Zoom GFX-707

Very Easy To use - except for jamplay ....WTF is that all about.

Its ok for the price. I play Hohner Professional ST Scorpion Into A Laney k100R and it can do the job. Some of the effects are pretty good, but beware most are very digital and dont even bother with the wah its a load of crap. Best used as a distortion / chorus / delay and reverb pedal.

Lets Be straight - This aint a pedal you gig with. for a start its plastic and not solid thick plastic. You'll be worried about going through the damn thing. ALso patch changing is a pain in the arse. YOu either have direct load which means you have to scroll and activate every patch till you get the right one or you scroll through without activation and then through a feit of amazing skill and precision you simultaneously press both patch buttons at the same time. Now if your playing a complex riff and r coming up to a challenging solo u will want a quick change not perform a miracle. In case you haven't realised it totally throws your concentration

Bottomline

Great for practice

Dont gig with it although its a worthy backup ( at best ).

Never had contact with them

For Practice 9 for giggin 4. do wat i did and but a gfx-8. A totally kick ass effects pedal. It has almost all functions of the 707 (no drumbeat but for gigs thats not important) but with increased sound quality. Basically it does more and it does it alot better.

Zoom are a great company so if your lookin for a great practice pedal go for this.

My first multi FX pedal, and well, Im chuffed with it to be honest, its got a wide range of sounds. As with most theres a few wierd ones but hell the main ones i use (about 20ish out of 60) are kick ass. The manual is shite, and what I know about the pedal is self taught

I play a Epiphone SG through a crapy Marshal amp but it still sounds great. Noise is no real poblem, oviously higher volumes tend to be a bit touchy.
Cant help feeling that a lot of the patches are VERY simular, the range of distortion for example. The chorus is great fun and the Van Halen setting is great. The thing that lets this pedal down most is the Wah, its a load of toss basicly, I dont go near it!
My Strat sounds crap though

Well for platic its ok, holds up well and stays looking nice. I would gig with out a backup deffinatly

Never needed anything from them

I play a wide range of music, Im keen on Nirvana and the Pumpkins. Though ive only been playing about a year and half i feel i am progressing very well. theres is really something for everyone here, a big step up from the 505

This pedal is really easy to use. You can easily get the hang of it without the manual but there is a good, straight forward manual just in case. As I said it is simple to use and editing patches is no exception - and the manual explains clearly if you're unsure and need help.

I use a
Washburn > Zoom GFX707 > BOSS RC20 loopstation >into> Marshall combo or a PA for live/ Band stuff.
I don't find it noisy but if you have a problem with noise it will be easy to stop as there is the zoom noise reduction thing.
The distortion is really good quality for the price. I can get really good boogie-metal sounds to marshall-like blues and rock tones with a few tweaks and turns!
The clean effects are also pretty amazing. I can get a decent fender type clean tone out of it.
There are loads of really annoyingly pointless patches on this that make you wonder why in the hell they were put there in the first place but you might be able to use them!

If I had the money I'd buy a backup just in case because it is plastic and it isn't the most bullit proof of designs!
Having said that I have gigged with it and I haven't had any problems with it yet so there we go!
My friend has had his for about 2 years and he used his shoes to operate it like you would a normal stomp box. BIG mistake! the two foot pedals have both broken off and now it doesn't work for some reason. If you buy this don't use shoes on it it - trust me!!!

Over a year without a problem!!!

I have been playing for about 3 years and I play stuff like Metallica, Guns n Roses, Led zeppelin, rock, blues and anything else that I hear and like basically. The Zoom suits my playing style very well and it is a really good practise tool as it has a built in drum machine and sampler.
I bought this pedal because my friend has one and I thought it was really amazing and really cheap.
I wish was slightly bigger so some of its features could be used to their full potential, for instance, the drum pedal can only be activated by a tiny button and the buttons are all really close.

This is a very easy pedal to use IF YOU READ THE MANUAL! I have had this pedal for about 2 years and only recently read the manual and make my own patches. Some of the preset patches are kinda stupid and pointless like the auto wah. But it also has some other patches that are pretty cool and very easy to edit.

You can get some pretty loud shit out of this. The preset distortion, VHALEN, is my favorite distortion but is quite bassy(nothing that a little editting can't fix). The Style I play is thrash/
heavy metal,(Metallica, Pantera, Black Sabbath, Iron maiden)this pedal has a great sound for that style. It also has a preset
12-string patch which sound nothing like it on an electric, but sounds pretty good on my semi-acoustic. You can also get a good acoustic sound for electric.

i have had this pedal for about 2 years and in that time the pedal has snapped, the power supply has packed up, the two patch pedals have come off and the jack sockets have snapped. But now it doesn't work at all. I have used this for a couple of gigs, on the first it screwed up(very embarassing), and the second was at a gig in school and it was fine, but packed up later! It's a very fragile little thing which pisses me off but if i used it for a gig again i would kepp an eye on it for at least 5 days in advanced just to make sure it won't fuck up.

I have been playing for about 5 and a half years and this is the best sounding pedal i have used, it's just a shame it's made of plastic. If it was lost i would definately buy one of these again.

I'll have to admit when I first got this thing almost 2 years ago, I had no clue how to edit patches for several months. Stupidly, I thought that the presets were the only sounds I was gonna get. When I finally stopped being lazy and read the manual, it made things a heck of a lot easier. Editing patches now is a cinch for me, yet the interface is going to be kinda confusing for some people. It not as self-explanatory as say the DigiTech RP200. You really need to mess around with the settings and explore what sounds right to you. It takes a little while to dial in a good sound because you have to keep in mind the sound of your guitar and amp and balance it with the pedal sound. Overall editing patches will be easy if you take time to read the manual and practice doing it.

I use a Standard Mexican-made Fender Strat with Duncan Performer Scorcher Rails in the bridge and neck, and a Fender Princeton 65. The thing is slightly noisy. Its not as bad since there's a noise gate, but you can hear a distinct hissing sound when your not playing. That was disappointing, because my friend doesn't even have a noise gate on his amp and its still quieter than when i'm using pedal. The effects are good. I especially liked both the choruses, which have a nice clear, ringy, high-quality sound. Tremolo is pretty good, only that you gotta make sure you set it so it doesn't overclip. Pedal wah was not spectacular and if you set it to bf, it makes this annoying volume swell that hurts the ears. The reverbs and clean compressor were awesome, and i can get these nice, big clean sounds that fill the room. Flanger is good, but not as thick as my friends Ibanez Chorus/Flanger pedal. I find that it didn't have enough attack and the harmonics were spudgy.

The best sounds from this pedal were the distortions. For my main distortion I use the OD2 setting plus the Combo A amp sim for massive bass (I don't recommend using the bright settings if you have an openback amp). I can get a good punk sound (ala Green Day, Offspring) from this. I find the noise gate however, takes away pretty much all feedback, so i can't really end a song in a barrage of squeals and noise. Yet I don't want to turn the noise gate off because of the above noise problem. I also use the acoustic simulator for acoustic-type passages, the Power Dirve to closely simulate the new Green Day, Warning album sound, and metal to go to a Randy Rhoads/Metallica scooped thrash sound.

Overall I am pleased with most of the sounds, but its not perfect.

Reliable, though one time it did stop working during a performance. It probably was the adapter though, because i checked the inside of the pedal and everything was AOK. I changed the adapter and it works perfectly now. However, I'm giving it a 9 since its only plastic and has a higher tendency to break.

never dealt with them

I play mostly punk-pop (Green Day, Offspring, Blink-182, MxPx), some metal (Metallica, Black Sabbath), and write my own songs with my band. I've been playing for about 3 years and I also own a Yahamaha EC-10 classical guitar. If this was stolen, I'd be pissed for a while, but then I'd probably set my sights on a DigiTech RP200 or a Boss ME-33. Dont get me wrong, I love the way this pedal sounds now. I made the patches according to my needs and it sounds great. Though I am still trying to find the holy grail of the multi-effects.

It was roughly a plug in and play unit. It was a very user friendly effects box that was very intuitive to tweek the patches. I do have one complaint in that setting the volume to memory for each patch seemed to be impossible. It became cumbersome to adjust the volume level for every effect using the volume control pedal.

Once adjustments were made to the patches or amp modeling to compensate for your own personal sound, I felt the sound quality was pretty good. The distortion sounds were pretty good for the price...

I would say absolutely NOT! I had constant problems with the 1/4" input jacks. After twisting and pulling and jiggling my cables around for a year, I decided to test the units durability... The plastic housing is tougher than expected, however the heel of my boot is harder... I have layed this unit to rest...

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I play all styles of music, and this was a purchase that covered all styles I needed based on having a drum machine, multiple effects, looping (although very short), and expression pedal all in a small gig bag unit... I think the concept was great. A longer loop pattern, and a seperate volume control (not gain control) for tweaking the patches, would greatly improve this unit. BUT FIX THE $#*$#!#"#> INPUT JACKS!!!!! Unfortunately a large portion of my playing through the unit is based on the single MAJOR FLAW!!!!

In terms of patches, ease of use is good. The manual is clear and editing easy. General usability isn't so strong. I don't like the way you have to press both pedals concurrently to enter bypass or mute modes. Very risky - can easily find yourself moving from a clean, low level patch to a full on overdrive just at the wrong moment. I haven't done it live yet, but it's an accident waiting to happen... The expression pedal does not move far enough, so using it for volume control or subtle control of FX mix doesn't really work.
The GFX707 is not good for use outdoors or under bright stagelights. You cannot read the LED display at all. I have constructed a rather sad looking gaffa tape and cardboard housing to shade the display, but it is not really satisfactory. For this reason alone, I will replace the unit as soon as I can. Having given these negatives, the unit is not particularly expensive, so I guess there is an element of "You get what you pay for" here.

Sound quality is excellent for such a low cost unit. I run it through a Mesa/Boogie Subway Rocket with a Mexican Fender Tele. Have recorded a couple of live albums with it. People say they like the sound.

Yes, I rely on it, although with the plastic housing you need to be a little careful. I think the jack sockets are the weakest link. If they broke, the main board would probably be rendered useless. I do gig without a backup as I'd use the amp overdrive and reverb if it failed.

No need to use support so far and it's out of warranty now. If it goes wrong, it goes in the bin :-(

I was pleased with it when I purchased about 3 years ago - good price and sound quality. Reason for purchase was to replace my aging row of BOSS pedals and noisy patch leads. I would recommend it for anyone who wants to home record or play occasional indoor gigs. Main shortcomings:
1. Display unreadable in bright light
2. Bypass/Mute via 2 switches unwieldy
3. expression pedal insufficient travel to permit any real controlled expression.
Providing you plan to use it in the correct environment, this unit is a good buy in my opinion.

The 707 is fairly easy to use, once you've looked at the ol' manual. Editing patches isnt much of a problem either.

The overall sound quality isnt bad, however some pre-set effects are either shite or fucking pointless!
Anyway, you don't really need to use the pre-sets, coz its much more fun writing your own! Then, if it still sounds shite, YOUR to blame!

Its reliable, yes. Mine is second hand and hasn't broken down just yet! Metal would have been better than plasticmind.

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Overall, its pretty good. Ok, so ,aybe an expert player would go for someting more top of the range, but for beginers like me, its fine!
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very easy to use, as long as you know which buttons do what to change effect quickly.

The effects are Ok but not especially brilliant. The Acoustic effects dont sound remotely like an acoustic guitar, just like a guitar with no effects applied.

I've had two of these in the space of 4 months. The first one had a dodgy pedal that either didn't turn the effect off when fully down (like its supposed to) or kept turning the effect on and off when down. This first pedal also had menus that automatically turned themselves off and a Jam Play function that only worked once in a blue moon. So I sent it back, only to find that this model is discontinued, and the store I bought it from had none left, but after about a MONTHS moaning, they bothered to go get one from a store in the other side of the country. Finally got the second one today, hoping it would be fine, and guess what? THE PEDAL DOESNT WORK PROPERLY ON THIS ONE AS WELL! Incredibly dodgy pedal, would never use in a gig unless I had to.

Not the company itself but Exeter Music Shop should never be trusted!

This pedal is especially easy to use. It is great for beginners and people with a low budget. Some of the effects need to be tweaked to sound right through your equipment.

The sound for this item is absolutely amazing for how cheap it can be. Of course buying singular pedals would be better for many reasons the ZOOM GFX-707 offers most of them for an extremely low price.

I would defintely depend on it. It is farely sturdy and I havent had any problems wit it so for.

I havent dealt with the company so i can not answer this.

Well this product i feel is a very supportive beginners effects board and having the 60 beat patterns is a definete yes.

Easy to edit, but a little difficult to synchronize it with the sound of an amp (speaking of a Fender '85 Combo).
Patches are, with a little practice, easy to handle, although you never get exactly what you want, though nice.
The manual is a little confuse at first use, but explains the patterns pretty good. Good for beginners, not recommendable if you try to use more than two effects in one song (during live performance.) I'd recommend a BOSS ME 1.

I was using it with a Fender 85 combo and an Ibanez S-Classic, resp. an Epiphone Les Paul special. The presets are crap, because too crunchy for my taste.
If you are fumbling a little, you might get nearly to your favorite settings, I tried to figure some Sabbath and Maiden sounds, but it was not perfect.
The OD is quite good, the EQ is crap. Distortion can be very crunchy and hard, but the sustain is the last crap and it gets fuzzy after a while. Keep away from flanger, chorus and delay. The pedal is only usefull for the wah effects, although I don't use wahs.

It is reliable, but don't treat it too hard. You might break the interior. It's good for home recording and not too bad for minor gigs, but backup is highly recommended.

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I play Metal Rhythmguitar. I think with some practice you have a very good beginner's effectboard, but I recommend single-effects or a board with more than two pedals. I am playing Metal for 8 years, owning the Zoom for two years, and liked it so far, but I think I wouldn't buy it anymore. I am now playing with a Marshall Thrashmetal Distortion, and that's much more I like it, although I just bought a ZOOM Valve multieffects (9150 DSP I think).

it is quite easy to use.There is only one thing hard about this pedal.To change to the bypass mode is quite difficult because you push on both of the two pedals on it.Most of the time you change the patch when you are trying to bypass it.If you read the manual it gets easier to use.Because manual is easy to understand.

I use Washburn BT3 and Marshall Valvestate 100R.When you play it on low volumes it has cool tones.However when you increase the volume it begins to suck.If you have a good ear I think you can find the tone you are looking for.

It is plastic.It doesn't seem strong enough to work long.

I have no idea.

I play hard rock and metal.I play guitar for 3 years.I am not so good.For now it is enough for me but I like the sounds of single pedals more than GFX 707.If you have money you should buy single pedals instead of GFX 707.

It's very easy to use if u read the menual once.
I started it without reading it, I could do some editings.
Compared to other multy effects such as GT-5, it's a lot easier to
use for beginners. If u think this unit is hard to use, try single
pedal. I recommend DS-1 from boss.

I think this pedal makes pretty good sound. The very first day i
bought this, i was kinda pissed because i thought this thing was
really crappy. But as i started to find how to mix the some distortions and delays included in the product, i found it's very
good. I have some awesome sounds now. I can play any kind of music with this..even though Europa from Santana,,even though i suck
Well, i think it's very good for it's price.

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I will give it 9. As i have said before, it's good for biginners,
and to understand how to use multy effect pedals. Before i bought
this product, i had bought Metal Zone from boss, it's really good, too. I love both of them. I am trying to mix them so i can creat
better sound.
PS. If u want to make variety sounds, look on the internet
There are tones of patches on the internet.

This is my first fx pedal i ever bought but i have been plating for quite a while so i was lookin 4 sumthing that was best for the lower price range. it isn't that easy to use cus the manual doesnt make much sense.

half of them are shit, a third of them are okay and the rest are real good(like trace)

No way! my input doesnt work if its slightly nudged, the output is loose, it looks like it cud break at any second

never tried

overall good for your first one, one to learn from, but abit too confusing and many pointless sounds, however, it is very enjoyable for band practice and playing short gigs, but i couldnt see myself using it in the next 6 months, but it is a hell of alot of fun.

I just bought it and so far I'm impressed with it's ease of use. Although most of the parameters must be changed via menu, there are several param knobs to allow you to tweak in real-time portions of the effect, or drum machine tempos and types.

Considering the last unit I purchased was a Rockman 10 years ago, I'm very impressed with this unit. I'm using this unit "line-in" with a Y-adapter to my multitrack recorder, or simply with head phones while I'm sitting around. I don't find it noisy provided that I balance the output. So far, I haven't tweaked the sounds, but since I'm generally able to find a sound I like, I'm sure that I can tweak them to get even more satifying sounds. I love the flange/chorus effects. Some of the patches are completely unusable for performance, but they will be erased and replaced by my custom patches anyway.

I personally love the combo A amp simulator. I find the stacks to be too mid-range boosted for line-in work.

Since I haven't had this unit very long, I can't say much about it's hardware reliability, but since it's predominately plastic, I'm surely going to keep the warrantee around! I would have to say that I'd keep some pedals around for live shows, just in case.

Overall, I give this unit a thumbs-up. I've heard the some more expensive units and find the gfx707 to be a less expensive equivilent, minus lotsa extra params. I was tempted to buy a Korg portable unit, but found it hard to imagine using live, being there are no pedals to switch to and from. Having heard that the guitarist from Fuel used the gfx707 live gives me hope that it can be tweaked to a respectable sound. I'm suprised that it received such bad comments about it's distortion for it has many styles integrated within itself and from what I hear on the radio, it doesn't sound much different. But, then again, I'm not interested in paying 500 dollars for a sound if I'm only writing songs at home.

editing takes a bit of getting used to. this is quite surprising to me since i've had a zoom 2020 for quite some time before i bought this product. you'd think that the 707 would be as simple if not easier to edit than the older 2020. the knobs do make it easier to scroll through parameters though

pretty good. i use a variety of guitars, none of which are really expensive, and i can manage to get almost any sound i want

i wouldn't bring this to a rowdy gig. it'll probably last a long time if i just keep it at home

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sounds good for most musical styles, i play almost any type of music,
it would probably be better if it had more foot pedals

Easy to use, but only once you know what your doing. The very good manual helps you on your way to programming it nicely. READ THE MANUAL, it makes things a lot easier. All the bits and buttons can be a bit daunting at first.

Most people in this forum are saying that the effects arent very good.
I have to agree, but they are definitlty good enough for any beginner.
Also, everyone is saying the distortions are horrible - NOT ENTIRLY TRUE. The people who say this have obviously not tweaked there machines enough. Some very nice, though noisy, distortions can be created.

There are also lots of other little effect: none which are great, some which are useless, but some which can be a bit of fun.

I give this 7 but only for the distortions (which I personnaly tweaked). If it wasnt for them I'd give it 5.

It plastic with lots of buttons.....

What more can I say?

Sorry, but Ive never had to deal with them.

If you are a beginner as I was when I bought it, I suggest you at least take a look. I believe it is easily (from what i've seen) the best multi effects pedal on the market for its price, though I would suggest trying it out first. If your not into lots of strange little effects and want a great sound get singular pedals. The Gfx707 is not really a serious multi effects pedal but it gave me and my friend hours of fun when we were both beginners.

Try before you buy.

PS. The better amp you have the better this sounds.

For profesionals change this score to 5..

It takes a while to get a good sound from the 707, a lot of twaeking is required for the distortion/equaliser to get decent distorted FX.
easy to edit patches, the manual is helpful and clear except for the bit about the expression pedal envelopes, they use some daftarse diagrams that mean nuttn.

I use epiphone SG custom (3 humbuckers) i usually use it with all 3 to get a fat sound when using just amp distortion and FX from the 707, but when i use the distortion on the GFX it is best to use a trebly sound. I use a peavy 100w. I would give it a 9 for all effects except for the distortion which isnt good at all.
the zoom noise reduction is useful but sometimes it causes a big loss in sustain.

i would rely on this but i would only use it in an FX loop and use it for only clean fx, taking the distortion from the amp. this means if it suddenly goes tits up i can flick back quickly to the amp totally so it doest make much diffrence. I have used it for about a year and it seems to me pretty solid even though it is only made of plastic. The expression pedal, surprisingly, id solid too.

never dealt with them

i play a wide variety of music. its handy because of the variety, the accoustic sound is one of the best ive heard and the phasing effect is good if used with amp distortion.
i been playing about 2 1/2 yrs.
i would buy a GFX-8 if it got stolen or snapped, its a little more money but more pro.

This thing is pretty easy to use. You should really read the manual first for creating your own patches but the manual is helpful.

Ok i use a cheap strat copy worth #140 and some cheap ass amp. And I reckon my zoom gfx 707 stills sounds pretty kool. My fav sound is the V Halen one. I use that for playing the solo for 'One' by Metallica. Sounds quite like it to me. Autowah sucks. The pedal wah sounds ok. The unit does for what i need it for.

Well i dont know, ive only had it a week or so. like many people say it is plastic and ive never tried it with shoes on. Also the expression pedal sometimes stops working when I'm in the middle of a solo or something which would really suck on stage so Id use it but id only use effects where the expression pedal aint needed.

Never needed it although I feel i mite at some point.

ok i play metal/grunge/indie. i have been playing a year. it is the only effects thingy that i own. id probably buy something else first or at least try a few similarly priced products first. i like some of the sounds, like echos and stuff. the sampler thing sucks rectum. i wish it had better wah and a better smooth distortion noise to sound like slash (guns n roses) or kirk hammett (metallica). well it helps me make music i guess, in some ways. I'd recommend it to a beginner like me but if u have more cash either buy separate pedals or a better fx unit.

It's easy to use, just read the manual, you will have it down in a few hours.

As far sound goes overall it's total crap, the amp models are terrible, the distortion is terrible, auto wah is useless. I will say that the delay is ok though, not great just ok. I ran it through a line 6 2x10 spider on the clean channel only.

It's reliable in my bedroom, that's about as far as I would take it though. This thing isn't made to gig with, it's made for beginner players that don't know what good tone sounds like.

I don't know, don't care, I will never buy zoom again.

I play metal, classical, blues. I've been playing for 13 years on and off. I didn't play for a few years and only bought this thing because I needed something basic to get me back into playing. I wouldn't reccomend this to anyone thinking about becoming a serious musician. Since I started playing again I have fallen in love with the guitar all over again and have purchased a mesa triple rectifer a Jackson USA select soloist and a les paul studio gem with P-90's I learned that if you want to find a truly great tone you have to spend some money, but good tone is everthing.

It is rather easy to use. I bought it off a friend so I didn't get an instuction manuel. Patches-well, if I knew what a patch was and how to edit them, I would review those. The knobs turn easily and you can get some rather interesting effects. I think it is pretty good.

Personally, I really think the distortion is pretty crappy. I have another pedal for dist. so I use that. I noted interesting effects. I have found that the acoustic 12 string effect is a lot better than say a Boss acoustic simulator. If I really tried, I could get the sound of some of the good artists. Other than the distortion, I think the effects are really good.

It is dependable but since I can't edit it yet so it will take a while to change between effects. Since effects tend to get expensive, gigging without a backup is really a matter of weather you think you can do it or not. Personlly, I'd say yes.

Never dealt with them.

For the style of music I play (metal, hard rock) I'd say yes. If lost or stolen, I would pay for a new one. This pedal has a lot of cool effects so you can really get some awesome sounds out of it. I do wish it had a better wah sound. This is the only effects that is worse than the distortion. Luckly for me, I have a wah pedal that compensates for the other. Like I said, overall, I'd say a decent pedal. By the way, if anyone has a copy of the instruction manuel, please e-mail me. I would like a copy so I can figure it out fully.

this product is the easist piece of equipment i have ever used. it is very esey to edit patches and the manual is easy to use.

this has a very ggod sound running through my marshall. i would have given it higher but i have heard some pedals that are better.

very reliable.
except that it is made of plastic

i love this pedal.

What can i say, it's really easy to get the sounds you want. Editing patches are easy...really easy. The manual ? I never read the manual. It's so easy, by trial and error you will get the sounds u really want.

I play mostly fusion, jazz and funk, little rock and rarely metal, i would say the sounds work fine, even for jamming with friends or hell i use it for performances as well. Though the clean sounds are a little crappy i would say, even a 505 can give me better clean sounds. Others are great, with a few adjustments, of course.

I have no complains about it. Because i don't really kick the pedals hard, maybe because i play soft music and all. I can't afford a back-up just yet, but it works well for me.

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Like i said earlier, i play fusion, funk, some jazz, rock and things like that and been playing for 4 years and owned this pedal quite recently. Stolen ? erm, GFX4 is my next choice. This pedal offers me very good tones and sounds, but i hate the clean tones really ! And the expression pedal is not up to my expectations. It did help me to produce some nice tones and was surprised myself that there is quite a smiliarity. :-) . I think it has a good price tag, and would recommend it for practice use or some small performances on decent music. If u play metal and all, you'll break it !

In a word it's ok. Not more not less. After a while you get into it and creating effects that you want is no problem.
At first it's a bit confusing though.

First i thought it sounds like shit but when you tweak a bit you'll get quite nice sounds.
But you it has not been made for professional use.
I mean you can use it to jam with some friends but in a studio you gotta find something else

My zoom gfx707 worked correctly for about 2 weeks.
Then the output jack broke and i wasn't able to fix it.
Now i have to kick it every once a while to make it work.
That's quite annoying and of course now i can't use it for a gig.

If it wouldn't be made out of plastic and if it hadn't this output jack problem it would probably be something useful.
But it's a POS!

To get this pedal up and running the way you want it to, you absolutely MUST look through the manual once or twice. Due to the small amount of controls it has, tweaking effects gets kind of messy at times.

You can get some pretty good sound outof this thing. Butonly if you tweak the shit out of it! All the factory presets, like most pedals, suck a bit. But like I said, the right amount of tweaking and you're fine! Auto wah is garbage, and the fading effects aren't great. delay isn't bad. There are some pretty cool effects on the unit. It's not great for recording! a lot of hiss and stuff, even while on record mode. The amp models are crap! I play with an Ibanez RG270 with modified bridge and pickups, my practice amp is a Peavey Audition 110, on stage Peavey 5150 II. Through the practice amp... It sounds like shit for the most part... and well just about anything sounds good through the 5150II but this pedal still doesn't give professional sounding effects. The Zoom Noise Reducer (ZNR) (noise gate) works well. Expression pedal isa bit stiff but I think that's adjustable.

I haven't had any problems... Keeping in mind it's maximum capablities/limits, it's well reliable forwhat it does.

Ichecked out the zoom site... They didn't give an excessive amount of imformation to help me out with some function questions. They do have downloads of the manuals though. I've never had any big problems to need costumer support for though.

I play mostly Vai, Petrucci, Satch style stuff. This pedal is not too horrobly bad at mocking their sounds but for the most part this pedal is only good for all the basic stuff... If you want good sounding/crazy effects and hard ass ripping distortions and sweet and beautiful clean sounds.... Sorry my friend... This isn't what you're looking for!