Zoom 1010

really f**kin easy to use. this is probably one of the best user interfaces that i've used.

right this is what i had the problem with - the distortions are absolute SHIT. i mean terrible. totally unusable in a band situation, they totally suck. luckily i use a peavey 5150 so i have no use for the distortions on this pedal anyway. the other effects are average - compressor is just about unoticable, the wah is ok for interesting textures, chorus and flange are not deep or fast enough and the chorus is noisy as fuck. the delay is useable enough but doesn't go on for long enough, i use the reverb sometimes for a weird kinda overtexture - sounds a hell of a lot more distintive, but it's not really an amazing verb.

it's plastic. i would never use a plastic pedal onstage, i'm just too heavy handed (or footed as the case maybe). if u like the idea of holding on by the seat of your pants the this is for u. otherwise forget about it.

i bought this pedal at the start of my guitar playing career. i don't use it now because i think it's a piece of shit - i really have no time for something that so fragile, noisy and un-interesting. this pedal is too subtle for any real experimentation. i really like to have the option of going into a mad world of sound if i want to. this pedal is just a let down

Its kind of easy to find sounds, theres not a great deal of options, so you wont have a problem messing up with it like for a day or two.
The manual is pretty handy though...

I now play a custom ibanez S type through a triple rectifier and a 4 x 12 mesa cab. Let me tell you, i bought this baby like 4 years ago, and i never got the sound I wanted. I was looking for a raw distortion that i never found. This thing is just for beginners that are just entering to the world of pedals and effects, you have to realize this.

I would definately use it with a backup (Im not using it anymore though. Its made of plastic!! If you drop it form 3 feet high, it would break

never dealt with'em

I`m giving it a 3 cause I have matured over the years, and no pro guitar player would ever use this pedal. Its a good pedal to introduce you into the effects pedal, but thats it...
If you are 14 an getting in a band, this is a good choice for you, but if you're 24 and playing big gigs, get a big head or good processor!!!

It was pretty easy to use.The editing was fairly simple.

This is the the worsat effects pedal I have ever used.I'm glad somebody gave it to me.Cause I wouldn't spend 10 bucks on it.

The plug in for the ac adaptor has a short and I've only played on it 10 times at the most.

I never tried to call them.

Sorry Zoom...but this pedal stunk.

Easy. Editing patches is simple, arrows choose which one, plus and minus change the value. TA DAAAA! It's self explanatory and you can get all sorts of funky noise without trying too hard.

You get what you pay for. I use it mostly as a reverb unit more than anything else. I use my DD3 on the hold function so I need this for other delay/reverb effects. I only use one flange effect and the rest are just different tones and echos etc. It's part of an ever increasing chain of effects and this does nothing detrimental my sound when I go through it. The effect 'double' seems somewhat pointless though. It's just a chorus effect with more limits on it, and being as how chorus is already included I wonder what it's purpose is. Sometimes the reverb can sound really processed though, but I don't mind it that much. Distortion and overdrive? Yukky, I hate digital distortions. They don't agree with me. They sound like nasty accidents. Overall, sounds good if you want the right things from it and don't expect too much.

Pretty good. Mine's a bit old and sometimes when i press a button to edit a patch it takes a few goes but performance wise, the foot switches still work fine. It's plastic but sturdy.

Don't know.... I haven't even heard what ZOOM are like with their cutomers.

It's got three effects, one of which is fairly useless, sounds good, and it's cheap. It's really useful for me because it gives me the effects that I can get with my other units but that I don't have room for anywhere else. It helps me to get that really massive reverb sound with lots of distortion that sounds like I'm playing in a really big cave. I wouldn't use the distortion patches on this unless you wanted to overload your sound and get some inhuman noise. It's handy, not essential, but handy. If it were stolen I'd get a more recent model of multi effects, but it's small and convenient to fit in my board. It was the first effect I bought and I love it dearly.

The "menus" are quite clear and easy to use.

It's very silent, which is good. The effects are great, but the distortions, however, are not that good. But if you plug the Zoom 1010 to you amp (in my case a Marshall 80 watt) through the fx loop and adjusting the level to 5 and use the amps distortion the sound's quite spectacular.

The "bank" -switch on mine's broken, so much for reliabity

Very easy to use, you cam learn to use it in 5 minutes

I bought it 2 years ago , the distortions are worthless. Actualy most of the effect are weak, but it might please begginers. Good thing I got a Marshall so I don't have to worry about distortion anymore

Never used on a gig, but it seems like you won't have problems with it

I wouldn't buy it if I were you. I play lots of Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, and if that's the sound you like you should use Marshall amps, gibson guitars, dunlop cry baby and boss chorus and compressor.

It was very easy to use, and for being my third pedal that I owned, I was impressed with at the time. There is a manual for it, I did not get one with it, but I got for $60.00 at a pawn shop. There was only 12 user editing patches, whitch I did not like cuz I wanted all my own sounds, and not factory presets.

At the time I was using my Fender stratocaster to the ZOOM 1010, and that went to some no name amp head, then to my old PEAVEY Basic 60. I liked the Chorus effects on it, but It's nothing compared to the Small Clone I am using now. I only liked the one vintige distortion; all the others sounded like shit.

I used to, but now the 3rd pedal is busted and the the AC adapter is a wuss!!! But it lasted for a while, plus I have big feet so the pedals are too small and way too close together!!

Never called anyone.

I play basically NIRVANA, APHASIA, METALLICA. It was really good for the Seek & Destroy Distortion.

Manual makes it easy to get some initial settings, but tweaking can be a bit of a pain in the *ss as there are no knobs but buttons to input your settings.

I agree with those who said that few of the distortion effects are usable, but those that are are pretty good. Setup: Samick LP or a Danelectro DC-2 into a Tech 21 Trademark 60, and for a while I got disenchanted with the sound of the 1010, and bought a bunch of individual effects pedals. Now I'm back to the 1010, because I can't get the compressed, slightly overdriven with lots of sustain sound as easily, or as smoothly, from the pedals.

I have used it to gig with, no problems, but always worried that if I dropped it it would easily crack wide open.

Not applicable, never had to deal with them

I'm rating this higher than I would have just a couple months ago. I had picked up a Boss Blues Driver, Boss Chorus Ensemble and a couple of the Danelectro mini-pedals, thinking that these would give me better, cleaner sounds than the 1010... but it just ain't so. Having a hard time getting the exact overdrive sound I'm looking for anywhere BUT the 1010. Just wished I had waited to buy it until after the price plummeted.

very easy to use, no problem with that

The equalizer is ok, distortion/metalizer isn't. If you put some effort in it you can get a very decent sound. No metal though.

You can depend on the pedal. The adapter is a bit of a problem, because the cable is pretty weak.

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I like metal. Like to play it too. But because I wanted more effects than just a metalizer (me like delay!) I didn't buy a metal zone2 (love this thingy). Best choice for me was the 1010. Affordable. Very good in price/quality. It's nice to start with, or when you just don't have the money for better gear.

it was veryy good compared to most pedals

i like the sound.....but the output is too low.....the amp cant handle it sometimes

it's a pretty good pedal