DigiTech RP500

I never work with any multi effect before I buy this one. but after someday I'm feeling like a professional!

It sounds very good too me. when I plug it into my Laney amp (LX65R), I don't feel anything just feel like I'm on the stage and playing with Zakk Wylde! I can make any sound with this one. any thing that you heard in your life.

I think it's live more than me.

I know what I want, and I found what i need. It's pretty good.

I found out about the RP500 while I was looking around at Guitar Center and tried it out and fell in love with some of the high gain tones this little machine puts out. I own a GT-10 which is an excellent piece of gear but I think the RP500 has better high gain tones IMO. One thing I really like is how easy it is to make patches. The manual is easy to understand and it only took a few minutes to learn how to program the whole unit. Within minutes I was setting up some very good sounding patches.

I used a 2006 Custom Shop Fender Strat with YJM and HS3 pickups (the Yngwie guitar setup) and a Mesa Stiletto Ace and got excellent clean, overdrive, and distortion tones. There are some outstanding effects you can get out of this unit and the best thing is that there is very little digital "fizz" that you can hear when you play high gain tones. Most other multi-effects units I've tried have had noticeable fizz on the high gain patches.

The amp and cabinet sims are some of the best I've heard and are actually better than on my GT-10 which costs about $200 more. I love the Swell feature on the noise gate that you can turn on and off to create some really nice volume swells. I don't normally like chorus but this unit has some very nice and natural sounding chorus effects and includes the Boss CE Chorus, TC Electronics Chorus and MultiChorus (which is like the Boss Dimension). It has very good distortion settings like Grunge, Death Metal, Rodent (Rat), TS808, and TS9 (Screamer) just to name a few. I was really impressed by the lead tones I could get out of this unit. The delays are very good and some have said that it doesn't have a dotted eighth note setting but I was able to mimic it very closely using the Boss DM2 setting enough so that a normal person wouldn't notice it. I especially like the Echo Plex which sounds like the real deal to my ears. The reverb settings are very good as well and include the Lexicon models.

The chassis is made out of solid metal and I have no doubt you could run over this with a car and it would still operate. You don't need a backup for this unit.

Haven't had to deal with them.

I've been playing for 35 years (I know there goes my clout with the younger metalheads...lol) and can play jazz, country, rock, metal among other styles of music I can't think of at the moment. I would definitely buy another one if it were lost and stolen. I love how easy it is to setup a good sounding patch within very little time.
There are only a few things I would change on the unit. I would put a power switch on it (as soon as you plug it in, it's on), add a little more delays and reverb models, partcularly dotted eight notes and modulated reverb though it does have modulated delay, and a looper (I've heard someone figured out how to turn on the looper feature in the unit and that a software patch might be released to enable it). All the features I would add are on the RP1000 so I've been told. I would give it a 10 but since it didn't have a power on/off switch I give it a 9. Sorry Digitech. It's not that big of a deal but it would have been nice so I didn't have to unplug the unit when I walk off stage.

i had this unit repacked and ready to return after 2 hours of owning it. luckely i had second thoughts and spent 2 days tweaking it. i am so glad i didnt reurn it. the problem was, who ever makes the factory presets doesnt have a clue about guitar sound. if you spend the time (lots of it), this thing is incredable. i dont even use an amp at the gigs anymore. i go direct and put a healthy dose of guitar in the side fill monitors. i now have so many great sounds that fellow guitarist come to my gigs and instantlt go home to order rp500's intelleegent pitch shift, phazer, tape style delay, the list is endless. the manual is great if not just a bit missleading (its not as easy as 123). spend the time and the reward is great tone and versatility.

i really like the 5150, and ac30 amp models. i can get a great brian may, and satch. but the biggest thing is i got my signature tone that used to fill up the back of my van. same stuff all in one box the size of a monopoly game. not digital sounding at all, ONCE YOU TWEAK IT.dont get impatient cause like i said the presets are terrible. intellegent pitch shifting is great for stuff like "freeway jam,

it seems like this thing will take a rigerous shedule and some tossing around with no problem. i use it without a backup with no anxiety and if you loose your presets you can reload them from your p.c in seconds.

digitech tries real hard to please and they will bend over backwards to help. i use many of thier products and they always have the answers.

i play in a band that does rock and blues covers and originals. i have supported myself this way for 28 years. i would get the rp 1000 if i lost this one for the added features. i wish this unit had a blinking wait function to change presets (there can be alot of click,click,click you know. all in all with time i have become quite fond of it.

Well, it's a very complex device- but given that, any fool can figure this out without a manual- if you actually can read, it's even simpler.

Use each of the features a few times, you've got it.

Digitech has learned over the years how to layout the controls, this is the best yet. It makes sense, it's easy to get around. Compared with the VOX multi-effects pedal (which I also own and love the sound of) the Digitech is far more user friendly.

I've used Digitech since the days of the RP1-- Hands down, this is the best sounding multi-effects they ever made- with a few things to consider. The old RP1 had few effects, but they were phenomenally deep and complex and capable of making rich sounds even this RP1000 can't duplicate exactly-- perhaps the RP1000 has added a couple of tricks. Never the less, the RP1 was a far noisier unit, with a lot less steller bit rates. I own a stand alone chorus/flanger Digitech pedal (no longer made) that I'll never sell, because it DOES the RP1 things, without the noise. That's settled. I'll just use it in tandem with any multieffects.

The reverbs and delays are great. Although I sure would have like to see TONE controls on the delays-- alas, that's what the Vox does, and that's why I have both. None the less, there is so much bang for the buck here, there's little to complain about.

Signal to noise is FABULOUS, tone is FABULOUS, the unit will NOT color your guitar tone nor mess it up in any way-- ABOUT TIME that multi-pedals will do this. It does not have that 100% TUBE tone- The Vox does that trick amazingly well-- but the Digitech will give you steller uncolored sounds, the best reverbs on the planet in a box, and so many very accurate effects-- you should be happy.

I have compared the stomp box simulations with the real thing, and they are quite good. Not a substitute for real boxes-- but 90-95% there. Heck, you can buy this thing for what I've paid for two boutique boxes.

What I have found enormously satisfying is when I want to record direct to computer or board, and I don't want to mike an amp-- I use the Digitech in one channel, and the Vox (with its real tube) in the other, and spread the sound. HOLY COW. Beats bothering the neighbors and messing with amps-- and sounds AMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAZING. Just the RP500 alone will take you very far. Combine it with a tube preamp- like a tube OD pedal- and you'll be in like Flint.

These things are built like Tanks. Never had a Digitech product break in 20 years. This is the most solid one yet.

Never had to use em.

Well, the bang for the buck is out of this world. Get this thing first, then start building a stomp box collection and then use them in combination. This is the best thing Digitech has ever made, and BETTER than the GNX3000-- unless you need a drum machine- I don't and I prefer having a COMPRESSOR switch which the GNX always lacked.

Th RP1000 adds a looper, and a few new effects, plus another row of buttons like the RP1 originally had-- so although the RP500 is already great, I'm ebaying mine, and upgrading for another $100 to the RP1000. Otherwise, the 500 is pretty much the same animal 98% of the way.

No CD input for the RP1000-- I won't miss it, I've got other boxes that have it, and the RP500 DOES have it.

So-- I'm hard pressed to give a 10, but for the money-- the RP500 wins 10 stars considering all.

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Getting a good sound out of this unit is really simple. There are two approaches. For the novice, a quick and easy system of selecting Tone and Effects Libraries can get you into the zone really quickly, from which point you can deleve deeper and tweak away. Or, for the seasoned veteran you can skip the library system and go straight to the tweaking and access all the effects directly.

Like any multi-effects unit it isn't quite as straightforward as an analogue unit, however, considering the features packed into this unit is very easy to edit and all the important parameters are only a few clicks and a twist away; clearly a lot of thought has gone into interface design.

The manual is simplistic but adequate. Being a veteran of many multi-FX I only found it necessary to refer to it to see if it was possible to re-calibrate the switch sensitivity of the wah pedal... which it was.

This unit was bought as firmware v1.2 but upgraded to v1.4 via USB using software off the official Digitech site without any problems. V1.2 has an issue where it carries over tone settings to the next patch if the new patch does not use an amp sim but the old one does. I'm pleased to report that V1.4 fixes this.

I use this into a Selmer MkII T'n'B 50 watt tube amp mainly. I also record from the XLR outs into analogue desk / PC sometimes. I use a variety of guitars and play a veriety of styles but metal, rock and extreme styles are my main main genres.

Noise levels are very low, on the highest gain settings there is a teeny bit but much much less than the equivalent analogue. To be honest though I would expect any modern unit, even the cheaper ones, to meet very high standards now.

Right, the important bit: Tone...

Wow!! I originally bought this just for touring since my crazy array of racks and pedals and switchers was getting too much to take on the road. I didn't really believe it would impress me, I didn't even thing I'd use it at all really if I was honest, I just thought, 'hey, at least it'll prove that shifting those racks around is my only real option'. I've spent years and years getting MY tone, MY feel, MY signature sound. No way some ??200 box of tricks would replace that.

It took me about 24 hours of use and I had replicated my main tone. I mean, perfectly. Feel, sensitivity, bite, even the gnarly, ugly way the tubes in my rack pre break up if you hit the strings just right. I was blown away. So were the rest of the guys in the band and since then several of my friends also. First time I used it on stage people were coming up to me afterwards saying wow! Man, your solo tones really stood out! They were slick and crisp or warm and full or about a zillion other great things.

I can't get a bad sound out of this unit. I line up a plexi patch and my crazy Marshall collecting mate just stared at me with his jaw slack! I line up a pacth with a Dod250 overdrive into a MkIV and it sounds exactly like the real thing!! Sensitive and rich and alive... only its better than the real thing 'cause you can turn it down and there is no hiss or hum. I turn on the grunge pedal and the EQ responds the same as the real thing, going all flabby in the last tenth of the turn of the dials, I wham that into an amp and I have pure BM rip and edge and gain that goes forever.

Personally I hate copying other peoples tones or replicating this amp or that amp. I'm all for new and original sounds, or at least trying to be new and orignal but with this unit I don't mind: Each time I tweak it it just feels like I'm down at the store choosing which amps to take home, to the studio or on tour. It just feels that real.

I'm not a big effects man as a rule so I'd suggest you turn to other peoples reviews for info on chorus and flange. They seem really good to me but I'm not anb expert there.

Pitch, delay and verb I will talk about though. The Pitch facilities are really smooth and fast, but then you would expect that from Digitech. They've always been a leader in that area. The Delays are superb also. The Analogue and Tape emulations are some of the best I've heard and the tap tempo works fast and precise.

The reverbs are a bit of a mixed bag for me. The spring is great but I'd favour the EH stuff over it personally, albeit only just. Addition of tone and dwell facilities like on the standalone fender reverb would have probably given it the edge and I'm surprised its so basic: just one control for amount.

The plate is superb and I use that quite a lot, again more teaking would have been good. The four lexicons... not all that impressed. I just don't get on with lexicon for guitar. I'd never use them on a guitar in a studio and here they're no exception. They're all very clean and crisp but, its hard to put my finger on. They just don't impress me. The largest (Hall) is also simply not large enough! Its a struggle to recreate huge pink floyd style ambience. I really wish they'd have had a cavern patch or something crazy.

So, overall, almost faultless. Doesn't just 'sound' like a tube amp, it 'feels' like one too. Only weak point is the reverbs. And they're still very good.

So far its been faultless. Its a slab of steel with a bunch of digital chips inside, it'll probably last forever unless it gets struck by lightning. The knobs feel a bit flimsy which I think is disapointing, but they are well recessed and no worse than any other multiFX.

Emailed them once and got no reply. Upgraded the firmware and it worked flawlessly but had to get the program from the RP350 downloads section of the website since it doesn't exist upder RP500. Odd.

I mostly play Metal and quite a lot of Rock, Blues, Thrash and Extreme Metal. I also play a bit of Jazz, Prog and like weird guitar noises. I've been playing uh, dunno... Over 15 years. Pretty much every day. I just love playing and kinda lose track :) Been in a fair few bands too of course.

It wont get lost or stolen because it is my precioussss.... I would sleep with it if I thought it were likely to be stolen. Nah, I'd get another. No hesitation. The RP1000 doesn't seem to offer any great advantages over this (and its dog ugly and bulkier) and the GSP 1101 is a lot more expensive but I'd consider them if I had extra cash.

I compared it to the Zoom G7.1 thing. No contest. At all. Not in a million years. The 7.1 is really synthetic and sounds like 1980s digital. Bzzzzzzzt! Tried that big Line6 floor FX out too and it sounded really nu-tones and over modern plus it was a bit flimsy and the feel wasn't there. Used to have an RP10 years ago and have fond memories but this thing definately wipes the floor with that too. I have cupboards full of pedals and tone wise its at least the equal of all of them (Sansamp, EH, BOSS, DOD, MXR, etc etc), better than most of them and not that much harder to use.

Features wise, its got everything I want. And a zillion things I might want one day but not just now :) Apart from a better reverb. But its still more than good enough.

Deffo helps me make music :) It just sits there and does its job. Easy to tweak when I have to and mostly I dont have to.

I'm giving this a 10 overall (and in most areas) simply because I genuinely believe that its the best guitar multiFX on the market at the moment bar none. Maybe something will coma along and blow it away, but right now its the king of all it surveys.

The day I purchased the RP500 I used it on an acoustic gig. I programmed a setting with little effort - the instructional book is a must, but easy to understand. I loved the fact that I could plug straight into the audio system without having to use a direct box - big points there. This thing is all about connectivity and flexibility. Digitech really thought this one out.

The presets are a bit wet, but here's the thing: even with the factory presets, you can turn off an effect and the sound changes. These are the best factory presets I've seen of any multi-effects unit. There is also a knob to lower the amount of effect - again, very flexible.
The amp models are great and so are the pedals. The reverb is cleanest I've heard in a long time.

It's made of metal. I haven't dropped it or tortured it, but I think it will stand the test of time. Would I use it on a gig wihtout a backup? I don't think so... I think it's reliable enough without a backup.

I contacted Digitech with a question and actually spoke to a real person within minutes. Their customer service is great.

I play mostly in Church (praise music, hymns, etc...) I also play jazz and fusion/rock. Overall, this is a great piece of equipment and, if lost or stolen, I would get another.

Ease of use is where the RP500 shines. Having had some experience with the RP series (most recently the RP250), I can say that, while always easy to get a good sound out of, the functionality of the previous editions left something to be desired.

Thankfully, this is where the RP500 comes through in spades. It has a ton of commonsense features that previous editions were lacking, like a dedicated bypass button and a wah switch under the expression pedal to engage/disengage the wah, just like a real wah pedal. Also, the inclusion of tap tempo is a real gem. All of these features make the RP500 much easier to use than previous pedals.

However, where this pedal shines is the dedicated bypass buttons. You can still make patches like in previous versions of the RP series, but each patch can be independently controlled through the series of bypass buttons at the bottom of the pedal (compression, distortion, modulation, delay, and reverb). So now, unlike previous versions in the RP series, if you like your patch but you want to kill the distortion, you don't have to create an identical patch sans distortion and patch up or down to it, you can simply hit the distortion bypass switch and keep the same patch. The cool thing is, you have 100 patches to create custom pedalboards for, so you can make a blues board, a psychedelic board, etc. and have full control of the effects that you have in the chain, just like a real pedalboard.

Hats off to Digitech for making such a user-friendly board. I have no gripe against the sound quality of the RP250; the only thing that inspired me to change was the unreal amount of control you get over the board with the RP500.

In line with the other, more recent Digitech boards, the sound quality on this pedal is fantastic. The distortions are natural, the delays are as crisp or organic as you want them to be, and the reverbs are very believable. Modulation effects are musical and versatile, and the compressions are well-voiced.

The amp and cabinet models all have a good amount of character to them. The pedal affords a great deal of control over the amp models as well, giving you everything from EQ to amp grit to play with your sound. Let's face it, folks: amp modeling is no longer the gimmicky, poor-sounding crap that it was in previous years. This amp modeling is natural, lively, and organic. Nice work, Digitech.

On a sidebar, it's worth mentioning that the recent iterations of the RP series has done much to buck the stereotype that digital modeling and effects are lifeless and cold. This pedal is dynamic, full of life, and beautiful sounding.

The Digitech RP500 features an all-metal chassis, including the expression pedal. I was really impressed with the build quality of the switches as well, featuring the feel and durability of mechanical switches. Long gone are the awkward, easy-to-hit plastic switches of previous models. Again, all I can do is applaud Digitech for producing such a quality piece of equipment.

I've had some previous experience with Digitech when one of my old, old, old school RP units needed a factory reset. They were friendly and helpful. I think, more importantly, though, I've only had to call them once over the course of 10+ years of using their products. Customer Service doesn't get any better than not needing Customer Service.

If you haven't determined this already, I'm in love with the Digitech RP500. You're not going to find a better multiFX out there, unless you spring for the Digitech RP1000. Even still, for a paltry $300, you get a board that has useability, tone, and control oozing out of it. I've been playing for 14 years now, and I've run everything from no pedals at all to long, elaborate chains of individual effects. I can say from personal experinece that, if you need something reliable, useable, and with a high sound quality for live shows, you're going to have a hard time finding a better option for the price than the Digitech RP500. I fought long and hard against using a digital multiFX unit in favor of using a string of individual pedals, but I ultimately found that a pedal chain, with its multiple failure points and reliability issues, just didn't make enough sense to avoid going digital multiFX.

That being said, I'm not going to speak against the total freedom you have with a conventional pedal chain. But, while you can't put literally any effect combination in place with the RP500, at the same time you're not trading patch cables in for patch buttons. Digitech's virtual pedal board system in the RP500 and RP1000 make it so user-friendly that I'm having a hard time being convinced to go back to a conventional board for live applications. Digitech is just too easy, too good sounding, and too cool to part with.

Very easy to use especially when used through X-edit2 software

Extremley easy to get a good sound out of it

Editing patches is easy w/ x-edit but kinda have to read manual to figure how to edit on pedal itself, but if you just edit from tone or fx library editing is very easy on just the pedal itself

The manual for it is fairly basic & straight forward if your somewhat familiar with fx stompboxes or other multi fx units & know how to set an ordinary guitar amp but if your truly a beginner it's going to take a few times going over the manual, x-edit software & paying attn. to the settings on the unit when using software is the easiest way to figure this unit out

Not sure of firmware ver. but pretty sure it's the latest availible

Use this strickly w/ active monitors & staight into the PA mix w/ XLR, see no need for an amp with this set up TRS, Ibanez RG470, Aria ProII & Accoustic guitars (clean patch set ups created w/ x-edit software) are used with this unit

Not noisy at all with this set up dead quiet when not playing

The fx are not weak at all and always sound great although some are kinda usless but nice to have them there for possible ideas, clean tones are greatly enhanced simply by pushing down the wah & using as a filter, a good way to rid that annoying thumping bass sound when strumming chords too hard

Have not even tried it with any of my amps own three different ones the sounds I get w/ 40 built in amps & the above set up is every thing I could ask for alot to work w/

Can easily obtain sounds from my favorite artists don't have one paticular but do have many that I think are great

I think all fx are very good the wahs are good but tweaking them & playing around w/ them is the best way to get the sound your looking to find

Seems very reliable & rugged but haven't had it long enough to really tell, but not much plastic here, do like the switches cause they have been proven to last for yrs. on other famous stomps & fx also are inexpensive & easy to change if necessary down the road (ever try to get a replacement switch on a mfx unit 3 yrs down the road?) won't mention no names but rhyms w/ vrooom! & yes they are fast cause I haven't been able to catch em!

Haven't had to deal w/ them but being made in the U.S. I'm pretty sure if I had to deal w/ them I could probally talk w/ someone who speaks my same lingo

My overall rating of this product is excellent but a few things I wish it had to be the most awesome would be an on/off switch for the power, an optional send & return for distortion like the zoom gfx-8 had & maybe another for other mod fx (fav delay,chorus,or reverb pedal etc. that most people probably own), also an optional switch to switch between present & pedalboard mode this would allow this unit to do exactly what the rp-1000 does, the only difference between the rp-500 & rp-1000 (besides the looper) is the option to have 5 presents on the top 5 switches w/ the ability to access stompbox mode w/ the bottom 5 switches after selecting a patch, this is obtainable w/ the rp-500 but after selecting a patch you have to bend down & do it w/ your finger unless you play w/ no shoe on one foot you can get it w/ your toe (maybee a new trend setter)a three button switch w/ present,pedal,& amp on/off would take care of this problem. Also I've read reviews w/ people complaing about no warp function but if x-edit offered the ability to warp any of the 40 built in amps w/ your own amp in a fx/loop assigning either amp to left or right channel this would truly allow users to get unique personal sounds for people who do really love thier amps. I suppose this can be done w/ two amps & a/b switches on the 1/4" outs but if this could be achived internally to go into the pa mix I think alot of people would preferr using this type of set up. All & all this pedal is well worth every penny & recommend anybody to buy it, but if the above simple things where incorporated into the rp-500 an awesome RP-600 or 550 would be born, the rp-1000 is too big in my opinion specially for small stage set ups

Many types of Compressors, Distortions, Modulation Effects (Phasers, Flangers, Delays, Chorus???, Univibe, Harmonizers, Trems) also Wah???s, Ya???s, and the programmable expression pedal which can do anything creative you can think of controlling. There are many Digital and Tape simulator Delays and Lexicon Reverbs, all good and with some tweaking all useful in differing applications. I am sure many will not realize the possibilities of this unit, or judge it by the factory presets, which I never end up using.

All rig setups are unique, all amp configurations different, and the personal taste and tonal wants of the player. Anything can be made to sound good by a well versed player. The unit editor is created in simple terms to try and appease the plug-in-and-play crowd. The brain of this unit is just astounding, to tweak it offers literally infinity of possibilities across the sonic landscape. One would have to obtain nearly 60 effect boxes with almost 400 adjustable parameters not to mention 53 amp models with 5 adjustments each, with 25 speaker cabinet models. Obviously if you like to tweak for tones and experiment with effects, there is enough here to keep you busy. I find myself spending days developing cool tones only to find out there is something even cooler the unit can do to improve the initial idea. Those who are negative about this unit must be judging by the factory presets, which I do not use. I wish they would just stop setting such things up and just leave the open memory or allow the factory to be over-written.

Sound quality is very good for this unit and one can use the gate to kill any noise generated by the gain stages without effecting the tones or sound quality. The best Distortion I like was the heavy Death Metal, it was the best of the heavy sounding grinders with surprising articulation between strings, and the guitar did not wash out in the distortion. All the distortions are useful depending upon what you are looking to design. I found the Big Muff really nice for harmonizing and pitch shifting effects. Pitch Shifters and Whammy are not polyphonic so one has to deal with the technique; I found two note harmonic intervals can be shifted without glitching using the Digitech model shifters. The Tube Screamer and 808 sound as good as the boxes. Obviously my Keeley mod???ed DS-1 and Metal Zone sound better than this unit???s models because it was not a model of them. Any of the Distortions can offer something useful in different applications and wacked out tonal freakdom.

I got some really bad *** unique sounding drives using the YA and Synth YA models with the Death Metal, very different yet extremely useful in a Metallica/Megadeth sort of way. I love the Univibe and I got a good Trower sound, amp in. The Wah???s are good, the Whammy and pitch shifting just like the pedal boxes. The Expression pedal has a good feel, stiff, and feels well built. Pressure and ranges are programmable as well. This unit allows you to try a ton of boxes and see what works for you and what does not.

Well built, solid construction, housing will no doubt outlast the chip lifetime.

Digitech techs are nice chaps, spoke to them many times in the past. No problems with the RP500.

The RP500 unit has dual function, either works as a patch preset with the entire tone system programmed for a one patch tone, or this unit can work as a pedal board, turning each effect on and off and being able to move to different effect setups, when you turn it off and on, it remembers how you were using it and goes right back to your last setup, even if you are using the amp and cab model bypass. I program each effect I want and what I want the patch to accomplish, name it, and move to the next one. Programming is a time consuming pain in the ***, no one likes to do it, but if you want some real quality, mouth agape head turners, it requires a little effort. There are infinite possibilities with this unit and I am always discovering neater approaches to setting up chains. It took me about 2 weeks to finish my first dozen board patches but they sound better than any pedal board I have arranged, which is limiting even if you are using a midi loop controller. As I said this unit has the power of about 60 effect boxes, try chaining all that in a single board.

I personally use the unit in ???Pedalboard??? mode, giving me 100 personal presets of 10 simultaneous effects, 6 which can be turned on and off real time in each preset. The Expression pedal can be used to select any of three wahs to turn on my pressing the toe or heel down. Also one can set it to control just about any parameter in any effect model. You can switch the Chorus/FX model off with your foot and have a free???ed up wah when the expression is rigged to control another effect or simply use the auto wah, envelope filter options which are very musical in this unit. Imagine a pedal board with 60 units, midi patched with different settings on a 100 scenes! This unit has 18 different distortion models and that is just distortion. I am not currently using the 53 amp or 25 cab models, I have that in bypass using my tube amp. I do plan to get a nice stereo power amp and make use of those and the wicked panning effects this unit has. The RP500 is easy to use after you develop your tones, quiet even without the gate. Use it in full patch mode if you just want to jump from full array settings to the next, I like to be able to turn different effects on and off so I use the PedalBoard mode. This gives me 100 patches each with switchable effects; one really cannot comprehend the possibilities.

Very easy to use! Editing is a snap, and the manual is easy to follow. What is very cool is that the RP500 comes with the very latest version of the X-Edit software for computer control of the RP500. For editing patches, creating, or uploading its really been improved quite a bit from earlier versions.

I use a Greg Bennett AV6 LTD with Seymour Duncan pickups. The patches that came with the unit are all usable, and I did not find any worthless crap. Really impressed me on its latest sound and patches. Dialing your sound is no biggie and alot easier than Boss or Line 6.

Its built tough, and you can gig without a backup. One thing though, all process need uninterruptable and conditioned power. Meaning that any processor you use needs to have its power smooth and not dipping below its required rating.

Called them a few times with questions and they responded quick. Customer support is top notch!~

I play rock, pop rock, and have been playing 29 years. If this unit were ripped, I would replace it. Digitech has hit a world series homerun here, and it shows! Finally, a music company has made what we guitarists have been *****in about for years, and made it incredibly affordable. Its sounds great, easy to use, and is versatile for anything you throw at it. I call it my Boss/Line 6 killer. No doubt, other companies are going back to their drawing boards to compete with this bad boy. But, Digitech listened and gave their customers what they wanted - way to go Digitech!