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Review by
a visitor on 28.2.2006
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Traded away an RP100 for this used RP200. Great trade. The 100 works
great but only has a two-digit display.
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Features |
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Well-designed floor unit with a non-slip pedal surface, metal case with
extra shielding for the input jacks. Great midnight practice tool with
Jam-a-long input and headphone output jacks. Rhythm trainer button is
too close to the edit button. 40 user-defined patches is plenty, and editing
is simple and fast, but really should be done before the gig. The noise gate
is truly noiseless. Needs a power button. Since this really is a
special-purpose computer you have to use a surge-protector anyway so the
wall-wart power supply is not an issue. |
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Playability |
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This unit sold me on digital effects. No more stomp boxes.
Switching between patches is silent and fast. Patches 1-20
I use to store patches in the order I need them. Amp modeling
can be changed on the fly with the three knobs. The EQ isnnullt
parametric but with cabinet and mic modeling along with wah
pedal settings I can get the tone I want. Amp modeling is most
interesting at gain settings below 5. The Tweed amp is my
most-used amp model along with Boutique amp at gain 2. Sweet! |
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Quality |
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My unit is a used and abused item. My RP100 gave me no trouble
at all, ever. I wish I had bought the RP200 new in the first
place. The effects are clean and have a wide range of adjustment.
The pedal can be assigned to an effect parameter, like amp gain
or chorus depth. Plug this box into your computer and
start recording. |
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Durability |
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The pedal quit working months ago. I never used it anyway. The electronics
still work, but maybe something fell off the pedal itself. Occasionally
the pedal assignments get scrambled, even in the supposedly non-editable
upper 40 patches. Patch #1 sometimes gets overwritten by whatever
patch was active when powered down. See why you need a surge protector?
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I love it. Inullve had Morley, Electro-Harmonix, Boss, etc., even
an old Space Echo. This thing wins. Through an amp, direct into
a mixer, into your computer, headphones, whatever, it gets the job
done. No batteries or a dozen patch cords. My next box will be
will be a GNX with midi and on-board 8-track recording. Till then
this one gets a case mod, with the circuit board in a walnut pod
and the original case used as a floor controller. |
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Review by
a visitor on 28.8.2005
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Bought it for around $150 new, at a local music store.
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I use this and an RP-100 both mounted to a stompboard with an A/B switch to toggle between the two. Inullve been gigging regularly with them for 4 years with no problems. These are very full featured units capable of faithfully reproducing about every kind of tone a gigging guitarist could want. Contrary to another review, I found it very easy to use. Sure, you donnullt want to try to dial in your tones on the fly at a gig. That takes too long, since there are so many effects to choose from. The idea is to figure out your tones ahead of time & write them to memory. And there are 40 user-presets, which are more than enough for just about any guitarist. The experssion pedal is a nice feature as well. Itnulls the opto-electronic kind, so therenulls no pot to get scratchy. There are some killer effects in there, and for the price, you cannullt go wrong. |
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Playability |
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Very easy to use and pretty intuitive. Calling up effects is a snap and it sounds terrific. |
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Quality |
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There is zero noise with this unit and it does the job very well. The only quality issue I can find fault with is the AC adapter. Just about every effects pedal unit including this one, uses a cheesy "wall-wart" AC adapter with a flimsy wire. These wires are prone to breaking over time if younullre not careful. Much better would be a heavier-duty adapter similar to a good laptop computer adapter with a heavier wire coming into the unit and the transformer in the middle, so younullre not blocking other outlets with a fat wall-wart. |
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Durability |
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Inullve used it brutally for 4 years with only one glitch that was easily fixed. One of the two footswitches stopped working. Turns out, the little rubber pad inside that presses down the switch got compressed a little from use. A small piece of rubber underneath took care of it in short order, & no problems since. The cast metal case is extremely durable and the controls hold up well. |
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Overall |
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For the money, you cannullt go wrong with this one. Inullve played with guys that have expensive boutique tube amps who have complimented the sound quality of this unit. A great budget choice for a working musician or recording for guys with a Champagne taste on a beer budget. |
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Review by
a visitor on 6.3.2005
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I recently bought it used for $100 in the box with the power supply at a local guitar shop.
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Features |
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Positives: This unit has every effect I wanted and then some! The tuner and drum loops I did not expect and the expression pedal works far better than I imagined. I will probably never use the jam-along function but others might love it. The headphone jack is good for late night jammers with families, fer sure. It is not very difficult to set up. If you have ever used a digital multi effects unit before you will realise that this unit is one of the easiest to use out of the lot of them, hands down... itnulls simple and only took about 5 minutes to figure out.
Negatives : Another reviewer complained about the power supply but itnulls not really that bad, itnulls more solid a wire than my Morely Wah pedalnulls adapter... what can you expect? The matter of no on/off switch is a bit weird but I use a power strip so I just hit the switch on that to turn off the unit. Sometimes the knobs donnullt react when you turn them on mine (could be due to being used?) but I just turn it back a little then it works fine. I have a big foot and the footswitches are a bit close for my liking, they could have spaced then a bit more. |
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Compared to having ten stomp boxes that wonnullt do half of what this unit can... itnulls definitely much better than the competition. You can pay a lot more and get better units but that is always the case. |
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Quality |
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I have no problem with the sound from this unit. There is no unwanted noise or pops anywhere to be heard. It sounds as good as any other digital effects box. |
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Durability |
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I havennullt had it for long but I donnullt see it breaking any time soon... itnulls a solid die cast aluminum construction including the pedal. Take the time and set it up and you wonnullt need to adjust anything. 40 user presets should be plenty to program for a gig at the club. |
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I bought this item only because the unit I had transferred to the shop came not as advertised, missing parts. So I browsed what they had and saw the box and asked the price. It was only a few bucks more than I already planned on spending so I bought it, took it home, plugged in and I am glad that the store screwed up my order! Better than I expected.
Bottom line, you can spend a lot more money and get something slightly better in some ways but probably worse in others. For what I could afford to spend it is much more than I even need. |
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Review by
a visitor on 8.2.2005
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I perchaced this unit @ our local music store Heart of Texas Music Dec. 04 and paid $149.00, it origionaly listed for $200.00
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The RP 200nulls strong points are the amount of efects and options this unit has to offer. This unit can make any crappy practice amp sound good as long as you keep the volume @ the leval your amp was intended for. The effects are really somthing and this unit has permitted me for the first time the ability to imitate most all of my favorite rock and metal sounds with out needing 50 differnt amps and stomp pedals strung from my foot to the moon and back!
What are the RP200 weak points: I have yet to be able to figure out how to use this unit for serious performing as it is to freaking complicated! When performing you dont have time to be fiddling with buttions and knobs trying to find the right effect you need in an instant of time. And what was Didgitech thinking when they desided to power this unit with that short, flimsy cell phone type power cord? Oh and not to mention no way to turn the unit off other than yank the power cord out! If I ever do figure out how to use this unit for performingnull the crappy, did I say crappy?null flimsy power cord will be the the downfall of this unit hands down. How many times can you stomp on or kick a cell phone cord before itnulls toast? Well I would like to ask Digitech why they build the RP200 like a Sherman tank yet gave this otherwise great concept such a freaking handicap with this cord and no power switch? I give the Digitech RP200 a poor rating for not being user freindly and for not having a proper heavy duty power cord or a way to cut unit off other than yanking the cell phone cord. |
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Sounds great and can reallisticly imitate all popular sounds but finding and chosing those sounds in the time a performer needs to find them limits this units practibility. |
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The RP200 does not produce any noticable hums or unwanted interferance with the guitar or amps and I beleive reproduces sound and effects very well. |
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The unit itnulls self could be ran over by a semi truck and not hurt it but the flimsy cell phone like power cord and plug in would be toast! Yes it is steady enough for gigs if you stick to 1 mabie 2 sounds but if you need multipal effects this unit has to many selections, presets and modling opptions to fiddle with. |
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I chose the RP200 for itnulls versitality and to have an all in one sound efects unit to replace the miles of stomp pedals and cords. As I mentioned this unit produces quality sound modling but is limited in practical performing use due to powercord limitations and complicated settings one must spent time fiddling with. If Digitech could corect the problems I mentioned this would be one of the best all in one units ever but even at that would you need a degree in computer sience to use it? I would shop around before dishing out the $200.00 some are paying for this machine and try to find one with more solid and practical featuers. |
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