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MGR/Anonymous « Zoom 505 II »
Published on 07/22/01 at 15:00I wanted something to give my guitar more sounds. I had a cheap entry level ibanez with H-S-S configuration. the Gio series one. I was playing it thru a peavy blazer 158 and it just sounded cheap and small. well I didn't have much to spend so I looked at this, and when I played it it had lots and lots of sounds. oh and I payed $79 for it and I think another $50 for optional experssion pedal.
Lots of options. good selection. good effects, good control with the effects pedal. mangable wah..everything sounds like it should.
The distortion sucks I think. and the sound goes from really loud on one to quiet on the other. it picks up any noise if anything hits it. often on the accoustic the low e just sudenly sounds HUGE and overpowers the rest of the unit. weird stuff. it has only one out so you need to use a y cable or headphones to hear the stereo stuff like chorus. and the ac adapter is like another 30 dollars.
its "space age plastic" metal bottom. the battery compartment is on the bottom and easy to get to. my all purpose ac adapter hasn't fried it. the knobs are all easy to use. just don't expect too much on the stage option switching. its small and stuff.
you pay for what you get. its good for the couple pedals you could replace with it, but you can't get all the inbetween settings that you could with a regular stomp box without the expression pedal. plus the tuner isn't bad. probally the best parts are the tuner and the flanger and phaser.
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Lots of options. good selection. good effects, good control with the effects pedal. mangable wah..everything sounds like it should.
The distortion sucks I think. and the sound goes from really loud on one to quiet on the other. it picks up any noise if anything hits it. often on the accoustic the low e just sudenly sounds HUGE and overpowers the rest of the unit. weird stuff. it has only one out so you need to use a y cable or headphones to hear the stereo stuff like chorus. and the ac adapter is like another 30 dollars.
its "space age plastic" metal bottom. the battery compartment is on the bottom and easy to get to. my all purpose ac adapter hasn't fried it. the knobs are all easy to use. just don't expect too much on the stage option switching. its small and stuff.
you pay for what you get. its good for the couple pedals you could replace with it, but you can't get all the inbetween settings that you could with a regular stomp box without the expression pedal. plus the tuner isn't bad. probally the best parts are the tuner and the flanger and phaser.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com