User reviews: Zoom GFX-707

08/12/07

MGR/Brennan's review "Zoom GFX-707"

Pro musician/composer, mainly writing for others now, but still doing the odd gig here and there.

A dealer in Charing Cross Road, London (sorry- I forget the name.) Cost around £100 about 5 years ago. I bought it as I was looking for a single pedal that could do more or less anything and this seemed like a good option.

Ignore all the others on this site who have slagged this unit off- in my humble opinion you won\'t find a better multieffects pedal for the money. OK, some of the dedicated distortion/wah/delay/etc. boxes that you can buy may do their individual jobs better than the Zoom, but if you want a good all-rounder, this one is the one to go for!

I have no use for the drum machine patterns, but I suppose that they could be useful for some players.

It looks a bit fragile as it\'s plastic, but I\'ve used it and trodden on it for years with not so much as a crackle!

If you\'re looking for dedicated state-of-the-art FX units, this may not be for you, but you\'d have to spend a lot more to get anything that comes even close to what this does. I\'ve had this for 5 years now, I use it all the time, and I\'m not selling!

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03/23/05

MGR/Bobflob's review "Zoom GFX-707"

I bought the Zoom GFX-707 off of ebay.co.uk, for £37.50. I have been playing guitar for about 4 months, and i thought it would be a good idea to buy a pedal. They normally retail for about £100 so i got a good deal.

It has so many different effects, and a built-in drum machine. Its great for jamming, and the patches are easily editable.

The only bad thing i have found is the distortion effects. You can barely hear the melody or rhythm of what you are playing. However, there is one good distortion on there.

The unit is made out of plastic, but it is strong enough to withstand normal use. It might be a different story if you throw it at a wall though.

For the price i paid, i am ecstatic about this. Even for £100 it would still be good. Its great for starting out and gaining a bit more experience with pedals. Buy it.

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09/18/04

MGR/Les Paul Fan 21's review "Zoom GFX-707"

I bought this unit at music stop in Halifax Nova Scotia for $300.

What I like about this unit is that it has an unbelievable amount of features in it for a fraction of the cost of other models. Once you get to know the unit well enough the clean effects are very good sounding.

The bad part about this unit is the fact that it is plastic. It could break very easily. The other bad thing is that the distortion sounds are very cheap sounding.

The constructoin of this unit is not very good at all. I use it on stage and i am constantly bending over trying to fix sounds. The other thing is that it is built out of plastic. It needs to be more durable.

Bottom line is this pedal is great for a beginner to mess around with, but it has its limatations.

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01/29/04

MGR/S. Vai's review "Zoom GFX707II"

Bought the Zoom GFX707II at one of the popluar internet music stores for $149.

Had heard alot of hoopla about it and wanted to check it out myself.

Great sounds as in the first GFX707 pedal. Good solid space age plastic construction that is usually far superior and forgiving that metal. Ease of operation as in the first model.

Well, here it is in a nut shell kids, from a long time professional: If ZOOM would have had the insight to allow all effects and drum backgrounds to be recorded during sampling, the sampling would have been 44khz instead of the old 31khz, and there would have been impedance matching inputs and outputs, this pedal would have been THE HOLY GRAIL. BUT...they didn\'t and DIGITECH has nothing to worry about. If they had, DIGITECH would need to buy into ZOOM stock or merge so as not to get plowed under. Save your money and just hope they get it right the next time around(if we are not greyhaired by then) and pass on this one.

Construction quality is good as usual. Space age plastics that are far superior to metal fabrication.

ZOOM had a bullet, but shot themselves in the foot. Even ZOOM fans will be disappointed. Just save your money, pray they get it right the next time and pass on this one.

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11/27/03

MGR/Michael Cook's review "Zoom GFX 707"

My rents ordered it from Harmony Central for me about 2 years ago now for around 135 bucks. I was looking for a multi effects pedal to cut my teeth on as I'd only been playing guitar for about a year and a half.

This pedal has a tone of effects, and when I was still stuck with my little peavy practice amp it really mixed things up for me. There\'s an effect called VHALEN that has some super sick distortion that I still mess with to this day. I used a few of the other effets, the jazz and blues tones, and some of the amp simulators a little bit when I was using headphones and whatnot. Overall, it has tons of effects and tone settings for you to play with.

My biggest beef with this pedal is how artificial most of the effects sound. A while ago I started recording into my computer and editing with acid pro, and no matter what I did it always sounded thin and fake. You can\'t combo the effects at all unless you take the time to make your own effect and even then switching between effects in the correct order can be a pain. I\'m definately moving to stomp boxes now. My halfstack and its built in distortion coupled with a delay and phaser pedal are keeping me WAY happier than this thing ever made me.

Construction is alright, its made of plastic but I guess its somewhat durable. After about six months of use however the quarter inch input got kinda jacked up, so whenever I used the pedal I had to prop something against the side of the input to keep pressure and assure a solid connection, otherwise it sounded like TV static. yuk.

Decent pedal for a newb just getting into guitar. Its got a lot of show and not so much go go go. If I had the choice to buy this again knowing what I know now I probably wouldn\'t do it. Just pick the few effects that you want and buy used stompboxes on ebay or something.

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11/15/03

MGR/richard (hutch) hutcherson, jr.'s review "Zoom GFX 707"

I was shopping around for a descent efx unit in evansville, ind and madisonville, ky and in a small guitar shop in ky. i came across this unit for around $140, man what a deal!!!!!!!!

Everything about this unit is the bomb! and i do mean everything!!! This baby has sooo many effects its a steal!! they have an effect on there called STEP and i gotta\' tell you it\'s one nasty effect! i really love the different leads that they have like blues, metal, jazz, funk, line recording, make up your own effects and save them, a beat machine, a sampler, a wah, you name it, its got it! theres not enough space to tell you all i like!!!wheww!!! If you want a great efx with sooo many options then this baby\'s for you and the price is a rip-off to zoom!! its cheap and sturdy!!! ITS EVEN GOT AN AMP SIMULATOR AND NOT ONE, BUT 8 AMPS!!! A 12 STRING acoustic simulator and many foot pedal effects,even a whammy foot efx!!!! im not even touching the tip of the iceburg!!!

HAHAHAHAH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH YOUR JOKING, RIGHT? WHATS NOT TO LIKE ABOUT THIS PEDAL??? PLEEEZZZEEEE!!!!!

LIKE I SAID, STURDY, DURABLE, RELIABLE, DID I SAY STURDY?? THE QUALIT IS UNBEATABLE!! IM NOT LYIN\' FOLKS GET ONE BEFORE ZOOM DECIDES NOT TO MAKE ANYMORE!!

THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY ABOUT THIS PEDAL IS ZOOM IS RIPPING THEIR OWN SELVES OFF TO GET A GREAT PEDAL TO US!! THIS PEDAL RIVALS THE MUCH HIGHER PRICE RANGE PEDALS!! IF YOU DONT BELIEVE ME THEN GO PLAY ONE! IM NOT LYING, TRY IT AND YOU\'LL SEE!!! \'NUFF SAID!!!

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11/15/03

MGR/Alex Wilkinson's review "Zoom 707"

I got this unit (the zoom 707 multi effect pedal) at guitar works In Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It was a steal of a deal because I stole it. Ha! Just kidding, I paid $200 Canadian for it.

This unit is perfect for begginers and any guitar player out there that wants a bunch of effects for a not so heavy price. Most of the effects sound very good especially the bazillion types of distortion avaliable. (Hyperbole, or is it? Dun dun dun). More effects include a flanger, weird talking thing, a cool funk effect, jazz effects, metal effects, (Good ones too), distortion effects, 12 string effect, distortion, Amp modeling, distortion, fuzz and crunch effects, distortion, light distortion, and heavy distortion. I think theres 70 effects in total and 70 more for you to program in. I\'ve always been to happy to use their pre-programmed ones! You can modify each effect with three turn knobs. The unit also includes a rhythm... drum...thing. You can select from a lot of beats to jam to. Pretty cool and a lot of fun when you have no drummer! It also includes the ability to record 7 seconds worth of playing. A whole 7 seconds! What can you do with that seven seconds? I\'ll leave that up to you. You could always record stairway to heaven in 100 or so pieces. The unit is very small and portable, and has a built in expression pedal. It has a head phone jack, for wussies or \"concerning\" players that are afraid to wake the neighbours!! Also the pedal is supposed to have the ability to be able to \"Scratch\" (like the DJ sort of scratching) with the pedal. I\'ll be grateful if I ever figure out how to do it. It can take 8 double A batteries, or you can plug an wall adapter into it so it dosn\'t chew up your batteries like a woodchuck chucks wood. I don\'t understand what I just wrote either.

The expression pedal moves less then a garden snail. A slow garden snail. With no legs.

Its made of cheap feeling plastic, so if your planning to stomp the pedals or whatnot, wear proper foot protection, plastic splinters hurt. So far I havn\'t had a problem with its durability.

Some of it is confusing, for guys like me that burn manuals on site!! You need the manual to figure out some things, some of the 707\'s majestic powers are still unknownst to me. And i\'ve had it for years.

The plastic is cheap, feels like one of those plastic cups the clear bendy ones. Just kidding its not that cheap! I havn\'t broke mine yet so it\'s been holding up for 2 years or so. The bottom panel is metal so I have a feeling it will last for another few years before it falls apart on me.

Bassicly all summarized theres a lot to like aobut the 707 and even more wicked distortion.

If your looking for cheap sounding good effects, its definatly one to look at.

Music gear review rocks the house!!! Can I have my free recording studio now =0)??

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09/02/03

MGR/maxi-deftones-moreno's review "Zoom GFX 707"

i get it in a local store here in argentina. people told me that this was great and here you could use a lot of great effects and you could use the simultaniusly

and the price wasnt much.

first of all i dont like anything . the sound sucks. if yu have a nice amp this thing brings it down. the pedal is too small and all the thing is made of plastic.

the sound scks. you can go nuts trying to get the apropiate distortion cause the ones that are there are terrible. the effects are shitty.

the construction is hatetable. ists plastic and the peddals are too small. you have a good visualisation and the knobs are rigth.

dont buyit buy peddals.

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08/28/03

MGR/bob's review "Zoom 707"

i brought this pedel at my local music shop for just over £100

some good effects, especially the "funk" effect which can sound really good when playing some faster ska typed riffs. good range of distortion

the lack of clean guitar effects, i found it hard to find an effect with out some kind of distortion, also when changing effects there is an annoying click or a pause which really effects when playing live.

built pretty strongly, well set out

its ok, good fun

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07/05/03

MGR/Rudy da Costa's review "Zoom GFX 707"

I bought this unit at Archtop Music in Kitchener. I paid all together about $110.00 for it. I decided that I needed one to make my practicing more interesting.

I like the fact that there are sixty different kinds of distortion sounds that are produced. My favourites are Metal, Crush(etc.) I also like the drum machine which makes it easy to play to a certain beat.

I Have no dislikes about this product

This unit has been used by my guitar teacher, so it is a very good quality. Just what you expected for the price.

If you are wanting to create some songs and thinking of getting an effects pedal, get this. I would recommend it to anyone.

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