Zoom 1010

It's quite easy to use when you're getting used to the parm / module buttons. easy to save and all, it took me about 3 days to figure out how everything was working.

I give it 8 'cause I mainly use it as an effect processor to play with my mixing console, yes the distortions are really crappy if you play with an amp and any amp distortion will probably sounds better, but as I said, I use it with a mixer and it kind of sounds good with the 'amp sim' on.

I sometimes use it for gigs but I would tell you not to do that because I broke one of the little pedals in the 'heat' of a show...since it's plastic you have to treat it well...

I have no opinion for I never needed help for it, nor did I get it repaired even if there's this little piece broken (I opened it and just glued it)

I'm playing experimental / noise music and...well it fits my style 'cause there's lot of fucking weird effects that most people don't use but I do...

It's pretty easy to edit and save once you get the hang of it, but the presets are mostly unusable and I'm more a knob tweaker than an "edit"er.

I just took mine out from years in the mothballs. I was surprised at how nice the reverb and chorus sounds are. The distortions are horrible, but if you don't use distortion, this is fine for amateur use. Too noisy for anything more.

Mine has never given me a problem. It is plastic, so I treat it gingerly.

Haven't dealt with them, but they have an OK web site with downloadable manuals.

I would never pay what I did when I got it new, but if you are looking for a cheap effects package and don't use distortion, these are available cheap on eBay and elsewhere. I have the pedal attachment too (set me back another ~$60 new way back when) and it is pretty well made--I use it as a volume pedal in my real rig. I've been playing for 30 years and use this at my country house. It gets some pretty sweet churchy sounds, but has a lot of cheesey sounds that you have to avoid. A good value if its strengths (mostly reverb and chorus) match what you want.

Pretty easy to use, but thats because there isn't much to it pretty much. Edit, store thats about it and moving between the different effects is pretty basic.

I use a ESP LTD MH-301 through a Marshall MG100HDFX Head
The distortions are very bad - dunno if i have ever used any of them.
I'm pretty happy with the distortion i get from my Marshall.
Chorus is pretty sweet - use that quite alot because it's easier to adjust than the chorus that comes with the marshall.
Same applies with the Flange.
Dely is ok and Doubling is not to crash hot.
Can't hear any compression at all.

Very reliable - had it for about 4 - 5 years - nothing has ever gone wrong with it.
I would never use it at a gig - so this is backup.

If it was stolen i wouldn't replace it - i pretty much use it as a tuner so i would just by a new tuner :)
I play mainly metal and stuff like that and i been playing for about 7 years. Doesn't really match my style, the sounds i like to play around with generally don't involve that many effects.
I love the chorus though.

is very easy to use. Almost you don't need a manual. If you need it, you can download it from the web

Good compression, superb chorus and flanger. Good hall, room and delay effects (only 420 ms?). The Wah is very siple and you need an extra foot pedal for use it. The EQ is acceptable.For my low tech setting I use this effect with a Ibanez auto-wah and this work fine.
My setting is very simple and I have an array of avalable sounds-
Gibson SG or fender Telecaster-->Ibanez Auto-wah-->Zoom 1010--->Fender Amp
Simulator amp distorsions: the simulator is good if you need a record on your house, but not for a gig. You have 12 user presets, if you play rock and roll, funk and alternative rock, is enough.
About the "normal" distorsions: all the distortions are very mid range oriented. You must be very careful about the setting. I find very usable the I mode (rhythm) if you need an extra bite on your distorted amp. The mode 5 (drive master) . This sound like the Boss DS-2 in turbo mode. All the others distortions- crap. But can you expected from a $200 multifx. Is enough!!!!!

I use it all the time, also in my room. Is all plastic. Be careful and you don't have any problem. Place the effect on a bag (Almost all the problems happen before the concert - not at stage!)

I don't needed. I had a problem with the left pedal. A good technician repaired it. Only 10 dollars and the efeect is like new

Good if you want the sound of this effect. Very simple to carry, you don't need extra bags or efeect for a decent sound. For this rang eprice, a winner

Pretty easy to use, i got it with out a manual and prety quickly made some what I thought at the time were cool sounds.

It comes with some good effects... the delay is cool and the reverb is ok. It has one or two distorions, but i find they all have horrible tone. Note, this little baby stops your guitar sounding like it should. I have a classic marshall mosfet wich sounds sooooo clean.... the pedal filters the sound of my clean sg and replaces it with a dull lifeless tone!

I have put my foot through three of the PLASTIC supported pedals. Bear in mind under those cheap bits of plastic is the "mother bord" for the thing. I then supported the wait using folded toilet paper. The jack have at one point or another all come lose from the board meaning i have had to resolder them back on.

Never bothered them. I fix things myself.

good starter pedal. if you are more serious get some more serious equipment!!

very easy to use. I've bought mine without the manual and it was fine.
You press EDIT, change the patterns and then press STORE. How hard can this be?

I did not expect great sound quality from it and I was right. The reason why I bought this is just to have something to write songs with some workable sounds at a low volume. I live in a small apartment so I don't want to play my tube stack when I'm writing songs or just jamming. I leave that for real gigs, rehearsals or recording.. so when I am at home I have this plugged into my stereo or my practice amp or even the computer. It's ok. The only useable overdrive is the Vintage Overdrive, which is not a vintage sound at all, it is more like a high gain transistor sound, like a crate or peavey amp. Like I said, it is ok for practice, but not really good.

Now the clean sounds are good, especially for acoustic guitar. I am able to get a real nice tone using this unit with my acoustic and going straight into the board. The chorus sounds nice and the reverb sound ok too if you don't over use it.

My ratings for the sound quality would be:
w/ electric guitar - 3
w/ acoustic guitar - 8
So I'll give it a 5.

Yeah, it is dependable I've been using it at home and on stage (with my acoustic) for a while and haven't had any problems yet. It looks very fragile so don't bang it around, but as long as you take normal care of it, you should be fine.

never dealt with them

Well, I really don't take this unit seriously. It's just something that I bought for cheap just so I had something to play with at home. My other gear is a custom strat, Ibanez Les Paul, a Carvin all-tube stack and several effect pedals. I can't evern compare my main rig with this little pedal, it would not be fair. But it serves it purpose well..
It is actually a really good acoustic guitar processor. For less than you would buy a single effects pedal you can have several affects/ patches that are more than enough for acoustic guitar.
If it was stolen I would probably buy it again if I could find it for $50 or I would get something better.

it's not too hard to create your own presets if you can get a manual. i downloaded one for free. not that it makes too much difference, all the effect sound ugly and low-resolution.

like i said, it's low-res all the way. i used this thing with a band that required a different effect on every tune, so i got this off a friend for $70 bucks. i didn't wanna carry a shitload of stompboxes to the gigs, so there you go.
it gathered dust for 2 years, but i pulled it off the reject shelf the other day and started messing with it. i hooked it up 'tween my strat and twin. i left it off 90% of the time, but when i wanted a ugly sounding glob of fake distortion, i stomped on factory preset a-1

i gigged with it 6 times, it still works today

beats me

it served it's purpose. it's an interesting noise in small doses.

the zoom 1010 is really easy to use. even a 4 year old kid can operate it. you also don't need the manual use it. you really need to take extra care of it coz its very sensitive.

i use a local amp, the brand is rage amp. the distortions really sucks, you could only use the metal distortion. it really has a very weak distortion effects. but the chorus, flangers, delays sounds good. the auto wah sucks, if you have one dont even try to use the auto wah. if you really are looking for a heavy metal sound my advise is setting the equalizer. set the low freq. to the highest(10), the midle set it to number 2 and the high freq. to 3. it only has good sound in small amps. but if you try it on the big amps it really sucks.

for me the zoom 1010 is only for small amps and you can only use it for practice. but if you are using it for a concert or a relly long gig don't use it coz it really sucks.

i play alternative music, mostly incubus. you can get the sound of incubus using a small amp. i've been using this for 2 years now. it really has very good sound in a small amp. its is not ment to be use for gigs or concert. if this is stolen it will be the happiest day of my life coz it is really crapy effects. if you are planning to buy a zoom product don't buy this one, try Zoom 505 or 707 or 3030 they sound better. or better yet buy digitech products.

En una unidad muy facil de usar, quizas la mas facil de programar que yo conozco. Los patches que viene de fabrica son malos, aunque dan una impresion de las posibilidades del efecto. No hace falta usar un manual

Este pedal lo uso solo para improvisar con amigo. No me animaria a tocar con este efecto profesionalmente. Lo uso junto a una Epiphone SG , una Fender Telecaster japonesa y anda bien. No me atreveria a usarlo con mis guitarras de mejor calidad.
Las distorsiones por lo general son muy metalicas, y suenan muy digital, el chorus, flanger y delay son mejores, aunque el delay es corto (solo 420ms), y no reproduce fielmente lo que se presetea.
Con cualquier ampli suen igual, asi que lo uso con el ampli de practica

No podria tocar en serio y depender de este efecto. Es todo plastico, y ya tuve problemas con un pedal en el pasado. En recitales el equipamento debe ser resistente, y este no lo es tanto

Very Easy to use

Distortions are not Great
Flanger Chorus and Delay are better

after about a year of use (some gigging but mainly home use)it started to falkl apart i.e one of the peddles no longer works and some of the effect select buttons no longer work.
needs something better than plastic casing if you want it to last

good for a beginner learning to use effects
not recomended for gigging or advancing your sound