Zoom 2100 Player

Plug n play..this unit isnt too bad on the variety of sound. Had to go over the manual a few times to get things sussed.

Played my Gibson SG and Epiphone LP standard thru it into my jcm 900. I found that i only really used two main distortion sounds on the fx board and not much else besides an acoustic setting that would have been better off being run direct into my amp anyway. The built in tuner with indicator LED is handy, i don't like the position of the bank up/bank down switch above the fourth pedal switch; its a bit inconvenient to get to at times without hitting anything else. The biggest sore point of all for me with the 2100 is the delay when switching between effects, something that renders it almost totally useless for any live work, or even straight through attempts at recording. This pretty much sealed its fate, along with one other huge flaw...

The reliability of this unit is at best, minimal. During the time I had this unit i repaired FIVE dry solder joints (and no this unit wasnt knocked around or even left the house). One dry joint i can accept but FIVE??? Extremely poor manufacturing and quality control are obviously to blame here. Being an electronics tech i had no problem finding and resoldering the dry joints but others might no be so fortunate. Surprisingly, this unit produced very little noise. One other problem I had was the switch beneath one of the pedals went a bit dodgy, again i had to open the unit up and get to the problem.

never used any customer support.

I am addicted to individual pedals over fx boards these days for ease of use, no delay time and instant acces to tone shaping via control knobs...might be old fashioned but it works..KISS - keep it simple, stupid.

Read the manual and you'll be ok. but it's hard to get a good sound from it.

Ugh. I'm playing out of a '79 aria les paul copy and this thing sounds like ass. It's very noisy, the effects are toneless and weak and all the distortions blow.

i would/could never depend on this pedal. The plug where the a/c adapter connects started breaking after 2 months. While the the line for the adapter is in, the power won't turn on. I have to rest my amp on top of the cord near the plug in order to restore power. it's pathetic.

I got ripped off. The only reason i use it still is because i lack a distortion pedal(here i come boss) and i sometimes use the jamplay effect(which is ridiculous because you only get 5 secs of recording time). When i was in 9th grade this pedal looked so promising. Now that I'm almost in college I realized how bad this pedal is(in a addition to zoom products in general).

it's pretty easy to used, really easy to edit the patch. the manual is good but pretty confusing at first. u have to read it twice or more. the bad thing is if the effect are in the same program, like delay & chorus. anyways it's still have delay on the last program but u can't used reverb then.

i used an Ibanez Jem 777. with marshall 15W it's sound pretty good but it's too much high gain even i cut it from an EQ. the global parameter is not as good as they said. i have to reset my patch every time i gig.

it's made of some kind of plastic but it's strong enough. i don't have any problem with it yet.

i mail them how to get the sound i want but they haven't reply.

i play Rock,Metal,Jazz,Blues and i seems to used well with any type of music but it's just a basic sound. i'd like it to be more then that. i won't buy it again if they were stolen or lost. this thing is good for starting using the Multi effect. but u'd like to move on the better thing anyways!

Quite a simple little box of tricks,after about half an hour fiddling (that's without even looking at the manual!) The manual is written in a very simple format even for the newest of guitarists!

Going through the effects loop in my Fender Stage 112se, using either my Epiphone SG junior with P90 pick-up or my Fender Roadhouse Strat with custom shop Texas Specials the box sounds great.Distortion, overdrive etc are so easy to customise that you can't go wrong! (I have to admit though noise occurs at higer levels, but hey don't all distortion and overdrive units?!) Modulation effects are fantastic the chorus comes joint first to my Danelectro Cool Cat! excellent

Very reliable, but like everything guitar wise we all carry spares right!?

Never dealt with them- NO NEED!

Having owned a ZOOM 505 in my earlier guitarist years i sold it and moved to single stomp boxes- they look cooler you have to agree, but realising I needed a lot more sounds to add more texture and that I looked a bit stupid tap dancing on stage around the boxes, so i bought the ZOOM. If it were stolen I would probabily replace it with a multi-fx with a built in expression pedal. Oh the sampler is really cool too if you feel the need to play with yourself!

DON'T WAIST YOUR MONEY!!! It's ok for a child to play around at home with. That is giving ZOOM a lot of credit. I baught it from SWEETWATER. Sales Rep's name was Gary Goldblume. He said this thing sounded good and that he had used it before and that it would be good for recording. I play acoustic in a church band. Irecently bought an electric and wanted some mild distortions and effects. Bottom line is that I will never buy anything from zoom or sweetwater ever agian.

Very ugly

It's made out of Random Repro. I did once at church and it was a disaster. Imbarasssing!!!!

If it were stolen I would feel sorry for whomever stole it cause they wouldn't get much out of it. Actually I already sold it. Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!

Hey, this is JAF with an updated review of this pedal. I bought this pedal as a beginning guitarist who wanted to get some cool sounds. That's also when I wrote the review. Now thatI'm a little more experienced, I realize that this pedal is really crappy. I can't a high quality distortion out of it, and it's very noisy. Most of the sounds are very "mushy" in that it's hard to play good sounding solos or lines without a lot of extra noise. No I'm annoyed that I had spent the $100 on this instead of waiting and saving up for something with some good sounds. I don't think I could get much money if I sold it. So take my advice--don't buy it. It's not worth it.

That's about it.

Great sounds right out of the box. Editing is pretty easy. In the shop I wanted to know the maximum delay time and it took the guy and me 10 minutes to find it in the manual! It ain't that clear, but it's still fairly readable.

I use a Squier Strat and two custom built guitars with Kent Armstrong pickups, into a Cry Baby, then the 2100, and then into a Lexicon Vortex and the main board, or a little Squier 10 watt amp. Noise levels are fine - there ain't any!
The clean sounds are great, the dirty sounds are great, the pitch shifting is great, the delays are looooong, the expression pedal is great.
I can sound like Tom Morello, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Diamond Darrell, Mark Knopfler (but not if anyone's listening!), EVH, The Edge, Adrian Belew and Robert Fripp quite easily with this unit.

I'd gig with this unit - it's pretty robust and looks like it'd take a bit of a bashing. I think I'd have my Marshall Guvnor and my 505 as a backup, though - not cos the 2100 is not up to it, just cos I'm not daft!

Not dealt with em ;-)

I play a little bit of everything - see the guitarists list above. I've been playing nearly 20 years now and have a wide selection of gear. This unit fits right in with my other equipment, the expression pedal and PSU were free. I like that it's stompable, but still powerful for creating your own patches. I also like the expression pedal between my Lexicon Vortex expression pedal and my Cry Baby :>

This board is very easy to use considering it is a cheap piece of shit. It only costs $150 and has no features.

I bought this thing when i first started and didn't know much about EQ and effects, but after playing for a bit of time and going to guitar center, I realized that this board is the biggest waste of money. The guy at the local music store told me it was good. But of course he was incorrect. I have played this disgraceful picece of material with an American Strat, and was greatly dissapointed. The distortions all sound like shit, they are weak, hollow, and toneless. The MODS are alright but could be a bit better. The wah, pitch shifter, and compression are meaningless wastes of space and don't do a damn thing. I am not even going to speak about the ring modulator.

You will get so angered by this board you will end up breaking it.

Don't care.

The poorest excuse for an effect board. Don't even consider it. The rest of the reviewers on here who give it good reviews are completely ignorant, if you you have anything good to say about this board you should be shot.

It's real easy. The manual is clear. You won't have any problems. Editing patches is fun and once again, real easy. Just take your time to setup a patch and then save it in your units memory. Not that hard at all...

I use a custom made Fender Strat with DiMarzio's Super Distortion (bridge) and PAF (neck) Humbucker pu's along with a Marshall Valvestate 265R. I have to say that my setup sounded really bad before obtaining the Zoom Player 2100. Now it sounds better but it still isn't that good. The Distortions are not so good. Only the Lead distortion is usefull and maybe the Metal Distortion. ALl the other Distortion effects are crap. The chorus, delay, reverb, Phaser and flanger effects are nice and clean. However, there are many effects which are simply no good (Pitch shifter, Ring modulator, auto-wah).
The noise level was good too. The Zoom Noise-reduction (ZNR) really helps.
I didn't like the Acoustic simulator though. Although it doesn't sound bad, it's very noisy and the ZNR doesn't help. With the unit you can get Iron Maiden sounds and other Hard Rock artist sounds, however you can forget about Metallica sounds etc.

You can depend on it. No problem!

Haven't had to deal with them yet.

Overall, it's not a bad unit. However, I wouldn't recommend it if yoou're looking for something serious. It's a good unit for beginners.
However, if you're looking for direct recordings, this unit really sucks. The Amp simulator works well with your amp but not when plugged directly into a console.
For the price, it's not bad at all.

Took about a half-an hour at most to understand how to use all the settings. Otherwise its a breeze after that. Must have your manual!

I'm running it throught a Strat with Carvin and EMG Pickups, or a Washburn SB-5 with stocks. I have acouple wahs that I run before it and then I usually send the signal to the P.A.

The distortions are great,and the acoustic simulator is also really nice. The delay is also great. But the wahs suck! Just get yourself a nice CryBaby and you'll be set. Otherwise I think its a good deal for the money.

Hard plastic, but no problems yet. Just don't put all your weight on it.

Not yet,a nd hopefully never

I play some heavy stuff as well as blues and acoustic settings. This pedal preforms nicly in all of them. I would buy it again if someone stole it, yet I think someone would steal my Snarling Dogs wah over it, and believe me I would hunt that person down.

But anyways...get yourself a different wah and don't use the one build into this pedal.