Zoom 505

Pretty simple pedal to use, it does its job definately for beginners getting into multi-effects.
The editing of patches is a simple routine of really choosing a distortion, bit of EQ, and maybe a touch of reverb, and you're off. Then you've got all the other stuff like the phase, chorus to place if you wish.
As for manual, well, you've got a good 6 or 7 of em, all in different languages, so you'll be looking about a pile for the english version, but reading through that, it gives you all the rough guide lines etc. and some points of where a certain effect takes a change (for example, flange, then chorus+flange).

My set-up is normally an Epiphone Les Paul Standard, into a Boss CE-2, Tr-2 then this pedal.
The sound quality is good enough for what it is. The positives would be the distortions, which being the strong-points during the advertising for this, theres something for everyone here. The chorus just about gets away with, EQ should be ok with most ppl, and the hall reverb is ok(ish) too. the rest really could have been better, theres simply not enough control or options for such stuff on this pedal. Worse part being theres no tremolo on board neither (nnnooo!!!!) The delay is too short for time, those that like to experiment with it, it'll only be good for lead patches (if its what you desire), Wah is abit crap (wouldn't expect a good one from a multi-effects, nothing beats the real thing!), erm, and the rest are average.
even though theres these limitations, a good factor would be that you can create the majority you like, especially if you plan to make a Van Halen patch or something. Also being these are very popular, you can find sites with patches as well, so in the creating and experiment side, you should be ok. this is where it gets a few extra marks in here because of this (i was gonna give this 6)

hhmm, its still working (bought it pretty much when it came out) i've had it i think 2-3 years now. Although its now getting to retirement age (now buying compact pedals) its last and been through a good few things. The expression pedal too is doing ok (which came with my pedal, as part of a deal), though what lets it down is the fact it is just a plastic cover, and those of us who jump on our pedals like ants, you'd kill this after a good few kicks. Which isn't what i do.

Well like i said, still works, ands thats itself, the epression and the adaptor. so i ain't had to deal with this as of yet (probably never once i get the compacts i want)

For it being a cheap multieffects, it does do its job. This pedal sold because of this factor.
I've played for 9+ years now (at the grand age of 17) and its pretty much been used for all my gigs (then again, i don't really have an option :) ) and it serves well enough. Best bet is to actually to think of it like a bunch of compacts, and pick certain types u like, then save patches of each at different parameters.
But yeh, its good enough for those interested in buying though, it'll be good for those unsure of compact pedals you want, this should give u a rough idea of the good effects (though bare in mind that Wah rules, it just sucks on this pedal).

THis Pedal is overall quite easy to use and customise after reading the manual. But if you are a beginer, which i would say this pedal is desighned for, it might take a while to become aquainted with some of the features and controls.

The sound quality in this thing is not great, The distortion is very tinny and the delay is limiting in that you only have a certain choice of times.On Accation you can somtimes end up with a sound like some of your favorite artists but most of the time a bad sound is inevitable .I think this pedal would be a lot better if the setting were controlled by a nob and not having a choice of numbers e.g A1,A2,C1,C2,D1,D2.

Through out the time i have owned this pedal it has been pretty good but it is unfotunatly made of plastic so i would definatly not do a gig without a back up in case an amp of something was dropped on it smashing it to pieces.

I Play many kinds of music from Vai and satriani to eric clapton and bb king so i would a pedal with a wide range of sounds ,i cant say this is the one but its not bad.I have been playing for 5 years and I now have just stuck to a carvin legacy guitar amp and a couple of foot pedals i.e wah-wah ,pitch shifter.If it were stolen or lost i would not replace it.I rather the sound of the digitech RP models to the zoom because the have a bigger array of sounds and settings.

This pedal is fairly simple. Programming takes a few minutes to get use to but overall an easy pedal.

When I first bought this pedal I was only playing for a year or two so I thought it was the shit. Now that I can actually play and have had experience with other pedals, its just shit. The pre programmed effects are shite. Everything has a "tinny" sound to it, the distortion is shit and so are the acoustic sounds. (i've never heard an acoustic guitar sound like that)

This thing broke down after about 3 months. The AC input jack is screwed so I have to tape it down a certain way to get it to stay on. Eats batteries like they're sweet pussy. Id never gig with it. I wouldn't piss on it.

never dealt with them.

Overall this pedal was cool when I was playing grunge and i wanted to add some "sounds" into my songs. It's been quite a few years and Im not into that style anymore. (I can actually play now) I basically have no use for this goddam thing other than to tune my guitar when I have an ear infection and cant hear right. As I said before, I wouldnt piss on this pedal. It's junk

It's very straight forward, no deep editting, all the effects hace certain presets except for the dist which has a gain control.... but for example the eq 's got 50 presets instead of bass-mid-treble....

It's been a while since I've used it. I think it's a subject of discussion. Nowadays there's a new small effects pedal with good quality on the market every month or so.... But I think the 505 is the trendsetter, and was very good quality for the price back then and still is.
I used a fake les paul with a fender 100 watt combo and it rocked... I used it for nirvana and metallica kind of stuff

It seems very fragile, used it only twice at gigs and it never failed.

No oppinion

Back then I played 'grunge' and some metallica and guns n roses... I traded it for something new when I had the chance. I wish I'd just bought somethin new and kept this 505 as a back up, real easy travelling u know, and to you think the non-guitarist audience is really gonna care what u use????? btw I saw a professional band use one in their riggs...

reprogramming is very simple, as long as the user isn't.
the short delay till the effect "kicks" in, is tricky to get perfect.

for the price you cannot beat it.

never had a problem, I dropped it just before the show, it still worked

I play in a band that sound like a gothic Jewel, and for all the effects my two guitarist need, it works great, they both use one.

Very easy to use, editing is quick and easy.

I am playing my Jackson ps-2, with a Dimarzio Norton Humbucker on the bridge, and a Yamaha amplifier and I get a pretty nice metal tone, not noisey at all,ok let's get into the effects: distorsions are ok but "Metal" "Blues" and "fuzz" sttings suck so bad I never use them.
Metal distorsion is shit, anyone trying to get a decent metal tone try the "Distortion" type it's so much better for metal, better crunch, nice depth, and it's bassy but not as bassy as Metal mode which is way too much for anything to sound clear.This is how I rock:
COMP:3
DIST:distortion
GAIN:30
ZNR:9
EQ:16
REVERB:3(room reverb)
LEVEL:19
This is to me a much better metal tone than what you get with a metal zone which has more gain but sounds fake. Since I have the 505 I sold my metal zone.
I think this sound ok for metal especially if played with a humbucker equipped guitar. The Lead distortion is pretty good too, nice for solos with a little delay, rythm dist is ok too very good for rock or blues, I never use overdrive or fuzz even if they are not bad in my opinion, I just find I already get a cool tone with distorsion.
I really think that the 505 have pretty good distorsions but I also think the 505 have very shitty effects, wah is awful,phase is shit,pitch shifter is a bad joke, step is useless, chorus and flanger are ONLY ok, the EQ is probably ok but is the hardest to use since the 505 doesn't show what frequency you are cutting or boosting, delay is ok but don't even think about comparing this to a serious delay effect stompbox like a boss digital delay.
pretty cheap effects and nice distortions period.

Yes you can depend on it but you better get an AC adaptator because this thing eats batteries like there's no tomorrow.

This is a good effects processor to start to mess around with.
allright some of the effects are so bad you can't use them so for a more serious sound you must get a more expensive piece of gear.

I find it very useful. With a little patence I find it quite easy to find the sound I want. The buttons small, but its not really somthing that I would get bent out o shape over. I never got the manual. The guy that I bought htis off of lost it. I find that usually people that were spoiled and always had fancy equuipment find this too hard to use. But it really isn't if you have at least three brain cells

I use it with an Epiphone Les Paul and it sounds fine. I liked it so much actually that I got two!

I can depend on it. My only ackup is my other Zomm 505

Obviously, reprogramming it is a pain...

I use this pedal with a Peavey Reactor, Predator, and Horizon.
I also use it with a Daneltro Hodad...some keyboard stuff, too.
I think it's a pretty cool little pedal. It doesn't suck a lot of a guitar's tone when it's off, and you can come up with a handful of decent programs. How many hundred sounds do you need at a gig, anyway? I didn't think it's as noisy as most folks, I guess. I play it usually thru a Peavey Transtube Bandit, and I think it sounds pretty good, especially LOUD. It sounds sort of "cyber" due to its digital nature, I suppose, but it's a great tool for twisting ANY sound. I think it's GREAT for recording. Remember how everybody thought the ROCKMAN was so awesome? It would be cool to see what the Beatles could have done with a 505!

It's plastic, but seems pretty tough. Probably not much of a problem as long as long as you didn't stomp REAL hard...

Had a hard time downloading the manual as a PDF

When I bought this pedal in a pawn shop, it didn't even look like it would work. Submerged, but not operational! Took it home, put in the battery, had a friend of mine (thanks, G) reinitialize it, and off I went. If you can find one cheap, SNAG IT!

Cakewalk for the basic features. The other things like Direct Load, tuner calibration, and patch editing are made easier with the manual.

The distortion sounds leave a little to be desired. There are a couple that aren't THAT bad, but none compare to the quality of a stompbox. I have been able to coax some pretty good clean tones out of it, though - but they usually end up being a little bright or a little too loud. Yes, those parameters are adjustable, but not for spur-of-the-moment live changes.

I've never had a problem with it. It'd help to have an auto-save feature when you finish editing a patch so you don't space it and forget to save your changes. I think I've had it a little over a year now. I honestly cannot remember when I bought it, but it's a tough little bugger for a plastic toy.

Also, I bought the Limited Edition model that was offered by Musician's Friend a while back... I must say that if you are going to buy a 505 (first run), buy this edition. It's got the transparent blue shell (which looks a little better), plus it uses "AA" batteries. I put new batteries in mine three weeks ago, and they've been going strong for about 8 hours total on time.

The adapter is a nice addition, though.

Never dealt with them.

Overall, it's a nice toy. And, it's a nice INEXPENSIVE toy. I don't think I'd ever play a real gig with it and definitely would never record with the thing, but it's cool to jam with and I love it as a headphone amp.

One thing that I never liked about it is the tuner never seemed to get it right. It gets close, but I'm one of those perfectionist weirdoes when it comes to my tuning and I can't be 100% happy with the tuner. And I'm convinced that it sucks volume out of the signal on bypass mode... Some of the effects can get loud as hell, but otherwise it's too quiet to be consistant.

It's a good learning tool and a good toy... No serious musician should ever buy one of these with the intent of having anything more than just that.

It's not too hard to use, but the buttons are annoyingly small, a dial would have been much better.

I'm just a home user, and I find the sound quality fine. Does sound a bit "digital" sometimes though - especially using some of the distortion effects.

Well, I've had it for about 3 years now, and the little buttons always get stuck, so editing patches now is VERY difficult.

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Well, it was good for its time, but I think now, for only a little more you can get a lot better. If it were stolen, I'd be surprised, and buy maybe a digitech rp100 or rp200. My brother's got the zoom 707, and I think that's quite a big improvement on the 505 - the internals are very similar, but the casing is MUCH better, and it's got an expression pedal. (and no stupid little buttons!)

Ease of use...It's not too difficult to use, the owners manual gives a bunch of patches, and there's a bunch already programmed into the unit. It does take some getting used to, but it's not all that hard.

Sound quality: Well, I hear some people who really like the sound quality, and some people who really hate the sound quality. I actually found a patch that I'm very happy with. But, I must admit, I really only use it for that particular patch. Some of the sounds are OK, but it's your typical multi-effects pedal. It's not an expensive rackmount unit...So, keep that in mind. "You get what you pay for".

However, it's nice to just take to a jam session, instead of carrying a huge pedalboard around. But, it's still a cheap multi-effects pedal.
Can be a bit noisy as well. Has alot of "humm", which I was able to knock down a little bit with some very high quality instrument cables, however, it's still there in the background, and can be pretty annoying, for sure.

Reliable? Uh...I'm not sure. If you're going to use it at home...FINE! But, taking it to a gig...NO WAY! It's plastic, can't really "stomp" on it, and it's just not made for that kind of abuse.

Never dealt with them, but I have heard that they are a real pain to get ahold of.

Overall, it's a real convenient pedal to have, because it's a "multi-effect" pedal. Some of the patches are cool, some of the sounds are cool. You CAN get some decent patches out of it, IF you take some time to fiddle with all the buttons. Or better yet, check the internet for "ZOOM Patches"...Which is how I found some good ones.

If it were stolen or lost, I'd be pissed, only because I found ONE GREAT PATCH that I use constantly. Even during band rehearsal. I have even recorded with it, and the sound quality was excellent. However, they're cheap enough, and if it were stolen or lost, I'd probably buy another ZOOM 505.

I have compared it to other similar priced units from such companies like Digitech, DOD, KORG...etc, and basically they're all the same. Same cheap plastic, same cheap sounding patches, same background humm....etc But, these multi-effects pedals DO have their place. They are terrific for "home use", great for jamming with friends...etc, and a good bang for your buck.

Even though I've been playing guitar for 20+ years, I DO have a bunch of very high quality pedals, rackmount units, and amps. But, when I'm home, I DO use my ZOOM 505, because it's very convenient to use. Just "one" pedal, instead of 8 different ones. I simply bought this pedal because it sounded a bit better than the other ones I looked at, it's nice to have one in the house, and it's very lightweight. I don't think it even weighs one pound.

I play heavy metal alot, and the particular patches I use really work for such bands as Priest, Stratovarious, In Flames, Iron Maiden, Ozzy, and other bands like them. When I'm NOT playing metal, I really love to jam to Blues, or 70's rock. For those styles, I'll simply use my old LANEY 1/2 stack. You STILL CAN'T beat an old British tube head for that awesome British rock/metal sound. :) You'll NEVER get that sound out of ANY multi-effects pedal. So, I'm going to rate this pedal at a "5", to "7". Simply because, it's got it's good points & bad points. You really have to hear it yourself and see if it's "right" for your needs.

It's really easy to use, but if you want a good sound out of it you need to be the fucking Wizard of Oz...

I can't remember which setup i used, but I know It'll sound just as bad with ANY setup. The distort sucks. It hums and hisses gives a lot of feedback noises, especially with the reverb, which is its best feature. The reverb is almost ok...Everything else pretty much sucks.

It's very reliable. I haven't had any problems with it...

It has a tuner, that works pretty well. That's why I gave it a 5 instead of 4.

It was pretty simple to use, if a bit awkward for my big fingers on the tiny buttons. The readout was an impressive (hah!) two character digital letter/number deal, which can be hard to read on the fly. Kind of a bummer that all you can do is go up or down, instead of selecting the patch you want, but hey, it was cheap. The biggest bummer, though, is the hoops you have to jump thru to edit your effects. Those dinky little indicator lights were just about too much for me.

The sound wasn't really that impressive. I'm not a real big fan of the digital-sounding overdrives, fuzz, ZOOM effect, etc, etc, but I did like the reverb.

The entire unit is plastic, which seems like it could be easily broken. I tend not to trust those space-age polymers, being fat and all. However, it's not busted yet, so I'll give it a 6.

Never dealt with Zoom.

As far as bang-for-your-buck, it's a good deal. Don't expect to be wowed after the new pedal smell wears off, though. In comparison to the Digitech RP 100, I'd opt for the Digitech, if for nothing else than the metal chassis. Don't expect much of anything resembling an analog sound out of either, though.

Very easy once you read the manual.

I use the 505 with all of my guitars (Cort Solo QM, Peavey Falcon, '78 Gibson SG and a Fender Strat) and Marshall amps (VS15R for practice, VS100 for gigs). I don't like the sound of the wah, but I never use it anyway (got a nice Boss FW-3 foot wah). It takes quite a while to get a nice distortion sound, but you can get a nice dtr from it.
I normally play hard/progressive rock (Rush, Dream Theater) and this little unit never let me down.

Been using it for 4 years, did several gigs with no backup and it never died on me.

Never had to deal with ZOOM customer support.

The 505 is a nice, cheap and reliable effects unit that sounds awesome compared to others in its category. I've played several gigs with it, from small clubs to open-air with a huge PA.
It has never let me down.

Super easy to use unless you get accidentally stuck in "direct-load" mode while you're at a gig without your manual. The manual is easy to follow. (Actually not a manual, just a piece of paper. But hey-it works.)Went to a gig a few weeks ago and plugged it into the external power adaptor. I must have had my finger on one of the buttons, because I got stuck in "Direct-Load" mode. Normally you just step through the programs and it loads them immediately as you step through them, which I'm used to. I this mode though, it doesn't step through all of the presets, instead requiring you to choose your preset first then step on both pedals simultaneously to activate it. Since I didn't have the manual on me at the time, I had to just press & hold buttons at random 'til it cycled out of it. (I wound up holding the "Store" button for 2 seconds to get out of it. It would've been nice if they would have labeled the button as "Store/Load Mode" or something like that but ah well... Live & learn I guess.) Other that that little snafu, no problems at all.

I have a total of 5 guitars. My electrics are a 1997 Fender American Strat with stock pickups, a 1992 Gibson Les Paul Studio, & a 1976 Gibson Marauder. My acoustics are an Alvarez-Yairi and a Fender Avalon, restrung with nylon strings. I run it through either a small Yamaha 40-watt amp, directly into a Carvin PA board or a Crate G-120 C 120-watt stereo chorus amp. I've seen a few complaints that this unit sounds bad when run in conjunction with the distortion channel on the amplifier. That's because multi-effects units are not really designed to perform well when placed before the distortion preamp stage of a guitar amp. They're more suited to processing the sound before feeding it to a clean and reasonably neutral input. I have been playing blues, rock, fusion, and (to a lesser extent) country styles semi-professionally for about 20 years using many different guitars and amp configurations. I have no problem gigging with this unit. I use it for distortions, chorus, eq, reverbs, and delays with no complaints. When i practice it makes my Yamaha 40-watt amp sound MUCH better than it actually is, and when I gig I run it straight with a minimum of EQ thru the big Crate amp. The thing I like about it is that I basically get the same sounds through pretty much any amp or PA. And the sounds are quite good overall. (True, some of the factory presets are way too bizarre and useless but that's why you reprogram it.)I also really haven't had a noise problem with it either, but I use good shielded cables with it. I get great vintage Clapton, Page & Hendrix distorions out of it (I also use an outboard "Bad Horsie" Morley wah with it for the Hendix-esque stuff.) and it has a very nice reverb & chorus section as well. I can't really evaluate the wah though, since I don't have an expression pedal for it which is really required to use the wah properly. I checked out several processors when I bought this one, and at the time it was the best bang for the buck.

I bought it when it first came out 4-5 years ago and I gig with it every weekend with no backup. No problems at all, but I don't jump up and down on it either.

Never needed it.

If you play blues, classic rock, & country, and you don't want to spend a fortune for a processor you'll probably like this little dude. Good basic performance, great reliability, and dirt-cheap. Wish it had a built in expression pedal, but at this price who can complain? In a pinch, I've even used it as a vocal compressor on a couple of recordings! I think you can get it now for about 69 bucks. Yeah, it's not as good as a Boss GT-6, (which is 400 bucks) but for the price of a basic distortion, chorus, flanger, delay, EQ, or compressor pedal, you could have this one that you can easily pack in a gig bag with a minimum of fuss. And it does a pretty good job at all of the above effects to boot. Recently I entertained the idea of upgrading processors. After going to my local music store & checking out a cheap Korg TomeWorks AX1G, and Digitech RP-100, 200, and 300, they all sounded kinda thin compared to my cheapie Zoom. So, I'll stick with it for now. My opinion though is only my opinion. One man's junk is another's treasure. My advice would be to go to your local music store and plug your favorite axe to their effects units & check 'em out for yourself. That's really the only way you can determine which is right for you. But I like my Zoom nonetheless.

Not bad, not MXR Phase 90 type easy, but not too hard to program even without a manual.

I was planning to use the 505 for a few effects along with my overdrives into my Mesa DC-3, but it just lacks in so many ways that I have to send it back. It's nowhere near programable enough to use on stage. Too many parameters are "optimized" (read unadjustable) to tailor anything to my setup. I also don't think this thing is anywhere near true bypass, but maybe I'm asking too much for a cheap multifx. Still is it too much to ask for a speed control on the moduation and phase effects, or an adjustable delay time and level?

I won't hold onto this puppy long enough to find out.

Based on this thing I may never have to deal with Zoom in my life, but this isn't meant as a good thing.

I got the distinct impression that this box was trying to be all things to all players, and was so woefully short on processing power that it didn't deliver.

Just a bit of FREE advice for you Kids. If you have a hard time getting this pedal to sound chunky, or Real, or find the Distortion to be Too Metalic sounding, TRY RUNNING IT THRU A BASS AMP. This will reduce that tinny sound, and ADD CHUNK AND BIG FAT BALLS to your sound. TRY It And SEE.

Sounds like a PIECE OF SHIT thru my Guitar Amp. But thru a Bass Amp It KICKS ASS!!!!

GREAT, if you have a power supply. Eats batteries in 30 minutes flat. MINUS 2 Points.

Like I said, Keep it away from small speakers, and trebley
guitar amps. This toy really shines thru a bass amp or bass head. TRY IT.

This thing is pretty cool. Getting the effect or sound you want is not hard with the 505 as long as you mess around with it for a while and at least read the manual. Its easy to edit each and every patch.

Ok.. I have a ghetto setup but it doesn't sound bad at all. I use a Peavey Renown amplifier to run through and I run all the sound out of a 4X12 Sonic cabinet. There is a lot of woofing and low feedback it you run the volume up high. I can't get the exact sound I want but I love a lot of the effects I use. It has a pretty cool metal distortion and a nice clean sound if you put it on blues and add a value of 5 to the gain. I can't sound the way I want, but it works for my live performances.

Has not broken yet. Thats all I use right now. Just get an adapter because 9V batteries only last about 3 hours with the pedal.

Never talked to them.

I play modern metal/rock. Its very mellow, emotional, aggressive, and soft/heavy. EX: Staind, Tool, Taproot, Mudvayne, Deftones, and much more. I've been playin for 5 years or more. Christmas is comin so I am recieving a Mesa Boogie Single Rectifier which I have tried out and fallen in love with. I never lost my 505 so i don't know what i'd do. The pedal is a good device for a beginner using effects and can produce so pretty badass sounds. Good on perfomances. It does have a little bit of an artificial sound but it is a very good thing if its all you can afford to get many effects you want.

Increadibly easy to use. You have no idea! The manual is simple and to-the-point which means you can easily figure this entire pedal out quickly. No problems here.

Here are the only problems I have with this unit. I must admit, it doesn't lie. What you pay for, you get. The sounds are certainly fun to play with, and one could gig with them, but they are not studio quality. This pedal is absolutely great for a learning tool, and a lot of fun to play around with.

You can definetely depend on this unit. It is solid.

Never dealt with customer support, but no need!

I must admit, before I sold it, I liked this pedal. It was useful, and solid. I am saving for a Digitech GNX3 which will be far superior, but this was a great pedal to own. I play rock, jazz, all sorts of stuff!

I couldn't get a good sound out of this box. Even the reverb sounds tinny and artificial. Editing patches is basically easy, but you really have no idea what the values are (ie- ms, decay, amp model, etc). The manual is close to useless...hard to read due to poor layout, and little info anf effect parameters.

I am using a 62 reissue strat thru a 72 deluxe reverb. This box kicks out huge amounts of white noise...Ugh
I'll shrten this up-everything sucks about this box.

It's a plastic box that sounds like crap. I would never gig with it. I play everything from blues rock to metal-this thing is useless even as a tuner.

Never dealt with them.

20+ years playing- get a ProCO rat for distortion and boost (40-50 used). Don't waste your money here.

I had been looking for a pedal a while before I bought it. Sure, I could go online and blow 200 bucks for a pedal, but that would be stupid. Anyway, I found it in a pawn shop for 30 bucks and brought it home. As I got home, i hooked it up and later discovered that it can create, imitate, and kill any other sound out there. So, if you're looking for a thing to play with and expiriment with, you need a while to get the hang of it, but it's worth it.

A lot of background noise when you flange and turn the gain up, but put it on pitchshifter to almost eliminate that. Use a practice amp to start off with, then move on up the line to monster amps. The auto-wah is weak, so i recommend getting a cheap wah pedal to go along with this.

Pick it up, drop it, have a fat man walk on it, you can't break it. It has a plastic body, but it reacts as if it were steel. Don't rely on 9v to power this, get an adaptor. It eats batteries.

d o n t n e e d s u p p o r t f o r t h i s...

I play gothic, SLAYtanic, death, grunge.......all the stuff your momma don't want you to listen to. this box is perfect for that, it really gets the job done. Of all the things it has, i like the little blue bag it came in most of all.

WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT IT,I THOUGHT I MADE A BIG MISTAKE.BUT VHEN I PLUG IT IN,I WAS AMAISING.IT IS VERY USEFUL AND EASY TO CREATE YOUR OVN EFECTS.

I AM PLAYING A GIBSON LES PAUL STANDARD,AND WITH MY MARSHALL ARTIST 30,ZOOM 505 SOUNDS GREAT.I CAN IMITATE THE SOUND OF MANY GREAT GUITARISTS,LIKE SLASH(SWEET CHILD O MINE...),GARY MOORE...IT IS WITHOUT ANY NOISE,AND I DID ALSO SOME STUDIO RECORDINGS WITH IT.GREAT FOR WHAT IT COSTS

WITH 505 I ALSO USE A JIM DUNLOP CRY BABYAND A SIMPLE PROEL WOLUME PEDAL.IT IS ENOUGHT

SO FAR NO PROBLEMS

I PLAY ROCK FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS,AND DESPITE THE PRICE IT IS GREAT.

very easy it's common sense but u get more info if u go to the manual it's easy

i use a samick guitar with 10watt amp i find it hard to get a tone i want but still i'm happy with it it's not that noisy

great very happy with it shouldn't break

never had to that not saying anything good or bad

green day nirvana etc happy with sound something's up with the tuner it register's as g flat for no reason when i use it but this is rare

You pretty much need the manual to help you program your own stuff. Also takes a lot of programming to switch on and off individual effects (you have to prgram, for instance, patch A1 as distortion w/o flange and A2 as dist+flange to be able to switch effects on and off), but the large number of useless banks make this a time consuming but not difficult task. It would also be nice to be able to adjust depth and rate of the effects.

I've used this with a variety of amps and effects, never got a truly decent sound out of it, always annoyed by the white noise it produces. What it lacks in quality it makes up for in quantity--lots of different types of effects and sounds, but none of them sound great. You'll end up fighting this pedal for days if you want to dial in THE perfect sound. But the accoustic simulator makes my cheezy rogue mandolin sound more natural, which is all I use this pedal for now.

This pedal has broken on me before. The spring came out of the footswitch and I spent the better part of our setup taking the pedal apart and reassembling it. Very tedious and risky, cause I had to snap the plastic footswitches on and off and they could have broken. I would rather use this pedal AS my backup than as a principal effects unit.

This is a decent pedal for beginners or as a second or backup unit. I sold mine not too long ago, but would consider buying a new one, or a 505 II, if a good deal came along. I would keep it with my practice amp, and toss it in my gig amp as a backup pedal in the bizarre event that my boss, vox, visual sound, and other quality pedals suddenly died. If you want everything in one box, a decent practice unit, or an all-purpose backup, get this. Otherwise, spend your money on a good distortion and wah, and forget the other effects for now.

This damn toy is tremendously easy to use.Read the manual while goin' to bed,wake up in the mornin' and start playing.Editing is child stuff.( I'm from India & this is my 1st pedal.)the most notable disadvantage is the edit,store,+,- buttons are toooo fuckin' small.Press 'em hard & u break em fer good.

BALLS!!!!! gives me a headache!!!! distortion is L-O-U-S-Y!!!! i been workin for days & months & I can't get a single distortion sound that makes my solos distinct( i play very long solos). i feel like combining a pinch of delay with reverb but NO!!! u can't use both of them together.I play a lot of Floyd,Scorpions,Zeppelin & originals, & so far i've only got the clean sounds right. Dist. SUCKS!!!

cheap-hunka-plastic. and did u know----the sounds i get by workin for hours on my amp sounds SHIT when I plug in at gigs? U get a totally stupid sound*(artificial as well) on live shows.

U know what they say---Catch us if u can!!!

DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT!!!!!!!!!!go for a KORG AX1000G--it rocks.I'm not gonna buy anything in the future that has the name "ZOOM" on it. Not even cameras.

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