All user reviews for the DigiTech RP100

Considering this unit has a little built in drum machine, for the low price (available used for $20-$50), its a great value. Nothing like playing along to drum tracks to improve your playing and improvisation. As a multi effects unit, it has alot of effects (some good, some not), alot of distortions and sounds (some good, some not), and the ability to save 40 of your own tailored sounds (this is great). I personally didn't like most presets in the unit (and almost gave it away), but you can create some genuinely nice sounding sounds w/effects as your personal presets. The noise gate works great (nice for noisy high gain amps). In short, it's easy to write this unit off as kinda crappy if you don't spend some time with it. There are some very nice sounds lurking within if you have a little patience and get to know the unit. Then add a little drum machine, noise gate, and tuner......and it becomes a steal at say $30 or $50 bucks used these days. Plenty worth picking one up for that low investment. Metal chassis too, built rugged.

This was a gift given my by my dad for my birthday a little over a year ago. He paid $160 Canadian for it. It was bought at a store in Fort Frances Ontario Canada.

The Unit does have a lot of sounds and effects. It's easy to program (although it takes a long time) and generally easy to use. It would be an alright pedal for beginners doing their first recordings. It really is a beginner's tool. But for those people who don't have a lot of money, or nice equipment, it basically does the trick for practice or studio.

I would NEVER use this pedal live. I've played a lot of shows since i got it, and i've never taken it to any of them. there is absolutely NO volume synchronization between effects. the distortions are way to loud compared to the soft sounds. If you ever have to switch between soft to distortion in a song, PRAY that you have a nice volume pedal.

It's also not very sturdy. 2 of the nobs have broken off, and all of a sudden, the built in tuner started thinking my C tuning was a G# tuning. i have no idea how that happened. So now i need to borrow my bassists tuner for gigs.

the construction is simple, medal casing around cheap plastic buttons. The casing feels sturdy, but the buttons feel really easy to break (as they are) and like i said earlier, the sound quality is passable.

Bottom line, If you are a beginner, and you do some studio work, and dont have a lot of money, than this is an alright pedal. You will need to spend time reprogramming the settings, and you will end up replacing it eventually, but it's an alright pedal in a pinch. but NEVER use it live unless you have a nice volume pedal that wont change pitch.

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i got my RP100 for christmas from www.musiciansfriend.com and it costed around $80. I had had my guitar for a while (not a very good one) and i thought it would be fun to get something to make playing guitar more exciting.

It combines many interesting effects into one unit at a reasonable price. A good product for a beginner guitarist. It has a cool drum simulator. Pretty cool different amp types to simulate through the pedal.

The effects don't sound excellent...hard to customize your own effects... causes a jumble of cords... you need to buy your own adaptor plug (batteries don't last very long)... lots of effects sound the same (loud and distorted)

I would say pretty good quality. An individual pedal for each effect would sound better... but it would be much more money and maybe harder to work with. I think that the RP100 would be better if it had more buttons on it, making the process of creating your own effects easier. I just find that the way it's built makes the pedal difficult to work with.

If you want 40 effects, get this. I have found that i think i would rather have like 6 seperate pedals... each with their own effect. I would describe this as "so-so". Not excellent, just okay. I would instead find out which effects you would want to use with your guitar.

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I bought this unit at Ken Stanton, a local music store in Atlanta, Georgia. I only paid $90 for it. Heard great things about it and that the effects were incredible especially for the money.

The rp-100 has many effects including 9 amp modelings and lots and lots of other effects. These include anything from reverb to music compression. Lets you create your own sound or use 40 of the factory presets. Also includes 40 artist presets. You can also add an effect pedal from digitech or boss. I added my digitech metal master and got incredibe new sounds and variations. Lets you mix up to 11 different effects at once and save them to th rp-100 itself.

The only thing I didn't like was the qality of distortion. It sounds great though if you add a effects pedal. The only problem is you have to pay another $100 or so for the distortion pedal.

The rp-100 is made out of medal so it holds up incredibly well. The only flaw is that it has plastic pedals.

Great effects processor especially for under $100. Lets you do anything you could dream of.

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I bought this online for 80 bucks. I used the Musician's Friend site. The service from them was absolutely awesome.

I think its stupid to buy an amp just because of the effects that it has. Amps should sound good with the signal you normally run. Also, you can get amps much cheaper (and in my mind, much better) by purchasing models that just have a few channels and some whopping volume. This pedal is the perfect addition to one of those amps. It's got lots of modeling for solos, cool riffs, or any style you want to play.

The one thing that makes stomp boxes better than this is the fact that you can turn them on and off and your signal stays playing out the amp. Unfortunately, if you want to play a song using 2 or more presets, there is a slight delay between the shift. It doesn't work well for that. But it is excellent for shifting styles between songs.

It's not a solid as my other Digitech stompbox. It's made of thin, lightweight metal and has plastic pedals to shift presets. I would rather have it sturdier, but it hasn't taken any damage as of yet. If you got the deal from Digitech that offered a GIG pak, you would receive a bag to keep it in while traveling. That might be a good idea.

This product is awesome. It provides unlimited styles. It can produce a Mesa Boogie rectifier, a Marshall Stack, and lots of other amp models from Fender, Vox, and many more. Then, you can top it off with 12 different kinds of effects, a few variations of delay, and a cluster of reverbs. This is a fun product to fool around with.

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It cost me like $100 in a store here in mexico

Well I've had this unit for a year now and I like the fact that you can edit everything very easily almost without any effort

Sounds are a bit confusing, I mean the effects do not sound like real or like the quality y expected. Also the tuner in the unit is very weird, it doesn't stay still, tunning your guitar in this is really desesperating. The switches are very close to each other and make very difficult to press one without touching the other, specially if you are singing and can't get distracted watching your feet.

It's real hard metal but I would have to say mine got broken on the jack, it really suprised me cause one day I was playing and suddenly it started sounding distortion instead of my guitar sounds. I haven't fixed it yet but I'm going to get a Boss Me-33 instead, I've read some really good reviews about it.

It's a good effect processor but I think there are a lot better one's in the same price. If I was with $100 I'd rather buy a zoom.

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I ordered this online at Musician's Friend. It cost 80 dollars.

My amp was pretty plain. It had only equalization, volume, and distortion. This multi-effect pedal opened doors of possibility. With huge delays, choruses, flanges, and pretty much every effect I can think of, this pedal changed my sound a lot. It can really make a good song great.

The ads are kind of misleading. It states that the pedal can run 8 effects at once. I assumed that meant you could run eight different chorus effects, flanges, phasers, etc. Instead, I found that you could only run 1 of those at a time in combination with other things such as pickup and amp modeling. Still, the amp modeling has come in handy. And the reverb sounds cool when recording songs that are supposed to be in certain places (open meadow, church, etc.)

It's not as durable as my stomp box. It is made of thin metal. If it was any heavier, the pedal would probably weigh a ton. Still, I don't think it would take much abuse. Luckily, I received a free gig bag for it when I bought it.

If you are running a standard amp with no effects, than this little pedal is perfect for you. If you already have effects in your amp - More power to 'ya.

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i strangely never bought this!i was given it by my music teacher because it was old stock!it had never been used ever for 2 years.

i think the effects are top quality!it also
looks real good.my favorite effect is the
AUTO YA it is just fab!there is also some nice strange effects.

i dont like the fact that theres no expression pedal.i also dont like the plastic pedals!i think that if you are not careful the pedals may break.

apart from the pedals i think it is beautifully made.i haven't had it long enough though to give an opinion but,from the look of it,it seems as if it will be bomb proof.


all in all a nice pedal,very econmical (i know the average price!) and also can be used for anyone.i have heard that it can be put to good use by plugging it into a p.a/moniter but, i haven't tried it yet.

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Had this gig coming up and I started looking out for an affordable multi effects processor for my guitar. The one that caught my eye was Digitech RP-100 with a price tag of under $100 ($90 to be more precise)

The RP-100 packs in quite a lot of good features and each effect is better than the the other. The range of distortion that is available is quite extensive. Each effect can be customized to suit your liking. Programming effets is quite easy since you can select one of the 40 presets available and then store upto 40 presets of your own whole retaining the factory presets too. The built in rhythm (drum machine) is quite useful for those who prefer to practice alone.

There is nothing I could think of except an expression pedal (which is available on the RP-200)

Although they look quite solid, they are quite light and may tend to move around if you're stepping on them too often. They're tough and can take a lot of beating.

For anyone who is looking for something under $100, I'd say the RP-100 won't let you down. And to make things easier, over 300 presets are available on the net (be patient & prepared to spend time programming each of them) In short, its value for your money.

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Bought this unit at Guitar Center in 2001 for $99.00 US.

On first read, this can be a great little multieffects unit for both beginners and heads to dink around with. Its got a stack of effects, some great and some not so great but for the beginner, it is an inexpensive way to learn how to shape a guitar sound that is all your own and become acquainted with using effects chains.

One thing critics of this box need to understand is that this is an ampmodeler with other effects - not a ditstortion modeler. This means that whatever gain/overdrive characteristics you hear from any of the factory sets are based off of how the amp models are being "driven" via the gain setting. If you use distortion boxes before your RP100, you may want to think of the RP100 as your amp and so select an amp to use (amp modeler) and adjust the gain as if you were running a distortion before the amp.

This also means that any amp modeling you use may be "colored", even negatively, by plugging your output into another amp. It would be like running a mic'd signal from one amp and running that into another. Could be messy, or could sound glorious.

In this way, the RP100 is great for recording and playing live if you do directly into PA mains/monitors. If you like using an amp, I suggest turning the amp modeler off first and using the effects stack into your amp and see how that works.

For $100.00 dollars there is nothing to really complain about. I do wish the process of switching between patches would be momentary with on delay - then I could really use it like a footswitch on an amp. As is, when you switch mid-song, there is a noticeable delay and moment of silence between switches. In this way, this it truly NOT a stompbox.

The construction is great. The plastic footswitches might seem suspect but I am rough on stuff and they are holding up fine. The knobs/pots are ok. After over 1.5 years, some of my knobs are a bit scratchy when turning but not after they are set. Since I don't adjust the knobs mid-song it really doesn't matter to me.

Great investment for beginners and live gigging for direct to PA setups.

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Alto Music, Middletown $99

Solid construction and easy to figure out. Will never replace a real amp, but some of the sounds are pretty good for my home recording situation. The sounds I generally go for are Neil Young/Crazy Horse, Nirvanaish/Foo fighterish, trashy grunge, and Radio Head, Velvet Underground. I worked up a nice clean tremelo that was nice and I was able to approximate most of the grungier sounds within reason. I like the Gain knob feature.

Can't smoothy switch between two sounds, like playing a distortion then punching into a break with a heavier distortion. Some of the other effects are very limited but I don't use them much anyway. I haven't found the gate very useful and the compressor is not musical at all.

Solid. The buttons and knobs seem to do what they are intended to do. Fairly logical layout.

There seem to be many of you who feel the need to trash this unit because the box can't get sounds that approximate the sound you get with your '59 les paul through a Vintage Marshall. Look, it's a digital box that cost $99. Get over it. Look at it for what it is. Why are you trying to bring this thing on to the stage anyway? I bought this unit to do direct recording in my apartment, mainly to put together demos of song ideas to bring to band practice. For that I think this pedal will be great. I think with some tweaking, you will be able to get useful sounds but if you are really that particular about your sound, you shouldn't be worrying about what this $99 digital effects box sounds like anyway.

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The main reason i wanted this pedal was because it was real cheap, something like 100 dollars. After just playing out of the amp, I wanted some cool effects to go with it.

I like the effects, they are genuine, as if they were stomp boxes, except digital. It's not a big pedal, so it doesn't take up that much space on stage or in my room. The colors of the pedal are cool; they sparkle and stuff. Other than all that, that's about it.

There's about as much bad stuff about this pedal as there is good stuff. The pickup/wah simulator absolutely sucks. SUCKS! don't use this--ever. It's a fake disguise thingy that makes single coils sound like humbuckers--totally cheap. the compressor is bad to on this, so use a seperate stomp box compressor. the preamp settings are all unreal too. They too "disguise" but instead of the guitar, the amp! Supposedly, your amp can sound like a fender, Mesa Boogie, Marshall, Vox, and others, and of course, it doesn't work.

Construction is good. Strong metal case. Quality of the overall pedal is good, but the power input for the 9V ac adaptor is very delicate, and the one on mine doesn't work anymore. Whoever wrote the other review on this product has the same problem.

I guess this pedal is ok, but in some ways just....cheesy. I can't think of any other words. It's kind of like the Danelectro shift daddy. Although, Digitech and Danelectro are EXCELLENT brands. EXCELLENT. It's their pedals (not all, just some) that are cheesy. Although, this pedal is great for EFFECTS. It's like any other. It's great. Just make sure that you don't use the "disguise" settings.

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I got this pedal for Christmas about three years ago, year 2000, I believe. My parents told me they payed exactly $100 for it. I wanted and got this pedal because I had never experienced using effects, so I wanted to start off with something interesting and new to me.

What I like about this pedal the most is probably its construction. It's in a strong metal chassis, and has taken many beatings from me. The effects are fairly good, considering how much people hate digital and rack-mount units. Its got a nice Flanger, phaser, and chorus. Power wise, it can run on a 9V ac adaptor, or 6 AA batteries. It's very easy to use; I didn't even need the manual. It has a variety of many affects: chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo, vibe, vibrato, whammy, envelope (automatic wah), and auto yah, and some others.

The colors of this pedal are pathetic. The metal chassis sparkles, and the knobs contrast the color of the metal. I don't care much for color though. The reverb on this thing absolutely sucks. It is supposedly has a different reverb for different environments, but each one sounds terrible, with the exception of Amplitheater reverb. I don't like digital units that much; I prefer using seperate stomp boxes and wahs. I don't like the pickup/wah simulator on this pedal; it is supposed to make single-coil pickups sound like humbuckers (if you so choose to) and humbuckers sound like single-coil pickups. This all sounds extremely fake. Totally ridiculous. Let your guitar be what it is, not what it's not. All this cheesy stuff disguises the true tone of your guitar, which is good, if you're ashamed of your guitar. If you take pride in the tone of your guitar, don't use the pickup/wah simulator. Another thing is that sounds ridiculously fake is the preamp settings. For example: you have the ability to make your amp sound like a Fender, a Marshall, and many other amps. This is pathetic. Number one, as you might have guessed, is that your amp sounds nothing like a Fender, or any of the other settings. Number two, when performing, each preset has a different volume when using the preamp settings. The third thing that sucks, is the cabinet/mic/gate settings. The sound coming out is already set by a microphone. In other words, it's as if your amp is a speaker, and the real tone is coming from a different amp. All this sucks.

The construction is good. As mentioned above, it is in a metal chassis, and is very strong. As for the quality.....is a different story. My RP100's power slot (for the 9V ac adaptor)has gone bad, and i have to use batteries, which is a pain. Every week I have to buy new batteries. I've repeatedly tried to fix it, and i've taken it to the shop many times. No good. Try to be extra careful with the power source slot, cause it's really delicate. Other than this, the quality is great. Mine has many other problems, but aren't Digitech's fault, instead are the fault of some friends of mine, who spilt coke all over my pedal.

Don't get me wrong. I may seem really harsh. Digitech is a great brand, but not all that good for the Blues and rock and roll and stuff. This isn't the only digitech pedal I have. This is a good pedal for you if you just want it for the effects, and if you turn of the fake settings. It is ok for Blues, but this pedal is mainly for heavier music, and funky stuff. I rate this product a 3. What gives it the three points are the effects, which are no different from stomp boxes, they are genuine. I take off two points because of all the fake settings.

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I bought this pedal for $190 bucks with the ac adapter at Tom Lee music in Vancouver.

This is an all around pretty good pedal.It is way better than anything in it's price range.I know a few people who went and got Zoom pedals and this is far superior.The reason that I first got interested in it was because of the price.just to buy one boss pedal in Canada can run you about $125 but this thing has more effects than I know what to do with and it was only about 70 bucks more than that.The effects are of good sound quality also this unit is pretty tough too.

I haven't really found anything that I really dislike about it yet and I've had it for more than a year.I haven't really used any auto wah effects before but I found this one to be kind of harsh.Other than that nothing.

I haven't had any problems with it yet.I haven't dropped it really bad yet but it's been stomped pretty good a few times and no problems.

It has lots of effects, a tuner, it's pretty tough and it's cheap.I would definitely recomend this pedal.I've been playing guitar for about four years so I'm not a beginner but I'm also by no means professional.I'm sure that eventually I'll want something better.If I do descide to move up to something more advanced I would definitely look for a Digitech.

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