DigiTech RP350

I upgraded the software as soon as I purchased it. I bought it used from a GC a few states away (best way to buy pedals, they are cheap and covered by GC if they don't work) I spent a couple hours going through each presetting. Awesome tones when its run through a cheap solid state amp. Drum machine and tuner are easy to turn on and off as well as the volume/wah pedal. Takes a little time getting used to all the functions, especially when you are trying to *tweak* the tones.

When I had this model, I ran my Epiphone Les Paul Standard (with Gibson BB pro's in neck and bridge) > Digitech RP350 > Fender Frontman 10G. I've since replaced everything with much better stuff, but I miss the RP350 though. Very clean tones as well as rocking effects when engaged. Very nice processor. The only time I ran into issues with the processor was the wah effect. Sometimes is squealed too much, almost a shrill scream. Kind of annoying. Other then that is was great. I used this amp for AC/DC, SRV, BB King, and my own stuff. Great tone.

Seems like a wrecking ball couldn't break it. I would always have a backup plan just in case, but my new amp covers most of what I would need to replace the unit if I broke it.

Never had to deal with the manufacture. Software updates and sound patches were easy to download and update the processor.

I play blues, blues-rock, old school rock, and country. Very verstile pedal. I've been playing for almost 20 years (with a few scatterd years of little playing). Right now my gear is run like this: Fender MIM Lonestar Strat > BOSS TU-15 > BOSS GE-7 > Digitech Bad Monkey > Fender Super Champ XD. But I'm considering getting rid of the pedals for another RP350 (really miss it!). I will get another one as soon as I can, they're getting cheap with the new models out. For recording, drum beats, effect processors; this is a great unit. However, sometimes it can be overwhelming with too many things to *tweak*. I've been using other wah's and tuners, nothing so far compares to RP350. I do wish the model I purchased came with the recording software. This has been a great unit to be creative and record my ideas for later.

Interface is pretty straightforward. However it's also a little inefficient; you can only edit one function at a time, really. You could do worse.

I bought this hoping for some good high gain amps. It goes straight to my Tascam 8-track recorder, maybe with EQ or an enhancer between. I play an ESP guitar. For recording purposes only. So I leave the MIX/AMP switch to MIX.

The first awesome thing about this particular modeler is the distortion pedal models. You get a second "layer" of distortion separate from the actual amp models. I haven't used any other modeler that does this. They're not spot-on but they're in the right ballpark. I like the 808 and RODENT pedal sims, combined with the MARK2C and marshall amp sims. TONS of versatility there, and you can narrow it right down to the pick attack. There are also some powerful "chinky" typical Digitech metal distortions in there too, but they suffer from bad compression in the high end as always. Pretty much all the popular Digitech distortion pedals are in here in some form or another, and they sound like the originals, not surprisingly (Death Metal, Metal Master - I've had them).

Unfortunately, most of the high gain speaker sims sounds very buzzy to me. The frequencies they emphasize are just plain annoying. None of them really sound good. Very fake. I have a Red Box Classic speaker sim box and it sounds a million times more natural. So this makes the high gain amps not all that usable and very digital. I'm just looking a clean speaker sim that can lightly shape signals without distorting them totally out of shape. The speaker sims don't even sound like they were aiming even remotely near that. You can't mix and match different amps and sims all that well either; you get even more buzz. Maybe even worse, the amp sims themselves also lack a bit of presence, so if I turn off the speaker sims (and set the AMP/MIX switch to AMP), they sound too harsh going into any of my dedicated speaker sim units (Red Box, Palmer, Behringer). So the RP350 doesn't work very well as a preamp-only unit.

An odd thing about the speaker sim is that even if you select the "DIRECT" sim, which is supposed to bypass the sim, you still get a pseudo-cab simulation if you leave the AMP/MIX switch engaged (beside the guitar input). So this unit kind of has a direct-to-mixer compensation separate from the artificial speaker sims. I don't get it. If the switch is set to "MIX" and you select the "DIRECT" sim, it still sounds like there's a light speaker sim enabled, just very uncolored. It's actually somewhat usable with the more compressed amp sims like the MARK2C one - more usable that the actual speaker simulations, although a little dirty sounding. That's probably the best high gain sound I've gotten out of this, actually. But still not all that great. Very weird.

The reverb in this unit is decent, but not as good as the Behringer VAMP-2's. I don't care for the other effects much. Doesn't have as many effects as the VAMP-2 or POD2.0. The noise gate is decent, thankfully, as it is needed. The EQ on my unit sounds totally wrong though. The "Presence" control is super harsh, in fact it sounds as if the "Treble" and "Presence" were swapped on my unit. I prefer my external EQ.

The single greatest redeeming factor about this unit is the "AC RED" amp model, which is used by one of the presets. It is, hands down, the single best clean amp simulation I have ever heard from a digital or even analog modeler, or any tube amp mic job, even. I'm totally serious. Even if I wasn't expecting to use clean, I do just for that one. Super crisp. I add a Boss Enhancer and a Presonus EQ3B after it and it sounds pristine. I would put it straight into a recording. Some of the other clean amp models are pretty good too.

Seems a little flimsy. The power adapter is easily dislodged. No real issues as of yet, though.

Don't remember talking to them.

I play metal and hard rock. This thing can do tons of metal, but the speaker sims sound all wrong to me, so I can't put that cool distpedal/amp matching potential to any practical use. The amp sims are a little to harsh or somehow wrongly voiced to make this a usable preamp-only unit. Very disappointing on that front.

But the clean amps are amazing. Absolutely beautiful. I've had various Sansamps (GT-2, Tri-AC, Character British), Behringer VAMP-2, Line6 POD2, and none of them even come close for cleans. The speaker sims definitely don't have the negative impact on the clean amps as they do on the distorted amps. If you want a digital modeler for cleans, buy this now.

The Behringer VAMP-2 is definitely a better value than the RP350 overall. But the VAMP-2's high gain models are more muddy, less diverse, and the speaker sims are about as bad, although in different aspects. The VAMP also doesn't have any distortion pedal sims. Not considering price, I would rather keep the RP350. The RP350 does beat the POD2.0 in any case however, whether considering price or not, although the POD2.0's speaker sims sounded a little better to my ears (but still ****ty).

Overall this is an absolutely awesome clean amp modeler. But that's not what I bought it for, so I'm going to keep looking for good high gain setup for direct recording. I'm heading toward Sansamp or a good guitar preamp into my Red Box Classic at the moment. Already getting a good analog reverb pedal to get rid of these digital units eventually.

The manual's helpful if you want to get up and running fast, but to learn every inch of this thing you should really just sit down and go through all the parameters this thing has and experiment. I updated the firmware when I got it and did a reset to ensure no errors. Using the computer software is somewhat limiting but useful for me as I am visually impaired, but it's simple enough to name and export presets. Didn't use Cubase; I'm a Cool Edit/Adobe Audition guy.

I am fairly impressed with this unit's sound, especially the distortion and amp modeling. Like others have stated, it does everything from blues to metal to country. Me being mostly a metal and rock guy, it's awesome to be able to blend high-gain amp models with a stomp distortion and make a really sludgy heavy tone with no limits. But, there are some drawbacks. Some cabs/amp models sound buzzy or tinny and you have to know how to do pre and post EQ to get rid of that. But for the most part, the tone is awesome, whether it's through headphones or a tube amp. If you need versitility and budget sound, this is good unless you can find a Zoom G71UT or G92TT laying around for cheap.
I've never been a huge effects guy and really only use delay and a gate, ocasional flanger and what-have-you. Flanger's top notch, and you have several parameters to control for most effects which can hellp finetune your sound. The reverbs are good as well but I don't really use them. The drum machine is a metranome and that's it. You can tweak lots of things with the unit but it's not endless.

It's nice and sturdy but I wish the footswitches were metal and firmer for stomping around on, the expression petal is cool because you can adjust the pressure needed to turn on the Wah or whatever Solitly built, but don't gig without a backup!!

nope.

I baught this pedal because I wanted lots of stuff with a minimalist interface. I hate clutter and pointless buttons and useless stuff, the RP350 gives you a list and knobs and you just go with it. I wish the Learn-a-lick thing didn't exist, they should have focused on just pro not learning. But hey it's good stuff still.

this was my first venture into so called modeling processors.. after a tad bit of homework and a price point that was in my range I picked this unit. Honestly I haven't taken the time to learn the controls from the unit. I strickly adjust from a pc.. thats a breeze to do.. Yes I have a manual but its still in the box.. My biggest gripe is the volume levels from all the canned efx are all over the place and sound way over the top for me, but it does have a volume peddle.. Easy to fix/adj on the User settings!!!!!!!!!

I play this through a '83 Ibanez roadstar II and a PRS se24 into a Fender Frontman 212R and a old crate "gawd only knows what model". As far as noisy its very quiet "major plus" I like a clean sound!!
I do get a occasional "tick" sound from the unit.. annyoing! Some sort of digital reclocking! I do use the compressor and eq and delay and noise gate at times... few of the Over drives are tastefull to me. But the eq has a gain and level adjust that gets me close to what I like.. As far as chorus I have a old Arion sch-1 and a sch-z in my books nothing touches the sch-1! I dont use the wah, its alot quieter than my vox "scratchy pot" but dosent have that sound. One of the biggest reasons for the purchase was the xlr outputs and usb output.. I love the way I can run straight into the fender take the pre-amp out into the rp350 and get a usb feed into my computer recorder software.. since I do work with digital video tape machines with sample rates of 48k I wish the unit provided that as a option.

so far so good... knock on wood!.... Seems well built!

Haven't tryied ,, but I am going to try to get a handle on those "tick" sounds ...

bluzz and r&r on and off for 45 years.. Would i get another if lost.. sure! unless something else grabbed my attention. Its a fun toy that has something for everyone. Price is right, construction is solid, loads of features. Purist may disagree but in my mind to each they'r own!

I already had a Rp-200 before. lost it in a divorce. When I decided to re equip myself I decided to get a higher model. This was it. I already knew what to expect and already knew the basic.

NOTE: To all who said that this is not easy to use I have one thing to say: Get a freaking education and learn how to read !!!

It is like anything.... you read the manual.

I installed the driver and connected this thing on my computer and VISTA detected it without a problem. I downloaded the new firmware and ran the update. It went from 1.2 to 1.4. No PROBLEM.

Let me start by saying this..... NOTE: to all the anal retentive who think that a 2000 $ tube amp is the only thing to go I say this:

GET A LIFE or a girlfirend maybe !!!

It's 2009. Digitized sound DOES sound good. We don`t all have 2000 $ to put on a freaking tube amp and we dont all wanna gig.

NOTE - 2: to all who think that the only way to go is a freaking heavy case with every single pedals with a noise gate at the end of the series....Please take a time machine and return to your medieval time. This is 2009 we have computers that do multitasking now....that was a news flash for you.

This RP-350 is the perfect tool for someone on a budget who want's to have versality of sounds. There will be some you dont like and there will be some that you will... It is for you to discover.

The preprogrammed stuff is just there for you to see what is possible to do with it. It wont sound good with every amp because you need to do you own setup. This thing made my old crappy crate gfx 30 sound acceptable. I love cheao guitars that I can mod. Stock pickup are usually crapy. Well this thing will even make them sound less crapy.

Take the time to try everything.

This thing is in metal. The foot switches are in hard plastic.
If you dont plan on make the newest jackass movie with it, it will last.

If I was to gig I would buy 2. Always have back up NO matter what. At the price this thing is you can afford to get 2. On a gig you never know
when a monkey will drop bear on it. Put saranwrap paper on it if you gig with it. That could save it.

The website has everything you need for it.
It download fast. never called them. Never will have to.
I take care of my stuff.

I have been playing for 22 years on and off. I did the college band thing. I did own many cheapo and non cheapo. I am actually angry at gibson fender jackson and all over priced companies that think that their things are the ****nits. I think they are over priced for what they offer. I can get a cheapo to sound almost for the real thing for the fraction of the price and I have fun doing it.

I play classic rock and metal but I am oh so ready to learn new things so now I am expending my horizon and going for blues and jazz. This pedal let me have the option to become a versatile player and learn new style of music. Experimentation s great with it because there is so much you can get out of it.

I did look at other pruduct before. Zoom for example. But decided after reading review and tech spec to go with digitech. It is my second one and I would definatly replace it with the RP-355 if this one was lost or stolen.

Qualifications:

a) I'm an old school old fart, tube amp only. I rarely need a doohickey like this to go direct.

b) The very word "modeling" causes me to growl. Modeling is essentially stupid, unless you are flat broke. Get real stuff that sounds good, or don't. Modeled sounds are cardboard garbage.

c) I'd never rely one any such device for overdrive. Unlike my bros, I do like pedal overdrive, offboard. I've been through a few dozen OD units and settled on, of all things, an inexpensive Digitech Bad Monkey. It sounds 1000% better than any sampled/modeled OD, and I've tried 'em on a few multi-fx boxes.

STEP ONE: TURN CRAP OFF. Pick a patch that is somewhat close to a "normal" sound for you - reasonable delay/verb, no extreme clutter of fx, then start editing things OFF. Stop thinking you're gonna find YOUR sound from someone ELSE'S template. Better yet turn EVERYTHING off. Now balance your VOLUME first, so that your patch sound perfectly matches Bypass. Build from there, and you WILL have success.

Can you program sounds on other MFX units? This will be as easy or easier. Do you refuse to take the time and expect to live on the ridiculously over-effected patches out of the box? Good luck with that.

Gits: Custom Strat-config w/ old EMG's, '61 (not reissue) Strat, '65 Gibby 335 --> Digi Bad Monkey or Boss SD2 --> RP350 --> modded Peavey Classic 30 or Fender Blues Deluxe.

I use this type box instead of my pedal group, sometimes it works better and the volume pedal & EQ are essential for my pedal steel. Why would I care about the quality of each and every effect when I only focus on a few?

I need: Reverb, delay, n-gate, sometimes some chorus...

Built like a tank.

No need.

Blues, New Orleans, jam, reggae, eclectic, jazzy, all over the map. Been playing 40+ years, still going strong.

These reviews blow my mind, from the "best device in the history of the world" to "absolutely awful, useless".... when in fact it's a TOOL. Blame the hammer because your nail went in crooked?

"The amp/cab models sound awful through a tube amp." You are correct, Sherlock. Now explain why you wouldn't TURN THEM OFF grrr.... amazing

Purchased this in August 2007. It uses the same matrix style setup as the past RP processors. I am giving it a 9 instead of a 10 because if you have never used an RP model there is a SMALL learning curve. One of the reasons I picked this unit is I don't want to spend half my time learning and programing a processor. I want to spend that time playing. My only complaint is that it did not come with any drivers or software. I had to download the drivers and supply my own recording software.

It has some good sounds out of the box however you can get great sounds with a little tweaking. It is easy to setup and use. I have played the 350 through the 6 different amps I own both tube and solid state and with over a dozen guitars it sounds REALLY good with all of them. It sounds the best to me with an ESP I put EMGs in through a Blackheart amp. 1 thing I really like is that you can crank your amp turn down the master volume on the 350 and you get a cranked tube amp sound at LOW volume. Great for 3am when everyone else is sleeping.

No problems yet and I use it almost every day for a year and a half. Never gig without backup equipment. Remember Murphy's law!

Great. I have a RP6 I bought new years ago. After several years of use and long after the warranty had expired, 2 of the rubber stoppers under the pedal were cut through from wear. I e-mailed their support to buy 2 replacements and they sent me a dozen new ones free!

I checked out a lot of processors before buying this one. A year and a half later I am still happy with it and would buy the same one again. It came with a gig bag but still would really have liked recording software instead of having to make a seperate purchase.

Small, affordable modeling pedal. Fairly simple to use once you've read manual, which can be a bit confusing--I had to read it over a couple times because it is worded poorly. The single best way to learn how to use this thing is to load the accompanying disc on your laptop. It's all gravy from there. My unit is new.

I'm using a variety of guitars--Dean, Wolfgang, Les Paul, Tele, 335--through a Marshall MG head with my Toshiba laptop connected to the pedal via USB. My iPod is connected to the pedal's aux in input (more on that later). Overall, it is a much simpler, cleaner floor than I am used to, with a zillion cords constantly tripping and wrapping around me. This, I like. On the sound front, I'd say the strongest part of this baby is the echo. It is very diverse and, at times, sounds frighteningly like units costing many times more. It really is amazing. The phaser is also good, given price, and it will get you close to that slow EVH first album sweep if you're into that, though not as well as an old MXR. I am not a fan of the chorus, which sounds totally un-subtle and too damn wobbly to be of any use to me. And I LOVE chorus. The flanger is a bit better, but not much. I really dislike the wah, having been a CryBaby guy forever--it's just no comparison, though it could be fun if you've never had the best. Reverb is pretty decent. Distortion, on the other hand, can be very, very good. Tho I'm using solid state while my Fargen is being built, I am a tube guy at heart. And the patches for Plexi, British, the Fender Tweeds, the HiWatts--all of these are damn good. There are so many amp options that it is dizzying. It's amazing to be playing through solid state gear and hear moments where it really sounds like an old Plexi head. Way cool. That said, the best thing about this device is the myriad ways you can connect up all these different effects, pretty much any way you want, and create custom presets that are there for you when you want them. I cannot emphasize enough the need to do this on your computer rather than trying to use the pedal knobs and controls directly. They are small, difficult to read if you are over forty, and the layout is totally inferior to the layout on your secreen. If you take some time to learn how to do this right, you can get sounds that are a fair bit like your favorite rock God. No idea how it would work for jazz, but effects seem less of an issue for that genre. Given the cost, I'd give it a nine on sound. But that leaves out the single coolest, most awesomely helpful feature of this thing: Learn a Lick. In this mode, with your MP3 player (can also use cd's)connceted to the aux in of the RP, one can record ten-second bits of tunes for repeated playback, so I can figure out how Eddie/Steve Vai/Holdsworth played that last bit. "But I can already do that on my disc player, what's the big deal?" Good question, and this is where the RP350 earns its money. There are controls (the edit buttons) that allow this recorded set of measures to be played back at a series of ever decreasing speeds, all the way down to one-eighth (or close to that), allowing people like me who just cannot decipher the notes when they become so ridiculously fast that I'm just making it up (a situation I believe many others have also found themselves in, if watching YouTube is any indication...). I would have probably paid five hundred dollars for this function alone, because I practice the stuff I can't yet play in order to push myself. Now, you can hear it all. And if you can hear it, and you work hard, you can play it, too. Learn a Lick is the single biggest advance in gear that I have seen in a long time (too bad no one listens to reel to reel anymore...).

I've read that others have had trouble with the RP300. I have not had issues with this one, but I admit, I don't use the pedal controls--I do everything from my laptop. It is not a sturdy design, for sure, and I'd be careful pounding on the little, cheap-looking and -feeling pedals. Again, the way just to avoid all this is to plug in your computer, then it's a non-issue. If properly cared for, I have no issue having it onstage.

I'm a classic rock, bluesy jazz guy, and this machine is great fun, with all the different amp sounds you can get from it. Been playing over thiry years and own a bunch of classic rock and sort of blues to somewhat jazzy instruments, all of which sound a bit different. As I said, I live for single-ended tubes. However, getting a terrific tube amplifier at an affordable price that isn't going to freak your wife out is difficult to do. Space can be an issue, as can volume levels needed to achieve a decently balanced sound. If you are in any of these situations, I recommend this little pedal very highly--it's just a lot of fun for practicing and playing around with, and you don't have to crank it to get good sounds out of it. I've created presets that are fairly close to Angus Young, Eddie, Pat Travers, Larry Carlton, Barry Gudreau/Tom Scholz, early Alex Lifeson, Mathias Jabs, etc. Not a metal person, but there is definitely space on this pedal's chips to do a Metallica/Dimebag thing. If lost, I'd get another the same day, even though I have a killer custom tube amp coming in a few weeks, and that is mostly because it is fun. Plus, I just wouldn't live withut Learn a Lick--I use it every morning. I wish the chorus was better, and there are a few limitations in the way you can combine effects, but what do you expect for three hundred bucks? I have had many pedals over the years, and I do like the small footprint of the RP and its small number of cords. They need to improve the wah. Overall, though, it is just so helpful for practicing that I won't go without it.

I am using it with firmware 1.3 und the new X-Edit (PC). It is great and easy to edit from the PC, not so very great via knobs. Some functions can be accessed from the PC way better. It is still a very accessible unit without the PC. It could be TEN, but I take one point off for some missing knobs on the unit which would make it even better.

Great are the double outputs with independant switching for mixer/amp.

I use an Ibanez SZ with a split modification. It does anything from rockmonster to superfunky strat. The unit is very quiet, even without the gate. The distortion sound needs careful tweaking. The clean sounds are really clean and very good, warm or crisp, just as you like it. Expecially with slight corus and LEXICON Reverb (great, really) you can get great jazz and funk tones. For jazz I miss a gated reverb. The just-about-to-break-up crunch tones are not so good. Metal distortion galore. I like the filter/auto wah very very much (better than the boxes imo), also chorusses and phasers. The Echoplex and the Pingpong Delay is great, especially if you assign delay time to the foot pedal. The effects alone are worth the price. Plus: The reverb quality is truely amazing. I don't care about artist sounds. If you just want to clone XY I pity you.

It never failed yet. I take good care of it. I have some pedals for emergencies.

The web support is fine. Download of firmware etc is easy. I a pissed of, because my unit came without Cubase LE.

I compared it to the Zoom 9.2 (which I did not like). I own different amps. I tried to use ist with the JazzChorus Roland JC-120. I could get fine results but tweaking takes time and adjusting the sounds to each other vene more so. The problem is, that the sound differs if the amp is low volume or high volume, somehow the emphasised frequencies change as the amp gets louder. With the loud amp I prefer to put treble and some high mids down a bit.
I strongly recommend it for home users who want to record (great) and need a fine headphone amp. If you go direct to the mixer (XLR-outputs), for a jazz player who travels light this would be very cool probably, I never tried it solo myself. You can always have a little monitor amp for yourself (two sets of outputs). For rock, well, I think that air must be pushed properly. Recording is fine but for playing personally, I think nothing compares to the old 4X12" Cabinet putting the rock tone out, preferably a Marshall & Celestion unit. I just feel that with that kind of "push" in the air, the guitar strings somehow swing different.

It doesn't take too long to get good sounds out of this, just a little tinkering can create infinite combinations of sounds. There is a bit of a learning curve with this unit, there is just so much it can do, once you've figured out one thing you discover 20 other things it can do.

I play a Fender Cyclone through a generic Peavey 100w head through one 12" Celestion. It sounds good to me, although I would like to hear it side by side with a tube amp and then through a tube amp to hear the difference. I'm sure it would probably keep a little of that "digital" sound, even through a tube amp, but I can say that without a doubt you can find at least one setting that is to your liking. There are just so many combinations of amp and cab models that the possibilities are seemingly endless. One thing I should point out is that when I initially plugged in I went straight through the clean channel but I had all of my EQs set to 5, this caused everything to sound harsh and digitized. Then I read in the manual that you should keep all EQ to 0, which gets rid of any color that the amp might give it so all of the effects sound like they should. I've played this through headphones also and it sounds good through those too. All of the effects sound good to me, and the expression pedal can be set to adjust virtually any parameter, which is one thing that I can spend hours using. Setting it to control delay time and things of that sort yeild really interesting results. As far as overall sound quality, it obviously depends on which setting you're using, but I think it would be hard to not get a good sound out of this with enough tweaking.

I haven't gigged with it, but I don't see where there could be many problems with it.

I was in a band for the last 7 or so years but quit a few months ago. This unit has filled a bit of the void left from not playing out and with other people. The drum machine is great for jamming along with, next best thing to a real drummer I suppose. I play in a cover band every now and then, and I plan on incorporating this into my setup in the near future. If there is one thing that it seems like this unit is built for, it is cover/variety bands. Having so many different sounds and effects at your feet at all times is priceless, as long as you take the time to find the right sound for each song. If it were stolen, I would definitely buy another one, it is just a great tool, especially for those who play alone a lot. And for the price, you can't go wrong, I got my refurbished off Zzounds for $150, which is how much the RP250 is normally.

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.

it's very easy to learn how to use this device. manual will help alot. It's not easy or hard to get a good sound out of it. You really have to sit down with it for a while...and if you're fickle, you can spend hours just trying to get a sound you like. Editing with the software on the computer is cheesecake. I reccomend having ur amp hooked up while doing this instead of using headphones. Even with the Mixer/Amp switch, i think it makes a pretty significant difference.

You can literally get any sound from this beast. The rectifier only sounds good with the treble on the eq turned down quite a bit. I have had experience with tube amps, and even though people say you can tell the difference.....I literally can't. If you try out an amp model and say it sux right off the back...then you have a problem. With proper EQ tweaking, I guarantee you will get a good sound. I will say something that might be a bummer to some of you...it does not sound that good with small practice amps. I play through a peavey bandit 100w combo and you have to turn it up a bit to have it sound at its prime. Sounds great loud!!! and i hardly get any feedback. The noise gate is good sometimes but if i'm playing stuff that needs sustain, or i use the volume knob on my guitar, i don't like it. Every effect sounds 100% authentic and reverbs are better than any amp reverb. If you dig the fender twin reverb, this get's it down solid. I prefer the lexicon reverbs though. Again, this thing is not noisy at all especially at moderately loud practice levels. The wah is very beliveable but that's the only thing i think doens't sound like the real thing. I do have a Vox Clyde Mccoy for my wah needs.

Well the thing froze up on me one time and i had to send it in for repair. I do not neglect this or anything. And one time, the up footswitch did not work for a few days. But that was a while ago and it's held up perfectly for a few months now. But i would have some sort of backup just incase for gigging.

Customer service is excellent. I got a knob from them and had the thing repaired. All fast service.

Well i play a variety of styles from some of the heaviest death metal to the mellowest of jazz. This thing can do it all. I've been playing for about 3 years now and i play with a Fender Standard (MEX) Strat and also a Ibanez RG1527 7 string. I play with a peavey bandit 100W combo and a vox clyde mccoy wah. I pretty much have the ultimate setup. (my dream gear)

I do wish it had a few more synths and such and the abilty to use more than one Effect in the FX catergory at a time. My favorite feature is the ability to record at very high quality with it. This compares very highly to the elite Boss GT-Pro 8. I have tried it myself and it has a few more effects but that's about it. It has a lot of pointless effects which i don't think anybody would ever use.
So i think this is the most bang for your buck.

It's easy to use if you use XEDIT2.0. Therefore you need Firmware 1.3 or higher. Installation of Driver, Firmware and Xedit was no Problem. However they requires Win XP the Software works also under Win 2000!

Sound Quality? I hear to the sound of Lukather, Schon, Huff and so on. I could find one good sound after tweaking this gear one weekend! In a curious manner the univibe makes the Sound punchier and fat but only if its set to the "post (amp)" position.
All effects sound good if you play clean, but..... if you use them on a distortion sound they seem to be "put on" the sound. I don't know how I can explain this! All distorted sound were some harsh in higher frequencies!
Something that really annoys is the low Headphone Output. I had to increase the Master, Preset and Amp volume to their max. But it wasn't loud enough and the Headphone Amps started clipping!
Return to sender!

The RP350 is very easy to use. There are a wide range of presets and many of them are actually usable. Editing of presets is easy on the unit and Jessica Simpson-simple with the X-Edit software. (must be downloaded from the website) On the RP350, there are 70 Factory and User presets and with the Amp A/B button, that's effectively doubled. It is VERY EASY to get a good sound out of this unit.

The sound is very good. I have a Vetta II amplifier and many of the sounds on the RP are as 3-dimensional as the Vetta....the added advantage is that it is easier to get a great tone with minimum fuss with the RP. (Especially if you don't dime-out the gain on the amp models) the models are very responsive. Play softly and the notes are clean and fat (generally)...and as you lay into the strings, you get added grit all the way up to full on distortion. Digitech has always been known for great sounding effects and that is the case here...the real breakthrough is that they have believable amps now. It's really a TON of great sounds.

Haven't had it long enough to be authoritative, but will say that it is metal instead of hard plastic. The thing FEELS solid.

Haven't dealt with customer service for this product, but have only had positive experiences with Digitech in the past.

I play mostly hard rock, metal, blues...this thing delivers in spades in those categories. When playing rich, chordal, and melodic things, the RP really shines. Some of the clean sounds are just inspingly beautiful. The RP really fills an important niche for me. For recording and for practicing and working on ideas, I think this thing is probably unbeatable. For having a full guitar arsenal AND the ability to jam along with other music sources AND having the awesome (60) drum sequences to play over...this thing is just too perfect not to have.

IMHO, it's pretty damn easy to get good sounds out of this thing. Once I figured out how to tweak the sounds to my liking, it was very easy. The Amp Channel button took me a while to figure out how to set things up, but for the most part, I just switch between patches. I had to do this because the effects don't turn on or off when you switch amp channels (gee, it's just like real amps!) The manual is a breeze to go thru, and I know that the software is version 1.3. So, it's kinda like figuring out a new video game controller (i.e. the Wii). Once you figure it out, it's seemless in its application.

Sound quality rocks on this thing. All the effects sound great, and the amp models are pretty good. My only complaint would be with the cabinet models, but since I play thru a combo amp, I don't really use those. They sound okay, not great. I mainly use guitars with humbuckers in them, and this really brings out the dynamics of them. The noise is manageable, but there's a lovely invention called a noise gate on this thing if it gets too outta control. I'll give this one a 10. Gotta give props to DigiTech for their AudioDNA chip. I think it really makes a difference in sound.

It's made outta metal, and it feels pretty solid, so I think I'm gonna depend on this a whole lot. I don't think I'd need a back up at a gig at all. I've already practiced with it, and I go all out in practice like I do when I play a show, so I'm not worried.

My only complaint in this area is that the computer program isn't upgraded to Vista. But, I visited their website and I found that they're in the process of upgrading. With Vista being so new, I wasn't all that surprised. I'm sure it'll be alright once they figure it out.

Overall, I'd say this is a great processor to go with in all regards of playing whether it be at home, practice or live. I've been playing for 23 years now so I know when someting works. At practice, the guys in my band said that they felt like they could actually hear what I was playing instead of my guitar getting lost in the mush of everyting. I had a crappy ZOOM processor and I can already tell this is a MAJOR upgrade thus far. I love that it sounds great no matter what; thru headphones, amp, or P.A. You can't go wrong. It is a huge help to my creativity, and it's nice you can throw on some headphones and have it sound good without driving the wifey nuts. 9 here.

I think it is has a very intuitive interface. The manual is not the
best or worst. I belive the firmware is 1.7 - it is the latest and greatest as of this review.

I can't believe I am reviewing on of these funny little digital multi-effect stomp boxes - or that I'm trying one at all. I had an all tube and analog rig up until this point (except for my DL4).

NOTE:
This review is for the effects section only. The preamp, distortions,
amps and cabs are of no interest to me. But if they sound good, it's an added bonus.

Guitar -> 535Q -> Korg DT-10 Tuner -> BOSS CS-3 -> Fulltone FD2 Mosfet -> Fender Super-Sonic Preamp -> **RP350(stereo split)** -> Rotosphere MK2(stereo) -> DL4(stereo) -> Super-Sonic and HR DeVille Power Amps.

My goal in purchasing this was to add some missing and sometimes rarely used sounds my board needed. I wanted a Tremolo, some EQ and
a Reverb pedal. All individual stomp pedals are limited in their controllability such as tap/expression for speed and depth.

First I A/B'd this unit twice as follows:

First A/B Test:
The A/B was the RP350(bypassmode) physically in and out of the circuit. Excellent! My sweet analog tone was retained.

BTW, the RP350 has an Analog Bypass.

Second A/B Test:
The A/B was between the RP350(bypassmode) and RP350(patch active with NO modules turned on). Again excellent! My sweet analog tone was retained.

Now that the "tone loss" test passed I turned on the Gate. Perfect.

Next, the EQ section. BASS, MID, TREB, PRSNC (MID, TREB Frequencies are adjustable). Works great! Only the 350 has Presence in the EQ.

Everything is sounding excellent at this point - so I saved my base patch.

This is getting long winded, so I will just briefly rate the effects I tried. The ones I haven't tried are an added bonus if they sound good.

You can assign just about any parameter to the expression pedal.

*Gate - Excellent!

*EQ - Excellent!

*Tremolo - Excellent! Can't imaging anything deeper of more throbbing. Assigned depth to the Exp Pedal.

*Panner - Excellent! I love the stereo tremolo panning effect.

*TC Chorus - Nice, rich and lush. The cool thing for me is having the ability to tweek EQ, Reverb and save them in this specific patch.

*Mod Delay - I am a big DMM fan and I love modulated delay. While this is not as Tweak/Tweezable as my DL4, it sounds very, very good!

*Rotary - Not bad, but then thats why I have my Rotosphere.

*Reverb - Lexicon reverbs sound excellent! Lots of choices and very tweakable.

*Volume Pedal - I needed one those too!

The above effects were my primary goal for rounding out my pedalboard. Regardless of cost, the expression capabilities and patch saving abilities make this a great choice for effects.

Other goodies: USB 2in/2out 24bit/44khz, tuner, XLR Out
The XLR will be great for acoustic only giggs.

BOTTOM LINE
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It's got to sound good. All of the conveniences in the world won't make up for compromised sound. And for me this delivers both in sound and convenience as an effects unit.

I'm sure there are more expensive units that sound better. But, this is within the threshold of excellent sound!

I have no history with Digitech products so I will withhold my opion on this unit.

I did email Digitech with a question and received an informative and helpful reply within 24 hours.

I've been playing Blues/Rock/Classical/Folk Rock(yes Folk Rock, I hate labels!)for over 35 years.

I was getting ready to buy a $200 Tremolo pedal when I tried this unit. I'm really glad I did. Plus the effects I don't use are there for the trying.

I love this little unit. Twist three knobs, press the save button twice, and you pretty much have a usable tone. The manual is VERY LIMITED in how the effects parameters work, so a little trial and errror is needed. I hate tubes in all their forms (preamp, power)and I like non-gritty clarity for a shredding metal rhythm and lead tone. All you wine and cheese tube fags can spend more and get a whole lot less.

I want a somewhat original tone, and the clean, rhythm, lead all kick ass. This pedal is the first Digitech processor since the RP2000 to have a preamp level of output to my knowledge. The way I run it is Guitar, RP350, BBE, QSC power amp, 4-12" cab: nice and simple. This is the best thing Digitech has EVER MADE. Not ever noisy. Another amazing feature are the XLR outs which kick ass because you can use the pedal as a direct box for a PA or recording or feed a pro power amp. Turn the tone library Knob to metal 2, turn the fx to spring reverb, set the fx level, adjust the eq to taste, and there you have it, Kickass tone!

I have used this baby at 50+ gigs with no back up! Hell yeah you can depend on it! I went to a thrift store and bought a small laptop bag for $2 and the RP350 fit perfectly. I would also recommend electrical taping the adaptor to a surge protector with a decent lenth cord to it, Protecting the power supply is just good common sense.

I haven't upgraded to 1.3 yet, but it is easy I'm sure. America makes the best processor for the best price. Everything I've ever owned from Digitech or DOD works perfectly so I've never had to contact them. I would imagine they are great though.

For metal, this thing is perfect. If you want to pretend it is 1968 and be Eric Clapton it would be a joke. The same is true of all mfx units. I hate vintage/retro bullshit and want something savage and American made. This thing kills the Zoom G7(switching time between presets is faster but the sound sucks), and destroyed all Line6, Maybe the Boss is better in some ways but not in ease of use, clean tones, and switching time.

It is very tweakable. And if you have a little patience with the manual, you can customize your tones easliy. On the fly, this is very easy to use.

The stock sounds are horible, overdone, and not anything to judge this by. I, however, spent several hours with my ears tweaking tones out of this unit. All of the clean to low gain tones were passable and okay sounding. But the distortions were ratty, thin, and brittle sounding, no matter what I did to tweak the unit. I found it to be just another digital-sounding unit. This is an improvement over the old RP50 and RP80 Audio DNA tones, but the same digital tone is still there; it is just more subtle. This is not the answer to better tone.

Pretty solid, but made of plastic.

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I play rock, metal and blues and have been playing for over 20 years. I bought an RP350 because of all the hype and positive ratings. The sounds online even sounded promising. However, after getting it home and experimenting, I found it to be just another digital-sounding unit. This is an improvement over the old RP50 and RP80 Audio DNA tones, but the same digital tone is still there; it is just more subtle. I found the options and tweakability to be above and beyond and the only real perk of owning the unit. The construction, although plastic, is decent and sturdy. But the distortion tones are thin and brittle sounding and as much a let down as most of the digital units out there. Get individual stomp boxes for truly organic tones. This is not the answer for the serious player.

Can be simple or complex, depending on choice the complexity is a product of the range of options on offer which include utterly stunning Whammy/Pitchsifting and two LFO's that let you create sonic mayhem in real time. To download patches from the friendly Digitech users site you will need to update firmware and install X-editor; not entirely straightforward, especially not if you only have a Mac - it won't work.

But creating and storing your own sounds is a breeze, and you can come up with sounds that you'll never hear out of any other stand-alone box, certainly not at this price. The Dealays are particluarly suberb.... and allow looping! You can hook it up via Line outs, XLR and using the Headphone- out to connect to two amps, powered monitors or mixing desk. There's also a modest Drum Machine. Storing patches is quick and easy. No hassles at all, really.

How authentic are the amp sounds? Well, if you expect any digital box to sound like a 65 Deluxe Reverb you will be disappointed. On the other hand, for all-round guitar tones the 350 beats out Boss and Line 6, and in terms of effects has no rivals. I have gone through GT 8 and POD XT and sold both; neither can compete with the 350's sonic palette and controlability. i will keep my Vox Tonelab desktop box, for old school sounds, but then feed it through the 350 to apply 21st century signal processing because the real payoff is in the effects, which are out-of-this-world;Intelligent Pitch Shifter, Harmoizer, Whammy, rich,rich Chorus (including a scintillating TC model) Deiays( up to 5 seconds and you can Loop), Gate (which includes a Swell setting)......throw in a convincing TS 9 and ProCo Rat etc etc and you will never look back. Half-way decent faux-bass guitar sounds are also possible/

Mac users are not well served, we're still waiting, waiting and waiting for Patch Editor to work with OSX. The Digitech RP 350 users site is helpful and friendly and most questions will find an answer. Never contacted D'Tech.

Being playing for over thirty years. Play everything from Neil Young to HyperJazz, ie Frisell-meets-Derek Bailey-meets-David Torn soundscapes. I have a vintage 65 Deluxe Reverb, vintage Vox wah, and a bunch of expensive pedals, but I do love my RP 350.

For the modest price this is one immodest pedal. I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending it.

You really need to use the USB connection and the software to quickly set up this unit. It makes it quite easy and I like the fact that you can store both individual settings and complete configuration for backup. One of the features I like is the ability to assign the expression pedal to just about any parameter. Using the Librarian software requires an upgrade to 1.1 ver. This was easily accomplished by the instructions on Digitech's website. Programming from the units controls is straight forward but time consuming.

I have been interested in amp modeling since it's beginnings, but having grown up with all the real McCoys I have been less than satisfied with the results until I got my hands on this unit. For starters this is the first unit that really nails the Vox Wah sound. I tried Digitech's Hendrix pedal when it came out and was disappointed. This is for real! The amp sounds are good. I am not too concerned about replicating a particular amp as much as getting a good sound for recording and performing. The only drawback is the Spring Reverb is poor. It has a lot of spring "boing". The other reverb models are quite good. The other thing to note is that I have owned a DigiWhammy for a couple of years and the RP350 will do all the same functions as well as intelligent pitch. This is great because my big issue with the DigiWhammy was that you could not foot control the different functions without a midi controller. I do not understand why anyone would purchase a DigiWhammy at this point.(same price)

I have been gigging with this for about three months now and have had no problems.

Digitech support through the website seems quite good. I cannot comment on their repair process.

I've been playing guitar for 40 years. I am a big tube enthusiast/purist but I think that modeling technology will advance enough over the next 5 years to change how much heavy iron gets lugged around in the future. I would absolutely replace this unit if it was lost or stolen.

No product is perfect but the RP350 is very easy to use.

Presets are a little off but after a little tweeking they are only bested by the Rocktron Utopia. All other units tested or owned pale in compairson.

Built like a tank. Metal case and foot pedel.

Haven't needed.

It's the best currently available along with the DigiTech RP 250. The Rocktron has better effect sounds only but is much limited as it has no amp/speaker modeling, (I think/but could be wrong though) guitar tuner, drum machine, ect. After minor preset tweeking the DigiTech RP350/250 does much too well to ignore and your not giving up much ground at all to the Utopia. The Utopia is not as smooth an operation as the Digitech's Rp 350/250's. All three units are far and away better than Vox, Boss, Roland, Korg, Zoom, Dod, and a host of others I have owned, test played, ect., ect. Been playing Blues, Rock, and Country for 35 years.

The easiest pedal on planet earth! Except for a stomp box. With Xedit it's fun, and really easy. Manual seems to good, to tell you the truth I have owned several Digitech boxes and this fits right in. Looked breifly thru the manual, off I went to making patches. Had to upgrade to 1.1 version. simple, and no problems, and I'm NOT a computer geek, trust me.

The new DNA2 chip is for real. This pedal has as good as wah as I have ever used. The Lexicon reverbs are well, Lexicon! Chorus, reverbs, etc. all seem top notch. I must say I'm not crazy about the spring reverb or the rotary effect, the reverb is a little to "pingy" for me. The Lexicon reverbs make up for it in my opinion. I have ownwd the following (all good in there own way) Boss GT-6 and Gt-8. Digitech RP21D, RP100A, RP200A, RP300A, KORG AX1000G, AX1500G, AX3000G, ROCKTRON UTOPIA, Several ART tube processors, Line 6, and to many to name. This one ranks in my top 5 favorites. I give it a 9 because I have yet to hear a 10.

Seems sturdy, but damn, I wish they would make the foot pedals metal! The expession pedal is, and it's nice. NEVER gig without a backup! Even the most expensive gear breaks. -2 points for the plastic foot pedals.

upgraded to 1.1, a breeze. Never had Digitech to repair anything, so no comment there. I have emailed a couple of times, answers were very short and straight to the point. Some parts of my questions were totally ignored, oh well.

I'm 48 years old but still play hard rock "Godsmack, Metallica, blah, blah, you get the picture. BUT, i also love players like Steve Vai, Satrina, Frank Marino. Good rock has to have good tone. HATE fizzy sounds. If a lot of guitar players would turn the gain down on these Digital pedals, they would have a different opinion about them.

easy to use x edit is great

but could with some external pedal port for live work

stunning sounds the bypass works great i have used it on bypass

the used to it wih jut the tube screamer sounds amazing

though and old sound city 50 plus head

i can also get that real dave gilmore sound

i can't wait to see what it can do live

had no need for them yet touch wood

if you play music for pink floyd to bb king to metallica to the police jazz
to funk

or just about any guitar music

this does the job

Very Simple

Let me qualify this Rating....I own a Boss GT8 & a PodXT Live with all the expansions....I didn't expect this pedal to sound as good as it does but I was floored by rhe quality of the sound on my recordings by this unit . I use a Roland Strat thru a Roland midi box into a Triton Extreme / ( DigiTech RP350 ) a Presonus Firebox into Cakewalk Sonar 5 recording software...It sounds significately better than my GT8 & It even beats my Pod XT Live with my Variax plugged into it...I would never have thought a pedal cost much less could sound this good, the only reason I even got the thing was I had to get rid of my electonic drums to make more room in my studio and it was just a side item I grabbed to equal my trade in value...

Havent had it very long ...dos'nt look as durable as my other units though...

For the sound quality this unit soars considering the price...

Very easy to use, the easiest pedal ever.
X-edit 2 is awesome for PC.

But do not have on -off swich , its a shame! :)
Don't need to turn off...

This is THE BEST sounding guitar multieffect today.
I compared everything from Behringer V-Amp to POD XT...

Better than any Digitech unit, any RP, any GNX, any Genesis, any POD product inlcuding POD XT too.
Better than any VOX, any BOSS unit... GT8 is a joke compared to this.

The only close multieffext is the valve based G7, and G9,
but RP-350 is better.

Build like a tank. full IRON!!!!

Every preset is on the site, good support, etc...
You can hear all effets on www... very nice!

You CAN'T go wrong.

STUDIO quality effect.

I'a a professional recording producer since 15 years.
I try near all multieffect (95% of all)

ANY Line 6 and Boss product is a Joke compared th this animal.
Because RP-350 has a brutal new generation processor on it.

its stupidly easy to get a good sound because all of the amps and effects sound good straight away - its still possible to dial in something horrible but with a little thought you can get some really sweet tones. ex-edit is a great application but using the pedal on its own is quite straightforward aswell.

im not going to give it a 10 because it would have to be stupendously amazing for that but it is really really good. at first i was taken with all the stompboxes and effects (theres so many!) but lately ive been just playing with the amps models and reverb - it has a really nice warm tube like feel - on the bigger amps like the plexis you can get that natural sort of compression and feel - if you turn the gain up on the vox ac30tb you get that great tube shimmer - a strat and the twin reverb is unbeleivable - it sounds so real. I really like the reverbs because as a line 6 user i was worried about mic placements and things that id miss but you can get the same sort of effect with the onboard reverbs - the lexicon room reverb is really good at mimicing mic distance if you keep the predelay low for close micing or high for distance micing - experiment with the liveliness and level to change the feel of the 'room'.
There are a lot of compressors and stomboxes and effects and they are really great (especially the fuzz pedals) but im really impressed with the amps and reverbs wich are the most important part as without them there wouldnt be any point - the cabinets are good aswell, even the digitech cabinets sound good. its so easy to get the sound of an artist if you know what equipment they used just put the combination in and you are there right away just levels and eq to tweak to get it neailed but the actual nuts and bolts of the tone are there immediately because the models are so accurate. i use XLR outputs with the speaker compensation switched to "mixer" and they go into my soundcard wich my powered nearfield monitors are plugged into. Im really happy with the sound and im finding it really easy to work with.

the metal casing and pedal looks very durable but the buttons/knobs and matrix are made of plastic and not the toughest ive seen

if you have the right sound system (ie studio monitors) you are going to be happy with this pedal if you give it a chance (im talking a week or two to get to know it dont just give it one night) i never liked these multi effects pedals in amps it just doesnt work - use the amp sound and some stompboxes = modelling pedals are best for DI stuff.

its a really clear modern sound to it - it has retro amps but it sounds as if they are recorded in a modern studio (although things like the em plate reverb and tape delay can make the sound more vintage - works great with the plexi 100 and bassman for voodoo chile etc..)

its kind of marketed as a toy or begineer pedal but i also agree that there is some serious tone to be found in here and its really not that hard to find

As mentioned below, manual is so, so. Unit is pretty intuative, however the manual needs to be read to fully understand all functionality. Never had a crash using X-Edit.

I rated this as a 10 to offset the previous 2 reviews which I feel are off base. I would rate it an 8 otherwise. Let me begin by saying I do not work for Digitech or any music retailer. The effects are on par with Digitech's overall quality and sound.

If you've ever used a Digitech before, you can expect the same sort of flavor out of this unit. Some effects are stronger than others and you may prefer the overall sound of a competing companies effects, but they are good none the less, and if you ever wanted a Whammy pedal, you have one here from the company which invented them.

Modulations sound very organic and the stompbox emulation is very good. I compared the TS9 model (with everything else bypassed) to my actual TS9 into a Tech 21 Trademark 60 and it is very, very close. Same experience with the Rat. Compared to my old RP2000, the whammy doesn't have the latency that the RP2000 had, patch switching is way, way faster with just a very slight break between patches (I talking like 10ms or less) and the bypass is much better (the manual claims true analog bypass).

To the previous poster claiming the unit could not get clean sounds, this is not my experience. I believe either that unit was defective, the active preamp of the acoustic/electric was set to boost a frequecy to the point of distorting the input of the unit, or the output of the unit was distorting the input of the mixer (perhaps the mixer input was set to mic level instead of line level?). The clean sounds are clean, you can dime the gain on a couple of them and they stay clean. Bypassed the unit is as clean as any stomp I've heard.

The modeling on this unit is on par with pretty much all of the current generation, some companies do certain things better than others. Versus Line 6 stuff I feel Line 6 does high gain better, however this unit does low gain better, extremely good in my opinion.

Also to consider, there is very little direct competition at this price point with this type of quality.

Again to offset a previous post which claimed the unit is plastic. That is absolutely incorrect. The unit is built of metal. The up, down, and a/b switches are some type of hard plastic consistent with any other competing product in this price range as well as the RP2000 which I used to own. The rocker pedal is metal with rubber stripes to increase traction. The knobs are made of plastic though, Digitech opted to follow the current trend and try to place knobs for each parameters.

The unit as a whole feels very, very solid.

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I will be posting a in depth review including sound samples and side-by-side comparisons of some of the stomp emulations versus the real thing in about a month. I'll post an update to announce when the site goes live.

It sounds okay for the price. Presets and models are like the GNX3000. Some are good, some are thin like PODS. Manual is gobble and teeny print. Editing with USB is good. I did get a crash or two but then it just started working for some reason. V1.1 Yes.

Sounds good. Artists have better gear so I don't try as much. Comparing to the GNX4 effects NO. GNX units have better effects. I like some of the models but some are just there to add a few more. I used both cheap amps and good amps. A VHT rackmount and D Avatar cab w modeling speakers. A Powerblock (recommened by many). And a Fender Blues Jr.
Compressor is bad. This one, like the GNX3000 fails on the gates. Overall the sound is good for just jamming at home but I'll take my stomps over this RP anyday.

Plastic. What a disappointment. The RP2000 was a tank! I'd have a backup or just not use it live. The footpedal is okay but like a cheaper Zoom. I think another 40 bucks for it to have a steel chassis and top would be better.

upgraded versions and it worked

Metal, Bubble Gum 80's, and my own stuff. Playin for 15yrs. I have a HK Switchblade, Crate BV, and Fender Blues JR, VHT power amp, D.A cab.
Stolen, I'd be upset about the $199 but not go buy another. For the same price I just bought a Rocktron Utopia and it kills the RP. It's heavy duty and has GLOBAL features! Finally!
The 350's effects are bad. That's what I don't like. When I A/B the Utopia's effects it's a no brainer. Plus, with the Utopia I can change efx panning, and amp levels in my STEREO mix! Utopia WINS!

Editing patches with the hardware is easy with a quick read of the manual. I did not get into using the computer interface editing.

I used this pedal with a Tom Anderson Crowdster Acoustic guitar. I bought it because of the XLR out feature that would allow me to plug directly in to a sound system without lugging around a direct box as well. I planned to use it at church with mostly an acoustic sound, but also mixing in some effects and some tube-like overdrive from time to time. I know that this unit is not necessarily meant to be used with an acoutic guitar, however, I have used this guitar this way in the past with a Boss GT-6 and had decent results.

I first tested the unit using only headphones and was a little skeptical. Most of the amp models had a very raspy sound, almost as if you ran a distortion stompbox directly into a sound system with no preamp. When I plugged the unit into our sound system at church I was pleasantly surprised... at least at first. The amp models did not have the nasty sound they had in the headphones--they actually sounded very warm and full (not to deter any metalheads out there... you could get nasty if you wanted). I will say that there were only one or two amp models that I liked, but I really liked them. And all this with spending very little time with the unit. I suspect that if I'd had time to really work with this thing, I could have gotten some fantastic overdrive and tube distortion tones.

Here's where my disappointment came, however. We were ready to start practicing and I soon discovered that I could not get any really clean tones. Even with the distortion and amp effects turned off... AND EVEN WITH THE UNIT IN BYPASS MODE... I was still getting some kind of mid-range distortion. The Crowdster has a really great acoustic tone on it's own, but there was no way to get that tone through the unit to the sound system without it getting muddied and distorted.

I emailed DigiTech to see if the unit I had was defective, or if a firmware upgrade would fix the problem, but they only suggested that maybe the accentuated highs of the acoustic guitar were causing the problem. I find this hard to believe.

In defense of the RP350, it is true that I did not spend much time with this unit. It's possible that the distortion I was getting might not occur when using the quarter inch outputs (I used only the XLR outs). It may be that I could get the unit to work somehow, however, I bought it specifically for the XLR outs, otherwise I could have bought any other guitar processor on the market. Also, Though I don't believe that my guitar was causing the distortion, I do think that the distortion might not be as noticable with a regular electric guitar.

Anyway, I ended up returning the RP350 to Musician's Friend. I wanted to write this review to aid anyone who may want to buy one of these... just check it out before you buy, especially if you need to be able to get nice clean guitar tones.

I didn't use it long, but it seemed very sturdy. It is heavier than it looks!

Digitech emailed me back the same day I contacted them. However, they either knew about the problem (and didn't admit it), or just weren't all that interested in helping me solve it. The email I got back from them was about 2 sentences long and offered the lame excuse already mentioned above.

I have been playing some kind of music since I was 3 years old and enjoy many different types. Recently I have developed an interest in technology as it relates to music and have done some recording. I have also used a fair amount of different gear over the years. I'm not a gear guru, but I'm not a newbie either. Anyway, I'm pretty sure that there is a problem with the design of this unit. At the very least, in bypass mode you should get out of it exactly what you put in, which is NOT what was happening with me. Anyway, depending on the manner in which you use this, you might not have a problem.

I'm a bedroom music hobbyist computer recording type of person. I got my RP350 yesterday and was pleasantly suprised! I had that straight out of the box feeling when you can't stop playing and you seem to sound better than you actually are! I would love to play this thing through quality powered PA speakers! I have used the x-edit once, it seems okay however on one occasion it crashed windows xp, a system hang me thinks!!! I sincerely hope this is a one off. I upgraded the firmware easily to 1.1, no problems there! The manual is good although not great. The writing is awfully small - you need a magnifying glass to look at the list of asignable presets.

The thing that sticks out for me is the signal seems purer and fatter than other mfx units I've owned. When I played a preset I thought the compressor and gates were on but they weren't, wow! This is the first time that an MFX units presets sound useable and tight that I've ever owned. The sound is overall better than GT-8 and the Pod, I'm convinced of this. Sounds workable thru my studio monitors, however am dissapointed with the sound through headphones, fizzy and lightweight, any tips on how to improve this would be most grateful. The first thing I noticed was how much less hum there was from my pickups than the other units, I hate hum! Now I don't have to turn off my computer monitor when i'm recording, yipee! The effects are definately of a decent quality, although the modulated delay sounds a bit strange to me! Your probably not gonna get ear rippin genuine metal tones to your satisfaction out of this thing, however if your looking for quality distorted tone there is a definate jump in quality compared to other units.

The build is okay, although I would be a bit worried about the plastic front fascia being scratched and worn if you gigged a lot. The design is a bit tacky as well.

Not dealt with them yet!

Yep it still sounds digital but hey thats cos it is folks! (I find the vox tonelab has the closest tube tone cos of the saturation when the note breaks up, it's slightly earthier). I still much prefer this unit overall though. I wonder what the new zoom unit is like, I hear good things! Lets face it guys and gals you will never beat playin thru a quality tube amp with a strat or les but that's not what this is about is it? It's about a myriad of effects and tones at your dispersal in a compact unit at a bargain price. So much more convenient than lugging and miking a marshall stack into your little bedroom studio whilst annoying your neighbours with 100watts of tube distortion ha ha ha!

There is no doubt that this unit should get great reviews simply cos of its pricepoint. If there is anyone reading this unsure of what mfx unit to buy, you must try this one, it's definately up there.

this unit was obviously designed to get a good sound easily. there are two levels: there is deep editing from the hardware side (and deeper editing using the ex-edit software) but there is also a surface level where you can just turn a knob for a sound (eg blues/metal etc..) and turn another knob for a pre programmed effects chain (eg chorus + reverb or distortion + pitch shifter) there are a few more knobs for amp level, amp gain and effects level = so you can get a good sounding patch in 2 seconds flat - or do it the old fashioned way and spend hours tweaking your patches to perfection.

For the beginner its a god send because you can easily dial in a sound you like and then study how it was made for making your own patches in the future.

Its worth noting that the 75 Factory presets (there are another bank of 75 duplicate presets that can be overwritten with user patches) are all very good and very useable = in fact the preset demos on the digitech website are what made me buy this unit - and ive never said that of a Digitech unit before!

New software for the USB drivers and Ex-Edit editing/librarian software was posted at Digitech yesterday - your unit needs to be firmware v1.1 to use it but they include a firmware updater in the downloadable software bundle - the firmware upgrade was very easy and you just need to perform a factory reset to complete the task = wich again was very easy.

The manual is excellent and detailed (but has less background and explanation of effects and amps than the Line 6 Manuals) and Digitech have made it very small and compact this time instead of the A4 tome they usually put out.

well to be honest it does feel a little weak - the plastic knobs and pedals feel pretty breakable i dont think it would put up with someone stomping on it at a gig - the casing is rock solid though and the expression pedal is pretty tough and made out of metal - but i do worry about those plastic componenets. But its early days so i cant really give a rating on this yet and it probably helps to keep the cost of the unit down wich makes it more accessable.

Well theyve been cool so far - i feel they want to get everything just right with the release of these new units - i like what theyve done so far with the support on their sound community pages and the softweare downloads and clear instructions. we'll see i guess.

If you are a beginner guitarist who wants to try recording aswell as jamming, or if you are a 14 year old shredder with no money this thing is made for you - and if you are an experienced player or just have christmas GAS and some cash burning a hole in your pocket you should definately check this out. Like i said i really like the amp and cabinet models - but even if you dont the stompboxes and WHA/Whammy makes it a worthwhile purchase - very small footprint aswell - im trying to remember if my RPX400 was bigger - i dont think it was.

I know that i like it as much as my Toneport - and i DEFINATELY like it more than the GNX3000 (i tried to love that unit but there was something not right there) i have fond memoeries of my old trusty RPX400 and its a good feeling to come back to the product in its new snazzy incarnation.

i think digitech have made a lot of very clever moves on this one - they have obviosuly been listening to the customer feedback (or griping!) and they have come up with a really neat focused product that is within the reach of anyone, and it has the edge on a lot of the competition because it is so low priced yet sounds amazing. Im really impressed and very happy with my purchase.

but a good caveat would be that if you're not sure - wait a few months to see if there are any design flaws that are waiting to reveal themselves - i thought about that but i couldnt wait and im enjoying it a lot so sod it! :)

Pretty easy to figure out, maxtrix setup is very intuitive. Once you get used to how the basic controls work it comes second nature. Editing Patches can be as easy as turning just 2 knobs for a quick dial in or as in depth as adjusting every parameter that you can imagine.

Manual is top notch, very informative and explains things pretty good.

Looks tough, not much so a toy as thier older stuff. The other bands guitarist used it 3 times so far, no probs, should be ok.

Ive always heard they have good tech support and help out pretty quick, never delt with them so I cant say from personal experiance.

I play mostly Metal but its been a long journey back to Metal. Ive been through all phases and can basically do it all, been playing for about 15 years. I have a few choice pieces of equipment, Marshall DSL, few Marshall cabs from the early 80's up to mid 90's. A duel recto and classic 30. Varios pedals and whatnot. I will probably get the rp350 for noodling around with at home and possible to record with since its USB (which Im just coming up to speed with) and sounds good plugged in directly.

Overall it looks pretty pro, not quite as industrial looking as some other pro pieces of gear but good enough. Nothing to really hate about it so far, even though that sounds kinda cheesy, usually I hate Digicrap stuff or at least put it in the realm of "toys" not usable, gigable gear. This thing is totally usable. I wish the foot buttons were just another half inch farther apart.

It sounds good enough Im experimenting again and anything that gets the creative juices flowing again is A+ on my list.