Zoom 2100 Player

After ten minutes of playing about you'll have worked out all the basics, some of the more advanced features, such as the jam play function may take a little more effort. But it is well worth it.

I use a U.S. Strat plus, into a Huges and Kettner ATX100 combo. I used to play an Ibanez S270, and I have to say that the pedal does both instruments justice. The distortions are meaty, to say the least. There is no problem achieving heavy metal sounds, if you are a humble funk player then you will have to look a little harder for a laid back crunch, but it is there. Though good, the heavier sound (which we all truly crave!) is pretty rough around the edges, but if you get enough compression on it, it cleans up beautifully, so I can only complain about the constant background hiss.
The rest of the effects on the pedal are superb, especially the delays. Once you are familiar with the parameters, augmenting the distortions, and achieving some spot-on clean sounds can be done with just a few tweaks.

I've used mine at every gig since I got it.
Never had a problem so I cant complain.

Never had any probs. with the pedal.

This is a superb pedal, which is suitable for a wide range of players in a wide range of styles. The jam play and sampler functions are lots of fun and often very useful.

I mastered it's usage in the store when I tried it for a half hour. The manual makes sense, and it was so easy that I even edited a patch in the store. Never had a problem trying to use it.

I use it with an Ibanez RG170 guitar and a Vox Pathfinder amp. The effects always sound good even on the crappiest amps. No effects really shine more than others, but you can often use it to imitate songs you here.

I've never had a problem with it.

Never dealt with them

I love using the Zoom 2100. The salesperson tried to sell me one of the 300$ models. But I'm a teenager on a budget so I wanted to try this one. I tell the truth that it was just as good sound quality as the expensive pedals. It has 2 weaknesses . . . the tuner is kind of weird--it doesn't work too well, and there is no expression pedal. I have a keyboard pedal hooked up to it, though, so I can do all the wahs and pitch bends and other effects. It gives me a lot of versatility in my playing and I'm very happy with it.

This thing is very easy to get great sounds out of. You'll probably have to fumble around with it when you get it to learn how to use it for all that it's worth. The directions are not that easy to understand, but you get the hang of it after a while.

I use 2 guitars through this processor. A Peavey Predator with dual EMG-81's, and a Rogue RX200 with stock pick-ups. On any setting they both sound great. Some of effects could be taken off simple because they serve no purpose. Then there are some that can get you very close to professionals. The #1 patch on the user block is very awesome smooth distortion with nice delay added, sweet! The "Steve Vai" patch sounds a little werid, but you get used to it. Some other greats are a nice clean sound with delay added (great for playing Metallica's "One"). And some other clean's with delay and pitch droping added. The "Splash" metal patch sounds really cool, although you should be careful because it's a very "bassy" metal sound and might break an amp at a high setting.

This piece of equipment is very well made. The bottom piece is metal and the rest of thing is very hard plastic. It has good weight to it. I would think twice about actuallt "stomping" on the pedals because they look like they wouldn't take continous stomping. I think I would use it for a gig without a backup.

Never delt with them.

I play mostly Metallica, Steve Vai, and Joe Satriani. This thing does wonders for all three. I've been playing for 1 year now, and this thing is great for any type of musician. Basically I bought it because of the sampler, the price, and because it had so many effects that you could mess around with. Of course, there are those die-hard 20-pedal-hooked-together guys that won't even look at this thing, but everybody has their own thing. If I had this stolen I would buy another because they are fun, and not that expensive. The sampler thing is EXTREMELY useful in learning solos and really fast parts. Terrific piece of hardware.

First day out of the box, took an hour or so to get to grips with the unit. Documentation is a little poor.
once mastered, it's not bad at all. Though I wouldn't like to use it on stage, the change from user to preset settings is a little fiddly to do.

Good, haven't mastered the tweeks to pitch etc. yet - but I know it can be done (looked in the manual!) So potential is there.

Not the greatest Build quality but for this money you can't really complain.

No problems yet with the unit

Price was good, as included Expression Pedal and 2 Leads.

Unit is impressive as a first time buyer of pedals.

when i took this thing out of the box i had no clue how to use it. After playing with it for 45 mins, it's very easy to use. The manual isn't that clear unless you know what your doing and then it's a big help. If your buy it, play with the buttons or ask someone how to use it, then read the manual. It will help you with patch writing (very easy the second day) the sampler and other stuff like that.

I am playing with a Standard Strat and it sounds great. I have never really used effects before so i can't give you some solid advice on that. To me the pedal wah, overdrive, phaser, flanger, and some distortions sound great. I don't much care for hard crunchy distortions and this unit has a lot of them, about 5 of 'em sound the same to me. You can get a wide range of sounds from this, from sparkling clean to bad ass distortions. One dissapointment for me is the acoustic simulator, it hardly sounds like an acoustic so don't buy it for that.

This pedal seems pretty well built and i don't think it will break if you drop it or anything so i would gig with it. I don't know any pedals to compaire it to so i don't want to give a false rating so i'll leave it blank. It's plastic not metal but its strong plastic.

A few days ago i asked for some info about it from ZOOM and i got a first class letter in the mail from them so i would they would stand behind their product. but i haven't had any dealing with them.

I like to play clean music like Dave Matthews, Santriani, Phish, and Clapton amongst other clasics. I think this pedal is great for it and very helpfull for the style. One thing thats cool about it compaired to other ZOOM models is the built in Function switch. You can use it to contral you volume, pedal wah and pitch shifting. With some other models you have to buy an seperate $70 expression pedal for that. I think they wasted space on the thing with all the present patches and the distortions. They could have used the space for more user patches or a better acoustic effect. If it was ever stolen i would buy it again. This unit has a lot of distortions, something like 14 which is overkill. I don't hate distortions as long as they aren't hard and crunchy, so i have to turn the distortion level down to get the sound i like from it, a nice creamy overdrive kinda like Slash instead of Korn like sounds that are all over this thing. But the main point is its good for all kinds of music, so seriously consider this unit.

It was a Little difficult to understand, especially if your new to the whole effects processor/patch editing thing like Myself, But once you start playing with it , it is really easy to customize. The factory presets weren't all that great , but it was good enough use a base to start editing my own sounds.

I am currently using a pro-tone squier strat, through a big ass crate bass amp and 2 15 inch bass speakers. some of the heavier distortions sounded awesome through the bass speakers!! the feature I liked best was the phrase sampler , so I could record chord progressions and go crazy and solo over them!! I had a hard time getting really nice clean sounds, but the delays were awesome, A+.

The peddle itself is built pretty damn tough. It's plastic though, but super tough plastic. I do drag it around, but the only thing that sucks is that you can't use batterys or anything and the adapter it comes with is really that long. that sucked.I've had it for a while and I don't think It's going anywhere. I've had my dog pick it up and run with it, an amp dropped on it, and it's probably goin to be played by my kids!(I'm only 17).

I haven't dealt with the company, but i don't think there will be a need to.

overall I give it an "A". It's a fun , fun , pedal and if your just getting into effects it's awesome.

It took about 30 min to really get started then I was all set The preset patches SUCK! But there really easy to edit The manual is easy to understand. And unless your a total moron you shouldnt having any problems getting it to work.

Heres where I start to complain. The distortion sucks........ badly. The acoustic simulator is a joke. i wont even mention my dissapointment with how bad the wah is. The chorus, flanger,phaser, can sound good if take enough time tinkering. The delay is really good though. And The pitch shifter is also fun. All in all the effects on this board arent as great as I hope. BUT the memory is plenty big for what I need. Im playing with a ibanez iceman & a squier strat. Playing through either a crate blue voodoo or a 30 watt peavey. I play usally industrial, gothic, sometimes blues. I did a live show with this recently - It went ok. My main problem is that most of the effects really just suck. I went back to using my pedals.

Its is dependable - ITS JUST NOT VERY GOOD i would gig with it again - If I didnt want to pack 7 or more pedals.

N/a

Bottom line. THIS THING IS good only if your new to guitar effects. The quality is not so hot. Plenty of effects though. The sampler thing is fun too. If you want to have a jam buddy and thats it. Then this is for you! If you want something that sounds great and gives your killer tone - your outta luck. If it was stolen or lost, I really wouldnt feel that bad. There is no way id get a new one. The only real thing about this pedal thats that good for the price paid would be the sampler function. 3 5 sec. samples to jam with you really helps your playing. However if your looking for a better pedal. Id probably get a korg ax300. My friend has one and the sounds are a lot better. but it is about $80 more.......

There's a lot of stuff you can do with this thing, and not everything is incredibly easy to figure out without the manual, but most stuff is pretty intuitive. I played with it for about an hour without reading the manual and figured out probably 80% it. Very easy to get cool sounds out right away with the preset patches. Editing patches is pretty easy. The manual is really good and explains everything pretty thoroughly.

I use a strat copy w/ humbucker and a Fender Princeton 112+. All the effects sound really good, although being digital the reverbs and distortions are a little cold and metallic. The distortions are very strong though, especially the lead, metal, and fuzz. The chorus is kind of weak, it doesn't "sparkle" as much as I'd like it to. Overall you can get a huge variety of sounds out of this thing. The preset "Neptune" patch pretty much nails STP's "Plush" which was something I really wanted to be able to do. Also has a cab-simulator for direct-recording or listening through headphones. That is also really cool. Probably my biggest complaint is that it doesn't switch from distorted to clean very well. There's a slight delay where the volume drops out for a fraction of a second during the switch. That's something that a good old stompbox wouldn't do. Also, this thing has a sampler on it which I thought would help me with my solo licks, but I found that it's kind of difficult to get a loop of a riff that is completely on-beat because you really have to time your switching well when you make the sample.

This thing is in a plastic case, but it looks like damn strong plastic. When I first pulled it out of the box I had to examine it for a bit to make sure it wasn't metal! I've only used it for about a week, but it seems sturdy enough. I'm just a little concerned about the foot switches, but they seem okay.

Haven't needed it yet.

I've been playing for almost 3 years now. I play mostly rock, hard rock, metal, punk and such. The distortions are great for that kind of music and the mod effects add some really cool dimensions to that kind of music. I think in general this would make a good practice piece or toy to fool around with, but if you're into serious gigging, you might want to break out a few hundred bucks for some stomp boxes or at least a higher quality setup. If I lost it, I would be very upset because this thing is just really fun to play with. If it had a built-in mod pedal, that would be awesome, but you can buy it separately for $60. All-in-all, if you want some cool new distortions and effects to experiment with, this is a great tool for you and well worth your money. If you want a professional setup, this isn't it.

Changing patches is simple, it has 10 preset and 10 custom banks, the three footswitches allow you to select the patch. Editing patches quickly becomes intuitive within about an hour of using it. The custom banks would be useful at a gig, you could assign certain banks to certain songs and switch between them. The only problem is that I find setting patch volumes difficult, it's easy to have a loud clean tone and then a silent distortion or a bairly audible clean one with ear splitting distortion. There is also a sampler that is fairly easy to use and useful for learning solo's and riffs. There is a good quick start guide and a manual which is a little hard to get into.

I use a Squier Deluxe Telecaster through a Marshall VS65 amp, and I can get some really cool sounds out of it, my unit came with an expression pedal and I can use it to create a good wah wah effect. I can also use the pedal to do some wierd pitch shifting sounds. There is a distortion module with 13 effects, including a really good grunge type fuzz, perfect for Nirvana or Smashing Pumpkins as well as a large number of distortion effects and an acoustic simulator. There is a modulaion module which allows you to use wierd phaser and flanger effects for a wierd Radiohead type soind as well as a realy nice chorus and a Pitchshifter. There is also a good delay module that allows up to 10 seconds delay going up in 100ms steps, below 1 second the delay is controlledin 10ms steps. The unit produced no annoying hum and even cancelledbackground hum with noise reduction. Ithas loads of sounds and they're really good,

I would have no problems using this for a gig without a backup, it has very little to go wrong with it.

I've never dealt with Zoom customer support

I really like this unit, apart from a few little niggles it is perfect, lots of good effects, easy to use. Although I've only been playing a year this lets me produce sounds that allow me to sound really good. If Ilost it I would buy another one. I compared i with the Zoom 3030 and Korg AX1G but I decided on this one because it is newer than 3030 and so has better effects and has better control over effects than the Korg.

Pretty decent ease-of-use, though I have only used a ZOOM 505 prior to this one, so I don't know how tohers fare in comparison. The sound is good, and unlike the ZOOM 505, the unit is silent (none of that annoying hiss in bypass mode). Editing patches is pretty simple, though there are plenty of decisions to make and options to try. The manual explains things well, though I wish it had a better explanation of exactly what ZOOM Noise Reduction is supposed to do. I can't tell any difference.

I am using an Ibanez RG570 and a Squier Strat with the unit, going into a little Fender Bullet Amp. The effects sound great, with PLENTY of options to choose from and a large degree of control over equalization settings and such.

It appears to be well built and rather sturdy, though I am always careful with any electronic gear and don't abuse it. It is largely plastic, but I don't have the same prejudice against plastic that many seem to have.

No experience in this area, though the unit was drop-shipped from the factory immediately since the dealer didn't have any in stock at the time.

I am mostly learning and need some good clean rock distortion. This works great for that, and would no doubt be a good fit for many other styles as well. It can do some pretty impressive things, including long delays and echoes, and the sound sampling and playback is great for learning solos and such. It seems to record the sound with plenty good qaulity as well, which is something I was suspicious about before I got it. I am quite pleased. The ability to slow down the playback while retaining proper pitch is a godsend, and this makes it much easier to do than using a computer and sound card setup for the same purpose.