Zoom GFX-707

This pedal is pretty hard to use. Changing patches, volume, etc. is pretty easy, but if you want to tweak the patches at all, it will take a while. The display can only show six or seven characters, so everything is abbreviated and it is very difficult to tell what the abbreviations mean. Getting a good sound is very hard with this pedal, but most of the patches are decent sounding. The manual is pretty helpful, but it doesn't really cover everything that this pedal is capable of.

I have used this with several different setups. When used by itself, this pedal produces almost no noise, but when used with any other effects, noise and feedback are uncontrollable. Most of the distortion patches just sound sick, but the chorus, flanger, and delay are okay. There are several patches that produce interesting sounds, but they are not really usable in most music. This unit can recreate some Radiohead-like sounds, but for most types of music, it is sub-par.

This is the most fragile pedal I have ever seen. Within 6 months of getting it, without taking it out my house more than 3 times, the output jack broke. Now the sound periodically crackles and cuts out. The only way to keep the sound constant is to hold the output cable in with duct tape. I wouldn't trust this pedal for a gig

I have not dealt with ZOOM.

This pedal is an okay pedal for beginners, but if I use it, it is definately the weakest piece of equipment in my setup, and I play a Squier Strat. You should not buy this pedal and expect it to replace everything on your pedalboard. I think that you'd be better off with a Tubescreamer all in all. Email me and tell me what you think.

Pretty easy to use, but 30 user patches are not really enough for me. I would rather they don't have preset ones that you can't change.

I use it with a Marshall 30w amp and Peavey (beginner sort of) guitar. I used to like it coz it was my first pedal but then I don't anymore because it's so noisy. I have only been playing for 2 years so don't take my word too seriously.
I think the delay is pretty good. Powerdrive sounds not too bad.The so called preamp is not good at all.
Wah wahs are crap. I don't think anyone would actually use it. The so called Pitch shifter is really really useless. Basically the pedal sucks. When you step to the top or bottom end, the sound goes totally off or goes really soft. That's the reason why I am going to get RP200.
But afterall it has a variety of sound. Before the RP series is out, this thing is pretty much value for money, but may be not anymore.....
The thing NOISY!!!!!!!!

I don't really gig but I had a few performances and it was fine. Couldn't afford a backup so I went without one.

Nothing wnet wrong.

I play rock most. Distortion is sort of good enough. If It was stolen or lost, I would go for the Rp as I have said.
I like the three parameter knobs but I hate the whammy/wah pedal.
I don't really use the jam along or the drum machine function but they are okay.
Of course it is not as sturdy as my boss distortion pedal.
I compared it with zoom505 and korg ax1g and pandora when I bought. The reasons were this thing is more vesatile compare to 505 and it looks more sturdy than korg one. (It also seems to me that more people use 707 instead of korg.)
If the pedal is not as crappy as it is, I don't think I will get rp200 but now i decided I will.

It is very easy to use. The knobs are great and turn easily and neatly. It takes a little practice to get some of the more complex editing down, but once you get the hang of it it is not hard to do.

This little thing has lots of great sounds. Certain effects are better than others, of course, but you definitley find a lot here. It isn't noisy and sounds great through headphones (which I use 90% of the time). It does have shortcomings, but I am still a newer player (about a year) and I am playing a cheap Fender Squier Strat, so I can't make much of a complaint about the sound quality being the problem of the pedal.

Although it is plastic, it is very sturdy. I only use it for practice so I can't say whether it would withstand playing at a gig, but I would certainly think so.

Haven't needed it.

This is a great multi-effects pedal for a beginner like me. It is a little frustrating that a lot of the effects can't be used together and if you want that you definitely should get something else. But it is really fun for experimenting with different sounds and for having a lot of variety. I was debating about getting this or the Digitech RP200 or the Korg AX1G and went this this because it had evertything I was looking for and was easier to use. I like the drums too. It is kind of frustrating that you can't edit the factory presets because some of them just sound stupid, but it has 30 which you can edit and that is more than enough for me. Bottom line is if you know what you want to sound like you should probably just buy the individual pedals, but if you like to experiment and want variety this is a cheap and fun way to do it.

Its not bad.
PLay with it to get 'good' sounds.
PLayability wont mark it down other stuff will.
Some of its complicated; cos its got too many features an not enough buttons.

chorus/acoust sounds good.
distortions bit weak, sounds kinda... cheap?
i always use th eamp sim on flk stk (god knows what that stands 4), to give it a lil substance.
its not noisy, quite responsive.

would i gig w/ it?
would i burn it is more likely.
This things sound cuts out all the time, wether you leave it still, use batteries or power pax or whatever.
its plastic.
the expression pedels quiiote strong, you could get maybe 2 bouncers on it witout that breaking it. the rest of it would. the pedels on mines bust up cos i tried to take it apart (there was nout else id do wiv it) and its shoody lpastic crap. basically it worked 4 about 10 months be4 it bust.

its not worth the dosh/bother geretin this junk fixed

if you are young, have just started:

DO

NOT

BUY

THIS!!!!

Wait, better amps/guitars are more important, tilll u have the sense to by other effects.
i'm getting some marshall pedals, which are so strong you could stop a tank with one.
I dont know about multi effects, but personnally i dont trust them, regardless of make/model.

i just look back in disgust + regret.

Well dun zoom, you conned me well.

what a waste of a b.day

C'est la vie!

Once I got down to organizing my list of patches, I found the editing process quite easy, ie., dial in the patch, pick the target bank/sequence and store...wha-lah! The manual was easy to understand and explains all the functions well. I did have to read the manual first to figure out how to edit, therefore it isn't entirely intuitive.

I use a '79 stratocaster(heavy ash body w/lots of sustain) through a Marshall AVT50. The ZOOM noise reduction really seems to do the job even at high volume and gain. So far all effects have been consistent. I don't necessarily strive for a match of certain artists sound, I try more to get the best sound for my style and setup. I play SRV, Hendrix, Trower, ZZ Top, The Ventures... The patches I use most for my user list are: OLDVIB(The Ventures), DRVVIB(The Ventures), CRUNCH(Great deep blues sound!), L-LEAD(this is a great distortion/chorus/echo effect with much presence), CYCLE(phazer), STDCHO(chorus), HVYCOMP(compression). Of all the effects I really like CRUNCH best. It sounds great with a strat/marshall combo. It has a deep growl that I love. My amp has a great clean channel and the two compliment each other very well. I haven't put it to use yet but there is a wild heavy vibe Jeff Beck effect called BOOTS.

As far as weak effects, I really had to tweak the OLDVIB(vibrato) patch to get a brighter tone for Ventures songs. I have to turn the treble up on the amp to help. Also, there are too many undistinguishable distortion effects.

It hasn't let me down yet. Even though it is made of plastic it is of heavier gauge and a tight unit. As far as gigging without backup, I believe that you are always at rish without a backup no matter what the equipment is. That said, I'd say you'd run a lower risk with this unit as long as it isn't mistreated. I give this a 7 because I haven't had it for a long time(4 months?).

Haven't had need for support yet.

As already stated, I play mostly blues based music and The Ventures. I have been playing for 27 years. I also have an acoustic for playing around the campfire. If it were stolen, I'd probably shop and compare again just to see what's new before buying again. I love the compact size, the effects, the rhythm generator(sounds great!), and the tuner. When you think about it, it is pretty amazing all the functions you get in this compact little unit. There is nothing I hate about it. I also tried out Digitech 300, one of the higher end ZOOM processors, and a Korg. I chose the ZOOM GFX-707 for its features, quality and price. It has definitely helped me compose and create a rhythm when a drummer isn't available.

Easy to use, but you should use the manual when operating the first time.

The sounds are great, but don't expect them to jump to you. Fiddle around and tweak the damn thing. Then you'll get what you want. I use a Peavey Bandit 112 Scorpion speaker with Fender Mexican Strat. Bridge pick up been replaced by Seymour Duncan Hot Rails.

No problems yet! But I only have it for 4 days. So, lets wait and see.

N.A.

It's a good unit for the price. I can't complain.

I'd just like to update my review on this, uh, crap. After awhile, the pedal started shutting off randomly. No, it wasn't the batteries. I finally decided to open it up and tighten some screws. This stopped the random shutting off, but the output jack problem(which someone else spoke of here), remained. The problem is especially noticeable when using headphones. The sound cuts off every now and then, and you have to kick it to get it back. This is a huge problem for me, because I can't quite afford stomp boxes. So, in other words: choose a different pedal.

Easy as pie. Tak eit out of the box and away you go. factory defaults are great as they are. the 30 user bank has soem pretty neat effects programmed in already. ive kept many of them. When it comes to creating your own effects it gets a little more tricky but after a read of the manual and a couple trial runs youll soon be able to create any sound your looking for, or near enough.

First id like to say that i only really use this for a practice pedal. why? cos its easy to carry around and saves setting up a million pedals just for a practice. It can create near enough any effect your looking for but you will have to compremise. I dont use it for live preformances cos you can only have 1 distortion and one modulation effect at a time eg. heavy overdrive with Chorus. you cant have overdrive, chorus and wah. which can limit you for a live gig. And if you try to daisy chain it with another pedal apart from a select few it sounds awfull! It sounds great with the digitech wammy ill give it credit for that. Whatever your style you can create an effect that will suite you. i think theres like 14 different distortions/overdrives which you can tweak anyway you want. I use this pedal with either my Danelectro or my Fender cyclone. It has loadsa modulation effects. all the standard chorus, flanger etc and others like a talk box, and wierd slowdown effects like when you turn the power off a record player. All these effects are fantastic, i have no complaints. APART FROM 1. the wah pedal is SHIIT! it doesnt have any kind of different settings. it does but you wouldnt really notice it. id only use this wah for a chicka chicka effect like Hendix uses palm muting it.
Artist sound u can create on this? well one preset on factory default is Van helen. this is a great sound i tell you. you can pretty much get close enough to any artist sound on this pedal. sometimes not perfect but close enough.

I would never gig with this. Its all plastic and on mine the output jack is funny and if you slightly knock it the sound cuts and you have to fiddle for a while to get it in the right place. Thsi would not do for a live gig. i cant remember being hard with the pedel once so thats pretty shitty. if it wasnt for this then id consider using it. otherwise no! ITS PLASTIC FOR GODS SAKE! ive got pedls built like a tank, dicast metal shells. but this thing mkes you scared to use it if you drob it or press the pedals down to hard. since this is a practice pedal for me im usually at home so i dont wear shoes while using it. GOOD IDEA! if u like wearing doc martins boots while playing this isnt the pedal for u! saying that theknobs are tooked away nicly

Ive been playing for 3 years now and this was the first pedal ive used. over the years ive replaced my guitar (several times), my amp, my style of music and bought loadsa individual stomp boxes to specialise in the certain fields of effects and i still use my ZOOM!
Every person i kno who is learning guitar i say buy this pedal. its fantastic for a newcomer. for 100 quid its the best money i ever spent. When you start out you dont want to be tied down to one or two types of effects cos you dont really kno what style of music you are going to end up warming too. this pedal is as diverse as rainforest. I agree with that when you get to kno what you really want then buy stompboxes etc to concentrate on the main sound you want as the zoom can be called shallow in a way. not too shallow. unless your a live performer who really needs a perfect sound to what hes looking for this pedal is fine. If it got lost or stolen now id still get a zoom multieffects pedal cos i think they are great. maybe not this model cos im more experienced now an di hve more money. Id get the GFX-8, but 1 or 2 yrs ago id still replace it.
Every new guitarist should have a multieffects pedal. if not this one than another. Saying that, even more experienced players could use this. I still do. but if your rich get the bigger zoom ones. they have the same features and more. tons more, plus they are made from metal instead of plastic.

It is easy to use when you get to know the thing because it is hard to work out at first. The posisioning of the controls are organised well but sometimes not that easy to get at.
The GFX 707 is very small and compact so it is easy to carry around but is not a very professional item if you gig a lot.
The manual is helpful and usually easy to understand when you have problems with it but you should work things out anyway.

I play through a USA Fender Strat and a Marshall G30RCD amp with the little Zoom. The effects are brilliant and there are plenty of them,
there are flange, distortion, chorus, and other wacky sounds you can choose from. The sound is exactly what you pick and it does not make any other bad noises.

It is very reliable, I would take it to any gig I go to. It is made rock-solid plastic so it is almost unable to break much if you take care of it! I would'nt have a backup for a gig because there is no sustitute for a GFX 707, or unless you took two of them.

I have used the Zoom every day, all day for a few years and I have never needed customer support, SO IT MUST BE GOOD.

I play any type of music and it matches it all, if it does not match yours for some reason, there is the option of making your own patches.
I have a couple guitars, a Marshall amp, two indavidual pedals I never use and the ZOOM GFX 707.
If I lost it or it was stolen I would look for an amplifier with effects and reverb (as my Marshall amp is shit in some ways)or I'd look for a different pedal with the same effects but a little bigger, BUT TO BUY ANOTHER GFX 707 IS EASER AND SAVES TIME.
I like almost everything about it except some controls such as the drum beat button are hard to get to.
It is cheap for the features it has because it has everything else.

Really easy if you spend some time with the manual.

The amp simulator is ok, and although distortion is not my favourite thing in this unit, a beginner can really find it useful. The flanger and chorus are high quality, in my opinion, but do not expect too much from the wah (i never plan to use it anyway). I just wish it had a bit more versatility when it comes to the effects. I've been using it to record things in my four-track machine and its very useful to do things at home, then maybe ask for/rent/buy/make/steal something better to go to the studio, but having recorded things with this at home on a tape will really save time when it comes to decide what kind of sound do you want on a certain song. The "drum machine" is ok if you want to do improvisation, practice things and stuff....
The sampler (????) is totally useless to me.

I can't really tell, but I've always seen it as something more to record ideas or songs at home.

I think this is a useful tool both for professionals and beginners, almost something necessary, because you can get different sounds very easily, so even if its sound is not perfect its still a all-in-one, unexpensive effects box that will surely help you to "plan" things, and not having to get twenty individual pedals just to see how it sounds (but to record on a studio, choose the complicated).

It was pretty hard at first but once you get used to it is completly easy to make your own effects and edit and move around others.

I use a Fender Jagmaster guitar(two humbackers) and a Fender Deluxe 90, and I think it sounds great. The wha is ok, and the distortions need to be a little more versitlile but other than that, everything was perfect. My favorite sounding effect is the phaser. You can shape and mold it soooo well. The delays are very nice too. Almost all effects are controled by a foot pedal which is a nice touch.

Ugh! My inputs broke in 5 months of use!! I hate it! It was such a great pedal than poof! It broke.

didnt try so I couldn't tell you.

Not too bad for recording and home use. But i personally like Boss single effects and others like that.

Really confusing when you first get it but when you get familiar with the editing its not too bad

its o.k. some of the effects r really cool, but alot of the distortions sound the same, dont buy it for the wah, it sucks.
really dont buy it for the wah.

i wouldnt recomened it fir a gig. i stick with boss single effect pedals

its good if you want alot of effects, but dont buy for just one or two or even like five it has.

Pretty easy, once you work out the arrow buttons, it's straight forward. All the effects patches are simple to set up, and the knobs are much easier to use than the buttons on other zoom processors.

Telecaster into Boss CS-3, RAT, and various other pedals. This is always the last pedal in the chain. Sound quality is great. I NEVER use the distortions or overdrives though. I hate zoom digital distortions. YUK! The proper effects though, like Vibe and Trem and the ring modulator and filter are excellent. Especially as it's so difficult to find good versions of these effects for little money. This pedal offers them all at an affordable price. They can be controlled really easily and sound really clear and excellent. Maybe some of the effects are a little too digital for my liking, but alot of them really are clear and proffesional. Would be 10, but the crappy distortions really are bad.

I've never had a problem with it, I know that maybe the expression pedal might break 5 years down the line or whatever, but for as far as I can see it's trustworthy.

I've had two zoom pedals and neither have broken so I don't know.

I play evil/sinister rock music and this pedal gives me all the odd factor that I need. I've set it up to give me one filter, four vibe, three tremolo, a couple of pitch shifter effects, and a bit of other fun things too. If it were stolen I might try and buy all the effects seperately but I'd have to be fairly rich and patient. I wish it had more user patches because there's so much more I want to do and no more space. It's handy, almost essential, to my sound. If I didn't have it, the music I make wouldn't sound anywhere near as interesting. If you're not an analog loyalist and want to expand your horizons, then pick this up and have a play. You might enjoy it.

It's super easy. Once you read the manual, you'll have no problem

Don't expect too much from this one. I liked chorus and delay, rest are O.K, Wah and distortion sucks big time

It's still in good shape after 2 years

n/a

Well, this was my first pedal, and I really enjoyed playing it for a while, but as I purchased other stuff along the way, I hardly use it anymore. I recommend this to begginers. It'll be a great practice tool

I read the manual in one night and mastered the whole pedal in one day. It's very easy to use. All you have to do is read the manual. Editing patches is very easy and I got very good sounds on this thing. I've created many patches already.

The sounds that come with the pedal itself are crappy. You have to play with the settings and everything to get the sound you want. I found this quite easy. The EQ was very useful to me. The noise reduction is very useful especially for that feedback noise I get a lot from my amp. I have an Ibanez GAX 70 with a 15W Crate Amp and I got very good sounds out of it. It's possible to get sounds from favorite artists. After fiddling with the knobs I got sounds from Metallica (my favorite band) as well as other bands. The expression pedal is okay I guess. The only bad thing about it is the range of the pedal. It's sensitive I guess. I adapted to it in less than an hour though. You just have to learn how to use the expression pedal. I give it a nine because of the expression pedal.

I haven't used it in a gig yet. I suppose this pedal would be fantastic for home recordings or jamming with friends. I would probably buy something more solid and metallic for gigs.

Haven't called them yet.

I've been playing for 3 years and I've been experimenting a lot during those years in terms of guitar music. Honestly this pedal has brought a much better sound to my playing. I've fiddled with other pedals before such as ibanez pedals and the Zoom 505. The GFX-707 trashes all of those. I play all kinds of music...from metal to classic rock...to classical sounding tunes and stuff. I'd probably save up and buy something better if it were stolen.

It's very easy to use. No problem

Everything seems to be o.k. except for the Wah.

I had it for almost 2 years and it is still fine like new. I guess I don't really abuse my gear but seems like it'll last very long.

Overall, there are better stuff out there. Good for the beginners (with the drum machine), but not for me. If you're a beginner with a tight budget, this is the one for you, but if not, fin something else!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Loads of other reviews have all how to do it and about all the banks, so i wont say too much.
This was my first processor and when i first got it i had never tried an FX set before, but it wasn;t too hard. The manual is straight forward enough, and in proper english (the co.s japanese). it wont take you long to figure out whats what. When contemplating buying this, ease of use probably wont mark it down.

i use this mainly with a crappy affinity squire strat and sumtimes with a yamaha electro-acoust. The sound can be thin in places for the distortion, and will take some tweaking to get smooth and right. The chorus/acoustic sounds are very good and my mate never shuts it about them. what pisses me off is when some of the same effects i want together are in the same section i.e chorus + flanger are both in the same mod sect and if i want some fuzz to beef up distortion i cant.
probably not the same as youd get with boss single pedals, but it aint boss, it aint single pedals, but then again it the price of them either.
Theb expression pedal is what puts this thing sky high against competiton.

i have dropped this and stood on it quite heavy and it hasn't broke like that.
I had with the input jack going off all the time to the extent i coudn't trust it anymore. After a while i played surgeon with some solder and found some solder joints had come off, probably cos i yanked the leads out 2 hard.
No probs apart from that , apart from the adapter going cos i bent the lead too much. (i dont give thisthing 2 much respect do i).
while i was in the back it was obvious that this is a mass produced . the king with one circuit that already is put to getth popped from its pack and slapped in. Its as near as you get to a disposablr unit, but at this price, thats not surprising. If any of it goes: Good Luck gettin it fixed

I have never dealt with Zoom, but i think that as far as they are concerned, this is one of the cheaper units they make, even if it is one of their best sellers. Cos of that, they probably aren't to arsed about lil' faults. From what i hear, guitar co.'s aren;t 2 friendly.
I'd try to get a 12 month garuntee that will get you a replacement at no cost.

I play this is chirch situ's most.
The best thing is th exp pedal, the worst is... Dont know

If it were nicked/broke i wud get single pedals.

Its good.

But look at the price. 99 is cheap and gud value, but dont expect 5000 quality or features

really it's a simple processor y've ever seen
editing patches is not difficult as much as the others and
there aren't any processor with exp. pedal in same cost

It's quite easy to use but it can be a hassle to get good sounds by yourself... A little too many options... Lots of effects.

Well, the znr funktion is great. The sound is somewhat good. Lots of effects and stuff. The distortion is a bit weak sometimes but in general ok. The ampsimulator is handy.

Well, I rehearsed with it a couple of times but... It didn't sound that good...

I've used it for a year now and I'm pleased with it. It's not professional or anything. I recommend all you beginners or those who have played a while and want to have som cool effects to buy something like this. To bad I didn't buy something like this 5 years ago. It's great for practicing, composing new song etc, exploring sounds... It does sound ok when you record with it.

Well, I upgraded to an DG-Stomp wich I do think blows the gfx away but it is still a good pedal.

At first glance, it looks kinda complicated. However, after reading the manual and playing around, it's pretty easy to create and edit patches. I miss the EQ knobs like the digitech and pods have though.

I use this processor with my Fender Strat and my Epiphone LP Special. I sometimes run it to my Peavey Classic 50 212 but mostly to a little solid state Marshall Park G30R-CD because I don't have to wait for the tubes to heat up. Also use it with headphones and Direct in to my PC. The 707 really sounds great for the money. I also have the POD and RP-200. I have owned the Zoom 505 but sold it because it sounded like crap. The 707 it a BIG improvement. The main reason I bought it was because I wanted a multi-effects box with a Wah that was battery operated for traveling. This unit fits the bill nicely. I can get awesome sounds from it. The wah is not the best because of the limited travel of the pedal but it is useable. I've seen worse.

Only had it a couple of weeks so I don't really know. I can say that the unit is plastic and I would be careful with it. So far I've gotten about 8 or 9 hours of use on the 1st set of batteries. Very pleased. I will give it a 7 here because of the plastic housing.

Never used them

I've been playing electric about 2 years and I've owned a lot of stuff. I play everything from classical style to Blues to Funk to death metal. If it were stolen. I'd buy probably buy another one. I love the sounds and the price but hate the plastic. Sadly I have not touched my $350 POD since I got this.

I just want to say something that I want to change from a ealerier review that I did. Don't get this crap!I gave it an overall rating of 9. Now I give it a 3. It's horrible once you store a patch somewhere you can get the old patch that you store on top of it back unless you do a wierd thing to it. Then if you do that you lose everything you did. It sucks and the effects are absolutely horrible. Do not get this at all!

Stay clear of this unit.A bunch of totally lifeless tones.The dirty tones are all very buzzy and sound very artificial no matter how much you fiddle with the eq and the amp sims.

Didn't use it for too long so can't comment on the reliability.But I wouldn't do a metal gig with it.

I listen/play a lot prog. rock and metal(not the 'nu' crap).In my opinion,a few artists having good tones are Greg Howe,Yngwie Malmsteen,Blues Saraceno,Allan Holdsworth etc.

This unit doesn't even close to reproducing these tones but then again,I didn't expect much from such a cheap unit.It does however offer a lot of features and a beginner might find it useful.

I have a small FX processor which is in the same price bracket(Korg Pandora) and that totally blows this unit away in terms of sound quality.I really don't care too much for a million features.Just a few will do as long as they're good.(esp. the preamp)

It's pretty easy. The owners manual is hard to understand, but once you mess with it yourself its a piece of cake.

It's really good sound too. Everything sounds good. Nothing wrong with it at all. Only one thing though. When you play a note and let it ring for a while it starts to have a wierd sound(kind of like when the processor is trying to shut down.) But that's not that big of a problem because it's not that loud and it takes a long while for it to ring before it does that.

It's a good processor that I would use anytime, anywhere.

I just want to say this is an awesome processor that any body should have.There are better processors for more money but this really has everything I need. And I play alot of experimental music with wierd effects and this works fine.

Plug n Play. Very easy to edit exisiting patches with a nice analog (knob) control. This results in a quick edit of a few of the more obvious effects. To really refine a patch there is a deeper level of editing which is also fairly straight forward once you have done one or two edits.
The manual is pretty good. It doesn't detail settings for the preprogrammed patches but once you are editing them, you can figure it out and modify appropriately.
No way of upgrading the firmware.

Used with a Peavy Generation guitar (tele copy with strat style pickups) and a 50w tube Traynor amp.
No noise from this pedal at all even when the noise reduction circuit is almost off.
Some of the preprogrammed patches are not to my taste but the basic chorus, distortion,reverb, phase, wah, drums, are very good and infinitely editable. Distortion is a bit heavy - goes from off to medium rather than mild. Compared to the POD I had for awhile these sounds are a lot better. However the POD relaly is an amp simulator and that is where this pedal is weak. I would argue that the amp sounds are more of an eq/tone function.
Only sound quality complaint is on the half speed playback. It sounds like crap. Its really only useable when sampling a lead, using it to decipher any sort of fast arpeggio or rich track is impossible.

Have used it for 2 months with no issues. Its pretty reasonably built although I have my doubts about how the 2 foot pedal switches will hold up. They feel like a carbon based contact (ie not a mechanical based switch) and these have a habit of wearing out. If they wear out there are finger size buttons that accomplish the same thing but won't be too useful when plaing a gig.

N/A although the website is okay and the product manual is there as a pdf if you loose yours or want to check it out before you buy.

Great first pedal. Great for practice with its sampler and drums. Tuner works better than POD I used to have. An infinite number of effects can be built so if you've got money for only one, this is a good buy. Compared to Digitech and Korg, with comparable features this unit costs a lot less and I don't see that anything has been sacrificed. I would buy another.
With the sampler and drums I think it makes you a better player through improving your practice sessions. I've been playing for 25 years and spent more time enjoying practice & composing than I ever have since I bought this.
Not a good amp simulator, or a slow playback sampler but for the $ I'm giving it a 9 due to its fanatastic bang for the buck.

Well, i got it without manual, and i had to phone my friend to ask him how to edit patches. It's easy, but could be better.

Well, Dist/Overdrive Suck completely. There isn't a good fuzz nor Metal Distorsion. I always though my MT-2 is by far to technical dis. but when i play the MT-2 after the GFX, it's sound 10x better. Though i like more Tube/vintage distor.
The Effects are...hmm
WahWah sucks,
Delay is okay
Chorus is good
the rest i don't use.
The best thing is, it has xpression pedal, and Drum Machine whihc kicks ass.
The Sampler sucks big ass!
Overall, it's hmm...not the best i've seen!

Well, the one i got isn't good!!!

Hmm...not that good!

the only thing i wish it had really was a bank stitching pedal instead of going through ALL of the patches to find an effect.

i run it into either a Ampeg 140-CH or my carvin sfx 200 with an Ibanex grx-40z. not noisy at all other than natural pickup humm. (quiter than w/out gfx707) I use it mostly for the dist. effects nd the delay and echo. some effects are almost pointless though.
(ring modulator?? good for little sound effects but not really for playing) after a little patch work i finally got that elusive MESA sound, but better!:) flip that little amp sim. to combo a and you got metallica, turn it off and go to mid and bridge and you got godsmack. i love the sounds this is capable of!!

only prob was the input jack soldier point broke, but i fixed it and have had no other probs. with it since. I have and will continue to use it for gigs. ( the dryload off option comes in really handy for finding the next patch)

nothin here!

i play every kind of metal imaginable ( and alot of other stuff too) esp. Pantera, Metallica, and other pissed off stuff. benn playing about 2.5 years, (17.5 yrs old) my friends(and family) are amazed how fast i learned. i am lucky because everybody in my fanily plays something. and yes, i would buy it again. i love everything except no bank pedal.:( would like to be able to mess aroud woth the amp sim. settings though to see what it would do. would also like a programable drum machine too! But all in all, this is a pissd off pedal. if anybody wants to trade patch settings, let me know at wanker720@hotmail.com

Are you looking for a classic Hendrix tone, or maybe that powerfully brilliant Van Halen overdrive? Well LOOK ELSEWHERE. This pedal is $375 and with about the same number of effects as dollars this amp can get a lot of tones, but usually they are abstract versions of what a real pro would be looking for. However, if, like me, you are a punker who likes to experiment every now and then with a bit of wah-wah or delay, and you can't afford the fifty necessary pedals, then this pedal is for you. The experimental possibilities are endless. It also has an adjustment pedal which serves a different purpose for every effect (eg. wah-wah, volume).

Now that I've had it for a while (1 year) and have had the pleasure of trying more specialised pedals, I have come to realise that this pedal does not quite cut it for me anymore. I still enjoy using it, but I just don't really use it for recording or jamming as it is just not quite there. I use it through a Fender 15 watt practice amp, and through a Marshall VS-100. I found the VS-100 distortion far superior to any from the 707.

Has not broken down or had any troubles in the year that I have owned it.

Never dealt with 'em

For my punk band I have bailed this pedal for the Peavey 5150 Combo amp which I am buying (off the singer/guitarist for Kerb! Epic former punk band from Perth WA, a band that any punker from the area should know. If you don't, get your head out of your arse and find their album "Nobody here but us Walruses". His recording amp for their only album prior to disbanding.) This pedal is like a lot of women, at first it's all you need, but after a year of it you yearn for more.

It is relatively easy to use, except for a few buttons.

There is a small amount of noise when using it on some effects, but there is something they call Zoom noise reduction though, but still a small amount of fuzz on some effects. I mostly use the Wah Wah, delay, overdrive, distortion, flanger and a few other effects, that i use when writing, that are compositions of their own. I use a squier guitar with this and run through just a small amp, when i play at home. Most of the effects a good, but there are a few that i just wonder about why they put them in there, as they are just useless, and i hardly ever use them.

I only use this pedal at home, and wouldn't use it at gigs. For that i would use my boss pedals, as they are much simpler to use, and are more reliable, since the GFX-707's casing is just plastic. i think that this pedal is just for jamming aroud with at home, and not to be used at gigs. I would reccomend this pedal to any bedroom rocker, and garage band, although for those who gig a lot, don't use this on stage, or it's lifetime won't be that big.

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I would probably replace it if it were stolen or lost, but i am not sure on that topic. Some of the effects are just pointless and i don't like them. i like the expression pedal, and the tuner built in, but i don't like some of the buttons, as even if you were wearing no shoes you would still have no shance of pressing them. I play blues and rock, although so far, i haven't been able to coax any bluesy sounds out of it. i haven't been able to compare this pedal to any other multi effects pedals, but i think it would be a good pedal for a beginner, bedroom rocker, or garage band.

its very easy to use, and its great cause you can put the patches wherever you want, so you can fix it up if you want a patch to be next to another you want.. and you can also play with the patch configuration thing.. its really cool

its got a great sound, even though I got a peavy guitar and amp (soon to be buying Jackson's Dimebag!! ) it sound very good. the expresion pedal is ok, but its not to die for..its very easy to get the exact sounds you want.. I got Rammsteins, Metallicas, Pantera, Sepultura.. and they sound exactly the same..:)

you caa use it in a gig with no problem at all.. too bad its plastic and not in metal, but it doesnt matter, its still great!

when i bought it, the people that sold it to me at the company wer every friendly and they even tought me some tricky stuff I could do with it, and they even stored in some patches of Pantera that i wasnted to get.. hehe cool hu?

Ive been playing guitar some alot years now, and Ive never had a better pedal that the zoom 707, it gives me everything I want, I play metal, mostly speed/heavy metal.. and some black and death.. but the metal sound very good in it

Very easy to use. Just plug in then play! But I think it would be better if you read the manual to get the most out of it.

I use a strat copy and a practice amp with this pedal. This pedal really improved my sound. It has a lot of effects. It's very versatile. With a few tweaks, I could easily copy the sound of my favorite bands.

Yes. I think it would be better if it was metal but plastic is also good. I would use it even without backup.

never needed them

I play rock, alternative and hardcore. this pedal gives me all the sounds i need. You'd really get your money's worth when you buy this pedal.

Getting a good sound from the 707 is easy, its pretty simple to muck around with. The whole editing patches is easy without referring to the manual.

I use this with a typical marshall stack and BCRich warlock. All of the effects are great, except one. The distortion. Now, you can get an almost noiseless great sounding distortion from this pedal, but it lacks the beefiness. this is not good for me cos i play metal and punk music.

Ive used it without a backup on a gig. It will never break if you treat it right.

Never dealt with zoom. but their website sucks.

Well, its annoying having to switch through the patches, and the distortion is thin. It lacks the nice beefy distortion you like with things like rage, metallica, greenday. allsorts. but, it worked great with me, i had it for a year. Im upgrading to a gfx4 now, hope its good...

The selection pedals are comfortable and positive. I wish the drum-effects start-stop button were operable with the foot- this would be a major advance. The biggest 'plus' I noticed is I can plug headphones straight into the peadal- not having to use an amp.-- Very attractive for late-night playing.

I use a Fender Stratocaster with Peavy amp (15w). Noise is not a problem. I wish the volume levels of patches were more adjustable. There are great sound level differences when switching from one patch to another.

I have had mine almost two years. No problems.

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I play late 60's rock, and in my chuch. My partners in the group are astounded at the variety, versatility, size and effectivenes of this device. I would highly recommend.

Simple patch creation. Easy to move patchs around.

Not bad but takes a long imte to fine tune patchs. Akso the expression pedle is very poor

Never gone wrong

Not a bad piece of kit but don't expect much from the expression pedel

60 Effects, Expression and Wah Pedal

Danelectro with a Peavey Transtube Master 120 watt through a crate 412 cab.

it is very dependable

i would take it without backup

This pedal is quite easily the easiest I've ever had to use. The patches are pre programed, so you don't have to edit them; very good if you want that 'Plug in and Play' factor. But this pedal is far from simple, each patch is fully customiseable, either by using the 'quick controls' to alter levels to effects like Gain, Reverb, Chorus and Vibrato. This is very handy, especially if you want to temporarilly edit a patch during a preformance very quickly. For those with very specific needs, it is possible to create patches from scratch. This is not simple, but with a little help from the manual it isn't too bad. The manual its self is pretty easy to understand, as it uses simple language rather than technical jargon. Some veteran guitarists may find themselves skipping through the basic functions to get to the more complicated features like the sampler function and the 'Jam Play' function.

I've tried this pedal with many setups, from my small Fender Frontman 50w amp, using it to record with an AKAI digital 12 track recorder (using the line out function), using it with a Marshalls (Valvestate?) 100w combo amp, using it with a carlsbro (don't ask me what) 200w multi purpose amp, and finally with a Marshalls Valvestate 500w stack. The sound is always crystal clear and brilliant. The ZOOM NOISE REDUCTION means that feedback from high gain effects is virtually a thing of the past. The effects themselves are remarkably varied, from a 12 string acoustic simulator, to a bluesey style, from a highly destorted feedback generator, to an oldschool funk sound, this pedal has it all. No one guitarist could ever need all of these patches, so it's usually a good idea to customise your user definable patches so that you have all of your sounds together. An all round stunner.

This is very reliable, save for one great flaw: it eats batteries by the truckload. Definately one to use mains supply for, otherwise you could find yourself up the creek without a paddle. If you absolutely positively definately must have it powered by batteries, use a fresh set every time. This could cost alot in AA batteries, especially if you gig alot. It is, however reliable enough to use without a backup; just spare batteries :?)

I've never had to deal with ZOOM about this, as I've never had anything go wrong or needed an upgrade

I play alot of punk rock, but I also play most varieties of rock, except for Neu Metal (SLIPKNOT SUCK!!!!). It's an excellent match, because the very varied 707 can't be faulted for it's versitality. I've been playing about 4 years (yup, a newbie) but I've never had anything with such a variety of sounds and a versitality in its features. An absolute stunner, quite simply brilliant.

Comments, questions or anything else, e-mail me.

Annorack_Entrprs_2000@yahoo.co.uk

Pretty good. The analogue dials are an interesting idea and work very well if you just want to crank up the gain. they can get a bit tedious when doing for complicated stuff though. I picked up the patch editing pretty quick.

OUTSTANDING noise reduction. Slightly lacking in the distortion dept but better than my amp. I'm using a squier strat and if i was going to inprove the quality i'd have to replace that first.

Feels a little bit flimsy. The out put jack is a bit loose but i have no worries about stamping on it as long as I hit the right bit.

Never used it

I use it to practice and to record demos. I'd definitely use it for gigs though. The option of compression and other subttle effects has heightened my awareness of how these things can change your sound.

i't was complete crap. I couldn't get it succed it took me like a day just to get a good distortion

the distortion's are stink as. they are like pussey samick distortion. the chorus what real flat. but the delay was awesome i liked the delay.

NO WAY. i wouldn't even use it at a gig at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it might last 1/2 an hour but still the sound is crap

at the Auckland Rockshop they had nothing to do with it as soon as i walked out the door

very very stink

Easy as breathing to use. Just step on the patches to select a track, step on both of them to turn the effect off. Really cool! I haven't had a go at editing it yet, but ZOOM aren't known for being too difficult to use. Compared to most effects processors, this is as easy to use as any stompbox, only with more sounds at your disposal!

The distorion setting range from the very good to the very muddy, so you may want to find another pedal for distorion (I recommend the Jeykal + Hyde. Read my review about it) or use the gain from your amp. However, the effects are just blinding! They sound cleaner and more powerful than any effects pedals i have ever used. THe wah may not be to everyones taste, but the footswitch can also act as a volume pedal.
Right now i run this thing though a practice amp. (I leave my main amp in teh studio when i play with my band), but it sounds really good. I've now sold off all my other pedals because of this thing. IT also has a built in drum machine. how cool is that?

It's made of plastic, so it doesn't look indestructable. I'll let you knwo when i gig with it.

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For those of you who read my eariler reviews about stompboxes, you can forget all about that now. I have fallen in love with this little box, next to my Whammy pedal, i just couldn't live without it. What i like is that it's so easy to carry! BEfore i had to just bung all my pedals in a bag and carry them, now i don't have that problem! I would certainly buy another one if i lost this. Its has somehting here for anyone. So go on! Buy one at your nearest store now! GO ON! BUY IT NOW!!!! NOW!!!! NOW!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry, don't know what came over me....

I suppose it's pretty easy to use ...as digitally programmed devices go. The Zoom GFX707 has a great lit display and you can label patches for easy recognition! A great sounding but very simple rhythm unit. Lots of effects for a rather bargain price. I like the dials that allow you to modify your patches quickly in live situations. I switched to this unit from Korg's AX1-G which has has no rhythm unit and a display which is not lit. I got tired of bending over to see what effect was called up.

If you're into rocky distortion sounds, you've hit a garden full! Other stuff is nice too; I really like the chorus. I mostly run it through the church P.A. It has a setting for using it through a sound system but frankly, I can't notice any difference in the sound or performance regardless of which setting it's on. Handy adaptor/battery options for power and those AA size batteries are a fairly economical size compared with the little rectangular 9-volt jobs. The pitch function is a bummer when set to produce an octave below the guitar note. It's ok on high notes but look out if you go lower! It makes a beating/fluttering effect that ruins the octave stuff. Sounds like maybe that bottom note isn't quite in tune. Can't Zoom tweak that to make it useful? I'm starting to regret selling my Korg AX1-G. The effects were just as good and that octave effect *worked*!

It would have been nice to get a "pushed" tube sound or a milder distortion effect, but all the distortions are pretty hard sounding.

The AA batts get used up within 14 hours according to the manual, but I used NiCad rechargeables and they died within about 3 to 4 hours. I bought some of the new rechargeables made with NiMH (Nickel Metal Hydride) and they should last better I'm told. Review It's a pretty good deal generally. My disappointment is because the octave effect is one that I was looking forward to, and it seems to be the one that doesn't work very well. I'm still looking/watching for a fix for it.

The plastic seems fairly tough and I'm not expecting any problems with reliablility. I've had the unit for about a month but my pal has had a couple of them for about a year without reliability problems.

I emailed Samsontech a day or two ago at 'support@samsontech.com' about the crummy octave performance on lower notes but no reply so far. It's still a little early to know whether they'll be helpful or even respond.

I play mostly praise and worship music in church and usually use my bass. The effects seem to work fine on both my guitar & bass.

This pedal is fairly easy to operate. The manual is pretty self explanatory. While it is true that some of the patches are pointless..the guys at ZOOM figured not everyone would like them so they gave the option to modify them and store them. So there just demo effects.

Ive used several other pedals and with this one i find it has good noise reduction. Most of the time i run it into a 32-channel Mackie mixer and it has very good sound. For smaller gigs I run it through a Crate brain stacked with 2 15"s.

Ive used it alot. I practice with it, I play at home with it and I play gigs with it. While it is true that the case is plastic..i jam out on it pretty hard..and it hasnt broken yet.

Havent had a problem yet.

I play everything from slow songs..to hard rock. I find it useful to play in pretty much any style you desire. Since you can create up to 30 effects you thought up. The only thing I wish was better..was the sampler, its too short. But I bought it for gigs...so I dont really need it because we have other players.

Excuse for my english...I'm Italian! But now I speak about GFX. It's too easy to use, there are no problems to program patches and to create your best sound.

With the zoom I use a Fender Roc Pro 700 amp with an Ibanez GIO. There is a patch programmed that have a great distorsion! His name is VHALEN, like the artist name. I can't get the sound of my favourite artist, that are Marlene Kuntz ( an italian group), because they use a very crazy distorsion with a clean sound fantastic!

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I have any problem with GFX, so I can't say nothing about this question!

I playied hard core (NOFX, MILLENCOLIN...) and his soun is perfect. I don't like wha wha, and flanger, and all clean sound are no satisfactly. That is my opinion.

Very Easy just like 505

My Setup, Les Paul into 707 into Marshall Valvestate produces sound that a #500+ Unit would be proud of

Metal would of been better than plastic but the plastic is okay, during gigs i use the 707 and a Big Muff for extreme Distorions no problems.

No Problems yet i've only had it 2 months!

I would recommend the 707 to any from the pro's to begginners i've been playing 4 years and owned mny multi-FX but this is the best yet.

Ease of use??? Well I sure expected something better. My 505 is much easier to use. Although in general terms it is good, I would expect an external expression pedal connector (the on-board is somewhat crappy), as well as bigger edit/store/sampler/etc buttons. Finally, the white knobs would be better if they rotated freely. Most of the times, you have to turn it all the way to the beginning and then readjust the value. On the other hand, you can get used to it pretty fast and is much more user friendly than the a Korg shit for example.

The sound quality is really great for such a low budget multieffect pedal. The noise reduction system does a really good job, without significatly affecting the overall sound - a must have in all distorsion effects! The amp simulator is pretty good (not as good as a POD though). I only wished that the guys at ZOOM had done a somewhat better job at making the DSP of the 707. The MOD effects group is not as good as expected and the distorsion could have been a bit better.

I trust ZOOM for what they make more than anyone else. I have worked with many different ZOOM pedals (505, 506, 707, 708) and they were more reliable than anything else. Although its made of plastic, it can survive hard use. I would neve use it on stage though - only in small gigs.

I don't have a clue about support, since I never had to contact them. I guess they must be pretty good though.

If you're looking for an under $200 multieffect pedal, The GFX-707 is one of the best out there. It is most suitable for group rehersals (the preamp can drive even a 20-30 W solid state amp to the limits) and for off-home practicing. The sound quality is good enough, in case you need it for a small gig or an amateurish recording (the amp simulator does a really good job when you're directly connected to a mixer). Just remember not to have too many effects at the same time, cause the sound becomes too crappy.

easy to use good manual great sound i didnt think it would sound that good!

perfect sound van halen dist.good wah other wahs take away your sound i was very suprised

i would use this at a gig without backup any day good very reliable!

one of the best pedal boards that i have ever used i use it at all of my gigs everywhere if you dont have one get one!!!!!

For some reason I didn't receive the manual with the unit which would have been helpful, but after a few hours of tinkering it soon became pretty clear how to use it. The combination of the buttons and knobs to alter aspects of the patches is pretty nifty and makes the thing easy to understand. I imagine it would be a useful item for a beginner cos you can pretty much just plug in and get experimenting.

I'm using an Epiphone Les Paul Studio along with a Marshall JCM900 half stack and to be honest some of the effects are letting the team down. The wah is quite good but some of the others such as the flange just seem lost in my setup. The std chorus on patch A3 is really good but there is a surplus of dodgy distortion sounds. Having said that, there are plenty of other patches which offer less common sounds (such as "Talk" and "60's") which, even with their factory settings, give you a great sound. It also has to be said that while the drum machine is very useful indeed, the sampler really is a piece of unmitigated crap.

Now we come to the less reedeming feature of the unit. I am very wary about putting too much of my weight on it whilst operating the pedal as it is of a reasonably light-weight construction. This doesn't stop me using it live but it is surely a concern you can do without in a gig situation. Also, the input area for the AC adaptor could do with being a bit more robust as I have occasionally lost power when the unit has moved while practising.

Haven't needed it yet.

As a songwriter in a band I have found the unit very helpful in writing new material cos of the cool sounds you can create through it. As for other music I am into stuff like My Vitriol and REM and can certainly recreate some of their sounds through it. However I would have reservations about its durability and quality in the long-term. At the moment its a smart product and great value for (relatively little) money. But in later years it will need replacing with a more expensive, better quality FX pedal.

The sound is awesome. when I bought it, I wasn`t expecting it to be as good as it is. good presets distortions and compressors. the manual is really easy to use (friendly manual) I just had a hard time playing with the edit mode, but I solved that in a couple of days.

i am using a jackson ps4 through a marshal mg-15 amp. not big thing. a set for myself in my room. it kick ass. the sound of it is unbealiveable. most of the effects are good. of course, its weakness is some of the presets effects, that are not very usefull. but you can edit 30 of them and set your own. i play a lot of santana stuff, blues, jazz, and latin music. there is a patch that i edited that gives the sound of black magic woman exactly as you hear it on the record. i would recommend that you read the manual first, and then edit your own patches to get real good effects.

i would use it for live performance without a problem.

never had a problem with it.

I play latin jazz in my band mixed with a little bit of distortion. the sound i get from it is acceptable. i`ve been playing for 9 years and this is a good pedal, of course with more money you could get something better allways. i own a washburn bt2 and a rythm track machine plus a track recorder. i do have a lot of fun when i am playing and editing at home with all the gear. if the pedal were lost i would replace it (if i had the same budget when i bought it)i love the fuzz-comp wha effect. this effect gives a real close effect to hendrix voodo chile slight return wah pedal. i got no complaints. i am very happy with it.

Pretty easy to use when you first get it. Radio Shack had an AC adapter that cost me $8. Zoom wants $20+. The manual seems pretty complete. If you just want to bump around in some of the 60 preset patches, it's very quick to get underway.

If you want to do a lot of modifications, you're much better off reading the manual first. RTFM!

Here's where it gets good. I'm running an Ibanez Acoustic Amp (Troubadour TA25) and a Epi Les Paul Classic Ltd Edition. The LP was a late addition, prior to that I was only using 2 Ovations and playing through the acoustic amp. The Les Paul sounded pretty good thru that amp with it's fully adjustable chorus and reverb. But I wanted to play around with some distortion and FX (metal to jazz/blues). This 707 does a nice job of that. I'm very happy so far. It's the best of both worlds.

I haven't had it long enough to comment.

Ditto

I'm having a blast playing around with this thing. True what others have said about some useless patches, but you can modify 30 of them if you choose.

It sounds great through my high quality Sony headphones as well. The sound I get out of the Zoom in by-pass mode is nearly the exact sound I get out of my acoustic amp with no reverb or chorus. I'm hearing the Les Paul's "true" sound.

The Zoom and the Ibanez Acoustic Amp are great together. Not a bad combo for less than $350.

THe sound I get out of this Pedal is badass i dont know what your all talking about its sound great. EAsy to use after ounce you mess with it for a while i figured it all out after 2 days of having it.

I use a Ibanez AX120. Not noisy at all with the block on that gets rid of the Hum sound. I use the distortion on the pedal its very nice for my type of music It gives out a good low sound witch i like. I use a G100rcd Marhsall head with a 4'12 cabnet.

I dont know i think ill break it some day cause its plastic so im carefull with it.

I got it off of ZZsounds.

ITS BADASS PEDAL GO BUY IT!.

Le GFX-707 est plutot facile a utiliser. Certains effets se reglent tres rapidement, sans complications. Mais la plupart du temps, il faut suivre le manuel pour bien faire les ajustements. Par contre, l'ajustement de l'EQ est plutot compliquee a maitriser.

La qualite des sons est plutot moyenne. Pour le prix de l'appareil, on ne peut pas souhaiter les sons des pedales Roland. Les sons "presets" sont bon en general. J'aime bien le son "Van Halen". Aussi le son "emulation d'une guitare 12 cordes" est tres bien. Je suis par contre decu des distortions et surtout de l'overdrive. Les sons ne sont pas "clean". Quand on joue avec les controles pour se faire un son, on dirait que ce n'est jamais satisfaisant. Les "presets" sonnent toujours mieux.

J'aime bien la pedale en generale, surtout que c'est mon premier multi-effet. Je crois qu'on peut s'y fier. Les 30 "patchs user" sont suffisants pour preparer d'avance tous les sons necessaires a un spectacle pour les acceder en sequence.

Pas eu besoin de support.

Pedale honnete pour un prix plus que resonnable.
Je la recommenderais.
Par contre, si joulais investir plus $, je penserais au VG-8 de Roland.

Easy, read the manual, play a few of the patches, edit them to see how they work, ditch the presets and make your own noises, work from the bottom up.

Setup: Yamaha 1511ms -> GFX-707 -> Award-Session Sessionette 75.
No noise - great humbuckers on guitar, good cables, remember to play around with the ZNR noise reduction level, it's like dolby, gets rid of the hiss, but muffles the sound a bit, so must be used in conjunction with the EQ.
Effects mainly useful, too many distortions which sound the same.
I don't try to emulate artists - too specific, remember there are millions of pedal/rack combinations which the real guitarists use, so I don't get hung up on trying to sound exactly like them.
I like the chorus, compression, delay, (hate digital reverb), Jam play is unusable.
REMEMBER, BEFORE YOU BLINDLY TRASH THIS UNIT - THE PRESET PATCHES NEED TO BE EDITED TO SUIT YOUR OWN SET UP

Seems fine, it is plastic, but that tough ABS plastic, strong enough for me. Had it 3 months, no worries. Oh yeah, invest in the mains adapter.

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I play a very eclectic mix of folk, alternative, and like alternifying pop songs... so this set up suits me well, lots of things to play with. I won't use 70% of the settings, but I don't care, the settings I create and use will be used all of the time.
I would buy another one, it's so cheap and cheerful.
Loves and Hates? I love the wide range of sounds to experiment with, and hate the ill informed trashings given by some of the other reviewers, sorry guys but did you actually try to use it properly?
I didn't need to compare this with other units, this had the features and the price - enough said.
Anything I wish it had? Less distortions and some synth modes like the Bass version.

I found this unit fairly easy to use
if you study the manual a little you will have no problems
The supplied patches are not all that usefull however editing makes them OK
the manual is very helpfull
i have read reviews that said going from one patch to one far away is hard to do....Read the manual people!!!
there is a setting on user confirmation that addresses this problem

I am using a Peavey Odyssey>GFX-707>Zoom 9002>peavey special 112 pre amp>peavey 1.3K power amp> 8-12" peavey scorpion speakers in custom built cabs
noise gate is very good at it job
wah effect is very weak
distortion ..to many to choose from..only a few are useful
mod. effects are good
rev. sounds digital but ok
I dont try to sound like anyone else. I have my own style.
I use this settup playing classic rock and southen rock
and i find it works very well for me

havent had it long enough to know yet
but it seams strong enough
some say not because it is plastic....look at the new cars they are building....plastic body panels!!!

havent had to deal with them

already said my style
been playing for 20+ years...not an amateur
if it were lost or stolen I would buy another

pretty basic if you are just using for the programed sounds and the drum but the other options are pretty damn confusing i mean im not saying impossible but the directions made little or no sense. i would have been better without them

i was playing with a gibson les paul special through this and into a fender deville 410. it wasn`t noisy but the effects sucked. i try to get lots of sounds and didn`t want to buy a shit load of stompboxes. i was trying to get sounds ranging from techno to django. none of the sounds had no distortion on them. even if i put it on jazz i would get a fairly clean sound but still with distorion. i hateed that the drums wre louder then the guitar so if you played wioth the drum machien then you couldn`t hear yourslef .

well mine broke. if it wasn`t for the stupidity of my local music store buying it without chekcing it out i would have had a hundred dollar paper weight. i played it pretty hard for like 2 months and then it didn`t die it would just work for like 10 minutes and then not work i thoght my amp needed new tubes but that wasn`t it the son of gun was burning form the inside out. don`t gig with this you`ll make a fool of yourself.

i tired to deal with the company but no responce to my email. a bunchof bastrds all of them.

i`ve been playing for 6 years ive owned various guitars pedals and amps. right now i have a gibson les paul special, a blueshawk, and my new pride and joy a blond '72 american strat. also a fender deville 410 and a polytone mini-brute. hotcake overdrive akai headrush and phaser and a moog envelope filter. right now im giging solo witha dj in a techno/jazz/hip-hop deal, but do play regular gigs in a jazz combo. i don`t think this suits any style well unless you are going to plug into a marshall halfstack and play power chords all day. if it were stolen i would probally laugh t the dumb ass who stole it and makes a fool of him self on stage when it breaks.

easy to get decent sounds out of it. never tried editing patches, I'm too lazy.

not as noisy as the 505 model, but still noisy. sounds kinda cheap, but what can you expect for $130? has a few cool default distortion settings but as far as clean goes, it seems to be lacking in variety (apart from off the wall stuff that you'll never end up actually using more than once)

Heres where it went wrong. I had read reviews about the input/output jacks starting to fail on this unit but I ignorantly didnt heed the warning. It worked fine for like 3 months then all of a sudden the sound went out. I opened the thing up and resodered the input jack connection and it broke again the next day. I would not recommend this for a gig whatsoever. that would suck to lose the sound in the middle of a show.

never tried.

I play in a church worship band so I need a variety of sounds. I think I use like 2 or 3 of the settings on this thing at the most. Editing patches is probably easy but I dont like messing with it. It would be good for a backup guitarist cuz the sounds seem to blend well with other instruments, but the thing is cheap plastic and apparently breaks down a lot. What can I say? you get what you pay for...

This rating would be a 9 or 10 if the manual wasn't so thin in certain areas. New patches are reasonably easy to put in. I would prefer to have seen pedals for bank switching rather than just buttons. I made my own anyway, makes it far more usable. I would like to have seen more than 30 of the 60 patches user-programmable.

I use a single coil Japanese Strat. I play all kinds, mainly rock/punk rock/indie etc.. Do NOT buy this if you have a tube amp. It sounds way better with my mate's Peavey solid state (and the several other s. states I have used it with.) Mine is an Epiphone Electar Tube 30, and I am told it sounds pretty bad with Marshall Tubes also. I guess Zoom thought budget pedal=budget amp=solid state amp. However, it is still a great pedal that does for practising in my bedroom and jamming with mates occassionally. I like the distortion and wah, delay works fine. However, seperate pedals will do the jobs much better ie. if you just want this for its distortion, spend the same money on a dedicated distortion pedal. Noise reduction is EXCELLENT at ... mmm ... reducing noise ... when you put a lot of gain on the distortion. It can eliminate quitely picked notes alltogether if turned up high though, this doesn't bother me much. If you get a cheap AC/DC adapter, it will adcersely affect the sound. The default patches do not flatter the unit's capabilities. An excellent resource for 707 patches is at: http://venus.spaceports.com/~gfx707/
With a transistor amp, this rating would be a 9.

It is plasticky, but it didn't cost a lot, it doesn't look like it will fall apart though. Expression pedal has taken a lot of abuse. It has never let me down. I have never done a gig with it, but I don't see that it would be a problem.

Never dealt with them.

I'd buy it again. The price I paid included an AC/DC adaptor, which I reccommend you get as it eats batteries and the adaptor is only about #10 - that's not a lot of batteries - 4 are supposed to last 14 hours I think. Again, if you have a tube amp, don't buy one of these unless you have tried it with your amp and are happy with it. I don't gig and have only been playing 3 years, so this unit is ideally suited to me, I cannot justify spending a great deal on equipment. I truly beleive this is the best multi FX processor for what I paid. Another handy feature is the guitar tuner which can also be used for figuring out the chords in a tune if you plug your lead into your Hi-Fi. When in bypass mode, the expression pedal becomes a volume pedal which can be useful. The 707 can also boost the signal a lot and drive your amp harder.

Very easy to use, the selecting of sounds in the order you want them is a bit complicated. Compared to other multi effect pedals its easy to change the patch sound and stuff.

I used it with a slightly modified Fender jaguar, Stack amps at practice rooms and through a small Fender front man amp at home. I also use a Big Muff Distortion pedal as well. There is the usually Zoom noise reduction available which is top, but i like it noisy so i turn that down. The effects can be pretty strong but not as much as separate pedals. There are lots of effects which can be modifide to the way you like, ive got it to sound very grungy and dirty rock. The flanger is really good, but the accoustic sim sorta sucks and sorta doesnt work.

Its plastic so it might bite the dust if i dropped it. The actually pedal switches dont seem as strong as the should and the foot pedal for the wah and stuff also seems a little to fragile. I do have no fear of it just breaking down though i use it in a gig with out back up but i do use a separate distortion pedal.

Nope, never delt with them but im sure there nice

I play hard rock and Grunge so i needed a fat dirty pedal and i also play soft jazz and blues. The pedal works with both styles well. This does the job of all effects except distortion. Its ok but not really fat enough for me. ive been playing for a few years or so now and have managed to get three guitars but my jaguar is my fav. The biggest ting i love about it is its compactabilty and it get rid of the need for millions of leads. The foot pedal is a little bit to sensitive so its kinda hard to adjust things like the pitch shifter properly. The Zoom 707 is good if you like a decent sound with no mess and cheap cost, if your mad into sounds go and buy individual pedals becuase this wont satisfy your needs. If you get it, i am recomending it, i would also perchase the biggest and meanist distion pedal the BIG MUFF with it.

This pedal is not what you'd expect for its price. With over 60 effects and an expression pedal it is the best in its price range! You can get some fantastic sounds from it although I was disapointed with the distortions they sound very sharp even after a lot of equalisation but they are great for mettalers like metallica etc.
It is so easy to use it is the first effects unit I have OWNED but have played with many others.

I play my 707 through a Marshall vs8080 and an Epi Les paul Goldtop or a Fender standard strat.
This is a problem I have found playing any guitar or amp with this unit. You lose the sound of the guitar eg.
When playing with Humbuckers I look for a fat rich crunch when in distortion but I don't get that sound when combining my effects to my amp.
To solve this problem I turned off the Zooms distortion and used the distortion on my amp. As with all effects units there are good and bad effects the chorus flanger phasers and acoustic sims are all great and I have used them all on my bands last demo cd. Also the WAH WAH is excellent and you can program it to sound exactly the same as any pedal (I use jim dunlop cry baby)
You really can sound like anyone with this pedal but it is best for metallica etc.

Very reliable and well built, even though its made of plastic its very strong and durable!
I would only use certain effects at a gig like its chorus flangers and delays etc.
Also the wah wah is very good

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never dealt with samsontech Zoom or the shop I got it from.

In my band I play indie and rock but at home when jamming I play alot of lead led zeppelin etc.
I have been playing for nearly 3 years but am very experienced as a session guitarist at the age of 14. I have played many pedals guitars and amps and my equipment is great considering I have payed less than #1000 ($1500) for it all. The 707 has done me so far but I'am upgrading my effects to boss single pedals.
But overall For under 200 bucks this thing kicks ass for live in a band or just chilling in your room.

Very easy to use. I taught myself how to edit the patches in about a half hour because i'm too lazy to read the manual, which also is very good on telling you how to bring up the tuner, sampler, and everything else.

I use it with a Squire Strat and a Squire practice amp. It is noisey on a few settings that dont use the Zoom Noise Reduction. Very few of the effects are weak (Auto-Wah) but the rest (Delay, Flange, Distortion, everything else) are awesome!! I can get a Nirvana and Korn sound out of this, even with my crapp set-up.

It is very durable, I dropped it about 6 feet (on accidnet) and its still roarin'

NOOOOOOO

This thing is a beautiful work of technogoly, and all for less that $200, i'd recommend this to anyone... Beginners, Hobbyists, Pros, anyone, IT IS PURE EXCELLENCE!!!!!!

This model is hard to understand for those who are new to processors. The instructions seemed to pretty vauge as if written by some geek without consideration for new folks such as my self. With a little tinkering and some help with my freinds, I was albe to know my way around it.

I play my BC Rich Platnium Warlock and Peavey Bandit 112 with this doo-hickey. The VanHalen patch was able to give me a nice tight speed metal tone such as Overkill,old Metallica and Slayer. Most of the other patches are fun to play around but nothing I would use while performing.The rythm sampler might make a useful metronome but the other settings seem completly useless compared to a drum machine. I havent tried recording it but I doubt only have a space for six seconds would be useful with other means of recording available.

Despite some of the drawbacks, I was able to come up with some nice tones both for performing and playing around.

I haven't took it through some heavy abuse yet. Its been kicked around a little while rearnging my room but nothing serious.I use the package it came in as a carrying case to protect it from the elements and being banged around.
So far it has outlasted other pieces of equipment I have used in the past.

I emailed them asking for some help on using this and all I got was the usual "thanks for emailing us." Guess they can only work with warranties.

This is a nice processor for the budget musican. If your new to fx processors, you might want someone with more expirence to help you in using it. Many of the patches sound odd or useless but with some tinkering around, there can be some tones to stick around with. The rythm sampler is a great metronome but not a drum machine.

Overall, I like this processor.

It is very easy. Just sit down and read the short manual. Patches are simple to create.

I have an epiphone classic flametop gibson les paul and it sounds great when it is hooked up to the gfx707. The distortions are good, and you can get plenty of a variety of sounds when you combine it with your chorus, reverb ext... I can get a great Metallica sound from it.

It's ok so far, but the sampler quit working on me! It worked one minute then it broke. Everything else is ok.

I delt with the music store. they wore good. I haven't done nothin with the company.

I play blues, metal, and rock. It works with all of them. I wish the sampler recorded longer. It helps with music

Getting about and around on this little bugger is very simple. 2 buttons (patch up and patch down) and expression pedal. Fixing new patches is quite simple, unless you are a complete newbie to effects and have no idea where to start. The manual can be a hell lot better (My job is writing manuals, and this one stinks) for beginners. But its so simple to use you just plug it in and play. The rhythm section is ok, but you have to stoop down to switch it on. 7/10 is quite good however.

I am using this baby with a Jackson Performer PS1 guitar on a very small Fender 25r. The effects sound good even at low levels of sound. And yeah, I do get good sounds, especially distortions, delays and acoustic emulation.

So far I haven't been so rough on it. The unit seems quite robust, except for the power supply input. I would kick it around, given that it is being battery operated.

No opinion yet. The local agent seems to be ok, but I don't think I'll need help.

I absolutly love the size and the sound seems ok. It's money well spent. I would however re-design the power supply input in this one, its easily damaged. Its a great unit for players who want to experiment around with effects.

You can get good sounds out of this pedal quite easily. I think it can't get any simpler. Editing Patches is easy if you read the manual for about an hour (and the manual is good). The only problem is that if you screw up storing a patch on top of another one, you just have to start all over again. That's why I'll only give it a 7. But it's simple to work with...

I use a Washburn N2 > GFX-707 - Crate G160XL. There is almost no noise at all and that's a good feature. I believe it's because of the ZNR (Zoom Noise Reduction). What a good job they did here...
Well, the effects are not that good to start with, you have to edit your own patches if you really want to "like" them. Although some are quite good (20% of them). With a little work you can get the sound of many artists, I guess. But I'm not a sound expert, so I don't really know if I get that or not. Some of the patches (presets) that I like are the Van Halen, Pop, Lead, Detune, Overdrive, Violin... like I said , some are quite good. The rest is pure manure folks. But hey it's a cheap pedal, so you really have to make it sound like you want. It doesn't come all prepared for your taste, right?

I can sure depend on this pedal. It's plastic, but I don't kick it. I use it carefully. I haven't done any gigs but I would use it on a (small) gig, sure. I think the sound is good enough for that

Never heard of them. But the music store (Castanheira, Oporto Portugal) were really helpful and let me try it for as long as I wanted. And the Zoom website is above average, so it's a 9!!

I play all kind of music for about 6 years and this pedal helps me a lot. I can record directly to the machine with this (without using the amp), which is good!! I don't have any other gear for the guitar. I don't think I need it yet. For beginners, this is a great pedal. And editing may seem boring, but it helps you develop a certain knowledge about this kind of stuff. If it was stolen, I'd probably save to buy a GFX-8 or a Boss GT-3, because I would want to move forward. I guess we could store the patches in a different way, because it somehow gets confusing, but that's the only flaw. Believe me, this is great pedal for starters. You'll go crazy if this is your first pedal. Just try it in a store... and for the price, it's awesome. But of course, if you are a serious musician, then buy a better and more expensive one, because this is not the pedal you want.

The pedal is easy enough to play around with if you are happy with the preset patches. The manual takes a bit of following to understand how to edit anything - which is a waste of time. I found any of the settings took ages to edit and the sounds usually came across "over-edited" no matter how subtly you set the fx.

I play an ESP guitar with a Laney LC30 valve amp. I had a small Marshall practice amp before and found the fx gave me easy access to a range of sounds for practicing, but since I got the Laney it just doesn't compare. The distortions on the pedal are all very muddy and lacking harmonic content and the reverb lacks any atmosphere. I thought the chorus was the best effect and the drum settings are fun and usefull as a glorified metronome. The wah is pitiful (i am awaiting delivery of a Morley this moment) but the expression pedal has its use as a volume pedal. I've had this pedal for over a year and a half and was a beginner at the time, not exactly a conisseur of tone but just happy if it had six strings and a Floyd. i am now a much better player (classic rock/metal mainly) and am aware that my pedal isn't even close to giving me the tone I crave.

Well, i've had the pedal for over 1 1/2 years and it's still going after daily usage as if it were brand new, so I can't complain. I do tread lightly on it however if i'm wearing my boots as the plastic doesn't seem indistructable. I wouldn't use it live as i would probably stomp on it in the middle of a rockin song.

Dont know?

As i said, I play classic rock and it just ain't working. I play straight into my Laney now and it is phenomenal, and i'm contemplating buying a few stompboxes like a BOSS compressor and delay as they give more versatility and are easier to adjust. I tried recording myself a few times for my music course and it was when I played it back that I realised how terrible it made me sound. If it got stolen i wouldn't buy another but i would be more upset that I didn't have it to pawn off to some beginner for 50 bucks. For a beginner it is usefull for exploring different sounds and fun but if you are any way serious about playing guitar save yourself the money and buy a decent all-valve amp, they have all the legendary tones you could want.

Sound is not spectacular, just decent. The manual is only somewhat helpful. Editing is easy.

Ibanez guitar, crate amp. Okay sound for some areas, other patches are unnecessary. Somewhat limited in its range. Could get some okay distortions if time is spent on it.

This is where it gets ugly. Today i was playing, and i leaned over to adjust some settings when all of the sudden my cheap guitar strap let go and my guitar came smashing down on the unit. My guitar only had a very minor scratch on it, but as for the 707, it was totalled. I opened it up, and found to my dismay that the circuit board was cracked in half. Time for some new effects, i guess.

didn't deal with them

Okay for casual use. Just don't drop a guitar on it. Guitar, 1. Effects, 0.

Its not hard, you just need to read the manual and spend a few hours playing around with it. You can also use the presets, which aren't bad. 60 of them gives you some variety. If you want to experience all the features of it, you'll have to spend time with the manual though.

The preset effects are pretty good, but there are just too many useless distortions, fortunately, most of those are in the editable memory blocks. Many of the other effects are pretty cool though (60 total). Some say that they only use like 2 or 3 effects and the rest are useless, well, why would you buy a *multi* effects pedal? They have single effect pedals for those people, yet they insist on buying a unit like this and then trashing it because they baught the wrong thing. I find a lot of the effects very useful, since I play more experimental type of music, and you can make some really awesome patches if you put the time in to it.

The amp modeler, well, that depends on what kind of amp you have. If all you have is a fender squier sidekick, then it is extremely useful. On the Combo A setting, it'll make that little piece of junk amp sound like a real amp...at low volumes at least, until the speaker gives. If you have a real amp, then I can't say there because I don't have one at the moment.

One thing, this unit is NOT staticky at all, those that experience static have either bad pickups or their guitar volume turned up way to high. On my RG120 Ibanez w/ DiMarzio pickups turning the volume knob down just a tad keeps any static from showing up.

Had no problems what so ever in the 3 months I had it, and I'm pretty abusive.

never had to deal with them

For the price, it is pretty damn good. It can match the sound of many of the more expensive distortion pedals. If it were lost or stolen I'd definately buy another one. The only thing on it that completely blows is the "drum machine". It is useful for nothing more than a metranome, and the sampler is pretty shitty too. Then again, you want a good drum machine, get one, you want a good sampler, get one. If you want a good cheap multi effects pedal in this price range, get this.

Soon as you get this thing you can use it and in my opinion the majority of guys who are gunna be buying this are beginners who don't own any other pedals or processors. For them the effects that are pre programed are great, when I got this I was running it thru a Squier Strat and a Squier Sidekick amp, this was probly the most limited setup soundwise that anyone could get therefore getting the pedal opened up alot of doors for me. I found it easy to get a fairly decent sound (compared to what had at the time) by using this pedal. After a while I felt like experimenting, the manual for it is very very hard to understand at 1st however the actually editing process is not nearly as difficult as it looks, editing patchs is an easy step by step procedure even if it is a lil time consuming. Basically your not gunna learn howto run this thing overnight however as u use it it will become easier.

My gear has changed alot since I got this pedal, I now use a Peavy Studio Pro 112 or Marshall Grd 15 and a 48th Street Custom Strat. The pedal is not usually noisy you do get the odd fx settings/pickup postions where it creates a lil noise but thats only very very rarely. Ok now for the quality of Fx, Clean Chorus is brilliant I can achive amazing clean sounds on using this pedal it rox, the flange is OK but a lil on the weak side, Wah is probly the weakest thing on this pedal but as I don't use the Wah much I'm not too worried about that, Distortion like the Flange is a lil weak but is much better then Amp Distortian the only way yer gunna better this is with a stomp box or expensive processor. I play all sorts of different music and for most this thing suits me fine. I'd give this a 7.5 If I could but thats not possible so i'll give it an 8.

I've had it a year and a bit and it's starting to let me down here at first it was ok but now the input/output sockets are starting to come loose, I think that can be fixed though and I haven't had any other problems.

Dunno, Don't care :-)

I play a lil bit of everything and for the beginner who dabbles in a bit of everything this thing is fine. I've been playing a year and half maybe maybe a lil more most of my other gear i've described above. If lost or stolen I'd probley save up for a GFX 4 maybe and 8 I dunno. Other pedals in this range are pretty much the same but this one had a few extra features so I choose this. I record alot line in also and this thing works OK for that 2, If any of you guys wanna hear what this pedal can do check out Guitarwar.com and look in the past elec melees my name is "Twads" and in war 687 I use this pedal to createthe lead sound. L8rs

It's really pretty easy to use, just put all your setting where you want them, and play around. You can play the guitar while changing the settings to find what you really want. The manual is a little inspecific about some things, but with some basic knowledge you can overcome that.

I run this with a Fender Strat to a Fender Frontman 25R. I don't try to do too much, just keep it simple. Some settings are worthless and stupid, but I just made my own settings in their place. I was just playing with the settings and I can get decent Creed clean and distorted sounds, and some STP. The acoustic stuff doesn't really sound acoustic, and some patches, like I said, are just dumb.

It works for me, but I don't usually play gigs. It hasn't fallen apart yet, and doesn't look like it's going to, so yeah, i'd use it for a gig.

Don't know, no trouble so far.

I play rock mostly, this seems to do the trick, I just have to alter the patches to get what I want sometimes. I've been playing almost 2 years, by no means an expert, but I have a Fender P-Bass, a Yamaha acoustic, and a junker guitar. It gives me more options in my music than just overdrive and reverb, so It does just fine for me.

Parameter adjusting with the knobs is quite intuitive, but its sometimes hard to know which knob for which parameter is, since they change depending on the fx type. I found the 505 easier to configure, but it also has much less adjusting options for the effects.

I miss a real smooth distortion. The distortions also seem very dirty and have to be corrected at low end to be used at a line in. However, I achieved a good classic rock sound in combination with my Fender Strat, using OD2 and GAIN set at 1. Effects sound nice, and some have really good stereo depth. When I practice with my Dolby ProLogic decoder on it sounds ok. It interprets the stereo signals to give it a front/back dimension.

never had a problem. Sure, effect boards with metal cases stand more kicks and hits, but for a little gig in a little nice club (...if it had better distortions...) it's ok.

never had to use it. Although, I didn't like the fact that they raised the 707's price around 40$ (don't know for sure how much, I paid in german marks) when the 505-II came out.

Although I was overwhelmed with the variety of effects when i first got the 707, I'm already (2 months later) thinking of getting something more professional in terms of sound quality and features. It holds a lot of effects which would dry your wallet out if you bought them all as single effect pedals, but it's only a compromise in terms of quality. noise reduction however, is really good.

It's not like adjusting your three knobs box but after reading the manual and spending some time on it you can easily create your own sounds. I own it since 4 months and i played with every setting. Much easier then some other units I've tried.

I have Jackson PS-4 Performer and I use the ZOOM for practice with headphones or recording with PC. It's a funny toy but the sound quality is not good. In the Dist/Comp module, only the Dist-2 setting and the Acoustic Simulation is interesting. Compressor settings suck. Metal dist stinks. Modulation effects are weak and generally useless except some chorus settings. Espescially the wah sounds are ridiculous. Pitch shifters have long latency times and sound horrible. But the noise reduction does a good job. Reverb and echo effects are not flexible enough to find good sounds, in fact, nor are other effects. Amp simulation is just a bunch of EQ presets and alters nothing but the frequency response. Expression pedal and drum samples are good features for this class of units, but since the wah sucks, pedal is not so much necessary. Jam play and sample features are weak and only usefull for fun.
When I try to make direct records with it, it causes a low end boost (even with the "line" setting) so the result is a growling bass sound which is not tolerable. I defianly can't get 80's classic metal sound like Judas or Ozzy though I've tried every combination of effects.

It seems reliable, nothing happened yet but DO NOT use it on gig! I did it on a small gig and the led display was invisible on the scene so I had very unpleasant time there. Trust me, don't use it!

I haven't deal with them. But the guy who sold it to me was very and helpful, I bought my guitar from the same magazine and had a problem with it, I brought by guitar and they solved the problem in a half hour.

I play 80's metal (not thrash or power but classic and glam). I have only one usefull setting and I practice with it. I play since ten years and personally I do not own anything at home. But at my school's studio there are some usefull units. If my GFX-707 was lost, I'd buy a Line-6 POD wich I tested longtime and that sounds great. Don't buy it, add a little more and buy POD. Well ZOOM GFX-707 is a funny toy but nothing more.

Not too tough, but editing cool patches was not enough intuitive. Dialing a good sound is easier on pedals.

Used a Ibanez RG (HSH) and Fender Strat (mexico) thru a variety of Marhsall Valvstates.
The distortions are simillar to what you can get from a cheap peavey blaser (I know coz I got one of those at home) and the Wah is pityfull compared to my CryBaby. I went to the music store to get a good multi effect pedal, I tried the Zoom for an hour or so and then decided it wasen't worth it's price.

Also, the patches suck and some of 'em are USELESS.
Can't get a blues sound that has balls with this P.O.S.

No, it's made of plastic... it's not really made to last.

nice web site, I'll give'em that

It's useless, either save up money to buy a real multi-effect (Line 6) or buy each pedal individually, one at a time, like I did. I bought a Boss BD-2 instead. It's great!. Next stop is the flanger!

i have just got it for christmas and this is the first pedal i have got, the instructions are a bit advanced for me to get my head round, an idea for ZOOM would be to give you examples to try out.

i use a fender squire strat with a fender practice amp, i got good sounds without the box anyway so i had somthing to compare with.
like others have said, the distortions all sound the same! there are some good sounds i must say, but on most of the sounds i have found the "expression" pedal useless.

the box i would use it at a gig no probs but the sounds..well.
i havent had any problems so far...

needed none

i play all sorts of music, but as i am still a learner i havn't really been able to compare the boxes capabilities with others i have had, which is to say none(!)
if ever it was stolen i would probably buy another box to sort of broaden my experiences with them.
i think overall since it's the first box i have had i would say it is quite good, the drum beat function is cool, but only to practice, i woulden't use it in a gig.

I hesitated between this pedal and a Pandora PX3 because they cost almost the same price in France, almost 200?.
I downloaed the user manual from the web site, so I already known it before trying it.
This machine is easy to use, the knobs for the settings are very handy. Man can go through all parameters easily.
The drum machine is one of the feature that interrested me a lot into that box. You get a wide variety of rythm for practicing

I found it really disappointing.
The disto are really worse than the one I get with the lead channel on my Peavy Bandit 112 (not the 'S'). They sound weak and muddy.
The settings are easy to use, The problem is to find the settings for the proper sound. I had this pedal for 2hours and impossible to get something decent. The packaged patches are a real pity, they are a lot sort of different one but only a few really fit for my purpose, but do not reach the quality I expected.
The drum kit sounded, let's say average, but really bad regarding the Pandora.
Oh yes, one thing that bothered me, the sampler, only 6 seconds !!!! useless, I need at least 10 secs
Some things are good, the reverb, the wah, too few regarding the number of effect proposed.

Well, it's plastic, but designed as a pedal, so strong.
But I wouldn't gig with it because of its sound !

Zoom has a good web site

Well, considering it it vs Pandora PX3, there is no comparison. The Korg has really better sound for even effect or drum kit.

Ok, 707 looks sexy, the wah is good, it's a pedal, designed for gigging. But if you need something for practicing go for the Pandora, it has THE sound.

It seems that within this price range you have to choose between the sound quality or the hability to gig with. 707 gives you the second only, not enough yet for good gigs, for which you may go to GFX-8 or AX1000.

just scroll through the easy to follow menus, takes a bit of workin out at firt but then its really simple

i use a yamaha sg500 and a mex strat. they both sound great throught the zoom, some of the effects would never be used but the basic effect are great for the price. Im gettin a zoom gfx8 soon as i am about to start gigging and could do with better dostortion though.

no probs so far

never used

its great for practicing and very ( cant think of the word) can be used for any style from bluse to thrash metal, great metal distortions, but that aint wot i like, i want indie type distortion, this can be acheived but aint superb, it is good enough though.

I got this last year, and as soon as I got it outta the box it was easy to use. However, the manual leaves alot to be desired as it was written by the computer geek that designed it so its hard to understand. Editing patches took me a week to really get down, but once i got it, i could make almost any sound i wanted.

My setup no longer includes the GFX-707 because i have replaced it with many great stompboxes that sound 100% better than the GFX does.I might add it back in for a few songs because of some neat patches. It wasn't noisy when i had it in front of a crybaby and big muff, but like i said it has been replaced. The unit has WAY too many distortion patches, because they all sound the same. After editing almost every patch i could, i could get some REALLY cool Ring Modulator effects. I really liked the underwater-like patch. The Autowah was pointless, the phaser wasnt too bad, the flanger wasn't as wooshy as i like them, but the talk and time trip effects werent too bad. After playing with the reverse patch and adding a Memory Man behind the GFX i could get a weird pulsating space sound that i am thinking about using in a song. A good multi effect pedal, but for a really great sound, go for stompboxes. Its fun mixing this with other pedals though, but its not that great.

the GFX is really sturdy, but i have had a problem with the output jack falling out.

I have never dealth with them.

My band plays a psychedelic stew of music, ranging from rock to funk to no wave to jazz. I currently use the sampler on this unit for writing solos/songs, and it works well for that. Its also fun to mix and match with my other stompboxes. I can get cool sounds out of certain patches, but not enough of them are good, and too many are distortion patches. Since it mixes well with other units, has a great drum thing, and sampler, is incredible sturdy, and has a few awesome effects, ill give it a 7.

I've only just got a Zoom GFX 707 guitar effects processor, and it's really really good!
I recommend it to anyone. whether your beginners, advanced!
It's really easy to use and has drum beat!
It's rocks!

I use an australian model amp called, Jade or storm amp!
And a Les Paul Gibson Custom Made!
So yeah!
The effects always sound great, never weak!
I would definitely recommend it to anyone
there's no effects on this pedal that sound bad.

yes I can definitely depend on it!
absolutely!!!!!!!!!!!!
yeah.......I reckon I'd use it in a gig. if I didn't have enough money to afford anything else! But I'd get a more advanced one if I did have alot of money!

No I haven't dealt with the company. but the people that I brought the pedal off, they were very good and they convinced us that it was a really good pedal!
I would definitely upgrade it in the near future If I was in a band and we needed to, but wouldn't if it weren't neccesary!

I play heavy metal music mostly, metallica and stuff!
I've been playing for six years now. I own a jade amp, gibson guitar, boss pedal, ibanez fat cat distortion pedal, and a falcon guitar!
I'd probably buy the same equipment again! Depends
I luv everything about the pedal. It's reliable, easy to use, and sounds cool! sort of a reasonable price too!
I don't hate anything about it! My favourite feature??? Don't have one, they're all good!
Yes I did compare it to other products, and it was way better than the other ones. the other products I compared it with was, boss!
I chose this one cause It was the best one there! DUR
No it has all I need on it, there's nothing there that I wish it had!
No it really helps me make music.
That's about it!

pretty easy , after a glance at the manual your off.

Terrible.The distortion patchs suck so much , they have no low end and sound shit , the flange is okay , the trem is crap , and the auto wah is even worse u cant even tell that its on.

no probs after 4 months

Complete junk , get a POD or seperate pedals for the price.

If you mess around with the amp selectors, and also alot wih the equilization, you will most likely be able to get exactly the sound you want. I have had mine for about 4 months, and I change the effects I use most, almost every week. I just keep on changing them a little bit at a time, and i am getting closer to having the exact sound I want.

I am running from a Mexican Strat through the GFX-707, and into a small Peavey amp. I have also played through a large peavey amp, and it sounded great. The ZNR function works well, remember to always have the ZNR as high as possible, while still having the sound you want. I play alot of Creed and Metallica, kind of that beefy crunchy distortion that works good with low tunings, and works very well to get that incerdible Palm Muting sound that Metallica uses alot. As fas as clean goes, I took a preset called 'rockab', and stored it next to my distortion patches, and just messed with the eq for a while and the tone. Also the preset 'fusion' is a very cool effect. I use 'fusion' for the intro to With Arms Wide Open by Creed. If you want me to send you the settings for my patches, or If you have any to give me, email me at:
krfitzy1@yahoo.com

At first, It was very reliable, but recently it has began to cut out when the input chord is moved(guitar players can relate to the fact that ...yes the input chord will move well playing) I am pretty sure it is just a loose connection, but it is difficult to fix, because when you take the bottom of the pedal, the circuit board is in the way, and Im to scared that I will erase everything if I take it off too.

I have never actually dealt with Zoom, but it is easy to dowload a PDF file of the instruction manual for the GFX-707, from their website.

I play mostly Hard Rock, and I play alot. I have been playing for a year now, but I have consistently played 2 hours a night at the least. I had borrowed someones Zoom 505 before I bought the 707, and It is definetly a big step up in options, and sound quality.

This fx box is very easy to use once you have got the hang of all controls

I found the distortion fx to be charactersless They need to be warmer . I also found the amp simulation to be the biggest pile of poop on the planet.however there are a large varity of ditortion types which makes up a bit. I also like all the strange modulation fx. It lets me mirror the great johnny greenwood (RADIOHEAD) . It was also a lot of fun when i ran it through my digitech RP-3, the weird sounds were happinin.

I have had no problems with it at all

no need.

This is a reasonably good pedal . If you are looking for something with a lot of character i do not recomend this , however if its just for fun it is fine. The build quality of this pedal is also good , although it looks a bit flimsy , i have really jumped on it and its ok

This is NOT a item you should buy if you hate to read the manual! Sure, the presets will work and a monkey could figure them out in short order, but you will miss the best part of the thing -- the programable functions! I think you could get most any sound you want out of this box (and there is a website dedicated to giving you the patches you need to get there). The manual is good, easy to understand and follow -- but you really have to read it!

Sounds good -- I have a very solid Washburn Lyon which I use with a Peavey or Marshall amp, and it sounds good with either. I like the clean sounds, and the lack of hiss in any mode I've tried. The distortion sounds almost as good as the soundtank pedal I use, I'm sure with some tinkering you could get there. Not tried many of the effects (except just to try them out) so I can't comment about how good they would be in actual play -- but most sound very good just in testing.

I've not used it that much, but it seems very solid. The constructions seems well made (despite it's being plastic)and all controls are positive and functional.

Never needed it.

I like it and am very glad that I bought it. I've only been playing a short time, but for my use it's a good match. If it were stolen I might replace it -- I sure would miss it -- or I might try something else (just because I like to!). Overall I'm very happy with it.

The setup is pretty basic, although patience is require to be able to get the desired mix. The factory setting are adequate, but i recommend you play around with it for a while. The rest has probably been said several times.

A tex-mew strat (or danelectro u2)>zoom707>marshall vs 65r.
The pedal is generally quiet but i have realised some tone is lost when you bypass the pedal to get a clean sound. I recommend that if you want a clean sound to set it in the pedal (if u get what i mean). In my opinion all the fx sounds dry to me, but due to the relativity of the price it seems adequate. The wah doesnt have a wide "sweep" and all the distortions dont seem to have the crunch or punch some metal heads go for (apart from the VH which is pretty good). One thing good about this pedal is that it has great versatility (if you think thats a proper substitute for tone). I play blues, jazz, rock, funk basically all genres of music and it just about could cover all these. The pedal can (if have the patience for it) mirror any guitarists sound, but not exactly (due to low qualoty sound).

UUUmmmmm......i guess it looked like a solid unit, but my stage history hasnt been action packed, so i dont treat it with much abuse. But i use to own a zoom505 which burned out on me, and i guess the 707 has a chance of doing that. If that doesnt fail you, it does seem like it can withstand the pain. I would not use a backup for this, not because it would last, but because i wouldnt spend more money for another 707 (not that its that bad or anything).

Tried to get my Zoom505 repaired but there was really no place in Australia for it. The only place that would fix it charged pretty steep prices so i just bought the 707 instead. Never really had to deal with the company though.

The 707 is suitable for all sorts of music. I never really used fx much through my 10 years of playing, this pedal would be a pretty good first fx pedal (due to price and variety). If on the other hand u want great sound for your guitar buy separate stomp boxes. I now own a jim dunlop crybaby, danelectro grilled cheese distortion (highly recommened for its distinct sound), with the reverb from my marshall. Although its a step down from the range on the 707, its basically all i needed (maybe a chorus and tremelo would help). If it were stolen i wouldnt really care, I dont think id buy it again. I love the range of the pedal, but like the 505 the sound aint top grade (the drum machine only helps for beginners to play along). I wouldnt record anything with it. *
DO NOT BUY MULTI FX PEDALS IF YOU CHERISH GOOD SOUND AND TONE*

It has great sounds and a lot of patches are available on the internet. It is a bit of a pain to program but excellent thereafter.

Wah kind of sucks, but I think I can nail it with the right patch. It is so versitile that I think you can find any sound you want. I had an el cheapo Rok Axe which sounded so good with it I couldn't believe it! I am now using a Danelectro Hodad and the combination is fantastic!

It is made of plastic, but of the solid variety. I think it will hold up well. I get over 20 hours with a single 9 volt. I often take it with me in the car and play through headphones when I am waiting.

Haven't needed any.

For the price it can't be beat!

The best thing about this pedal is it's extraordinary flexibility. The bad thing about this pedal is it's extraordinary flexibiity. Although those two statements sound contradictory they are not. The very fact of this pedal's flexibility means that it is not a piece of cake to program. But if you stick with it you will be rewarded with whatever sound you are trying to get. The user interface is straightforward and, once you used to it, easy to use. There are so many settings and choices for each setting that it can be a bit overwhelming for someone who thought that they could just take it out of the box and create great sound by using ESP.

I don't know how you could ask for better sound. I use an American Strat running through a Peavy Classic 30 tube amp. The amp tends to emphasize the highs and be too light on the lows. I fixed that be setting the equalizer for exactly the mix I want for each patch.

I play classic rock & roll and a little country in a weekend band. I haven't tried all of the effects because not all of them pertain to my type of music. But the distortions, reverb and chorus have given me everything I could hope for. I have even messed around with some of the more bizarre stuff and have found some things I think I can use in certain situations.

The noise reduction is a great feature. My amp is just about as quiet as you can get without the pedal and the pedal helps to keep it that way. No annoying buzz on stage between songs.

The expression pedal is fun to fool around with. I've set up one patch that uses the pedal pitch function to lower the pitch 1/2 tone when the pedal is depressed. The result is a nice whammy bar effect. I don't have to use the whammy on my guitar and retune after every song.

The key to this pedal is patience. It takes time to set it up and the set up needs to be different for every guitar & amp combination. I suspect that most of the critical reviews I've seen here are the result of not taking enough time to take the characteristics of instrument and amp into consideration. You can't just plug in and play. Many of the presets are not to my liking so I don't use them. The ones I need that aren't there I create. When I do use a preset I take the time to tailor it to my rig.

One of the best things about this pedal is the independant website that is devoted to publishing not only the presets but patches that other people have created. There is a lot of value to knowing how the patches have been created-in my view it is the key to being able to tweak them to get the sound you want out of your rig. The address is: http://venus.spaceports.com/~gfx707/.

I've owned the pedal for about 8 months and have had no problems at all. I play through it at home everyday and on gigs nearly every weekend. I don't mistreat the pedal so I expect it to last a long time.

I have used a couple of other inexpensive pedals. This one is the winner, hands down! I can't think of anything I need that it doesn't give me-as long as I am willing to take the time to set it up properly. One of the main differences between this pedal and the other inexpensive models I've tried is the noise reduction feature. I had almost given up on effects pedals because of the amount of noise that most of them produce. This one, if you set it up, is nice and quiet and does what it is supposed to do-it gives me the sound and want. It's like a good football referee-the great ones do their job and most of the time you don't even notice they are there. That's what a good effects pedal should do.

This pedal fit my budget and what I'm doing so I see no reason to change. I can't compare it to more expensive pedals because I have never used them. I did work with a guy who was running a Boss pedal through his 60 watt Marshall. It sounded great but I don't think it sounded any better than my rig.

In my opinion this is a terrific bargain for the money.

I can get all the sounds I need out of it. And after using it awhile, I discovered that I only use less than ten of all 60 effects. But I just edit the patches that I use together and I can change through them real easy. Editing is real easy, I can easily emitate other effects that are on this so that I can line them up=) The manual discribes everything fine (even though I don't even need it).

I am using Strat>gfx 707>Peavy studio pro 112. It sounds good through my strat, all of the pickups on it are singlecoils....and this pedal kicks out some bass! If you are looking for some bassy distortion, this is where to get it.
The clean effects are fantastic, I get some sounds that sound EXACTLY like creeds clean stuff. Flanger and delay are great to. The wah isn't that good though....maybe I just need to program a good wah sound, or get a Vox or Morly.
Distortion is real bassy as I mentioned above. There are also some less bassy distortion though=) Large range of distortions to, i'd say 1/4th or 1/2 of the effects are distortion. I don't have any other pedals than this so i'm not real sure what other kind of distortions are out there.

Well, if you are giggin' all the time and stompin' around on stage this wouldn't be the best choice=) But for just playin' in the house and an ocationall gig it's fine. I don't be mean to my equipment though, I try to make things last as long as possable if you get what i'm saying.

I play just about everything from metal to classical or contemporary. This suits my needs for just about everything. If it where stolen or lost I might buy it again or look into something else(cause i'm the kinda guy that likes to try things out) but this is diffinently a keeper! But i'm not planning on having it stolen anytime soon but i'm gonna keep it as long as possable.
It might stand a better wah, but hey.....most multi FX don't have good wah, so you might as well buy a seprate wah.
This is a awesome pedal if all you need is a small pedal for playin' at the house and playing at small gigs and stuff.
Well, to sum it all up, this pedal is great for everything. Just a few small things that you can fix easily. Great pedal! Speacially for the money.

easy to pick up, easy editing the only problem was with the jam play function. You realy have to press that pedal down.

my sound I believe is great. I use a little fender 25 watt reverb. The only problem I have with sound is the Wah. The tone is crap unless you are using it. otherwise you have to change patches.

it is fairly dependable but there is a glitch in the computer when you set delay to the expression pedal, the pedal will stop functioning. that's the only problem I have found. It's happenened to me twice.

no problems worth reporting.

i play everything from U2 to heavy sugar ray and filter. U2's sound is fairly easy to replicate along with the deep distorted sounds from filter and sr.

I've been using the GFX-707 for about 9 months now...I wrote a review right away when I got it, but now that I've had a lot more time to play around with it, I figured I'd submit another. First, a power adapter is a must. Don't even try playing with batteries, they'll be dead in a few short days of heavy usage. It's easy to figure out how to edit patches, although I still have to check the manual occasionally for certain functions. The manual is pretty well-written, although the descriptions of certain effects could be clearer. Overall, it's a pretty nice, easy-to-use pedal.

My usual setup is a Fender Strat to the GFX-707 to either a tiny 10-watt Marshall or a Fender Frontman. The Marshall is muddy snd the Frontman is trebly, so it's a little hard to judge the actual tone of the GFX.
The distortions cover everything you could want (acoustic simulator, two overdrives, two distortions, various compressor + distortion combo, and metal- and lead-specific distortions). They don't always sound incredible, but it doesn't sound like crap, either. The Zoom Noise Reduction is excellent. I completely forgot it was there until I played straight into my amp once and noticed quite a lot of noise.
The modulations, like the distortions, cover just about everything you'd want, but there are a few distinct problems. First, you can't combine any two effects. For instance, I wanted to make a patch that was dropped half a step (to play Metallica stuff) and that also had a wah. But you can only have one effect at a time, so I couldn't do it. There's a few combinations (tremolo + chorus is the only one I can think of offhand), but I still end up wanting to use other combos sometimes.
The reverbs are nicely done and are thankfully separated from the other effects (so that you can use reverb/delay with any modulation). There's really nothing special about them, but they sound nice.
I haven't used the amp sim much since I haven't done much direct recording, but it seems pretty well-done. There's no real amp models here, but the "stereotypical" amps (combo, bright, stack, etc.) sound nice.
Finally, I'll touch on a few other features...the built-in drum machine is nice for practice. Worthless for playing live and too repetitive for most recording, but great for practice. The riff sampler and Jam Play features are the most worthless things in the GFX-707. The sampler doesn't record enough to be really worthwhile and the Jam Play thing just makes no sense.
Re-reading what I just wrote, I sure do sound pessimistic. Don't be mistaken, it's a great pedal, there's just a few more things I wish it had.

I haven't gigged yet. My first gig will be a talent show in a few months that I'll be playing bass for. If I ever get a gig as a guitarist, I'd trust this thing...it's plastic, but it's still sturdy.

I haven't had to deal with Zoom, so I don't have any opinion. The manual is decent, though.

Don't let the negativity of the sound quality review keep you from buying this...it's certainly a great pedal. I just wanted to point out some things you should be aware of before buying it. On the other hand, don't rule out other options...I never compared this to anything else, I just took a chance and bought it. It turned out to be a great purchase.

Well i spent #100 on this and the sounds are pretty average..there is a large array of distortion and lead effects yet a fairly limited amount of Wah wah and such like.
its easy to edit the sounds..u can make some interesting effect this is one of the key selling points of the unit as the effects are not that impressive. Its easy to use and work with.
Hte manual.YES THERE WAS ONE!!! was a highly thrilling read....

Sound quality was average it gave an average sound over a good amp. the effects were always godd.no crackling fuzzes or weird noises that you get with the 505

NO PROBS AS YET

Havent used them

A good little set of effects for the price a reliable little system. a good starter FX unit..But ill think ill move onto a GT-3 or a pod ..

The sound is great, easy or fairly easy to edit patches, but you have to have it in your hand to do so, but I guess there might not be an easier way.. I don't play with effects that much, but started working with a band that played country, and I didn't have enough different sounds, and I want to use it to record with thru my PC.

This thing rocks. No noise at all really.. It really quited down my amp even.. I mean I have a marshall valvestate and that damn thing will pick up TV stations with the wrong kind of wiring in a house, but not with this thing attached, and the sounds are great.. I can mostly get the sounds of a favorite artist.. It has some very good sounds built in, patches that come with it.. but it also has some shitty ones.. I like about 1/3 to 1/2 of the presets..

I don't know.. I think if you didn't knock it around much it would be ok, but without a backup of anything you are taking a chance. I plan on using this for recording at home and maybe getting a POD to do gigs or recording with or vica versa that way I have a backup but, I would be worried, but would probably use only it as that's all I have.. Plastic sucks though..They should use better plastic if they are going to do so, or thin metal.. I would have paid more money for the same quality in the effect if they offered a metal version..

Havn't used them and hope I don't have to!

I play Metal, Rock, blues mostly and have been playing a little country. It covers all of those easily, and I think would cover about any type of music you would want really!

Why a seven?Well,it's just me,but i like to skim through the instructions and go right into playing stuff.it took me a while to learn how to edit the patches.You have to thoroughly read the manual.But after that it was simple to use all of the features.

I use a Gibiphone Strat copy through a crate 15 watter.I am sad to say that if you want to use all of the patches,you need a bigger amp.The auto wah and tremolo do not come out in my amp.When i got onto a 50 watter they worked.I like the van halen distortion effect the most,very rich distortion.the flanger and wahs dont sound all that great in my opinion though.

Well,I haven't had that much time on mine,but so far it has held up great.

I play some rock and metal,and this goes great with it.All the distortions have their own qualities and sound great.If you would go out and buy all of the stuff you find in this little package,you would be spending wellllll over 1.5 grand and you would be taking up too much space.Great deal for this stompbox.

Extremely easy to use when just jamming, but you have to be a rocket scientist or have the manual tattooed to your wrist to edit the patches.

I play a Peavey Fierenza with 2 p90's through a peavy bandit 112. The jet and chorus effects are beyond outstanding and are reason enough to spend $170 to buy it. I use the overdrive to play SRV. But, the Pedal Wah will never be the peer of a Crybaby.

Outstanding dependablilty and I would not turn my amp on without it.

The only "Customer Support" type thing I have had to do is download the manual from Zoom's webpage.

I play in a bar band and play covers ranging from AC/DC to Lynrd Skynrd, and SRV to Live. I have been playing 12 years and if I happen to lose my gfx707, I would have to beg my wife for another one, but hell or high water I would get another one. It is very condusive with writing new music.

Overall, the Zoom is an excellent choice for anyone interested in exploring the digital effects processor realm. It is an incredibly simplistic pedal to use with all features listed pretty clearly in the manual.

I currently use a Stage Stratocaster and Traynor Signature Series tube amp. I also use the Zoom for direct recording to 4-track and digital 8-track. All in all the pedal sounds amazing. I've successfully managed to get *almost* every sound I've attempted to get from it. The ZNR (Zoom Noise Reduction) feature is great and helps quell most noise from bad grounds and the like.

I haven't had a problem with it yet and I've owned it for 6 months. I beat the crap out of it at home and it still sounds like the day I bought it. Zoom's doing something right these days... :)
I probably would use it at a gig with no backup, but I'd be inclined to run 2 separately in-line for patch combinations.

Never required it.

Usually I play a lot of Hard Rock/Alternative/Metal, however I have dabbled in funk, jazz, and blues since buying the Zoom. If it were stolen, I'd find the guy that stole it, break his fingers, and get my pedal back! I bought it on a whim, now I refuse to get rid of it. :) If it could only have a little longer sampling time I'd be set....

Very very simple, the only problems I have a) the eq is slightly annoying to tweak (you use a knob to toggle between the low bands) b) you can specify which module to assign the expression pedal too (distortion, sfx, etc) but you can't choose which parameter within the module which can be frustrating. I found a distortion I liked but I couldn't control the gain with the pedal. Other then these two points it's a dream to use quick and easy to learn.

I play a Yamaha Pacifica and a Fender Squire Stagemaster-7 (A Seven String) through a tiny little practice amp... I've also spent a few late nights running my guitar into the pedal and then right into a pair of headphones. The pedal can be a bit noisy if you don't bother to tweak the noise reduction take the ten seconds it takes and your set every time you use that patch. The effects are pretty good... the amp sim sounds like a sim and not the real deal (what did you expect from a cheaper pedal) but it produces tones about as good as a solid state without modeling and sounds pretty good when run into the headphones definitely sufficient for late night bedroom rocking. The effects are pretty good but some of the preset patches are lousy. I've got some good sounds out of tweaking the user definable. This is another sore point most of the factory patchs that I like are in the user writable banks. Two words of advice learn to use the equilizer and the reverb I didn't at first in my haste to get going and the tone got a hell of a lot better when I did (I didn't take to long to figure out either) The tone of the pedal lies somewhat on the harsh side so if you've already shelled out for a tube amp or a good modeling solid state you'll probably want to invest in a bucket of stomp boxes, but for a beginer looking for a crap load of decent effects at a good price it's a great buy. One final word of warning I've found that the sound is kindof crappy when I tune my guitar down. It's fine for drop d but one you tune down 2 whole steps or more or try to use a seven string it starts to sound washed out. If anyone knows anyways to fix this let me know. Oh and one the subject of detuning... the pitchshifter effect sucks shift down and you get muddy fart like noises shift up and you get a peircing very synth like shrill sound. Must admit I kinda like the shrill sound in an evil organ noise kind of way but it's no whammy pedal.

I've had it for a few months and I haven't had any problems... haven't gone gigging with it. Certainly fine for bedroom noodling I can't comment about gigging though.

Never had any problems thus far... never called the company decent manual though.

I play a lot of different stuff... mostly alt-rock/punk/metal stuff I like weird shit and the options this thing gives is a great asset. Just last week I was playing with long delays and echos so I could play a riff then play a harmony over the echo... I have fun with it. I've only been playing for about a year and a half but I'm pretty fanatical about it. If this got stolen I'd probably get another unless I happened to have enough money for a bucket of pedals or a really good processor. I love the options. I hate the number of crappy patches in the not editable banks. Bottom line for buying this pedal is price, it is beautiful for a beginner easy, cheap, a wealth of options and very little noise. For the proffesional one should probaly look elsewhere... once you get really good and experienced you'll probably have to look elsewhere to get really good tone... but it is great for practicing in your bedroom.

This thing rocks!! I first bought it for the wah pedal and the tremolo effects. But I soon found that this pedal had many more surprises in
store for me. There is not one effect on this thing that I wouldn't use. It's amazing! And the patches are a breeze to edit. I can knock down a patch in less than 20 seconds at the least. The only thing I haven't gotten the hang of is the ZNR/EQ feature. The manual was easy to read and understand, and I'm in the eighth grade. It doesn't use technical terms because there's nothing technical about it. Simple and effective.
Other great features are the sampler and the drum loops. The sampler samples and loops up to 6 seconds of whatever goes into the input jack(I wish it would go longer, but who doesn't?). You can then jam along with it at full speed or half speed. There is also a bypass option if you want a less prominent riff under a lead with the effect.
The drum loop thing is great for demoing. I wouldn't use it for recording an album, but it is ideal for jamming or just laying down an idea on tape. The styles range from Shuffle, Rock, Dance, Jazz, Thrash, and even Ska! And the tempos range from 40-250 bpm. It's a terrific feature!

I am equipped with a Yamaha Pacifica 604W and a Crate GX-20M. It works wonderfully. I haven't noticed any any weakening of sound over time, everything sounds great! The only artist I have recreated was Frank Zappa, and that was mainly by accident. Just stick some heavy reverb with a strong flange effect with the right distortion setting. I did recreate Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead(sort of) which is often pretty tough to do. But I usually don't try to recreate other artists.

So all in all, its a very diverse piece of equipment.

The only problem I have had with this product are the input and output jacks. Over time they start to wobble, creating a popping noise that can become a real nuisance. I usually just mess around with the cables for a few seconds and it goes away. I would definitely trust it while performing live. The only reason the wobbling happens is because my room has considerably thick carpet. This means when I use the wah pedal the whole thing moves with it. I doubt this would happen on hard floor (except if you have very heavy feet and a very weak floor).

I've never needed support. I know that my retailer wouldn't be able to help me, they've suggested me demoing it for customers because they don't know much about it yet.

I mainly write and listen to progressive rock. I'm also now dabbling into jazz. I think it's safe to say this pedal is a catch all for all genres. If it was stolen, I would rush to the store and get another one as soon as possible. I don't play without it. The one thing I wish that this baby could do (besides sampling over 6 seconds) is to combine patches. But hey! For twice the price you can buy two! To sum it up, this is a terrific piece of equipment. I recommend getting it as soon as possible.

P.S. For all you keyboard players out there, here's a hint: If your keyboard has a headphone jack, stick one end of a cable into it and stick the other end into the input jack of the Zoom GFX707. Guitar players no longer get to have all the fun!!

After a glance at the manual, it was pretty easy to use. No problems.

At first I didn't know what to think, It was my first pedal so I thought it was ok. Now, I don't like the sound it gives off at all, the distortion is kind of wavey.

After a few months, I started to mysteriously lose volume. Like other people, I thought it was my cords, I ruled my pickups out since they were brand new EMG 81s. It turned out to be the input jack. I think I'll get some Bosses

Simple to use once you get your patches set. Setting up patches is easy but time consuming. The manual does a good job of explaining how to use the unit.

I play my Roadhouse Strat into the 707 then into a Marshall VS265R when playing at home. I usually just leave the Marshall on the clean channel and use the 707 to get the sound I want. I also plug the 707 directly into the mixer snake at rehersals and gigs. I don't even bother dragging my amp around. It sounds fine going straight into the board. I use a wide range of sounds from clean to overdrive. The factory blues patch sounds great the neck pickup on the strat. It also has a good acoustic simulator so I rarely use my accoustic guitar anymore. Overall the unit is very quite.

I gig with it every weekend. I had a problem with the input jack. The solder broke between the jack and the PC board. I took it apart and fixed it myself. Also, one of the large foot switches popped out but I snapped it back in. If you want to use it outside, you must memorize you patch order and keep track of which patch you are on. You cannot see the display when outside. I've tried shading it but forget it.

I play classic rock and contemporary Christian music. I've been playing the guitar on and off for about 25 years. If it were stolen or lost I would probably buy another. I love the way the unit sounds both through an amp and direct into the board. I hate the LED display because you cannot read it outside. Overall I think it is a very good multi effects processor at a great price.

It seems easy for me to use with no problem

Sound good to me.

This is where I have a big problem with it. The unit worked well for 4 months before the nightmare began.

You can't depend on it for live performances. I had terrible problems with the input jack. At first I did not know what was causing the static noise or reduction in volume during a few of live performances because the problems were intermittent. I thought it was my pickups or cords. But it turned out to be the the input jack.

I would not use it on a gig without a backup. In fact, if I had a backup I would use it instead of this. Believe me, it will save you from some very embrassing moments.

I am in the process of trying get support. I don't even know how long is the warranty because it is not stated in any of the printed materials that came with the package.

It sounds good to me and the price is very reasonable. But I can't afford to have the unit fail me during live performances. And that is exactly what happened to me.

Use it with extreme caution and perpare to have it fail on you at any moment. At least this is my experience.

In any case best wishes and God bless.

The 707 is pretty darn good! I bought it out of pure instinct! I tried it at the shop and the patches didn't exactly ring my bell. Probably coz I was playing it on a crappy amp and shit. But its got loads of stuff for you to fuck around on!!!

Well I play through a Marshall Valvestate 100R and jam on an Ibanez RX 170 and it sounds pretty sweet!! especially the VHALEN patch! rocks!!!

I probably would use it a gig without backup, probably coz I ain't got nothing else? But then again if I had the cash I'd have some huge ass thing that covers every sound under the sun, now wouldn't I? It's reliable though!

Never had a problem, touch wood! so I can't really comment?

I'm pretty happy I bought it!! Has some great fx's and shit and can really pump! Especially through my setup!! Marshall Valvestate 100R and Ibanez RX 170

Its kinda easy to use, I figured it out in 'bout an hour or so.
I still havent used the jam function though....
Its easy to make your own or edit patches, you use three knobs to alter different parameters...and you can edit it to unrecognicion.

I use a squier standard and a ibanez practice amp....the pedal has a very good average sound but....the gainy distorsion sounds kinda suck...

The dc input jack on the back of is mounted directly on the board and if some jerk would step on the cord the whole board would have been torn inte pieces. If think this is kinda a "practice pedal", and you should not use it on a gig without backup.

I've never had any problems with it, so...

Ive been playing for one year and I play rock, metal...I got it from my parents as a christmas gift so I did not choose it myself....but Im glad they bought it for me. The only thing that is bad about it is the distorsions and that its not that reliabl...

really easy to use just smash your foot on the pedals and set your sounds, i suggest you put your sonds you like most in order, and it's easy to make new sound with it, just try anything to discover what great functions it has

i have a gibson chet atkins signature series with a traynor40 double speakers amp, sound pretty great even more great than i thought it would sound... i never got trouble with the sound of it, the only trouble i had is the big BANG i heard from my amp when the electricity went off ;P

reliability is fair good, i love my pedal

i have a good contact with the guy who sell it to me and i know i wont have to wait before i have support

i play any style of music, and i've been playing since my 8 years old now i am 17 and i love my pedal, i think its the best thing i've ever bought and before i got my ZOOMgfx-707 i was playing with ordinary distortion pedals and stuff but i never had a great thing such as the ZOOMgfx-707, if it where stolen or lost i'd cry for days, i'd go crazy i'm an independant i can't play without it, what i love so much about it is the way it sounds, sounds perfect i can edit all of my sounds with it and play any style with ONE guitar at last and i hate nothing about it my favourite feature??? i dont have a favorite feature i use them all but the best is the idea of putting a wah pedal and two diff pedals to get the sound you want in no time dont need to have 35 differents pedal on the stage ONE is enough when you have a ZOOM GFX-707, i dont compare it to other products we can't compare the best, the only thing is tha i wish it had a midi and stuff. IF IT HELPS ME PLAY MUSIC??????? I LOVE TO PLAY MUSIC MORE THAN EVER WITH MY ZOOMGFX-707...
I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY.... I LOVE MY ZOOMGFX-707!!!!!!!

This thing was so easy to use, thanks to the helpful manual. Editing
patches has never been so easy!! The manual is clear and to the point. You have to really take time to get the sounds you want,though.

Here's me setup:Squire Strat-Dod Grunge-GFX707-DOD EQ-Crate GX15 Amp.
That's my setup for now, but it does an awesome job. The unit is surprisingly quiet. Zoom products are usually noisy...NOT THIS ONE!
Most of the effects are great like chorus,flanger, phaser,tremolo, reverb and delay. You have to put some work on the distortions,but if you do them right,they sound pretty good. This thing is loaded with effects, and the knobs help a lot. The only effect I didn't like was the ring modulator.

It's made of plastic,but it seems sturdy. I've gigged with it many times already,and it has never failed me.I don't need a backup.

Never dealt with them. Although the unit came with a warranty.

I play lots of styles of music. If it were stolen, I'd probably get a digitech. I just love the expression pedal and all the parameters you can control..I love the pedal wah;the autowah stinks. I compared this to the Korg AX1G,and this blows it away. This things has helped me a lot. I strngly recommend this for every guitarist.

This was my first digital effects, but it didn't take very long to figure out. Pretty easy after a couple of hours of messing around anyway, and who doesn't like to do that. I still can't figure out how to get the jam function to work, but i don't really need it.

I use a peavy classic 30 with a Gibson Les Paul DC Standard. I'm pretty pleased with a few of the sounds, but don't use a lot of the presets. I tweak a few of them and leave them as is, but i basically use only about five of the 60 presets without changing them. There are a few more decent then just five, but nothing much to speak of. If you can learn to make the sounds you want, you can definitely get them out of this, but i'm still working on that a little. It's really just a matter of what you put in to it is what you'll get out. It has a lot of versitility in that way. I'll give it a 7 but it's really about 6.5 until i can continue to make more of the sounds i want, which again, is really more my fault then the product's. Still better then a great deal of digital effects pedals, although digital has come a long way.

not very reliable, luckily for me my gigs are that rough (although i do like to rock out). I've had a few problems with the output jack getting a short in it because it's not solidly fastened in other then with the melding. It's plastic, i'm assuming it won't be long before something else goes wrong.

n/a, i have a friend that fixes everything guitar, and he did the last prob for me.

I get some good funk sounds out of it, some good rock sounds, and some good contemporary sounds out of it. I wish it was more reliable and came with better presets. I finally found a website that might help me get some better sounds out of it, i never even thought to look. so i may grow to like it even better.

This processor is relatively easy to use...the basic functions like the effects, the drum machine, and the sampler and pretty self-explanatory. I didn't find the manual to be terribly helpful, though.

I use this processor with my Fender Princeton Stereo Chorus amp and Epiphone Les Paul Special. I thought the GFX 707 had a few good effects and quite a few mediocre ones that I don't use much...but then, that's just personal opinion. The distortions are okay, although if you want really good distortion you would probably be better off purchasing just a simple fuzz pedal.

The GFX 707 is just not very reliable. Twice it has broken down on me during a performance...I no longer dare to use it when I'm playing live. Specifically, the input/output and the AC adapter jacks are not dependable. The input jack on my pedal failed, and not long after jack for the AC adapter began malfunctioning as well.

I didn't have much trouble when I sent the processor in to have the input jack replaced; however it did take several weeks for it to be repaired and it would have been much easier if it just hadn't broken down in the first place.

This is a fun and useful tool for messing around in your basement or rehearsing in your garage, but it's just not dependable enough to be used for live shows.