compressor are my first choices as keepers. Flange, Phase and Gate, I don't see myself using. I won't touch the Chorus, And I cant for the life of me figure out what they were thinking with the "Auto-Ya".

One standout that I dig is the "Cabinet Simulator". You have 3 cabs and 4 mic placements. I have too much fun on this setting.

Also a huge plus, the Drum Loops. Great for practicing. Although a few of the loops leave me a little perplexed, the others are decent. Great feature, good move DigiTech....

!!!Heads up, potential buyers........ Do not use batteries. I loaded this thing with a full round of brand name batteries, plugged her in, practiced for a half hour and then......... Nothing. 30 minutes of use killed the batteries. Get the power supply or you'll be cursing loudly.

No other issues at this time.

N/A No issues yet

My purpose for buying this thing is this: Practice/Songwriting/Demo recording.

Being not currently in a band I needed something that I could use as a versital one-man-band direct line in thingy. This machine fit the bill to a "T". THough the headphone output is very weak, plugging in into a 4 track and using it to power the headphones gives decent volume there. Using it as a distortion pedal for my Blues Pearl feels a little like heresey, it still gets a plus for actual use, though I doubt I ever will.

This unit is nothing to rave about as far as actually emulating the sounds goes. But its versatility and features make it a contender. And as a practice tool, it gets very high marks. Great value for a mere $100.

Very easy!

I bought the RP-100 after reading this message board. I play an American Std Strat with EMG-SA's into an ADA MP-1, JCM 900, Soldano 2x12 cab. I try and stay away from gadgets like the RP-100 because after almost 20 years of playing I'd like to think that I've "out-grown" things like $100 processors. WRONG!! Sure, it is not as pure sounding as my main rig but it comes darn close. This is without a doubt the best $99 I've ever spent on musical gear. My advise is BUY one TODAY. You can spend more than $99 taking your date to dinner with nothing to show the next day, so cancel dinner and buy an RP-100.

$99 bucks and a 1 year warranty, should be no worries either way. If I used it for gigging I would buy at least 2 ($198 for 2 wow). To its credit it's pretty darn sturdy. It has a solid metal case.

Very easy to use. Once you get the hang of it you can program a patch in just a couple minutes. Manual makes it easy to use i fyou have questions. Only reason I would not give it a 10 is that you cannot switch between patches without some sound disruption, <example> You cannot switch directly from patch 1 to patch 25, you have to actually hold the pedal down until it gets to the number you want.

Unbelievable sound. No noise with the noise gate on. Many different amp models to choose from and some really great effects. This unit does not have just one or two distortions with a little variation of tone. It has many different amp models that all sound different tone wise. If you can't get a sound your happy with, your just too lazy to program it.

Have only owned it a few weeks but it appears to be a dependable unit.

Have not needed to contact them.

You should be able to play many styles of music with this unit. I have been playing for 15 years and owned many effects units. It not the best unit on the market, but it is most definetly the best for the money you can buy. You WILL NOT get more for your money than this unit. You should be able to do most anything you want with the rp-100. I just sold my rp-6 and this thing is the reason why. It kills it sound wise. It also has a built in drum machine that plays pre recorded drum beats to jam along with. If they could have made a better way to switch between patches that are not located next to each other, this thing would be a solid 10 for the money, $95.

It's really easy to use and it's really practical. You do not have to get into really details in tweaking just for practising. The editing patches is simple and straight forward. The manual is good it offers enough information. However it does not provide the do and don'ts to maintain the unit (i'm really critical in this). At least they could specify some tips, like do not expose it under the direct sunlight and stuff like that (hey even if everyone knows that, who the hell cares, we need to secure our investment, it's 370 AUD you know)

I use the pacifica yamaha and been playing for quite a while and also i use Fender Princeton and the RP100 sounds cool with this setting
not really too much noise. except some hiss sounds but overall it is still acceptable. I really hate the wah sounding the clean sound are acceptable but not what i expected. Distortions sounds just nice.
I tried to duplicate the joe satriani's style of sound and the unit delivers just enough i think about 60% accurate. Chorus, flangers just acceptable. They all sounds pretty much the same anyway no matter who produce it. The rectified is a killer and it is my fav. The stack is nice you can really get the distinct heavy metal sounds. For wah use the crybaby. No other effects could match with the real one you know

The unit look fragile. I would use it on a gig. Well my opinion is no matter what you use there is always a way to exploit it. Try to relocate the patches in order that is suitable for you. For my playing i usually only use up to 5 patches that is one for soloing (distortion), for backing or rythm, clean sounds and some exotic sounding just for a nice touch of the song and another clean sounds with alot of high gain and reverb so yes i would use this unit for a gig but for using it without a backup I would not.

Where? where the heck is Digitech Australia? The music shop would cover the warranty though so no problem with this.

It is just nice compare to effect such as zoom. But for digital modelling unit. I stil prefer the johnson amplification
I've been playing for almost 3 years now and i have the VF-1 from Boss which is really kick ass. Compare with products such as korg and yamaha it stands. I love the distortion really much For distortion I would say Digitech is the best. I've used me-30 before compare to RP100 it sounds really shit but hey that's an old product if you're looking for RP2000 sounds but not enough budget this is the unit you should turn to. I've also used a GT-3 before and you can't really compare this unit to GT-3 it's different type. Compare to pod, Pod is still better (a little bit) but for a price of a boss digital delay the RP100 stands. For whoever you are who is buying an effect i would highly recommend the RP100. Even if you already have a lot of Gears. It's a must have gear in your inventory

Very easy to use. The unit uses a scrolling matrix to move through parameters. Each section of the matrix has 3 parameters that are tweakable. It doesn't allow you to get extemely deep within the parameters, but certainly enough to customize your sounds. One pain in the neck is in the scolling, if you pass the parameters you wish to tweak, you have to scoll all the way back through all other parameters to get back to the one you wish to change.

I love it for what I use it for!! I currently play in a cover band that plays out on weekends. I have a big midi rack that powers 2 4x12s for playing live that I use for gigs. Its a big pain in the neck to set up my live rig for practicing at home!!! I also have a Marshall mini stack (15 watt head, 2 1x10 cabs) that I use to practice that I bought more for the novelty of it than the sound. Don't get me wrong, the little amp sounds pretty good for that 1 Marshall sound it gives you, but it's not versatile and has no effects. I wanted to get something to spice up my practice amp along the lines of a POD or J-Station, but didn't want to spend another $300 just for a practice setup on top of what the amp cost. When I saw the RP100, it seemed like the perfect fit!! Only $99 and you get amp models and effects!!

I really like the way the RP100 sounds, however I'm not using it to record or using it for gigs and I'm not really that concerned how close the amp models are. I'm just looking for a nice clean sound, bluesy sound, rock rhythm sound and rock lead sound that sounds good and is fun to play, and this delivers. Most people rave about the rectifier model. I think it's OK, but I much prefer the High Gain model for my rock sounds. I prefer a Van Halen (Fair Warning era) type tone and that model really delivers. Add a touch of chorus, delay and reverb and I'm completely satisfied. The Blackface models sounds great for a nice clean setting. Again, I don't know how close the models are, I'm just looking for a few nice sounds to spruce up my practice amp (or play through headphones) and make it fun to play without setting up my whole live rig, and this thing fits the bill perfect. I don't intend to use this for gigs so I'm not really sure how it would work in a live situation, but it certainly won't replace my rack setup (and this was never the intention). I haven't tried running it through my Mesa 2:90 amp to two 4x12s yet, but I probably will just to check it out. I guess if disaster struck and my rig crashed during a gig I could use this through a power amp to bail me out, but I'm hoping/praying that never happens.

Works fine so far.

Dealt with them on other products, but not this one. They're OK, not great, not terrible.

It pisses me off that the adapter is extra, who wants to keep replacing batteries!! For my use this is perfect. For the cost of a stomp box you get amp models and effects, granted with limited tweakability. There are some really good sounds in this unit and for me it is well worth the $99. Depending on your situation it may or may not satisfy your needs. For me looking for a fun box to practice with that gives me a variety of sounds and effects it's great.

A repost my first review I did too early, this one is a little more detailed
A cool pedal that I really enjoy small enough for my gig bag and sounds great. I have gotten some really great sounds out of this unit but it did take some time. The modeled sounds I have noticed seemed to be modeled tube amp that is real hot master punched and all of that. This really seems to help out when I am playing I think this has a little more feel than line6 wouldn?t say it sounds better. The effects are great I am using my ernie ball volume pedal as expression pedal the whammy is quite cool the wah is not bad sounding but it is noisy when not played. I do get some white noise usually when the batteries are on their last leg. The EQ takes some getting used to just takes a little time to master wish it had a little more in that department. Overall I have gotten 4 real usable sounds that I can use playing and have gotten compliments on my sound clean, lite tweed crunch, marshal sound, killer mesa boogie rectifier sound. I am using a ernie ball axis with this pedal and this guitar seems to compliment the pedal. I am using this, as my preamp into effects loop of tech 21 and it sounds great even when it?s punched all the way. Its pretty cool only having a volume pedal and small effects board on the floor. I haven?t got sick of this and I have had it for 2 months a cool guitar tool in my book and the spring reverb setting actually sounds like a spring reverb.