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Published on 11/05/04 at 15:00Purchased from Musician's Friend on sale for $79. I originally ordered an RP100 but got sent the RP100A instead. I am on a budget and wanted something with amp modeling and multiple effects. I wanted something that I could use to play electric guitar through a PA amp since I am also a vocalist and did not want to buy two separate amps.
I like that I can plug this into a PA amp and makes it sound like a real guitar amp. I like to play a variety of styles of music and can always find a combination of effects and amp modeling to suite whatever I play. It is also very handy to play through headphones without the amp. You have to spend a lot of time customizing your presets to get the sound you want but I have been very happy with the final result. I have been able to get some nice accoustic, bluesy, jazzy, and mildly distorted rock sounds out of this thing.The best part about this multi-effects unit is its great value for the price. I liked the RP100 over the RP50 because it comes with the power supply ($20 if purchased separately)
The factory and artist presets are not usable unless they are customized and saved as a user preset. As seems to be common with other processors, it is difficult to get the same level of sound out of each amp. I think it is a shame that most of the artist presets are from heavy metal musicians, though this processor has much more versatility than this. Seems like bad marketing to me, since a lot of the heavy metal people seem to complain that they can't get good quality heavy distortion out of this thing.
I have had this unit for 11 months now and it seems to be holding up well. I have only used batteries in it once and found the battery compartment to be rather cheaply made. The battery compartment cover bulges out when there are batteries installed. I highly recommend using the power supply since the batteries are only good for about 7 hours.
A very versatile processor for a great price. Great for the beginning musician or musician on a budget who wants to experiment with different sounds or who want to be able to play a variety of music styles without needing to buy separate effects and several different amps.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
I like that I can plug this into a PA amp and makes it sound like a real guitar amp. I like to play a variety of styles of music and can always find a combination of effects and amp modeling to suite whatever I play. It is also very handy to play through headphones without the amp. You have to spend a lot of time customizing your presets to get the sound you want but I have been very happy with the final result. I have been able to get some nice accoustic, bluesy, jazzy, and mildly distorted rock sounds out of this thing.The best part about this multi-effects unit is its great value for the price. I liked the RP100 over the RP50 because it comes with the power supply ($20 if purchased separately)
The factory and artist presets are not usable unless they are customized and saved as a user preset. As seems to be common with other processors, it is difficult to get the same level of sound out of each amp. I think it is a shame that most of the artist presets are from heavy metal musicians, though this processor has much more versatility than this. Seems like bad marketing to me, since a lot of the heavy metal people seem to complain that they can't get good quality heavy distortion out of this thing.
I have had this unit for 11 months now and it seems to be holding up well. I have only used batteries in it once and found the battery compartment to be rather cheaply made. The battery compartment cover bulges out when there are batteries installed. I highly recommend using the power supply since the batteries are only good for about 7 hours.
A very versatile processor for a great price. Great for the beginning musician or musician on a budget who wants to experiment with different sounds or who want to be able to play a variety of music styles without needing to buy separate effects and several different amps.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com