DigiTech Other guitar effects

I bought the pedal at Motor City Guitar. I found a $100 bill on the ground and went straight there, because the pedal is insane. I payed $100 for it, and it was well worth it because now they're selling for over $400. It's the most insane usefull/useless pedal I have ever owned. The reason I love it so much is because with the right setup you can almost emulate a Moog synthesizer. It goes up 2 octaves and down 2 octaves, many different harmonies available, it can be used as an octave pedal also with some tricks up it's sleeves. After years of use it doesn't like to completely go up or down to the full octaves sometimes, it's very hard to get a slow rising motion because it rarely ever goes fully up or down anymore. It's sounds like more of a personal problem i guess. I will take it in sometime soon to get it looked at. It also makes some funky noises sometimes, but I like that. Very very sturdy, I think it would survive a nuclear blast. The only problem is the gripping rubber adhesive has worn down and gotten slippery, nothing more adhesive can't fix. If you ever get a chance, at least play with it, I guarantee you that you will buy it. I haven't played the reissue yet, but I'm sure it will give you as much satisfaction. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

I bought this from a friend for a quality $100. I wanted it so I could have a little more fun with my guitar, and Tom Morello is my hero. This sexy red mean machine digitally bends your guitar to the end of the horizon. You can dive bomb 3 octaves down, or shoot 2 up, it has two sweet choruses (shallow/deep) and harmonies. Its solid as rock. I don't know how many times I've tripped and landed with all my weight on it in my room, but it never has screwed up once (except one time it actually went up 4 octaves, I was totally confused). It's perfect for beefing up intense solos. It also has barely any delay between input and output, which is sweet. You can hook your stereo up to it too, which is good times. What I didn't like about this unit was its function. Anything you did with it was so strange that it had to be saved for a separate bridge in the song. And whenever in harmonies, or bent mode, and you play two notes, it gets really nasty sounding. Its good for rock, a few things jazz, or definetly any kind of out-there music. But after that, it doesn't fit in. And, power adapter is a must. It'a about the size of a cigar box, with a beautiful red coat. It has an expression pedal at the left used for your whamming. and a knob, and all the functions with LED lights on either side of the knob. It lets you know what your doing, in case you were wondering... There is no place for batteries, you need an adapter It's loads of fun, but if you try it out, make sure its right for your band. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

Steel construction High-impact plastic ends and switches Steel rocker Wet/dry ratio knob 1 bypass footswitch 1 "scroll through the settings" footswitch 5 shift modes, 6 harmony modes, and "detune" 1/4 inch input and output jack UTILIZATION This is not the original Digitech Whammy; it is the 2nd generation unit. The first is the distinct red pedal with the "whacky" font, so it is the pedal everyone knows and recognizes. The first pedal was the pedal that was reissued, albeit with an additional midi port added. However, THIS pedal, the II - THIS is the pedal that should have been reissued. It may be a sleeker look, a bit more non-descript, but there is one feature this pedal has that the other Whammy pedals do not have - FOOT CONTROL OF PRESETS! The other pedals require one to bend down and turn a knob in order to change a setting. This is a major annoyance onstage, as one should have to bend down to adjust on a minimal basis. The Whammy II allows the user to scroll up each of 12 presets, one per click. Also, 2 favorite presets can be saved to toggle back and forth between, so one wouldn't have to clickclickclickclickclickclickclick to get to the preset that's needed for a new song part. SOUND QUALITY This pedal is incredible. It is quirky, in that it really only likes single notes to be played through it for full fidelity. A single note, with the unit on shift mode, will make a smooth portamento as one sweeps through the rocker pedal. Adding in multiple notes, ala a chord or arpeggio that rings out, will make the sound become a bit garbled, but in a really unique and cool way. Other pedals now will do full polyphonic chord shifting, and that is a nice feature to have, but I like the quirkiness of this Whammy II pedal. OVERALL OPINION This is the best of the old-school Whammy units, by far, just because the presets can be selected with the foot instead of the hand. Otherwise, it's functionally the same, and I happen to like the sleek black cosmetics of this pedal. Recommended.