Zoom GFX-707

Couldn't be easier to use while playing - whack the big tough ABS plastic buttons to scroll left and right through the effects, put your foot on the expression pedal and play away. Creating new effects is not simple due to the minimalist button combinations, however editing and personalising any of the 40 effects is simple and fast. Big easy to use LCD display and great battery life.

I run a Squire Stagemaster through Venom cables into the GFX-707 and straight out into a 30watt Marshall combo, during gigs this is run through a phonic PA system. The guitar tone setting is usually about 1/2 way, the amp bass control is at two o clock and the treble is at nine o clock, this gives incredible sounds from the zoom, the wah is clean and has a good variation level (although nothing beats a true crybaby pedal) and all the distortions sounds gorgeous, the retro sounds are lush and full, the heavy metal rings and screams and the solo channels give an excellent tone.

The 17 hour battery life and durable ABS plastic with metal base make this a tough unit, not as tough as say a boss single effect pedal but good none the less. I use it regularly at gigs with no back-up required.

No problems with the unit, so no contact with the company has been needed.

This unit works well with all styles from retro to heavy metal, from soft rock to funk the sound, if set up correctly caters for all needs.

When simply switching between pre-set effects, this pedal is a breeze. However when trying to set your own effects or edit the e.q's of the old ones it gets very tricky. The non-position sensitive knobs really piss you off after awhile, because everytime you touch them they start at zero setting. The lack of buttons (requiring a comnibation of two or more to select a function makes editing also tough. Dont wait till the day of practice to set some new tones, you'll definitely be sitting out.

I use a Old Squier (pre-shitty construction) through a Fender 25 watt JAM amp. The distortion and lead channels kick ass, good for everything from SRV to Metallica to Merl Haggard. There are, in addition, a wealth of crazy-ass tones and synthezsizer modes that will entertain you for a long time. If you hear a song on the radio, and play with this amp for awhile, you will get very close to the exact tone.

I have had serious jack problems (completely internal jacks, not fixable external) and Would never gig with this thing unless I intended to keep the audience guessing on when I would start and stop playing.

Never consulted the company. Got ripped off from Brook Mays - piano guys suck ass anyways.

For my very widespread music base (being raised on Eddie and Def Leppard and Graduating toward the fine style of Monte Montgomery and Sir Tom Delonge, this thing rocks. But, if I could tell you to do anything effects wise, buy the separate pedals, and keep them simple. All one needs is distortion and wah anyway, trilly shit is for geezers.

It requires time and patience to adjust the effects. And most of the effects require adjustment.
Well 'cause the manual tells it all that no problem!

Presets are crappy .. nearly all of them! BUT, if you make some tweaking, you'll find for example distortions that you wouldn't exept to get at this price. Phaser, Flanger, Chorus, Octaver and Delays are good. But loss in price is a loss in tone. Sound is not so warm or real. But some of it is adjustable...

I bought mine used and there has been no problems what so ever.
I've gigged with it, recorded with it (sound still wasn't so great).
Maybe I've just been careful 'cause it is cheap plastic.

Never dealt with them..

No matter what style of music you play 'cause this concludes almost all the basic sounds. Beginner and practise pedal. If it were stolen I would continue buying more separate effects, not a multieffect.
This pedal is great for someone who has time and patience and don't need superquality effects

Using the presets is a no-brainer. Customizing your sound requires some time with the user manual (no big deal). Would like to be able to bounce back and forth between effects that aren't in the preprogrammed sequence with greater ease (again, 5 minutes with the user manual).

Look people, it's a cheap but clever little pedal for jamming rock and metal riffs. If you're looking for sweet tone and bought this pedal, it's you're own fault if your unhappy (see previous review) - that's not what it's for... hook up a gibson to a tube screamer and a nice tube amp if that's what you want. If you want a distortion pedal with a built in drum machine to jam 80's and 90's rock riffs on - look no further. It's got some really great distortion sounds - like having a fuzz pedal, metal, grunge, rock, VanHalenesque all in one. The distortion settings are excellent and you can switch between different amp sounds - cool! The other settings are essentially useless, so, again... if you want jazz/blues/rockabilly - look elsewhere. Not versatile, but does a few things very well.

Haven't has a problem with it after 2 years of abuse.

Haven't used it.

If you want a distortion pedal with a built in drum machine to jam 80's and 90's rock riffs on - look no further. The distortion settings are excellent and you can switch between different amp sounds - cool! The other settings are essentially useless, so, again... if you want jazz/blues/rockabilly - look elsewhere. Not versatile, but does a few things very well - a good value, I think.

Not hard, but a little messy. Could be a lot easier to navigate through.

Most people here are real amateurs, morons, bigenners, and deaf people. I can sure tell that. If you want to use this thing to record with you can't get worse tones. This is by far the most worthless pieace of shit I have *ever* heard. No warmth what so ever. It doesn't even SOUND like a guitar once plugged in. Imagine applying cold digital distortion in a VST plug to your guitar. THAT is how it sounds. Nobody who ever played with an amp or ever heard how a guitar should sound will like it. You can not, in any way possible, record a song with this crap. Do NOT buy it! I am not kidding! The only thing that is cool is the delay... but then again, you can easily make a similar delay on another unit or in VST!

Probably resists alot, but it's very plastic so i give it an 8.

I play most styles of music, and none of them can benefit from this idiot pedal. The only thing i could imagine it being good for is to mutate some intro/outro/bridge sounds for a song.. Like little "dwaaaaiing woing.. boing" sounds. But i doubt it's even good for that really.

Very Easy To use - except for jamplay ....WTF is that all about.

Its ok for the price. I play Hohner Professional ST Scorpion Into A Laney k100R and it can do the job. Some of the effects are pretty good, but beware most are very digital and dont even bother with the wah its a load of crap. Best used as a distortion / chorus / delay and reverb pedal.

Lets Be straight - This aint a pedal you gig with. for a start its plastic and not solid thick plastic. You'll be worried about going through the damn thing. ALso patch changing is a pain in the arse. YOu either have direct load which means you have to scroll and activate every patch till you get the right one or you scroll through without activation and then through a feit of amazing skill and precision you simultaneously press both patch buttons at the same time. Now if your playing a complex riff and r coming up to a challenging solo u will want a quick change not perform a miracle. In case you haven't realised it totally throws your concentration

Bottomline

Great for practice

Dont gig with it although its a worthy backup ( at best ).

Never had contact with them

For Practice 9 for giggin 4. do wat i did and but a gfx-8. A totally kick ass effects pedal. It has almost all functions of the 707 (no drumbeat but for gigs thats not important) but with increased sound quality. Basically it does more and it does it alot better.

Zoom are a great company so if your lookin for a great practice pedal go for this.

My first multi FX pedal, and well, Im chuffed with it to be honest, its got a wide range of sounds. As with most theres a few wierd ones but hell the main ones i use (about 20ish out of 60) are kick ass. The manual is shite, and what I know about the pedal is self taught

I play a Epiphone SG through a crapy Marshal amp but it still sounds great. Noise is no real poblem, oviously higher volumes tend to be a bit touchy.
Cant help feeling that a lot of the patches are VERY simular, the range of distortion for example. The chorus is great fun and the Van Halen setting is great. The thing that lets this pedal down most is the Wah, its a load of toss basicly, I dont go near it!
My Strat sounds crap though

Well for platic its ok, holds up well and stays looking nice. I would gig with out a backup deffinatly

Never needed anything from them

I play a wide range of music, Im keen on Nirvana and the Pumpkins. Though ive only been playing about a year and half i feel i am progressing very well. theres is really something for everyone here, a big step up from the 505

This pedal is really easy to use. You can easily get the hang of it without the manual but there is a good, straight forward manual just in case. As I said it is simple to use and editing patches is no exception - and the manual explains clearly if you're unsure and need help.

I use a
Washburn > Zoom GFX707 > BOSS RC20 loopstation >into> Marshall combo or a PA for live/ Band stuff.
I don't find it noisy but if you have a problem with noise it will be easy to stop as there is the zoom noise reduction thing.
The distortion is really good quality for the price. I can get really good boogie-metal sounds to marshall-like blues and rock tones with a few tweaks and turns!
The clean effects are also pretty amazing. I can get a decent fender type clean tone out of it.
There are loads of really annoyingly pointless patches on this that make you wonder why in the hell they were put there in the first place but you might be able to use them!

If I had the money I'd buy a backup just in case because it is plastic and it isn't the most bullit proof of designs!
Having said that I have gigged with it and I haven't had any problems with it yet so there we go!
My friend has had his for about 2 years and he used his shoes to operate it like you would a normal stomp box. BIG mistake! the two foot pedals have both broken off and now it doesn't work for some reason. If you buy this don't use shoes on it it - trust me!!!

Over a year without a problem!!!

I have been playing for about 3 years and I play stuff like Metallica, Guns n Roses, Led zeppelin, rock, blues and anything else that I hear and like basically. The Zoom suits my playing style very well and it is a really good practise tool as it has a built in drum machine and sampler.
I bought this pedal because my friend has one and I thought it was really amazing and really cheap.
I wish was slightly bigger so some of its features could be used to their full potential, for instance, the drum pedal can only be activated by a tiny button and the buttons are all really close.

This is a very easy pedal to use IF YOU READ THE MANUAL! I have had this pedal for about 2 years and only recently read the manual and make my own patches. Some of the preset patches are kinda stupid and pointless like the auto wah. But it also has some other patches that are pretty cool and very easy to edit.

You can get some pretty loud shit out of this. The preset distortion, VHALEN, is my favorite distortion but is quite bassy(nothing that a little editting can't fix). The Style I play is thrash/
heavy metal,(Metallica, Pantera, Black Sabbath, Iron maiden)this pedal has a great sound for that style. It also has a preset
12-string patch which sound nothing like it on an electric, but sounds pretty good on my semi-acoustic. You can also get a good acoustic sound for electric.

i have had this pedal for about 2 years and in that time the pedal has snapped, the power supply has packed up, the two patch pedals have come off and the jack sockets have snapped. But now it doesn't work at all. I have used this for a couple of gigs, on the first it screwed up(very embarassing), and the second was at a gig in school and it was fine, but packed up later! It's a very fragile little thing which pisses me off but if i used it for a gig again i would kepp an eye on it for at least 5 days in advanced just to make sure it won't fuck up.

I have been playing for about 5 and a half years and this is the best sounding pedal i have used, it's just a shame it's made of plastic. If it was lost i would definately buy one of these again.

I'll have to admit when I first got this thing almost 2 years ago, I had no clue how to edit patches for several months. Stupidly, I thought that the presets were the only sounds I was gonna get. When I finally stopped being lazy and read the manual, it made things a heck of a lot easier. Editing patches now is a cinch for me, yet the interface is going to be kinda confusing for some people. It not as self-explanatory as say the DigiTech RP200. You really need to mess around with the settings and explore what sounds right to you. It takes a little while to dial in a good sound because you have to keep in mind the sound of your guitar and amp and balance it with the pedal sound. Overall editing patches will be easy if you take time to read the manual and practice doing it.

I use a Standard Mexican-made Fender Strat with Duncan Performer Scorcher Rails in the bridge and neck, and a Fender Princeton 65. The thing is slightly noisy. Its not as bad since there's a noise gate, but you can hear a distinct hissing sound when your not playing. That was disappointing, because my friend doesn't even have a noise gate on his amp and its still quieter than when i'm using pedal. The effects are good. I especially liked both the choruses, which have a nice clear, ringy, high-quality sound. Tremolo is pretty good, only that you gotta make sure you set it so it doesn't overclip. Pedal wah was not spectacular and if you set it to bf, it makes this annoying volume swell that hurts the ears. The reverbs and clean compressor were awesome, and i can get these nice, big clean sounds that fill the room. Flanger is good, but not as thick as my friends Ibanez Chorus/Flanger pedal. I find that it didn't have enough attack and the harmonics were spudgy.

The best sounds from this pedal were the distortions. For my main distortion I use the OD2 setting plus the Combo A amp sim for massive bass (I don't recommend using the bright settings if you have an openback amp). I can get a good punk sound (ala Green Day, Offspring) from this. I find the noise gate however, takes away pretty much all feedback, so i can't really end a song in a barrage of squeals and noise. Yet I don't want to turn the noise gate off because of the above noise problem. I also use the acoustic simulator for acoustic-type passages, the Power Dirve to closely simulate the new Green Day, Warning album sound, and metal to go to a Randy Rhoads/Metallica scooped thrash sound.

Overall I am pleased with most of the sounds, but its not perfect.

Reliable, though one time it did stop working during a performance. It probably was the adapter though, because i checked the inside of the pedal and everything was AOK. I changed the adapter and it works perfectly now. However, I'm giving it a 9 since its only plastic and has a higher tendency to break.

never dealt with them

I play mostly punk-pop (Green Day, Offspring, Blink-182, MxPx), some metal (Metallica, Black Sabbath), and write my own songs with my band. I've been playing for about 3 years and I also own a Yahamaha EC-10 classical guitar. If this was stolen, I'd be pissed for a while, but then I'd probably set my sights on a DigiTech RP200 or a Boss ME-33. Dont get me wrong, I love the way this pedal sounds now. I made the patches according to my needs and it sounds great. Though I am still trying to find the holy grail of the multi-effects.