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MGR/Paul Vozzo « Digitech RP-50 »
Published on 01/24/03 at 15:00Acquired at Guitar Center in Danvers MA for my birthday. Paid $70.00 plus tax. It seemed to be a top seller there and had the most bang for the buck. Internet reviews seemed good as well.
My favorite thing about this pedal is that, for the price of one good effects pedal, you get a whole series of them, plus eleven high quality sounding amplifier sims. The features are very easy to use and are logically laid out. This pedal literally contains everything I have ever wanted as an amateur musician looking to develop my own unique sound but also wanting to emulate some of the great ones. An added bonus is a website where one can download a replacement manual if one loses the original, and one can also exchange "patches" or programmed sequences with other owners over the net. Despite the plastic, lightweight look and feel, it is a pretty sturdy machine. One can plug in an expression pedal. The output can be either stereo or monaural. You can either use your existing amp or run the pedal into headphones or anything that takes an input.
I only dislike a few things, and these are not too important to me as I do not use them much. One is, in my opinion, a poor copy of a wah wah effect. You need an expression pedal to use wah and whammy effects and, when I bought one, I didn't like using it. So I returned the expression pedal and am happy without it. Batteries are very hard to fit in and they do not last very long at all. Probably my biggest complaint is that,when using several effects at once, particularly compression and chorus, the pedal makes a noisy hum and hiss which the noise gate effect does not do well to cancel out. Other users have also complained of this as well as occasional pops, which I also experience when running it through a PA system. Despite these drawbacks, this pedal produces a huge variety of quality sounds and effects which, at the price, is an amazing value. Finally, I personally wish the amplifier emulation could produce a tone that would resemble that used by Cream (a warm tone with a high-frequency distortion, hard to describe, trademark to listen to). You can't do everything with this pedal, but at $70, how could you expect to?
Construction seems okay, but not superb. It is, after all, plastic. A metal case probably would last longer, and heavier weight would help stabilize the unit on a stage. Despite this, the unit seems like it will last a long time and not wear out. Plug connections are solid. Layout is fantastic.
Bottom line: the most bang for the buck. You are getting your money's worth. You can't do everything with this pedal, but it does more and sounds better than anything else at this price range. If you want more effects and programmability, go for a higher model of Digitech's (100, 200, 300, etc.). If you want ease of use with what you need for getting started, this is the pedal for you. It is also nice to have a website with a patch sharing community and discussion forums.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
My favorite thing about this pedal is that, for the price of one good effects pedal, you get a whole series of them, plus eleven high quality sounding amplifier sims. The features are very easy to use and are logically laid out. This pedal literally contains everything I have ever wanted as an amateur musician looking to develop my own unique sound but also wanting to emulate some of the great ones. An added bonus is a website where one can download a replacement manual if one loses the original, and one can also exchange "patches" or programmed sequences with other owners over the net. Despite the plastic, lightweight look and feel, it is a pretty sturdy machine. One can plug in an expression pedal. The output can be either stereo or monaural. You can either use your existing amp or run the pedal into headphones or anything that takes an input.
I only dislike a few things, and these are not too important to me as I do not use them much. One is, in my opinion, a poor copy of a wah wah effect. You need an expression pedal to use wah and whammy effects and, when I bought one, I didn't like using it. So I returned the expression pedal and am happy without it. Batteries are very hard to fit in and they do not last very long at all. Probably my biggest complaint is that,when using several effects at once, particularly compression and chorus, the pedal makes a noisy hum and hiss which the noise gate effect does not do well to cancel out. Other users have also complained of this as well as occasional pops, which I also experience when running it through a PA system. Despite these drawbacks, this pedal produces a huge variety of quality sounds and effects which, at the price, is an amazing value. Finally, I personally wish the amplifier emulation could produce a tone that would resemble that used by Cream (a warm tone with a high-frequency distortion, hard to describe, trademark to listen to). You can't do everything with this pedal, but at $70, how could you expect to?
Construction seems okay, but not superb. It is, after all, plastic. A metal case probably would last longer, and heavier weight would help stabilize the unit on a stage. Despite this, the unit seems like it will last a long time and not wear out. Plug connections are solid. Layout is fantastic.
Bottom line: the most bang for the buck. You are getting your money's worth. You can't do everything with this pedal, but it does more and sounds better than anything else at this price range. If you want more effects and programmability, go for a higher model of Digitech's (100, 200, 300, etc.). If you want ease of use with what you need for getting started, this is the pedal for you. It is also nice to have a website with a patch sharing community and discussion forums.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com