Zoom GFX-707

It's easy to use, The only thing thats is bad that is hard to go to the tuner mod. The manual is god. The thing I like whit it is the way I can use the pedal, As a volume pedal, gain pedal for Modulation or Delay/reverb, very useful.

Most of the effects sounds great, Mostly I use Chorus, Phaser, Flanger, Pitch, Wha-Wha, Reverb and Delay . The noise gate (reduction) is very good, I can use my other pedals TS-9, Guv'Nor .. whitout geting any noise.

I haven't had it so long so I can't say anything about reliablity

I didn't get any manual when i baught it, I find it at ZOOM's homepage

I made a mod. so I can change bank up and down with two external switches. Maybe I will put in one extra external switch so I can easy go to Tuner mod.

The controls are simple enough although i'd like to be able to equalize in a more direct way, but it only has 3 knobs and a 4 band equalizer.

I use a crappy low cost guitar but there's a good bang for the buck inside. If you're patient enough you can get some good distortions. The patches that come from factory should satisfy many rockers.

It makes absolutely no noise. I used it direct to the computer's sound board and it only processes the sound coming in. No noise added. Music to my ears. The last time i recorded i used a clean guitar with a long Room reverb, it sounds heavenly.

I use it on gigs without any backup (don't have money to buy a backup). But even so i won't need it. Just have a little care not stepping on the cables. It could brake the jack inputs. Also don't jump on it. It's not a rug. You can use batteries for a long time if you're not certain of your transformer.

Never needed.

I'm pretty satisfied with it. I'd definitly buy it again or the 2nd version of it (GFX707II). Right now I'll only jump for a higher class effects processor.

It's quite straightforward and easy to use. The manual is fairly well-written and will tell you how to tweak it etc. The knobs make it quick and easy to adjust presets

The preset distortions are fair, but you won't find very good high gain patches. Even the preset "Metal" effect is pretty weak. There's good stuff for classic rock etc. but you won't find that thick crunch of a Mesa Boogie Mark IV in there. However with a little adjustment, you can get some respectable tones. Of course, no pedal can ever match the distortion of a good amplifier.
The chorus and modulation effects are very good for the price. I am quite pleased with them. I have been able to emulate many artists' clean tones.
Overall the tone is quite good. Especially the chorus and modulation effects.

I've had the unit since early 2000 and it has worked quite well. It is pretty well constructed. I don't tour extensively, so I don't know if it will withstand the rigors of professional gigging, but it has worked well for my purposes.

Never dealt with them

Overall the pedal is quite solid. Some people seem to expect POD level sounds, but you'll never be able to get close to that in this price range. If you want a pedal mostly for distortions, perhaps this isn't the right choice. But the chorus, flange etc. are very good. The pedal is a good bargain for the price paid.
It's not as good as a rackmount unit or anything, but you'll get some good sounds out of it. It's a great pedal for practicing and messing around.

Really easy to use, with the exception of 'jam mode', which involves stamping hard on the rocker pedal to activate things. Also, the rocker pedal doesn't have a very big range.

I used this with my Washburn BT-2 (fairly cheap and generally crap-sounding) electric, and it breathed new life into it. My crap Japanese amp has never sounded so good. I also tried the pedal with my electro-acoustic, and found that the delay and chorus effects sounded great. There are a couple of crap-sounding effects like pitch-shift, but apart from that good.

Great so far, no problems. Have gigged it and even spilt a glass of wine on it without a problem. Only issue for gigging is that the display is useless in bright sunlight.

Never dealt with the company.

As an amateur musician who just plays for fun mostly, this pedal is great. The wah-wah is really what I bought it for, and that works fine, the amp-sim is good but not spectacular, and a longer delay might be nice but the flexibilty of the user effects (programming your own) was a nice bonus - distortion, modulation, three different types of EQ and reverb can all have 2 or 3 parameters tweaked, all in the same patch. As a cheap all-in-one, this is great.

Pretty easy if you read through the manual and get an understanding of it. The effects are pretty easy to tweak - and certainly need tweaking from the presets. It takes a while to get a great sound out of it, but I think that's true for any effect set up you could think of.

I'm using a marshall valvestate 100W amp, with a variety of guitars - 2002 fender standard strat, danelectro DC-59, a Gibson Les Paul Studio, and a Simon and Patrick acoustic (a great sounding acoustic guitar). I've been playing for 9 years, play with a lot of different bands and have to be able to cover every style from funk, to punk, to jazz, to praise, and anything else you could imagine. I've had this unit for about 2 years now.

The PRESETS ARE HORRIBLE. Whoever programmed them had no taste. Luckily, they give us enough nobs and options to tweak stuff alot.

Once you do that, I personally think it sounds pretty good. The presets really suck, but there are enough options on this thing to get a really good sound out of it.

When I run straight into my amp, it does seem to take away some tone, but that's because you are now using a different pre-amp system! If you buy a good sounding amp, you probably like the sound of the amp - most of which is created by that companies pre-amp processing. However, I find that if I run it as an effects loop off my amp, I can get some great sounds out of it. Although only some effects sound good in that setting (don't use distortion.)

The compression, chorus, delays, reverb, and phaser all sound great in this setting.

What amazed me recently was how adding the acoustic simulator into my effects loop improved the sound of my acoustic. Normally acoustic guitars sound like crap through normal guitar amps, but after putting the acoustic simulator on, it actually sounded pretty good. I could hardly tell my guitar was plugged in. It sounded like I was just gaining volume. Pretty sweet.

The distortions are alright, but I prefer the sounds my amp makes, so I don't use them in that kind of a setting.

I also use it for playing at church in a praise band where I plug directly into a DI that runs into the board. This is where I need to be able to use it's distortions, amp sims, and practically everything on it. With several hours of tweaking, I've got some really nice sounding settings that work great for this. It really saves me from carrying an amp around.

And while there are better things out there, I think that FOR THE PRICE, this unit is pretty hard to beat.

So far it's doing well, but it's already got a crack in the screen... it's made of plastic so it won't last forever...

It's great for the price. You can get better stuff, but the price tag is what drew me in. I compared it to other things, and the zoom came out on top.

easy to get a good sound out of it unless its distortion. editing patches.....its alright. rather buy seperate pedals to do the job. you get what you pay for...150 dollar sounds????? whatever. i would definatley invest in other single pedals. this zoom is not for me.

its not a noisey pedal, everything sounds ok but the distortions sound like TOTAL CRAP!!!! dont buy this pedal for the use of distortions!!! ugly!@

unreliable! hard to switch back and forth to sounds. and when you do there is a half sec. delay of no sound.

never dealt with it

i give it a 4. i would ONLY buy this pedal if on a low budget and one who only has a hobby of playing by themselves

It is pretty easy to operate. The manual is very detailed and walks you through the process of customizing your sound.

My biggest advice is that you MUST be willing to spend the time to craft your own sound. It took me countless hours and weeks of experimentation before I could get my ideal sound.

I'm a rock/metal player...I use it with an ESP M-201 into a Crate GX212 combo. The distortion (if managed properly) is thick, cruchy and packs a real punch. The amp models help too. The clean tone is excellent as well, producing a very crisp tone. Once again, its up to personal taste.

The effect I find most lacking is the Wah...the tone is thin, weak and is absolutely dreadful. There are some neat effects as well, but most of them aren't worth your time.

A problem i've encountered is that the displays are impossible to read under bright light. So day-time, outdoor gigs won't turn out so well.

I've owned it for about 2 years. Once, It was completely soaked when it started raining in an outdoor gig. After letting it dry, it didn't miss a beat.

A huge problem is the input/output jack. It is not very well fixed, so if you jiggle your patchcable a lot, the jack can get very loose, and the connection will be disrupted. You'll have to open it up and re-sauter the connections.

I've used it for all my gigs (because I can't afford anything else) and it will do fine as long as you don't step on it.

No Experience

For its price, the value is incredible. The sounds that this little thing can make can be extremely good, provided that you spend enough time with it to craft your own sound. Don't use the effects it comes with...make your own.

The construction is kinda flimsy though, so you'll have to be very careful when playing live with it.

this product is exremely easy to use. the manual is very helpful when you screw somethin up and it has a factory preset so its great

the sound is great the only down side is it doesnt have a real good clean sound the heavy distortion is great most of the effects sound great some effects r pretty useless though i play a jackson guitar and it works perfectly. You can easily get sounds of mettalica and van halen the chorus effect is very good it had very good sweep

u can depend on it have had it for a year and hasnt got messed up yet

havent had to deal with it

i play mainly rock blues and jazz and it works great ive been playin for a year if it were stolen i would definetly buy another my only hate is the expression pedal doesnt have very much range i wish it had a clean sound and an acoustic simulator as well and the sample recorder has only like 7 seconds before it cuts of and u can only use clean sound on it the tuner is good and the rythym section is magical there is so much u can do with it

This pedal sounds amazing if you take a little bit of time with it.Its a bit trickey at first, but the more time you spend on it, the more amazing it gets.

I have used a BC rich warlock, Numerous Jacksons including a V, a Kelly, a regular dinky.... more.

The maps Ive used it with are a marshall valvestate, Crate blue voodoo, a line 6, and a couple lesser crate models.

The chorus option on this is the best ive ever heard. I probably have hte greatest clean sound of any musician in the business with this pedal. You have to make your own distortion because all the programmed ones are terrible.

Here is where the pedal falls apart. Literally.So far my reveiw has been good, as it deals with the sound quality of the pedal. Let me tell you, the great sound quality is not worth how half assed this pedal is.Not only have I personally gone through 3 of them, but ( and im not exaggerating ) 5 of my friends around here have owned them, gotten them repaired a few times, and now none of us have a working 707 pedal.THIS IS THE REASON I WROTE THIS REVIEW! DO NOT BUY THIS PEDAL! This is the shoddiest peice of equipment ive ever worked with.Do not use it live !!! Do not take it on the road !!! And if its only for bedroom play... BE CAREFUL ! This thing is a mess.

The company are terrible.Terrible.I dont want to say why really because i would go on forever. Also, Sam Ash, employees are undeniable assholes as well.

I wil say this, the sound that i got out of the pedal is amazing.But the pedal itself is so crappy it falls apart about every 2 months after the first 5 or so.The input jacks are horrible, its just a bad pedal. Good sound, bad pedal.Not worth buying. Borrow it or if you can get it for 30$ or less go for it.It took me a while to learn to give up on this thing, but i feel now its my duty to inform others of its .. its... bad...ness.

I use mine to 'dirty-up' synths and it's fairly easy to use:- after digital access synths and such..
Editing is easy, manual is so-so

Synth direct to mixer or into sampler.
The effects are good enough for my purposes.
Favourite artist sounds - Van Gogh's Ear falling on floor...
Phaser is smooothh.

Hope so I'm using it live next week!
Seriously, because of plastic case it needs careful treatment.

Fun! ..and great for off-the-wall pitch shifts, ring mod. is a little weak..
Fills the gaps in my sound nicely. As I work in several genres it's proved very useful.
Version II looks interesting..
Excellent on vocals too!