Zoom GFX-707

I found this unit fairly easy to use
if you study the manual a little you will have no problems
The supplied patches are not all that usefull however editing makes them OK
the manual is very helpfull
i have read reviews that said going from one patch to one far away is hard to do....Read the manual people!!!
there is a setting on user confirmation that addresses this problem

I am using a Peavey Odyssey>GFX-707>Zoom 9002>peavey special 112 pre amp>peavey 1.3K power amp> 8-12" peavey scorpion speakers in custom built cabs
noise gate is very good at it job
wah effect is very weak
distortion ..to many to choose from..only a few are useful
mod. effects are good
rev. sounds digital but ok
I dont try to sound like anyone else. I have my own style.
I use this settup playing classic rock and southen rock
and i find it works very well for me

havent had it long enough to know yet
but it seams strong enough
some say not because it is plastic....look at the new cars they are building....plastic body panels!!!

havent had to deal with them

already said my style
been playing for 20+ years...not an amateur
if it were lost or stolen I would buy another

pretty basic if you are just using for the programed sounds and the drum but the other options are pretty damn confusing i mean im not saying impossible but the directions made little or no sense. i would have been better without them

i was playing with a gibson les paul special through this and into a fender deville 410. it wasn`t noisy but the effects sucked. i try to get lots of sounds and didn`t want to buy a shit load of stompboxes. i was trying to get sounds ranging from techno to django. none of the sounds had no distortion on them. even if i put it on jazz i would get a fairly clean sound but still with distorion. i hateed that the drums wre louder then the guitar so if you played wioth the drum machien then you couldn`t hear yourslef .

well mine broke. if it wasn`t for the stupidity of my local music store buying it without chekcing it out i would have had a hundred dollar paper weight. i played it pretty hard for like 2 months and then it didn`t die it would just work for like 10 minutes and then not work i thoght my amp needed new tubes but that wasn`t it the son of gun was burning form the inside out. don`t gig with this you`ll make a fool of yourself.

i tired to deal with the company but no responce to my email. a bunchof bastrds all of them.

i`ve been playing for 6 years ive owned various guitars pedals and amps. right now i have a gibson les paul special, a blueshawk, and my new pride and joy a blond '72 american strat. also a fender deville 410 and a polytone mini-brute. hotcake overdrive akai headrush and phaser and a moog envelope filter. right now im giging solo witha dj in a techno/jazz/hip-hop deal, but do play regular gigs in a jazz combo. i don`t think this suits any style well unless you are going to plug into a marshall halfstack and play power chords all day. if it were stolen i would probally laugh t the dumb ass who stole it and makes a fool of him self on stage when it breaks.

easy to get decent sounds out of it. never tried editing patches, I'm too lazy.

not as noisy as the 505 model, but still noisy. sounds kinda cheap, but what can you expect for $130? has a few cool default distortion settings but as far as clean goes, it seems to be lacking in variety (apart from off the wall stuff that you'll never end up actually using more than once)

Heres where it went wrong. I had read reviews about the input/output jacks starting to fail on this unit but I ignorantly didnt heed the warning. It worked fine for like 3 months then all of a sudden the sound went out. I opened the thing up and resodered the input jack connection and it broke again the next day. I would not recommend this for a gig whatsoever. that would suck to lose the sound in the middle of a show.

never tried.

I play in a church worship band so I need a variety of sounds. I think I use like 2 or 3 of the settings on this thing at the most. Editing patches is probably easy but I dont like messing with it. It would be good for a backup guitarist cuz the sounds seem to blend well with other instruments, but the thing is cheap plastic and apparently breaks down a lot. What can I say? you get what you pay for...

This rating would be a 9 or 10 if the manual wasn't so thin in certain areas. New patches are reasonably easy to put in. I would prefer to have seen pedals for bank switching rather than just buttons. I made my own anyway, makes it far more usable. I would like to have seen more than 30 of the 60 patches user-programmable.

I use a single coil Japanese Strat. I play all kinds, mainly rock/punk rock/indie etc.. Do NOT buy this if you have a tube amp. It sounds way better with my mate's Peavey solid state (and the several other s. states I have used it with.) Mine is an Epiphone Electar Tube 30, and I am told it sounds pretty bad with Marshall Tubes also. I guess Zoom thought budget pedal=budget amp=solid state amp. However, it is still a great pedal that does for practising in my bedroom and jamming with mates occassionally. I like the distortion and wah, delay works fine. However, seperate pedals will do the jobs much better ie. if you just want this for its distortion, spend the same money on a dedicated distortion pedal. Noise reduction is EXCELLENT at ... mmm ... reducing noise ... when you put a lot of gain on the distortion. It can eliminate quitely picked notes alltogether if turned up high though, this doesn't bother me much. If you get a cheap AC/DC adapter, it will adcersely affect the sound. The default patches do not flatter the unit's capabilities. An excellent resource for 707 patches is at: http://venus.spaceports.com/~gfx707/
With a transistor amp, this rating would be a 9.

It is plasticky, but it didn't cost a lot, it doesn't look like it will fall apart though. Expression pedal has taken a lot of abuse. It has never let me down. I have never done a gig with it, but I don't see that it would be a problem.

Never dealt with them.

I'd buy it again. The price I paid included an AC/DC adaptor, which I reccommend you get as it eats batteries and the adaptor is only about #10 - that's not a lot of batteries - 4 are supposed to last 14 hours I think. Again, if you have a tube amp, don't buy one of these unless you have tried it with your amp and are happy with it. I don't gig and have only been playing 3 years, so this unit is ideally suited to me, I cannot justify spending a great deal on equipment. I truly beleive this is the best multi FX processor for what I paid. Another handy feature is the guitar tuner which can also be used for figuring out the chords in a tune if you plug your lead into your Hi-Fi. When in bypass mode, the expression pedal becomes a volume pedal which can be useful. The 707 can also boost the signal a lot and drive your amp harder.

Very easy to use, the selecting of sounds in the order you want them is a bit complicated. Compared to other multi effect pedals its easy to change the patch sound and stuff.

I used it with a slightly modified Fender jaguar, Stack amps at practice rooms and through a small Fender front man amp at home. I also use a Big Muff Distortion pedal as well. There is the usually Zoom noise reduction available which is top, but i like it noisy so i turn that down. The effects can be pretty strong but not as much as separate pedals. There are lots of effects which can be modifide to the way you like, ive got it to sound very grungy and dirty rock. The flanger is really good, but the accoustic sim sorta sucks and sorta doesnt work.

Its plastic so it might bite the dust if i dropped it. The actually pedal switches dont seem as strong as the should and the foot pedal for the wah and stuff also seems a little to fragile. I do have no fear of it just breaking down though i use it in a gig with out back up but i do use a separate distortion pedal.

Nope, never delt with them but im sure there nice

I play hard rock and Grunge so i needed a fat dirty pedal and i also play soft jazz and blues. The pedal works with both styles well. This does the job of all effects except distortion. Its ok but not really fat enough for me. ive been playing for a few years or so now and have managed to get three guitars but my jaguar is my fav. The biggest ting i love about it is its compactabilty and it get rid of the need for millions of leads. The foot pedal is a little bit to sensitive so its kinda hard to adjust things like the pitch shifter properly. The Zoom 707 is good if you like a decent sound with no mess and cheap cost, if your mad into sounds go and buy individual pedals becuase this wont satisfy your needs. If you get it, i am recomending it, i would also perchase the biggest and meanist distion pedal the BIG MUFF with it.

This pedal is not what you'd expect for its price. With over 60 effects and an expression pedal it is the best in its price range! You can get some fantastic sounds from it although I was disapointed with the distortions they sound very sharp even after a lot of equalisation but they are great for mettalers like metallica etc.
It is so easy to use it is the first effects unit I have OWNED but have played with many others.

I play my 707 through a Marshall vs8080 and an Epi Les paul Goldtop or a Fender standard strat.
This is a problem I have found playing any guitar or amp with this unit. You lose the sound of the guitar eg.
When playing with Humbuckers I look for a fat rich crunch when in distortion but I don't get that sound when combining my effects to my amp.
To solve this problem I turned off the Zooms distortion and used the distortion on my amp. As with all effects units there are good and bad effects the chorus flanger phasers and acoustic sims are all great and I have used them all on my bands last demo cd. Also the WAH WAH is excellent and you can program it to sound exactly the same as any pedal (I use jim dunlop cry baby)
You really can sound like anyone with this pedal but it is best for metallica etc.

Very reliable and well built, even though its made of plastic its very strong and durable!
I would only use certain effects at a gig like its chorus flangers and delays etc.
Also the wah wah is very good

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never dealt with samsontech Zoom or the shop I got it from.

In my band I play indie and rock but at home when jamming I play alot of lead led zeppelin etc.
I have been playing for nearly 3 years but am very experienced as a session guitarist at the age of 14. I have played many pedals guitars and amps and my equipment is great considering I have payed less than #1000 ($1500) for it all. The 707 has done me so far but I'am upgrading my effects to boss single pedals.
But overall For under 200 bucks this thing kicks ass for live in a band or just chilling in your room.

Very easy to use. I taught myself how to edit the patches in about a half hour because i'm too lazy to read the manual, which also is very good on telling you how to bring up the tuner, sampler, and everything else.

I use it with a Squire Strat and a Squire practice amp. It is noisey on a few settings that dont use the Zoom Noise Reduction. Very few of the effects are weak (Auto-Wah) but the rest (Delay, Flange, Distortion, everything else) are awesome!! I can get a Nirvana and Korn sound out of this, even with my crapp set-up.

It is very durable, I dropped it about 6 feet (on accidnet) and its still roarin'

NOOOOOOO

This thing is a beautiful work of technogoly, and all for less that $200, i'd recommend this to anyone... Beginners, Hobbyists, Pros, anyone, IT IS PURE EXCELLENCE!!!!!!

This model is hard to understand for those who are new to processors. The instructions seemed to pretty vauge as if written by some geek without consideration for new folks such as my self. With a little tinkering and some help with my freinds, I was albe to know my way around it.

I play my BC Rich Platnium Warlock and Peavey Bandit 112 with this doo-hickey. The VanHalen patch was able to give me a nice tight speed metal tone such as Overkill,old Metallica and Slayer. Most of the other patches are fun to play around but nothing I would use while performing.The rythm sampler might make a useful metronome but the other settings seem completly useless compared to a drum machine. I havent tried recording it but I doubt only have a space for six seconds would be useful with other means of recording available.

Despite some of the drawbacks, I was able to come up with some nice tones both for performing and playing around.

I haven't took it through some heavy abuse yet. Its been kicked around a little while rearnging my room but nothing serious.I use the package it came in as a carrying case to protect it from the elements and being banged around.
So far it has outlasted other pieces of equipment I have used in the past.

I emailed them asking for some help on using this and all I got was the usual "thanks for emailing us." Guess they can only work with warranties.

This is a nice processor for the budget musican. If your new to fx processors, you might want someone with more expirence to help you in using it. Many of the patches sound odd or useless but with some tinkering around, there can be some tones to stick around with. The rythm sampler is a great metronome but not a drum machine.

Overall, I like this processor.

It is very easy. Just sit down and read the short manual. Patches are simple to create.

I have an epiphone classic flametop gibson les paul and it sounds great when it is hooked up to the gfx707. The distortions are good, and you can get plenty of a variety of sounds when you combine it with your chorus, reverb ext... I can get a great Metallica sound from it.

It's ok so far, but the sampler quit working on me! It worked one minute then it broke. Everything else is ok.

I delt with the music store. they wore good. I haven't done nothin with the company.

I play blues, metal, and rock. It works with all of them. I wish the sampler recorded longer. It helps with music

Getting about and around on this little bugger is very simple. 2 buttons (patch up and patch down) and expression pedal. Fixing new patches is quite simple, unless you are a complete newbie to effects and have no idea where to start. The manual can be a hell lot better (My job is writing manuals, and this one stinks) for beginners. But its so simple to use you just plug it in and play. The rhythm section is ok, but you have to stoop down to switch it on. 7/10 is quite good however.

I am using this baby with a Jackson Performer PS1 guitar on a very small Fender 25r. The effects sound good even at low levels of sound. And yeah, I do get good sounds, especially distortions, delays and acoustic emulation.

So far I haven't been so rough on it. The unit seems quite robust, except for the power supply input. I would kick it around, given that it is being battery operated.

No opinion yet. The local agent seems to be ok, but I don't think I'll need help.

I absolutly love the size and the sound seems ok. It's money well spent. I would however re-design the power supply input in this one, its easily damaged. Its a great unit for players who want to experiment around with effects.