Zoom GFX-707

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Never needed it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Can`t get a good wah out of it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No comment.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

bugger all help from these jokers

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

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

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

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

Never had to deal with support.

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

This thing is really easy to manipulate and use, and there are lots of different variables that you can control out of it. The manual explains everything pretty nicely, but all it takes is a while of toying around with it to figure it out..

I use this with a Parker Nitefly M, occainsonally an Ibanez S series into a pretty decent Solidstate amp. The sound, no matter how hard I try, is terrible. Most effects are too grating when turned up loud, and to rectify this, you have to take almost all of the actual tone out of it. I've found it's not very compatable with my amp either. The tones sound very digital.

It's not very noisy, and when it is, it isn't a big deal. But the distortions are all USELESS; the chorus sound is too blotchy and not transparent enough; the delay can be decent, but you really have to mess with it, and it's hard to get the sound right; the wah function sounds terrible; and the acoustic simulator is very bad; the compression is hard on the ears and not authentic at all.

There are two effects I've found that I really like, and it's the only reason I even use it anymore: After hours of headaches and scrutnizing, I created a good light chorus-y type sound, and also the Flange patch is extremely good. I've yet to successfully be able to mix this pedal with any other effects or the amp distortion, which makes its usefulness go down quite a bit. You can't make a really mild sound with it, so it overrides everything and takes away the tone of your guitar.

It's as sturdy as a grain of rice. I've had to open it up and solder the input/output jacks at least 4 times each, and the A/C power input is dying out so that it turns off and then back on when you press one of the buttons a little too hard. All this from normal use, no abuse. I've used it at gigs without a backup, and it turned out alright, but that was probably just pure luck. It's not very reliable at all.

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I play a variety of styles, mostly alternative or progressive rock, and some experimental stuff. This pedal basically does nothing for me, except for a few effects, which makes it alright. But I could get single pedals for a flange and chorus for the price of this one pedal, and they'd sound better than this.

This thing rightfully caught my eye as a beginner guitarist, and I don't regret buying it because of all the joy it gave me in some long-distant time. But I recommend you avoid it if you have the money to get something else. I recommend single pedals unless you're going to get a really really high-end multi-effects unit. Also, the 707II has several updates (longer recording/sampling capabilities, eaiser access, some better sounds), so if you want one of these, get the 707II.

Pretty easy in terms of modifying,editing and storing patches, manual is good for even "hidden" operations like reset to original settings.

I am using a cheap copy of jackson with a Laney HardCoreMax 65R.I have a few pedals as well.
I like Metal/Lead/Fuzz most of it,but others are noisy for me...effects are good,can save u bucks on purchasing extra singe effect,I like delay out of it.I like playing New Skull/EMO likes stuffs, the beautiful rhythem sounds rather than cutting-edge sounds are what I am really looking for.I haven't made 707 sound like any of them I can name but my own taste,with distortion often setted on Metal to get a so-so rhythem feels.

I bought it first time in year 1999, I can hardly appreciate its reliability. Power and input/output jack iron is not stable so it dumbed too often after a period time of using,you have to replace it. And plastic shell makes it so light that you need to be careful not to kick it into off-stage's audiences' heads.I really think 707 is a good mate for accompanying your song writing or jamming sessions,cos it gives u a good numbers of drum patterns and 6 seconds' sample/loop function, you can have lots of fun and inspirations out of using it.

Not provided but I think it is going2b a hotline if ZOOM provide free parts-replacement survice globally.

I am playing mostly on New Skull punk and pop punk, since 1995. I dun reckon it matches this style really well,I tried but haven't suceeded to get a really nice new skull sound yet, but for practicing, Lead distortion with proper delay is really nice. I owned Digitech DigiVerb(Reverb),Behringer's GDI21 and other two cheap-bargain pedals which are flanger and overdrive, last night I tried connecting my 707 with my GDI21 (only using 707's effects in this case),it is working better than using 707's own distortion. I would like2get something else even it will be like 707II:) I really like features provided by 707 such like drum patterns and sample, it makes my song writting so hand-on and ready-to-go as soon as it is plugged.If u compare with GNX3 from Digitech,it also provides drum patterns but it only has 30 types altogether,for which GFX 707 has 45 in contrast, and GNX3 provides 9 seconds' sample as 707's 6 seconds' one,but considering the price of GNX3 is over thrice.If 707 had a editable drum machine will be nicer:)


For summary,I think ZOOM 707 is good for price and value(even people in post-communism country can afford it),without considering the sounds, its functions are still powerful in terms of song writings and practicing.Not reckon for stage performance since its bit-poor reliability.

I keep learning something new for this pedal. I never read the manual. The buttons on top are very valuable and need to be more accessable.

If you can play the knobs properly this thing can give you a very good sound for the dollar. i use danelectros and charvels, with a fender virbolux reverb amplifier. i think any crappiness in sound is averted by my amp, the pride and joy of my collection.

The insides kept breaking in various spots, i don't mind taking apart and fixing it myself (because now its much stronger than factory stock)... but that doesnt qualify as reliable.

never dealt, but i would tell them to not use plastic jacks, metal ones are the way i went, and the buttons also had to be bolstered so they could be easier to press.

Worth your dollar. I would not necessarily buy it again, because i would love to see what else is out there, but if you're considering one don't hesitate. I just wish the function buttons were larger.

You should read the small manual. There is nothing hard at all.

I use Marshall MG100DFX amp , Ibanez GRG170DX. Not a noisy pedal. The effects are not the most brilliant effects I have ever seen but Its dead great comparing to the price. I first saw the price and told my self what this junk would be? But there was more to discover.
You cant get the sound you want to be honest, but you can get some great tones by chance! Has some great sounds for every style u play.

Not when recording as a pro.

Not yet.

I play punkrock, nu-metal, rock and britrock. I've been playing for 4-5 years. I would buy another one instead of buying a hamburger!
Good distortion sounds. Fuzz is great. Good amp simulators.

its allright.

i used with my Jackson PS-4, no amp or any effect. i used it with HI-FI.
in general its not noisy but, in COMP-DIST its screams like a bird
i found out something, you set DIST2, and set the pitch-shifter but no + or - pitch, in its original value, in the last amp sim. it sound great!

not good

i didnt have to call them :)

i like heavy-black, not bad processor, if i had a guitar amp, i didnt have to sell it.

It's pretty easy to operate, but it does take awhile. The manual is alright but nothing substitutes just using it. You could change stuff on the flight at a gig if you were versed enough in it. Tuner is good, bypass isn't too tone-sucking. EXP pedal is not so great.

It's not noisy (singles and HB). A LOT of the distortions suck. They are just too harsh. But some are great. There is a nice lead one, it'd be good for metal or for light od. But not for middle-of-the-road hard rock/distortion. It gets harsh in that area.
The flange is strong but I like it, the chorus is also good, delays and reverbs are ok as are most other effects. EQ is alright, and the phaser pretty much blows. It's gig-worthy, but not if it's your only pedal.

The wah is brutal. DON'T USE THE WAH haha.

If you're good to it, it'll be good to you. I've had it for years and I gig without a backup.

The website is pretty alright.

It's GREAT for a novice and it's a cheap unit if you're just looking for a few bells without buying a GT-6 or something. I'd get another if mine were stolen.

The easiest that I have ever tried. You can't imagine how fast u can rule it. It has about 60 presets and 60 presets that you can store it easily . But the story does not finish here , read the next part!

I use Jackson and Fender Stratocaster guitars , with Marshal amplifiers , first of all this product just catched my eyes while I was a beginner , but after 6 months I caught the sound very very digital , computerised and unreal . That was just synth that I heard! Worse , the distortion effects really sound noisy that sometimes you can't hear the melody or specially the rythm that you are playing , awful . This effect reduces the power of volume of what you play and it doesn't matter which amp you are using , as I tried on VOX amps and Mesa Boogie amps , I sound the same unreal thing . It is a cheap thing that you can buy , but I usually don't recommend this multi-effect procesor to beginners , even!

This effect processor works for you more than your life lasts!

I play adult alternative rock , and GFX 707 is not a good match for anyone . I have benn playing guitar for 8 years and I preffer Digitech multieffect processores , though , I prefer singleffect processors to multieffect processors but If your budget is low , go and buy a BOSS or Digitech multieffect processor. I won't buy it again , even if it is lost , but you know , somehow it is good for the breaks and intros and when you want to make some synth-like sound.

Very easy to use , just read the small manual and rock on!

I don't use any amps with that , just SONY Professional headphones . That's not noisy , but the effects are not fully realastic , they are some synth and etc. But the L-Lead of this FX is really cool just like Joe Satriani's Crystal Planet Album that I love. The effects are not high-quality , specialy distortions suck.

I haven't dealt with Samson yet!

I play Alternative Rock and I've been playing guitar from 9 years ago till now , I have tested different kinds of effect proccessor , multi-effects and guitars. I don't recommend this product to professionals , never! This effect is good for the breaks and intros of your music

I am using this effect for nearly 4 years and never had difficultly in getting what i want out of it. I was litle confused while purchasing this effect but i really made a good choice. It is very simple to use after you go through the manual properly.

For me it is enough to create a nice good sound with my guitar kit which consists of a black signature guitar and a stranger 40 watt amp and ofcourse my Zoom707. Well all the patches are not of any use for me(I don't mean that they are bad)as i use self created patches in my programs. It sounds great for me but some patches specially with acoustic stimulator makes a hissing sound when played which really makes me mad sometimes but overall it is good

Yes till now i had no problem except with the adapter jack which suddenly stoped supplying power to the processor on the stage in one of my program. I later fixed it myself with soldering iron and a new female pin. I think I can depend on it.

I never had a chance to contact them as my kit never betrayed me till now except once.

I love to play MLTR, Bryan Adams, Dire straits, Eagles. My kit helps me get exactly what i need from my guitar. I am playing guitar from 9 years and started using Zoom707 four years from now. The foot-paddle is what i like the most in this Zoom707. I had compared it with many other guitar effects but found that Zoom 707 is small and great in sound and cheap as compared to other bulky and costly gears. To be frank Zoom707(II) is a upgraded version but is of no match to Zoom707(this is what i think). The only thing i wished it had is a Control paddle for the rhythem.

I think it is pretty easy to use for people who just want to turn it on and play. Editing patches could be a little easier but still not bad but the manual is a must have cause editing can be a little hard without consulting it.

I am using a Gibson SG with a marshal. It sounds great on most settings, some of the preset tabs are a little noisy but I programmed in a lot of my own. Most of the effects and distortions sound fine, some are a little weaker than others but you can edit the patlevel and some other attributes to change them to your liking.

The only problem i have had with it is the ac adapter cord wouldnt work right for like a day but I havent had problems with it since, but still something that would be concerned about using it without a backup. You wouldnt want it shorting out on stage. But mine had been dropped and accidently kicked and dropped down stairs and hasnt had anything go wrong with it. It seems to stand up well.

Havent had problems with it.

I play mainly ACDC, Van Halen, Hendrix, and other rock and it has a good Van Halen patch on it already and its fuzz is real nice. I programmed in a lot of tabs for those bands and they all sound great, even perfect for some of them. And for the price I paid there is no better value out there.

You can flip through the presets on this out of the box, but you really do need to read the manual to get anywhere with it. There are easy edit knobs to turn 'general' parameters up and down, but you need to sit down with this pedal to work through the settings and tailor your sound

I'm using a Tanglewood Corsa strat shape thing, and whatever amp I can borrow at the time. I've never known a multi-effects to be so 50/50. Half of the distortions suck (metal/distortion/fuzz), the other half are very nice (wildfuzz/power/overdrive). Some of the compressions settings suck, but the amp sims are good. The noise reduction is superb, the flanger sucks. The autowah is superb, the pitch shifter sucks. The whole pedal has good and bad sides to it, and after five years im still finding nice tones.

I've had this now for 5 years. I've gigged with it, the batteries last a fair while and all the buttons, pedals are working on it.

Pedal hasn't let me down yet

I wouldn't recommend this pedal nowadays because so many more have come about since. I did learn a lot about what kind of sound i like from it though. Unfortunately the sounds sound best when soft and clean, or hard and thrashy, but it's near impossible to get a nice medium sound.

This is one of the easiest, most intuitive processors out. It has lots of great sounds which are simple to program.

Ican't believe some of the reviews on this product. I just use mine for jamming, I have a huge pedalboard stuffed with some boutique, and a few Boss pedals which weighs a ton, so i use this for jamming with buddies, or small venues. This unit has the best overdrives I have ever heard in a processor. They're very usable, and sound great if you tweak them. I think some reviewers are judging this box on the presets whic are not great, but that's always the case, presets suck in just about every multieffect unis. That said, this pedal also has some amazing Distortion and Fuzz sounds which really cut through without ever sounding harsh, you just have to tweak a little, and with all analog knobs, this is a very easy unit to tweak.

Here's the fun stuff: all of the modulation (Phase, Flange, Chorus, Etc.) sound great, not wimpy. I think the Modulation effects in the 707 sound much better than their equivalent Boss stompboxes, they just have more personality. The Delays, and Reverbs are awesome, never poppy or harsh sounding. Also, this unit has some whacked out Zoom-only effects such as Step, Pedal Pitch Shifter,Ring Modulator, Time Trip and Ring-Vibrato which are very cool, and useful if you're into trippy experimental stuff.

I've had mine for 3 years and have never had a problem. It's plastic, so I'm careful not to drop, or slam it around. I have never had any problem with a Zoom product, I also have a Zoom 9030, and a Fuzz pedal, never had a problem with any of them.

I've never needed it!!!

I'm mostly into mt boutique effects, I have a Blackstone overdrive, and a NVN Dino Fuzz, but I do like the Zoom 707 for jamming, I've programmed about 30 great patches into it, and I always get compliments on my tone with it. also, this pedal is not tone-sucking as some other reviewers have noted, you just have to read the manual, and set the Output knob correctly, it bypasses great.

I have always loved Zoom's effects, their units are always better-sounding than the Boss processors which always sound lifeless in comparison to me. The Zoom 707 is a 2 thumbs up effect in every aspect!

Pretty straightforward, I guess....built to last 2 years before falling out of the skies, kind of a Virgin Airlines 707. They now have a 707 2 that is the same garbage box, different name. Hell, if you crashed in a 707, would you go out and enter a 747 in the same airline? Of course not, you would either be crazy or dead! SO DONT BUY ONE! (Hope Zoom reads this. I want my money back.)

Most sounds great, (especially blues), some crap (like company).
Use(d) with my lone star strat.

Why would anyone in their right mind buy the 707 "2" after reading all the bad press about the original 707 (which I have). Since they are essentially the same unit, I can only say that after 2 years (sound familiar?) mine quit, only the input jack (jackoff) is not repairable as far as I can see with the back off (backoff). Very dissapointed indeed, no abuse, it just stops working, sort of like a windup pillsbury doughboy...looks cute, sounds great, not a marathon finisher. The balls of the company to make a new one as if it were some kind of technological improvement development issue. They just dont pony up to take responsibility for bad products and cheap plastic input jacks better suited for battery operated sex toys. Why not just make better 707s and offer to fix all the broken ones out there? And to top it off, SAM TRASH cant even fix this piece of garbage...but they will sell me a new 707 2!!! They suffer from flea market corporation confusion.

Warranty expires before you can say "honey, now where did I put that old warranty card?" Or how about "Warranty will hold up until your next scheduled dental cleaning."

Nice sounds, used mine instead of an amp by using headphones staight through fro quiet enjoyable playing, loved it but its a sick puppy, made poorly with great effects. Should be called ZoomZOOM - "Zoom...works now...ZOOM...broke REAL fast! Can you spell "Ineffective Warranty?" How about B-U-Y-E-R B-E-W-A-R-E? I would give it a 5 for overall rating, but think that their numbers need to take a dive here. A 10 rating for "Disposable Items".

I posted my original review of this unit in 06/2000 (under name of "Greg", so I won't recount that review here.

I am planning on using the (original) GFX707 live. I have several other units, Zoom 505-II and Digitech GNX3 that I have used up until now.

The 505-II just doesn't sound good with a flattop/piezo. The GNX3 is big, heavy, and expensive - I've left it home in recent months, though I can not argue with the sounds I get from it with an electric or a flattop guitar.

The GFX707 is something I put away in deference to newer pedals, since which time I have owned, used, and/or sold Zoom's 505-II, GFX-4 and GFX-8 as well as several other maker's pedals.

Now, I'm pulling it back out of mothballs since it is portable, lightweight, runs on batteries or a 9V adapter, and gives up equally good cleans and overdrive sounds.

The cleans are a little better than the Zoom 505-II and the overdrives are at least as good *and* the GFX707 sounds good with my Ovation flattop - something the 505-II didn't do well.

Quite easy to use, the users manual is pretty clear and you can manage to get good effects very quickly. The sampling feature is well easy to use too, negative point: can only sample 6 seconds max, a tiny bit too short, feature updated on the GFX707-II, as the length of the jam along sample feature is now defined by a memory card, that you can change. The rythmn feature is quite easy to use and very useful as we don't always play in a band, and therefore, it is quite convinient to practice on one's own.

Alright, here comes the dark bit... How to be accurate and gentle to that pedal at the same time...? I play on a Washburn WI-66 pro with Seymour Duncan pickups and a Fender Strat, played through a Marshall MG100DFX with a 4x12 extension cab. When the GFX-707 is not part of the line-up, the sound is AWESOME !!! BUT... when you add the GFX-707 in, the sound is really bad... To begin with, as soon as you use any kind of distortion, the sound is crap. The Metal distortion is terrible, all you can hear is a noise, very low, and while listening to it, or at least bearing it, you actually forget that you are playing guitar because your guitar is the only thing you can't hear in that fuzzy shitty noise. The overdrive is either too wick or too strong, you can't get a warm bluesy sound, which is really annoying. It sounds like you're playing with a loose lead, which is not really the kinda thing you want... unless you play some kind of experimental music. However, when you use the pedal without any distortion and just effects such as chorus, delay, it is pretty good, sharp and clear.. It suffers from the lack of settings though.. You can't really customize the delay for example. There are proper weird effects, which sound briliant, very conceptual, such as "drill" or "talk". The possibilty of assigning diferent functions to the expression pedal is quite cool.
As a conclusion i would say this pedal is not a big deal for friends of metal, rock or blues.

As most of reviewers underlined it, it is just a plastic box, I would be surprised whether it could survive if someone stepped on it... However, I used it in gigs, it was treated badly, and it's still alive. The expression pedal is solidly anchored in the basis, and is not loose at all, even if it has been stepped on a coupla times. Still a plastic box...

Never had to deal with them... Which means the reliability of the pedal is ok!

I played every kind of music, and as I just said, when you want it loud with a fat overdrive or distortion of any kind, well, don't play through this pedal. It's not worth it, you'll be disapointed. When you want something clear, with mental effects, then go for it.
Would not buy it again to be honest, I was really happy with it when I first got it, but it was probably a beginner's enthusiasm. Now, I own a digitech RP300, and God, it rocks!
The only reason why I use it now is the built-in rythmn machine, as I can practice on my own, waiting for the next band practice.