DigiTech RP350

This pedal takes has a long learning curve but really it has so many options that its worth it. Its not easy to use at all. it has many usable presets but if you buy this pedal for the presets your wasting your money. so many options its not funny. The manual tells you alot about the different tones you can dial with it but not much on how to do it. i was left very confused for a while but then i hit a few forums and found out all the stuff i was confused about. one feature i haven't been able to use is the connecting it up to the computer via usb. I'm not even sure what i can achieve by doing this but when i tried to do it and find out... it never worked, even once i downloaded all the necessary software. this didn't bother me at all but im still curious.

i run my ibanez sz prestige with emg 81/85 though this pedal generally into my cheap axl half stack. so due to my amp i haven't heard this pedals full potential but if your buying this pedal im guessing your looking for a cheap way to get a half decent tone without buying a tube amp. I cherish this pedal, not because of its tone though. It basically has every effect youll need. if you dial up your tone right you can have a high gain distortion with absolutly no backround noise and this is what i love about the pedal. sound wise it is reliable. You have a variety of diffrent amp simulaters and cab simulaters. Honestly none of them sound anything like the real thing but they provide a very usably tone. I wont explain it all because it would take me forever. It has reverbs, delays, chorus's, flange's, tremlo's, pitch shifters, harmonisers... everything anyone could want. this is whats great about it...so small but it has everything. So the great thing and the thing i love about it is it has everything.

now the down side

The tones arnt fantastic. you go out and buy a half decent half stack and it would proably sound slighlty better then this.

this pedal does sound very digital but for its price its the best. The amount of diffrent things it can do... totally worth it

i have recorded with this, pluging straight from the output into my mbox mini and it sounds good... not great, but not bad. It makes recording soooooooo easy, well for me anyway

Well ive had mine for about 7 months and just realised that the input jack has broken, not visually but its not picking anything up. i do however think this was from my rough handling. You can depend on it, its pretty darn solid like most digitech stuff. if your gigging id bring a back up though

Never delt with digitech and never will. cant imagine them being very helpful

i play stuff from soft rock to heavy metal but i know for a fact this pedal does it ill respectaby

If it was stolen i wouldnt replace it for the fact that i have no money and if i had money id be buying other more important stuff. if i had enough money to buy what ever i wanted id defently get another one. purley because everything i ever need is in the pedal its simply great.

If you dont have much cash and need a reliable and good sound, GET THIS. im gonna get mine fixed because im already missing it

Using the RP350 was a little confusing at first since it has so many options. You can set one control for the basic amp sound, another for the effect and another for the amount of the effect or you can edit the individual amps and effects. All the tweaks you can make do not seem to be available unless you use the X-edit software, however I have found it easier to edit on the unit itself.

The manual is fairly straight forward however I wish it had given all the parameters for the presets. I think the actual settings for the different options is covered very well.

As others have mentioned, hitting both the A & B pedals at the same time to go into bypass or tuning mode can be problematic. The pedals are super sensitive and it is also sometimes hard to go from one patch to another. Also the display is mostly unusable when I play outside.

I am just starting to appreciate how good this unit does sound. I have been playing mainly bass but just started playing in a band that allows me to also play guitar at times. During the years I have collected most of the effect pedals I like to use and have ususally used them when playing live. I have used the RP350 during practice on the Fender or Vox amp settings with either a Strat or a Gretsch guitar. Live I used a Blues Deville but have decided to start downsizing and got a Blues Jr. So I have been using the direct setting with no eq on the RP350 and using the effects only and like its effect better than the pedals. I get a lot less noise too.

My favorite effects have been the multichorus, the Screamer disortion and the Tape Delay. The Spring reverb was very close however I use the reverb on my amp. I am also able to tweak them just like the real pedals.

I have had it since December 2006 and it is still going strong. I do take care of my equipment and try not to stomp too hard. I don't use a backup.

The company has a well maintained web site with a lot of available patches and downloads. I have owned a lot of their pedals and processors and have never had to have one repaired.

I have been playing guitar and bass since the mid 60s. I've played classic rock before it became classic with the occasional country song thrown in. I like very few basic effects and am partial to Fender and Vox amps and this processor provides what I like. My main problems with it are the touchiness of the pedals and the lack of display visibility outdoors.

I've had several other Zoom and Digitech processors and this is by far better with more presets and settings that I might actually use.

I will probably be upgrading to an RP500 in the near future which will give me a little more individual pedal feel, however this unit was well worth what I paid for it.

You can basically get any sound u want. and u can edit them to the detail. and i love how easy it is to switch from clean to distortion so quickly and between the amp A/B.

I have 3 guitars and a practice amp i use. My guitars are a Beringher, A harmony strat copy, and a discontinued Ibanez RG470, and my amp is an RMS12 12 watt. i havent had any settings thats noisy especially with my harmony. that usually has the noise but this blocks all that out with out the noise gate and i love it.

Yeah this will be my cuurent use in a line up. Unless the GNX beats this one out. thiern definitely as a backup.

Have not dealt with the company yet. but hits an upgrade from my RP200A big time.

I play many styles of music and theres something there for every one of them. I've been playing for 10 years and ive never had anything this flawless. My favorite feature is the wah pedal. Being able to stop it on with chamging the settings is awesome. if someone stole it, or i lost it or it broke i would def. buy it again.

This is a fairly simple effects processor. Not to complicated.

Ummm no. The Amp and cabnet models make my nice tube amp sound very digital and thin. The distortions also sound very thin, except for the OD models. They sound decent. This unit is also noisy. The Delays are nice however, along with the Chours. The phasers and flagers are o.k. along with the rest of the effects.

Mine has held up fine so far, although when i switch through some of my presets it creates a very loud click.

Not used

For the price, o.k.

Bought this pedal almost a year ago for the purpose that most bars and clubs requires bands to plug thru the PA system. Although some have amps in-house, they are usually badly maintained, hence, they dont sound really good.
I also have a proper pedalboard containing boutique and high end pedals, but use it only when I am able to bring my amp with me in a gig.
The RP350 solves the problem when gigging thru a PA, and having not to carry my big heavy pedalboard around.

Most of the presets in it are quite good I think out of the box, comparing it with the presets on a POD, or XTL. Sounds more organic and natural than the latest zooms digital peds.

I didnt read the manual and just delved into the thing, so far I am surviving.

I got a good collection of guitars, and I can get some nice tones out of them from this unit:Gibson es335, fender strat, ibanez rg550, variax 600, prs mccarthy, prs custom, tokai strat, a squier tele custom.

As for amps, I am using this on a traynor ycv80Q, a fender blues deluxe and a small crate practice amp. But as I have mentioned, the main purpose why I bought this gadget is to handle those gigs that require me to plug into the PA system. On some occasions, if I am bringing in my amp, I take my pedalboard with me.

I am not after any artists' sound at all.

I like the chorus and delays on this thing. The cleans are very good, crisp and clear. The distortions are a bit tiny sounding out of the box, but tweaking the EQ and getting less gain fatten things up a bit. On the OD setting, compare to my analog pedals, this does not clean up enough though. But it is reasonably acceptable.

I havent had problems so far with it, but I do always bring at least 1 OD pedal and a delay pedal just in case this conks out.

The softwares provided with the product is quite handy. I have not contacted Digitech support yet, I hope I dont have to.

I am more like a session player, I play most types of music, depending on who wants my service. I can play acoustic, pop, rock, fusion, classic rock and heavy metal. My jazz skills are still a bit spotty to be a session player in this style. Ive been playing for the past 20 years now and I always have an open mind when it comes to gears.
One thing I notice is that if you are a regular gigging musician, you somehow do not care much about the type of gear or how much the gear costs, or how good the reviews are... as long as the tone and sound you get from it sounds good, then it must be good.
I have owned many amps and guitars in my 20 years of music playing, the digital effects, amps or guitars nowadays are surprisingly very good.
The RP350 is a good piece of equipment, for the price and the functionality it has, it is worth it. It does inspire me to play more and experiment, thats very important to me.

The RP350 is easy to use. It has about a week long learning curve for a pretty serious player--figuring out all of the features. You can plug it into your computer with a USB cable and tweak with a little more ease. After you find your sounds, you can store up to 70 presets. You also have the availability of 70 factory presets.

The problem is the tuner. It is activated by pressing both the UP and DOWN pedals for scrolling through your presets. It is almost impossible to hit those pedals at the same time without scrolling off of your current setting. You'll see what I mean.

Other than that one issue, I think it is very easy to use.

The sound quality is very good. You can have multiple combinations of amps and cabinets. They are mostly all really good. I use mostly Vox settings and Marshall.

As far as effects go, the Tube Screamer model is really good. There are several other od/distortions that are pretty good. I use my own overdrive pedal some, which drives the amp models really well, also giving it a little more sensitivity to your guitar volume and playing. The flangers, choruses, echoplex, univibe, wahs, are all really good. The twin reverb setting is really good.

The XLR outs give you a clean plug into your mixer, if you're running direct. It's all clean and noise free. If you have a single coil guitar, of course, you're gonna have some hum. However, the noise gates are really good. You even have some volume swell settings that are cool.

This thing is really tough. I've been playing it live 2 times per week for a year. Not one problem. Not one lost preset. It is really good in the realiability department. I had a Boss multi effects that I was using--not as fool-proof as the Digitech.

Have had no need.

I have been playing for 20 years. I play cover music and blues based originals. This is a cover player's dream. You can set this thing to give you the sounds you need for the song at hand. You can even organize your presets in order of your song list. It even has pickup modeling so that you can play your Strat and get a humbucker sound. It isn't perfect, but it is good enough for an occassional song. You can also play your Les Paul and set it to sound like a single coil.

I do wish it hand another pedal to turn on and off the effects patch without having to set up another preset. Also, as I mentioned before, I wish it had another way to turn on and off the tuner.

The expression pedal is solid, very good. I use mine for a volume pedal when I don't need the wah. I usually run through my Crybaby so that I can free up the expression pedal to do volume. However, the Digitech wahs are a lot cleaner. Along with the Clyde McCoy, it even has a Yah Yah pedal setting for a sort of Frampton effect. It is cool.

I think this is the best pedal for the money out there. You'd be crazy to spend $150 to $400 on a single or boutique pedal. You'd have to spend thousands to get what this Digitech has. This thing has all of that stuff, at a very good quality level for under $200.

Once you have understood how it works editing is a breeze. If you work your way through the possibilities it may be tricky. Start with an amp and a cab. There are a lot of good models. Twin, Bassman and Deluxe Reverb are finde. Some Digitech models too. In general you could say the clean models are really good. Then add distortion box if needed. Then EQ if needed. Then effects and reverb.

One major flaw: With the 350 model you get two (2!) parametric EQs, but you can edit the frequency of the second one (Treble) only via PC. that sxxxs. One point off for that.

I am not going for artis sounds. It is a very versatile Pedal.
Some sounds are really dynamic, the unit is practically noisefree (you would never be with a lot of stomboxess and an amp).

You can get near every sound and record it without problems, but this unit does not compare really to for example a Hiwatt Custom 50 and a 4x12". No way.
I mainly use it with a very good headphone (AKG).

Very good: Lexicon Reverb; Fender Twin model including twin reverb; noisefree
Good: Bassman and Deluxe Reverbmodel, some Marshall models; FX-25 auto-filter; Delay types; Phaser models;
Chorus models are fine, but my old analog Ibanez CS-9 is better.

Problem: The metal sounds are ok, but not very dynamic, more flat and dead.
Some effects are very "special", but perhaps you like them.

It would be an 8 but the Lexicon reverb really is a bonus.

It seems reliable. Never gig without backup.

The website is great. Downloads are there.

It is a great unit to practice and to do homerecording via pc or outputs. If you have a decent Tube preamp like a tubeman even more so. Value for money is fine. and the Clean sounds are really fine.
BUT I am sorely missing:
- Exciter
- Q-tron model
- Gated reverb
- extra knob to use both the paramtric EQs without the X-Edit software.
AND it is impossible to use an auto-wah AND modulation effects. So if you need say Auto-Wah AND Flanger -> forget it.

Yes and No ..... "easy" to dial-in sounds from the stored library. Difficult if you want to make manual edits and need to actually SEE what you're doing, as the front panel type is extremely small.

I'm an "old-schooler" ... ex-clubber from back in the '70's/'80's. I've got a set of GOOD gear .... high-quality tube amp's (Genz-Benz BP-30; Mesa Lonestar; Fender Twin Reverb) and a few guitars that suit me pretty well (G&L 500 Deluxe; LP Custom; Reverend Club King HB). I've REALLY TRIED to like the 'new-generation' processors, and have owned a few - this one being one of them - before laying out "judgment". I accept that a processor is necessarily more complicated than the standard effects-chain set-up; that doesn't bother me .... it's all about the SOUND, ultimately.

My particular needs are centered around quality live play. I've learned two things about digital processors : (1) they're DEFINITELY geared toward direct-out types of applications - i.e., DI recording or lined out to a mixer/FRFR PA. (2) If piped into a guitar amp (esp. a good tube amp), the results are un-predictable, at best, and generally SUCKY, at worst. That's because a processor generates a digital signal that's designed to EMULATE a rig (amp+speakers). Pump that emulated signal into a REAL setup, and you're just pitting two fundamentally different electronic structures against each other. The results can vary quite a bit depending on the amp, speakers, and guitar; for me, the RP350 .... despite all of its digital capabilities .... sounded trashy -- thin, lifeless, 1-dimensional, UN-Dynamic .... fake harmonics .... the whole nine yards. Alot of options, yes .... perhaps okay for digital recording on a budget. But for my needs, I'd NEVER use one of these, or any other, processor. Analog / tube is the ONLY way to go for quality play.

No opinion.

No opinion.

The RP350 is a toy ..... suitable for PC gearheads who like to noodle with tech-stuff. Don't get me wrong .... i feel for those who must adapt their musicial life to apartment living, or who otherwise don't have the physical or financial means to apply quality gear to their music. On the other hand, i'm sure that a talented musician who's tech-inclined could create some nice direct recording material with the RP350. Perhaps that's where the future lies ... ? Well, not for me .... i'm a "plug-n-play" tube guy! " Stomp-n-Gig, Inc. ".

I absolutely could not get a decent tone out of this pedal.

This was the worst pedal I have ever used. It turned my Legacy in to a pile of crap. It took my thick wonderful tone and made it VERY VERY THIN AND METALLIC.......end of story..I have been playing for over 20 years now and I know crap when I hear it. Every 4 or 5 years I try the newest digital offering in hopes of tossing my anolog pedals, and every time I am let down. I guess if you have limited funds and a solid state amp this pedal might be the ticket. The other problem I had was with the wah/ expression pedal- it would cut in and out.

Don't know

Didn;t need any- I took the pedal back to guitar center.

I really wanted to like this pedal, but it made all my guitars sound thin and harsh. I tried this pedal with a shector c1 classic, an Ibanez prestiege, a fener strat and an Ibanez s series. A word to the wise, when reading reviews try to weed out the bedroom players. There is no way in hell this pedal deserves high marks. When returning this pedal even the tool at Guitar Center admitted this pedal was intended for kids and sounded thin and harsh. Ironically this was the same dude that sold me the pedal the day before I returned it. After spending countless hours reading reviews on gear i'm interested in I felt I would put the accuracy of these reviews to the test by reading about a pedal I know is bad, the fact that it got such high marks seems to say it all....Try this test yiurself and then see how you feel about all the time you have probably wasted.

I purchased this originally to run into my computer at home. Something to practice with. Found it to be extremely easy to use with the editing software. I found that it had some really useful patches right out of the box. From there I just started tweaking to my taste.

OK, this like so many other things is very subjective. Is this going to sound like an all tube amp??? NO, not by a long shot. I agree with other reviewers that it is on the thin digital kind of sound. But then I ask what do you want for $200.00??? If you have a couple grand get yourself the all tube boutique amp... But don't crap all over this thing because it doesn't sound like one. What it does provide is what I'll call flavors of different amps. I think it does it pretty well too. The thing that it does even better is the effects. I find them to be very good for the money.

The thing I do notice playing directly into this unit is your picking doesn't really change the tone like on a real amp. When picking softer or harder or using your volume knob. I'm now running a SansAmp in front of the RP350 and getting some really good results.

Over all for $200.00 I still think it's an awesome value.

The only things I wish it had. Is a tap tempo for the delay and an insert like on their rack mount product. That way I could put the distortion pedals before the SansAmp and the reverb, delays, chorus after it. Know what I mean???

Haven't had a problem yet. Owned it for about 6 months now.

I think this is a really nice unit for the price. If I had it all to do over I might have saved up for the next model up. I really like the effects, the amp models are ok but kinda leave you wanting it to be more responsive to your playing. The other thing I wished it had was an on/off switch but hey, for 200.00 I can suffer through...lol I think over all it comes down to personal taste. So people love PODs some Digitech, some boutique amps. If your the latter, this unit isn't for you. Save up all your pennies and get a 2,000 dollar amp. For the rest of us that don't have that kind of expendable income. I think it's worth checking out to see if it fits your taste/needs.