Product: Zoom 505
Price Paid: US $119.00
Submitted
10/11/1996
at
12:50pm
by
David Plath
Ease of Use
:
9
It took me about 30 minutes to learn how to program this thing. I was pleased with how easy it was to edit patches and store them. Maybe easy programming is what ironically brings to the downfall of this unit. It's so damn easy to program, because each effect has only one parameter you can change. An example of this is the flanger module. The only thing you can manipulate is the speed of the flange. There's no controls for depth, regeneration, etc. The same goes for chorus and the phaser.
Sound Quality
:
5
Certain effects are better than others. The compressor/limiter did'nt seem to do anything to the overall sound, even when I put compression up to 6.\ The metal distortion sounds artificial and weak. The fuzz sounded plain and boring. The "blues distortion" was pretty good, but it didn't sound bluesy to me. The delays were decent, as well as chorus and the pitch shifter.
Reliability
:
No Opinion
It's made of plastic. So you people who go beserk while playing pumpkins or nirvana might destroy after one gig. To tell ya the truth, I really don't know how reliable it is. I sent the unit back after 2 days of receiving it.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Never dealt with the company.
Overall Rating
:
7
For a 100 clams you cant' beat all the effects and programming power the ZOOM 505 gives. But that's if you're into cheesy effects and are not a conisseur of great guitar tone.
Product: Zoom 505
Price Paid: YEN 10000
Submitted
08/29/1996
at
05:51am
by
Satoshi Ikeuchi
Email: satoshi<at>myna dot com
Ease of Use
:
8
A compact multi effector we all need!!!
Sound Quality
:
8
It is as good as other zoom effectors.
Reliability
:
6
The body is made of plastic. You cannot abuse the effector like when you do on BOSS.
Overall Rating
:
8
Good! Easy! Powerful!
