Zoom GFX-707

This pedal is pretty hard to use. Changing patches, volume, etc. is pretty easy, but if you want to tweak the patches at all, it will take a while. The display can only show six or seven characters, so everything is abbreviated and it is very difficult to tell what the abbreviations mean. Getting a good sound is very hard with this pedal, but most of the patches are decent sounding. The manual is pretty helpful, but it doesn't really cover everything that this pedal is capable of.

I have used this with several different setups. When used by itself, this pedal produces almost no noise, but when used with any other effects, noise and feedback are uncontrollable. Most of the distortion patches just sound sick, but the chorus, flanger, and delay are okay. There are several patches that produce interesting sounds, but they are not really usable in most music. This unit can recreate some Radiohead-like sounds, but for most types of music, it is sub-par.

This is the most fragile pedal I have ever seen. Within 6 months of getting it, without taking it out my house more than 3 times, the output jack broke. Now the sound periodically crackles and cuts out. The only way to keep the sound constant is to hold the output cable in with duct tape. I wouldn't trust this pedal for a gig

I have not dealt with ZOOM.

This pedal is an okay pedal for beginners, but if I use it, it is definately the weakest piece of equipment in my setup, and I play a Squier Strat. You should not buy this pedal and expect it to replace everything on your pedalboard. I think that you'd be better off with a Tubescreamer all in all. Email me and tell me what you think.

Pretty easy to use, but 30 user patches are not really enough for me. I would rather they don't have preset ones that you can't change.

I use it with a Marshall 30w amp and Peavey (beginner sort of) guitar. I used to like it coz it was my first pedal but then I don't anymore because it's so noisy. I have only been playing for 2 years so don't take my word too seriously.
I think the delay is pretty good. Powerdrive sounds not too bad.The so called preamp is not good at all.
Wah wahs are crap. I don't think anyone would actually use it. The so called Pitch shifter is really really useless. Basically the pedal sucks. When you step to the top or bottom end, the sound goes totally off or goes really soft. That's the reason why I am going to get RP200.
But afterall it has a variety of sound. Before the RP series is out, this thing is pretty much value for money, but may be not anymore.....
The thing NOISY!!!!!!!!

I don't really gig but I had a few performances and it was fine. Couldn't afford a backup so I went without one.

Nothing wnet wrong.

I play rock most. Distortion is sort of good enough. If It was stolen or lost, I would go for the Rp as I have said.
I like the three parameter knobs but I hate the whammy/wah pedal.
I don't really use the jam along or the drum machine function but they are okay.
Of course it is not as sturdy as my boss distortion pedal.
I compared it with zoom505 and korg ax1g and pandora when I bought. The reasons were this thing is more vesatile compare to 505 and it looks more sturdy than korg one. (It also seems to me that more people use 707 instead of korg.)
If the pedal is not as crappy as it is, I don't think I will get rp200 but now i decided I will.

It is very easy to use. The knobs are great and turn easily and neatly. It takes a little practice to get some of the more complex editing down, but once you get the hang of it it is not hard to do.

This little thing has lots of great sounds. Certain effects are better than others, of course, but you definitley find a lot here. It isn't noisy and sounds great through headphones (which I use 90% of the time). It does have shortcomings, but I am still a newer player (about a year) and I am playing a cheap Fender Squier Strat, so I can't make much of a complaint about the sound quality being the problem of the pedal.

Although it is plastic, it is very sturdy. I only use it for practice so I can't say whether it would withstand playing at a gig, but I would certainly think so.

Haven't needed it.

This is a great multi-effects pedal for a beginner like me. It is a little frustrating that a lot of the effects can't be used together and if you want that you definitely should get something else. But it is really fun for experimenting with different sounds and for having a lot of variety. I was debating about getting this or the Digitech RP200 or the Korg AX1G and went this this because it had evertything I was looking for and was easier to use. I like the drums too. It is kind of frustrating that you can't edit the factory presets because some of them just sound stupid, but it has 30 which you can edit and that is more than enough for me. Bottom line is if you know what you want to sound like you should probably just buy the individual pedals, but if you like to experiment and want variety this is a cheap and fun way to do it.

Its not bad.
PLay with it to get 'good' sounds.
PLayability wont mark it down other stuff will.
Some of its complicated; cos its got too many features an not enough buttons.

chorus/acoust sounds good.
distortions bit weak, sounds kinda... cheap?
i always use th eamp sim on flk stk (god knows what that stands 4), to give it a lil substance.
its not noisy, quite responsive.

would i gig w/ it?
would i burn it is more likely.
This things sound cuts out all the time, wether you leave it still, use batteries or power pax or whatever.
its plastic.
the expression pedels quiiote strong, you could get maybe 2 bouncers on it witout that breaking it. the rest of it would. the pedels on mines bust up cos i tried to take it apart (there was nout else id do wiv it) and its shoody lpastic crap. basically it worked 4 about 10 months be4 it bust.

its not worth the dosh/bother geretin this junk fixed

if you are young, have just started:

DO

NOT

BUY

THIS!!!!

Wait, better amps/guitars are more important, tilll u have the sense to by other effects.
i'm getting some marshall pedals, which are so strong you could stop a tank with one.
I dont know about multi effects, but personnally i dont trust them, regardless of make/model.

i just look back in disgust + regret.

Well dun zoom, you conned me well.

what a waste of a b.day

C'est la vie!

Once I got down to organizing my list of patches, I found the editing process quite easy, ie., dial in the patch, pick the target bank/sequence and store...wha-lah! The manual was easy to understand and explains all the functions well. I did have to read the manual first to figure out how to edit, therefore it isn't entirely intuitive.

I use a '79 stratocaster(heavy ash body w/lots of sustain) through a Marshall AVT50. The ZOOM noise reduction really seems to do the job even at high volume and gain. So far all effects have been consistent. I don't necessarily strive for a match of certain artists sound, I try more to get the best sound for my style and setup. I play SRV, Hendrix, Trower, ZZ Top, The Ventures... The patches I use most for my user list are: OLDVIB(The Ventures), DRVVIB(The Ventures), CRUNCH(Great deep blues sound!), L-LEAD(this is a great distortion/chorus/echo effect with much presence), CYCLE(phazer), STDCHO(chorus), HVYCOMP(compression). Of all the effects I really like CRUNCH best. It sounds great with a strat/marshall combo. It has a deep growl that I love. My amp has a great clean channel and the two compliment each other very well. I haven't put it to use yet but there is a wild heavy vibe Jeff Beck effect called BOOTS.

As far as weak effects, I really had to tweak the OLDVIB(vibrato) patch to get a brighter tone for Ventures songs. I have to turn the treble up on the amp to help. Also, there are too many undistinguishable distortion effects.

It hasn't let me down yet. Even though it is made of plastic it is of heavier gauge and a tight unit. As far as gigging without backup, I believe that you are always at rish without a backup no matter what the equipment is. That said, I'd say you'd run a lower risk with this unit as long as it isn't mistreated. I give this a 7 because I haven't had it for a long time(4 months?).

Haven't had need for support yet.

As already stated, I play mostly blues based music and The Ventures. I have been playing for 27 years. I also have an acoustic for playing around the campfire. If it were stolen, I'd probably shop and compare again just to see what's new before buying again. I love the compact size, the effects, the rhythm generator(sounds great!), and the tuner. When you think about it, it is pretty amazing all the functions you get in this compact little unit. There is nothing I hate about it. I also tried out Digitech 300, one of the higher end ZOOM processors, and a Korg. I chose the ZOOM GFX-707 for its features, quality and price. It has definitely helped me compose and create a rhythm when a drummer isn't available.

Easy to use, but you should use the manual when operating the first time.

The sounds are great, but don't expect them to jump to you. Fiddle around and tweak the damn thing. Then you'll get what you want. I use a Peavey Bandit 112 Scorpion speaker with Fender Mexican Strat. Bridge pick up been replaced by Seymour Duncan Hot Rails.

No problems yet! But I only have it for 4 days. So, lets wait and see.

N.A.

It's a good unit for the price. I can't complain.

I'd just like to update my review on this, uh, crap. After awhile, the pedal started shutting off randomly. No, it wasn't the batteries. I finally decided to open it up and tighten some screws. This stopped the random shutting off, but the output jack problem(which someone else spoke of here), remained. The problem is especially noticeable when using headphones. The sound cuts off every now and then, and you have to kick it to get it back. This is a huge problem for me, because I can't quite afford stomp boxes. So, in other words: choose a different pedal.

Easy as pie. Tak eit out of the box and away you go. factory defaults are great as they are. the 30 user bank has soem pretty neat effects programmed in already. ive kept many of them. When it comes to creating your own effects it gets a little more tricky but after a read of the manual and a couple trial runs youll soon be able to create any sound your looking for, or near enough.

First id like to say that i only really use this for a practice pedal. why? cos its easy to carry around and saves setting up a million pedals just for a practice. It can create near enough any effect your looking for but you will have to compremise. I dont use it for live preformances cos you can only have 1 distortion and one modulation effect at a time eg. heavy overdrive with Chorus. you cant have overdrive, chorus and wah. which can limit you for a live gig. And if you try to daisy chain it with another pedal apart from a select few it sounds awfull! It sounds great with the digitech wammy ill give it credit for that. Whatever your style you can create an effect that will suite you. i think theres like 14 different distortions/overdrives which you can tweak anyway you want. I use this pedal with either my Danelectro or my Fender cyclone. It has loadsa modulation effects. all the standard chorus, flanger etc and others like a talk box, and wierd slowdown effects like when you turn the power off a record player. All these effects are fantastic, i have no complaints. APART FROM 1. the wah pedal is SHIIT! it doesnt have any kind of different settings. it does but you wouldnt really notice it. id only use this wah for a chicka chicka effect like Hendix uses palm muting it.
Artist sound u can create on this? well one preset on factory default is Van helen. this is a great sound i tell you. you can pretty much get close enough to any artist sound on this pedal. sometimes not perfect but close enough.

I would never gig with this. Its all plastic and on mine the output jack is funny and if you slightly knock it the sound cuts and you have to fiddle for a while to get it in the right place. Thsi would not do for a live gig. i cant remember being hard with the pedel once so thats pretty shitty. if it wasnt for this then id consider using it. otherwise no! ITS PLASTIC FOR GODS SAKE! ive got pedls built like a tank, dicast metal shells. but this thing mkes you scared to use it if you drob it or press the pedals down to hard. since this is a practice pedal for me im usually at home so i dont wear shoes while using it. GOOD IDEA! if u like wearing doc martins boots while playing this isnt the pedal for u! saying that theknobs are tooked away nicly

Ive been playing for 3 years now and this was the first pedal ive used. over the years ive replaced my guitar (several times), my amp, my style of music and bought loadsa individual stomp boxes to specialise in the certain fields of effects and i still use my ZOOM!
Every person i kno who is learning guitar i say buy this pedal. its fantastic for a newcomer. for 100 quid its the best money i ever spent. When you start out you dont want to be tied down to one or two types of effects cos you dont really kno what style of music you are going to end up warming too. this pedal is as diverse as rainforest. I agree with that when you get to kno what you really want then buy stompboxes etc to concentrate on the main sound you want as the zoom can be called shallow in a way. not too shallow. unless your a live performer who really needs a perfect sound to what hes looking for this pedal is fine. If it got lost or stolen now id still get a zoom multieffects pedal cos i think they are great. maybe not this model cos im more experienced now an di hve more money. Id get the GFX-8, but 1 or 2 yrs ago id still replace it.
Every new guitarist should have a multieffects pedal. if not this one than another. Saying that, even more experienced players could use this. I still do. but if your rich get the bigger zoom ones. they have the same features and more. tons more, plus they are made from metal instead of plastic.

It is easy to use when you get to know the thing because it is hard to work out at first. The posisioning of the controls are organised well but sometimes not that easy to get at.
The GFX 707 is very small and compact so it is easy to carry around but is not a very professional item if you gig a lot.
The manual is helpful and usually easy to understand when you have problems with it but you should work things out anyway.

I play through a USA Fender Strat and a Marshall G30RCD amp with the little Zoom. The effects are brilliant and there are plenty of them,
there are flange, distortion, chorus, and other wacky sounds you can choose from. The sound is exactly what you pick and it does not make any other bad noises.

It is very reliable, I would take it to any gig I go to. It is made rock-solid plastic so it is almost unable to break much if you take care of it! I would'nt have a backup for a gig because there is no sustitute for a GFX 707, or unless you took two of them.

I have used the Zoom every day, all day for a few years and I have never needed customer support, SO IT MUST BE GOOD.

I play any type of music and it matches it all, if it does not match yours for some reason, there is the option of making your own patches.
I have a couple guitars, a Marshall amp, two indavidual pedals I never use and the ZOOM GFX 707.
If I lost it or it was stolen I would look for an amplifier with effects and reverb (as my Marshall amp is shit in some ways)or I'd look for a different pedal with the same effects but a little bigger, BUT TO BUY ANOTHER GFX 707 IS EASER AND SAVES TIME.
I like almost everything about it except some controls such as the drum beat button are hard to get to.
It is cheap for the features it has because it has everything else.

Really easy if you spend some time with the manual.

The amp simulator is ok, and although distortion is not my favourite thing in this unit, a beginner can really find it useful. The flanger and chorus are high quality, in my opinion, but do not expect too much from the wah (i never plan to use it anyway). I just wish it had a bit more versatility when it comes to the effects. I've been using it to record things in my four-track machine and its very useful to do things at home, then maybe ask for/rent/buy/make/steal something better to go to the studio, but having recorded things with this at home on a tape will really save time when it comes to decide what kind of sound do you want on a certain song. The "drum machine" is ok if you want to do improvisation, practice things and stuff....
The sampler (????) is totally useless to me.

I can't really tell, but I've always seen it as something more to record ideas or songs at home.

I think this is a useful tool both for professionals and beginners, almost something necessary, because you can get different sounds very easily, so even if its sound is not perfect its still a all-in-one, unexpensive effects box that will surely help you to "plan" things, and not having to get twenty individual pedals just to see how it sounds (but to record on a studio, choose the complicated).

It was pretty hard at first but once you get used to it is completly easy to make your own effects and edit and move around others.

I use a Fender Jagmaster guitar(two humbackers) and a Fender Deluxe 90, and I think it sounds great. The wha is ok, and the distortions need to be a little more versitlile but other than that, everything was perfect. My favorite sounding effect is the phaser. You can shape and mold it soooo well. The delays are very nice too. Almost all effects are controled by a foot pedal which is a nice touch.

Ugh! My inputs broke in 5 months of use!! I hate it! It was such a great pedal than poof! It broke.

didnt try so I couldn't tell you.

Not too bad for recording and home use. But i personally like Boss single effects and others like that.

Really confusing when you first get it but when you get familiar with the editing its not too bad

its o.k. some of the effects r really cool, but alot of the distortions sound the same, dont buy it for the wah, it sucks.
really dont buy it for the wah.

i wouldnt recomened it fir a gig. i stick with boss single effect pedals

its good if you want alot of effects, but dont buy for just one or two or even like five it has.

Pretty easy, once you work out the arrow buttons, it's straight forward. All the effects patches are simple to set up, and the knobs are much easier to use than the buttons on other zoom processors.

Telecaster into Boss CS-3, RAT, and various other pedals. This is always the last pedal in the chain. Sound quality is great. I NEVER use the distortions or overdrives though. I hate zoom digital distortions. YUK! The proper effects though, like Vibe and Trem and the ring modulator and filter are excellent. Especially as it's so difficult to find good versions of these effects for little money. This pedal offers them all at an affordable price. They can be controlled really easily and sound really clear and excellent. Maybe some of the effects are a little too digital for my liking, but alot of them really are clear and proffesional. Would be 10, but the crappy distortions really are bad.

I've never had a problem with it, I know that maybe the expression pedal might break 5 years down the line or whatever, but for as far as I can see it's trustworthy.

I've had two zoom pedals and neither have broken so I don't know.

I play evil/sinister rock music and this pedal gives me all the odd factor that I need. I've set it up to give me one filter, four vibe, three tremolo, a couple of pitch shifter effects, and a bit of other fun things too. If it were stolen I might try and buy all the effects seperately but I'd have to be fairly rich and patient. I wish it had more user patches because there's so much more I want to do and no more space. It's handy, almost essential, to my sound. If I didn't have it, the music I make wouldn't sound anywhere near as interesting. If you're not an analog loyalist and want to expand your horizons, then pick this up and have a play. You might enjoy it.

It's super easy. Once you read the manual, you'll have no problem

Don't expect too much from this one. I liked chorus and delay, rest are O.K, Wah and distortion sucks big time

It's still in good shape after 2 years

n/a

Well, this was my first pedal, and I really enjoyed playing it for a while, but as I purchased other stuff along the way, I hardly use it anymore. I recommend this to begginers. It'll be a great practice tool

I read the manual in one night and mastered the whole pedal in one day. It's very easy to use. All you have to do is read the manual. Editing patches is very easy and I got very good sounds on this thing. I've created many patches already.

The sounds that come with the pedal itself are crappy. You have to play with the settings and everything to get the sound you want. I found this quite easy. The EQ was very useful to me. The noise reduction is very useful especially for that feedback noise I get a lot from my amp. I have an Ibanez GAX 70 with a 15W Crate Amp and I got very good sounds out of it. It's possible to get sounds from favorite artists. After fiddling with the knobs I got sounds from Metallica (my favorite band) as well as other bands. The expression pedal is okay I guess. The only bad thing about it is the range of the pedal. It's sensitive I guess. I adapted to it in less than an hour though. You just have to learn how to use the expression pedal. I give it a nine because of the expression pedal.

I haven't used it in a gig yet. I suppose this pedal would be fantastic for home recordings or jamming with friends. I would probably buy something more solid and metallic for gigs.

Haven't called them yet.

I've been playing for 3 years and I've been experimenting a lot during those years in terms of guitar music. Honestly this pedal has brought a much better sound to my playing. I've fiddled with other pedals before such as ibanez pedals and the Zoom 505. The GFX-707 trashes all of those. I play all kinds of music...from metal to classic rock...to classical sounding tunes and stuff. I'd probably save up and buy something better if it were stolen.

It's very easy to use. No problem

Everything seems to be o.k. except for the Wah.

I had it for almost 2 years and it is still fine like new. I guess I don't really abuse my gear but seems like it'll last very long.

Overall, there are better stuff out there. Good for the beginners (with the drum machine), but not for me. If you're a beginner with a tight budget, this is the one for you, but if not, fin something else!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Loads of other reviews have all how to do it and about all the banks, so i wont say too much.
This was my first processor and when i first got it i had never tried an FX set before, but it wasn;t too hard. The manual is straight forward enough, and in proper english (the co.s japanese). it wont take you long to figure out whats what. When contemplating buying this, ease of use probably wont mark it down.

i use this mainly with a crappy affinity squire strat and sumtimes with a yamaha electro-acoust. The sound can be thin in places for the distortion, and will take some tweaking to get smooth and right. The chorus/acoustic sounds are very good and my mate never shuts it about them. what pisses me off is when some of the same effects i want together are in the same section i.e chorus + flanger are both in the same mod sect and if i want some fuzz to beef up distortion i cant.
probably not the same as youd get with boss single pedals, but it aint boss, it aint single pedals, but then again it the price of them either.
Theb expression pedal is what puts this thing sky high against competiton.

i have dropped this and stood on it quite heavy and it hasn't broke like that.
I had with the input jack going off all the time to the extent i coudn't trust it anymore. After a while i played surgeon with some solder and found some solder joints had come off, probably cos i yanked the leads out 2 hard.
No probs apart from that , apart from the adapter going cos i bent the lead too much. (i dont give thisthing 2 much respect do i).
while i was in the back it was obvious that this is a mass produced . the king with one circuit that already is put to getth popped from its pack and slapped in. Its as near as you get to a disposablr unit, but at this price, thats not surprising. If any of it goes: Good Luck gettin it fixed

I have never dealt with Zoom, but i think that as far as they are concerned, this is one of the cheaper units they make, even if it is one of their best sellers. Cos of that, they probably aren't to arsed about lil' faults. From what i hear, guitar co.'s aren;t 2 friendly.
I'd try to get a 12 month garuntee that will get you a replacement at no cost.

I play this is chirch situ's most.
The best thing is th exp pedal, the worst is... Dont know

If it were nicked/broke i wud get single pedals.

Its good.

But look at the price. 99 is cheap and gud value, but dont expect 5000 quality or features

really it's a simple processor y've ever seen
editing patches is not difficult as much as the others and
there aren't any processor with exp. pedal in same cost

It's quite easy to use but it can be a hassle to get good sounds by yourself... A little too many options... Lots of effects.

Well, the znr funktion is great. The sound is somewhat good. Lots of effects and stuff. The distortion is a bit weak sometimes but in general ok. The ampsimulator is handy.

Well, I rehearsed with it a couple of times but... It didn't sound that good...

I've used it for a year now and I'm pleased with it. It's not professional or anything. I recommend all you beginners or those who have played a while and want to have som cool effects to buy something like this. To bad I didn't buy something like this 5 years ago. It's great for practicing, composing new song etc, exploring sounds... It does sound ok when you record with it.

Well, I upgraded to an DG-Stomp wich I do think blows the gfx away but it is still a good pedal.

At first glance, it looks kinda complicated. However, after reading the manual and playing around, it's pretty easy to create and edit patches. I miss the EQ knobs like the digitech and pods have though.

I use this processor with my Fender Strat and my Epiphone LP Special. I sometimes run it to my Peavey Classic 50 212 but mostly to a little solid state Marshall Park G30R-CD because I don't have to wait for the tubes to heat up. Also use it with headphones and Direct in to my PC. The 707 really sounds great for the money. I also have the POD and RP-200. I have owned the Zoom 505 but sold it because it sounded like crap. The 707 it a BIG improvement. The main reason I bought it was because I wanted a multi-effects box with a Wah that was battery operated for traveling. This unit fits the bill nicely. I can get awesome sounds from it. The wah is not the best because of the limited travel of the pedal but it is useable. I've seen worse.

Only had it a couple of weeks so I don't really know. I can say that the unit is plastic and I would be careful with it. So far I've gotten about 8 or 9 hours of use on the 1st set of batteries. Very pleased. I will give it a 7 here because of the plastic housing.

Never used them

I've been playing electric about 2 years and I've owned a lot of stuff. I play everything from classical style to Blues to Funk to death metal. If it were stolen. I'd buy probably buy another one. I love the sounds and the price but hate the plastic. Sadly I have not touched my $350 POD since I got this.

I just want to say something that I want to change from a ealerier review that I did. Don't get this crap!I gave it an overall rating of 9. Now I give it a 3. It's horrible once you store a patch somewhere you can get the old patch that you store on top of it back unless you do a wierd thing to it. Then if you do that you lose everything you did. It sucks and the effects are absolutely horrible. Do not get this at all!

Stay clear of this unit.A bunch of totally lifeless tones.The dirty tones are all very buzzy and sound very artificial no matter how much you fiddle with the eq and the amp sims.

Didn't use it for too long so can't comment on the reliability.But I wouldn't do a metal gig with it.

I listen/play a lot prog. rock and metal(not the 'nu' crap).In my opinion,a few artists having good tones are Greg Howe,Yngwie Malmsteen,Blues Saraceno,Allan Holdsworth etc.

This unit doesn't even close to reproducing these tones but then again,I didn't expect much from such a cheap unit.It does however offer a lot of features and a beginner might find it useful.

I have a small FX processor which is in the same price bracket(Korg Pandora) and that totally blows this unit away in terms of sound quality.I really don't care too much for a million features.Just a few will do as long as they're good.(esp. the preamp)

It's pretty easy. The owners manual is hard to understand, but once you mess with it yourself its a piece of cake.

It's really good sound too. Everything sounds good. Nothing wrong with it at all. Only one thing though. When you play a note and let it ring for a while it starts to have a wierd sound(kind of like when the processor is trying to shut down.) But that's not that big of a problem because it's not that loud and it takes a long while for it to ring before it does that.

It's a good processor that I would use anytime, anywhere.

I just want to say this is an awesome processor that any body should have.There are better processors for more money but this really has everything I need. And I play alot of experimental music with wierd effects and this works fine.

Plug n Play. Very easy to edit exisiting patches with a nice analog (knob) control. This results in a quick edit of a few of the more obvious effects. To really refine a patch there is a deeper level of editing which is also fairly straight forward once you have done one or two edits.
The manual is pretty good. It doesn't detail settings for the preprogrammed patches but once you are editing them, you can figure it out and modify appropriately.
No way of upgrading the firmware.

Used with a Peavy Generation guitar (tele copy with strat style pickups) and a 50w tube Traynor amp.
No noise from this pedal at all even when the noise reduction circuit is almost off.
Some of the preprogrammed patches are not to my taste but the basic chorus, distortion,reverb, phase, wah, drums, are very good and infinitely editable. Distortion is a bit heavy - goes from off to medium rather than mild. Compared to the POD I had for awhile these sounds are a lot better. However the POD relaly is an amp simulator and that is where this pedal is weak. I would argue that the amp sounds are more of an eq/tone function.
Only sound quality complaint is on the half speed playback. It sounds like crap. Its really only useable when sampling a lead, using it to decipher any sort of fast arpeggio or rich track is impossible.

Have used it for 2 months with no issues. Its pretty reasonably built although I have my doubts about how the 2 foot pedal switches will hold up. They feel like a carbon based contact (ie not a mechanical based switch) and these have a habit of wearing out. If they wear out there are finger size buttons that accomplish the same thing but won't be too useful when plaing a gig.

N/A although the website is okay and the product manual is there as a pdf if you loose yours or want to check it out before you buy.

Great first pedal. Great for practice with its sampler and drums. Tuner works better than POD I used to have. An infinite number of effects can be built so if you've got money for only one, this is a good buy. Compared to Digitech and Korg, with comparable features this unit costs a lot less and I don't see that anything has been sacrificed. I would buy another.
With the sampler and drums I think it makes you a better player through improving your practice sessions. I've been playing for 25 years and spent more time enjoying practice & composing than I ever have since I bought this.
Not a good amp simulator, or a slow playback sampler but for the $ I'm giving it a 9 due to its fanatastic bang for the buck.

Well, i got it without manual, and i had to phone my friend to ask him how to edit patches. It's easy, but could be better.

Well, Dist/Overdrive Suck completely. There isn't a good fuzz nor Metal Distorsion. I always though my MT-2 is by far to technical dis. but when i play the MT-2 after the GFX, it's sound 10x better. Though i like more Tube/vintage distor.
The Effects are...hmm
WahWah sucks,
Delay is okay
Chorus is good
the rest i don't use.
The best thing is, it has xpression pedal, and Drum Machine whihc kicks ass.
The Sampler sucks big ass!
Overall, it's hmm...not the best i've seen!

Well, the one i got isn't good!!!

Hmm...not that good!

the only thing i wish it had really was a bank stitching pedal instead of going through ALL of the patches to find an effect.

i run it into either a Ampeg 140-CH or my carvin sfx 200 with an Ibanex grx-40z. not noisy at all other than natural pickup humm. (quiter than w/out gfx707) I use it mostly for the dist. effects nd the delay and echo. some effects are almost pointless though.
(ring modulator?? good for little sound effects but not really for playing) after a little patch work i finally got that elusive MESA sound, but better!:) flip that little amp sim. to combo a and you got metallica, turn it off and go to mid and bridge and you got godsmack. i love the sounds this is capable of!!

only prob was the input jack soldier point broke, but i fixed it and have had no other probs. with it since. I have and will continue to use it for gigs. ( the dryload off option comes in really handy for finding the next patch)

nothin here!

i play every kind of metal imaginable ( and alot of other stuff too) esp. Pantera, Metallica, and other pissed off stuff. benn playing about 2.5 years, (17.5 yrs old) my friends(and family) are amazed how fast i learned. i am lucky because everybody in my fanily plays something. and yes, i would buy it again. i love everything except no bank pedal.:( would like to be able to mess aroud woth the amp sim. settings though to see what it would do. would also like a programable drum machine too! But all in all, this is a pissd off pedal. if anybody wants to trade patch settings, let me know at wanker720@hotmail.com

Are you looking for a classic Hendrix tone, or maybe that powerfully brilliant Van Halen overdrive? Well LOOK ELSEWHERE. This pedal is $375 and with about the same number of effects as dollars this amp can get a lot of tones, but usually they are abstract versions of what a real pro would be looking for. However, if, like me, you are a punker who likes to experiment every now and then with a bit of wah-wah or delay, and you can't afford the fifty necessary pedals, then this pedal is for you. The experimental possibilities are endless. It also has an adjustment pedal which serves a different purpose for every effect (eg. wah-wah, volume).

Now that I've had it for a while (1 year) and have had the pleasure of trying more specialised pedals, I have come to realise that this pedal does not quite cut it for me anymore. I still enjoy using it, but I just don't really use it for recording or jamming as it is just not quite there. I use it through a Fender 15 watt practice amp, and through a Marshall VS-100. I found the VS-100 distortion far superior to any from the 707.

Has not broken down or had any troubles in the year that I have owned it.

Never dealt with 'em

For my punk band I have bailed this pedal for the Peavey 5150 Combo amp which I am buying (off the singer/guitarist for Kerb! Epic former punk band from Perth WA, a band that any punker from the area should know. If you don't, get your head out of your arse and find their album "Nobody here but us Walruses". His recording amp for their only album prior to disbanding.) This pedal is like a lot of women, at first it's all you need, but after a year of it you yearn for more.

It is relatively easy to use, except for a few buttons.

There is a small amount of noise when using it on some effects, but there is something they call Zoom noise reduction though, but still a small amount of fuzz on some effects. I mostly use the Wah Wah, delay, overdrive, distortion, flanger and a few other effects, that i use when writing, that are compositions of their own. I use a squier guitar with this and run through just a small amp, when i play at home. Most of the effects a good, but there are a few that i just wonder about why they put them in there, as they are just useless, and i hardly ever use them.

I only use this pedal at home, and wouldn't use it at gigs. For that i would use my boss pedals, as they are much simpler to use, and are more reliable, since the GFX-707's casing is just plastic. i think that this pedal is just for jamming aroud with at home, and not to be used at gigs. I would reccomend this pedal to any bedroom rocker, and garage band, although for those who gig a lot, don't use this on stage, or it's lifetime won't be that big.

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I would probably replace it if it were stolen or lost, but i am not sure on that topic. Some of the effects are just pointless and i don't like them. i like the expression pedal, and the tuner built in, but i don't like some of the buttons, as even if you were wearing no shoes you would still have no shance of pressing them. I play blues and rock, although so far, i haven't been able to coax any bluesy sounds out of it. i haven't been able to compare this pedal to any other multi effects pedals, but i think it would be a good pedal for a beginner, bedroom rocker, or garage band.

its very easy to use, and its great cause you can put the patches wherever you want, so you can fix it up if you want a patch to be next to another you want.. and you can also play with the patch configuration thing.. its really cool

its got a great sound, even though I got a peavy guitar and amp (soon to be buying Jackson's Dimebag!! ) it sound very good. the expresion pedal is ok, but its not to die for..its very easy to get the exact sounds you want.. I got Rammsteins, Metallicas, Pantera, Sepultura.. and they sound exactly the same..:)

you caa use it in a gig with no problem at all.. too bad its plastic and not in metal, but it doesnt matter, its still great!

when i bought it, the people that sold it to me at the company wer every friendly and they even tought me some tricky stuff I could do with it, and they even stored in some patches of Pantera that i wasnted to get.. hehe cool hu?

Ive been playing guitar some alot years now, and Ive never had a better pedal that the zoom 707, it gives me everything I want, I play metal, mostly speed/heavy metal.. and some black and death.. but the metal sound very good in it

Very easy to use. Just plug in then play! But I think it would be better if you read the manual to get the most out of it.

I use a strat copy and a practice amp with this pedal. This pedal really improved my sound. It has a lot of effects. It's very versatile. With a few tweaks, I could easily copy the sound of my favorite bands.

Yes. I think it would be better if it was metal but plastic is also good. I would use it even without backup.

never needed them

I play rock, alternative and hardcore. this pedal gives me all the sounds i need. You'd really get your money's worth when you buy this pedal.

Getting a good sound from the 707 is easy, its pretty simple to muck around with. The whole editing patches is easy without referring to the manual.

I use this with a typical marshall stack and BCRich warlock. All of the effects are great, except one. The distortion. Now, you can get an almost noiseless great sounding distortion from this pedal, but it lacks the beefiness. this is not good for me cos i play metal and punk music.

Ive used it without a backup on a gig. It will never break if you treat it right.

Never dealt with zoom. but their website sucks.

Well, its annoying having to switch through the patches, and the distortion is thin. It lacks the nice beefy distortion you like with things like rage, metallica, greenday. allsorts. but, it worked great with me, i had it for a year. Im upgrading to a gfx4 now, hope its good...

The selection pedals are comfortable and positive. I wish the drum-effects start-stop button were operable with the foot- this would be a major advance. The biggest 'plus' I noticed is I can plug headphones straight into the peadal- not having to use an amp.-- Very attractive for late-night playing.

I use a Fender Stratocaster with Peavy amp (15w). Noise is not a problem. I wish the volume levels of patches were more adjustable. There are great sound level differences when switching from one patch to another.

I have had mine almost two years. No problems.

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I play late 60's rock, and in my chuch. My partners in the group are astounded at the variety, versatility, size and effectivenes of this device. I would highly recommend.

Simple patch creation. Easy to move patchs around.

Not bad but takes a long imte to fine tune patchs. Akso the expression pedle is very poor

Never gone wrong

Not a bad piece of kit but don't expect much from the expression pedel

60 Effects, Expression and Wah Pedal

Danelectro with a Peavey Transtube Master 120 watt through a crate 412 cab.

it is very dependable

i would take it without backup

This pedal is quite easily the easiest I've ever had to use. The patches are pre programed, so you don't have to edit them; very good if you want that 'Plug in and Play' factor. But this pedal is far from simple, each patch is fully customiseable, either by using the 'quick controls' to alter levels to effects like Gain, Reverb, Chorus and Vibrato. This is very handy, especially if you want to temporarilly edit a patch during a preformance very quickly. For those with very specific needs, it is possible to create patches from scratch. This is not simple, but with a little help from the manual it isn't too bad. The manual its self is pretty easy to understand, as it uses simple language rather than technical jargon. Some veteran guitarists may find themselves skipping through the basic functions to get to the more complicated features like the sampler function and the 'Jam Play' function.

I've tried this pedal with many setups, from my small Fender Frontman 50w amp, using it to record with an AKAI digital 12 track recorder (using the line out function), using it with a Marshalls (Valvestate?) 100w combo amp, using it with a carlsbro (don't ask me what) 200w multi purpose amp, and finally with a Marshalls Valvestate 500w stack. The sound is always crystal clear and brilliant. The ZOOM NOISE REDUCTION means that feedback from high gain effects is virtually a thing of the past. The effects themselves are remarkably varied, from a 12 string acoustic simulator, to a bluesey style, from a highly destorted feedback generator, to an oldschool funk sound, this pedal has it all. No one guitarist could ever need all of these patches, so it's usually a good idea to customise your user definable patches so that you have all of your sounds together. An all round stunner.

This is very reliable, save for one great flaw: it eats batteries by the truckload. Definately one to use mains supply for, otherwise you could find yourself up the creek without a paddle. If you absolutely positively definately must have it powered by batteries, use a fresh set every time. This could cost alot in AA batteries, especially if you gig alot. It is, however reliable enough to use without a backup; just spare batteries :?)

I've never had to deal with ZOOM about this, as I've never had anything go wrong or needed an upgrade

I play alot of punk rock, but I also play most varieties of rock, except for Neu Metal (SLIPKNOT SUCK!!!!). It's an excellent match, because the very varied 707 can't be faulted for it's versitality. I've been playing about 4 years (yup, a newbie) but I've never had anything with such a variety of sounds and a versitality in its features. An absolute stunner, quite simply brilliant.

Comments, questions or anything else, e-mail me.

Annorack_Entrprs_2000@yahoo.co.uk

Pretty good. The analogue dials are an interesting idea and work very well if you just want to crank up the gain. they can get a bit tedious when doing for complicated stuff though. I picked up the patch editing pretty quick.

OUTSTANDING noise reduction. Slightly lacking in the distortion dept but better than my amp. I'm using a squier strat and if i was going to inprove the quality i'd have to replace that first.

Feels a little bit flimsy. The out put jack is a bit loose but i have no worries about stamping on it as long as I hit the right bit.

Never used it

I use it to practice and to record demos. I'd definitely use it for gigs though. The option of compression and other subttle effects has heightened my awareness of how these things can change your sound.

i't was complete crap. I couldn't get it succed it took me like a day just to get a good distortion

the distortion's are stink as. they are like pussey samick distortion. the chorus what real flat. but the delay was awesome i liked the delay.

NO WAY. i wouldn't even use it at a gig at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it might last 1/2 an hour but still the sound is crap

at the Auckland Rockshop they had nothing to do with it as soon as i walked out the door

very very stink

Easy as breathing to use. Just step on the patches to select a track, step on both of them to turn the effect off. Really cool! I haven't had a go at editing it yet, but ZOOM aren't known for being too difficult to use. Compared to most effects processors, this is as easy to use as any stompbox, only with more sounds at your disposal!

The distorion setting range from the very good to the very muddy, so you may want to find another pedal for distorion (I recommend the Jeykal + Hyde. Read my review about it) or use the gain from your amp. However, the effects are just blinding! They sound cleaner and more powerful than any effects pedals i have ever used. THe wah may not be to everyones taste, but the footswitch can also act as a volume pedal.
Right now i run this thing though a practice amp. (I leave my main amp in teh studio when i play with my band), but it sounds really good. I've now sold off all my other pedals because of this thing. IT also has a built in drum machine. how cool is that?

It's made of plastic, so it doesn't look indestructable. I'll let you knwo when i gig with it.

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For those of you who read my eariler reviews about stompboxes, you can forget all about that now. I have fallen in love with this little box, next to my Whammy pedal, i just couldn't live without it. What i like is that it's so easy to carry! BEfore i had to just bung all my pedals in a bag and carry them, now i don't have that problem! I would certainly buy another one if i lost this. Its has somehting here for anyone. So go on! Buy one at your nearest store now! GO ON! BUY IT NOW!!!! NOW!!!! NOW!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry, don't know what came over me....

I suppose it's pretty easy to use ...as digitally programmed devices go. The Zoom GFX707 has a great lit display and you can label patches for easy recognition! A great sounding but very simple rhythm unit. Lots of effects for a rather bargain price. I like the dials that allow you to modify your patches quickly in live situations. I switched to this unit from Korg's AX1-G which has has no rhythm unit and a display which is not lit. I got tired of bending over to see what effect was called up.

If you're into rocky distortion sounds, you've hit a garden full! Other stuff is nice too; I really like the chorus. I mostly run it through the church P.A. It has a setting for using it through a sound system but frankly, I can't notice any difference in the sound or performance regardless of which setting it's on. Handy adaptor/battery options for power and those AA size batteries are a fairly economical size compared with the little rectangular 9-volt jobs. The pitch function is a bummer when set to produce an octave below the guitar note. It's ok on high notes but look out if you go lower! It makes a beating/fluttering effect that ruins the octave stuff. Sounds like maybe that bottom note isn't quite in tune. Can't Zoom tweak that to make it useful? I'm starting to regret selling my Korg AX1-G. The effects were just as good and that octave effect *worked*!

It would have been nice to get a "pushed" tube sound or a milder distortion effect, but all the distortions are pretty hard sounding.

The AA batts get used up within 14 hours according to the manual, but I used NiCad rechargeables and they died within about 3 to 4 hours. I bought some of the new rechargeables made with NiMH (Nickel Metal Hydride) and they should last better I'm told. Review It's a pretty good deal generally. My disappointment is because the octave effect is one that I was looking forward to, and it seems to be the one that doesn't work very well. I'm still looking/watching for a fix for it.

The plastic seems fairly tough and I'm not expecting any problems with reliablility. I've had the unit for about a month but my pal has had a couple of them for about a year without reliability problems.

I emailed Samsontech a day or two ago at 'support@samsontech.com' about the crummy octave performance on lower notes but no reply so far. It's still a little early to know whether they'll be helpful or even respond.

I play mostly praise and worship music in church and usually use my bass. The effects seem to work fine on both my guitar & bass.

This pedal is fairly easy to operate. The manual is pretty self explanatory. While it is true that some of the patches are pointless..the guys at ZOOM figured not everyone would like them so they gave the option to modify them and store them. So there just demo effects.

Ive used several other pedals and with this one i find it has good noise reduction. Most of the time i run it into a 32-channel Mackie mixer and it has very good sound. For smaller gigs I run it through a Crate brain stacked with 2 15"s.

Ive used it alot. I practice with it, I play at home with it and I play gigs with it. While it is true that the case is plastic..i jam out on it pretty hard..and it hasnt broken yet.

Havent had a problem yet.

I play everything from slow songs..to hard rock. I find it useful to play in pretty much any style you desire. Since you can create up to 30 effects you thought up. The only thing I wish was better..was the sampler, its too short. But I bought it for gigs...so I dont really need it because we have other players.

Excuse for my english...I'm Italian! But now I speak about GFX. It's too easy to use, there are no problems to program patches and to create your best sound.

With the zoom I use a Fender Roc Pro 700 amp with an Ibanez GIO. There is a patch programmed that have a great distorsion! His name is VHALEN, like the artist name. I can't get the sound of my favourite artist, that are Marlene Kuntz ( an italian group), because they use a very crazy distorsion with a clean sound fantastic!

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I have any problem with GFX, so I can't say nothing about this question!

I playied hard core (NOFX, MILLENCOLIN...) and his soun is perfect. I don't like wha wha, and flanger, and all clean sound are no satisfactly. That is my opinion.

Very Easy just like 505

My Setup, Les Paul into 707 into Marshall Valvestate produces sound that a #500+ Unit would be proud of

Metal would of been better than plastic but the plastic is okay, during gigs i use the 707 and a Big Muff for extreme Distorions no problems.

No Problems yet i've only had it 2 months!

I would recommend the 707 to any from the pro's to begginners i've been playing 4 years and owned mny multi-FX but this is the best yet.

Ease of use??? Well I sure expected something better. My 505 is much easier to use. Although in general terms it is good, I would expect an external expression pedal connector (the on-board is somewhat crappy), as well as bigger edit/store/sampler/etc buttons. Finally, the white knobs would be better if they rotated freely. Most of the times, you have to turn it all the way to the beginning and then readjust the value. On the other hand, you can get used to it pretty fast and is much more user friendly than the a Korg shit for example.

The sound quality is really great for such a low budget multieffect pedal. The noise reduction system does a really good job, without significatly affecting the overall sound - a must have in all distorsion effects! The amp simulator is pretty good (not as good as a POD though). I only wished that the guys at ZOOM had done a somewhat better job at making the DSP of the 707. The MOD effects group is not as good as expected and the distorsion could have been a bit better.

I trust ZOOM for what they make more than anyone else. I have worked with many different ZOOM pedals (505, 506, 707, 708) and they were more reliable than anything else. Although its made of plastic, it can survive hard use. I would neve use it on stage though - only in small gigs.

I don't have a clue about support, since I never had to contact them. I guess they must be pretty good though.

If you're looking for an under $200 multieffect pedal, The GFX-707 is one of the best out there. It is most suitable for group rehersals (the preamp can drive even a 20-30 W solid state amp to the limits) and for off-home practicing. The sound quality is good enough, in case you need it for a small gig or an amateurish recording (the amp simulator does a really good job when you're directly connected to a mixer). Just remember not to have too many effects at the same time, cause the sound becomes too crappy.

easy to use good manual great sound i didnt think it would sound that good!

perfect sound van halen dist.good wah other wahs take away your sound i was very suprised

i would use this at a gig without backup any day good very reliable!

one of the best pedal boards that i have ever used i use it at all of my gigs everywhere if you dont have one get one!!!!!

For some reason I didn't receive the manual with the unit which would have been helpful, but after a few hours of tinkering it soon became pretty clear how to use it. The combination of the buttons and knobs to alter aspects of the patches is pretty nifty and makes the thing easy to understand. I imagine it would be a useful item for a beginner cos you can pretty much just plug in and get experimenting.

I'm using an Epiphone Les Paul Studio along with a Marshall JCM900 half stack and to be honest some of the effects are letting the team down. The wah is quite good but some of the others such as the flange just seem lost in my setup. The std chorus on patch A3 is really good but there is a surplus of dodgy distortion sounds. Having said that, there are plenty of other patches which offer less common sounds (such as "Talk" and "60's") which, even with their factory settings, give you a great sound. It also has to be said that while the drum machine is very useful indeed, the sampler really is a piece of unmitigated crap.

Now we come to the less reedeming feature of the unit. I am very wary about putting too much of my weight on it whilst operating the pedal as it is of a reasonably light-weight construction. This doesn't stop me using it live but it is surely a concern you can do without in a gig situation. Also, the input area for the AC adaptor could do with being a bit more robust as I have occasionally lost power when the unit has moved while practising.

Haven't needed it yet.

As a songwriter in a band I have found the unit very helpful in writing new material cos of the cool sounds you can create through it. As for other music I am into stuff like My Vitriol and REM and can certainly recreate some of their sounds through it. However I would have reservations about its durability and quality in the long-term. At the moment its a smart product and great value for (relatively little) money. But in later years it will need replacing with a more expensive, better quality FX pedal.

The sound is awesome. when I bought it, I wasn`t expecting it to be as good as it is. good presets distortions and compressors. the manual is really easy to use (friendly manual) I just had a hard time playing with the edit mode, but I solved that in a couple of days.

i am using a jackson ps4 through a marshal mg-15 amp. not big thing. a set for myself in my room. it kick ass. the sound of it is unbealiveable. most of the effects are good. of course, its weakness is some of the presets effects, that are not very usefull. but you can edit 30 of them and set your own. i play a lot of santana stuff, blues, jazz, and latin music. there is a patch that i edited that gives the sound of black magic woman exactly as you hear it on the record. i would recommend that you read the manual first, and then edit your own patches to get real good effects.

i would use it for live performance without a problem.

never had a problem with it.

I play latin jazz in my band mixed with a little bit of distortion. the sound i get from it is acceptable. i`ve been playing for 9 years and this is a good pedal, of course with more money you could get something better allways. i own a washburn bt2 and a rythm track machine plus a track recorder. i do have a lot of fun when i am playing and editing at home with all the gear. if the pedal were lost i would replace it (if i had the same budget when i bought it)i love the fuzz-comp wha effect. this effect gives a real close effect to hendrix voodo chile slight return wah pedal. i got no complaints. i am very happy with it.

Pretty easy to use when you first get it. Radio Shack had an AC adapter that cost me $8. Zoom wants $20+. The manual seems pretty complete. If you just want to bump around in some of the 60 preset patches, it's very quick to get underway.

If you want to do a lot of modifications, you're much better off reading the manual first. RTFM!

Here's where it gets good. I'm running an Ibanez Acoustic Amp (Troubadour TA25) and a Epi Les Paul Classic Ltd Edition. The LP was a late addition, prior to that I was only using 2 Ovations and playing through the acoustic amp. The Les Paul sounded pretty good thru that amp with it's fully adjustable chorus and reverb. But I wanted to play around with some distortion and FX (metal to jazz/blues). This 707 does a nice job of that. I'm very happy so far. It's the best of both worlds.

I haven't had it long enough to comment.

Ditto

I'm having a blast playing around with this thing. True what others have said about some useless patches, but you can modify 30 of them if you choose.

It sounds great through my high quality Sony headphones as well. The sound I get out of the Zoom in by-pass mode is nearly the exact sound I get out of my acoustic amp with no reverb or chorus. I'm hearing the Les Paul's "true" sound.

The Zoom and the Ibanez Acoustic Amp are great together. Not a bad combo for less than $350.

THe sound I get out of this Pedal is badass i dont know what your all talking about its sound great. EAsy to use after ounce you mess with it for a while i figured it all out after 2 days of having it.

I use a Ibanez AX120. Not noisy at all with the block on that gets rid of the Hum sound. I use the distortion on the pedal its very nice for my type of music It gives out a good low sound witch i like. I use a G100rcd Marhsall head with a 4'12 cabnet.

I dont know i think ill break it some day cause its plastic so im carefull with it.

I got it off of ZZsounds.

ITS BADASS PEDAL GO BUY IT!.

Le GFX-707 est plutot facile a utiliser. Certains effets se reglent tres rapidement, sans complications. Mais la plupart du temps, il faut suivre le manuel pour bien faire les ajustements. Par contre, l'ajustement de l'EQ est plutot compliquee a maitriser.

La qualite des sons est plutot moyenne. Pour le prix de l'appareil, on ne peut pas souhaiter les sons des pedales Roland. Les sons "presets" sont bon en general. J'aime bien le son "Van Halen". Aussi le son "emulation d'une guitare 12 cordes" est tres bien. Je suis par contre decu des distortions et surtout de l'overdrive. Les sons ne sont pas "clean". Quand on joue avec les controles pour se faire un son, on dirait que ce n'est jamais satisfaisant. Les "presets" sonnent toujours mieux.

J'aime bien la pedale en generale, surtout que c'est mon premier multi-effet. Je crois qu'on peut s'y fier. Les 30 "patchs user" sont suffisants pour preparer d'avance tous les sons necessaires a un spectacle pour les acceder en sequence.

Pas eu besoin de support.

Pedale honnete pour un prix plus que resonnable.
Je la recommenderais.
Par contre, si joulais investir plus $, je penserais au VG-8 de Roland.

Easy, read the manual, play a few of the patches, edit them to see how they work, ditch the presets and make your own noises, work from the bottom up.

Setup: Yamaha 1511ms -> GFX-707 -> Award-Session Sessionette 75.
No noise - great humbuckers on guitar, good cables, remember to play around with the ZNR noise reduction level, it's like dolby, gets rid of the hiss, but muffles the sound a bit, so must be used in conjunction with the EQ.
Effects mainly useful, too many distortions which sound the same.
I don't try to emulate artists - too specific, remember there are millions of pedal/rack combinations which the real guitarists use, so I don't get hung up on trying to sound exactly like them.
I like the chorus, compression, delay, (hate digital reverb), Jam play is unusable.
REMEMBER, BEFORE YOU BLINDLY TRASH THIS UNIT - THE PRESET PATCHES NEED TO BE EDITED TO SUIT YOUR OWN SET UP

Seems fine, it is plastic, but that tough ABS plastic, strong enough for me. Had it 3 months, no worries. Oh yeah, invest in the mains adapter.

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I play a very eclectic mix of folk, alternative, and like alternifying pop songs... so this set up suits me well, lots of things to play with. I won't use 70% of the settings, but I don't care, the settings I create and use will be used all of the time.
I would buy another one, it's so cheap and cheerful.
Loves and Hates? I love the wide range of sounds to experiment with, and hate the ill informed trashings given by some of the other reviewers, sorry guys but did you actually try to use it properly?
I didn't need to compare this with other units, this had the features and the price - enough said.
Anything I wish it had? Less distortions and some synth modes like the Bass version.