Rocktron Rampage

I use this now with a Boss SD-1 and a Rocktron Silver Dragon. If I set this up right, I can a more controllable and meaner sound of what the Slayer channel of the Silver Dragon does. I can also use this alone, with an overdrive, or whatever I choose. Great pedal for the price for a versatile and quiet pedal. Worth a look, and definitely worth the price.

Pretty easy to use, EQ, level and gain (sustain) knobs. Nothing special (except the funky names)

It's powerful and tight. Artificial harmonies go out real easy, and power chords sound very nice to. It has enough gain althou I use booster in front of it. My setup is Jackson DK27 (DiMarzio pickups) -> Boss BD-2 -> Rcktron Rampage -> Hi-Fi :) Sounds real nice + I can record direct. It's the quietest distortion I have ever used. I've been through Marshall JH-1, Boss MT-2, Ibanez deathmetal and it's the quietest of them all.

It's a little fragile. I'd be glad if the thing was entirely metal...

Not good

I play mostly metal - Judas Priest, Maiden, Halford, Dickinson, Dio etc. I've been playing for four years now and if it were stolen or lost I would try another distoriton although I'm happy with this one.

I think it's pretty easy to use. The e.q. is very active. The tonal variations are pretty wide. Lot's of different sounds can be achieved. This is the silver one. I don't know of any differences between the blue one and the silver one.

Sounds great in my humble opinion. But distortion is very subjective. One man's treasure is another's garbage. I play a gretsh or gibson into a Laney VC30. It's not noisy at all and believe me I own a Colorsound overdriver so I know what noisy is. I play a dirty punk flavored kind of rock and roll ala Lee Harvey Oswald Band, Hellacopters, Gaza Strippers or Daisy Chainsaw. It's perfect for that. There is more than enough gain for my tastes.

Been reliable so far

I've been playing guitar for 17 years. Been in a bunch of bands. I've owned a Lovetone big cheese, SIB varidrive, the silver tuna can distortion box, some Colorsound stuff and a couple of other high priced distortion boxes, and I like this pedal the best out of all of them. And it's cheap too. It's not a fuzz either. I can play a b9 and hear every note.

I think it's pretty easy to use. The e.q. is very active. The tonal variations are pretty wide. Lot's of different sounds can be achieved. This is the silver one. I don't know of any differences between the blue one and the silver one.

Sounds great in my humble opinion. But distortion is very subjective. One man's treasure is another's garbage. I play a gretsh or gibson into a Laney VC30. It's not noisy at all and believe me I own a Colorsound overdriver so I know what noisy is. I play a dirty punk flavored kind of rock and roll ala Lee Harvey Oswald Band, Hellacopters, Gaza Strippers or Daisy Chainsaw. It's perfect for that. There is more than enough gain for my tastes.

Been reliable so far

I've been playing guitar for 17 years. Been in a bunch of bands. I've owned a Lovetone big cheese, SIB varidrive, the silver tuna can distortion box, some Colorsound stuff and a couple of other high priced distortion boxes, and I like this pedal the best out of all of them. And it's cheap too. It's not a fuzz either. I can play a b9 and hear every note.

It's a sompbox dude! If its to confusing you need quit guitar!

It is the best sounding pedal I have ever heard! The only problem is that it dosen't have enough gain! I use this pedal in the external effects loop in my boss gt3. It sounds "real" compared to the digital crap out there today. The scope knob makes it easy to get the mid tones right. I always have to use a graphic eq pedal to get the tone I won't but this thing get's it with out it. I use a Behringer ultra metal as a boster to give it a kick. The tone is just great, even using digital equipment with it. If you play new metal and you suck and want a distortion that covers up your flaws don't get this. If you want tone that dosen't sound like a fuzz box went plam muting and don't mind to use a booster for solos this is the pedal for you.

Seems to be tought as nails, Some plastic but mosty metal, if you break it you need to learn how to take care of your gear!

never had to deal with them.

Think of metal as beign Old Slayer,Exodus,Metallica and you will hear this pedal. I love and hate this pedal at the same time! It sounds so real and raw and I love it! At the same time It lets me know what I need to work on and it sucks! I use at my main sound with a booster and use it to practice to hear what I need work on. If it were stolen I would try something new just becuase of who I am. This pedal has made so "digital modeling aware" that I will never use digital modeling distortion again in my life! Althought this pedal sounda great and sound great with a booster you can't do this in reverse. The pedal is not a good choice to use as a booster for another pedal or amp.

Easy. KNobs do what they say.

I have the silver version...

I gave this an 8 for ease of use because it is pretty simple but the eq takes some fiddling.

I play this into a (cough) digitech rp50 into a (cough cough) 500 Watt home stereo system and then into my homemade 4x10 guitar cabinet.

On the RP50 I leave MODELLING TURNED OFF!! - Just for effects! So I get as much Genuine Distortion cutting through with the least amount of DiGiTaL-ness

I also play this into my age old Airline 1x12 Tube amp but only on occasion.

I also mic these into our 2600 Watt PA System....very sweet sound.


The sound this gives is great! I used to own a Rocktron gainiac and this sounds VERY similar to it. The gainiac was hybrid solid state/tube and the Rampage sounds a little more, gritty, or something. Probably slightly better for sound metal songs.

I use a boss sd-1 super overdrive to boost this and that works great.

The thing about this is, I can only get good lead tones with the scoop way down, and good riff tones with the scoop way up...so there's a little conflict for different parts of my songs.

Fortunatly I have more pedals to compensate this in a live situation. (overdrives, boosters, or post-distortion tube simulators)

All around it is a GREAT pedal, but in my opinion, it should not be your only distortion because, it doesn't do "basic" distortion very well. I can get exceptional Grunge, Speed Metal, Shred, and some great classic rock leads out of this but I have a hard time just getting like...i dunno...a Creed "higher" distortion. It's hard to explain but if you hear it you'll know what I mean.

This rocks..although I think this pedal might sound better with 12" speakers as opposed to my 4x10" cab, still rocks though.

Anyone want some sound clips??? email me : kjt777@excite.com

This seems Pretty reliable, but I've owned it for like 3 days so..
I always play without a backup.....
Backups are for people with money

Never had to deal with them, I've owned rocktron stuff before and never had too..

I have been playing since the summer of 2000.

I play all kinds of Rock. Think Stryper, Van Halen, Metalica, Megadeth and thats the style I usually play when I'm making songs by myself in the studio. I do play lots of other stuff, but that goes beyond the scope of a review for this pedal so who cares.

5 knobs..... the scoop is special, turning clockwise it reduce the mid.

ROCK!!!! the mid-scoop sound it produces is prefect for metal guitar tone!! It is the weapon to kill the weak!!

Made in USA. Rock solid. Never have problem with it.

Mine is the USA version (purple). My friend have a new grey one which is much cheaper than it was. The sound is not the same, but I didn't open the case to check if there are any electronic part change in the new version.

I would said this pedal is a must if you think your amp doesn't have enough gain!

With my setup, it's extremely easy to get a good sound out of this, and not just one, but many great sounds. It is a little nasally sounding, but compared to the thick bassy sound of the metal planet, this pedal is the opposite end of the spectrum. By the way, using these two pedals together adds more tonal abilities (using one or the other, or both together.) The manual for it is weak though... just says what the knobs and the inputs/outputs do.

Hamer Flametop Vector -> ROCKTRON RAMPAGE (-> Rocktron Metal Planet) -> Peavey Rockmaster 120w tube head, H&K Warp7 100w ss head, or a crap 30 w Drive amp. The heads then go into a Laney 2x12 recto cab with celestions in it. Being as ultra-highgain as it is, it is a little noisy, but its more a better representation of what you play noisy, than stop playing and instant feedback noisy. The distortion always sounds nice and chainsaw like, so with an EL84 head, it sounds wonderful. But even on the two SS amps, its great as well. With the metal planet, it has tons of tonal abilities, but even alone its still versitile in the high gain section as far as the scoop goes. I can get, very easily, a Children of Bodom sound, mainly I get a very marshall and peavey (5150 especially) sound in terms of it having a high mids emphasis. I can also get a System of a Down sound quite easily, and CFH Pantera as well. Metallica and Megadeth sounds are quite easy as well, none of the above ideas of the tone this has are hard to get, just takes some fiddling.

I would depend on rocktron. I would use it on a gig with the metal planet as a backup.

I emailed them prior to getting the metal planet about an adapter... quite helpful but they wouldve saved time saying get a Boss-acceptable adapter.

I play metal music exclusively. This is a really good match, since I think it was made for metal. I've been playing three years and I think a newbie could find a good sound out of this, unless they have the brain of a fly. I compared it to the Ibanez SM-7 Tone Lok Smash Box, and this is a complete improvement on that horrible pedal as the Metal Planet is to the Metal Zone (Metal Planet owns the Zone.)

Well... I've got an overall a very positive experience with this unit. It's pretty easy to achieve a good sound. It's a solid state, but in my opinion one of the best solid state preamps out there!

I'll give it 9, because you should actually play with it for a while to get used to it, as it is by every other effect pedal.

I plug my MARTINEZ DAYTONA guitar a full tube 50 WATT CRATE amp with the cheapest BEHRINGER 4x12 box.
The pedal does get pretty noisy like every other heavy metal distortion. It's not nice, but probably the only general solution is an extra noise gate.

This little heavy metal monster has a great sound! If you just play the chords or something easy, it's rather neutral, but when you start with a solo, you will hear every note, every nuance, every motion!
You don't hear any digital-bums-krams, but just what you play! Excellent!

It's a tank. You can use it without a backup.

Never dealt with them.

I play heavy metal in a band. It fits the sound pretty well, it does its job. I have no complaints so far. If it were stolen I'd probably by a ROCKTRON SILVER DRAGON to get more possibilities or two sounds and not one, but it does not mean that I have any dislikes about this pedal. It's nice, cheap and you can really turn the world upside down with it.

I've owned a lot of other stuff as DIGITECH Metal Master or Boss HM-2. They are very good and nice pedals, too, but this one costs 1/2 from the price of a Boss and I can't really explain, why! It does its job not a bit worse as the expensive folks :)

This thing is easy. Come on, it's a distortion pedal, no miracles in here. That the mid is actually a notch filter is something you need to have in mind, so: higher scoop, less mid freqs. I have the silver version.

I'm using it with a Hamer Sunburst, Seymour Duncan JB and '59 Humbuckers as well as with a Gibson LP Junior with P90s. My amp is an Engl Screamer with a 4x12 Vintage 30 Cabinet. The Engl has a very sweet, thick distortion with lots of smacking mids, not so good for metal chords, but great for playing lead parts. I wanted something completely different than the Engl to increase my sound bandwidth, and I got the perfect companion with the Rampage. It's rather edgy and thin, with lots of bottom, and does this very good. I achieved what I wanted, to get something that is so different from the Engl - it's like to have a second Amp. Perfect. I would rate the noise level as really low !

No problems. This seems to be a really resistant piece of gear.

N/A

This is the perfect match if you need a pedal for metal chords and edgy distortion.

Well, I have the blue one, where the knobs are protected from getting messed up by your feet or gigbag. Getting a good sound was no sweat. Dont have a manual, but I was good to go after about 3 minutes.

Using both Strats & 335s into SS & Tube amps. Not bad on noise at all, a bit more when you really crank the thing, at which time it's rockin mayhem anyway. I kind of like noise when I'm on the edge of feedback. Very strong distortion, great for wall-of-sound-and-emotion. If you're looking for an all-in-one distortion, this isn't it! This pedal is for over-the-top crunch through hang-on by your fingernails insanity. I'm rating it fairly highly because it fits it's name and does what they say.

Haven't had a problem. It just keeps going & going... No backup, it just keeps going & going...

Have no idea. I guess that customer support might take more out of me than just buying another of eBay.

Well worth the price. I really like classic rock, but we occasionally are asked to do some really great new stuff like Creed, etc. and this is my tool of choice; especially when pushed by one of my other distortions. My only complaint is that these are kind of tank-like (I also have an Austin Gold) & my rig is heavy enough already, but that's a minor quibble compared to the fun that comes out!

Yes, yes, I know... All we really need is a black box which gives us every bit of the TONE we are after. We don't want no stinkin' knobs, we hates all that effeminate twiddling. Just gives it to us: a box that kicks hiney with the exact TONE we wants. All we needs is a stomp switch, but it would be even better if the box knew when we wanted to switch it on or off; THEN we could really concentrate on what matters: TONE!

Perversely, this box has knobs, and even a switch. All of which have to be (gulp, perspire) manually operated in order to acheive any TONE other than that of your axe. And many of those adjustments are even (groan, squirm) interactive! ('Please, make him stop... Just because I've learned to shred at Mach 5 in 12 modes doesn't mean I'm ready for knobs!'). Puhleeeezzz!

I've not rated this category because of the obvious. The controls have been enumerated in reviews below.

Remember the scene where Wayne & Garth are in the Pacer listening to Bohemian Rhaphsody? This pedal kicks in right after the last "...for me...", and just where their heads start bangin'. Gluteus-kicking roar. Nothing subtle here, I've used it with my Parker, through my VHT UL, to push back the front few rows when I'm feeling crowded, but they always surge forward for more. I have the older blue model which seems to be stronger in the lows, more girth, than the new silver ones. I'd give it a 10, but then I'd have to fight with others over them on eBay.

This older Blue one is solid as a, well, rock. The knob protector is great because I don't worry about my adjustments being whacked. Haven't needed a backup. Haven't had any issues at all with reliability. I could use this to frame a house!

I've never tried to deal with any mass-production music company. I provide my own customer support: I have 2 more (good value on eBay), not necessarily for backup, but for posterity. I do not want to be without one!

I play country to Creed, Zamfir to Zepplin, you name it, I like almost everything except self/others-hating music. I like simple classical as well as wall-of-noise. This pedal fits well in the latter, enabling me to sound like myself, with authority. I've used the Rampage with, well, I love my VHT UL & 412s, but I have tons of other stuff. I have 2 Washburn 15w SS amps that I use in stereo for rehersal, & the Rampage lets them have fun as well.

Currently, I have around 40 to 50 pedals (I know... I need to pare down a bit but it's so hard to decide!!) in addition to several multi-effectors, so I've had much to compare to (I just love all the flavors). I guess it falls somewhere in between the Zinky TG on full boost & the MXR Zakk Wylde.

Does it help me make music? For me, that occurs usually long before I get to my guitars. It does keep me goofing around on my axe longer than normal however, and I always love the 'look at me' sound I get when playing live with this pedal.

One last thing: Looking at the reviews below is a bit weird. There are either 9s & 10s or 1s (I often wonder if the 1s are folks wanting to dampen enthusiasm so they can snag the reviewed unit from eBay themselves. Just a thought.), so I guess that some love it & some hate it, but no one is lukewarm. Place me on the love side, because it gets a unique sound and presence not quite available with other hi-gain type pedals, which differentiates me in the mix.

It was very easy to get good sound out of it, I set all the knobs except for the level knob straight up; I set the the level to match the level of my amp with the Rampage off. There's not much to the manual, but then there's not much to the pedal either, maybe they could have added some sample settings to get you started.

I am using a Line 6 Spider 112 and either an Ibanez RG421 or an Epi Les Paul Classic. I set the Spider on the Clean amp model, adusting as neccessary to get a good clean tone; I also use the amps delay and reverb. I have tried various settings on the Rampage and I am still playing with different settings; I have been playing the most with the Bass at 3 o'clock, Scoop at 9 o'clock, Treble at 2 o'clock, Level to match amp volume (meaning; when I go from clean to the Rampage, there isn't a big difference in volume; I found this to help cut down noise as well), I have playing around with the Sustain at various settings, but mostly around the 12 o'clock position.

It sounds great, Power Chords are good and chunky, Major and Minor Chords sound good as well. Single notes ring out very well, depending on how the Sustain is set, for a short time or a long time.

I am pretty sure you can depend on it. Use a power supply or make sure you refresh your battery when playing live.

Haven't needed support.

I play Classic Rock to Metal, it will work very well for my needs. If it were lost or stolen, I would get another. I really like how I can have a good sound for Rythm and a good sound for leads and soloing. I have a Toneworks AX1500G, I couldn't get what I get out of the Rampage. I tried a DOD Death Metal, I liked what I could get for Rythms, but it distorted leads to much. I really like the styles of Yngwie Malmstien, Steve Vai and Zakk Wylde; I hear those styles in the Rampage and it inspires me to bring them out.

Very good for the price, I'll be looking at Rocktron when I go looking for effect pedals.

It's pedal, even I could figure it out.

I play in this line (warning, very complicated):

Squier Holoflake HH LE -> Rocktron Rampage -> Ripper shitamp 20W

And my setup:

Tremble: 7,5
Bass: 8,75
Scoop: 7,5
Sustain: 10
Level: depends, around 2,5

On amp I have really small gain, tremble on 7,5; mids on 10 and bass on 7,5. Well... IT'S CUTE!!! Even on that shit amp the sound is great.
I'm playing grunge/punk/whatever else, I tell you what you should expect: sounds from very low, dark, to very high and psychodelic, and some fuzz sounds too, some tube, bright harmonics, great dist... Man it is NOT some metal zone, that gives only one sound. RAMPAGE IS CUTE effect. It is NOT NOISY AT ALL!

Man, you can have it for 50 years, jump on it with glans, eat it, smash it, and you will only feel a little tired! It is UNDESTRUCTABLE!

I guess it's ok! 9 because I'd had to pay...

It really suits me. If I'd lost it, I would buy new one anyway, and again, and again... It is great for ANY music style, but I would higher recommendate it form metal/punk/grunge/and so on players, IT IS NOT SUBTELE remember this!

Fairly easy to use---just a few knobs but that's irrelevant. Has a "scoop" knob but I think the manufacturer misspelled "poop".

This is the 2nd worst excuse for a distortion pedal I've ever heard in my 30 years of playing (the worst being the DOD "Death Metal"). I tried thing using a Squire FatStrat, Epiphone LP, Gibson LP and Hamer Explorer through a Marshall JCM 900 SL-X and I couldn't dial a decent sounding crunch to save my life. The pedal sounds thin with no guts whatsoever. It's a very buzzy, tin-toned distortion and turning the various tone knobs only resulted in going from one thin tone after another. Also very noisy! I can't believe the Rocktron engineer/designer let this pass a quality test---or even out of the door, for that matter.

Didn't have it long enough to find out but I felt the metal housing was cheap enough to eventually cause problems over time. I wouldn' want to drop it. Stomping on the switch felt very flimsy and the clicking noise carried through amp.

Returned to Musician's Friend and got a refund.

Simply an awful distortion pedal. I bought this untested through Musician's Friend after reading a review that absolutely praised this pedal like it was the wave of the future.

Distortion products I own (or previous owned) include: MXR distortion, BOSS metal-zone and SD-1, ROSS distortion, Digitech 2101 (rack), DOD-G7 (rack), DOD Death-metal, Marshall Jackhammer and Guv'nor. The only one I ever found to be worse than the Rampage was the DOD death metal. If you see an ad for this in a catalog, turn the page...

its a distortion peadl its so easy to use! evan a drummer could figure it out! lol

im using a jackson fussion standard professional series guitar into a morley steve vai bad horsie 2 into the rocktron rampage (the new silver one!) into a tech 21 double drive limmeted eddition (i use for viontage classic rock overdrive , i dont use it in conjustion with the rampage) then i go into a digitech rds 8000 delay or straight into either a rocktron sidewindr or gainiac amp on a clean setting..then into a rocktron intelifex and then into a rocktron rx20 wich i8s a stereo exciter and hush unit! then into a rtocktron velocity 120 then into a carvin vai legacy cab and a vintage carvin cab...both cabs are 4X12's and everything is in stereo starting at the intelifex!or the sidewinder pre if thats what im using!

the rampage is a bit noisy but not much especially for how much gain it puts out and i can quiet my signal with the rx20 .......
i put the bassat ten, scoopat 0, treblle at 10 level at about 3 and sustain at 10...i cna get some cool tones with the scoop at any position specialy at 5 or at 10....cool medal tones....

but with what i said before settings i get a super sweet tone a cool distortion that always sounds good specially for shred and speed metal.....ala jason becker, martyfriedman, megadeth, joe satriani, vai...etc.... add this with some nice delays and the dream chorus setting on the intelifex and you have a cool haevy tone.....

the weird thing is i totally scoop out the mids on the pedal but i have the mids up on the map and with the exciter on the rx20 i add some highmid bite!


but evan through just the rampage and a poweramp or a clean amp i have tried this peadl through...(marshall, peavey, crate etc....) it sounds amazing! id like to get a rocktron metal planet to cover the really heavy...deathmetal type tones also though!



o did i meantion i love tapping licks.... and this peadl sounds great when tapping it has a sweet tone nad still reamains clear so you can hear those amazing tapp licks!

i can deppend on this yeah! i would use it with out back up but isnce im not stupid i plan on buying a back up and a third for having two in my live setup for two different tones.

if you can try a whole bunch of these out cause some sound slightly better than others! ...you should do that whenever you buy nay gear actually!

i have talked to them....sometimes they are slow at getting back or dont answer emails but they can help when they can...i heard some of their people are better than others?

i play al sorts of music...jazz metal shred, rock , christian...

playing for about 2 years i think, but im a gear neard.! if this thing was lost or stolen i would buy it agian yes! i love its tone its reliability its solid construction...everything about it! they could do something about the sustain knob...i heard if u put a i meg poy in it can give you more range on tone..it has great tone laready though!

It was extremely difficult to get any kind of good distortion out of it. I put all the bass I could on my amp, guitar, and pedal, and it still sounded dry and annoyingly peircing to my ears. The manual was good. I think that they should give more examples of the different ways to make sounds different.

The sound quality was crap to dull. I was using an epiphone custom, with a fender half stack. I could not get good sound out of that pedal if my life depended on it. I could have spent half the money on a BOSS pedal, and gotten a better pedal then this. It was like the pedal did nothing. Just made bad noises, all feed back. They effects themself are weak. Really weak. The only sound I could get out of it was an all right Zeppelin sound. Otherwise it was NOT worth the money at all.

No I cannot depend on it, because I thought it was crap. I thought it was broken. No, I would never let my band sound as crappy as this pedal does.

I did try and talk to the Rocktron company, and they were very cool with everything. I orderd it through Musicans Friend however, they have crappy Customer Support. Shipping and Handling is a peice of crap.

I play an Alternative Melodic Rock. I think that what they say about the pedal is completely different on how it sounds. I have been playing guitar for eight years. I would never buy the Rampage Rocktron ever again. I don't suggest to anyone buying it either. I compared it to every Distortion I could find, and a DOD Grunge pedal ($30) kicked this Rampage pedal out the door. This pedal is a waist of time. I wish it had more distortion behind it. It gets in the way of me making GOOD music. Haha. I just don't feel it is a good pedal at all, some people WILL disagree, but overall, I rate it a one-two. Closer to a one though.

Easy to use - couple of knobs - turn'em and go!!

Well I had to do a mod to it to get the sound I actually wanted out of it. The Sustain pot was a little too touchy for my liking. I took it out and wired in a 250K pot in its place. It does not put out the intense gain that it did before (bacause of the 250K instead of a 500K) but it suites the use. I am currently playing blues and rock and this is perfect now that the pot has been swapped. Before it had way too much gain. Even for metal it was a annoying gain. Backing off the gain made a terrific tone difference.

like a rock!! Could hurt people with it.

Never had to deal with em

after doing the mod like above it made a huge difference in the sound. For this reason I rate this high. It works for what I need and sounds great. For all you blues guys I would say give it a shot but only if you were planning on switching out the pot on it. Otherwise you Slipknot etc (Heavy Metal) fans....this ones for you!!

(i have the newer white one) five knobs, treble, bass, sustain(gain), level and mid scoop. pretty easy to get a good sound, quite versatile can do all different flavors of distortion

i'm using this with a modded ibanez, a customized stack and a few gibson combo amps. and as far as 60 bucks goes, you can't get a better distortion, its really actually quite good, it can do hendrix to zakk wylde to guns & roses. its incredibly quite i can go off on a steve vai solo and it all comes through.

i could definetly trust this. its a big metal box, youre not gonna break this too easily. the controls and side jacks are plastic with metal rings, which is worrysome but i think it will last a long while

i wrote them a letter regarding a power supply for it (boss PSA-1 9 volt ) and they got back to me very quickly.

i play lots of different music and i really like to experiment with all kinds of pedals and effects. i seriously think that for the price IT IS THE BEST DISTORTION PEDAL YOU CAN BUY!!!

simple enough once you understand the controls new names
bass,scoop(mid cut),treble,level(volume),sustain(gain)

well its the best distortion ive heard very precussive,the controls are very precise takes a while to get a good sound but once you do its amazing!!!!!!!!!
i play megadeth,iron maiden.......(i listen to that and hair metal,no nu metal crap for me and i know you need to have mids in your sound!!!)

well the casing is excellent (i have the blue model) ive had this pedal for a few years now so the writing on the case is worn out but who cares.
i had to replace the jacks a few months ago but thats it.
i replaced the jacks because the contacts were getting noisey at gigs,they dont break,just got a little to dirty and couldnt be cleaned enough.

never needed 'em,i changed the jacks myself.

in short:excellent precussive distortion once you tame it!!!!!!

Couldnt be much easier than this... 5 knobs (bass, scoop, treble, level, sustain). The only thing thats even remotely confusing is the 'Scoop' knob, and thats only if your a newbie, thus the rating of 9. Bass and Treble boost the low and high frequencies, but the more scoop you put in, the more your mids are cut. Level is basically volume and sustain is your distortion level, pretty straight forward.

Ive had it set up a couple of ways...
ESP Ltd 7 string (EMG-HZ) > Rampage > Digitech RP100 > board... that sounded like crap, so i didnt use my Rampage for a while thinking it was that. Turns out its the shitty ass RP100 (stay tuned for that review :P )...
Now Ive got it... ESP Ltd 7 string (EMG-HZ)/Jackson Dinky (EMG 85) > Dimebag Custom Wah > Rampage > Carvin SX300 > Rocktron Hush Super C > Carvin 4x12
Both of these sound wicked as hell. The natural distortion from the Carvin amp is great, thick and meaty, but the Rampage has this insane crunch that I cant find anywhere else. Its easy to get Dimebag or Hetfield tones with this pedal and a decent amp. Basically this pedal kicks lots of ass for wicked crunch and really does have 'endless sustain' like it claims. The thing I like most about this pedal is that even though its got TONS of gain, its really quite compared to a lot of other pedals.

I rated this an 8 because I wish it was thicker, its got a great crunch and lots of sustain, but its sorta thin compared to other pedals and amps Ive tried. Not really a bad thing, just wish it had a 'Thickness' knob too, heh.

Built like a tank... Ive dropped it several times and dented the concrete floor in the garage. Clearly this stomp box was made to be thrashed. Ive had mine for over a year and used the hell out of it, its got no signs of wear yet.

Would I gig without a backup? Sure, cause I dont have the money to buy a backup, heh. If I did, Id probably spend it elsewhere though, this thing is solid enough.

Havent dealt with them yet, like I said, this things solid...

This is good for most breeds of metal, thrash especially. I play mostly metal like Metallica, Pantera, Slayer etc etc, and this fits like a glove. Ive been playing for about 5 years, and have used plenty of pedals, this one takes the cake IMO. If it were stolen, Id probably invest in something else and wish that I had bought another one.
Basically, If you are into hardcore thrash metal, this pedal is for you, Ive seen none better (DOD's got nothing on this).

The only thing I wish it had was a little more body to the tone. Even with the bass all the way up, its still lacking a little 'meat' to it.

Plug it in tweak the knobs, you,re off and running. c'mon, its a stompbox!

Dime-332/Ibanez RG-270DX>>>Snarling Dogs Super Bawl Wah>>>DOD EQ>>>Rampage>>DOD ice Box Chorus>>Danelectro Flanger>>Ibanez Delay>>Marshall AVT-50. Originally was using a DOD Death Metal, which is alright if you just play palm mutes (cuz that puppy broke the signal up a bit too much for me). I got the Rampage because I liked the way the distortion was super-heavy, yet you can still play chords other than power chords and still hear the notes (did that even make sense?). I guess you could tweak it enough to sound like dimebag, or hammet, or hetfield, or whoever. Suprisingly, my setup ain't too noisey even though I run a bunch of effects without a gate. When I first got the pedal I ran it alone and I didn't even notice much noise, just a little humming, but that is probably because my power source is pretty close to my setup. 9 cuz ain't nothing perfect, but that's what we strive for.

Seems solid enough. I tend to stomp kinda hard cuz I get all excited when stuffs about to get crazy, even when I'm playing alone (we all have our issues). I wouldn't even think twice about gigging without it, most amps have two channels anyway.

never dealt, but I'm pretty confident that it would be a big pain in the A@# cuz customer service always is.

I play Metal, Metal, and uh Metal. Not that Nu-metal. Think Sick of It All, Hatebreed, Clutch, Pantera (this ain't all I listen too, it's the style I enjoy too play). That's what this pedal is for. If you are into playing anything else this probably won't suit you. If you are into Good Charlotte, Sum 41, and those types of bands....you should just be ashamed of yourself!!!

Who needs a manual?? It's only a distortion box.

(The older blue model)
In my opinion,this is the GREAT WHITE SHARK of distortion pedals.The Rampage has much better tone than the Fab Tone,more gain than the Smash-box and almost as tweakable as the SM-9.You can suck out the mids for an awesome scooped sound without losing the bass.Did I say bass??Well, this thing is OVER-KILL!You'll blow your speakers apart!
The Rampage packs powerful,rip-roaring dist. with razor sharp clarity.I do have two small gripes though.
1)It's a tad nasal sounding compared to the Smash-box.Maybe it's a built in compressor...??
2)It's a little noisey.More so than most boxes I've used.So keep that Noise gate handy.
But overall,IT'S A NASTY BEAST!!

The old Rampage has sharp corners and edges.It's a WEAPON!If you carelessly shove your hand into a bag of effects,this thing'll cut you to peices...no bullsh*t!
I'm a little wary of the switch.I don't like the way it's mounted.It seems a bit frail.And the knobs are super sensitive.
We'll see.

??? If it breaks,I hope someone can repair it.

When I bought it I A/B'd it against my other boxes.The Rampage just PIMPED them all!Not even the SM-7 could stand up to this thing.It out tweaked the Shredmaster and gave the SM-9 a hell of a fight.
Physicaly,I like the fact that you have to treat the Rampage with respect!Or it can hurt you(literally).
Although it's kinda noisey and slightly nasal sounding,I think the Rampage deserves a CLASSIC rating.Tweaker's delight.
To describe it in one phrase...BLEED!!

simple... how hard can it b????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
scoop (which may not b understood) is scoop (cuting) the mids

i use epiphone les poul-->big muff u.s.-->R-A-M-P-A-G-E-->marshall tremolo-->boss ce20 chorus-->akai headrush delay-->fender shitamp.
its not noisy even at high volumes and its great
its aggresive and bity with a lot of focus (not like big muff) relly heavy (no need for more gain).
i play alternative and actually i make electronic music
so i need a high spectrum of sounds
unlimilet if i coukd...
its great with tweaking the sound and have more fx/
but if u r not a good sound man it might b a bit "taking control"
i need a bit more LOW END.

seems graet
time will say
(its new)

no idea

great

5 control knobs: bass, scoop, treble, level, and sustain. Pretty simple to NAIL the early Metallica, Pantera, or Slayer sound. The manual doesn't give any suggestions for settings, but it's pretty easy to get a hold of good tone.

I use a Schecter C1+, with a Carvin Legacy Combo (all tube--12ax7/EL34). Excellent sound.. Screams from the soul of Satan.

NOTICE: I have a top of the line tube amp. This will NOT make your small solid state amp any louder or sound meaner. you will sound completely like crap unless you get a tube amp. I tried a Marshall AVT150 head with 2)4x12 cabinets.. Try it out you'll see, there is nothing like the real thing!!

I can depend on it just like I can depend on my hands to be there every time to do their jobs, every time I play, same trust goes into this pedal, it's built like Fort Knox.. I challenge anyone to break it on accident..

No Expirience with Rocktron << THAT'S GOOD!!!

80's Thrash Metal-- Metallica ('83-'88), Slayer, and Pantera. I shopped around and tried the DOD Death Metal (very nasal bumblebee-ish sound), the Boss MT2 Metal Zone (better than DOD, but it's just not the sound I was looking for).. $75.00 great product, cheap price