Zoom G9.2tt

"How easy is it to get a good sound out of it? "
Defaults patches, suck a little. It??s very easy to use and get very good, fat, warm sounds.
"How about Editing patches?"
Very easy, and if you happen do have midi interface, it??s piece of cake
"How is the manual for it (if there is one)?"
Ohh, I dind??t read it :P
"Do you know the firmware revision number? Has your unit been upgraded? "
Yeah,I??ve upgrade it myself. No issues at all

"What setup (i.e. what guitars and amps) are you using this with?"
I??m using an Ibanez EX370.
"Is it noisy? On what settings?"
It was a little noisy at the middle switch, but I lowered the midle pickup and noise went gone. Did the same on a Fender with the same result. Noise gone.
"Are the effects weak or do they always sound great? "
In my opinion, they always sound great.
"What amp are you using it with? "
I??m using a Fender FM25DSP Guitar AMP but I play with headphones most of the time.
"Are certain effects (distortion, chorus, ...) very good? Very bad?"
Distortions great, and are much better that what I got from Boss GT-10

"Can you depend on it? "
I would like to play live with it, but I??m not sure the amp valves wouldn??t crash
"Would you use it on a gig without a backup?"
I would like to play live with it, but I??m not sure the amp valves wouldn??t crash with water. Well, not every equipment is ready for the rain, we know that! :)

"If you've dealt with the company, how helpful/friendly were they? "
Never had to. Bit the site has all the info and software I need for both mac and windows.
"Ever get an upgrade, or try and get it repaired? "
Never had to.

"What style of music do you play? Is this a good match? "
I play stuff like Steeve Vai, Pink Floyd, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Satana, etc
"How long have you been playing? What other gear do you own? "
I??ve been playing for about 17 years. I??ve got lots of gear, too many to write here.
"If it were stolen or lost, would you buy it again or get something else? "
I would buy it again for sure, or and updated version of it. I love the valves. They produce the sound I need.

Plug 'n play.........but...
Phew, this puppy has just sooo many options, my mind was boggled. My burnt-out old BOSS ME10 was not nearly as complex. I've had it just over a year now, and I'm still just using the presets.

I was not too impressed with the Cubase s/w, seemed convoluted and there are easier ways to record for dummies.

So, I'm lazy/dumb.

These pedals really shud come with a DVD/VIDEO which steps the dumb and lazy through the options. Reading most manuals is always like studying for an exam.

Anyways, there are some velly nice presets, warmer tone than BOSS IMHO.

Has anyone tried the additional patches?

Amps...Meassa Boogie and Roland Cube....strange combo, i x tube, 1 x SS not the best idea I guess, but still get the stero effect.

Mex Strat, if it was not for the effects I'd toss it in the garbage. LOL

I've had very limited time to experiment so far. Have added external WAH pedal to avoid having to fiddle with presets. LOL

Fav guitarist...Frank Zappa...anyone have tips to get close to his sound?

Can you depend on it? Hope so...

Gig: Sure

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Style...Rock

Playing on and off 20 yrs, I godda find another hobby!!!

If it were stolen or lost, would you buy it again or get something else......not sure

what do you love about it? What do you hate? What is your favorite feature.....TUBES give more realistic warm flavour vs BOSS

Anything you wish it had? I wish it had come with the right side foot switch that could reach the switch beneath it. Had to fiddle and attach a gizmo to do the job. Stoopid design error by ZOOM.

BOSS appears more rugged, but have not had this pedal for 15 yrs, so hard to compare at this stage.

I found it quite easy to get good sounds out of it using the G9Ed software.

However there are lots of parameters to I wrote a program to automatically
generate a random patch (which can be based on a supplied favourite patch).
See Zoom Random Patch Generator (For G9.2tt / G7.1ut ) at:

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/davieses/Zoom_RPG/Zoom_RPG.htm

There is a good PDF manual.

I haven't upgraded to the latest firmware revision as it offers no significant improvements.

I'm using a Fender Telecaster direct, the noise gate generally ensures
it is quiet, but some "breathing" can be heard on some effects.
I found the giasso Steve Vai patch "For The Love Of God" stunning.

I have gigged using it without a backup.

Zoom do reply in a friendly way to emails, but they have not made
any significant software upgrades available for the G9.2tt.
For example new features have been added to the B9.1ut but it is unlikely
that these will be backported to the G9.

I play rock/pop and it suits me - I even managed to use it on a bass
guitar. See G9 bass patches at:

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/davieses/Zoom_RPG/G9Patches.htm

My favourite features are the amp models, the tubes and the 3D pedal.

Pretty steep learning Curve if you dont know what your doing, not at all like the super user friendly Boss GT10 (only played it in the shop for 30 mins and was already sussing it)

All in all if i play around with it enough I get what i want, I owned a Boss ME-50 and a zoom 707 before this (both really easy to use) and while at the start it was harder to use since theres so many features, but once you get going its gets easier all the knobs are clearly labled and now i can make great efx alot faster than my previous older, smaller pedals.

Sound is amazing, Z pedal does things that Experimetal guitarists dream about, ive already made this thing make sounds ive never heard any artist play, you can do so much its not funny, it can shift pitchs while also adding effects only when it going to the side, So i have my standard wah with up and down, then if i go left or right it raises an octive, adds some reverb and wahs at the same time, I cant stress enough how cool this is, a revolution no doubt.

2x Tube seems to be undeniable also, gives my solid state 60 watt amp a beatiful realistic tube sound and now my artifical harmonics sounds like a screaming banshee on fire that just got kicked in the nuts with steel cap boots.

Its awesome...Ive tried this with a varity of friends guitars/pickups (Schecter/Jackson/Ibanez and even a cheep Ashton)(EMGs 81/85 combo, Dimarzios and Semour duncan livewires and Ibz/dimarzio super lame stocks) and it just doesnt matter, while it brings the best out of a good pickups, I can make my no name 100 dollar ebay speacial (Sterling) sing like it never could.

I have created teh perfect Satch efx,... I can get the perfect Vinnie Moore sounds also, A Thrashy Megadeth Metal? you bet your ass.. The amp sims are great, does a very nice ENGL and Super Distorion.

Heard some bad things and has some bad experiance with Zoom reliability , but this is a studio pedal for me and stays safe under my recording desk and will never move, i wouldnt even gig with a Multi EFX pedal, just looking at them Tube warmer bulbs through the slits makes me really nervous...but so far in 6 months nothing has gone wrong yet

My 707 input jacks died (as they always do) and Zoom company wouldnt do **** about it had to pay to get it repaired. I dont trust em.

People lean towards teh latest Boss and Line 6 pedals cause there more renound but I have to say Zoom hasnt let me down yet, they are definatly an innovative leader in todays multi EFX market. Ive been playing about 10 years now and of the 3 multi efx pedals ive owned and 20 or so Ive played this one stands out among the best and most unique.

I was looking at alot of efx pedals before making my choice and the reason I went with this is cause it was cheeper than its rivals but after owning it for 6 months, I have no regrets at all. If it was stolen or broke id get another......Z pedal for life \m/

It doesnt have a loop feature or drum machine and for that i was gonna go for a GT10 but I just ended up getting this and a Boss RC-2, now i have loop and drums + Tube and Z pedal, beatiful combo... As soon as I get a Sweet Roland GR 20, ill be laughing...

How easy is it to get a good sound out of it? Ive had it for awhile now and i can get some lovely tones out of it .
How about Editing patches? Its pretty easy to edit the patchs i find.
How is the manual for it (if there is one)? It explains enough in the manual to give you a understanding of its basic functions .

What setup (i.e. what guitars and amps) are you using this with? I use a Ibanez S670FM straight into the G9 , i basically use it as a modeller direct into my comp , i also use various pedals with it aswell .
Is it noisy? On what settings? I do find its a touch noisy, as i don't think much to the noisegates on the G9 , so i just have them on min , but in honesty i think thats more to do with outside interference then the unit being noisy .
Can you get the sound of your favorite artists? Who are they? I play alot of diffrent styles and i find the G9 is excellent for recreating tones on , i can get a near perfect Satriani , Vai , Timmons tones out of it , then get some other lovely tones to like blues, clean , jazz ,neoclassical, rock, metal , fusion , in honesty you can recreate pretty much anything you want to on this (if your heros don't use heavily modded setups ) .
Are certain effects (distortion, chorus, ...) very good? Very bad? I wasn't sure about the delays , reverbs when first using them but they have grown on me now and seem to be decent, as do alot of the other effects aswell , the only thing i can really fault is the noisegates , i don't think there very good but everything else sounds excellent .

Can you depend on it? Well i haven't had it long enough to say if its super reliable but i had a podxt before this and that started to go wrong only after a year n a half, so im hoping this will last longer lol .

If you've dealt with the company, how helpful/friendly were they? Once again i haven't had to contact them yet .

What style of music do you play? Is this a good match? In honesty for modern hi gain settings the G9 is fantastic , the tubes do really just give it a slight edge and more realism i find to settings like these (like legato feels alot less work on this , as it was on my podxt), one thing i will say tho is i think the G9 can be tweaked to suit many styles/tones etc but if your looking to buy one and your coming from other modellers like the line6's etc , then make sure you have some decent pedals (like distortion, overdrive etc ) , as the G9 as a modeller dosen't have its own stomp boxs to go with your patchs(it only has them for its preamp use with a real amp ) , still with pedals infront of it i think it sounds fantastic , i do prefer it over the line6 podxt .
Anything you wish it had? One thing i wish it did have is a tube preamp model , i understand running it into a amp like that is np but for using the G9 as a modeller i do wish it had that feature, so you can use it for vocals/acoustic mic'd up , although you can use it for those through other means it would still be cool to have on this .

Its easy to edit patches. The input settings are simple knobs.
Beware the depth. SOOO much depth, it'll take a lifetime to explore all of the options this thing has.

Excelent. Considering the number of options its ridiculous. The feel is great.

NOW LISTEN CAREFULLY. I NEVER DID WHEN I READ REVIEWS CONTAINING THIS KIND OF INFORMATION.

It is not as simple as editing patches to get a good sound from a multieffects. When you open up the box and plug it in and start having a tantrum, " Its so digital and horrible, i wasted all that money," etc. It takes tweaking of the things you're plugging it into. Im not going to go into detail my problems, but I will tell you that WITH TIME, this will produce a kickass sound, just give it time, figure it out.

Tankos.

i sent 2 emails. 1 got replied to.

Overall give it time and a bit of effort, you will love it.

Well,that part is kind of a trick,it is easy enough to just plug in and play,using their presets while you take the time to read the book and make your own.That is a good trade,the presets arnt that great but you do get a sample of what you can do.You dont have to read the manual before you play it you just must before you make your own.I pluged into mine 10 min after it arrived and played for 5 hours non stop without touching the book.Only made it through a few presets too,each one just inspired jamming more

the sound quallity is flat out amazing,sooooo much more than i expected.I have been building my own pedals for 15 years and have either owned the real deal or made clones of any boutique pedal you can imagine,i wanted a compact multi effects unit for practicing with out all of the patch cords and pedalboards and deciding if i wanted the wah ect ect.I would have been totaly satisfied if it was half of what it is.Any sound that is in your head is in that box,it just might take time to adjust it in,there are so many good even amp models that it is easy to wander.i finally settled on working on 1 patch at a time and man,with just 10 full patches i can call up anything from country to metal.It would be impossible to tell this thing from the boutiques,i can tell if my bias is off .5 volts in a fuzzface but i cant tell this thing from my fuzzface,well its not my fuzzface anynmore,after this alot of my old gear went on e bay.
After owning it for 3 months,you could give me a cd of anyone and i can make you a patch that isnt just close or in the ballpark,you would be playing the cd.

so far no problems,it is built like a tank but some of the stories make me wonder.I use it live now and with all the loot i made on e bay i bought another that only came out of the box 1 time to make sure it worked and to transfer my presets in case i need it quick.I made so much on there i almost felt bad for selling a tonebender for 360 when the poor sucker could have had one of these for 40 more.I can call up the tonebenders sound so closely that the only difference is less noise.

no need yet

the biggest thing that i can pass on or mention is this,if this is the most expencive peice of gear you own,you will not be happy,it will not turn your gorilla into a firebreathing marshall,or you kalamazoo into a fender tweed.noor will it turn you epiphone into jimmi pages les paul.if you love the sound of your guitar plugged straigt into your amp already and are looking for versitility and great effects then your search is over brother,buy one of these and start getting the sounds out of your soul,the long journey is over,it took me 25 years of playing and literally tons of gear and money to get here,but man it is so worth it.a few tips i have learned that are worth noting start with amps,i have several tube amps and loath solidstate amps.i have 1 roland cube and while a nice amp it didnt respond well to this board,all of the tubes sounded amazing,even a epiphone tube 10 with just 1 preamp tube.it wont make a small combo sound like a stack like aloot of people expect apparently,but through a 4x12 it will make any tube amp go from sparkling fender to out of control boutique,i even a/b ed my krankenstein and a fender blues jr with a 4x12 and it sounded like the same amp in stereo,just took some time to figure what i was doing.another weird thing is it seems to like hotter pickups better,even for mellow stuff,the acoustic simulator is so acurate but when you would expect to be using your necck pickup with the volume rolled back,it sounds better with an invader in the bridge position cranked.i used an ibanez neckthrough with ann invader and an esp neck through with a jb and they sound awesome,i just couldnt get my sg with burstbuckers to sound right till i plluged the guitar into a tube pre amp first,then it sounded great as well.i tried 3 different emg active pickups and was disapointed,go figure

This is a revision to my comments from:
Submitted 12/19/2006 at 03:23pm by Jim G.

First off, after going through extensive frustration with my sound between my guitar and amp, I spent lots of time researching, evaluating and experimenting with all of the components of my gear.

My main conclusion about the Zoom G9.2tt, is that it does not have a high quality bypass like I originally posted and simply sucks tone. While initially it may appear to be transparent, once you start really testing this against other resources, you find that it does suck tone, which is unacceptable IMO.

I started with changing my cables to Fulltone, which produced a substantial difference in my tone. Once I was able to test the basic tone of the Zoom v. straight into the amp, the tone difference was obvious, especially in areas like pick attack and articulation. No amount of tweaking I did with any of the basic knobs on the unit would solve this issue.


At this point, if someone is serious about having great tone from the devices they use with their guitar amps, I recommend they stay away completely from ME units and move towards some of the higher end pedals that really make a difference.

I think once someone begins to really dig into this issue, they will find there really is a difference and the difference will affect your playing and tone substantially.

Save button and one of the other ones basically broke after 1.5 years. I did save lots of times, but a $400 unit broke after 1.5 years?

This is my 2nd ME unit to do this. No more for me.

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Out of warranty.

My advice: If you can afford it...dump your MEs and look at using devices made by Fulltone, Xotic and a few other boutique pedal makers. Also use rack mounted devices for any effects loops.

Some of the top selling brands of pedals suck tone if you take the time to check them out.

Do your homework and always buy where you can return the items. You efforts will be rewarded with better tone than you've ever had.

They all have a bit of learning curve, all multi-effects devices. To save settings is simple, but it takes a bit of time before you see the simplicity, as there are so many features.

Great, this is the draw, the tubes make a difference.

This is the one I had bad experience with. I am updating an earlier review, having new information. See customer support below.

Earlier I complained about warranty being voided because they found animal hair in it. I still feel strongly that the switches should not have failed so quickly, and am doubtful some animal hair was the cause. I have many computers and keyboards in the house, on the floor, have had not problems. And I leave them on all the time.

But the technician got on my good side, he told me I could attempt to fix it myself, I should be able to replace the switches if I am careful and patient about taking it apart. He sent me some diagrams, and offered to give me some advice when I did it if I needed that. So I will give him good marks on that.

Well, with premature failure in my opinion, and it not being repairable, well I can't be real favorable. But still, if I can't fix it, I may buy another, and just be careful about not doing anything that could void warranty, to keep it covered when I am not using it, as I have a dog and cats. AmericanMusical doubles your warranty. I mean, it really is a nice sounding unit. And I like two expression pedals (I consider the 3 useless, the one that swivels). I just wanted to be fair to the company, the guy was decent as he could be I think, under his circumstances. I will just be careful to get 2 years warranty, and be real careful with it as I said, keep it covered when I am not using it. That is, if I can't fix the one I have now.

it's easy to use

i use a fender strat with a marshall valvestate,there is too much noise in the dirty channels but the Znr kills that noise but it kills the sustain as well i don't know what to do for keeping the sustain without noise.

I play guitar from 12 years ago i'm into the blues,rock & jazz.
i have a zoom 4040 which has a great sound.

I'm still working with the G9 & i hope i could get the sound that i want.
It's prests needs a lot of adjustments to hear a good sound from it.

The G9.2tt has ready to use patches that need slight tweaking to sound fantastic. As with most pedals, most patches are completely unnecessary--used only to show all the effects and combinations. Setting up A/B channels s simple, programming the pedals is logical, and anything that doesn't make sense is easily found in the manual.
The pedal is surprisingly easy to pull apart as well (you will too when you realize the low quality of the factory tubes). Much more simple that I would have thought.

On a scale from "vintage tube amp" to "the eighties" this effects processor gets pretty darn close to "vintage tube amp". I have replaced both tubes with a JJ pream tube and a Tungsol post amp tube, and the sound has improved dramatically. I primarily play through a pair of Etymotics with my Epiphone Les Paul, and I have loved the sound. There is a lot of cabinet modeling and "air" effects that really bring a sense of space into the sound. I also play through a blackface Fender Princeton which allowed the pedal to open up.
I would rate this a 10 in comparison to other effects that I have played (VOX, Boss, Line6, etc), but let's be honest--we're all looking for more than just sounding like a good multi-effects processor. We want to sound like boutique effects and vintage amps, right. So an 8 is quite generous.

I have not had it that long, but I do feel like this is built exceptionally well. The tube sockets are of low quality and are poorly attached (crooked), but that has little to do with reliability. The pedal is solid and the switches are quiet and responsive. I would feel a lot better with a gig bag, but everything seems just as solid as the other pedals of this ilk.

I play a host of music in a host of styles. I mostly fall into an alt-country, blues vibe. I have been playing for about 12 years, and have needed a quiet solution to playing electric guitar. This fit the bill precisely. I love that I can play great, distorted rock n' roll in my small apartment as my son sleeps... I also love the auxiliary jack to play along with other music through headphones or through an amp.
Knowing what I was getting into, I have not been disappointed. This is not a replacement for great vintage amps. The effects are digital, though they are also smoothed over with a tube preamp and post-amp. It is what it is, and it does a better job of producing musical sounds than any other pedal I tried. I am a penny-pincher as well as a tone-monger. I found the best deal for my money in this pedal.
All that aside, this pedal does sounds great. It's probably not as great as buying boutiquey effects, but no one's going to notice besides the guy who is out more than $500 on his pedal collection--and even he might not notice.
I have also used the Z pedal more than I thought. I generally use it for gain settings, which works really well for a bit of a boost.

Not real easy to figure out from the instructions, but not a big deal, you get it eventually.

This is the good point

This is the bummer. A few patch switches started required several pushes to work after about 4 or 5 months. Over time it got worse, and then about 10 of them failed completely, meaning I could make no more changes. It took a month for them to get to it. It was out of warranty, but my credit card doubles the warranty. I was told that he found animal hair in it, voided warranty. I can understand that, have cats and a dog. But I have had them for years, and 7 or 8 computers on the floor (I am a programmer) and other electrical devices, and have never had problems. My TV has worked for 10 years. CD player, every thing. No problems. Not sure why the cats picked on the Zoom box. Keyboards work on computers, and they all get junk in them. I don't believe for a second that a few animal hairs causes 10 switches one by one to fail. I will NEVER buy another product from ZOOM. They do not support their product well, that is obvious, and will use any flimsy excuse to void your warranty. Parts are probably junk, you get what you pay for. Switches should not fail because of a few animal hairs, it they did, it was poorly engineered. I know what junk gets pulled into my computers, never a problem. Besides, I think the animal hairs had nothing to do with this, just an excuse.

Slow

I just will never buy another product, from a company that I have judged to play hard ball regarding warranty. Many companies will give you the benefit of the doubt, they want a good reputation. Oh, you have to pay for your estimate. Between shipping and that, I am out $75 to be told my cats did it.

Tricky catagory...
this pedal has a ton of effect potential.
you can layer up 2 effects at once and control them with one foot on a 4 way pedal (up, down, and side to side)
dont know much about the processing unit inside it, but it provides an a huge variety of chorus, wahs, reverbs, delays, and amp models.
coupled to that are the energizer and accelerator tubes that are completely variable

translation:
get ready to sit down for a loooooong time to find a sound that really suits your taste, or maybe im just picky.

Good news, its got 50 preset patches, so you can ultimately plug in and play off the bat. some are pretty accurate, some are abismal. go figure.

one huge advantage of this thing is that patches can be edited or swaped to different bank locations.
Translation: you can assign the 5 tones you use most to a single bank, which is accessible from the 5 foot switches.

Manual was good. i didnt read much of it, but it did offer some cool tricks.

also comes with a direct digital out and cubase recording software.

yippee, hooray!

i play 4 guitars through this:
- fender showmaster
- Jackson rr24
- Jackson kelly
- fender HM strat

What i have really been leaning toward while using this unit is metal. not so much thrash and death metal, but lead driven prog metal.
it took me a looong time to find the lead tone i was looking for, but DAMN am I now glad.
Quality of the sound is really expandable because of the tubes, which really fill out your sound and brighten harmonics.
some of the amp models available are really well done. you can get excellent driven tone from the modern rectifier, and boutique preset diezel and engl. IMO the marshall drive is a little muffled and bass heavy, but im sure tweaking it could yeild something good.
on top of amp models, you have a bunch of stomp box models, which are dead on to the originals (or at least the ones i have owned).
The only thing i have to say that i do not like about the drive channels on this thing is that i havent found a good setting for rythm playing. i cant get good chord articulation for fast stuff on the lower strings, especially in lower tunings. if you are someone who LOVES to chord on the bottom strings at machine like speeds, you may need some extra tweaking, but may have better luck dialing it out of your own amp.

the crunch presets are pretty good, but i prefer using any of the high gain ones and turning the gain down and tubes all the way up. not enough info to give a good idea...

the cleans on this are reaaaaaaaally versatile. you have everything from your Fender clean (that gives you a nice bluesy/jazz box sound) to your Roland JC series, that gets along GREAT with all the effects (just like the real thing!)

I only have 2 problems with the cleans, and they are more to do with the effects associated with them than anything else.
1) the compressor does not seem to want to compress the sound with any of the clean settings. instead of sustaining, it does some weird noise gate/ reverse delay type thing whenever you hit a note. cool if your trying to sound like satriani, otherwise a pain in the ass.
2) the tube settings are universal. that means if you have them cranked all the way on your favorite drive channel and switch to your clean setting, your shimmering cleans are breaking into crunchy overdrive. would have reaaaaaaallly been happier to see the tube settings assignable to each channel, but i think that would have driven the price of this through the roof.

i definitely depend on this thing. i have dropped it out of my car on various ocasions, and everything still works.

no repairs necessary. tubes are still working fine, and circuitry seems to be holding up. the zoom website has downloadable patches, which can offer some cool ideas.

VERDICT:
i have found a tone that i dont think i will ever get out of an amp (tube or otherwise) on its own.
personally, dont use this much for effects. its got them if i need them, but i use it as a colossal preamp in stead. its kind of funny when people come over and play it and say "its too easy to sound good through". lucky me.
this is definitely the tone i was hearing in my head, although it took the better part of 6 monthes to dial in.

again as a warning:
for intricate lead work, arpeggios, scales and the like... this thing is awesome, absolutely awesome.

getting your heavy chords works, but at subsonic speeds. not saying you cant do it, its just muddies up. strangely enough, you can play single note runs even faster and theres no problem....

the tubes in this thing are probably the biggest selling point. they were the reason that this tore the boss GT-8 apart when i was trying it out, as well as many pods.

i will be critical on one thing...
the usb direct out is easy to use, but the sound of the console on its own sounds sickening. coming out of the amp, everything is wonderful. plugging it in straight to your sound card (or headphones straight into the effects unit) gives the most sterile and sucked dry tone i have ever laid ears upon. you can still manage a decent sound when recording via direct out, but your gonna have to eq the damn thing for a while. from my experience, the pod xt sounds much better for direct out recording.
however, if you want any recording to sound really good, your probably going to mic your amp anyways. i mostly use the direct out to save a cool idea when it happens, not for making recording quality music, so the abismal direct out quality is not really a significant factor.


***side note: my direct out issues may also be the result of the sound card in my computer. im still not convinced this is the case though, because listening through headphones into the pedal itself is just as bad. definitely do yourself the favor and plug your headphones right into the amp....

Hard to be satisfied with this one, the distortions and OD's just don??t sound right, and the cabinet mods and the tubes tweaked don??t help. Beatiful effects though, I use a lot of delay, you can do amazing things with the Z-pedal.

Don??t expect to get all that this thing can do in a week, it took me a month to get used to all of the features, but over all, once you get it, it??s easy.

Manual covers just about everything in a detailed way.

I??m using an Ibanez RG with various amps, from small 15w to 100w marshalls. Advice: tweak the tubes and DON'T use the cabinet mods, I wanted a heavy but defined sound for riffs (I play mostly prog-alt-rock-metal), and it??s practically imposible, I was never satisfied. Although it has quite a large selection of preamps, none of them felt right for this. Too fuzzy, or not too defined.

Delays are really great. The z-pedal is like heaven, every mfx should have it.

Most of the distortions and OD's are just lame, unless you want it to play blues or alt-rock, then maybe you'll like it. None of the preamp models sound like they're supposed to sound, but if you're not too critical, or you never heard them before, they're fine.

The tubes are the only thing that keeps the distortions for being a complete failure.

This is where I drop the hammer.

My unit lasted 4 MONTHS. Then some power failure due to the AC adapter failing turn it completely useless. The backlight of the lcd display turns on and nothing else happens. So I took it to an official tech help and they said, after 2 weeks, that the Mainboard is damaged, and that fixing the unit could be done by replacing it with one new, wich costs about 75% of what I originally paid for it.

5 months later I??m still pissed. DON'T BUY IT.

When this happened I e-mailed everywhere, even zoom corp on japan, demanding an explanation. They said they regret what happened, but couldn't help me. My local distribuitor (audiomusica.com, in Chile) only gave me a 3 month warranty. I??m not willing to pay that much for fixing it, I only used it 4 MOTNHS, I still can't believe it. So yeah, costumer support, CRAP.

I play Prog-rock mixed with diferent styles, but always with the element of heavy yet defined riffs. This unit didn't cut it for me.

I've been playing for 10 years, I own a BOSS ME-50, it has never let me down, although I'm not satisfied with the sound, at least I can trust Boss.

I'm now saving to buy a Boss GT-8 or something better. I??m NEVER buying ZOOM products again.

I loved the delays and the built in tubes. Hated the cheap Zoom reliability. Fav feature: Z-pedal.

I just bought this because in that time I couldn't afford a Boss Gt-8, or Line 6, and I was in a hurry because I had gigs to do... never again. You get what you pay for.

I wish it had MORE RELIABLE PARTS.

It helped for a while, experimenting with it opened new creative ways. But then... don't buy it.

I just want to say that Zoom products have this bad reputation for a reason. Now I know it for sure.

Stock sounds are ok. I don't know why they made so many factory sounds with crazy effects. I really just wanted to have lots of GREAT sounds I could tweak just a bit for my own use. Anyway, I created my own sounds using the software editor and a MIDI connection.

Editing patches is good, but not great. There is a USB port on the back, but it's only for using this unit for recording. I don't know why they couldn't use this port for editing the patches. Anyway, you need both the MIDI In and Out ports connected to your computer to utilize all editing features. Once I installed the softare, it took about an hour for me to figure it out. To write save changes on the G9, you have to send ALL data to it. You cannot edit one patch at a time, but it only stays in the computer until you "Send All" to the G9. Not the greatest, but it sure beats editing on the G9 directly.

Manual is good. I've had to refer to it several times and found my answer each time.

Firmware was 1.07 and 1.08 was posted on their website. So I attempted to install it from Windows Vista. During the firmware update, it errored out. When I powered on the G9, it was dead. I had power, nothing else happened. I tried several times but got the same error. I dual boot my computer between XP and Vista, so I gave it a try from XP. Same error. However, my XP installation didn't have .NET 1.1 installed (which I thought it did), and this is a requirement for the updater. So I installed .NET 1.1 and installed it under XP. The update worked just fine, and the G9 started working again. Whew!

I use an Ibanez S520 guitar plugged into a portable Yamaha mixer and then into my computer. I mainly play at home writing and recording. For live use, I'll play this through a Marshall MG250DFX, but I'll connect the G9 to the left and right Return inputs on the back. So the amp is pretty much just loud box.

The G9 is pretty quiet except when using patches with lots of gain. But that's to be expected from anything with lots of gain.

Effects are good. I upgraded to the G9 from a BOSS GT-3 which had wonderful effects. But I don't get crazy with effects, and the G9 does a good enough job.

As I stated, I mainly plug the G9 into my mixer then into my computer. I like the fact there 10 banks to be used for "direct" play into a mixer and another 10 banks for "live" use. I was hoping I could edit a patch for "direct" use at home, then just turn off the cabinet simulator and save the patch in the equivalent "live" patch area. Depending on the sound, you may need to adjust the preamp settings a bit between the "direct" and "live" patches to make them sound the same.

Looks like it was build very good. Seems to be solid and durable.

I can't afford a backup, so I won't be using one. I'm not worried about it though.

I've emailed Zoom in Japan and Samson in the U.S.A. (the Zoom distributer here) asking some presales questions. The Samson rep emailed a reply the same day. And a reply from Japan took a few days. Both answered my questions. I even spoke with the Samson rep who was very helpful and courteous.

I play melodic rock. I've setup my own patches to give me some clean, blues, and rock sounds. I'm not into metal, but there are some awesome metal sounds here.

I've been playing for 20 years. Sold my old Boss GT-3 and upgraded to this. Definately a step in the right direction.

If I lost this thing, I'd probaby buy it again. For the features and prices, it's awesome!

What I love: I love the sounds, the sexy look, the price.

What I don't love: It's kinda big, so I'm having a hard time finding a case for it. Editing patches from the computer could be improved. There is no digital out on this! The USB audio port is only 16bit. If it was 24 bit, I wouldn't care so much for the lack of digital out. So I'm better off just recording this using the audio out ports into my M-audio 2496 sound card which supports 24bit audio.

I was looking at the Boss GT-8, Line6 X3 Live, and the VOX Tonelab LE.

Listened to the GT-8, but I didn't really hear a lot of difference from my Boss GT-3. I'm sure the quality of the sounds is better, and I did like the dual preamp feature.

I really considered the X3 Live, but read so many negative reviews about the construction of the unit and so many firmware issues. So I stayed away.

I almost bought the Tonelab LE. I really believe having a tube warms the sound up, which is what I like. But then I found the Zoom locally and had to buy it.

For the price, features, and quality, this unit is wonderful!

If you're reading this then you're like me and researching.I bought this item and can honestly say I love it.A person can tweak on this thing forever.It's not real hard if you read the manual.I sold a Zoom G2.1u to get this and don't regret it a bit.Like I said ,the sounds you can get, if you take the time, are limitless.You can edit patches directly , or with a downloaded librarian(requires a MIDI/USB interface).However the manual is helpful,if you are doing it directly.10 because I understand it, a novice may have difficulty.

I am running various Ibanez (7 different ones total) guitars through this and a Randall half stack.The sounds I'm getting are awsome.But, I took time and tweaked the sound.The ZNR is top notch.It eliminates a lot of noise, and can be tailored to suit.So far I haven't found any bad effacts, but I've tweaked on almost all of them for my sound/amp/guitar preferences.If you take time with it ,it'll make you very happy.Remember though,it's a board, not individual effects.There are combinations of effects that can't be obtained because they are on the same "bank".But overall I give it a 10 because I can manipulate it very well.

So far it's held up.However, I'm very careful with my equipment.As with anything i'm sure , if you abuse it , it'll fail.I, however ,don,t anticipate any problems.I'd gig without a backup.

I haven't had to deal with them,but ,I've used other ZOOM products without a problem.

I don't know if there is a style I don't play.I've played for 25 years,used several pedals/amps/guitars,etc.I am pretty impressed with ZOOM.I would more than likely buy another G9.2tt if this one were stolen.Ther isn't too much I don't like about it.Don't get me wrong, it does have it's limitations(it's a processor,not individal effects),but I can deal with them.Take your time, do your research.If you're like me , you pinch pennys, get the best sound for your buck, and have the ability to use what you have.I've done that with this processor,and don't plan on getting rid of it for a while.(until the next latest and greatest.lol).
Buy it , you won't be disappointed

You must spend some time with it, like a girl, to get best results.

Editing patches is a strange mix of knob twiddling and routing parameters which turns out to be pretty comprehensive, but a bit awkward.

Manual is in about 4 parts, it includes an in depth look at all the effects and modelling amps presets which will have guitar fx anoraks creaming themselves with joy, also instructions on how to use it as an asio driver via the version of cubase it is shipped with.

I dont copy anyone else, I want my own sounds and with this its fairly easy, the distortion and double tube is what is immense about this pedal board - two tubes, three controls, accelerator, energizer, and boost. It can sound totally filthy if you turn them all up, or you can turn them all down and just have solid state sound.

No noise, the znr noise reduction is astounding. I think zoom do the best NR in the world.

Im not using it through an amp, Im DI'ing it into my pc soundcard for recording.

Its metal innit. One of the switches has started to go though after only a couple of months use, so thats crap.

Never dealt with tme, yet.

May try and get the switch repaired if it gets worse.

I play everything really, I am a sound artist, so it literally is a sound pallette for me.

I wish the FX section could be configured more in order and that it had a few wider parameters, I was very disappointed with the intelligent harmoniser. Its toss. But it was damn cheap for what it has done for my creativity so...

I found it to be a bit intriuging, and i think its the first time that i have really read a product manual thru n thru.
The manual is not perfect (somehow, i think Line6 hits the right note in that dept). Am still fuzzy about assigning mods to the Pedals.
Apart from the pedals, i think everything is pretty straightforward, and marked out clearly, so u need not have a steep learning curve to get the most out of this one.

The Z-Pedal is an intuitive control. You can spend hours experimenting on the possible combinations of sound that you can make up with this. Not to forget the extra pedal on the left is always handy for vol or mod effects.

Another gripe is u need a MIDI interface to edit patches using the computer. Crazy!
Also, the USB audio monitor seems to have a very low sound. Am not sure how to work this out. But again, the manual is not of much help.

Out of the box, it is amazing. Actually, about half the patches are really great and need very little tweaking. The artist tones seem to be okay. Not perfect, but usable.
The tubes really set this baby apart.

I play a Kramer 422SM Striker (1 Quad rail, 2 Dual rail pix).
I use and old (really OLD) indian made amp (which is basically a speaker, connected to a amp circuit, with 3 knobs, bass, treble and vol, packaged in a wooden box). Damn thing doesnt even have a plug. And I have never gotten any sort of "tone" out of this amp.

Until now. The tube adds an amazing amount of warmth and crunch to the tone. I used a Korg 3000G on the same amp and it gave a muddy and digital tone. The 9.2tt seems to just take the amp for a spin and churns out an amazing tone. And there are two tubes! And u can hear the distinct difference in tones from either of them very clearly.
The option to mix the analog signal with the solidstate signal makes this a true hybrid.
Tried the 7.1t at the shop. It just cant compare to the 9.2tt in terms of sound. Podxt Live sounded as good (maybe slightly better, if you are not into metal), but was ridiculously expensive (1.5 times the cost of the 9.2tt).

I luv it.

Have had it only for a day now. But the damn thing is built like a tank as I have read on so many reviews. Apart from breaking the valves, i cant think of a way how the 9.2tt can go bad in the immiediate future.

In India... hah!

The website is good. Got to download some interesting stuff. Not bad i guess.

I play stuff from Satriani, Metallica, to a bit of Indian classical and pop rock.
The tones I get from the 9.2tt seem to be very versatile. What really blows my mind is that I can get a great tone from a screwed up amp like the one I have.
In fact, I think the best option for an amp would be one without any drive/effects channel. I plan to buy a bass amp to use with my 9.2tt.

And I got it cheap (comparatively). I actually went to buy a Podxt live. But when i heard both 9.22tt and Podxt live, they sounded pretty close to me in terms of quality. The two tubes on the 9.2tt make all the difference. And its way cheaper than the Podxt live.

I have recently purchased this Zoom Pedal from local dealer. This is a Multi-Effects pedal.This pedal comes with a manual and it tells you want certain things do, but it is not very informative. You have to spend some time with it in order to get the fullest amount of it. I still dont know how to use Two amps to produce different sounds from each one. If someone does please tell me.

This is very good from what I used to use (an old Digitech multi-effects pedal). Turning up the TUBE control to drive the 12AX7 produces warm crunch with rich harmonics. Popular names such as Fender, Marshall, and VOX to modern amps including MESA BOOGIE, Hughes & Kettner, and Diezel. G9.2tt comprises 120 effects in 10 modules. I am trying to run a VOX ac30 Combo one the right and a Marshall JCM 800 stack on the left. I dont know how to switch from the two I dont know if it is capable of doing it.

Only owed it for about a month.

Its a great Multi effects pedal only it doesn't really go into detail of what certain effects do and how to do different Sets ups and why.

It's easy for me though, maybe cos I'm used to most of the multieffects. If you're having a hardtime with editing it use the editing software(you need to download it) The manual that came with it is very detailed as well.

This is got to be one of the best at the moment, I've got digitech and line6 product this item is just badass, seriously though I sold off my podxt for this, this damn thing have got two tubes in it, I think that's the main reason it sounded damn good, it's just thick and juicy, The preamp modelling too is great, I've never tried any other amps that it modelled after but I do try the fender twin reverb and it just react and feel the same way as the original. I normally use this product bypassing other preamp. The ZNR that came with it is just magic, it doesn't suck the tone like the normal noisegate, and it's just damn quiet. The other effects like the delay and the chorus are just great!

Yeap I can but the knob drop off and I need to use glue to stick em back, other than that it looks like a tank.

I've emailed em before buying, and I have to say the reply quite slow.

I'm playing for a progressive metal band, and this thing just handle it like a pro. At home I play mostly blues and rock stuff and it's jsut great.

It's not really plug-n-play. There are a lot of functions and settings and in order to get the most out of it you have to spend time tweaking it. That said, you don't need to be a rocket scientist either.

The sounds here are really top notch. You can find everything here from crystal cleans to Hi-gain stuff and everything in between.
The accelerator tube really adds warmth and dynamics (The crunch sounds are really dynamic compared to other digital processors).
The effects are very good. You have all kinds of choruses, delays, reverbs and others to choose from.
The only thing I don't like is that you can't change the order of effects freely. You can control the order of general blocks, but not everything. That said, this is not that annoying.
The cabinet sims are also great and I use it a lot when playing through headphones.

This thing is built to last. All metal with heavy duty switches.
I wouldn't kick the expression pedals too hard though

Never had to use it.

I've been playing for 5 years on and off, and this thing is very good for the price.

Its more easy to use than my old Boss GT-6, changin patches its really a matter of taste and almost all Pre amps are really good
Got to be carefull when creating a patch and giving it the precise amount of Accelerator (tube or solid state) and again with the Energeizer (tube and boost)
Creating Patches its much more easy if you use the Editor Librarian that you can download at zoom web site. Some things are a bit dificult to understand in the manual concerning Midi Capabilities of this monster, and yes i think in the future The firmversion will be available as the zoom guys told me in an email.

This is where the G9 comes best performing, with internal 32 bit audio engine chipset and output at 24 bits you get the best of the best. I have worked with it in my simple stereo and sounds pretty pretty amazing and tweakin the Energizer and Accelerator knobs the right way you can feel you are playing a Tube Amp (sounded much better than my Marshall Valvestate, wich i used to love) and get amazing tube sounds with my current Marshall Stack 100W and with the right Pre Amp you can get distort as hell. The ones i like personaly are the Marshall JCM 2000, the Engl Drive, The Rat Stomp box and the Extreme Dist, but you can choose others like Metalzone fanatics, Peavy, Diezel, Fenders, etc. I dont know why some G9 users claim 2 things. First, they claim that the Wahs are not good, Damn i recorded some track with my sonar along with Timmo Tolki Song "Are You The One" and the Vox, Crybaby and MultiWah sounded Exactly the same as for Range and Sound....yeah yeah you probably want to buy an external Wah that use Mr. Vai or Mr. Satch but then is just impressions, i found the Wahs better in sound/range than my old boss GT-6 (when run high gain sounds on gt6 the wahs go almost unreachable) with the G9 i can use Xtrem Dist and the Wahs does not lose Range or Sound (sorry, i cant explain better in English, i am a Colombian user. the other thing was the Pedals to be fragil. i cant understand those words, mine is built like a tank. i have to recognize triggering the wah with any of the expression pedals its hard but i found a way to get them more easily. Just put some kind of sticker into the trigger button under the pedal, the amount you think you need and problem solved.

Ok, finally i am very happy with a Multieffects, Nice sounds Nice Cleans and Nice Crunch and High Gain Sounds

And guys, learn to dial your own tones, the Cleans are ok not bad as some users claim.

I only use it Live and in the Studio so i depend on it a lot.
One advice: you can have the G9 to act like a professional Audio Interface and play with all your Amp Sims the best way and use the G9 Tubes to get tubes sounds from let me think...ohh yes, that amplitube 2, Guitar Rig 2 and Revalver 2. The Combination of sound are endless and dont worry if you only have one Cab Sim, get it to work with The Cabs Sims on Revalver II and/or Trash Cabs and you will rock hard, Althought The G9 Cab Sim is pretty Amazing only thing is that lack on Parameters

I have mailed at Zoom several times, and several answers i got.

I Play Almost Every music i can lay on my guitar and hands and yes, its a good match but i think is aimed more for Metal Users than for lets say Jazz or Pop users (better stick with Boss Gt-8 for those Special Effects). I??ve been playing for 3 years and owned a Boss GT-6, Pod XT Live, GT-8 and some Amp Sim Plugins and nothing of the above match the quality of my Zoom G9 that i think personally of course so dont go to discuss with me, the G9 does the Job for me because i Love Metal and Guitar Playing. If it were stolen then i buy my self another G9 or expect to Boss to come out with a unit that has same features like the G9. Personally i think GT-8 is the winner in Modulation Effects and G9 wins on its Killer Tones, Clean, Crunch or High Gain Sounds.

Great sounds right out of the box, some editing is tricky (for me), but read the manual a couple of times and you'll get it down, REALLY versitle!!! Extra assignable/programmable pedals are the best thing since sliced bread!!!

Use with a B52 AT212 or Boogie Nomad 212 100 combos and it sounds killer with either. Only downside I could find are the wah simulations. Just can't tweak them enough to sound right so I'm using an external Crybaby 535 since my OLD DeArmond weeper went out on me. Also wish I could get that "strings" sound that my Boss GT-6 gets.

Here's where it's hurting. After about one year, the right pedal started to get this loud "squeak". After numerous messages left and emails written to Zoom, they finally told me to return it for repair since there is nobody authorized in metro Atlanta GA. Rather then packing it up and paying $20. shipping, I decided to take it apart myself to check out. Amazing what a little WD-40 can do!!!! BUT! One month later the #2 footswitch went out completely and again numerous phone calls and emails finally got me an RMA # to return to factory for repair so I shipped it right away. THREE WEEKS LATER I still have not received it so 2 more phone calls I got a guy who told me repairs should take 4 to 6 weeks from day of receipt!!!

See RELIABILITY above! They are BAD...Nice guys but the service is SLOW SLOW SLOW!!! Still waiting so I am glad I didn't sell my GT-6 which I am rediscovering.

I'll play just about anything from country to metal and everything in between. Been playing about 30 years and have the BOSS GT-6 and a gazillion stompboxes, an original Line 6 AXYS, and misc. vintage heads, cabs, and combos. Main Axes are an older Parker Fly Deluxe, 69 Paul Goldtop with mini 'buckers and an Ibanez 540S LTD w/ Dimarzios. If it got stolen I would definetely shop for another brand. Been looking at zoom drum machines but after this I will have to go with Boss. I LOVE the sound and versitilty and especially the dual pedals but the reliability is just not there. I shopped ALL the other multieffects before buying this. Really do love it but it is way too FRAGILE...

This unit is pretty simple to use when it comes to editing patches. There are several amp models. Combine this with a ton of tone-shaping controls (3 band EQ, presence, lo-mid, harmonics, etc.) you can come up with any sound. Zoom even took the time the describe each amp model with their actual real-world counterpart names a separate sheet. Needless to say, the manual is good. I didn't even read the whole thing, I just read as much as I needed to understand how to start creating patches. And they aren't kidding about the save speed, this thing saves your patches inst