Members theshoegazer Posted May 16, 2009 Members Share Posted May 16, 2009 some are okay, but many sound like {censored}, such as: It sounds pretty awesome in a feedback loop though. I love my death metal for noise applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ispunk Posted May 16, 2009 Members Share Posted May 16, 2009 They made a lot of {censored} back in the day. There were a few good ones (Whammy). I have a Digitech RDS8000 delay I bought about 12 years ago which is a bit of a sleeper. Those old multi effects units were pretty meh (I had a GSP 21). They seem to be listening a bit more now and have come out with some winners-Bad Monkey and the whole Hardwire line looks good. Like any of the companies there's going to be some winners and some real dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Snufkino Posted May 17, 2009 Members Share Posted May 17, 2009 I'm just think they're fugly. Same with the new Dano pedals. Plus I tried a Whammy. Meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Inertiatic_SKS Posted May 17, 2009 Members Share Posted May 17, 2009 Anything digital can sound good, but Digitech manages to make 99% of their products sound like {censored}. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LauraPalmer Posted May 17, 2009 Members Share Posted May 17, 2009 I always found it funny that people always assumed everything they made was a digital product. I mean, the name originated in the 80s.... I do think they get a bad rap, but if it means their stuff is cheaper for me to buy, I'm happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pedalboard Posted May 17, 2009 Members Share Posted May 17, 2009 had an rp80 and sold it when I stepped up from a {censored}ty practice amp to a roland microcube. it sounded good (or at least better than the awful amp) - especially the noise gate - but when i used it on any decent amp it suck the life out of my tone. it brutally beats the tone back down to its own level. it would have made a boutique amp that cost 3500 sound the same as any other amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kassanova Posted May 17, 2009 Members Share Posted May 17, 2009 Like a lot of companies, they are hit and miss. Their Hardwire series is excellent. Most people love the Whammy and the Bad Monkey. Their GSP1101 rack MFX sounds great and so does their Digitech Vocalist Pro Live. They have also put out a lot of pedals and MFXs that weren't very good. Most people just say you suck when your whole line isn't good. Add to that the fact that they do make lower-end products like the Death Metal Pedal for novice buyers and it adds to the "quality fail" in their rep. I believe just like most other companies, they have good and not-so-good products and you have to sift through and figure out what suits your needs and what doesn't. Avoiding something altogether because of the name on it makes you a snob. Even Behringer has a few good products. And just because something costs a lot - that doesn't make it great. Its all subjective anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NiJi3 Posted May 17, 2009 Members Share Posted May 17, 2009 I don't dislike Digitech based on any sort of elitist principle, but I've had mixed experiences with their products as far as build-quality goes. I had a GNX (Genesis 3?) amp modeler years ago and it was OK, then the knobs and circuits got all messed up for no reason, rendering it useless. Almost 400 bucks gone. I could never get the foot controller to work properly either prior to that-- another 200 bucks gone. I've had an original WH-1 for over 8 years and it's amazing, obviously-- but that's old school. It's unlikely that I'll be buying any of their modern products again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Electric Catfish Posted May 17, 2009 Members Share Posted May 17, 2009 A good carpenter never blames his tools, as they say. A good carpenter probably wouldn't buy a hammer made of jello. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Naterel Posted May 17, 2009 Members Share Posted May 17, 2009 Hit or Miss But mostly miss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NiJi3 Posted May 17, 2009 Members Share Posted May 17, 2009 A good carpenter probably wouldn't buy a hammer made of jello. A quote for the ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jules-RM Posted May 17, 2009 Members Share Posted May 17, 2009 In one band the other guitarist had a Digitech mult effects. Got I hated that thing, sounded awful. In my current band the ex rhythm guitarist used a Grunge pedal. That thing was horrible. Of course the guitarist would also turn the mids all the way down, then treble to half and the bass all the way up. Which meant he had to turn WAYY up to be heard. My ears are still ringing. Yeah the Bad Monkey is supposed to be one of the best low price ODs out there, and the Space Station does give me mild GAS - but I HATE DIGITECH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SharkMinusBear Posted May 17, 2009 Members Share Posted May 17, 2009 every since I got an RP100 instead of a Whammy at the suggestion of a guitar center employee when I first started playing guitar, I have never trusted digitech. He told me that the whammy on it sounds as good as the regular whammy and you get other great effects. Ugh, that thing sounded horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Naterel Posted May 17, 2009 Members Share Posted May 17, 2009 every since I got an RP100 instead of a Whammy at the suggestion of a guitar center employee when I first started playing guitar, I have never trusted digitech. He told me that the whammy on it sounds as good as the regular whammy and you get other great effects. Ugh, that thing sounded horrible.maybe the point of this story is not to trust a Guitar Center employee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jack Luminous Posted May 17, 2009 Members Share Posted May 17, 2009 I have an original whammy, a Space Station and a Talker. Those 3 Digital thingies are the bomb IMHO ! I love Digitech ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members conky Posted May 17, 2009 Members Share Posted May 17, 2009 The PDS series of pedals was the best thing Digitech ever put out. I love the PDS delays, especially the multiplay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orangesix Posted May 17, 2009 Members Share Posted May 17, 2009 PDS stuff is one of a kind. My RV7 is great. I used the bad monkey alot for a while. I love messing with old DOD pedals, they mostly all suck, even the good ones but they suck in a unique way that makes them cool. to me at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stratilac Posted May 17, 2009 Members Share Posted May 17, 2009 Ive got a Digitech RP7 Valve (12ax7) from the mid 90's and its a really decent product. There are many useful tones and many many features to build patches with. There are many useless patches but those are nice slots to build user patches. For what little money these footboards can be gotten for theyre tuff to beat...I paid $350 for it new back in the 90's and then sold it about 8 yrs later only to have to get another one from ebay cause I missed all the goodies it had to tweak with. I also had the GNX 3 in my time...much prefer the older RP7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members doppelbanger Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 i hear good things about the turbo flange. i used to own the synth wah and digidelay. both were good but not as good as other pedals i own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thisISjoel Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 Most people here don't like multi's period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jorhay1 Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 i like digitech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Instrospection Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 There's also some that believe that multieffect pedals are bad across the board. My Boss ME-30 that i've had for years, truth be told, alot of the effects in it are either as good, or almost as good as the individual pedals that i've had. I had an expensive Tube Works Real Tube pedal at one point, and it couldn't compete with the "vintage" and "crunch" overdrives in the ME-30 so the Tube Works got sold. Digitech's downfall in alot of the cases with the endless tweakability and options is that there's great sounds in there, you just have to spend enough time trying to find them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kassanova Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 There's also some that believe that multieffect pedals are bad across the board. My Boss ME-30 that i've had for years, truth be told, alot of the effects in it are either as good, or almost as good as the individual pedals that i've had. I had an expensive Tube Works Real Tube pedal at one point, and it couldn't compete with the "vintage" and "crunch" overdrives in the ME-30 so the Tube Works got sold. Digitech's downfall in alot of the cases with the endless tweakability and options is that there's great sounds in there, you just have to spend enough time trying to find them. That's the case with a lot of MFXs. I squeeze some really nice tones out of my Boss GT-10. You have to put in a little time to get to understand the capabilities of the pedal but once you do, yo can create things that you couldn't with a "normal' pedal board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aliensporebomb Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 My old GSP5 had some cool presets (11, 13, 41, 47) but the biggestproblem was it was very noisy and hissy. otherwise cool. oh and it blew up once and I had to have it repaired outof pocket. bad idea. it blew up again. then I sold it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chakosh Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 Most people here don't like multi's period. I'm one of 'em. But I will admit that I got a MFX pedal to start, found the sounds I wanted to play with more, and bought individual pedals from there. I've got all kinds of stuff on my board... Boss, MXR, home-grown, Gaspedals... I don't have any Digitech 'cuz I didn't think they sounded better than the other options when I was buying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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