Zoom 1010

Good sounds right out of the box, although you should edit patches to match your set-up. About the editing: I think this thing is easier than a Line 6 POD to edit, pretty self explanatory. The manual(downloadable on the Samson website in PDF) helps for descriptions of the sounds of the preset patches which can help you get closer to programming your own presets.

I've used this with a crappy Crate practice amp, a Fender Princeton Chorus, Line 6 Flextone series amps and just about every kind of guitar you can think about (Parkers, Gibsons, Strats, Danelectros, Ricks, you name it)with great results. Some effects patches can be noisy, but just edit in more "Zoom Noise Reduction" and it can tone the noise down a bit. I came up with all my own patches and it was easy to get good Pink Floyd delays, The Edge type effects, great Sex Pistols guitar tone, 311 harmonic distortions, Jesus and Mary Chain reverbs, cleaner than clean sounds, the works, just dial it in and don't be afraid to use the EQ.

Ive had my unit since it came out new in 1995 and only just recently bought a back-up (a fraction of the price I bought it new,about $45-$70) on eBay due to a sticky bank pedal. This thing is just plastic, but I use to use this thing in garages, barns, dank practice rooms, bars, on the grass. I would say as long as you dont step on the cable when it's plugged into the jack, your pretty good.

Never dealt with customer service and it's probably no longer around dealing with this ancient pedal. I found that it is pretty easy to take the unit apart yourself to see if there is any major problems with the pedal mechanisms or the contacts.

If you want a decent pedal for cheap that you can get most of the sounds that a POD has, this is it. It's not flashy but is highly effective in getting sounds you want with little hassle. This thing definately inspired me when I first started playing guitar, I spent hours editing the patches to match up to some of my favorite bands' sounds with great success. If someone stole this from me I know for a fact I would get a used one off ebay in an instant (good thing I have all my own presets written down in a notebook). I have never had any problems putting any other effects pedals in the chain with this pedal. I end up putting a distortion pedal first before the Zoom if I want a little more bite for solos. Ive used just about every effect pedal with this (MXR, Boss, Dano, ProCo, Big Muff, Korg, Dunlop, etc.)in any order going in or out of the Zoom with little or no noise problems. The only thing I wish it had was a built in expression pedal/volume pedal. If youve just started playing guitar this thing will surely get you inspired to learn and is a good stepping stone for learning the ins and outs of basic guitar signal chain and simple editing.

If you ever played a video game,useing and programing the 1010 is pretty simple if you dont have a manual,but with a simple search on google will find it.

I've owned this pedal longer then a decade and played it through amps ranging from a Gorilla 50watt to an old sears tube amp,to a Fender Princeton,and guitars ranging from les pauls to teles to the wacky "dont impale your singer" 80s guitars,and even an acoustic.sometimes it can be too loud depending on the amp or how hot your pickups are,but you can turn the pedals output volume down.however when you change to a different patch the volume resets.12 user patches isnt a lot,but if i recall it was the first multieffects pedal that cost under 2 bills,and it sounds better then the 505/505II

It went through a flood,and the buttons stopped working...fast forward a couple of years and a "nothing to lose" attitude,i fixed it with some good contact spray,the buttons inside had rusted,but it works just like when i got it.

For the price when it came out,it was an awesome value,guitar center didnt exist and a stompbox cost around 150 at your local guitar store.its served me well,fits in a gigbag,sounds good,sounds great if you have an amp with some extra reverb or delay effects.these days there are a lot of better effects for 200 bucks,but if you can find a 1010,they are usually dirt cheap(15-30 bucks)and its a good complement to any set up,be it budget or full blown and you just want a new cheap toy. and if your starting out and cant afford the newest toy from Line 6 or Roland,Zoom doesnt kill your cash.

Preset sounds are straight forward, to program effects- I jest dunt like...know. It is rather difficult to keep them saved. The presets are pretty decent though. The manual I have was um, kinda dumb.. do this, step two, do that...now RAWK. This processor will do a whole lot but it is not well explained. I bought this back around 1997 and it has seriel # 052546.

There are probably 3 setting I absolutely love. There is a massive gain on (I think) bank B2 that is positively metal evil. Through my Randall I get a great Metallica sound (No Remorse). I like the chorus on B1 but it's a little muddy. I tend to switch between these two and clean. It has a tuner built in...nice feature for such an antique digipedal. I play what would be called metal/blues 70's style hard rock. I can get a good slap-back blues tone out of one of the settings but I consider this my waycrunchnumetalpedal and this is all I consider it good for. I play it through a Randall RG100 sc. I used to play it though a Peavey 212 classic and it sounded decent through it too.

I have not yet destroyed it. It has been a little tempermental. At an informal gig I decided to use it and it kinda freaked out on me and I had to wrestle it away from my rig and hook back up my analog kids ( obvious reference to Rush) I really haven't trusted it since live. I have recorded with it at home and it's been great for that.

huh?

playin 26 years, I love Rush, Police, King Crimson, Styx, Priest, all the great blues players,and the prog rock genere. My style/sound could be compared to Gary Moore, Winters, Lifeson and James Young ( I wish). I play with kind of a heavy hand/alternating pick and some people say.." yer playin too many notes an' too fast you bastert" I agree sometimes but it just gets me off to play that way. I probably would not buy another, just get a Boss metal zone or similar. I like the insane gain on B2 and the tuner, other than that it a 10" plastic thang takin' up space. I have to say for what it is capable of doing it was worth the money and I didn't have that much back then (1997). I have enjoyed recording with it where I can be right there on it controlling it.

It's very user friendly unit. I bought mine used without the manuel and I had it figured out even before I plugged in. 5 minutes and I got a decent metal sound. I've plugged it in My buddies Fender tibe Bass amp (don't remember the model) got a pretty good sound out of that.

When I was originally Bought it I had just switch from bass to guitar so I was playing it through a Crate 15 watt bass amp. Since the unit didn't come with a AC adapter I had to buy a universal so I think that is causing some humming coming from the unit. For the distortion I'd have to say it's decent for the price. The other Effects are not that convincing

Other than the humming it's held up pretty good.

never delt with them

I play metal to hardcore so it could be used for that.
I've been playing guitar for 10 years and bass for 14. If it were lost or stolen I'd say I wouldn't replace it.

this was my first pedal I bought it about 15 years ago and picked up all of its tricks straight away.

this pedal is perfect for all kinds of metal like industrial Gothic and
death metal. Great for heavy distortion

I have used it almost every day for about 15 years and have had nearly no trouble at all.

never had to use it.

I play most kinds of metal and use Washburn and ibanez guitars through
a torque pa system amplifier. I find this pedal better than a set of kronk distortion pedals

I traded a piece of glass for this unit. It can be a useful piece, given its limitations, provided that you read the manual (which is still available online) and make your own patches.

Patch editing is straightforward, and there are few limits on combinations. Having said this, it takes time (and a definite objective for your sound) in order to tweak the unit appropriately.

Bear in mind from the outset that this unit samples at 31.25 kHz, which is below CD-quality (44.1 kHz, the standard used in most better units). It is also 18- rather than 24-bit.

Given these specs and what I had read about the sound of it in these reviews, my initial expectations of this effects processor were low. But the chorus, flanger, reverb, and delay sound fine - I'm not sure if I could replace them all better with a series of stomp boxes.

I found it impossible to achieve any satisfactory setting on the wah and most of the eq and high gain distortion. The distortion circuitry is analog, which makes it nasty and best applied to the mid- to low- gain distortions.

The Zoom Player adequately livens up a Roland GH-450 amp, espacially if looped it. An ART Tubepac preamp helps to warm up the sound.

My only complaint is the bypass, which sucks some of the dynamic of out my guitars (a rebuilt, customized Fender E-Series Squier and a 2005 Toronado). This is most apparent and completely intolerable when I hook the Zoom up to a 1972 Super Reverb amp. To obtain a real bypass and really hear the guitar and amp hwne I need to, I use the Zoom on the non-reverb channel and switch directly into the reverb channel with a Morley A/B/Y box.

The piece is plastic, and the pedals will stick/break if pressed constantly. To avoid wearing out the cheap pedal that cycles through the banks, I use only six patches and duplicate the banks between a/c and b/d.

No dealings with the company or even any store with this one. If I upgrade, it will be to a Boss ME-30 or ME-50.

This pedal suits the purposes of my practice and small gig rig. For beginners or those with limited amps, it is useful for experimentation purposes. It is hard to lose, as they now cost only about $20-30 on E-Bay.

Very easy and straghtforward editing. I Bought mine when they first came out in the mid 90s and lost the manual shortly after-but it's pretty intuative

I seem to be the only one on this board that feels this way, but I love this thing-when they discontinued them about 5 years ago I actually bought a second one to keep in the closet. The secret is to completely ignore the presets-just start each patch from scratch with a clean sound and gradually add stuff. I get a great "Crossroads" era Clapton and also early Jimmy Page sound (Distortion #2) It does a real nice RockaBilly Slap and a rich Andy Summers chorus. I bought this to replace my Boss pedals-I thought I would only use it occasionally when I needed the convenience - now I really feel limited when I pull out the pedals

I've used it ealmost every night for about ten years now. Every few years I starts acting up - I've learned to open it up and look for cracked solder- just take a soldering iron and re-melt them. It's as good as new for another couple of years

Never did

I've been playing in and around NYC for full time for about 25 years.
Jazz, Country, Rock and Blues-sessions, clubs. One problem with the 1010 is it's not really quiet enough for pro-recording. Live it's not noticable, but in the studio it sometimes picks up some wierd digital noises. I've tried to keep up with other stuff out there-Pod, Korg AX1, Pandora - Digitec-most of them have some good sounds (the exception was the Boss ME3-useless!) I recently picked up the Zoom G2.1U-it's real studio quiet, but distortion is not as authentic as the 1010.(maybe I'll break out the old Boss OD 1 to use with it) With all of these effects-don't just buy them plug em in and think they'll make you sound great. First try to hear the sound you want in your mind's ear, then attempt to create it with the effect.

Gumby, Gumby, Gumby. I know these aren't meant to be high dollar items with the same level or quality or sound. Just a basic stomp on the buttons approach. Very cheap plastic feel.

Noisy lame sounds that you'd find on an vintage video game. Lousy sounds/patches, sucks the life outta any amp.

Wouldnt expect much with the cheapo plastic

Never had to use. Junked the pedal before this happened (took it back to the store)

Save your dough and the headaches, just buy a couple of good pedals you'll be way ahead of the game

Quite straightforward for a multi box.

SG Gibsons, Carvin Belair amp. Make no mistake, even for a budget box this is really quite awful. I bought it as an emergency back-up for gig's, but can't bring myself to use it, so it's only being used as a spare tuner. It is noisey, and seems to suck the tone out of my guitars. The preset sounds are appalling, and even after hours I couldn't get a effect out of it I was happy with.

Hard to rate as I haven't used it much, but it is a solid unit, and other people I know with Zoom products have had no problems.

Never dealt with them.

As I've said, this is awful. I use a Line6 Crunchtone and a DOD Icebox, both of which put this to shame.

Fairly easy to use. Patches can be edited quickly. You just can't edit
in real tone or decent sustain...doh!
No delay w/reverb, but you can have reverb with a Doubling(short delay).

P90 pups/vintage tube amps and 70's SS Peavey Pacer.
The distortions are weak so shut that off. Well, maybe leave on and reduce the gain to preserve some tone and use more of the amps gain.

Tone sucker. Sustain sucker.

Use a tube pedal w/SS amp or lower the Patch level w/valve amps. You spend most of your editing on trying to get the tone back after adding effect.

If your ear is used to tubes and quality aftermarket pups you have no business trying this piece.

If it would fail I could toss it, doh.

Playing for decades. I just went ahead and bought it in '97 after trying it at a pawn shop. Never tried a multi-effects unit 'til that day, "you live, you learn". I thought I'd be able to edit things a bit calmer when I got it home. Calmer exposed the lack of tone and sustain.

Boy if somebody would build a programmable analog multi-effects unit.

I won't replace it if you come steal it.

This takes a little work to get used to modifying the sound, but once you know the trick, it's pretty simple. The instructions weren't very good, but it's not hard to figure out when you play with it. One confusing thing was all the options that don't work on it, unless you have the extra bits that attach to it, like optional wah pedals, etc. Without them, obviously, not all the functions work. There are quite a lot of options, and sounds, but it also works well if you have dedicated pedals, and you need some of the simpler effects to go with it. Mine is old, used, but in good condition, and well taken care of.

I play a crappy kramer beginner, a Dean Evo that i've done some upgrades too (my main axe for now) and a really nice Oscar Schmidt semi-hollow that is awesome, but not my style, and I'll be selling. They all work well, and the pedal served its purpose. It is extremely useful, and a good quality pedal. It isn't really noisy, but it takes a LOT of fiddling to get the sound you want. The preset volume often needs to be tweaked depending on what you're looking for. I have played this through lots of things. I've played through a cheap 10 watt kramer practice amp, a peavy rage 158, my personal PA system that serves as a big amp, and through a Mackie professional set up at my youth group, and on several trips with the youth group. It sounds good on all of them, even makes the crappy practice amps sound better, but it is not easy to modify the sound you have on a patch, unlike a dedicated pedal that has knobs on it. Basically I make all the available presets into any/every sound I think I might potentially need, and hope for the best, and that works pretty well: Distortion, delayed distortion, wah-effect (not so good) clean, clean delay, and mixtures of the above. I like green day, goldfinger, blink 182, brand new, the strokes, the used, alkaline trio, and such, and I can get the sound I want, but it's not easy, and I can't always use the same patch for the same thing, so sometimes I have to mess with the amp, or guitar controls. One AWESOME feature is the built in tuner: whatever patch you're on, hit the button for that patch again (as though reselecting it) and the tuner comes on, and the patch goes off, so it's just a clean sound. These days, I use a behringer OD100 overdrive/distortion pedal, and run it through the 1010, into the amp. The 1010 is mainly for tuning right now, as well as delay when I need it. I did manage to model an acoustic sounding patch, which was cool.

It is very reliable, I've had no problems, if anything gets funky, or you don't have time to scroll through all the patches to get back to the one you need, just unplugg it, re-plugg, and it's reset. It is mainly used AS a back-up, just in case I need to use one of the distortion presets, but mainly I use my behringer pedal for that. I do gig with it, almost every sunday at youth group, and it's been on two youth retreats stuffed under a bus in a backpack, with no negative consequences.

Never dealt with them, I got it used, and it had been owned for a long time, so I don't plan on contacting them.

I play punk rock, heavy(ish) rock, and clean stuff. I've been playing for about 3 years now, and I like this pedal, it was my first, and definately worth it. I think it's cool how many presets there are, but it's a little difficult to use sometimes, but that is in part because I don't understand all the terms that are used on it (things like "time", "rate", "ZNR", etc.)I would get something else if it was stolen, but that would suck, cuz it would mean getting dedicated tuners and delay pedals. It definately makes making music easier for me.

Same as most multi effects units, and not much to edit anyway.

Utter shit.
There is no reason why anyone would ever pay money for this.
Crap crap crap. Distortions utter bollocks, and the modulation stuff is so limited that it doesnt make the 1010 worth a tenner.
Very very noisy, and this was when zoom noise reduction was even worse than their more recent efforts. Either a very noisy sound with no NR or a horrible constipated no-attack-no-sustain sound.
bypass sound is hopeless.
only possible use is for a novelty nasty fucked up sound say with fuzz and flanger, but you'd need an effects loop cos the bypass sound is unusable.

Mine hasn't broken, but then i've hardly used it because it's crap.
It won't fall apart, though the amount of noise suggests it's got dusty inside very easily!
But then when you can only rely on it produce a shit sound all the time then what does it matter?

I think SOUND is a fairly important consideration in the creation of music.
This sounds rubbish.
Buy something else.

Rant over - Ahhh feel much better now:)

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I have had mine for a little over 10 years now and I love it. Learning curve was easy, after a couple of hours I put the manual away and never used it since.

I agree with most that the distortion and amp sims suck. I can get some good distortion when I combine it with the distortion on my Crate GX-60 but for the most part I use a seperate pedal. An effects loop is essential to eliminate the noise and level the volume. The optional pedal is a huge plus. Wha is ok but the volume control is excellent. I play a Fender Ash Strat and the compresion works great with it. Delay, reverb and modulation are very useful.

I have played MANY gigs with it used it for both electric and electric acoustic gigs with no problems. I have run it through the board on it's own for recording and have never had it fail on me.

Never had to call on them ! Never a problem.

I play everything from folk/country to thrash and jazz and use it for all. If set up right and tweeked it is a good box for tweeking acoustic sound into a board as well.I have been playing for....40 (!!!!) years now and it is as reliable as any effect I have ever used or seen. I would definately get another if lost or stolen. I love the fact that it is so easy to program. I hate that you can't go back to a patch but have to scroll up to change patches. I have compared it to many other single and multi effect. Except for distortion it workes just fine for me. And at the price it is amazing.

Muy facil de usar. Buenos sonidos, simple layout. Viene con 30 presets (algunos estan buenos, otros directamente malos) y tiene 12 patches para grabar tus propios efectos personalizados. El manual es facil de leer, y en realidad uno aprende usandola, probando, metiendo la pata y modulando sus propios sonidos. Ahora consegui una Korg AX10G que es mas versatil y tiene mejores sonidos q la 1010.

La uso con un equipo Peavey Bandit 112, Jackson JSX94, Epiphone Noel Gallargher Supernova, Gibson Explorer y la verdad q andubo muy bien. Buenos efectos de modulacion, al igual q el ecualizador, noise supressor y compresor. Lo unico q no me convencieron fuerona las distorsiones, a las cuales me costo agarrarle la mano, ya q estan seteadas para un tipo de sonido mas crudo al q yo buscaba. Otra desventaja es el hecho de q la velocidad de repeticion del delay no era muy ampli, y ciertos temas de u2 q queria tocar, por el tempo no llegaba. En general, muy buen sonido limpio, mas los efectos de modulacion. Creo q nunca use el efecto doubling, y algunas distorsiones son muy sinteticas.

Use la pedalera en alrededor de 10 shows en vivo, nunca me defraudo. Lo q si vi, es q sus pedales, sobre todo el tone bank, el de mas a la izquierda, fue severamente da?ado, a tal extremo en q tiene muchos arreglos caseros realizados. Tuve q cambiarle los jacks de input y output, pero eso es mas q todo el gran uso q le di. La carcasa es plastica, por lo cual es menos duradera que una metalica, pero eso es otra historia.

nunca hable

En general es un lindo equipo para principiantes, o como parte de un seteo mayor. La utilize junto con un jimi hendrix wah wah de jim dunlop, con noise gates, digital delays y etc, siempre respondio bien. La use tambien un par de veces como efecto para voces, teclados y bajo, siempre respondio en optimas condiciones. Es un equipo simple, para autodidactas, ofrece modelar tu sonido mejor q algunos pedales por separado, pero si queres un sonido profesional, comprar otras pedaleras o pedales separados. la verdad q el bichito me gusto

A bit of touch-and-go really. There are absolutely no surprises. I could do this in my sleep.

I've been using this with different amps for seven years and I've found that other than the distortions, which are admittedly a little weak, it sounds better than anything I've ever plugged in to.

I play a lot of goth/alternative and the chorus and delays are just too sweet to leave out. K, The distortions are still weak but will do just fine live. The equalizer is the only thing I never use. Total BS. But then again, noise is good!

You can get just about anything out of this one. As long as your amp does the crunching.

Except for all the plastic that has to be caressed gently I've never had any problems with this unit.

And since I can't afford a backup... I bloody well have to rely on it!

It's second-hand.

OMFG! I really love this pound of plastic! It gives me just about everything I've ever wanted.

It's usually complemented by a 20 yr old yamaha distortion and has gone straight in the board this way dozens of times. Else, I use a H&K 60W combo and they sound great together. I think I've sucked up every single drop of reverb out there...

Ohh man this is such a good pedal I just can't handle it. The manual is really easy to use, and after about 20 minutes, you don't need it at all.

I use it with a schecter guitar, and a crate amp, and it sounds great. It has many different choises of sound to choose from, with almost everything from jazz to heavy rock. The distortion is ok, but a bit fuzzy at times, but other than that it is flawless.

Yes of course I can depend on it, it is the only pedal for the low price and high quality out there.

I bought it off of ebay, so I didnt deal with the company.

I play rock, and it is a great pedal for this style.
I have been playing for about a year and a half.
I would buy another if I lost it.
I like the sound, and the set up of it. I don't like how some of the distorion is fuzzy.
I haven't compaired it to other products.
It has every thing I need.
It helps tremendously when you play.

very straight ahead design, ez ez. You have all you need for rock'n'roll and even more.
I like when you are in edit mode: you then can use the footswitches as pedals, it is absolutely convenient on stage. Of course you have to program the unit accordingly.
The chromatic tuner is very welcome, as is the reduced timelag when changing patches.
What I do miss is a master volume, I take care of that with a controller pedal (there is a jack for it, great since it works before the delay or reverb block so you keep the tails of them when violoning for example).

First, I only use it straight in the power amp of my 112 combo. So it is not colored by the preamp of this.
I find the compressor fantastic, you can finely tune it, and it comes juicy as I like for funky stuff. Warm sounding.
The chorus is the best I've come across in such devices, very warm while definite, hats off zoom.
The eq is very useable, as are delay and reverbs.
Now now now... THe distortions!
First, the amp sim setting of each one is crap period so don't use it.
You have 8 types which covers a lot of stuff but only 3 of them are to my taste, which is enough for most stuff indeed.
Solid tight rock rythmic thing, lush delay solo lead, maybe a bit of crunch blues, all comes honestly (provided you play properly because crap in equals crap out but worse)

Very reliable, 10years old and no sign of premature death...The same for all their stuff except newest.

I come back to this unit very often, because it is usable on stage without having to play the engineer. Pods and alike are a real nightmare live. And don't sound that much better in the configuration I use the little zoom. Not to mention the fabulous chorus and compressor.
So why spend time, nerves and money when this little one does it?
An audience won't make a difference, as long as the player does well.
And this is it.
This thing spared me settings nightmares, and I can play jazz, funk, old rock to heavy stuff with it so for me it is a blessing.

I've had this unit for roughly 10 years, so it's hard to remember what the learning curve was like. All I know is I can program it w/ my eyes closed, very easy to use.

I've never used any of the amp or distortion modelers, they're pretty cheesy. I've always thought that the modulation & delay effects were pretty good quality, though there's the dreaded "drop out" delay when switching between patches. I got around this by running it through an effects loop which I could bypass. So, I'd only change patches while the loop wasn't engaged.

Like I said above, I've had it for 10+ yrs & have easily played 200 shows with it & never once had a reliability problem. Very durable.

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I have to admit, it's got sentimental value to me & I still use it at home sometimes. If you have a bypassable effects loop, give it a try (I've seen them preety cheap on ebay).

Easy enough. After a few days you'll put away the manual. It's easy to stack a few sounds into a single patch and the navigation is simple.

Let's be honest, this is a budget unit. To begin with the unit is a little noisy and it does affect the direct sound of your guitar a bit but some effects are quite useful. The delay and chorus are average. There is a decent range of parimeters on the chorus but the delay is a little too short for my taste. Still it's long enough to be usable. These aren't stellar sounds but good enough for stage work. The reverbs are fairly good here with enough range to satisfy most, especially the smaller halls. Any digital reverb beats spring for me. The real winner here has to be the EQ. I can easily program a third channel by programming a scooped setting against the midrange settings on the amp, along with any effects. Another good feature is the mute which is easily engauged by tapping a program twice - once for bypass, but it's not true bypass. This unit also has a guitar tuner that actually works, but it's slow. Best bring along a dedicated tuner. On the down side are the destortions - god awful, totally unusable. I'm currently using a Charvel strat through a Tech 21 Trademark amp and use the 1010 mainly for the delay, EQ, and reverb. The sound is quite good for live performance of heavy rock and blues.

The Zoom 1010 has been in service with me since 97 with no problems. It's as well built as most hard plastic units but I am careful with it all the same. I carry an old digitech delay as a backup as delay for me is the must have. I've never needed it however.

Never needed them.

This unit currently serves it's purpose well, that being to give me a usable all in one unit for basic effects in a small package. The time based sounds are moderately good, it's reliable, the switching is quite, and the reverbs, delay and EQ are good enough for most types of music. The chorus is good for most situations (but my EH Clone Theory smokes it) and all of the effects sound well enough stacked together in a single program. Avoid the destortions at all cost. Bottom line is that the 1010 keeps my peddle board tidy and it works on stage. This is a bang for the buck product. IF you want prestine hi-fi effects this thang ain't Lexicon. Now if I could only find a product this size with the same features but higher end sounds I'd be set. Wish it ran on batteries.....

Not too bad as far as setting up. The manual is helpful to get you started on editing the patches and tweaking the sound, but it's pretty easy and you won't need it after awhile. Have fun trying to get a good sound out of it though!

Crap. My main gripe is that the distortion effects are weak. I play a lot of metal and these are just sad. You just can't get a good sound out of them. The factory presets are pretty much useless. Some of them might be promising if you could edit and store them. I guarantee if you get this you'll be hanging around the user presets area, of which there are only 12!!

I've had this since 1998, and started out using it on an old USA made Peavey Predator with a Peavey Audition 110 combo. I was expecting more than what I paid for, I guess. The Pred only had a single coil at the bridge, and at the time, the 1010 distortion sounded better than the built-in on the Peavey combo. However, I found that when I put a humbucker in, the Peavey distortion sounded GOOD and the Zoom sounded awful. Since then, LP's and DeArmond have been played thru it, and it is just cheesy. If you have a cheap Strat-style SSS axe and a crappy combo amp, this may be worth a few bucks to you. Like maybe 10-20 bucks. Otherwise, steer clear.

Sadly enough, I've used it more for vocal effects (!) lately. Wrong I know, but you musicians out there making minimum wage know what I'm talking about when it comes to scraping by with equipment. I was just beginning to think that all of these cheap multi-effects pedals were junk until I heard a buddy's DigiTech RP100 and I was blown away!! Now THAT'S what this Zoom should sound like. If you're looking to try out multi-pedals, I'd start there.

Put it this way, it hasn't broken yet. I've been pretty careful with it, but it has been hauled around a lot and it's still in one piece. However I can see how it could get damaged if it were thrown around too much. And I'll agree that it doesn't have the construction that matches some of my other stompboxes.

I will say whoever designed the wall adapter for it should be severely beaten. The prongs are on the same side as where the wire enters it, so if you plug it in the top of the receptacle, you block the bottom, but if you plug it in the bottom, the stupid wire is in your way and gets bent severely to allow another plug to be inserted above it. Stupid. I know a buddy who had his Zoom crap out on him because the wire broke in the adapter at this stress point.

I wouldn't gig with this if only for the reason that the bank/bypass switches are really touchy. They are in the DigiTechs also unfortunately. I once used this live where I bypassed between clean and the effect and effed it up every time in the song because the pedal was too touchy.

So an 8 might be too high a rating but it gets that since it hasn't broken. Yet.

Never had to deal with them.

I play different genres, but a lot of distortion-based stuff. So this thing may as well go out the window. I've been playing for 12 years, but don't have a lot of gear because I am poor :( I will soon be owning a DigiTech pedal when I can get the money together. The fact I hate this Zoom yet I've stuck with it since '98 is just sad. If it were stolen, I'd laugh at whoever got it. I lent it to a friend for awhile and he gave it back without me even asking for it! That tells you something.

I like it because it's pretty easy to tweak and the noise reduction is good. Generally easy to set-up and is reliable, but trying to get a good sound from it is like polishing a turd. Wish I would have done more comparision at the time, but it looked good in print! Definitely going with DigiTech in the future, at least this time I've heard it firsthand and know what I'm getting. If you already don't like DT's effects, then stay away from Zoom.

It's quite easy to use when you're getting used to the parm / module buttons. easy to save and all, it took me about 3 days to figure out how everything was working.

I give it 8 'cause I mainly use it as an effect processor to play with my mixing console, yes the distortions are really crappy if you play with an amp and any amp distortion will probably sounds better, but as I said, I use it with a mixer and it kind of sounds good with the 'amp sim' on.

I sometimes use it for gigs but I would tell you not to do that because I broke one of the little pedals in the 'heat' of a show...since it's plastic you have to treat it well...

I have no opinion for I never needed help for it, nor did I get it repaired even if there's this little piece broken (I opened it and just glued it)

I'm playing experimental / noise music and...well it fits my style 'cause there's lot of fucking weird effects that most people don't use but I do...

It's pretty easy to edit and save once you get the hang of it, but the presets are mostly unusable and I'm more a knob tweaker than an "edit"er.

I just took mine out from years in the mothballs. I was surprised at how nice the reverb and chorus sounds are. The distortions are horrible, but if you don't use distortion, this is fine for amateur use. Too noisy for anything more.

Mine has never given me a problem. It is plastic, so I treat it gingerly.

Haven't dealt with them, but they have an OK web site with downloadable manuals.

I would never pay what I did when I got it new, but if you are looking for a cheap effects package and don't use distortion, these are available cheap on eBay and elsewhere. I have the pedal attachment too (set me back another ~$60 new way back when) and it is pretty well made--I use it as a volume pedal in my real rig. I've been playing for 30 years and use this at my country house. It gets some pretty sweet churchy sounds, but has a lot of cheesey sounds that you have to avoid. A good value if its strengths (mostly reverb and chorus) match what you want.

Pretty easy to use, but thats because there isn't much to it pretty much. Edit, store thats about it and moving between the different effects is pretty basic.

I use a ESP LTD MH-301 through a Marshall MG100HDFX Head
The distortions are very bad - dunno if i have ever used any of them.
I'm pretty happy with the distortion i get from my Marshall.
Chorus is pretty sweet - use that quite alot because it's easier to adjust than the chorus that comes with the marshall.
Same applies with the Flange.
Dely is ok and Doubling is not to crash hot.
Can't hear any compression at all.

Very reliable - had it for about 4 - 5 years - nothing has ever gone wrong with it.
I would never use it at a gig - so this is backup.

If it was stolen i wouldn't replace it - i pretty much use it as a tuner so i would just by a new tuner :)
I play mainly metal and stuff like that and i been playing for about 7 years. Doesn't really match my style, the sounds i like to play around with generally don't involve that many effects.
I love the chorus though.

is very easy to use. Almost you don't need a manual. If you need it, you can download it from the web

Good compression, superb chorus and flanger. Good hall, room and delay effects (only 420 ms?). The Wah is very siple and you need an extra foot pedal for use it. The EQ is acceptable.For my low tech setting I use this effect with a Ibanez auto-wah and this work fine.
My setting is very simple and I have an array of avalable sounds-
Gibson SG or fender Telecaster-->Ibanez Auto-wah-->Zoom 1010--->Fender Amp
Simulator amp distorsions: the simulator is good if you need a record on your house, but not for a gig. You have 12 user presets, if you play rock and roll, funk and alternative rock, is enough.
About the "normal" distorsions: all the distortions are very mid range oriented. You must be very careful about the setting. I find very usable the I mode (rhythm) if you need an extra bite on your distorted amp. The mode 5 (drive master) . This sound like the Boss DS-2 in turbo mode. All the others distortions- crap. But can you expected from a $200 multifx. Is enough!!!!!

I use it all the time, also in my room. Is all plastic. Be careful and you don't have any problem. Place the effect on a bag (Almost all the problems happen before the concert - not at stage!)

I don't needed. I had a problem with the left pedal. A good technician repaired it. Only 10 dollars and the efeect is like new

Good if you want the sound of this effect. Very simple to carry, you don't need extra bags or efeect for a decent sound. For this rang eprice, a winner

Pretty easy to use, i got it with out a manual and prety quickly made some what I thought at the time were cool sounds.

It comes with some good effects... the delay is cool and the reverb is ok. It has one or two distorions, but i find they all have horrible tone. Note, this little baby stops your guitar sounding like it should. I have a classic marshall mosfet wich sounds sooooo clean.... the pedal filters the sound of my clean sg and replaces it with a dull lifeless tone!

I have put my foot through three of the PLASTIC supported pedals. Bear in mind under those cheap bits of plastic is the "mother bord" for the thing. I then supported the wait using folded toilet paper. The jack have at one point or another all come lose from the board meaning i have had to resolder them back on.

Never bothered them. I fix things myself.

good starter pedal. if you are more serious get some more serious equipment!!

very easy to use. I've bought mine without the manual and it was fine.
You press EDIT, change the patterns and then press STORE. How hard can this be?

I did not expect great sound quality from it and I was right. The reason why I bought this is just to have something to write songs with some workable sounds at a low volume. I live in a small apartment so I don't want to play my tube stack when I'm writing songs or just jamming. I leave that for real gigs, rehearsals or recording.. so when I am at home I have this plugged into my stereo or my practice amp or even the computer. It's ok. The only useable overdrive is the Vintage Overdrive, which is not a vintage sound at all, it is more like a high gain transistor sound, like a crate or peavey amp. Like I said, it is ok for practice, but not really good.

Now the clean sounds are good, especially for acoustic guitar. I am able to get a real nice tone using this unit with my acoustic and going straight into the board. The chorus sounds nice and the reverb sound ok too if you don't over use it.

My ratings for the sound quality would be:
w/ electric guitar - 3
w/ acoustic guitar - 8
So I'll give it a 5.

Yeah, it is dependable I've been using it at home and on stage (with my acoustic) for a while and haven't had any problems yet. It looks very fragile so don't bang it around, but as long as you take normal care of it, you should be fine.

never dealt with them

Well, I really don't take this unit seriously. It's just something that I bought for cheap just so I had something to play with at home. My other gear is a custom strat, Ibanez Les Paul, a Carvin all-tube stack and several effect pedals. I can't evern compare my main rig with this little pedal, it would not be fair. But it serves it purpose well..
It is actually a really good acoustic guitar processor. For less than you would buy a single effects pedal you can have several affects/ patches that are more than enough for acoustic guitar.
If it was stolen I would probably buy it again if I could find it for $50 or I would get something better.

it's not too hard to create your own presets if you can get a manual. i downloaded one for free. not that it makes too much difference, all the effect sound ugly and low-resolution.

like i said, it's low-res all the way. i used this thing with a band that required a different effect on every tune, so i got this off a friend for $70 bucks. i didn't wanna carry a shitload of stompboxes to the gigs, so there you go.
it gathered dust for 2 years, but i pulled it off the reject shelf the other day and started messing with it. i hooked it up 'tween my strat and twin. i left it off 90% of the time, but when i wanted a ugly sounding glob of fake distortion, i stomped on factory preset a-1

i gigged with it 6 times, it still works today

beats me

it served it's purpose. it's an interesting noise in small doses.

the zoom 1010 is really easy to use. even a 4 year old kid can operate it. you also don't need the manual use it. you really need to take extra care of it coz its very sensitive.

i use a local amp, the brand is rage amp. the distortions really sucks, you could only use the metal distortion. it really has a very weak distortion effects. but the chorus, flangers, delays sounds good. the auto wah sucks, if you have one dont even try to use the auto wah. if you really are looking for a heavy metal sound my advise is setting the equalizer. set the low freq. to the highest(10), the midle set it to number 2 and the high freq. to 3. it only has good sound in small amps. but if you try it on the big amps it really sucks.

for me the zoom 1010 is only for small amps and you can only use it for practice. but if you are using it for a concert or a relly long gig don't use it coz it really sucks.

i play alternative music, mostly incubus. you can get the sound of incubus using a small amp. i've been using this for 2 years now. it really has very good sound in a small amp. its is not ment to be use for gigs or concert. if this is stolen it will be the happiest day of my life coz it is really crapy effects. if you are planning to buy a zoom product don't buy this one, try Zoom 505 or 707 or 3030 they sound better. or better yet buy digitech products.

En una unidad muy facil de usar, quizas la mas facil de programar que yo conozco. Los patches que viene de fabrica son malos, aunque dan una impresion de las posibilidades del efecto. No hace falta usar un manual

Este pedal lo uso solo para improvisar con amigo. No me animaria a tocar con este efecto profesionalmente. Lo uso junto a una Epiphone SG , una Fender Telecaster japonesa y anda bien. No me atreveria a usarlo con mis guitarras de mejor calidad.
Las distorsiones por lo general son muy metalicas, y suenan muy digital, el chorus, flanger y delay son mejores, aunque el delay es corto (solo 420ms), y no reproduce fielmente lo que se presetea.
Con cualquier ampli suen igual, asi que lo uso con el ampli de practica

No podria tocar en serio y depender de este efecto. Es todo plastico, y ya tuve problemas con un pedal en el pasado. En recitales el equipamento debe ser resistente, y este no lo es tanto

Very Easy to use

Distortions are not Great
Flanger Chorus and Delay are better

after about a year of use (some gigging but mainly home use)it started to falkl apart i.e one of the peddles no longer works and some of the effect select buttons no longer work.
needs something better than plastic casing if you want it to last

good for a beginner learning to use effects
not recomended for gigging or advancing your sound

Very easy to use , to edit , a simple but good manual .
To be easy to edit and to have or not a good sound are opposite things , I'd say , and some would agree . I'd pay 10 bucks for another .

I sold it , bought other one . No noise , but the drive is weak , the strongest ones sound good for Maiden . Every unit has good drives , but the question is : the good ones have quality ???? I used it with a Marshall , and the amp doesn't help the sound . Zoom is not good .
And I just hope they put my submit in the site . I'm saying some bad and True things about it ! ( I had 7 floor processors ) .
But it's perfect for beginners !!!

You can depend on it , no prob . The prob is to make it sound good . If you did it , okay ! I used it at the beach , 1999 , in a 220 volts outlet , but with a 110 adapter . The adapter exploded , but the Zoom was ok ! And , believe or not , when I went out to buy a 110 220 converter , I dropped it on water ! Even so , that was working !!!

No .

The drive is almost strong , but at very low levels . In higher levels , it makes a lot of noise when you make a bend ...

Editing is easy i agree that even a chimp could use it

the distortions are shit no way u can get a good sound!! but the rest of the sounds are ok it souns way too digital and at best corny

you can depend on it,(if u wuold have the guts to use it on a stage and scare all the people away with that horrible raket) but be carefull with the power cord it's kinda short and gets loose if u tape it or something u could use it with no backup. unless u are very clumsy it won't break

bought it used

don't buy it!!!!
the 505 is better!!!!
if it had an auto wah and better distortions no problem(i guess it's the bits)
it sucks for metal or hard rock but if u play clean and u ain't got no cash buy it.
i would never ever buy the stinking shit again!!!
but if by some miracale u found a way to get a great sound (overdrive) contact me

This pedel is great it simple enough for anyone to use and has a lot of fetures for advace players

The sound quality is great does not efect your sound of the amp when it in bypass mode

I have had mine for almost 9 years never had a promblem with it just take care of it and keep it clean

Never had to call

I play country and Old Time Rock N Roll this pedal does every thing i need it to do I bought my sons the zoom 505 and zoom 506 for bass because i was happy wit my pedal

Easy to use, easy to edit. You will certainly store your own patches so that you can easily get the sound that you want without having to surf through the various patches that are pre-set.

I have a jap Strat with diMarzio x2n humbucker , I also have a strat copy with EMG pickups, I also use a duosonic to fiddle around with and it's noisy plugged into anything. I use a Sears Silvertone 25 watt tube amp from the 60's, or a Peavey 60 watt tube head and Eminence 12" speaker. The sound quality is quite good, really. The output is high, so you don't get too much noise. The modulation effects are the best part of this pedal especially the chorus/flanger/delay. The distortion isn't as bad as other people are saying, but it doesn't have the smooth warm quality as you would get from a cranked up tube amp. It reminds me of the distortion of a solid state 50 watt marshall amp that I used to have, or the solid state Peavey Bandit that I had a long time ago. What you can do is use the distortion of your tube amp if it has that feature and then just use this pedal for the time modulation. I went and bought 5 reputable pedals to replace this unit, expecting to get better tone, but it didn't work out right. I bought a DOD overdrive, an Ibanez flanger, Ibanez phaser, Morley Wah , and a Rockman . It didn't work out because I got too much noise and lost the tone of the guitar pickups and the amp's natural tone. The people in my band like the sound of the zoom better.

Yeah, it's OK for dependability. I've had it for 3 or 4 years now. You can gig with it, but it looks a bit dorky because it's so small and plastic. I have played it on a couple of gigs and I'll try to make a point of doing it a bit more. You can forget what patch you stored a particular sound in, and then start tapping your foot all around the patches searching for the right one.

Never had to get any help with it.

It's great for a new guitarist who wants a pile of effects and cant afford something else. It's really not that bad. I've tried a lot of different pedals in about 10 years, and you can't complain about it especially if you pick one up used for a hundred bucks or less. It would be nice if it had analog dials that you could spin while you're playing , like some of the newer models. It can help you make music , if you wander through the patches - it can put you in the right frame of mind for a certain type of song that you want to make

This unit is very easy to figure out. It was my first multi-effects and it took me a few minutes to figure out the bank-patch concept, but it was very intuitive. I got this as a gift (without the manual), but it was still easy to figure out. On another point, I have size 13 feet and it is easy to hit the wrong button on this compact unit. Minus points because there is no LCD display to help out with patch programming.

I play this thing with my Fender Duo-Sonic Reissue (hot rodded pickups) and a crappy Peavey practice amp. It gives the amp a lot more life and oomph. There are limited options with the modulation and delay effects. Chorus, Flanger, or doubler can be used. The chorus is nice and swirly, but the flanger is too harsh. It is hard to get a subtle chorus or flanger. I can't hear any change when the doubler is in use, I'm not sure what it's supposed to do. The delay and reverb are OK but do not have a wide range of options. I couldn't duplicate The Edge's funky delay sounds with this unit.

Distortion gives a choice of 8 sounds, with or without amp simulator. The distortion is good for an arena rock/metal sound, but it is too smooth and metallic for me. I can't get a good rough grunge sound or a convincing overdrive. It sounds way too digital for my tastes.

This thing has never gone out on me, but I think there may be a problem with the input jack (but probably just my cable). It seems tough, it is heavy for its size. I would gig without backup, it seems durable.

Never had to. Solid unit.

I use this unit mostly for distortion, as I don't really like a heavily produced sound. It comes a little short, it sounds sterile and "hi-fi". Not a lot of grit or character in the distortions. It was a gift, and I guess I can't complain. This unit is just enough to make my sound acceptable: my sound straight into the amp is unspeakable. It's a good pedal but definitely not the end-all, beat-all multi effects.

If u cant figure how to use this, shoot yourself now. Easy switching between patches. Editing is only good until a certain extent. After a while of messing around you still wont end up with the perfect sound desired.

THIS PEDAL IS GREAT if it is your first pedal. I only play my no-name guitar to my 50watt peavy amp. I us this guitar because it makes the distortions sound ok. But truthfully, this guitar is the best sounding guitar ive ever played with using heavy to light distortion. The other effects are managable, but can use some fine tuning. The distortions are messy. They are noisy and sound pretty bad. Nice when playing Metallica.

Ive stepped on it getting out of bed in many ocassions. I thought it was history a few times, but it hold up for being plastic, very surprising. When switching between patches there is a slight delay. Never use when in the middle of a song, but great for practice.

never dealt with

This is a great thing to use for practice and beginners. I get by with it just fine, but for the best effects you should try using individual pedals for each effect you are looking for. Get it for the time being, once you get good enough and think it sounds like shit, buy seperate pedals for each effect, its the only way to get a good sound.

I bought this pedal with no manual easy to use

door stop pedal, this pedal sucks,what the hell was zoom thinking
the distortion sounds like shit I use the preset d.1 for my vocals
DONOT USE THE DISTORTION,I built a little p.a system and all my good gear is back in canada.I did'nt want to go out and buy another rackmount effects so I use the zoom reverb,delay,chours,the best thing I found about the zoom 1010 the guitar tuner works ok

mine still works

well what can I say I traded one piece of shit for another.I got this pedal at a pawn,now I know why it was at the pawn junkyard.all I have to say is don't buy this pedal you'll be sorry.

The interface is really simple, once you read the manual and get the hang of it. It's basically just a row/column set-up that lets you dial in what you want.

The distortion colors are pretty wide in variety, and the effects are good. The flange, the hall reverb and the delay are really good. Unfortunately, there are about 30 preset sounds that are useless. If all of that space was for user set-ups, this pedal would be perfect.

Well, not very dependable. I bought this pedal used from a friend of mine of was unloading it, so I can't really complain. He supposedly had the thing forever. But the power cord keeps blinking in and out, which sends the pedal back the first user set-up. So if you're in the middle of a song...look out. I don't think I'd use this on a gig. It seems too plastic. I still like using just the amp with a good foot-switch. Maybe have a pedal or two set up to augment your sound.

I have never dealt with Zoom, but they have a really great website. They have all the manuals for their pedals archived. When I bought the pedal, my friend didn't have a manual, so I downloaded it from their website.

I'd have to say that for practicing, this pedal fits the bill. It doesn't seem to travel very well, and the construction seems a little flimsy. I've never thrown my gear around, but this pedal doesn't seem too "workhorsish." The sounds also get a little trite when you turn them up on a real amp. So as a practice pedal, bought used, it's fit the bill.

the zoom 1010 has user friendly features that enables me come up with the tone i want

i use an amp which i bought locally and it really sounds great either i'm on a gig or just at home practicing

you can really depend on the zoom 1010. i've used it for at least 5 years and it has never let me down yet.

haven't tries this before

i play a wide variety of tunes and even if i change from heavy metal to mellow music, zoom 1010 still does the job.
i've been playing for at least 8 years now i have a zoom 505 which allows me to try more guitar flavors.
if my zoom 1010 was lost i'd buy another one.
i simply love it's manageability and ease of use. what i hate is ihave to repaire it 'coz the pedals are stuck. my favorite feature is the different distortion flavors.

Yeah, this thing is very easy to use, editing patches is very easy, you can do with only one button. It's very intuitive too.

I'am using a Epiphone LP-100 and a S470 Ibanez with this. I's using a Cicloton amplifier too. Well, when i was 18 i thought that Zoom 1010 was the best... but now(I'm 22), what diference... I'm see.. this thing SUCKS...!
Especially the distortions, only two types that you can play... It's very, very noise and the only thing you can do is use metal distortion, set the gain to maximum e play some punk musics...
The other effects? Compressor is OK, Wah sucks, Equalizator kill the sound of the guitar even if put bypass mode, Chorus, flanger and double are ridicolous and, finally, the Delays, at least, are very good...
And what to do with it? Well, if you have a good overdrive on your amp, than you are safe or, like me, you will have to buy an overdrive pedal and put it on

This thing is very cheap, so it's made of plastic...
I wouldn't use this on a gig without a backup.

I have never deal with Zoom

I would like to play some songs that uses valve amplificator. Like old rocks (Led Zeppelin)
Well, listen me, that's NO WAY that can do with this thing to sound next to a valvulated amp, even a tube combo.
With a overdrive/distortion pedal and with compressor/equalizer/reverb and very good guitar it not too bad for the price... If it was stolen, i would buy anything, except this thing again...
Begginer only, definitivly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

never dealt with'em

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

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

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

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

I never tried to call them.

Sorry Zoom...but this pedal stunk.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Never called anyone.

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

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

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

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

Not applicable, never had to deal with them

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

very easy to use, no problem with that

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

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

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

it was veryy good compared to most pedals

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

it's a pretty good pedal

Out of the box great sounds! Took me 5 minutes to work out every function!

Sounds like what it cost. Distortion is a joke though, surely! Noise isn't too bad, although if D.I.ing for recording, buy a better pedal. Every other effect is pretty good, with excellent, simple EQ.

Had mine for years with no problems at all. Watch the weak adaptor cord though!

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Good pedal for the price. You can make lots of nice twangy chorusy type sounds, with reverb and delay as you please. But forget the distortion!

Ease of use? Hmmm...very easy and simple to use. Instructions explain everything well.

Sound quality....geez let me thing here. This thing is horrendous! 130 bucks for a unit that bites hard. It's noisy on all settings. I can't find one clean-cut , good sounding effect. They are all gross. Acoustic sounds trashy, all the heavier effects sound the same. I don't know why I bought this. I'm hoping to sell mine for 50 bucks!

It is dependable and you wouldn't need a back-up for a gig...but who'd wanna bring this waste of plastic to a gig?

Never called for support.

I play everything from Pearl Jam to Metallica to KISS to some really soft stuff. I have a Carvin LB-70 bass and a Jackson Performer. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PEDAL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. The best feature is that when you unplug it, you don't have to hear the dreadful thing! This is good for nothing, and that should just about cover everything you need to know about it.

I only found that the highest gain distortions are really good, the other kind of fall short

I've had one for 3 years now, and some of the foot pedal are definitely starting to go.

It's a pretty good pedal for those who want a bunch of "essential" effects all in one unit... the distortions could be better... also a true noise gate would be nice, instead of just "Zoom noise reduction" with a 0-5 variable.

took a while for me to get sounds i like
the volume control steps up in rather large increments
it was pretty hard to get a good volume for soft and heavy sounds whilst switching during a song

haha i have most likely an el cheapo- status guitar, boss mg-10 sounds pretty nice but it's small
the chorus just doesn't seem as good as other pedals
and the treble in the equalizer seems pretty horible to me
the pedal still manages to make good sounds at loud volumes with a big amp
there's always a slight delay switching patches, especially distortion to clean

well i got mine second hand
some buttons (the small ones) are getting insensitive
and for a while plugging in the dc adaptor thingy into the pedal wouldn't turn on
a soldering job fixed that up
the copper on the board aroudn the power thingy was gone for some reason
i guess i'd trust it at a gig after a soldering job
(i'd check inside my pedal if i were yous)
(unless it voids your warranty which i never had anyway)
but i guess it wouldn't be fair to have an opinion considering i got mine second hand and the person before could have run it over with a train

nah never dealt with them so i dunno
apparently it seems pretty bad

bahhhhh only 12 patches to save to?
that's crazy
if it had more i wouldn't be thinking of getting a gfx-8
it's long term value is pretty short because of the lack of writable patches and it's much better to invest in something beter
and
the delay between switching patches gets pretty annoying
u need to change a bit earlier to comphensate for it
anyway i loved the thing when i first got it
but at that point i knew nothing about anything
that's why i have a status guitar
i have an excel chart with the way i've made my patches if anyone wants it
also where is the cheapest place to get a gfx-8?

If you can't figure out how to use this thing, you're stupid. If you are stupid, it comes with two instruction manuals. One is basic and the other is a bit more technical.

I run this pedal directly into a Peavey 4 channel powered mixer plugged into a Crate 412 cab. Only two of the distortions are useful, but those two are awesome. I use the Metal T distortion for all of my heavy sh*t and the Fuzz distortion for my lead solo style. Just keep the gain setting cranked and it won't get weak on you. The only problem I have with it is that the Metal T distortion kicks so much a*s that my 412 cab won't handle it when it's pushed to it's full potential. The compression effect is pretty weak, but I don't use it much anyway. The wah on this thing sucks. It is really weak and doesn't flow smoothly at all. I personally hate using any type of wah effect, but certain songs I play with my band require it and the wah in this pedal just doesn't cut it. The ZNR noise reduction is excellent. I always keep it cranked and I never get any extra noise coming through. The amp simulator is pretty lame. It seems like all it really does is add a little extra bass to your sound. The EQ is very powerful. Mids suck. Keep that sh*tty-a*s stuff set to 0 and you'll be fine. The chorus and flanger effects are great too. They can be set to be very subtle or extremely loud. The doubling effect is pretty crappy. It doesn't sound like two guitars at all, but it is great if you want to sound exactly Metallica did on the Kill Em All album. (like sh*t) The reverb sounds really good on the clean tones, but it kills your tone when you're trying to get a good heavy metal distortion going. The delay is really short, but can be carried out for days by cranking up the feedback setting. Certain effects are really shi*ty and certain effects are awesome.

I have never had this unit malfunction in any way and it seems to be very durable. It is made out of plastic, but I have accidentally stepped on it several times with my big steel-toed boots and it has never broken.

I have never had any reason to contact them, so I couldn't tell you.

Like I said, certain effects are really shi*ty and certain ones are awesome. I play heavy sh*t, so if that's what you're looking for, this thing kicks a*s. I would like to have a few more effects to mess with, but that's why Zoom makes the 3030, 4040, 8080, so on and so forth. You want more, you pay more. I think these are going for about a hundred bucks in catalogs now, so you really can't beat it for the price.

theres nothing to it. every adjustment can be learned in 10 minutes.

i'm almost embarassed that my best tones come out of my cheapest effects processor. the chorus and delay are great, although i wish they were stereo, but i can't ask for a better mono sound. there aer several distortions, but i found that only one overdrive effect was really useable. this overdrive sounds really good. i play through Marshall and Musicman amps, and with the Zoom 1010 i can get that warm violin lead tone easily through these amps. i do wish that it came with an expression pedal for the WAH and volume, that would really finish it off nicely. all in all it sounds great, and most people are surprised by the sounds i get from this little device.

i've had it for nearly 4 years now and its worked great. i was playing once and and it kept blinking off and resetting to the default patch you get when you first plug it in. i was really mad at it for failing right in the middle of a song, but then i found out it was cause by low voltage and not the ZOOM. i wish it were made in a metal case instead of a plastic one, but i've never broken it so i suppose the plastic works just fine.

never needed it.

i recently paid $360 for a BOSS GT-3 processor thinking it would be a major upgrade from the ZOOM. it has 10 times as many features and is built tougher than the ZOOM, but i still think i prefer my overdrive effects from the ZOOM. go figure.

It is easy to set up sounds but there are limits in its capabilities.

I usually use the 1010 with my Floyd Rose Strat and a Laney TF800 half stack. It doesn't seem to make much line noise. The effects sometimes need tweaking when changing playing environments. I can get good tones for players like Kurt Cobain, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, SRV, Kirk Hammett, and many more, but with only 12 user patches, I have to be very selective of patches I want to store.

I have used the 1010 at many gigs, and it hasn't let me down yet. I also use it in conjunction with the Zoom FP01 expression pedal. The only gripe with it is the fact that it can't take batteries, and it is sometimes hard to find a free powerpoint for the adaptor. I have heard that Zoom now produce a battery pack for the Player series, so I may have pick one up.

I haven't been required to deal with Zoom directly, as my processor hasn't had any problems

The 1010 copes with what I make it do, but I does limit my tone at times. I have had it about a year and have already pushed it to its limits. If I had to buy one new, I wouldn't. The main reason I bought it was because I got it cheap (second hand). I wish it had more modulation effects eg. phaser. I will probably update it with something better within the next 12 months.

Piss easy

I use this pedel with a holdon 50 and it sounds great. I Play heavy Rock and the distortion sounds F*CKING awesome.

I brought this pedel 2nd hand so I don't know what has happened to it but I havent had any problems. I would not stand on it to hard.

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All in all its a good pedel but I had to build one I would put some more effects in it

this is very easy to use, once you get used to the patch editing features, it is just like having a compressor, auto-wah (or wah pedal with the optional controller), pre-amp, volume pedal, EQ, chorus, flanger, doubler, two reverbs and digital delay pedals at your disposal.effects from 5 groups can be chosen at one time
group 1-compressor/wah (can both be used at once)
group 2-pre amp/with a GREAT!!!! noise filter(not a noise gate)
group 3-4 band EQ(presence,high,mid,low), all very active
group 4-is chorus/flanger/doubler(only one of these at once)
group 5-reverb(hall and room)/digital delay(with feedback and mix)
all effects have adjustable parameters comparable to standard effect pedals

i use this mainly for 4-track recording, learning new songs by hooking it up to the 4-tracker and adjusting the tape speed to my tuning, and also i use this with a squire champ practice amp to get rid of buzzing in the amp and also to and some effects for practice

i dont use this in my guitar rig, because i use my fender stage 185 with an effect rack and dont want to lose the amp's pre-amp sound by running two pre-amps together

my rythme guitar player uses a diditech rp7 and cant get as clear of a sound out of it as i get with this pedal(though he routes it through his amplifiers pre-amp, a deffinate no-no)

i sometimes bring this as a back-up unit but have never needed it
i would however be reluctant to use this through a direct box or PA system because i'm more used to a driving amp behind me -(that's just my personal preference)
i've never had any trouble with this unit yet and i dont anticipate any in the future

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i really like the zoom products nad would highly recomend this unit to anybody interested in a jump-off point into guitar multi-effect units
anybody will get hours and hours of enjoyment out of this unit

Piss easy

Pretty damn good for beginners to advance, experts may find this limiting.

no probs ever

I play everything does the job for $200 you can't go far wrong!!

extremely simple. if you can't figure this out without a manual, you've got problems my friend. if you've got problems, the manual is very clear.

i bought this back when it first came out, 3 or 4 years ago. before then, i had always played acoustic or just plain out distorted - this was my first taste of most of the effects. at the time, i loved it but i now find it somewhat lacking. the noise is pretty bad at times if used for recording line-in, but it's ok on an amp. i'd use it for keyboard before guitars, honestly, as the best features are the spacy stuff.

the compresser/wah is weak, but it is noticeable. the distortions are pretty cool as far as multi-effects units go, although that shouldn't be the main focus for this thing. if you want distortion, get a couple of obscure stompboxes and link them together - big name distortions are generally generic and cliched...

the eq isn't amazing, but it works. personally, i love the noisy chorus - it's really nasty and great with distortion. the flanger is ok, i remember being able to nick that kim thayil "fell on black days" sound with it a few years back. the doubler isn't a real doubler, but it's fun to play with..

the reverb isn't real reverb, it's a really fast delay - and that's probably why the actually delay only goes to 42 seconds, too much space bogged down on the other side. this shouldn't be the main delay in your setup, but it works fine and sounds ok.

seems pretty small, but i'd gig with it anyways. i just wouldn't stomp on it that hard...

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overall, this is not a professional unit - but i don't think it's supposed to be. i rarely use it nowadays, but i loved it when i was 16 and thought it was the greatest thing in the world. i used to stay up until all hours of the night programming this thing, then sleep when i got to school. it's a great 'beginners' effect pedal because it won't spoil you and it'll force you to program it yourself because the presets are truly horrendous save a few...

if i was going to change it, i'd add an expression pedal, a few more effects (tremolo, octave, pitch shifter, etc) and make it out of steel, dammit. i wouldn't replace it nowadays, no, but i don't plan on turfing it either...

Sounds good from the box. Presets are lame but fun if you are capable of having fun. Menu system is extremely easy.

Its not that golden tube tone everyone speaks of its a 100-150$ digital pedal, It does what it says no frills. These are the people who cant figure out why they cant beat a ferrari with a yugo.

The only time i had a problem with it is when i plugged my instrument into the amp jack. Felt like a real dork.

Never delt with them

i play with a yamaha, gibson flying v, washburn bt2, or fender strat. All sound good just have to edit the patches for each guitar. All sound great through a nice fender amp.

I've bought it in 1998 and was my first FX, as a guitar rookie I guess this is the most easy-to-use FX in the wolrd.

Its sound great, but the chorus get noisy, really noisy. Good Distortions and Reberbs, kinda good delay too, but the chorus it very noisy.

It will not let you down, ever. (unless you go out of power).

When I bought it, it had not sound, I send it to the store and they don't replace it, they fix it, but it don't sound that bad.

It works for what I need it, but the chorus sometimes make me sick. I'm always feel pain when I heard that noise.

It is very easy to get sound out of it. The patches are simple to edit. I have not upgraded it at all.

I have a peavey studio pro 112 amp and a fender stratocaster guitar. It is sometimes noisy, only with certain distortions or wah. Most of the effects sound great. I use my crybaby wah wah with it. I can easily get the sound of Metallica, or Limp Bizkit, any of those guys. The distortion is great. But the wah on the pedal itself isnt good. Thats why I use a crybaby.

I can depend on it with no problem. I jump on the pedals all the time and ive never had problems. I always use it on gigs, but as I said, i use my crybaby wah wah with it.

Never dealt with them.

I play in my band, Heavy metal and rock. It is an awesome match for my music. Ive played for 2 years. I use a crybaby, zoom 1010, boss metal zone, digitech wammy, and boss reverb. I would buy it again if it were lost. I especially like the distortion on this zoom 1010. I hate the wah on it. Ive compared it to many other pedal boards and I like this one. Not the best, the one I liked most is the digitech pedal board but with zoom, its cheeper, plus ive gotta ton of other pedals to mix. I wish it had good wah, maybe made of metal, and some more controls. It definitly helps me make music. BUY IT IF U DONT HAVE IT!

Never used an FX that is so easy to use. The "patch-menu" couldn't be more simple

The rate of the bluit-in FX are average, delay/reverb is good. Still, the pedal sounds static when in use and not played. Too bad, sound quite annoying

Never let me down before (on gigs and rehearsels). Used without any other FX (Wah, tube screamer) it may sound very narrow.

I play mostly my own songs, so I can create my own sound. The Zoom 1010 is cheap, multi functional and sounds not bad at all. I've got more FX I use, mostly in combination with the 1010. Wouldn't want to miss it when I'm playing!!!

It is really easy to use, editing could be no simpler and the manual is very good. Top marks on this one!

Well I used to use this with my Epiphone SG and My Squire Jagmaster into my Marshall VS100R before I sold the thing. It wasn't particularly noisy on any settings, and if the distortion was getting a bit hissy then the noise reduction usually sorted it out, but it did mess the tone up a bit so you'd have to fiddle with the eq again.
The distortions were top notch-I can't complain about them. Number 4 (can't remember the name of it) was the best one for me cos I play stuff like Smashing Pumpkins and it did sound pretty good for that stuff. The compressor was just cack, I never bothered using it at all. The wah's were ok but not nearly as good as the cry baby I've got now. The Wah number 1 sounded good as a fixed position wah (like the intro to Leech by Limp Bizkit), but when used with the expression pedal it was a bit jumpy-not a smooth sweep at all.
The flanger was excellent though I must say, it went really slow and deep (just like Love by Pumpkins), but it didn't go very fast. It was good at what it did though. The chorus was good if you liked Michael Bolton Ballads (which I didn't!)but you couldn't get the wobbly vibrato sounds out of it that you can with a seperate chorus pedal cos the rate didn't go fast enough and the depth wasn't deep enough. Delay was cool if you like digital delay, but not a very long delay. It sounded good on maximum length, but then you haven't got the option to increase delay time if you need it. Reverb was ok bu I used my amp's reverb normally instead. And lastly, the doubling was pretty good but completely unused on my effect cos it didn't fit my style of playing. EQ was excellent too. The tuner was very accurate, but it only tunes as low as C# so if you want to tune it to low B or something them you have to tune the low string off a 12th fret harmonic-not a major problem, but I'm sure they could have designed it to tune lower in the first place.

I used it at a few gigs without a backup and no problems....it's made of plastic so don't go being a rock star and jumping on it though! Never had any problams with mine, but I looked after it pretty well.

Never dealt with them.

I play mostly alternative rock music, and this pedal is good for what it was made for....which is basically an introduction to the world of effects. I've been playing 5 or 6 years, and I still have the guitars and amp I mentioned earlier, but I've since sold my ZOOM and bought some stomp boxes instead. It lasted me 3 years and I got some good sounds out of it, but I got to a point where I outgrew it and I wanted more flexability and better tone. I didn't like only having 12 presets cos it limits the sounds you can use at a gig I think. Stomp boxes sort this out cos there is practically no limi tof combinations to use. I also like trying new fx routing systems now to see how effects work in different ways depending on how you wire them up.....this is impossible to do on the 1010. Another on of my favourite things about stomp boxes is the ability to get feedback going and bend down and create havoc by messing with the controls! Again, out of the question with the 1010. It's cheap and it does sound good-I'd recommend it to anyone, you've just got to take into consideration it's limitations before you buy it. If you have the money and you want ultimate flexibility then forget it and buy single pedals, but if you're on a budget and you want basic usable sounds then this is very, very hard to fault. It seemed much better to me than the Korg things I compared it to, and so much better than the Dod Multi Fx thingy too. Buy it if it fits what you want it for. Excellent value, but be warned-you will grow out of it after a few years.

If you cant figure this out, put the guitar down and pick up a shotgun you will have better luck with it.

Distortion is workable, flanger is great, chorus great, I agree with the masses the reverb and compresser could have used some work

works, all the time

havent delt with them

been playing for about 10 years, the pedal can only take you so far you have to play, i dont know about everybody else but i can make almost anything work with some tweeking ( make your own expression pedal, just follow a schematic of a volume pedal and send the wet back to the unit on the stereo channel)

for a multi-effect box this one is really easy to use

celan sounds are great and remain clean at higher volume.
chorus is quite ok, but sometimes a bigger rate of it would be needed
(eg. intros). flanger sounds like it would be made by some 80's cheap synth and really sucks. distortions are not much better either. they don't sound pure and at higher rate sounds too electronic.

never used it on a gig and only for practice and experimenting different sounds.

never had a need to

I play sort of funk/grunge/metal stuff, sometimes blues aswell. it matches quite good for some blues and classic rock stuff but not for metal or other styles with more distorion. It's really good for just experimenting different sounds when you write music, but i would not go and make a recording with it.

An untrained monkey could use this. Hit edit, use the aroww keys and the table to quickly find what you want to edit, and use the value key to change it, then hit the store key twice. THATS IT! Also very easy to adjust the volume. Just select the patch use the value keys to change the volume, then hit store twice.

I am Using an Ibanez RG170 through a Yamaha Mini Mixer with Bose fold backs and with this unit the distortions impress me for a digital unit. The reverb is also nice but could be better. Hall is probably the best, the room is a little dry. The Delay is only an echo and isn't perpetual. On top of that it is only 420ms long :-(. The chorus is excellent as long as you dont start turning up everythig past halfway, otherwise it can detune your guitar, this mabey desierable but as a guitarist that playes everything from Nirvana to Blues this is not good. Same with the flanger, it is possibly a little weak but i am comparing with an old dedicated flanger pedal I used to own. Once again dont turn up the settings to high as this can detune your guitar. The doubler is an interesting function and can be a nice addition to the reverb if set right. The Zoom Noise reduction is very effective but has to be turned up all the way to be effective, this eats at the tone slightly, but not much. The Compressor is absolutly useless,you have to turn it right up for it to be noticed, but this eats the tone dramaticaly. The Wah is weak and you have to buy an extra pedal for this, hell, for the $80AUS I could buy a decent second hand dedicated Wah!

Well, it aint let me down yet. It is made out of re-enforced injection moulded plastic that seems strong enough but i wouldn't jump on it (i am gental with my equipment as I am a poor student :-))
The pedals are a little flimsy but they have held on so far and plugs seem to pull out the back much to easy. I would take a distortion pedal to a gig with me but that is it. The reason i dont is because i don't own one and the school dont like me flogging theirs (Boss MT-2).

Well i have never had to deal with zoom, i bought it second hand from my local music shop and the DC in plug had dry solder joints that had to be repaired but the man at the shop fixed it for free before he sold it to me.

Well I am a 15 year old who has been playing guitar for 5 years now and i consider this board as getting past my interests as I move into writing my own songs. I love the distortions, I have got a Metalica, Nirvana, Offspring, Living End and Live Distortion programed into it (there are 8 types of distortion). But it lacks the clean sound that I cherish so much (i play with a delicate balance of both clean and dirty). I compared it against a Zoom 505 and a Boss
ME-30 but i couldn't afford the ME-30 and the zoom 505 was just crap.
If u are like I was, a poor student looking for a cheap board that will absolutly scream out distortion. Buy this. If it were stolen I would trak down the bastard who stole it and beat the $200 dollars out of him and put it towards a Boss GT-5 that will more than sattisfy my weird obseion with using all sorts of effects in songs. This is a good board if you play a lot of covers but if you wish to write songs, you may find it restricting.

It's real easy to get a good sound out of the 1010. Each effect has three or four parameters to adjust to find the sound you're looking for. The full manual is good, but the one page comic book version of the manual is good enough, and you probably won't even need that. The only thing you can't use out of the box is the Wah Wah. It costs $50 or $60 extra for the FP-01 foot pedal to use the Wah Wah. I give it a 9 only because it's kinda hard to use the Wah Wah if you don't have the extra $50 for the FP-01. Which I don't have so I have no idea how good the FP-01 is.

I use a Fender Double Fat Strat through a Silver Face Bassman 70 and an Ampeg V4 4x12 cabinet. The setup sounds great with the 1010. If your setup is too noisy you can set the Noise Reduction to eliminate any unwanted noise. The effects all sound like analog stomp boxes, but you can chain effects together into a single patch so you don't have to stomp six different boxes to get the sound you need. The best way to get a consistent sound is to find the best setting for each effect seperately, then use the same settings on the individual effects each time you mix effects. I hope that makes sense. I'm sure you could duplicate anyone's sound easily since the 1010 has about 10 different Distortions, 4 Wah Wahs, 2 Reverbs, and about six other effects, plus it has a Compressor, EQ, and Tuner (w/ bypass so you can tune silently).

The 1010 is more reliable than any stomp box I've had since it comes with an AC adapter and all the effects are wired together (in the right order) internally. No need for a pedalboard stocked with 2 dozen different stomp boxes that must be chained together in the perfect order (so you don't pick up AM sports radio shows) by working patch cables, not to mention the $15 apiece for most ac adapters. And I've played a countless number of live shows and practices without any problems at all. Just make sure you write down your patch settings just in case.

The band I'm in sounds kinda like a cross between the Melvins, Babes In Toyland, & Fugazi, with spooky melody lines, but the 1010 could fit any sound or style because of it's number of effects. And since most decent stomp boxes cost between $100-$200 anyway, you might as well get a 1010 and get almost every effect you'll need, instead of just one. I also own Distortion, Flanger, and Compression/Sustain pedals, but since I bought the 1010 they've been collecting dust. If anything ever happened to it I would replace it immediately. I started off with a Zoom 4040, but switched to the 1010 because of the ease of use, and the size, the 1010 fits in the compartment thing in my hardshell guitar case, the 4040 was about as long as the body of my guitar. The only thing I would change about the 1010 is that the "optional" FP-01 Wah Wah/Volume pedal would come free. The only other thing I would recommend is to not get too carried away with the effects. My band's set list is 16 songs long, and I've only used 5 patches. Oh and be sure to make the first patch of each bank the same distortion, then use the other two patches for other sounds. And whatever you do, DO NOT USE THE PRESET PATCHES! Make up your own and give them cool names. My set-up is:
A1=Fuzz Box
A2=AM Radio
A3=Distorted Flanger
B1=Fuzz Box
B2=Clean Chorus
B3=Spooky Reverb

I have had mine for 2 years and I would not trade it for something that is ten times more expensive,or heralded as being the best. It's easy to use, sounds great and is easy to transport.

I use my 1010 with a Hamer Standard (Explorer shape mohagany body, humbuckers)with a Marshall half stack. The effects always come out clear and I can get the crunch that I want(METALLICA). Distortions are awesome, but the cleans could use some work.

I have never had a problem with my 1010, and I have used it for two years, at least two to three hours a day.

The only upgrade I would to the 1010 is to make the expression pedal(FP01) sturdier. I broke mine in about two weeks, and a wha-wha-volume pedal is a nessescity for every performing guitar player.

I play mainly heavy metal, but I like like the slow stuff too, and the 1010 is able to handle my stomping from distortion to clean. The 1010is an essential element in my sound and if it where lost or stolen, I would deffinetly buy another one. I played my buddies Digitech RP-7 and I preffed my 1010 over it. The only thing I can complain about is the sturibility of the FP01 expression pedal. The 1010 has opened up many doors of creativity for me, it has been a non-stop sense of release for me in the two years that I have had it.

This unit is pretty easy to use. It took me a couple of days after I first got it to get it working completely, and it's been a long time now that I've had it; I've got working with it down to a science. It is an extremely limited unit, but I can get the sounds that I want out of it most of the time. It would be nice to have more than four banks of three settings, though.

I use an Epiphone les paul special into a small, 65-watt Peavey chorus 200 amp, then into a Woodson 200-watt stack. The chorus on the 1010 is very limited; my Peavey amp has depth and rate knobs that can do much, much more, but usually the 1010 chorus is acceptable. The flanger isn't bad, but it's not what you'd call "studio quality." I've never used the doubling effect; it really doesn't make it sound like two guitars. The reverb is loud and obnoxious. The distortions are quite terrible. I use the metal-T (8) and the fuzz (6) and none of the others, although one time I did put my vocals through the 1010 for a recording and used the rhythm distortion with the flanger and I've treasured that recording ever since. The other distortions are wimpy. I tend to use the metal in conjunction with my amp distortion for some extremely distorted sound, and that works out. The wah is totally not worth it! It barely affects the sound of the guitar at all and produces a lot of feedback. The compressor doesn't do anything (I've never heard any difference in having it on or off). The delay is very noisy and it is way too short, but I have been able to use it to my advantage. Along with the wah, I use the delay and the fuzz as a feedback setting. It sounds wonderful! My amp controls it perfectly. I can play the guitar just by holding my left hand on the frets and sliding up and down, and I get octaves and fifths and thirds and nothing that will explode everyone's ear drums! If you already own this unit, give it a try. But the sound quality overall is poor.

I don't know. I have the FP01 expression pedal along with the unit (big waste!) and it broke the first week I had it. I took it apart and hooked the plastic gear back in place and it worked fine, but recently it broke again. This time I found out that when I switched chords, my new one didn't have a "stereo" jack and it wouldn't work. That was a cruel catch, considering that the chord that came with it is unshielded and will probably stop working soon. I use this unit in a live setting and although I'm pretty sure it will break down on me at some point, it hasn't really shown any signs of that yet.

Never needed it. I wouldn't know.

I play rock. It's the only music that is constantly changing and expanding, whereas pop is terribly stagnant and never changes. I like the unit, but I would never recommend it, especially since I paid way too much for it. I bought it for **I think** $140 + $80 for the expression pedal! Big mistake! Don't laugh-I was young and naive. I had only been playing for a year and didn't yet understand that there's more than just list. If it were stolen, I would definately buy something else. But the sound it makes is unique in its wimpiness. When I created the feedback setting, the guys in my band were amazed. Sure, this unit kills my tone and makes my guitar sound like it isn't even a guitar, but that's not such a bad thing. Anyway, don't buy the unit, but if you have it, don't throw it away!

I thought some of the sounds out of the box were useable, but if you spend some time editing you'll get something better.With 12 user patches on 4 banks of 3 sounds each, you might find it a bit limiting if you need a different setup for EVERY song. And you need to arrange the sounds so they're on the same bank if you need to use more than 1 per song. Editing the sounds quickly during rehearsal is painful to say the least-it's not hard, just tedious, knobs would go a long way towards fixing this, but then it'd be more of a stomp box i guess.The manual is helpful, i just don't use it, but occassionaly i forget about some little feature(like the ability to scroll only thru the user patches) and it reminds me.

First off, it is digital and does sound a bit dry. 2nd that's not always a bad thing.
For those who think the distortion sucks, i say it's a matter of application. For my punk band(where i use either a Gibson Les Paul Classic or a Vantage(model unknown)into a Roland JC-120), the tone is so utterly obnoxious and unique among a sea of boss, dod and ibanez stomp box users, that i love it. someone once commented that my guitar sounded "bitchy"(not "bitchin'").i took it as a compliment.
In my other band (dark experimentaly music, i use both Gibson and a Danelectro U2 into the roland jc120)I've found that the distortion, in combination with other effects, begins to take on a superprocessed 80's sound, and it's not exactly what I'm looking for. The delay IS kind of short and the chorus shallow(the roland jc-120 has such beautiful chorus tho that it's insulting to even run the zoom chorus into it).BUT I've actually used one of 3.1 on a recording(that's right a PRESET) and it does just what i want it to. Of course we tweaked the hell out of it on the mixer with EQ to remove some of the harshness.
Tweaking is very important with this pedal(on the pedal itself or on a mixing board), or you'll be sorely disappointed imho, but if you spend some time with it, it's easily worth the price.

mine has had beer spilled on it, has been dropped from three feet off the ground onto cement, been stepped on when people were rushing the stage to sing along, kicked across the stage,etc. and it keeps on working.

never had a need

i play hardcore-punk in one band, dark experimentaly gothy/industrialy stuff in another, i play all sorts of stuff on my own. I've used the zoom with several dif guitars and amps(the danelectro using the "jazz chorus" sound into a vox pathfinder makes a fine jazz sound, at least for practicing).I actually think the zoom fits the punk band best, since cheap sounds aren't really an issue. And i've never had any problem hearing the zoom over the drums(of course, my amp kicks ass in the volume dept.).I've had the zoom i think for 3 years now, and while i'm finally expanding my effects setup(i've never been big on them until the last year or so)the zoom will stay in the effects chain-even when i get better sounding distortions, or a real delay pedal. I dont think i'd replace it though if it was stolen, unless i could get it used. One thing that i don't see mentioned much, is that the zoom makes a fun little processor for vocals. when i'm recording in my sad little homestudio, and i dont have access to ten thousand reverbs, and running thru an amp isn't practical, the zoom comes in handy.

It is so easy to program this Zoom, altough it is difficult to get excactly the same sound as you hear in your head, but maby I am to critical, but asd said easy to use. When I bought myu Zoom 1010 I didn't even had a manual, and I still don't have one, but to program this motherfucking'thing is so simple

I use two main guitars a Fender stratocaster, and a Gibson Les Paul Studio. For slide I got a Stratocaster model guitar, witch produce the wild sound I want to have for slide, My amps are a fender showman (Twin top), with a 4x10" marshall speakerfor a perfect clean sound, I use a Marshall JTM-45 with a Marshall 2x12"speaker, for crunche, or "harder"claen. And I use a Marshal valvestate 100 watt head with a 4x12"speaker, to produce a heavy distortion in combination with my Boss metalzone and ProCo RAT distortion. Sometimes I use it for the clean chaneel for the real eighties clean sound, in combination with my boss chorus and my boss compressor. I use my Zoom for the delay to get the brain my delay effect in combination with my Boss and DOD delay. The delay is short, but sounds good for what I need. The noise of my Zoom is Afwull, When i record the noise is to loud so I use a carl martin noise killer, with is very good. Compressor on the zoom is shit, so is the (plastic) construction. Distortion sounds quite well, but there's to much trble in it. Chorus and flanger sounds good, but my Boos chorus sounds "deeper". It's fucked up that the zoom isn't stereo, but after all it's good for a extra effect, or when all your other stuff is fucked up.

me zoom always produce sound so it is road tested. A friend of my had also a Zoom 1010 but he had kicked to hard on it and the printplate was broken, so be carefull. When my zoom won't work I can play as well, but something "disappear"in my sound.

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I play all styles of music, reggae, funk, soft and hard metal, rock, but never punk it's to simple to boring and to childisch! But it works when I use my Zoom.
The zoom should have a stereo output!!!
I play guitar 10 or 11 years so I knoew where I talk about!

very simple to use...dont need the manual..editing is a breeze..but getting a good sound is real work..

im using a fernades guitar with active pickups and its quiet to begin with but with the zoom its dead silent through my crate gx65...its hard to get a good sound or impossible the distortion is very thin and horribly digital sounding..its great for practicing or recording..but dont even think of using it in a band situation you'll kick it across the room to damn thin sounding...

i bought it used and it looks a little beat but has worked perfect for close to a year..ive heard from others and theyve never had any problems..they are plastic but seem to be made very well

never dealt with them..no problems so far

this is a great little unit for putting some punch in your home setup if you dont like your sound....nice for recording..but you'll have to come up with your own presets the factorys are useless..just dont even think about using it in a band..its no good for that..but for the money you cant beat it

Very easy to use. Total "plug-in-and-play" ability. Getting a good sound is pretty challenging though. Didn't bother reading the manual cuz it was pretty self explainatory.

Most of the effects are fairly competent, but definetly not pro standard. The delay is only 46ms long which is way too short. The reverb can sound very tinny. The doubling effect is trash and i don't ever use it. Compression just can't be heard. Flange is probably the best thing on there, but the chorus is basically useless cuz it ain't stereo. But the really bad thing is the distortions which just SUCK. Trying to use them in a band situation is impossible. I went back to using the distortion on my amp (a Fender 212 Deluxe).

Broke after about six gigs, but I'm pretty abusive with my equipment. A more light-handed player would definetly have a better time with it. My advice is to definetly NOT use it live unless you like living on the edge.

When i got it replaced they seemed pretty cool

I play mostly modern metal plus older eighties stuff (like the police and u2) plus I like to experiment with noise etc. This pedal definetly does not get the main sounds that i need. The distortions are just useless. My main criticism of this pedal is that it doesn't go "far" enough i.e - the flanger/chorus aren't deep enough, the delay just isn't long enough, reverb is hardly noticable. If u like fx that scream at u then this is definetly NOT the pedal to use. However, if your into more laid back stuff, this is worth a look at but there are plenty of other multi-fx that do the job much better. I'm currently trying to get rid of this pedal, cuz i bought the gr-30 guitar synth which just wipes the floor with this thing.

Very easy to use, cause entire my group called TANKER use this great stuff!
Editing is very easy, manual explaine you all what do you need.
This unit is updateable, but only for technician...
I'am a technician, so I do exciter to my ZOOM

I use ARIA guitar with MARSHALL COMBO VALVESTAT 65 (I hate Marshall, but nothing better in Czech)
Noisy is only when ZNR (zoom noise reduction) is OFF.
Like I say above, I do some fix in this unit and now I got ZOOM 1010
with EXCITER (sounds like a early FIREHOUSE or PINK CREAM 69)
But not all distortion effect you can use...
Some (ovedrive) effect sounds very bad, but LEAD (7) is great, you can play solos with Y.Malmsteen, K.Hansen or MANOWAR !!
Chorus is best effect in this unit, delay is too short,but reverb is great !

Don't opinion

This unit is very simply so no need any support, and if some mechanic problems found, you can fit it yourself (very easy)

I play heavy metal style of music (Y.Malmsteen)
I play on the guitar 14 years and I got my own group called TANKER
More at: http://www.tanker.applet.cz
This unit is forever, and entire group use ZOOM (2020, 4040, 1202)
Great units from SAMSON !!!!

READ BOTTOM OF REVIEW OR E-MAIL ME FOR NEAR PERFECT TUBE AMP EMULATION!!! This unit comes with 56 great preset patches. You can completely customize 16 of them. The other 40 I hardly get into, because I customized those 16 for exactly what I want. Honestly, it takes more than a little tinkering to get just what you want out of it, but it was worth it, especially when I finally got the perfect tube amp sound of it! Like I mentioned, I have included the formula below. Like at least 1 person above mentioned, all those taps to get back to A is annoying. I bought it used, but I got a manual from the internet or something (I don't know because I had someone else get it for me, my kind ol' dad!). It goes into great detail without confusing you, and it was very helpful to me. I have no idea what the heck a firmware revision number is, so I'll ignore that. (And check out my tube amp presets!!! You may be just as excited as I when my solid-state amp suddenly took on tube tones!)

Right now I am using this with an Epiphone S-310 (which sounds exactly like a Fender, so it's great to work with on thet 1010) and a Peavey Mystic. (It has amazingly Les-Paulish tones and a coil tap that transforms it into a perfect Tele sound) So I can hit everything. I use a solid-state Peavey Bravo 112 combo amp. (OK I won't mention anymore to look at my tube amp presets) The presets sound really great even on the solid-state amp. Well, that's what a digital amp is anyway, right? It is fairly difficult to get EXACTLY what you want from it, but a close fit is seconds away. I used VERY general instructions in a guitar magazine to get Tom Scholz's tone. And there are already a Jimi Hendrix and a Fender Jaguar preset on here. Getting "close enough" is simple on this unit, but if you want exact, you will spend hours, potentially, like I did. It is very worth it when your work pays off, though. Everything sounds really great on the 1010, but the chorus is a little weaker than some other units may offer, and you need a seperate foot pedal to utilize wah and volume control. However, it's perfect for the amateur, and certain effects will work great even for the professional. The 8 different distortions with line and amp sim are really great.

I haven't had any problems with it that was the unit's fault. I have had a faulty cord I used and didn't get any sound, obviously. However, the power cord is kind of short, and could easily be pulled out on a gig. However, ignoring that one flaw, it would be dependable on stage. Just be careful not to yank it.

Never dealt with the company and never done any work on it.

I play many different styles, and it can fit many. I have played for 2 and a half years and have already talked about my gear earlier. If I lost it, I would definitely consider it, but might also consider an upgrade to on of those digitech deals. I love working for a certain sound for hours, then finally getting satisfaction. I also like the ease of getting a general sound you want out of it. I hate the fine-tuning it sometimes takes to get your exact sound. I chose this one because I had a friend who didn't use it and I could take it home even before I had fully paid for it. I wish it had come with an expression pedal and a headphone jack. It definitely inspires me musically. And now here it is: so close to perfect tube amp; clean and overdriven. clean: Comp/Wah: sens: 2 attack: 0 tone: 10 patch level: 22 distortion: dist color: 11 (valve overdrive w/ amp sim) - I know this seems strange, but it helps with the warm sound. gain: 1 tone: 2 znr: 0 EQ: presence: 5 high: 7 mid: 3 low: 10 Turn off chorus/flanger and reverb/delay. Now for the overdriven tube amp: Comp/Wah sens: 2 attack: 0 tone: 10 patch level: 22 Distortion: dist color: 11 (valve overdrive w/ amp sim) gain: 12 (you can try higher, but it gets too bright on my amp) tone: 3 znr: 0 EQ: presence: 5 high: 7 mid: 3 low: 10 turn off chorus/flanger and reverb/delay There you have it!!! You may need to adjust the tone settings on your amp! And have fun with your newly tubed solid state amp! Try adjusting the settings on the 1010 to your liking, but in my experimentation, anything else would make it sound too bright or choppy and really fake. Let me know if it doesn't sound right on your amp! And since I was kind enough to share with you, share some stuff with me!

Easy to use. Follow the (well written) manual and your only minutes from some pretty good presets. Editing patches will take quite a bit of experimenting for the exact sound you want (unless you just get lucky). The indicator lights in edit mode provide a pretty good roadmap even without the manual.

Mostly good sounds. Using a LP Custom or Fender Strat or other guitars along with a Laney AOR 50w Tube Head / Kustom 4x12 Cab. For practice, a number of 15w - 30w solid state amps. Obviously, the processor needs very different settings for these combinations of guitars/amps. If distortion is cranked the noise level is high... better to use the amp's dist. Large variety of good tube sounds (a couple not so good). The echo, reverb, chorus, delay, flange, doubler & eq are all satisfactory for the price. The distortion needs some work to reduce noise but can be pretty well controlled with tinkering in edit mode. The wah is almost non-existent except under certain eq/tone settings and is easily washed out by the other effects (w/FP01 pedal). The auto wah is almost undetectable except under just the right effects combinations. I don't really like the concept of AUTO wah anyway. With a half-hour of tinkering I've been able to simulate most any classic rock and blues artist/group pretty closely.

Bought unit new 2-3 years ago. Haven't had any problems. A gig? ...always have a backup, completely set up. The show must go on.

Web site needs help. Haven't needed support. Don't know.

I play mostly classic rock & blues. Not too much in the way of effects changes midstream in a song. Been playing most of my life, I'm 47 years old. This unit is a great buy for the money, I thing now you can pick one up new for about $120 & get a hugh number of effects. To get just the right sounds takes quite a bit of tweeking. The worst characteristic is the numberous stomps it takes to go back to Bank A. Stomp through A-D, then through 0-9 to A... that's a lot of stomping. A-D are the user setups, this is where I stay, the extra ten stomps are a pain. Sooo, I modified the power cord to come up the mic stand to a small (reset) push button (normally on) switch. If I hit the button (turn off the power to the processor) the 1010 resets to Bank A instantly, allowing me to get to the user setup I need quickly. Yes, I'd buy another one. The most bang for the buck in my opinion. The world definately has better units... Put YOUR bucks on the barrel head and take your pick.. this one's not bad!

very easy to get good sounds and to edit patches. Still have manual and boxes.

used with fender roc pro 100 and aria pro II guitar. effects sound great and powerful. great blues, metal, old rock tones. Includes dis, fla, cho, del, rev, com, dou, wah, eq

very dependable and definetely no need for a backup.

never needed to be repaired

a little confudeing at first but once you ger the hang of it real easy

The sound is amazing. it would go so fare as to say it is at the heart of my sound. I play a Gibson SG and a Fender Stat. I will tell you that if one guitar cant get the sound the other can. The amp's this sounds best with are 1X12 combos and such not big 4X12. The only complant i have is not enuff user banks.

i never had a problem with it and io kick around all the time.

dont know never needed it

Well it is a good pedal if you work with it. But if you think you can just plug it in and kick butt. your dreaming good tone is labor of love or luck!

As far as multi FX go the Zoom 1010 is not very user friendly if you are just starting out. I bought mine about 4 years ago. The presets were decent but not very creative. the manual was helpful but not extensive.

I used this two different setup. My first was a crappy Kustom amp with a Squier Strat. It sounded decent to me at the time. Then I ran an Epiphone Les Paul Studio Pearl through it to a Roland GC408x Stack. IT slaughters the Pauls tone and made the stack sound very thin. The effect were terrible. The only reason I give it a 2 is because the distortion was at least usable to some extent. The wah is unusable with the $70 wah pedal and sure as hell isnt worth it, the compressor is weak. The corus is thin and choppy. The delay is so digitaly cheesy you can recognize your original tone. The flanger is somewhat usable but not as good as other multi FX in this price range. I compared this with a less expensive KORG AX1G and the KORG blew it away in tone and quality. I have tried several Zoom pedals and they are all JUNK. Toneless, and painfully digital. Save your money and buy the Korg.

Dont put your eggs in this basket at all. After 3 1/2 years the unit went stone dead on me. I never used it in a gig setting either, just easy practice use. Of course no guitarist would be caught dead gigging with this thing. It did last 3 1/2 years though. So I give it a 2

When the unit broke Zoom was very helpful. I never sent it in to get fixed though. I just sold it as BROKEN on Ebay. And I got $70 out of the stupid thing, and the people I sold it too Knew it was broke. Well Thank god there are uneducated shoppers out there.

This was the biggest peicce of junk I have ever bought for the guitar. It is not suitable for any music at all. if it had been stolen I would not have sought to find it because the criminal would get his punishment by having to use the thing.

Piece of cake... can learn to use it in a few minutes. Just stick to the manual; but I believe that you can learn to use it even without the manual.

Comp - (4) Even to the trained ear, the compressor doesn't seem noticeable. Wah - (2) I bought a separate FP01 pedal and I tell you, if you long for Kirk Hammet wah sounds or Cry baby-ish tones then you'll be frustrated. Tip: Don't buy the separate foot pedal. Distortion - (6) Eight Different Distortions + eight of the same kind, except that they are amp simulated... Good for blues but if you long for crunchy or shredding distortion then this is not for you. EQ - (7) This may be the product's redeeming factor... Maybe a bad preset can somewhat be enhanced by this feature. Chorus - (9) Very clean and versatile-sounding, if you manipulate the parameters. Flange (8) Good for the "jet scream" and flange settings of other sorts. Doubler - (8) - simulates 2 guitars playing at the same time. Sounds close to Room Reverb. Reverb - (7) - Has Hall reverb. Just hall reverb. No Plate reverb, no church or garage or stage reverb. Has Room reverb though. Delay - (4) Good for Eric Johnson-ish delay (short and decays quickly) but not recommended for Steve Vai-ish delay (long and decays slowly) because the maximum time is only 420 ms.

Not dependable. One day you might be shocked that your bank pedal would not work anymore. I had the 3 patch pedals repaired by replacing the tact switches on the PCB. Buttons eventually malfunction, in as short as a year or a year and a half, for a brand new set.

Hmmm. Well? They charge a lot. Maybe 20 times as much as the cost of labor and materials. I chose fixing it on my own.

My repertoire ranges from Cannibal Corpse to Metallica to Pearl Jam to Steve Vai to Joe Satriani to Eric Johnson. The bottom line is, the unit can't suit my needs. If you play blues or simple hard rock or grunge then maybe this would be enough. But eventually, you'll consider a better alternative, like a Digitech RP-7 or a Zoom 8080. But to come to think of its price, it's better having one than buying several stompboxes.

the distortions suck, as do the rest of the effects.

Seems rather shoddy, the pedals are very little and i had a constant fear of breaking the whole thing by stomping on it too hard.

Had it for 6 weeks, sold it, bought a BOSS ME-8. Don't even consider buying this product. Thank you. Goodbye.

Uh.. well yah, it took me about 2 minutes to cycle through all the effects and controls and figure 'em out, though i've never used a pedal before, I thought it was pretty damn simple. What, 2 buttons and an up/down.. sheesh. Overall, getting what you want from it is simple, even though I had no manual (bought second hand).

I'm using this pedal with a $150 Legend bass, and a sound city 30b amp. I *think* it's a guitar amp, but then again the fact that the bass response is sweeet and the "b" on it... Anyhow, the zoom adds no noise to the chain, if anything, the compressor cuts it down a little. I must say, the compressor sens5, attack10, gets an awesome sound, like tom araya (slayer), and is good for slap/poping, whereas 10/10 will get a metallica feel. It's also good for general rock/blues and jazz playing. Though, the reverb is ghastly sometimes, and the flanger is iffy too. Not good, as my amp is quite noisy, though on something decent, the zoom would be ok.

Jesus, it works fine, does what it's meant to. I don't know its history, but I think it's newish, and used a bit. So far, the footswitches are ok.

The website is crap, as far as I remember. Though it should be fine.

I play thrash (bass), metal, rock, blues, country - damn near everything, and I mainly use the compressor, and the chorus and/or reverb. It improves my sound tremendously, as my amp has no inbuilt fx. There's a distortion/amp simulator, a guitar effect, but I use it sometimes, and it's very crisp. The OD Valve amp is nice for bass. The flanger is okay, but only just.
The zoom 1010 is a good effect to have, if it's all you can afford. I don't think I'd get anything else even if I had the money. It's good for what I need, and if I need a punk bass sound, or a nirvana sound, or a metallica sound or a flea sound, it's all in there and easy to get. I'd recommend it to anyone, though admittedly, I've never used anything else by way of effects. (I'd use the reverb on a marshall rather than the reverb on this thing, but it does okay.)

The good thing is it is compact, cheap, a lot of effects. I like the reverb and chorus making a nice sound with the amp simulator and i like some of the distortions. The bad thing is the buttons worns out and the fpo1 pedal (for the wah) is i think 1/3 the price of the zoom 1010 ( which i think is expnesive so i got the zoom 4040 cause it has the pedal already.

id rather use a korg sound module or a set of boss effects

takes practice. buttons (inc. footswithces) small and inconsistent in terms of pressure needed to trigger. common occurence to step on several footswithces at same time, and time consuming to cycle through many banks.

pre-programmed effects are really cheesy attempts at traditional sounds, but user programmed effects can be good. i created an amazing distortion: very crunchy, full, controlled, the anti-fuzz; then made other weird noisy stuff. i liked the noise reduction option, and the tuner function.

i have had my pedal for two years, played a few shows with it. 2 main problems: bank selector switch broke, adaptor (mandatory i think) too easily unpluggable.

i liked the numerous options and sounds. good for the price and size.

VERY VERY easy... no secrets, the manual fill all the needs... 10 minutes editing patchs is enough to learn all about it.

I use an Ibanez RG60 and a regular transistor-amp. Flanger and the reverbs are cool, delay is too short (46ms), compressor and wah are terrible, and the distorcions... god, I don't have words, is the WORST thing I've ever heard. Without the Amp Simulator, the guitar sounds like a chain saw or something like that. But, even with the Amp Sim, the distorcion is crap. I'll give 7 for clean sound and -1 for distorcions... -1 + 7 / 2 = 4....

Well, I droped it many times, and nothing happened. But sometimes the + and - buttons don't work. Well, I wont use it in gig, it sucks when the buttons dont work.

Sorry, no opinion

I play blues, vintage stuff (Deep purple, Led Zeppelin), heavy metal (Metallica, sepultura), and the 1010 is terrible in all of these styles. When I use clean sound it's pretty OK, but the distorcions, urgh. I'll never buy it again. Anyway I liked the EQ, its pretty simple and works fine. Digital distortions are crap, but 1010 is more than crap. But hey

sounds good notse gate bette than on my art ecc dont cut youre signal off and lets you sustain editing patches is good and can scroll thru user or preset patches.

withe strat by applause art ecc and laney with carvin cab.

yes i would depend on it for the money you pay you get all those effects and a tuner like it better in some ways than my art ecc and the art is more money?

good and sites on the internet with patches cant find any sites for the art ecc,dont think this unit is able to upgrade?

good value for the money and found mine used on the net here?

easy to use cant go up and down editing patches easy sound of patches bad sound edit patches you can get good metal sound no limiter you get manual wich is good unit is bad any zoom product is very good for one sound only metal digital sound if you ask me the effects are good.

strat and laney amp carvin 4&12 cab noisy dist settings nr helps not enough effects good you can get srv sound dist is digital sounding not like others i have tryd with same setup not as noisey as zoom 5000 more than 505 thas sad this is more money better than thetube works pedal i bought should have called it the bee hive real tube too?

yes i do give this unit a 10 zoom prouduts are the best.

never had to use it replaced thre weeks after i got it with art ecc use the zoom for effects only no comp no eq no dist ,sad 165.00 for unit that only uses 3 effects at once thinking of getting zoom 500 series les money better price

hope to sell or trade away not my type of unit sell for 75.00i ship

It's easy to figure out the basics. Pull it out, hook it up, and start hitting the pedals. Editing is simple, too. You can figure out a lot just by looking at the instructions on the unit and playing around with it. The manual helps, but who reads them cover-to-cover? The presets, as with most units, are pretty average. They're a good place to start figuring out your own. I took the ones I liked, moved them to the user group, and started tweeking. Just figuring out how to move them took some time. It's taken me a while, but I've now got some effects I really like. Read some of the other posts here for more tips. One tells you how to cycle through JUST the user patches or JUST the user prests, rather than all of them. Another suggests reducing the presence on the EQ (to below "5", otherwise it sounds very tinny). Both helped me out.

I've got a Gibson Les Paul Studio that I run through a Marshall JTM30. The Zoom 1010 adds a lot of the individual sounds I'm looking for. With the noise reduction section you can dial in the amount you want/need. Swithching between patches is quite seamless. Some posts here say the distortions are pretty weak. I used to agree, but I've changed my mind. Over half of them sound darn good with some tweeking. For example, you can get the Super Lead to sound a Tubescreamer. I have a TS-9 with an 808 mod, and I've been able to get the 1010 to sound reasonably close. Likewise, you can edit the Rhythm distortion to get a pretty darn good blues sound out of it. I'm not into metal, so I can't really comment there (except one preset sounds darn close to Ozzy's "Crazy Train"). For Aerosmith, Kiss, Rolling Stones, ZZ Top, SRV, or Clapton you can do quite well. Distortions aside, its chorus and delay are the effects I use most. I can get pretty darn close to "Get Over It" (Eagles), and "Rough Boy" (ZZ Top)with them. Bottom line -- put a CD in your stereo or boom box, fire up your rig, and start editing the Zoom's patches. With a decent ear and a little time, you can come close to almost any guitarists' sound.

Some people seem to have a hang-up with effects made of plastic. Sure, a metal box will be more durable if you weigh 200 lbs. and plan to jump on it like an idiot. But with half a brain, you shouldn't have any problems. I've had my 1010 for about a year. No hassles of any kind. Gigged with no backup. If you're overly concerned about this catergory, you probably one of the people who buys an extended warranty on your toaster oven...

I misplaced the manual once, and called Samson for a replacement. The guy was very friendly. The manual was out of print at the time I called, so it took a couple of months to get a new one. When I did, they actually sent me two.

This is a "good value". It's not a DigiTech RP20. But considering the price, you can't go wrong. If you have no patience, want to plug 'n' play and get great sounds IMMEDIATELY ... go ahead and spend $600 for an RP20. But if you're like most guitarists on a budget and in search of "great tone", this unit can get you in the right direction. I only wish there was a place/way for users to share their favorite patches. I've been playing for over 20 years, and enjoy having the 1010 to create different classic rock sounds. It's given me flexibility I never had before. Sure, if it were lost or stolen I might replace it with something more expensive. Who WOULDN'T want to upgrade their gear? But as far as bang-for-your buck goes, this is a pretty well-kept secret.

I think this is the easiest thing to program. The factory gives 12 banks and we got to work on 4 banks, which is kinda stupid for me, cos I think it would go better the other way around. When you go to the editting mode, it has the flashy things that will guide you. You can easily change the preset on each sound.

The only thing I really hates about this model is the distortion. They just don`t sound mean enough. I dunno, maybe I haven`t experimenting long enough with it, but I have for 5 moths now and it`s getting realiily frustating. I make my own guitar with olds fenders pick ups (i dont exactly know what they are) but the distortion just don`t give me the kick i get when i`m using the, say boss metal-zone. But i really like the chorus and flange. Experiment with em, adding delay or playing with the compressor and you`ll get the coolest sound ever. Sometimes I`m amazed, cos think the is hiding something for me to explore. I often get cool soiund when i`m just sitting and noodling with it. I like the RHCP's One Hot Minute alot and the model can give me the sound i need.

It never failed me. And i never bring any backup on my gigs. Cos i dont have a backup.

Never had to call em

The downside on this model is that i like metal alot. And the distortion just dont cut. But i also like clean sound. I`m currently writing a song (jazzy one) and the chorus, flange, reverb really kick ass. Well you can`t have all good things in the world anyway. I wish it had more powerful distortion and maybe a built in wah pedal, cos i never really used the wah.

It's not hard to get a good sound. Editing patches is vary simple. The manual's actuly good.

The guitars I'm useing a '67 Gibson SG, Hamer Slammer,Martian Stinger, and fender strat. The amps are, Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, Fender Deluxe Pluse, and Crate Vintage Club 1x12. It's not niosy at all. The compressor is a little weakand so are some of the distortions. I've managed to get vary convicing Van Halen sounds like those from Balance useing the heavy metel distortion along with chorus and 4x12 cabinet simulator.

I haven't had it for long

Haven't dealt with the companie.

I play mostly insturmental and rock and this thing works pretty good. I've been playing for about four years. If it were stolen or lost I would probibly buy something else. not becuase it's not a great unit, but beacuse it does not suit all my needs. I like almost every thing on it except I wish it had a back button so you could go backward thruogh the patches but for the quality of the effects and the money you can't beat it.

Easy to get a good sound out of it, if you read the manual. It is very important you read the manual several times before operating this thing. Some people say they have to cycle through all the patches to get back to the first patch. This is half true. If you press the "Group/Module" button while the pedal is in the normal mode, you can switch between just user patches, or just preset patches, or both; the way it is when you turn it on. It will reset to offering both groups of patches each time you turn it off. This is important to know if you're like me and don't use the preset patches.

I used it with a Strat and a couple of Peavey and Fender amps. Mostly the clean effects sound great. A couple of the distortions are a little weak. Not noisy at all because of the built-in noise gate. Also includes a tuner so i was always in tune. You can change the tuner calaboration too, so you can tune in sharps or flats.

Always saved the patches and never had any problems with it. I used this on a couple of gigs and very many practice sessions and it's still in mint condition, mostly because i didn't jump on it like a jack ass and i kept it in the box when not in use.

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I play Rock and Blues and it had some cool stuff in it. After about a year, i realized i didn't need all those effects, and decided to just buy a Distortion, Chorus, and Wah pedal, which is all i use. I wouldn't buy it again because i don't need all those effects for my style, but it is a great unit.

Really easy pedal to just plug in and start playing, I'm very impatient so this is good. Editing is really easy, just press a couple of buttons and away you go.

I use a l/h Yamaha Pacifica played through a Fender 50 for practise and a Marshall 250 for gigs. Some effects sound a little weak but that is just a case of tweaking the eq params. The wah doesn't seem to exist if you don't have the xpression pedal which I don't yet. The factory presets are all quite interesting although some can sound a bit muddy. There are 16 distortions (8 for an amp and 8 for headphones) some are good some are crap, but because editing is so quick you can set your own. Falnging and delay are good. Big problem is the fact that you cannot go back down patches, you have to go through the whole lot, this can cause trouble at gigs but with a bit of practise it works fine, you can set up the next sound you want while you are playing without putting it on but this could be a bit confusing if you are singing and playing at the same time!

Seems dependable, I was a bit worried about the flimsy looking pedals at first but as long as you don't weigh 20 stone and jump about on it like a knob you should be alright. I have used it on many gigs without back-up, well, I keep my dod overdrive on hand just in case the system packs up, I just have to survive on that alone

Never dealt with them, so no complaints

I have been playing 8 years and I think that this is a really good pedal. I'll probably go for a 3030 next or perhaps a dod multi pedal. It really gives you some creative help!

This is a very easy pedal to use. I wouln't use it for a gig though because it changes from usermade effects into factory presets.

The overall sound is just noisy. The things i like about it is the clean channel, reverd delay and the chorus is okay. The distortion (if it is properly set right) does not sound good over a loud amp.

This is a very dependable little unit. (i've put mine through everything) but i would not use it in a gig due to the prior statement i made.

They do a pretty good job at what they do.

I play every type of music except for country and well rap isn't music. this little unit always comes through except for the metal dist.

Selecting patches is easy, there is a bank pedal and pedals 1 - 3. Just scroll thru the banks and select. Editing is just as easy, just press edit then change the parameters. The 1010 uses 5 modules and 4 parameters in each. Up to 6 effects can be used simultaneoisly. If you can't figure it out on your own, the manual will help.

I go telecaster-1010(with fp-01 expression pedal)-crate gx-30m. The distortions(8 times 2(with amp. sim.)=16 total) are rather noisy and just seem to be lacking some crispness. The flanger is good and not too noisy. The reverb, delay, and chorus are relatively quiet and sound great, and the I can get some fun wah sounds with the fp-01 expression pedal. I haven't used it too much(had it for only 3 days), but i find that using the distortion on my amp and some chorus from the 1010 i can get a good clapton-blues type sound.

Haven't had any problems yet and even though the unit is plastic, it seems like it's very durable. I would use it on a gig without backup because I don't have any other choice. Otherwise I would always take a backup with me just to be safe.

never dealt with them

Overall, for the price, I would say the 1010 is a good unit. Although the distortions are not great the 1010 makes up for it in the other effects(chorus, reverb, delay, flanger, and wah). The 1010 used with other distortions can get a great blues sound. A metal, punk, and alternative sound can also be achieved with some tweaking. I wish it had better distortions, but that's okay because I can get good distotion from my amp. I would buy it again unless I had more money, then I'd buy something better(obviously). But for the money, the 1010 fits my needs just fine.

very easy to use, although switching banks can be difficult as it only has a down switch-not the best for gigs. manual is made for several different countries-ie.japan, the uk, the us and germany, but gets the message across.

the flanger is very noisy- it sounds very good for no doubts just a girl. the distortions are very good- although ZOOM seem to have put delay on everything the delay is ok- but i hate delays the chorus is ok the reverb ROCKS the strange effect what makes it sound like2 guitars is strange the presets rule

seems reliable. my local music shop owner hates ZOOMs because they change models so often.its plastic, but i stand on it. i tend not to let our heavy footed guitarist stomp it though.ive gigged it

they were very helpful when i wanted to buy one. the stands at shows seem ok

i play rock/punk/ grunge, and rarely use anything but the distortions, reverb and the occasional flange.

it's easy to used it take me an hours whitout the manual, but it's not comprehension at first glance you got to look carefully!

the sound is pretty good when you understand that the presence in the EQ must be low it warm up the sound a lot. you can get a real cool white zombie sound out of it. but it take me a year of tweaking to get my perfect rock sound, but even whit the amp sim on it didn't sound good on tape. low level distortion is hard to get and is noisy but on high level the ZNR noise reduction does a great job! the chorus is weak it never satisfy me the flanger is real deep! the delay is cold it alway go (ping!) if you know what i mean! the reverbs are deep enough and i loved hem! the wah must be thrown away i find it quite stressful! but overall you can get a lot of big rock sound!

it never failed me! the pedal is solid enough to take my weight and i am quite loud !!! but be aware of dust going inside the footswitch it make them sticky

i send them an Email 2 months ago no response yet

to a debutant it's a real good unit but i play for ten years now so i decided to go for a better unit the boss me-30 is better for my needs now. but when i buy the zoom it was perfect for my needs. for what i understand after all thes years of playing is when you buy a multifx target your need! do you do a lot of direct recording? do you play live? etc.... cos for practice a 1010 is great but if you record it's kind of poor! and to play live i don't know!

I bought this unit used, and it didn't come with a manual. 2 minutes with it in the store was plenty of time to figure out how to adjust the parameters. With relatively few buttons to choose from, saving patches was simple to figure out. Definitely simple.

Well, the unit isn't that noisy. Some of the distortions are noisy, but these are the ones like fuzz that are suppose to be. The other effects have little or no noise to them. As far as quality goes, I was impressed with the chorus, flanger, delay, and reverb. They all suited my needs perfectly, as I am a big Pink Floyd fan, and love anything that seems kind of "out there". The distortions were kind of flat and left something to be desired, so I might have a look into one of those "Daddy-O" pedals that everyone raves about.

I've had it for about 3 days with no problems. I get nervous about it as it is made of plastic instead of the sturdier metal units. I'd have to depend on it, as I'm not loaded with cash :)

For the price, it kicks arse. I love modulation effects and I wasn't expecting much from the distortions, so that wasn't much of a let down. I tried it next to the Boss ME-5, and the effects were comparable except the Boss had analog overdrive (and was $70 more...). I wish it had a phaser in it though, and it doesn't have things like tremolo, panning, and auto-wah, but for the price, it really is fantastic.