Zoom 510 Dual Power Driver

Very easy to work with.

The actually sounds like shit. But I would rather die than give up, so I tryed using it with the mg100rcd. On Clean channel it was horrible, but then I switched it to overdrive and tinkered. It realy made everything sound good, both amp and pedal are made for each other. It was suitable for metallica but not exactly fat enough. If you play GNR, this combination it the shit. but i'll rate the pedal alone, the amp and pedddal together would be rated at like a 9.

Input jack is shorting out.

never had to deal with them.

Play it yourself, try diferent combinations.

I've only had this box for about 2 days, and I've put it through a lot of tests. It has a lot of options, so it's not easy to get a good effect 'out of the box', but after an hour of tweaking here and there, I did get a pretty good distortion sound, using the compressor with the metal distortion.
Editing isn't that difficult at all. Just play around and you'll get it.
only needed the manual for one or two things, but other than that it's useless.

I am using a Schecter C7 seven string guitar and a Crate G40x-c amp. It sounds pretty good running through the amplifier, but not so hot directly into my 4 track.

The effects are decent for the price. You can't expect much for $100 really. The distortion can get really NASTY - in a good way. If you tweak it along with your amp, you can get a really nice distortion.

I like Metallica a lot, and I have yet to get a sound close to them from this box. Maybe Megadeth of old, Rust in Peace album. This box would be great for grindcore, punk rock, and even blues.

The wah effect is really nice compared to the old Zoom 2020 wah. Also has a pedal wah that you can use with a pedal, of course.

Noise reduction is good, but when the distortion is cranked, you will get feedback through the amp no matter what.

Well, this thing is plastic, so it's not going to take much abuse. However, any serious musician wouldn't use this at a gig either, so for the money it's great.

I would gig with it as a backup, but not as my main unit.

Never had to deal with them, and I've owned the 2020 for over 5 years now. Haven't had one problem (knock on wood).

I play different styles of music, like Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Creed, Korn, Limp Bizkit, and contemporary rock/pop.
I've been playing for over 10 years now.
If it were stolen, I would not buy another one. I'd save my money for a Crate or Marshall amp and have some REAL distortion.
I love the nasty distortion it produces. Would be great for solos.
I do not like the pre-defined patches, but that's no biggie.
Didn't compare this to any other products except the Zoom 2020, which has lousy distortion.
I wish it had mid range control, chorus, reverb, delay, and more amp simulation.

Everything is on the manual and it is clear.

The sound quality is very processed. All distortions are very weak. You cannot us this stomp box alone if you want to play heavy metal. I am only using it to enhance the tube simulated distortions of a DOD Tec8g. Somethimes to boost my output in leads. Otherwise, I should have returned. I really do not recommend this driver. The only advantage I see is just that it can be programmed, otherwise a Zero (0) rating will be given.

They are made of good plastic boards and are not constructed to be used as a hammer anyway. The only reason why I am giving a 4 is, because as any other Zoom Boxes like this (I have the 508, 509 and the shitty 510), when you are connecting a switch to the Control port, somethimes it cut totally the sound. The only way to restore it is by moving the cables on the connected to the control port.

I have no idea. Website is fair good and they have all the manuals on it.

I do not recommend this driver for sure. Maybe the 505, 505II or GFX-707 have better distortions that this unit.

It is really easy to use and it has a lot of great distortions

it sounds awesome. It has a built in noise reduction

it is made out of plastic, so it is a little fragile

i havn't had any problems

it is the best compact multi effects pedal i have ever used

Easy,i Have Zoom506 too.

I use 510 with bass for Grindcore,industrial and i record direct.
Sound is good for recording because its digital.
It can noisy with some distorsions.

Plastic...

Its good for low budget computer recording and it works good on bass
and guitar.

AT first its a bit tricky but you get ahang of it after awhile

this thing is a fucking monster its effects are concentrated as hell it sounds really digital though .you can get some sonic blazing distortion you can do so much with this pedal almost to much

the bad thing it made out of plastic and is fragel i use it at gigs alot

Ive been playing for about 7 years and i play brutal death metal and this is a perfect macth simply because of the loads of gain

It's quite difficult to edit and store the patches at first. I think after 2 or 3 hours you will know how this pedal works. It's easy for me to use now. But actually the manual will teach you how to use it.

I use Epiphone birdeye classic and Hamer guitar and a practise amp. This pedal really can give you a wide variety of sound. Clean, boost, drive, distortion, fuzz, grunge, metal ... You can play b.b.'s blues, Natalie Imbruglia's pop, Alanis Morrisette's rock, Rage against the machine's rap on rock, Smashing Pumpkins' alt. rock, Godsmack's Y2K rock, Pantera's southern rock, KoRn's power riffs. All the sound are in this pedal!!! Equalizer, noise gate, Octave, wah, amp simulation are included. The adjustable noise gate is the best thing in this pedal which is great for performers to play it live. All the hissy sound were gone.

There are 2 drive divided, a pre-drive and a main drive. This allow you to combine the sound and play it together. For example PRE-DRIVE is a booster and MAIN-DRIVE is the Grunge , it will have the modern fuzzy sound.

The volume, Low, High, noise gate are all ADJUSTABLE.
There are 24 patches for you to save.

You really no need to buy other distortion stomp boxes if you own this. Because Electro-harmonix, Boss, Vox, Ibanez, MXR, Korg and more distortion sound can be made by ZOOM 510 Dual Power Driver.

Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan use this pedal and other Zoom's "5XX" series pedal in Arising Tour.

The pedal is reliable. It look professional. I can not without it. All the bottons are easy for pressing. But the pedal is made of plastic, so be careful.

1 year maintenance.

I play Rage against the machine, Pantera, Limp Bizkit, Korn, Godsmack, Alanis morisette songs. You can my other guitar stuff review in the perfect website (e.g.EPIPHONE BIRDEYE CLASSIC). ZOOM NOISE REDUCTION is so good so good. Bees were died. The price is really good if I compare with other compact pedal effect. For further information you can contact me via E_MAIL.

How easy is it to get a good sound of it? VERY hard. I'm not saying it cannot be accomplished, but the good sounds are far and few between the hours you'll be playing with this sucker. :) There are lots of options, which is both it's downfall in this area and strongpoint in another. You can control picking "punch" and mix different distortions/effects together at different amounts for different sounds.

Editing is simple when you get the hang of it. It's not a bad way to go about editing actually and fairly innovative in that special 5xx way. It stores 24 patches, so it's not bad at all as far as keeping your favorite patches on hand. Of course, it will take you all night to get something you want, so you better make sure you make good use of those patches and save to no end.

The manual, while completely explanitory is a big fold out piece of crappy tissue paper. Ha. Good material inside, but the actual manual setup lacks. You can definitely find what you are looking for though, although you have to fold it out like a large map.

Overall, Ease of use could be much better, but it isn't so much that it makes it not worth buying.

It sounds Digital, Digital... Digital. I have been playing guitar for about 10 years now, so I have had my share of experience with guitar tone - Evertyhing from Stevie Ray Vaughn to Kirk Hammet. I'm running a Custom ESP Viper-300 with some pretty expensive Seymour Duncan humbuckers through a Crate Full Stack and I have to say it doesn't really go my guitar justice. Although the Crate isn't tube, it's solid state, I would still expect it to sound quite a bit better. I play hard rock/light metal lead guitar, and I need a smooth distortion (a little tube-grind is appreciated from time to time though). The 510 does NOT fulfill my wish for smooth distortion. The reason I purchased it was mainly because I wanted something that could do "half distorted" parts for a lighter variety songs. It does an ALL RIGHT job, although it sounds VERY digital. I can't emphasize it enough. Even through a Marshall Super Lead 1000, it sounds completely DIGITAL. It can be very crunchy at times and delivers decent rythym distortion(s), but I would not recommend this pedal for any lead unless you are looking to stray away from "smooth and creamy" to "brittle and dry". While it isn't "fuzzy" and can be adjusted so it is almost "smooth", I don't think there is a way to make it smooth for lead. At least not with just the pedal alone. Perhaps with some help from another preamp or some sort it can be acheieved.

A quick summation of what it sounds like:
Digital
Cold
Brittle
NOT warm
Slightly small as opposed to "big sound"
Can be adjusted so it is tolerable for lead and does a decent job with rythym if you like some rough gnashing in your distortion.

I have owned a 505 (I dig the metal distortion on that better actually) and it's made out of the same plastic crap. It's been faithful for 3 years of constant abuse. So while I would "think" it wouldn't last a week with me, it really has. I have to give it the benefit of a doubt and say it is very reliable.

If I was to use it at a gig without a back up, I woudlnt be worried. As a matter of fact, I don't use it at gigs though. Ha. Not at all. It's just a practice pedal. I have had the 510 for 6 months now, works fine after moderate use.

Never had to deal with them. Like I have said, it has been very reliable, so this is a good thing I would assume.

According to my music style, this is not a good match. I play lead Hard Rock/Metal (eg: Metallica, Alice in Chains).
If this thing was stolen, I would probably find something better and less digital. The pauses between bank/patch switches are annoying by the way. I think I'm going to get an Ibanez Tube Screamer and run a preamp through it to help keep things smooth and give it some warm tube-like punch.
As for what I think it lacks, I wish is had a less digital sound. Ha. Of course. It's too brittle for my liking.

Overall, not too bad. It might be worth buying for some people, but lead guitarist looking for tone and smoothness - Beware!

Very simple to use. Press edit, use the up/down buttons, choose an effect, save it, then play your freakin' song.

There are a wide variety of distortions. I play metal and I have found a very awsome distortions setting for the music I play. I found it withing a week after getting it. The Zoom Noise Reduction is great,there is absolutly no hum/noise, etc. no matter how much gain you have (provided you set the Noise Reduction at a high setting). Great distortion pedal. If my band gets big, I will use this in recording, live performance and if it breaks I will buy the same thing again.

Here's the bad part. It is not a stompbox. I'm not rough with pedals at all, but it's plastic. If anyone gets a sudden energy rush while playing live and stomp it like a Boss pedal it will break. However the sound itself is great and will never malfuction. At least, it never has for me.

Never delt with them.

Great distortion pedal for the money. Everything from light fuzz to blazing metal.

be prepared to sit down for an hour memorizing all the controls and how to tweek them. pain in the butt. fortunately, the manual is very detailed and once you figure it out it is very easy to use.

sound quality so far as noise goes is extremely good. zoom does put out products with quality sound.this puppy is about as heavy as they get and the quality of the sound is primo. however, it will take you forever and a day to dig the right sound out of this thing.WAY to many patch options. it all gets lost in all the sound options and routing configurations. running it serial or parallel, etc, etc. I recomend an e.q. pedal ran after(I emphasize after)the 510 driver. it needs it to smooth out the digital rough edges.this thing is not without it's faults thats for sure.a bigger pain in the ass I have never seen trying to dig sounds out of.

it looks cheap to me. it's completely made out of plastic which makes me a little uneasy. but, it has'nt broke yet and have had no problems so far. I have had it almost a year now.I am not going to give it a real high score in this dept. because it should have been made out of metal

never dealt with them

if you are a real patient person willing to spend long hours figuring out not only the unit itself but also which additions will make it sound better such as an e.q. placed after the 510 and then learning where it needs adjustment then you will love this sound. I also use a chorus with this pedal. I sat up last night for a couple of hours doing a side by side camparison of the zoom 510 and the boss metal zone. the boss metal zone sounds good right out of the box so I can see how people would say the metal zone sounds better. but, with the right settings and the right effects added it will do static x, korn,limp bizkit far,far better than the metal zone.( if you play a 7 string you MUST have this pedal) but the metal zone blows it away when doing metallica and the 80's heavy metal sound. so, in summary, I would say if you can only buy one pedal buy the metal zone.it has a far wider range of uses. however, if you have some quality rackmount effects units a floor e.q.like I have here and you want the hardest,smoothest and darkest sound then the zoom is your choice, (after you adjust the heck out of it for about a month) one other drawback is it only does the real dark sound good so get a metal zone to cover all the other bases and you will have almost any distortion sound you want between the two. also I love my rocktron rampage but it does not do a real heavy sound it will do a real nice ac/dc sound and rush sound.no distortion pedal does everything good so plan on buying two or three the danelectro fab tone is real nice too, however, it is only good, real good for doing leads. it will sound like a muddy mess if you try doing some rythm chops on it thou.