Zoom 707 II

Just to stomp and play different effects, it's simple. To go into the other areas of editing patches, recording or much anything else, you HAVE to read the manual. It's so bad I keep a copy in my gig bag.

You can find an effect that soots you if you look long enough. I use this with a Peavey Bandit II and a Fender Strat. No problem with noises or hums. The distortions are not bad. But the clean sounds get muddy when you turn up the volume. Main problem is creating a new patch. Nothing simple about where to find different effects. You have to know amp modles and different playing styles to select an effect! Where are the chorus, flang, compresion, distortions located???

I have 3 of these. One of the power supply hookups broke and I had to epoxy it together. Also one of them cut out because the input jack became loose.

Even though it has some problems. It is definetly the best bang for the buck!

this thing i pretty damn complicated ive had it for a year and a half and i still cant work out what half the stuff does. i have managed to customise some ok patches but that was just luck

i play this with a Dean Stylist Deulux of a squier (bright pink with lots of modificatios) Strat into a Laney GC 80 amp. many of the effects are completely useless and unusable and often very weak sounding. the distortions are cheesy and alot of the clean effects are much to bassy. the best effect is definetly FZFace once you tweak it a bit. i also love the lovely crackle that ANADLY makes sometimes(does anyone else get this) but otherwise this digital spawn of the devil sounds pretty crap to be honest.

THIS THING LET ME DOWN BIG TIME. so its my bands first london gig and we played leicester square. the guitar repeatedly cut out after changing all the leads and guitars. the output jack has a very dodgy loose connection. the power input socket has stopped working so i have to run off batteries all the time. and when i first got it the expression pedal on off switch under the pedal was snapped. i have only had this for about a year and a half and these things realy shouldnt happen.

no dealings with them

this pedal realy doesnt fit with my lo-fi indie two piece. the destortions dont have enough substance to make up for our lack of a bass player. it is also a big blott on my indie d.i.y immange damn it! if this bugger was stolen i would send the bastard the manual and see if he can work this thing out. this year i am planning on replacing the few effects i use with better quality analouge stomp boxes and i advise anyone planning to get this pedal to do the same and STEAR WELL CLEAR.

THE BEST THING ON THIS PEDAL IS THE OFFSWITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I Like the fact that you can edit 3 parameters of the effects especially in the modulation and delay sections, although I would have liked it if you can push just 1 button to edit the section you want, instead of scrolling to the section you want to change. Some parameters are of little use though especially in the mod section.

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I mainly use my Ibanez GAX 70, but also own a Fernandez Tele with active electronics and a harmony strat copy. I use Peavey SPecial and Bandit during rehearsals but usually use headphones or a samick mini amp with a 25 watt Panasonic speaker tapping the mini amp's output.
Some factory settings are really not that good but they can be a good starting point for creating your own sounds.

DISTORTION/"MODELED AMP"
The Vox and Tube Screamer are disappointing, they sound brittle and harsh. I use the PD 1 instead to get slightly overdriven sounds. I use the old marshall sound as starting point for making my own sounds, before selecting the appropriate distortion sound. I have little use for the Boogie Section, they are way too compressed and bottom heavy for me. I use the hyper model instead and scoop the mids from the EQ to better approximate a "recto" sound for nu-metallish tones.
MODULATION
I hate the fact that you cannot use the wah together with another mod effect such as chorus or flanger. The flange and phaser sounds from my Zoom 509 are better than those found on the 707II. The mod sounds are not quite good as is, you have to tweak it to get good modulated sounds.
DELAY
I'm a big fan of U2, and my favorite patch is one I created on my own, a slightly compressed PD 1 with combo cab modeling and 420 ms delay, that pretty much covers about most of The Edge's sound circa `80s and early `90s. The delays are not as crystalline as can be but that's fine. The Spring reverb sounds good too.

You can't get violent with these thing, but nor do I get to worried about chipping the plastic on it, it looks reasonably sturdy enough.

The pedal is totally unreliable when using it for whammy pitch bends, you have to really lean on the pedal to get pitch that you need. It works fine for the wah and for blending in the delay mix.

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I play alt rock, blues, and a bit of glam. The 707II is perfect for anybody playing in a cover band who likes to use a variety of sounds in their arsenal but is not too finicky about the sound quality. You can get pretty goods sounds if you spend some time fiddling with the knobs you will be rewarded with better sounds as some of the factory settings are not very good as is. The drum machine and sampler are very good features that really helps me when I practice alone. (That is why I am reluctant to replace it with stand alone effects or stompboxes) For P6,500(approximately US$117)on a Christmas Sale, this is one amazing BARGAIN!I have owned it for almost 2 years but i'm still having fun using it.

Muy facil de usar, aunque si necesitas primero hecharle una hojeada al manual para poder sacarle provecho al 100%.

Lo uso con una iba?ez RG370DX y un amp Iba?ez ToneBlaster; la calidad de los efectos en general no son muy "profesionales" que digamos pero son lo suficientemente buenas para practicar o componer; puedes conectar directamente el pedal a la PC y grabar con buena calidad, muy poco ruido; los ritmos de bateria y el metronomo son un extra muy util; trae 10x3 (30) tipos de distorsion, mas 3 acusticas, la mayoria suenan muy digitales, a mi gusto 6 de ellas son muy buenas para heavy y metal en gral. muchos se quejan del delay y del wah, pero por el precio no te puedes quejar, suenan bien. supera a la 505II y a la 606II, y a algunas Boss y digitech (mas caras) que andan en el mercado.

Es casi por completo de plastico, definitivamente no la usaria en escenario, solo para ensayos y practicas; para tocar en vivo definitivamente la Zoom GFX 8 es la indicada.

Dudo que halla soporte de Zoom en Mexico; si compras una asegurate que te den garantia de por lo menos un a?o, y mas si son pedaleras hechas en china.

Es una buena inversion para practicar y grabar en la PC (o en cinta), tiene buenas caracteristicas y precio, salvo su fabricacion en plastico me parece muy buena pedalera, mucho mejor ke otras marcas con caracteristicas similares; si buscas algo mas "profesional" recomiendo la Zoom GFX8, pero si buscas algo intermedio la 707II es buena opcion, de preferencia busca las pedaleras que esten hechas en Japon y no en China (los chinos nos mandan pura mierda!).

the zoom is very user friendly compared to others like korg.u can chill within 3 days and understand most of the important effects.u can change drive in an instant-cool.manual is good.

CONSIDERING i'm using a korean samick guitar and my aiwa stereo as an amp,i'm getting a sexy sound!!!the zoom gets pretty noisy with the booster and high gain.the effects are fantastic for the kind of music i play(metal,joe sat,melodic rock).the echo,delay and reverb are superb.also the range of dists offered-METAL,SLDRV,ZLEAD,HPDIST STAND OUT-is a lot.the BGDRV MODULE SUCKS!!it makes so much noise.THE FACTORY PATCHES SUCK!!i managed to program some great patches and they sound kikass!steve vai("loveofgod),metallica,maiden,joesat,slash-all of them sound great.when u learn which drives to avoid,u can play really crying leads.however,the isolator is useless,it make no difference in the sound.EQ is good.if u like,i can give u the settings on how to make some great sounding patches.IN THE 707,U CANT COMBINE EFFECTS-CANT MIX WAH WITH CHORUS OR ANYTHING!with time and patience,u can program some killer patches.it's far more capable than meets the eye.

IT HAD A MANUFACTURING DEFECT-A SMALL ONE-THE HOLD-DELAY FUNCTION DOESNT WORK.it sounds decent enuff in a gig

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for the price i paid,and compared to others companies in its range,707ii is superb!!the korg is tuff to use and digitech,in spite if its quality is much costlier!!it suits my style of music-rock,metal,instrumental melodic rock,bluesrock,psychedelic.i've been playing for 4 years now.i also play a lot of flamenco on my acoustic.i use the reverb and echo a lot and i love the SLDRV drive to death.the wah is okay-coulda been a bit more powerful.overall,its good value for money and offers a lot IN ITS PRICE RANGE.

it was easy to use once u got the hang of it and provided a very good variety of sounds which were pretty good

i use this with a marshal 50 watt amp and it made the amp a lot louder still with a good sound quality. some of the effects sound a bit dodgey but others were good at mimicking artists especially heavier sounds like van halen and black sabbath sounds.

I could depend on this but would probably use backup at a gig its ok 95% of the time.

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i play heavy rock/metal and i found it suited my style well i've been playing for 6 years and obtained this 1 year ago. If it was stolen or lost i would probably buy the next one up from it. i love the pedal on it and find it very useful in gigs. i chose this one because it had everything i needed and a good price. I dislike that it is hard to set up for gigs and is hard to change settings during playing. good luck i would reccomend it to anyone.

very easy to use...

yamaha 312 rgz series and hot cabs 15 watts amp. zoom 707 sounds good enough, as long as i can get the sounds that i want its good enough ( 80s glam rock)...just try to combine some of the effects for sure you can get a very good sound out of it...

i will use it in a gig without backup....its plastic so take good care of it....

i think zoom 707II can handle any type of music with all the kinds of effects onboard.........ZNR, i love it.its a big help...i bought it bec. of the price ( mura eh). the only thing that i dont like about this product is, there is a horrible delay of sound when your switching to one patch to the other...i guess zoom 707II cant have it all...but still its good enough...

Easy to use. Straight out the box I had this baby jamming away in like 5 minutes. The beauty of it is when you start playing around with the patches - you get some killer sounds! they could have more information about the patches though

Pretty good. You're not gonna get stompbox quality out of it but you will get some nice sounds, especially distortion! A little disappointed with the filter effect and I want to buy an external wah pedal cos the one in the unit is just not expressive enough.

Here's the catch and I MUST ANYONE CONSIDERING BUYING ONE. I've read other reviews here and spoken to friends as well who own them and the unit itself is ok build but the jack plugs are terrible!! Both input and output have gone on mine and the same has happened to a mate's as well. I lent mine to a friend who gigged it twice and was very careful with it (his band are mellow so it wouldn't have got damaged at the gigs)and it was fine after then. It simply just got to a point and gave up. As its my main effects unit I will ae to pay for the jacks to be mended which blows!

I've tried e-mailing and had nothing back - pretty shitty if you ask me. And NO UK CONTACT DETAILS!!!!! What the hell are they doing?!!!!

Until the jacks went i loved this little beasty so much - it was a lt of fun. Now its as useful as a masturbating monkey!!!

Spent a little time with the manual, and online getting patches, and had it down in no time. Anyone who cant figure it out is a dumbass, the layout is easy if you take the time to study it.

Get a little noise if I push it past unity, but as long as I keep it subdued and let the amp do its job, it sounds great. I play it through a Hughes&Kettner 80W Atax combo, and a 15W little Marshall mini amp. Sounds great on both. This is with several guitars. I will admit the distortion is a bit weak for the heavier sounds, but a little gain on the amp comensates nicely.

What the fuck is all this crap about it being plastic? You want to talk reliability? I have dropped mine from a balcony, had it totally immersed in water for a few seconds, had my dog cover it with mud, and each time it came back up without a hitch. I stomp on the pedals like they were the floor, and it still holds up. Maybe I got a magical one, I dunno......mine is 2+ years old now and has seen abuse a Boss BE-5M just couldnt handle (Not to mention the Boss sounded like someone hummed the distortion out of it....)

YMMV

Bought it thru Sam Ash, the first one was Dead in the box, had it replaced that day. I have never needed to talk to Zoom ever about it since. Never any need to. 2+ years.

Sure, its not going to give you the sound quality of a good rack unit, but for it's price you cant touch the value. BTW, for direct recording into my computer, I have found this to be excellent as well...with a very clean output to the PC. It's all good to me.

Getting the sound what u want in this is very easy!

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I have played Boss GT-3,5,6, Digitech GNX1,2,3/ RP200,2000 and Zoom 505II,606II.707II's distortion and dirve are pretty good!You can get the tone what u want from country to metal(IF u know how to control the gain and EQ,707II will provide good metal sound)but the delay is really sounds suck!Wah has some problem too.
The Modulation is fine and many funny effects included.The sound of drum is not as afwul as other cheap effectors.

Alought it's made by plastic but it still works good now.

Using it in the small performance is not a bad idea-It's small,light,and incuding pedal(But the switcher is too small for me,I always get the bypass instead of changing program).Alought the rhythm can not be programed,it still useful when u are practicing guitar.In this priece,u cant not find any effector better than this!