Zoom 606

This unit is simple, for the most part. Very easy to get some really nice sounds out of. Editing can be a little time consuming but should be easier with more practice. Manual is very helpful and very detailed.

It has some awesome sounds in it. I'm using it as a BASS effects unit so I'm loving the Bootsy Collins type sounds. I'm using an Ibanez BTB and a 1,000 watt Behringer BA410 with Bugera speakers. Some of the effects are ALOT louder than others, some of the distortion settings need their volumes adjusting which is simple to do. The tuner is a great tool too.

Haven't had it long so I can't give it a rating here. Bought it used at a yard sale for $8.00 so I'm not out any big dough if it crashes on me

I've had no need for customer support. Manual was easy to find and print though.

I play in a southern gospel group and am the bassist for our churches praise and worship team. I'll use some mild effects such as reverb and amp simulation. I love the tuner too. It has made tuning between songs a snap. Outside of the group, I love funk and this little box gives me alot to play around with.

Bought it 5 years ago. Probably the easiest effects unit i have owned. You can assign a task to the expression pedal with one button press!! Very easy to use! You already know the features of this pedal so i go on to the sound quality section.... I have to say though that it has 35 effects, 11 classic amps simulation (Boogie,Marshall,Fender, Peavey etc.) plus a built in tuner!

For its price i don't think you can find anything better! It costs as much as those crappy metal zones etc. or less if you buy it used and it sounds 10 times better! Plus you add effects to your sound! Very nice clean sounds, good blues sounds and defined lead and rhythm sounds suitable for hard rock/metal music. I bought a Boss Metal Zone 2 years later expecting to replace my old Zoom, but the Zoom left me no choice!!

5 years without a single problem! I don't even have to change batteries since i run it with an AC Adapter!

Haven't dealt with them for any reason

An amazing unit for its price. You have to understand that the future of units is in companies like this one. Boss, the dominator in guitar effects industry, has overpriced its products. Try this one and you won't be disappointed! Amazing value for money!!

For me it is pretty easy to get a good sound out of it. The manual is precise and it's idiot proof. Easy to save your patches if that's your thing.

I really bought this thing to use with headphones when I am travelling. However, it does nail the EVH and Jimmy Page sound very well through my Laney Amp. The only effect I don't care for on this is the preset blues. However on manual "US Blues" it sounds very good. Most of the time I use this with headphones. I have run it through Laney, Marshall and VOX Amps. I have an SG, two strats, a telecaster and a hollow body les paul. It's not noisy. I don't use all of the effects on here - most of them are pretty useless to me because I play blues and what I call no bullshit rock and roll. Right now I'm running this through a Laney LX65R.

I've had this for two years. Tough as nails. Whe I gig, I'm pretty much a guitar into amp type guy with a footswitch to go to overdrive.

Never dealt with them.

I play blues and no bs rock. It's very good for what I got it for which is to play with headphones when I'm on a trip. Aside from what I mentioned above, I've got a bunch of acoustic guitars. I've been playing 40 plus years. I love it because it is small and I can put it in a suitcase with a good set of headphones very easily. It has everything I need.

I browsed the manual for a couple of times and i understood what it does. this was my 2nd multi fx toy. i first got a zoom 1010 but it got stolen during a gig, so i bought the 606. editing patches is easy. you just set the dial to the effect, and just press the value buttons. so convenient. also, it has a fixed value of effects, you dont have to adjust the feedback, rate etc. great for newbies.

i could pretty much come close to vai, satriani or malmsteen sound(though not completely similar), but hey, it sounds great nonetheless. i use alvarez guitars and peavey amps and i get the sound that i want. it sounds noisy on high level and gain settings. i recently sold it and bought a gfx8 coz i want to access patches easier and love twiddling with the finer details. but for newbies, you will sound great and will improve a lot, better than buying a lot of stompbox models, but if you have a lot of cash to blow you can do it.. anyway this is a good multifx, but for pros i advice to get gfx series.

i always carry a basic distortion and delay as a backup for gigs(you never know-accidents do happen) but it has never failed me for a year of using it in gigs. just be extra careful with it coz its made of plastic. a drunk ass has stepped on it once but thankfully nothing happened.

nah, i fix my own gadgets. if its just tack switches i can solder them without problems. i have known a store here that fixes digital gadgets but never ask them.

i play a lot of instrumental and rock, metal alternative music. yeah i got the sounds i want. ive been playing for 5 years its a cool fx but if your a pro i advise to get a better fx. for newbs this is cool. this is really cool for a 1st time fx. you get your basic chorus, distortion, dealy and pedal fx. i recommend it to beggining musicians.

What were they thinking when they designed this pedal. The only decent thing is that all the presets are all you can and need to do with this pedal so that means no bending over trying to figure out what effect paremetre you've selected. Well once you've read the the incredibly confusing manual (took three attemptes to understand what everything meant) its a doddle to use.

Well i used to use this pedal with a dinky litte Marshall MG10cd and it moade the litte thing sound like a fully cranked stack. Then i bought the fantastic Vox Ad30VT and thats when the feadback started. The only decent sound is the Korn setting which still sounds tinny. I use it like this Epiphone 1965 G400 reissue>Boss DS-1>Zoom 606>Vox AD30VT. The wah sounds like a cat in a dish washer, volume you would have to be pixie weight to make subtle ajustment too come on Zoom all your pedals can't be this bad.

Plastic is not a durible material. Cheap yes but in this day in age we need metal!

Steer clear! Don't buy this its the worst pedal ever built!!! Ok that is a big clame. Its ok but i hate it.

With regards to being user friendly, I would say iwould give it a 7. Well actually, it already has all of the required system controls for you to modify and cutomize the desired tone. I would say I have to browse several times on the user manual to accurately comprehend the configuration controls. The effects so far are already rich and powerful to start off especially for the distortion patches, you probably dont need to modify it in some way, not unless you are looking for your own signature tone.
For the Expression Pedal, it is quite exceptional to me. But i should have suggested for zoom to provide a foot switch for the pedal assign system for much ease of use especially live performances.
The only thing that bothers me is switching through patches, especially if the other one is located on another bank. Yes, it does have the patch call method but when you talk about Live, RealTime performance, switching sucks, I'm the front man in my band and play guitar at the same time, I always end up messing up my performance due to troublesome switching of effects.

Like what i said, for me. The sound quality of my 606 is very excellent. It is powerful enough to boost up my Small Marshall MG10CD practice amp. I even used it live and on rehearsals and it gave a very good quality sound. AS if my performance has improved dramatically. And the effects are very bright and solid I actually use an RJ Raven as my main guitar. Compared to the Denio analog Distortion pedal that I have, for some reason it is unable to achieve the razor sharp and thick tone on my small amp, instead giving an OD tone only, which pisses me off back in the days where i don't have my 606 yet. I would give it an Absolute 10!!!

I would most probably depend on it. But to tell you frankly, I never or just moderately really tested the true limits of my 606, when it comes to reliability. I purchased my 606 since 2004 which is almost 2 years now. No unusual tripping of the gadget yet. I made a customized durable nylon casing for my 606 with a hard and sturdy base as my pedal board. But the most abusive thing that i have done with the 606 so far when i used it on my band's rehearsal and i actually placed the system on the area of the carpeted floor which is still wet from the spilled soda from my fellow guitarist, it indeed still worked out fine. I'm afraid the plastic chassis of the product migh not withstand such rigors of the road or setup on stage. If I would give it any rating so far, i would most probably give it an 8.

I haven't tried it yet. But i wouldn't even bother going to them just in case. Firstly, zoom products are mostly japanese made, introduced and distributed. And try to figure out what reps would they have. Yep you got it. It is Language Barrier!!!!!!

For the Overall rating of my 606, i would give it a 9. When it comes to sound quality and the price, there is no contest compared to other effects. Who would ever think tagging a very affordable price on a digitalized muliti effected pedal all packed into one?! The only thing that i would comment on is that Zoom should improve on designing their system to make it more user-friendly and therefore improving the guitarist's performance further. Practicality and quality comes hand in hand with zoom, keep up the good work and keep on innovating. Kudos!!!!

In terms of programming, this is a huge upgrade from the 505, and that was simple to use but cumbersome. On the other hand, the "expression pedal" seems to have no usable function that I can detect. You can use it as a volume control, but it's not really controllable because tiny movements create huge differences in the volume. (There may be a way to adjust this, but I was and remain too disgusted to plow through that rather obscure section of the manual.) Why not have it work as a user-controlled wah-wah or a practical volume control? And by the way, you'd better have fairly precise footwork or you'll wind up activating the expression pedal when you're trying to switch patches.

I have an old Kustom K200A and a little Peavey amp. I don't think the 606 is intrinsically noisy, but when you turn up the gain you start getting sympathetic resonance from the guitar. Some of the effects are pretty cool--the chorus or flanger or something really does give that airy, spacy whooshing sound, the auto wah works pretty well, and the reverb is very effective. On the other hand the amp modelling does nothing that I can hear, and there are some effects that seem to randomize the pitch. I can't figure out what they're supposed to be doing, and I can't imagine how you'd use them to actually play music.
You can really dial in the amount of distortion by adjusting the gain, and if you're looking for buzzy, raspy distortion you should be able to find an effect that works for you. If you're looking for that juicy, throaty Bluesbreakers distortion...well, I can come close.

I don't abuse or even heavily use my equipment, so don't ask me about reliability.
If I were playing in front of audiences regularly I'd buy something better and use the 606 as a backup, and if I were making big bucks I'd get another of the better effects machines for a backup.

They're reachable and they'll talk to you. That's as far as I got with them on my previous 505 (bought used, so I don't know how much abuse it took before I got it) because they wanted more than it was worth to look at it.

I've been playing forever, but not well enough to play out. Basically, I keep practiciing in case I'm ever at a Smokin' Joe Kubek gig and he has a heart attack on stage and they need someone to fill in on a few 12-bar blues tunes. For that it's perfectly satisfactory.
If this were lost or stolen I'd probably hold off on buying another until I got one of my rare opportunities to play in public.

With it being a modulating unit, this was simple for the get go and was simply a case of plug in and play

Clean sound could of been better and sounded more like a bypass setting more than anything - the pre set patches weren't the best ever and often sounded the same and to be honest i don't think i ever swayed past the G options

After 2 years the jacks broke and then needed constant soldiering every few months. After 4 years the control dials ceased to work - something that was never fixed. This left me stuck with the preset dials which i had luckily changed over time. Finally after the fifth year the thing just froze and stopped working. The circuit board is just screwed in with two screws giving the impression that slight depressions of the pedals could often cause massive damage.

Dont even try.

Having played guitar in constant metal bands for the past seven year, I feel that I just grew out of the pedal. Great for beginners but it just doesnt cut it for anyone playing longer than 2 years in my mind.

easy to use. if it's your first mfx, is not a problem because the handbook, says everything you need to know.
edit patches is very intutive...

well when i used this stuff, i was playng with an ibanez rg270dx and a very old combo amp :"Aria".
certly it shouldn't be a g-force, but i have to say that, if you try to make a good sound you find it.
i like to play many kind of music and i made some artist sounds, like: satriani, vai, petrucci, malmsteen, van hallen....no bad.
this zoom can be very noisy if u can't set correctly...

reliability?i thing no so much.
when you put your cable into the input jack on the right if you're using this unit by battery, zoom shuts on. when my inputs jack were broken after 2-3 years, you can't imagine
how many times i kicked off it, when playng, strange and very noise sounds cums from my amps, and the zoom started to go off and on 10 times in a second until you try to find a corrects position of cable by skotch or anything else.
you'll have also to fix you're expression pedal...soon

i dont know. never call it.

i play a funky-rock-blues music but often i play heavey metal or some jazz stuff.
I've been playng for 10 years more or less, and this was my first mfx...at this price if you take it carefully it's a good thing for begining...now i've got a boss gt-8 a marshall tsl_602 and the old ibanez rg270dx...don't compare

easy to use. if it's your first mfx, is not a problem because the handbook, says everything you need to know.
edit patches is very intutive...

well when i used this stuff, i was playng with an ibanez rg270dx and a very old combo amp :"Aria".
certly it shouldn't be a g-force, but i have to say that, if you try to make a good sound you find it.
i like to play many kind of music and i made some artist sounds, like: satriani, vai, petrucci, malmsteen, van hallen....no bad.
this zoom can be very noisy if u can't set correctly...

reliability?i thing no so much.
when you put your cable into the input jack on the right if you're using this unit by battery, zoom shuts on. when my inputs jack were broken after 2-3 years, you can't imagine
how many times i kicked off it, when playng, strange and very noise sounds cums from my amps, and the zoom started to go off and on 10 times in a second until you try to find a corrects position of cable by skotch or anything else.
you'll have also to fix you're expression pedal...soon

i dont know. never call it.

i play a funky-rock-blues music but often i play heavey metal or some jazz stuff.
I've been playng for 10 years more or less, and this was my first mfx...at this price if you take it carefully it's a good thing for begining...

I suppose its easy to use, I only use the distortion sounds (I think all the other efects are quite poor to be honest) so it can be a bit of a pain having to skip through all the other sounds.

I use an epiphone les paul (with EMGs) through a vintage marshall JCM800 head and a relatively new 1960b cab.
The distortion sounds are very good indeed, in fact I have tried lots of other stomp boxes (boss mega-distortion, boss MD2, digitech death metal) and I have to say it was better that all of them.
Only problem is that the clarity gets lost a bit when I play live with a band.
I never use the other sounds so i cant comment on them.
I play mostly power metal (gamma ray, helloween etc.) and it does the job nicely, not quite the same sound, but I have pretty much given up on trying to replicate that exact sound.
The great thing is that its not too noisy.

Its currently broken because the input is jack is dodgy, so no, not all that great.

never dealt with them

If it were stolen I might get another but only if I couldnt find another decent distortion pedal.
been playing for about five years (bass for another five)
still on the look out for a better distortion sound, but for its price this blows the competition away.

here's the only good thing about this pedal...

its very easy to use, just plug it in and step on it...

when i had this pedal i used it trought a peavey bandit and a fender mexico fat strat with a humbucker and a floyd rose.

i thougt it sounded good, until i played trought a "real" amp and "real" effects, then i learned that i sounds awful... all effect are really crappy and the distortion models are just bad!

I haven't really had any problems with it but i wouldn't gig with it, even if I had a backup...

haven't dealt with them...

I play every kind of music you could think of on a guitar...

but i wouldn't use it with any of it.

now a days i still have The Bandit, but now i use Stomp boxes istead, i use a modified japan strat and a edwars les paul.
been playing for about 7 years.

Very easy, I've had the 505II before, you can setup with your eyes closed.

Setup: Epi Paula 100 into a Peavy Bandit 112.
AMAZING for a Multi in this price class, does a very good job in every way. I don't like Distortions I'm a OD-fan, but the Distortions are pretty good sounding. You'll get Accept-like sounds of it. Overall you can do any sound from Clapton to Kiss over to Maiden and Metallica or harder stuff. Nice funky sounds, too...

The 505II is also made of plastic and never dissapointed me. I think it'll be the same, so it's a 9.

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I play (rhythm guitar)in a 70's 80's Hardrock coverband.
Sure, there are better Multi's, but in this league (Behringer X-V-Amp, V-Amp / Digitechs RP50/80 -I tried or had them all-) it's the best of all, especially if you want to play multiple built in Dist's and OD's. In this league it's a 9.

I have a Zoom 606, and I'm tickled to death with it. The pedal is very simple to use. Everything is pretty much spelled out for you on the face of the pedal. However, the book tells you anything else you need to know to make major sound changes, switch effects from bank-to-bank, etc.

I use a lot of different guitars with this pedal. What I find great is that you can take a crappy guitar and it will sound good with this pedal....and I ain't kiddin'. The unit is not noisy at all. The effects are strong....I'm able to get Van Halen sounds, Jimmy Page sounds, Clapton....you name it. I'm using the pedal with a Peavey 150 watt special amp. The only reason I'm not giving it a "10" is because nothing is perfect.

I've gigged with this pedal and had absolutely NO problems. I would indeed use it on a gig without backup.

Never had to deal with the company, so I've go no opinion on this one.

This pedal is a good match for ANY style of music. I've been playing for about 20 years. If it were stolen, I would cry and go buy another Zoom 606 or maybe a more deluxe model, but it would still be Zoom. I love the way this pedal actually improves my playing by improving my sound. The pedals are a wee bit small, but it is nothing that can't be worked around. Hey, though, the size of the unit overall is one of its selling points. This unit definitely helps me make music. Again, only reason I'm not giving it "10" is because nothing is perfect.

Pretty easy to use, though you have to keep in mind not to max out on the gain since it can get pretty noisy.

Here's my set-up: Strat copy (S-S-S) -> 606 -> Digitech Bad Monkey -> Washburn Bad Dog. I can get a pretty decent sound here though it leaves me wanting on the dynamics since I can't make it scream and wail on pinched harmonics as compared to when I use an analog distortion. The Metal distortion can sound pretty good if combined with the simulation of a stack amp, but I have not much use for it since I mainly play blues and hard rock. I like the Zero Noise Reduction because it is really effective especially that I'm using a guitar with single-coil pickups. I use the 606 with the Bad Monkey to fatten up the sound and to make the distortion from the 606 sound more "analog".

It rates pretty poorly here. The 606 was actually loaned to me by my bandmate since I have no distortion pedal when I joined the band. The input and output jacks are really unreliable since they aren't as sturdy as analog I/O jacks. Now I put a thick sheet of newspaper under them to have something to support my 1/4" jacks, otherwise, the sound just gets cut off. Oh well. I have to bear with it until I save enough money for a pedal of my own.

Another thing is its casing. It's made of plastic which can be pretty unrealiable if you're gigging as I am. The I/O jacks acted up during more than 5 gigs already. Now that's pretty bad since our band put an emphasis on setting our gear up quickly so we can start our set immediately.

Never dealt with them.

I mainly play blues and hard rock and I can pretty much get the sounds that I want from this effects pedal, although, as I said earlier, it leaves me wanting on the dynamics.

If this were stolen or lost, my bandmate would kick my ass. LOL But if this were my pedal, nah, I wouldn't think about buying another 606. I'd rather buy me an analog one.

The pedal can help inspire you though to get some weird and cool sounds when you experiment with the other effects like the pitch shifter. On the economic side, you can save a lot if you buy this instead of buying loads of analog pedals. Aside from that, you can get a new sound by simply stepping on the footswitch. But soundwise, if you like to do pinch harmonics on your guitar or if you're a tone freak as I am, you'd be left wanting on the distortion side of this pedal.

Lastly, you might want to consider buying an effects pedal that's "built like a tank". This one isn't. Always bring a back up when gigging with this. As I mentioned earlier, this pedal has acted on me in several gigs already. You don't to look stupid on stage do you?

Very easy to use and edit. Online manual is great and the book came in a few lauguages. The only thing I wish they made bigger was the button to swith the expression pedal mode, I find I need to play with a tip on my shoe to hit it and switch to wah-volume mode. Other than that I like the layout of the controls and the two knob controls are nice to use. Dual foot pedal switches and one expression pedal to control stuff from wah, drive, mod/pith, delay and volume.. Lotsa stuff you can control

I use my vantage strat copy with this unit and it sounds really good. Some effects sound really processed and I can hear that they could sound better but I like the really cool synth like sounds and noise gate that really makes the guitar sound weird, definitely needs a digital processed sound for that. I find that it takes me a while to get a really good distortion sound but it's easy to play around with so it doesn't take too long to play around and get it right. No amp, straight thru my computer and 5 watt speakers or headphones, sometiems I've used Revalver program with it and can get some more neat sounds out of it. For the money it was a good investment in what I play at the moment and not have a million little pedals and power cords going everywhere. I find the expression pedal to be okay, I haven't yet tried out 'just' a volume pedal for swells to Xanadu but this unit seems to be okay for the expression pedal touchy/feely wise.

So far I've used this unit for less than a year and it's been great. Some paint chips I've noticed, very small. I've only taken it out once and it it was to a college party, beer nearly got spilt on it, but it survived the abuse and is still playing.

Have not had to deal with them yet.

For my first every effects pedal I purchased, it's great value for the money.. I was thinking of just getting the lower one, but I've always wanted one with a pedal to do wah and volume swells, etc.. so it was definitely worth the extra money to go for this one. Not much I can change about this unit and its great value for your money, definitely a great first guitar effects unit. Wish I could download/upload patches on the computer and then I could save & call up even more patches, but it's not hard to right stuff down on a pad of paper. I play mostly Rush and hard rock style music to just jamming out stuff, and this covers it all from their begginings to their 80's period up to their current Vapor Trais & Feedback album so this pedal can do quite a bit.

this pedal is VERY easy to use, no problem here. i rated it a 5 becouse it is not easy to get a good sound out of it. the manual is allright, if u understand how to use the a processor its not really necessary though.

i have a gibson epiphone les paul, and a fender princeton 650 65 watts. the problem i have with the processor is that if i have the eq one in both the processor and the amp, the sound is really ugly. i always turn the eq off in the pedal. i HATE having to do that. that eq really sucks.

no problems here

never delt with them

i play power, progressive, rock, blues, jazz and really almost anything.ive been playing for 2 years, one of then with the pedal. if it was stolen, well i would probabbly buy another pedal. FOR ALL OF THE BEGGINERS OUT THERE, dont scare off with this review, i really liked it at first, but its not the processor that u might have for many years. its a good first pedal to have. if u want a really good one, save a little more and buy a boss gt8 or a digitech gnx4. this is the second review i post for this pedal, i wrote the first one when i just bought it.

If you got your PC to show this page in your browser you'll get your 606 to work in no time. The equalizer is a pain however.

As much as you can expect from a digital device..
Distortion effects are nice, some are even close to realistic (Metal7th), given a good input sound (do not even try it with cheapjack pickups, you'll be sorry).
Everything else is of acceptable quality.

Looks sturdy. Had it for 2 months now and didn't fail so far.

Nope, never had to.

I'm playing rock&hard-rock stuff and this gizmo does nicely for that. I suppose it'll do for anything just as well.
Functionality is great; it's sound is not exactly analog-like, a little artificial, but for such a nice price that seems more than enough.
So, overall.. it's not something you wish on a professional stage, but go ahead and conquer your neighborhood (or school.. or whatever) with your sound.

Fairly easy to use once you get the hang of it. Manual is OK.

Editing patches is easy but requires the manual.

Some of the presets are OK I guess, but many of them are very loud!
I have tried to create my own patches. The problem is a considerable loss of dynamics as compared with regular stompboxes.
Some of the effects sound too "plastic".

It sometimes seems erratic (e.g. the guitar tuner). Don't know if it is starting to go south.
I would not use it on gig, more for practical reasons than reliability reasons. I will use stompboxs instead.

I mostly play 60:s rock using clean sound with delay/reverb/chorus and slight overdrive on solos. The 606 doesn't give me the sound I want, so I'll use stompboxes instead.

Been playing for over 40 years and have a Squier Tele and an Epi Les Paul that I play through a JJLabs 100 W SS amp. I also use an Aria digital delay pedal and an old Ibanez 3 effect pedalboard with compressor (that I don't use), "tube screamer" and chorus.

If it were stolen I wouldn't buy the same again.

This is my first experience of a multi effect and I haven't really tried any similar products.

well there are many sounds in it, so you may like at least one or two, editing patches is easy if you read the manual, that is the key tool to understand the unit,pretty good manual, basic knobs and buttons that allow you to experiment and t get great sounds from it.

I use this with a Jackson KE-3 and a laney hcm15, since the jackson came with really hot pickups any distortion available will sound like a demon just released. No problem at all, just reduce the gain until you like it. the unit is not noisy at all, if you use good cables adapters, and don't use it with anythng broken(a broken pickup made mine scream like a banshee when compressor engaged).

To all the people standing here to compare this pedal with other units, if you were expecting to sound like pros, or like using a huge analog pedalboard, you maybe are a bunch of idiots, obviously this pedal was made to experiment practice and maybe play local gigs, not to clone steve vai tone or to do huge arena gigging.This is adigital and cheap unit, all what you need to begin and to experiment, not to take you to the rockstar levels.

the distortions are really good, the marshall drive gives a decent sound and the fender clean sounds really nice. however, wah sucks, since it doesn't have much range. the pitch sound a little synth-like, but the other effects work really well with the adequate tweaking. The ZNR is great since it destroys all the noise produced by the use of many effects, or hi-gain distortions-

I shoot this directly to the amp, however, I recommend to try it also with some stereo headphones, since they give the real unit sound, or put it through the clean channel of your amp.

This thing has got artist distortions from EVH(good),Randy RHoads(good), Jeff Beck(cool, with pitch), Steve Vai(awesome with whammy effects), Korn(good if you like such a thing),Led Zep(very good), Hendrix(not so good, not that bad),and clapton(sucks totally), you can get also sounds from iron maiden, metallica, megadeth, nirvana, and even, blink 182. very versatile

Distortions work great, and so does chorus and delay, the expression pedal is great since it allows you to control the presence of some effects(dist, or delay for example)in a more "gradual" way than a stompbox.

I take a lot of care of my gear, it is not made of metal, but it won't break unless you make an elphant stomp on it, or something like that.

i can gig without a backup, but try to keep an eye on it, since the bass player of other band, almost plug it,and...well is not the best thing that can happen...

I've been using it for two ears, no prob's at all

There is no dealer here, these is Colombia so I can't get much customer support different from the shop where I bought it, but since I haven't faced a problem and no need of an upgrade, I cannot say much...

I play from blues to heavy metal and everything in between, as a digital beginner's unit, this is the best thing you can get, if you want better sounds, save your money and go analog, but if you don't know already how do you want your tone to be like, this effects will help you to know better sounds, textures and things like that...
it's better than a 505(expression pedal, more amp simulations, better voiced distortions), and doesn't have stupid features like the other zoom and boss digital units(no offense, but why would you spend more money in something with a sampler, or more effects if it still sounds digital?)so it's a very good Quality/price processor.
Som sounds of this unit can surprise you always, and this will always be a good idea bank, and even an inspiration since the sounds are so many that maybe you could be finding the new and ultimate guitar tone.

If it was stolen, I would probably buy it again, o buy something similar since is easier to set up than my chain of analog effects, plus my analog effects arent so many.

If you are beginning or need a portable emergency device this is your thing, if you can't find your tone and don't wanna spend your money in buying lots of analogs, try this, is the most powerful leatn-from-yourself device that i've ever met...

If you don't believe that this is versatile enough for you, remeber this number 136 540 695 107 520 000, cause thats the number of combinations you can get from this thing...if that's not versatility, hten what is it?

you can try http://dlugo.host.sk/index.php to view some cool 606 patches, this is a page some other user created as a tool for using the pedal, so what else can you ask, if I can use it Here In Colombia, what the hell are you waiting for?...

Very easy everything described in the manual a pretty self explaiitory stomp box, but i do think it could describe what the effects actualy are and do a bit better,i can see why that may cause some confusion to a amatuer.

I thought very good for what it is i have many pedal boards and many effects but i still use some of the zooms stuff, its pretty much an amp control system and the actual amp you use it through is more just a speaker.

mine wasnt too reliable it broke after about a year and a half of intense use is sent it too get fix and they didnt do a brilliant job as it didnt last long then it broke after the warrenty ended

not brilliant as it broke again

if i didnt happen to have a dud pedal it would be 9 but i still very much suggest buy one, and i suspect i probly gave it more of a beating then most people would

Pretty easy ONCE you read the manual. If you can operate your average mobile phone, you'll get the hang of this in no time.

Using a MK4 Mesa Boogie and an Ibanez. ZNR (zoom noise reuction works surprisingly well), all effects work well, even thought the unit is on the cheap side, which I was surprised to find. Distortion is fine but irrelevant since I prefer the the main lead channel on the boogie for rythym and lead. Have tested it straight into a PA and it would seem that any cabinet sound your after is possible within reason, Many diff options for distortion, EQ'ing etc.

No probs so far

Thrash, Hardcore, Punk. Been playing about 15 years on and off. Not a massive effects fan as i think they have limited use but for getting an original sound that combines technique and effect they can be handy for certain song passages. Choose because it was reccomended by a mtae who said simply "It's an effects pedal, it works well, it's cheap and it hasn't broken." That's pretty much what I want, the rest is icing. btw, the sci-fi and trippy effects can work great when thrown in bridge sections or to trip out more basic riffs.

Well this has to be one of the easiest units i've used. I got it and learnt how to use it within the hour. :-P

If you are having trouble with it, just download the manual off their site.

Well i havn't been playing for that long. It sounds great through my little fender strat 10W practice amp, and the ZNR seems to work. But can get a bit noisey on the higher gain effects (understandable though) when using my 600W. It has a lot of wierd and sometimes wonderful effects, but then some of them can be rather naff aswell. All sounds are a bit digitised, but then what do you expect from and #80 unit! Im quite happy with it.

Well i've had it for a day now, and it hasn't broken or caused me any trouble yet. But then i havn't gigged with it or flushed it down the bog as yet.

Nope, havn;t needed to yet.

It's good for practice and you can create some good effects. But if you were looking for a non-digital sounding unit, then this isn't for you. Also it is an active bypass unit which can be a pain when the battery goes :-)

This one is pretty easy to use.Ok, I've never seen a processor this easy to operate.I even don't have the manual, but it took me about 20 minutes to figure out everything.

Great for beginners like me, and so it is for professionals, but if you have enough bucks, go and buy a Boss GT-8!
Each effect sounds just f***ing good, and please, if the distortion is harsh, just get the gain a little lower!And it also has the mystic ZNR thing(Zoom Noise Reduction, !!!NOISE REDUCTION!!!), just use it!

They say it's plasic. But if you don't jump on it or use it as a ball or whatever, it won't get destructed. And just use it carefully, that isn't a hard work, I think.
I'd surely use this pedal for a gig, but jus CAREFULLY!

Never dealt with the company, 606 will be used even on your funeral!

I play progressive metal, especially Dream Theater, and they use every tone that exist in our small universe, but I can reproduce them quite easily, of course a bit lower quality appears, I use it with HI-FI. :-( The only thing that bothers me that the expression pedal could be a lot better. I mean it's not bad, but the wah feature is really sucks for solos around th 20th fret. I just don't hear the difference, otherwise the it's good.
And, please, those, who write that this pedal is a shit, and then write they have a gear like Mesa Boogie or Marshall + a Fender Stratocaster, why don't you buy something else insted of using Zoom, this is a company producing effect pedals for beginners.
I play for 2 years, really feeling like a beginner, but that processor sonds so great for me, even with my 7 string Squier Stagemaster. A Digitech distortion dies under the weight of the Seventh, but at Zoom even the blues drive keeps working under playing The Mirror(howevever it sounds really funny).
This pedal really rules especially for such a low amount of bucks, I offer it for everyone playing guitar for a short time yet or having an underweighted wallet.

It is pretty easy to use, very basic, but still good. It gets a bit confusing with the patches and stuff but otherwise it's very simple to turn the nobs and adjust the level etc. The instruction manul isn't very explanitory.

The sound quality is good enough for a begginer. you have enough choice the sound is good, but there's this static in the backround when you plug it through your amp, and use distortion.

I've only had it for a couple of days, and even though it's plastic it looks indestructable.

Never delt yet.

I play metal, but i'm learning blues and stuff, it's very good for a begginer, with the number of sounds, and i'm very happy with it. It's cheaper to buy this with 35 effects, than to buy 1 pedal with like to effects. I compared it to lots of other pedals but this was best for value. If it were stolen, i'd claim on insurance, and get a better one.

Damn easy, i have 1 year with that effect and i know by head all parametters and stuff
Easy, just turn knobs and listen good
Exelent for reading, but it doesnt create patches, is the player
:s, iok i'm lost

Hmm, yamaha eg112, Squier 15w amp, whirlwind cables
Noisy not, perhaps a bit on the Metal 7th drive
They have worked for me, but i feel they need more reality
Squier 15w
Yes: Incubus, Slipknot, Linkin, Limp, Metallica, Toque Profundo, JLS, Altus Mortem, .... a lot

Yes i can, and i have used it for gigs, like 6 times. But is true what tehy say bout the input/output, they are fragile, though i was able to repare mine.
Thats the only i have, though this Xmas i'm buying the GFX 5, i've had a great xperience with zoom

havent

Rock (alternative, power, pop, ....) Metal, all that sound heavy and cool
-2 ? years.
Hm, at this point stolen or lost i would buy something different, but deffinitely zoom, and im gettin the GFX 5!!.
Love, the dist, size, weight, help it has given me; hate, the expression pedal, just good for volume.
Nope i just saw it and i said, hell, i have the money, and an electric guitar
hmm. whammy, yahyah, cool pitch shifter
It deffinitely helps, my whole band.
Zoom, hell, way ahead

Anyone interested in good patches for the 606: http://dlugo.host.sk

it's relatively easy to edit the patches on this, but does take a while to figure it out if you don't have the manual

very digital sounding, i didn't like it and when it broke i didn't bother to get it fixed cos i've moved to single effects now. there were some useful effects on it such as some of the modulations and delays were ok, but the distortion was horrible. no noise at all and i really like the ZNR noise reduction thing.

mine broke with-in the week that i got it. totally randomly, what it does is it turns on and then goes off straight away and you can't change anything on it. i thought it might be because the adapter i had had too many milliamps going thru it or something, so i used batteries and different power supplies to no avail. absolutely shocking

didn't even try cos it was too crap to warrant me spending any cash to fix it. i didn't have a warranty anyway

a bit crap really

Except for the equalizer, everything else is pretty easy to use once you get the hang of it. Equalizer really sucks, though. Painful to get your desired setting. Manual is adequate.

I've upgraded to a much more elaborate setup now, but when I used the Zoom, my setup used to be: Ibanez RG570 -> Zoom 606 -> Marshall MG15CD. I've used a couple of other guitars (Kramer Focus, Fender Mexican Strat) and amps (Classic 30, AVT100) on it.

Here's the gist: the 606 is a toy, but a very nice toy. The distortions are actually better than toy-quality, but the mod/pitch effects are just for you to get familiar with effects and decide which ones you want if and when you upgrade to stompboxes. You will *not* be using any of these in any sort of playing situation, other than experimenting.

The distortions are quite varied and interesting, and are actually quite playable, if you're a beginner guitarist. However, you'll soon begin to realize that they are pretty weak, thin, and distant. You'll understand what people mean when they say that it sounds "digital". It sort of "disconnects" your guitar from your amp, you just don't have any dynamics. Even when the thing is on bypass, you'll see a noticeable difference when you're playing clean thru it versus when your guitar is directly connected to your amp. It just sucks your tone and playing dynamics, bypass or no bypass. When I bought my first set of stompboxes, I was shocked at the difference... the pedals were alive, organic, responsive and warm and full-sounding, even when I was playing through the same 15W Marshall.

If you're reading this, you're probably looking for your first effects processor, and for that purpose, I would definitely recommend the 606. Frankly it's worth the money. Don't go after things like the GT6. I've played that one, and yeah, although its phenomenally better than the Zoom (both in and sound quality and bells-and-whistles), it's still a digital processor. For serious gigging or studio work, you *will* want analog stompboxes and a very good amp, so save your money. You may want to try out the Digitech processors, I haven't played them myself but I've heard their sound is slightly better than the Zoom's.

Normally, I'd give the sound quality a 3 or 4, but for its purposes and price, it does fine enough to earn a 7.

Never had any problems. Wouldn't use it on a gig at all. Maybe as a backup.

Never interacted with them.

If it were lost/stolen, I'd be unhappy for sentimental reasons -- this is the box on which I learned to play the guitar. Otherwise I wound't really care. That doesn't negate the usefulness of the processor as a beginner's device, of course.

Well, it depends on what you consider a good sound. I am an American living in the Philippines and I kind of bought this pedal just because you don't have a lot of choice as far as pedals and effects are concerned. I have 2 amps that I bought over here, a VOX Pathfinder 15R and a Peavey Studio Pro 112. Both are footswitchable, however, I can't get the footswitches for the amps here. It would cost me more than the footswitch itself to have it shipped here, so I just went ahead and bought this ZOOM 606. It's pretty cool. I don't consider it all that great, but it is fun to mess with. The only thing I use it for in gigging is overdrive, although I would rather have the footswitch for the VOX and the Peavey because I like the distortion of those amps personally. But, this thing does have a lot of useful effects, especially with the echo, tremelo and chorus. There are a lot of good distortion sounds you can get and it does a fairly good job of mimicking the Marshall, VOX and Peavey Tube amp sounds on distortion and the Fender tube amps on the Fender Clean mode. It also has effects used by various artists, like Eddie Van Halen, Santana, Steve Vai, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Randy Rhoades and Joe Satriani. Overall this thing is good, but the only drawback is that it is a pain in the ass to stomp your foot several times going between modes to get the effects you want. I also have trouble using it on the effects loop part of my Peavey amp. I will give it a 7.

I have nothing fancy as far as guitars are concerned. I have two made in Mexico Fenders, one a strat and the other a Tele and a made in Korea Epiphone Les Paul, then a couple of strat and tele clones. This has a noise reduction mode that helps cut down the noise quite a bit, however, my VOX Pathfinder and Peavey Studio Pro are not noisy amps, so not really a problem with noise. You can get some good electric folk on this thing, for example Steve Earle type stuff as well as good Creed. The Eric Clapton setting seems a little crappy, but on B2, it is a distorted Fat Strat sound that does wonderfully well for Hendrix. The Jimmy Page (G1) is right on and the Eddie Van Halen is close, but not perfect, but then again, I'm not using one of those Peavey Guitars or a Kramer. Nothing is very bad and some of the distortion sounds are very good.

I've had it a year, it's the only pedal I have and I gig with it without a backup.

Never dealt with ZOOM.

I have my moods for every kind of music except rap and shit like that. I like classir rock, blues, blues rock, electric folk, acoustic rock and am getting more and more into country, especially alternative country with some distortion as I get older. I've been playing for about 30 years. I'd get another one if it were lost or stolen because it is about all you can find here.

I really like system of effect-creation, it's great! And manual is perfect (well, Japanese precision)

I use stratocaster-clone quitar and small 20W combo. The sound is really good and suitable for everything from folk to metal! There are also some really crazy sounds, just for fun. I made a perfect sound for playing Nightwish, it's like copy.

Japanese precision, no problems.

I did't need to deal with them

I play everything from folk and classical to metal or rock, it fits to any style. I play for a year and half. I would really buy it again but if I had more money I would try zoom707, I really like this company:)

I find it very easy to use. After reading the manual for less than 5 mins, and some knowledge about my guitar, im already doin my licks. :D it's very easy to use. the manual itself is very detailed and you won't get lost.

7 because i can't get the sound that i like. the wah sucks, because of the expresion pedal. The ZNR is a big help but it's still noisy. maybe it's just my amp. i'm using a Marshall MG-10.

yes, because i have no choice. It's sturdy. I bought this second hand and i don't know how well it was treated. but still, it somehow sounds good.

never dealt with them

it's cool! for a beginner like me it's wonderful. but if i can just get my money back i would go for 707II or a Korg ToneWorks AX1000G. if and only if.

First things first, this is a very cheap pedal price-wise, and naturally, that's going to be apparent in the overal sound. This pedal was fantastic value when i bought it, just over a year ago, and is a fantastic solution for anyone who wants to explore effects before buying stomp-boxes, or who is on a budget (like me).
The effects themselves are quite standard for digital effects, but there's so many here, that it's hard to criticise. I run this pedal stright into the line-in on my PC (thanks to it's fantastic stereo output).
Now, to be fair, these effects ARE digital. The distortions can have a habit of drowning out your guitar, and some effects (like the pitch-shifter) can sound a bit cheesy. Which is unfortunate, considering how much pitch shifting i use.
Actually, the one thing that annoys me the most about the pitch-shifting, is that once engaged, it drops the volume by a few dB... but that won't bother everyone.
Also, this thing is more geared toward high-gain distortions, and they don't respond too nicely to dynamics when set to low gains. But again, that won't bother everyone.

I do find that this thing eats batterys, so i almost always have it running on an AC jack. I would gig this without backup, but that's only because i can't afford a backup. I wouldn't expect this thing to keep in mint condition. Mine is already scratched to buggery, and i don't even gig it. It has a sturdy metal base, so it won't be snapped in two, but it is quite flimsy. The expression pedal especially isn't weighted, so has a tendancy to move by itself as you take your foot off it.

I can't really comment here, having never spoken to Zoom. I reckon i'd just get another rather than get it fixed.

I play a few styles, and this pedal does cater for the major practices. There's a reasonable metal distortion, a rather bassy blues setting, and my personal favourite, the fuzz setting, amongst others. I've used most settings for one song or another over the past year, and they all sound pretty good, in a digital kinda way.
I play an old, handmade guitar with two single coils that isn't fantastic or anything (except its thin neck), usually through my PC & HiFi speakers. If i go to a practice, the pedal is run through a 20watt Laney amp. Usually, i have to switch off all reverbs + delays to stop it sounding muddy. But that's the amp's fault.
If this broke, or was stolen or something, i would buy some other separate stomp-boxes, but that's only because this pedal has given me a good perspective of what i want in sound.
I would recommend this, as i say, to beginners or those on a budget. It IS capable of creating some inspiring tones, and is perfectly adequate in sound and operation; not being difficult to figure out.
My only quibbles are with construction and overall sound quality, which is only just under par. It is a damn good pedal for the price!

This pedal is very very easy to use. No problem. If you want to edit a patch just use some logic and move around.

I am a Satriani/Sai/Saraceno ando other virtuoso players, Satriani's my favorite. It just produces noise at very high volumes with very saturated distortions. I'm usin a boss amp, but I usally use peavys. Ive been trying to create Satriani's sound, this is the closest i have been
Comp/Limit:of
Wah: P9
Drive: N5
EQ: 12 or so
Countour: 10
Znr/Amp: 9
Mod/Pitch: C2
Dly/Rev: D3
Time: 30

If you create a better Satriani sound, email me please at xspataro@hotmail.com

Good wah considering it is an expresion pedal, (cannot be compared with a bad horise)
Nice distortions if you modify them
I dont put 10 becouse i have heard better
The only complain I have is that I have not been able to find a good blues sound. I know there is but i have not been able to create it. Again, if you know a eric-like blues sound email me Please!!

Yes, I would depend on it, I always carry it aroun in it's box. If I had another pedal i would also carry it in case something happens, you never now (I am paranoic with this things)
Yes its plastic, but there is no problem, you would have to kick it or something to damage it

Very good pedal, if you use logic it can perform and sound great. If it was stolen, i would buy anotherone, or maybe a 707. I have to admit that at fisrt I was worried becouse i was not likeng some sounds, but if you learn how to modify them there will be no problem,.

I m a single pedal user. It is hard to get through the function or what i suspose the sounds as my virgin mulit-effects. Manual is good, and it lets me understand what is the mulit-effect suspoed to be. Perhaps for the mulit fans is 10, but for me whom never use mulit before it is 5.

I use my custom guitar through the 606 then plug into Vox pathfinder amp. as i mentioned before i used to use single pedals, so this 606 sounds so digital for me. I think I should take more time to get my own sounds, but they are just digital anyway. Distortion is sounds like a 'piece'... if you see wat i mean.

I wont gig with it, cos it doesnt sound professional, just have a big laugh for the auidence. or perhaps I am not a pro for this 606 effects, but i wont use it for the gig anyway.

i bought this from yahoo auction, so... but i guess this section is useless. who would really deal with the customer support? 1 out of 10 maybe. I susgest get rid of this section and change another topic could be better, something like batteries usage. i bought it with the adaptor.

I play our own songs and influenced by suede, those brit pop era bands. And i put it 10 in here because it is cheap and worth with it. I dont use this with gig but in the rehearsal room, cos we dont have our own one. I dun want always to bring my 10 single pedals along for a whole day before go to the room, so this effect is good for me cos it is light weight. and I use those single pedals for gigs or at home, but this 606 is for my easy using. I advise those ppl who want to get this effect, it is for prastice only but not for the show. A beginner effect.

Its EASY to use. Even if you borrowed it, all the needed infos and legends are there, no hassle of thinking mwah. Editing the effect pedal is a breeze, it has selectors (soft,easy to move) that would instantly jump to your effect chain if needed. and also the pedal button wherein you can choose a specific effect to be controlled, very helpful on live situations. The manual is something of reference only but the manual is well oriented and can give you some hints/tips about the effect.

(Due to the fact that i still havent got my rig)I jam with my friends using his Ibanez GIO series guitars (H-S-H)directly into the 606II and to any amp we could plug into. The effect is quiet enough on good settings but if you over oscilate, then it would produce feedbacks and i think thats a normal thing right?. A Good thing is that theyve decided to chop out some effect combos into effect chains so that it would be easier to juice them (comp/wah). although they havent got many preset settings i think theyve selected the most commonly used settings (specially on modulation/pitch shifter/eq)for an effect to be used. The delay is somehow limited but i think 37ms is good enough but not if your into long "slapbacks".

But the most wicked of all is the dist/amp module.. though it sound a bit digital (and some analog users would really hate) still its worth the money. so many to choose with it would really take time to get that sound you wanted (it will always take huge amounts of time on any guitar effects/MFX IMO). Great sound, but not excellent..

It would stand for a long time.. and ive used it on some gigs.. coz its light.. except for the buttons and selectors and the footswitches.. take extra care of it.. trust me

noper

Ive been playing guitar for like 7 years now. most of my influence now came from Paul Gilbert, Michael Angelo Batio, Rusty Cooley, Frank Gambale, and other speed freak/fushion guitarists and i dont copy others tone but in my lust for tonality the 606II can deliver that prestine sound i wanted...high presence in it. My only comment is that this is the best MFX out on the market if you really are short on budget. it will give you the best of something i tell ya. Just be patient, tweak it, dont blame it if it doesnt consume..

Sure it ain't to hard to navigate around the sounds.

I have been playing for 12 years, Anything from Bach's "Air on a G String" to Steve Vai's "For the Love of God" I normally use my fav guitar which Is a custom designed Greg Bennet Inteceptor, with a Floyd Rose Pro and Two Seymour Duncan humbuckers with a custom fitted set of Cool Rails. The guitar sounds amazing on it's own or through any DoD product, for example the little sweet DoD Tec4X. however after years of abuse I broke my little baby and bought this pile of sh*t instead (Zoom 606)....Ok It sounds distorted but it's just not clean, it's messy....all the other effects are the same, it's a case of you get what you pay for, and I'm afraid this is the cheapest effects unit I bought, and it shows! If you want good sound thats crispy and clean get a DoD

Don't know I'm taking the plastic peice of crap back tomorrow. After one day of ownership.

N/A I'm sure they are better than the pedal though, it wouldn't be hard!

It's not worth the cash I'm afraid, they rushed it I guess, and it just don't cut it! Sorry Zoom, you make SOME good products but this one sucks!

The only issue I've had with use of this is figuring out how each function alters the sound (since there's so many to expiriment with). Other than that, everything is easy. The manual explains everything pretty well. Editing/saving patches is easy. Put patches right next to each other in the sequence you'll use them in a song, and you'll be fine. Theres plenty of storage slots to use.

I play a Epiphone Les Paul custom through the 606 and to a Fender Deluxe 90. I never found a default patch that I would use consistently (when I first got it though, I really liked D6.) I usually only use one patch, that I made, but it sounds really great. Its a crunchy, yet sweet distorted sound. I play it on the clean channel of my amp with just a small amount of spring reverb coming from the amp. If you want to try it, here it is:

Comp/Limit: L1 (use compression "C" for more sustain)
Wah: Off
Drive: Pu (Pvy Drv), 20 (or so)
Eq: 50
Countour: 0
Znr/Amp: 9
Mod/Pitch: Off
Dly/Rev: r1
Time: 1

I love it. My guitar probably plays a big part in it sounding as good as it does though (my Squier Strat really doesn't sound nearly as good coming out of it). I do have a clean setting I like to use on it too because it creates almost a Fender tube amp clean-like sound, which is milky and sustainy sounding, and very full at the same time. Here are the settings (I play it with quite a bit of reverb):

Comp/Limit: Off
Wah: Off
Drive: Fdr Cln (about 15-20)
Eq: Off
Znr/Amp: Off
Mod: Off
Dly: H2
Time: 7

Another really nice thing about this is how quiet it is. I forget my amp is even on a lot of times because I don't hear any noise at all. The ZNR (Zoom Noise Reduction) is just awesome.

The sound quality of the default patches, modulation effects, and a lot of distortions are not that great. Hence the 9/10. I don't use them, but maybe I would if they sounded better. They're there, though, so that's good.

Recently, this thing has been acting up a little. I hate to admit it. Sometimes it shuts off randomly (its not the battery). And now, it occassionally gives really bad fuzz as the output gets a little loose. All it takes is a kick in the side to set it straight usually, but what a sucky problem. I might send it since I <i>think</i> it came with a warranty card.

Never had to deal with them.

For $100, this pedal is definately worth it. Even if you only get one awesome sounding patch, it would cost as much or more to buy something that sounds as good. Then you have all the extras, and any other good patches you discover is even more goodness coming out of this baby.

Very easy to get a good sound out of it, though you may find that a bit of pre-set editing is necessary.

Editing patches is really easy, i can not see how anyone can have difficulty with it.

The manual is good, it has all the effect parameters listed, so any unknown effects can be looked up.

I play an Ibanez grx20, through the zoom into a peavey rage amp. The pedal makes little, if any, noise.

A lot of the patches are plain crap, but like i said, they can always be edited or ignored.

I play metal (iron maiden, helloween, stratovarius, children of bodom, etc.) and can get the exact tone i'm after. The Metal 7th distortion is very digital sounding, though after i added some doubling (incredibly useful, makes the tone much fuller) and it's quite good.

I can see why lots of people say it sounds crap, but chances are they didn't try editing the pre-sets.

I'd gig with it without a backup, because i pretty much have no choice, though i've never had a problem with it.

A lot of people have complained that it's made of plastic, but i don't see why you'd change patches so hard that the pedals would break.

Haven't dealt with them.

As I said before, i play melodic metal, and this pedal gives me the tone i want. If it was lost/stolen, I'd have no hesitation to buy another one, unless i was in a particularly upgradey mood.

The patch-changing system is kind of crappy, seeing as my favourite patches are in the 4th slot of each bank, meaning i have to use the tiny buttons, but I can always use the gain pedal on my normal patch.

I would've appreciated the display to be more than 2 characters (a letter and a number) to recognise patches more quickly, but it's no major worry.

I have noticed that when the stack amp model is used, the bass end can get too much at higher volumes.
For anyone that's interested, here are the details for my regular patch:

Patch Level: variable
Comp/Limit: C5
Wah: off
Drive: Mt (Gain:23)
EQ: 25
Contour:0
ZNR/Amp: 9
Mod/Pitch: d3
Delay/Reverb: H1
Time: 1

Since this is a multieffect it requires a lot of tweaking, however it's quite easy and simple to use. Editing patches is very easy and fast too. Manual is short and simple, you really have to read it only once and maybe use it as a reference for effects you use rarely.
The patch changing is not as fast as it should be. There's two ways to do it and either of them won't cut it while playing live or concentrating on playing. A way to select from two pathes using foot switches would have better working idea.
If you only use about two tones then you can work it but changing the patch causes a disturbing "cap" in sound. Plus: in direct sunlight the led "screen" is impossible to read so playing outdoor gigs can be beefy.
It works ok in practising and jams, not on gigs. To sum up why such a bad rating: Doesn't work in live situations. For other easy of use it would have deserved eight.

I use an stratlike Jackson with two single coils and humbucker bridge pickup so it gives pretty much tones by itself too. The pedal isn't noisy or humming, not even when using a wall mart. It has build in noise gate that works moderately well.
The distortions sound ok, but just ok. There's plenty of them though. The patches need a lot of tweaking to get a good sound of them. The overall sound is "digital". The echos and delays work ok but their delay times are quite restricted. I still liked them most. It does amp simulation of combos and stacks but I really can't compare if they sound "real".
The button adjustable tone controls don't work. A knob would have been a better choice. It also lacks a master volume knob too, although the master volume can be set. But this has to be done every time you turn the unit on!
The tone you get by this effect is ok and not something to be ashamed of. Just tweak it a lot. I got very good sounds from it for playing surf, some sentimental stuff, metal (from soft to death and black), hard rock and 60's instrumentals (use the echo for them). Also it offers lot's of variation that would otherwise require tons of pedals. I liked the echo and delay effects.
There are some effects that are so crappy they can't be taken as joke either but at least you don't have to use em. Bypassing the pedal drops the volume significantly. A bad thing. Wah would be ok (only ok) but the foot pedal lacks sensitivity. It's bad for adjusting amount of effects too and can't be used as a volume pedal either. Also the clean sound is very quiet compared to distortions. All "from the box" settings are shit.
Tweaking is very important, also knowing something about dialing the tones. People, especially beginners tend to use too great amounts of distortion. When using moderate amounts of it, like you should, (even for very heavy material), this unit sounds very good. Also when playing with other people the tone needs to be "thinner". BTW: The "from the box settings" have all too much distortion and fat sound.
If you only need a good distortion buy a distortion pedal, do not buy this unit. Rating 8: It does it's job ok. Eight is good grade for a distortion and echo in same packet.

Can I depend on it?
In what situation? In home practise, small jams, yes. On gigs or intensive concentrated playing requiring patch switching, no. For sitting on the floor and giving tones I want, yes.
The batteries work long. The wall mart doesn't hum so why not use it instead.

Some reliability issues:

1. The structure is plastic: Not reliable in long term. If you don't jump on it, throw it around or drop something heavy on it, it doesn't matter. If you drag this around on gigs do you think it will be exposed to such hazards?

2. The input and output jacks are plastic. Not so big deal but they're attached directly to PC board and are in no way mounted to pedal's chassis: They will break! They will break even in home use! They are hard to repair! There's no way to mount them, even though you'd want to do it (I tried)! Bottom line: The jacks won't survive gigging long. They will survive home use a little longer, then eventually die.

3. The buttons are mounted to PC Board too. For small buttons no worry (adjusted by hands) but how about those patch change foot switches: They will break! Also the foot switches are cheesy and over or under sensitive. You can't totally rely on them to operate correctly. They're too small and too close to each other too.

4. The foot pedal doesn't operate mechanically so it will not wear out: Good thing! However the multieffect is so unsensitive that it can't be used to anything. While playing you just can't take the outmost care to get it in just the right position. Doesn't work on gigs during playing.

Would I use it without backup?
If I had a choice, of course not. Considering plastic switches and PCB mounted jacks it will surely break, ask Mr. Murphy when. If this unit is your main source of tone and only distortion effect, you need a backup. Every essential piece of equipment needs a backup. Is this essential enough for you to need one or can you survive without it? Your call.

Don't know but no high hopes.

I play all kinds of music. It is a multieffect unit and if you know what you're doing with it it should be ok to every genre, but not fantastic. Like I said, good echo effect and different sounding distortions.
I've been playing long enough to get the hang of how to get the tones I'm after. Besides this unit I own an small combo amp, bigger homebrew combo amp and a guitar. Also some recording equipment and other music related junk.
If this pedal would be stolen or lost I wouldn't buy another. This was the first pedal I bought mainly for recording and practise purposes. Gaining knowledge, I know now that I would only need a good compressor pedal, distortion pedal and echo unit. That's it. Three good sounding, reliable pedals. Such a small amount of pedals is actually easier to use than one multieffect.
For beginners, this is good unit. It's cheap and it teaches you what you really need and how to tweak the tones. It works and sounds fine after that too but isn't very sturdy and will probably die after a few years. On gigs and intensive playing it doesn't work so that's a big setback. I don't think the resell value is good either.

Ease of Use:
the Zoom 606 is easy as pie to use. Editing patches is easy, but you're limited to the factory preset assortments available - like the delay there are 10 presets for delay saturation, and like 37 presets for ms [milliseconds], and they only go to something like 250ms, so no 2 second delay. If you run it stereo it's even less because the delay bounces channel to channel. For what it is I love it. it's a quick fix for someone that wants a multi-effects pedal. Firmware? Where's the Serial/USB/IEEE port on this thing? How do you upgrade the firmware? Maybe I gotta check the manual... Maybe there's an E-prom that I need to swap out....

Sound Quality:
I run this DI to my PC as well as my small PA for gigs. Does a good job with bass too. I created several patches for bass that seem to get alot of responce from people at gigs... The effects are consistent sound-wise. I can get alot of great sounds, SRV, Holdsworth, Page, Beck, Clapton, Metheny, Boston [Tom Scholz], Van Halen, I can get 98% close enough for horseshoes to the sounds of these artists. The one effect I wish had better engineering is the Phase Shifter. The Flanger does a better phase shift! The Phaser is very Sinusidal, very ballsy. Not enough like an MXR phase 90 as I wish it was, but it's okay... Not a critical problem. The distortions are great and feel natural. I can shred with the best of em or get an amazing Mesa Boogie sound, or a great tweed Fender sound, or Acoustic sound, or bypass the drives altogether. The EQ is very interesting too. If a certain drive doesn't have the bite you're lookiing for yoou can crank up the contour and move the EQ presets around to get the bite you want. Very versatile $99.00 stomp box.

Well, I did have major problems with it cutting off when plugged in, but I opened her up and stuck a piece of foam between the board and the top of the unit [I'm inside the unit now] and made sure the foam was pushed close to where all the jacks are. I think the pressure of switching patches sometimes was enough to cause a short or an open somewhere and the thing would cut off [haven't yet found the exact source of the problem]. Since putting foam in, I haven't had the problem. I've used it on gigs with Batteries and a fresh set of alkalines will hold up all night even with the unit plugged in and idle for up to 5 hours. I replace them with new for each gig to be safe. This gets expensive after awhile. But this was also before i stuck foam inside the unit. I plug it in regularly now. I also started using rechargables for emergencies. 4 times recharged and the investment pays for itself as opposed to buying alkalines all the time...

I gotta look into this Firmware upgrade issue. How in the world does one update the firmware? I see no ports for data downloading.... Maybe I need to swap out the E-prom chip... I'm heading to the company website now.

For Rock, Pop, Jazz, any style really, Psych, I created this wild assed psychadelic patch with a Mutron sounding auto-wah-type filter, plus a slow moving flanger, a long delay [250ms], and British Stack distortion that would make Hendrix drool. 20+ years as a semi-pro musician, I pretty much know what I like. I tried this baby at the store and was hooked the first minute. If I lost it or it got stolen I'd test out the next one up [707 II], but the 606 has my vote for the best in its class.

Its very Easy to use, Pretty Basic, Great sound for a small product (if you want expert stuff, get something bigger with more $$$ obviously)

im using my friends amps, 120 watts, not sure what brand, with a very old memphis(practice, 6 string) or an Ibanez 7 string(shows, practices when i used the 7th string) or my friends schecter(7 string), when i first turned it on, it was wicked loud(got major feedback), then i turned the volume down a couple notches and it was fine... the distortion is great, dont know why other people are having problems with it, all those other ones work fine to me, dont really use em, mainly i use flanger and distortion, sometimes delay...

i've used this thing survived several shows, its survived all of them.
its plastic yes, but metal would be too heavy to carry around. mine only has a couple of scratches on it, all these other people claiming to have it break, well maybe if you werent a fat ass 400 pound moron, stomping the crap out of it, it wouldnt break on you...

never dealth with the company. havent had to.

Mainly i play Nirvana, korn, guns n roses, and white stripes. Anything else i play is made up by me, or one of my other band members. i've been playing for about 3 years now, i've got my memphis, my ibanez, and im thinking of buying my friends schecter(7 string), if i lost it, or it got stolen, i'd definately buy another one, A) becuz im cheap, and dont feel like buying a better amp for home practice and B) my band is cheap and isnt gunna buy a synth.
i'd definately say it helps out the smaller bands, that dont want to pay alot, its cheap, reliable, and works great. if you use it right, you will definately get good sounds, and it wont break on you.

Easy as hell to use, but hard to get a good sound out of it. The manual is very comprehensive (I guess...), but doesn't help to get a good sound out of it. Also, the footswitches are too small - you can't really use it if you're wearing trainers.

I use:
Ibanez RG2570ex
Squier Strat (new pickups, though)
Laney TF700
and sometimes plug it straight into a Peavey 1600w PA system.

The effects are...I suppose...OK for playing at home, with headphones or at low volumes. Once you start battling with a drummer, you get a horrible squeaky noise. Good job I have decent amp distortion!

The pedal occasionally cuts out on me, but with a wall-wart its fine. Having said that, some friends of mine gigged with them, and I can't begin to describe the problems they had with them!


These aren't made for gigs!

Nope

I play thrash metal, if I was still stuck in my bedroom then this would be good...

I've been playing for 2 years, I own the gear as I said above

I wouldn't ever buy this again, if it was given to me I'd use it as a Beer-Mat or exchange it for a real product

The only thing that I use this for now is as a tuner... and it even fails quite badly at that.

This was a present, so I didn't choose it.

This only gets in the way of my band's creativity - at practices its just feedback after feedback.

it's very easy even i don't read the user's manual I get it for 4 days
editing patches is very easy
the manual is like a guide only for zoom606
i never heard of that yet

I use 7th metal distortion w/ phaser or w/ flanger w/ room reverb
no,
they all sounds great
I use Marshall
Yes, like Slipknot, Korn, Mudvayne, Metallica
the distortion and 7th metal is really great, i don't is the slow attack effect

yes because it is very lightweight
yes i would like to bring other equipment such as my phaser and talkbox because i use flanger and phaser at the same time

nope
i don't

i like to play heavy metal, hardcore, punkrock, rapmetal
i've been playing for 3 yrs. from now (im only 17 yrs. old)..I own a marshall amp i forgot what type it is, cavin guitar, k-7
i would kill who will do that.......
i love the 7th metal distortion and the pedal pitch
what i hate is the slow attack effect
7th metal distorition w/ wah pedal
i compare it w/ zoom 4040, zoom707II, 505's, i choose zoom606 because it's style and features unlike to zoom 707II it has a sampler i don't like samplers
i wish it had a talk box and yahyah pedal like in Digitech GNX-3
it helps me in playing w/ my guitar

Very easy to use. Just plug your guitar on it and start playing.
Editing patches is also very easy. You can use a preset as a starting point, tweek a little bit to get your sound and store it over a patch that you dont like.
The manhual is very simple and you only need to read it once.

I've changed my setup recently to a computer driven configuration.
So, I use a Ibanez G10 with 2 humbuckers and plug it into the 606 and connect the output direct to the line input of my soundcard ( I have a pentium 4 with no other special component for home recording . My computer has 4 JBL speakers ( very good sound quality )
It is a little noisy at some high gain settings even with the ZNR activated.
The effects are good, but you will have to spend a little time tweeking to get the most out of it. I used a Ibanez TB15R and the results were good, but now, directly to the computer ( or with headphones ) it sounds better. Thats because the computers output sounds stereo and the 606 has stereo effects.
I've found an interesting kind of setting that gave me a tube like sound ( direct to the computer or headphones only, dont work well with amps ). Just turn all the effects off, set the eq to 11, the contour to -4, the drive to US blues ( gain = 30 ), ZNR to S9, the wha to P9 and the pedal assingn to the drive position. You can add a little reverb to it ( H2, time = 6 ) or change the drive type end gain level. To my ears it sound like SRV tones in my setuo. The wha works like a filter and bring out the presence feel of the tube amps.
I think the 606 lacks a 4 band eq, instead of the parametrical eq, and rate and depth controls for the modulation effects. But for the price ( US 100,00 new )its a deal.

I think I can rely on it at home, but it feels like it doesn`t hold a live gig, mainly because of the quality of its input and output jacks.

I never tryed to cantact ZOOM. Catch them if you can! :)

I play jazz, fusion and blues stuff ( scofield, stern, SRV, cray etc ). I've been playing for 15 years ( I am 28 now ). I have a long experience with stompboxes and other multieffect units ( ZOOM 707, 1010, 7010 ) and the 606 is a very good deal.
I love the marshall and the amps simulation. My complain is about the lack of a 4 band eq.
Comparing to the 707 it has the possibility to get a wha sound with chorus ( 707 don't ). I hate the 707 because it has a sampler, but it is a 6 seconds sampler!!! Totally useless!
It sound much better directly to an headphone or computers or a PA system. Use the amp sims! You will get there, just tweek!

How easy is it to get a good sound out of it?
It took me at least one day to get a AWESOME sound out of it.
How about Editing patches?
eh i dont care , and i dont know.
How is the manual for it (if there is one)?
its easy to understand.
Do you know the firmware revision number? Has your unit been upgraded?
no, no

What setup (i.e. what guitars and amps) are you using this with?
i am usin it with mi awesome bc rich bronze warlock
mi epiphone les paul speacial 2
and mi hamer slammer strat and mi peavey classic 50 , and mi crate mx65r
Is it noisy? On what settings?
alittle , high super gain like patch c2.
Are the effects weak or do they always sound great?
some of the effects are weak but i made a great metallica clean sound and a awesome metal sound.
What amp are you using it with?
mi crate mx65r.
Can you get the sound of your favorite artists? Who are they?
lets see, i can get slipknot , megadeth, metallica , and skidrow
Are certain effects (distortion, chorus, ...) very good? Very bad?
the wah could be better, the wah when u go into the middle of the wah there is a sweep missing

Can you depend on it?Would you
in mi house i can , but it gets alittle bassy at loud volume but just turn down the bass on ur amp and its great.
Would you use it on a gig without a backup?
yeh

If you've dealt with the company, how helpful/friendly were they?
havent delt with them
Ever get an upgrade, or try and get it repaired?
nope

What style of music do you play? Is this a good match?
metal, screamo , rock and hardrock.
How long have you been playing? What other gear do you own?
i have been playing for 5 years , and I have a B.C. Rich Warlock
I have a epiphone les paul special 2
A hamer slammer strat
A memphis strat I am rebuilding
A crate mx65r combo
A peavey 50 watt all tube
A destroyer 2000 pedal board ( a little door with my pedals on it)
A zoom 606
A boss ds1
A boss flanger
A dod flahback fuzz
A boss super distortion
A classic dunlop original wah
If it were stolen or lost, would you buy it again or get something else?
I WOULD BE ULTRA PISSED AND KILL!!! WHO EVER TOOK IT , IT TOOK HOURS TO MAKE THOSE PATCHES RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what do you love about it? What do you hate? What is your favorite feature?i love its simplicty and size and tone,i hate the wah on it , the chorus.
Did you compare it to other products? Which ones? Why did you choose this one?
nope, cause i did.
Anything you wish it had?
a graphic eg and a synth.
Does it help you make music, or does it get in the way?
it made great music.
Anything else you'd like to share?
i love it.

Really easy to use however linking patches gets a but tedious

using 4*10" and a 15" powered by a yorkville 200b
sounds kick ass i love the amp modulation
the stepper kills my ears too high pitch
the waa sounds good but it has a tiny range
distortion and flanger soungs wick

never let me down
always bring backup powersupply but the unit is fine

never had to deal with them

i dont limit my self to one style of music but i love a mix of funk rock and metal.

been playing 14 years more than half my life(im 21)

if it was stolen id by a rak mounted fx unit

the main problem with this is if you bypass the unit it sounds crap so i had to make a bypass switch so i could get a nice clean tone.

the best thing about this unit is being able to use the expression pedal to control the amount of effect such as fading in distortion for a peak.

still a good value unit for the price

Bueno... Para los que no escriben en espa?ol. Es facil programar los pathches, pero para dar con el sonido adecuado hay que andarle buscando un buen rato... El manual esta muy claro y tiene ilustraciones...

Bueno... el sonido de este pedal es muy bueno cuando hablamos de delay, flanger, wah, y coro. Aunque no le llegan a la calidad de los pedales analogicos. Las distorciones esta rifadas pero insisto en que es mejor un pedal sencillo. Yo uso el Metal Zone de boss y estoy por comprar el Mega Distortion. Esas son buenas distorciones. Mi efecto favorito es el Delay.

Si aguanta aunque sea de plastico.

No hasta el momento...

Es buen pedal, a un buen precio. Solo que nunca le llegara a los stomp box o pedales sencillos analogos....

First off, I'm writing this to defend it against the previous "not so intelligent" people who badmouthed this before.

Has so many effects, only a person with intelligence would know how to modify it to their setup to make this thing sound great.

I am using my RG470 Dx with thisand my marshall stack and it sounds awesome

Once again, if you have the intelligence to understand this unit(unlike the previous reviewers) you can get beautiful sound.
Also make sure you have a good setup, because the kids before me have all whined and bitched but their equipment sucks, so make sure you get some high quality equipment.

As for distortion, for those of you who have this, I find the G6 setting incredible for anyting metal or rock. Once again, just mod the eq to your setup, since some amps suck at low end.

the noise reduction is also incredible.

"its plastic, 'nuff said"
shutup.

so what, the plastic still holds up.
Only a 400 pound airheaded person would be stupid enough to jump up and down on this unit and then complain about it breaking.

the plastic is fine
ive used this things at thrash and hardcore shows

it survived
its good enough for gig.

Totally awesome for one hundred dollars.
Compared to the piece of shit boss mt-2 metalzone
this thing beats its ass till the cows come home.
Awesome for distortion.

Note: Intelligence is needed to use this unit.

Very easy to use, knobs let you choose the effects, buttons to adjust the individual parameters of each effect. once its set hit store and your patch has been edited and saved. up-down pedals for patch select and a reasonable whammy pedal.

I use a Schecter 38 special and an Ibanez 7 string AX7221. Into a Kustom Quad 100 w/dfx. Very quiet dues to the adjustable zoom ZNR noise reduction. This pedal is awsome for metal and dropped tuning. The metal 7th amp simulators is the shit! has a very high gain triple rectifier type sound on the metal 7th setting. the fuzz setting are ok, the distortion setting are pretty good for van halen and 80' rock. the blues setting is fine. these amp simulators are really decent. I'm not trying to say that this is anywhere near the quality of Roland or Digitech multi-effect units but for jamming in your practice spot or with your buds this pedal will give just about anything you'll need. i don't think it would be pro gigging material. I mean I would not try to use it for a live out door thing, but for jammimng in the garage or a small club this pedal would do fine. The fuzz sounds are a little weak and sound very processed and cheap, the distortions are great, the clean stuff sound real nice.

The unit is made out of heavy plastic with a metal bottom and sub chassis inside of the unit. the pedals are bolted on with allen head bolts so I think they will stay on. I have dropped this and accidentally tripped over it and kicked a few times and it has held up, never lost a patch or skipped a beat. Once a patch is set you dont lose it like some other units.

Have not had to deal with them but I've heard the customer support is better than average.

If i lost it or if it were stolen I would buy another one because it has held up nicely and it sure does sound better that my Digitech RP 200, so I would reccomend this to new and experienced players. If you are used to individual pedals like I was then it takes a little getting used to but once you get the hang of it the individual pedals start to get played less.

Ok, it's a Zoom...

Absolutelly "Dummie-Proof"...

Editing is very intuitive, I only needed to check the manual for knowing about the effects parameters...

My setup is simple, a very old Yamaha Strat (don't know the model, but it really rocks!) and 2 Keyboard/PA systems, Peavey KB/A 300 and Roland KC300. As you expect, i'm not a full time guitar player and sold my amps a few years ago when i needed money to buy a Synthesizer. I borrowed the Zoom 606 from a friend and used amp/cab simulator with the PA system leaving EQ's intact.

In my country there's a phrase for what i obtained...

?How can you obtain butter from a pig?

The presets are definitely horrible, no complains about that. But, as a keyboardist/synthetist i learned a lot about editing patches and taking the best of my machines. I worked a lot and obtained very decent sounding distortions. The secret is the PA system, because the only way to obtain a great distortion is the amp/cab sim, and this feature works horrible in a dedicated guitar amp.

The effects were fair, just what i needed... they are not as flexible as other effect units, but they are fine anyway...

I'm not saying this is a professional unit, but for the Price, you can obtain a lot more than cheapy presets. Just tweak it, take your time and the pig will give you butter...

Plastic made... but stable... since the unit is borrowed, i'm trying to keep away from jumping on it and hitting it hard.

This unit is more "trouble-free" than my synths and keyboards (A few months ago, my synth crashed dramatically when i used it in a very cold stage, and it costs 15 times more than this cheapy effects unit).

Borrowed, never dealt with zoom...

I play a lot of styles in guitar, keyboard and flute (recently). I've been playing for about 8-9 years and heard a lot of effects and instruments. One of my friends used the Zoom 1010 and we hated it 'til the day he could sell it. The Zoom 606 made great imprevements from old units like 505 and 1010. ALWAYS REMEMBER: Don't expect a professional sounding unit, if you want a great sound, you need to spend more money than you think. This is a great starting unit, you just need to tweak it...