Zoom GFX-707

Preset patches give you pleanty of different sounds to play with straight away.
A quick flick through the manual allows you to easily fine tune a patch to add a bit more gain, reverb, volume etc then easily set it back to default when you decide you like the original sound better but can't work out what the settings were.
The manual is quite good for this product.

Compared to todays multi effects units or a single effect stomp box, the sounds arn't that great.

Bought this new in 2001 and used this with a crappy strat copy and crappy sounding 10W practice amp.
I went from having the option of a terrible clean sound or a terrible distorted sound from the guitar/amp combination to having access to many great new sounds that actually made my guitar/amp sound quite decent with this unit.It made playing a lot more fun because you could scroll through the pre-sets.... hey, that sounds like ACDC, that one sounds like GNR, that sounds like this song or that song ..etc. So this unit is great for that purpose.

8 years later and using this unit with either a fender strat or a les paul going through a fender amp or valve jr this is still fun to use if you need a particular sound quickly. I only use about 5 of the patches regularly though. They don't sound fantastic but they are definately usable for practicing with or working out what type of effects you like so you can go and buy a proper effect pedal.

By comparison, my cheap danelectro FAB chorus pedal sounds fantastic compared to the chorus in the ZOOM and my TS808 makes the overdrive/distortion from the ZOOM sound absolutely dreadfull.

I would have rated the sound much higher 5 years ago but if I had only recently bought this unit I would rate it much much lower so I will compromise on this score.

After about 5 hours use the solder from the input jack terminal broke free so I had to repair it. It has lasted 8 years since that repair with no other faults.

I would never gig with this because I don't think it was ever designed for that. Its more of a bedroom, garage jam session toy. Also it doesn't seem sturdy enough and although the battery's last a while, there is an annoying hum every time the display flashes a low battery warning.

Never needed it.

I've been playing for 15 years and currently play seagull accoustic, fender strat, epiphone les paul gold top and a few other lesser known guitars.
I use a fender FM65 for my clean amp sounds and an epiphone valve jr for my crunch/overdrive sounds.
The pedals I use are danelectro compressor, FAB chorus and a TS808.
If I feel like replicating the sound a particular song for fun while I'm learing it then I'll use the ZOOM GFX-707 because it is great for that.
Once you get over that fact that no matter how long you spend altering the patches its never going to sound as good as you'd like and just plug the thing in and enjoy the types of sounds rather than the quality of the sounds then it can be usefull.
I'd never sell/swap or give this unit away but If it broke on me I wouldn't bother getting another one unless it was cheaper than a couple of beers.
In its day I think it was fairly decent but it really is nothing flash now.(2009)

I've had this effect for about 3-4 years, and it was pretty easy to learn how to use it right from the beginning.
The manual was great, because unlike many other "things", it had a manual in my own language, which is always a good thing.

I'm using Jackson guitar and Laney amp. I like the distortion sounds, and flanger & chorus + delays & echoes. Wah is not really good because of its weakness I also find some effects kinda...well they're fun to play with, but other than that they're useless (t-trip, ring-m).
It's pretty easy to make it sound like GnR, Metallica (both clean and heavy sound), and stuff like that.

Seems that I'm not the only on with the jack problem. I've been fixing myself both input and output...The good thing is, that those are easy to fix yourself.
I probably wouldn't use it on a gig without backup.

I play mostly heavy metal and rock, and it's very good for that. But I also do all kinds of weird stuff, which has a lot of delays and flangers and chorus', and this is really good for that. I've been playing around 20 years, I would try to buy a new one exactly like this if it got stolen.
The worst thing in it is probably that it has too many presets, and not enough room for user settings.

I bought this 4 years ago from a friend. I had no manual, and so I had to learn how to fine tweak on the fly - IF YOU TAKE TIME, IT WILL WORK FINE. Once I figured how the patches work, it was really nice sounding. I downloaded the manual last summer. I pretty much knew almost all the features.

My style is Foo Fighters, Tragically Hip, any rock/alternative. I can get that Green Day punk sound easy. The delay is great, but a couple of overdrive settings don't sound quite as good on my Seymour Duncan Invader pickup as a regular single coil. My amp is a Rolland RG200 tube amp, and this amp has made this sound even better than my little Peavey! I was going to buy a POD2.0, but my new tube amp took care of my sound. The only thing I don't like about the lack of a normal chord - I have to used batteries or a special adapter chord.

I have had the same problem everyone has with this pedal - the input jacks in the back have been repaired at least 2-3 times. I have been worried a couple of times that I killed it again. You have to be really careful on stage. This thing should be made of metal. I would suggest a backup.

N/A.

I play Hard Rock/Alternative, this suits me just fine. I love the amp sims - COMBO A is the one I use for everything. Understand that if you have the right guitar & amp, this pedal will do what you need it to. Anyone out there who doesn't take time to adjust, tweak, and learn how to get a good sound has no patience and is wasting their money even if it is a cheap pedal. The friend I bought this pedal from, went out and tried every thing with his Strat and tube Crate amp - he came home with another GFX 707!! Not everyone has a story like that. I like this one for now; I just treat it like glass.

It`s simple,quicklly adjustable,patches are basic as well.
This was my first ever multi fx and it took me quite a while to figure out exactlly how to define my personall settings/patches, so I give it a 4.

The zoom delay,room,echo,reverb is in a word..Exelent.

Dist,fuzz,metal,etc., isn`t that good. It`s too...transistory?
There`s this buzz that comes with every single
dist effect onboard this efect.I`m using a tube preamp with this fx and it mellows that buzz.

Chorus,flange,ring mod,12string,etc, are good.
some are mediocre at best.

I put much effort and time in setting up my patches just right and I got some more that descent sounds outta this fx. There`s also a variety of patches online so you can get some good OD sounds as well.

Can`t get a good wah out of it.

It has a ton of sounds to pick from,but doesn`t allow you to put more than 9 in a row. that kinda sux.

The sound also changes drastically when you are using different types of amps.On some the sound can be GODlike+ and on others just Cwap,no matter what you do.
I`ve had this effect for number of years and I am greatlly satisfied with it as an practice fx and would also use it in a gig but there`s so many issues with it reliabillity which brings me to the next subject.

Have backup with this one. I use it mostlly as a practise fx and would use it in a gig, but never ever without backup. Had to resolder input/output jacks 3-5 times each (*+&%#$#"!&%) I had to clean up the expression switch too, so I can`t say that this is a reliable device.

I didn`t contact zoom once, but there`s a rather large zoom community online. You can get everything from patches to compassion when your input/output jack fails again and again.

I`ve been playing guitar for 15 odd years now and have played everything from blues/jatt/rock/metal/nu metal..etc. and as I said it is a very good practice fx. If it were stolen I wouldn`t get a new one,but I would definetlly get a newer and bigger zoom fx.
I love it`s portabillity,It`s light and mostlly veryvery usefull..You can get a good sound outta it even with the cheapest cwap
ass equipment and that is a exellent feature when practising.
I HATE those F..ing input`output jacks. I have tryed korg and digitech and also boss as reference when I was looking for amy first fx and i decided on zoom because it was cheap(didn`t had much money then)and got more features then the others(overpriced)multiefects.
I have never regreted buying it.It`s a user friendlly an overall a good product which fits most guitarists.

This is easy to use once you have a read of the manual and make sure you're getting the most out of it. The expression pedal is very sensitive which can be tricky, and pressing both footswitched for the tuner can be difficult too, but no big deal.

Firstly don't use the distortion/overdrive/fuzz, they're awful. Use the OD on your amp or (like me) a good OD pedal before the 707.
Secondly, the presets are dreadful. Have a flick through to see if any take your fancy and save them at the beginning of the patches. What I've done is create my own patches with just one type of effect, so if you flick through my patchs you'll see - 'CHORUS', 'DELAY', 'FLANG', 'CRYBAB', 'COMP', 'PHASE' etc. I basically use this alongside my Boss Overdrive, Compression and Reverb pedals, so it just puts the extra, less-used effects, like Chrous, Flange, Phaser (which generally sound nice on the 707) in one box.

After 6 years of occasional use the input jack started becoming loose so I opened her up and resoldered it to the circuit board and it's fine now. It's fine for gigs though you have to be careful with it. It comes in very handy when there's no amp at a venue as you can DI it and stick amp simulation on.

Not as good as a load of Boss compact pedals but I use my 707 alongside Boss OD-3, RV-5 and CS-3 and like I said it puts the less-used effects into one box meaning I don't need a huge pedal-board (in fact I don't use pedal boards at all).
The sampling feature is cool (the 'jam' feature is useless) and the rhythm feature can be handy when wanting to hear a lick with drums.
Considering the price tag and weight this is a good product, sure there are better pedals out there but for those who have to carry their gear everywhere and don't have a lot of spare cash this is your pedal.

The manual is great. If you actually read it before you start playing (which is obviously impossible for most people) you'll get the hang of it right away!

I use this mixed about 40% into my signal using a boss ls-2. I play bass and guitar through the same bass amp with guitar amp running a high pass. This pedal sounds amazing! I only use my own patches, and bought it for effects more than tone, I got both! It is a bit noisy in my opinion, but I don't really mind, especially considering the price and tone of the thing! The reverbs and delays are great, very clean and pristine. The modulations effects are good. They're not vintage analog tone, but that's not what I need. The distortions are maleable, in that if you take your time, you'll get the sound you're after. That's true for the whole of this pedal. If you put the effort in, you'll find your sound.

This is not the most reliable pedal. I have mended not only mine, but around 3 other people's 707s. The in/out jack sockets and DC input come loose very easily. I removed them from the board, and attatched them with wires insteas - no more problems.

The footswitches are crap. I have drilled through the plastic footswitches and added metal proper "stomp" switches instead.

Never tried, I think the guarantee ran out the day before it broke. Convinient!

I play 6 string bass in a band, and my main bass sound comes from using this pedal, mixed with a compressed clean sound. I use the same distortion patch I made years ago with the expression pedal controlling gain, going from almost clean bluesy grit, to full on heavy fuzz. I added two extra footswitches to go up and down 6 (i'm not sure how many, the footswitches are the same as the bank buttons) patches. Now I have the distortion patch copied to every 6 patches (or however many) and then other effects I use 1 either side of the distortion. This is much better than the standard way of going 1 up and 1 down with the standard footswitches.

The expression pedal on this thing is so useful! You can assign it to control anything!

It sounds great in my set-up. We recently started our album ( myspace.com/nologorock) and this big shot producer whinced when he saw the Zoom lable on my board. He was in the process of asking me to take it off when I blew him away with the tone inspired and created with this pedal (and a few compressors, E.Q, loud bass amp bi-amp rig).

My board is massive (I gig with 15 or 16), and to replace this pedal with something more reliable would cost me another 6 pedals. To say the least, I rate this pedal "10 - Fantastic value".

Excellent unit. Editing patches can be a little confusing, but once you go through it, it gets easy! Manual is good.

I use it primarily for subtle reverb & delay through my f/x loop on my Peavey JSX head. Super quiet with the amp simultation completely off. Great flange and phase. 12 string (harmonizer) is lacking...and synthetic sounding.

Great unit, but don't stand on it with too much weight...I cracked mine a few times. Cheap construction. They should have made the case out of metal and charged $20 more.

No comment.

Play rauch...get me overdrive from my beauty Peavey JSX. Use the Zoom for subtle ambiance delay & reverb. I have had it for 3 years. I would buy it again. Case is cheapest. Pedal is cheap but a littel better. Switch sticks sometimes when turning off the f/x.

You can get some pretty good sounds right out of the box. Modifying the sound is as easy as turning knobs. With manual in hand, it's pretty easy to edit and store your own patches (a few patch sites are on line). The display is a killer to see in the sunlight. If you loose you place in the patches, you'll have to turn it off and back on again to reset, and bring along another turner.

I've been playing for 20 years. Have a Fender Strat, Gibson Les Paul and Peavey 112 Bandit and a Crate amp. It mostly depends on your style as far as sound goes. Some of the patches with heavy chours and compression sound a little muddy when the volume is turned up.

Bad. I've owned 2 of these pedals and both have shorted out at the input and output jacks. I re-soldered them and repaired them and it wasn't long before they shorted out again. I had epoxied the jacks and power input to the plastic casing to make them more sturdy. It didn't help. They are useless now. I bought a 707II. It is starting to have problem with the input jack. I have to bend the cable under the unit to keep a connection. Regardless, I must use it unstead of the Boss because of the sound. I have ordered a Zoom G2.

Because of imput and output jack problems, I bought a Boss ME-8 to get away from Zoom and to try something different. The Boss distotions sounded too "tinny". I couldn't get the Boss distortions to mellow down, even after tinkering with them, taking some highs off and adding some bass and such. The Boss does have a better pitch shifter and harmonizer. When I took it to practice with the band, they were like, "Man, what's happened to your good distortion sound?" You have a way better chance getting a Stevie Ray Vaughn sound out of the Zoom than the Boss (Stevie used Ibanez). I've gotten a better crunchy thump like Def Leppard and Van Halen from the Zoom than from the Boss. I've listened to samples from the Boss ME-50 and it's the same ME-8 sound. Haven't tried any other brands but I'm going back to Zoom.

easy to use, however you need to tweak each individual patch to get a decent tone.

Got given this for a Bday present, and in my opnion there is no quality in any of the effects, apart from a couple of the chorusy ones. the distortions/overdrives are all utter crap, they sound like flies in a bottle.

I was running my Maton Mastersound 500 into this pile of snot then into a marshall AVT100. It's also very noisy.

The amp models are all crap and hence I never once used any of them. You couldn't even front end your amp with this, as it just becomes white noise. The adjustable pedal has no range what so ever, hence the wah patch is pretty useless.

I have since reverted back to the trusty old stomp boxes (Boss MT2, DD3, BF2 and ibanez DSC10 and TS9).

Once again, it is not reliable at all. The AC input burnt out at least 3 times and its plastic construction makes you feel like your going to put your foot through it.

bugger all help from these jokers

Utter piece of s**t. Learners may think its a great bargain cos of all the effects, but you get what you pay for - spend the money on a decent stomp box and start your collection, or save for a decent multi effects.

Very easy to use once you sit down and read the manual. Very easy to get good sound out of it when you start tweaking and making patches to your liking. Their are also alot of good patches here http://gfx.curvedspaces.com/view.php?order=date.

I have a les paul custom going through a crate rfx120 combo amp and the pedal is awesome! Some of the stock patches arent very great cept for the van halen one and some others. All you need to do is tweak it to your liking. Once you learn how to make your own it really sounds awesome. The effects are great. Its like you have the evh phase 90 pedal in their, youve got whammy bar dive bombs, steve vai bad horsie wah, and alot of crazy sounds. I love the amp sims my favorite one is the combo A, great tone. When you have it on the right distortion it sounds great. I mean maybe some of the other distortions may suck but who cares, this pedal has a hell lot of potential, and you can get the sound you want. Ppl keep complaining about the distortion who cares if the others arent good, you have an awesome sounding one. They all sound to awesome to me by the way. I mainly play Van Halen, AC/DC, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Mountain... and i have no problem getting to sound like them.

I can very much depend on it, unless i dont want it to break throwing it against a brick wall. lol. I would definately use this at a gig. Ive never had any problems with mine.

Never had to deal with support.

I play 80's metal/Old Rock/Old Blues. Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, ZZtop, Led Zeppelin, Clapton, Randy Rhoads, Zakk Wyle. This pedal is great. Ive been playing for 2 years. If it were stolen or lost i would buy one in a heartbeat. I love everything about it. My favorite feature is the phase, distortion, and TONE! I also have a Boss ME-50 that i payed 300 bucks for and i need to sell it! This is nothing compared to the zoom, zoom blows it out of the water. It definately helps me make music. BUY IT NOW!