Members MadSkillzMan Posted December 10, 2005 Members Share Posted December 10, 2005 HI guys I have a digitech rp200, my brother has the bass version I was searching the forums cause im getting some piss poor sounds out of it, and just curious to see what others are using I see a few people complaining about the pedals breaking after a year making it useless So i figured id post this, since mine did the same, and so did my bros..and a few other people Remove the back plate. On some models, (like my brothers ) the screws came pre-stripped. How nice! In this case, bust out the dremel and make a straight cut in the head so you can twist it off w. a screwdriver Yank off your 3 knobs Remove the backplate, and then remove the circuitboard. You might even have to dremel those screws! (thats scary) Pull out the circuit board, and make sure the expression pedal tape doesnt get ripped off or anything Take a thumbtack, and stick it in the rubber of the bottom of the pedal. Try and center it. Put everything back together and enjoy. Ive done this on 6 models so far, all been working fine. An RP50, RP80, RP100, RP200's Hope this helps SOMEONE! People always give me their busted gear and i end up fixing it lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Conformer Posted December 21, 2005 Members Share Posted December 21, 2005 Awesome dude, thanks for the advice. I tend too get good sounds out of my digitech gear and I like them. You just have too tinker with them some. I got the BP-50, and RP-50, and am looking at getting the GNX pedals soon I hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MadSkillzMan Posted December 21, 2005 Author Members Share Posted December 21, 2005 welll from my experiences, this pedal problem happens to all of em so..theres the remedy ive never had the power supply short out yet..guess thats another one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Conformer Posted December 21, 2005 Members Share Posted December 21, 2005 Originally posted by MadSkillzMan welll from my experiences, this pedal problem happens to all of em so..theres the remedy ive never had the power supply short out yet..guess thats another one I take it your kinda like me. You take things a part aand enjoy fixing them. I am not as good but I still like too tinker. On a funny side 20 years from now people will want the old digitech stuff for that "vintage digital sound" lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MadSkillzMan Posted December 21, 2005 Author Members Share Posted December 21, 2005 yup and we'll have the few that didnt break...magically hah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DavyBoy721 Posted June 5, 2006 Members Share Posted June 5, 2006 I have an RP80 which doesn't have the 3 knobs you speak of, only little buttons for the limited 9 presets for everything. So should I just omit this step? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MadSkillzMan Posted June 5, 2006 Author Members Share Posted June 5, 2006 Yea, just pull it apart. I have one of those too and never really had any problems with the pedals. the adaptor on the other hand.... but the buttons will be one or 2 peices, along with a clear LED strip thingy. Just make sure this goes back together right. hope it helps. My 2nd half of it just died the other day ON STAGE and i put a tack in it and all was well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DavyBoy721 Posted June 5, 2006 Members Share Posted June 5, 2006 Well, I have no idea how to do what you were saying, but I just tightened up the pedal and it works fine now.....also, are there any mods for these do you know or do you have any good patches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MadSkillzMan Posted June 6, 2006 Author Members Share Posted June 6, 2006 for the RP 80 itself no..i barely use it, my 200 is my main....if you can use the Stacked amp, and set the gain to about 65 and run it through a tube amp youll have a great sound i dont think theres any mods as the thing is full digital...maybe true bypass, boy would that be nice The thing really shines on a tube amp. On SS amps i cant stand to even look at the thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DavyBoy721 Posted June 6, 2006 Members Share Posted June 6, 2006 Originally posted by MadSkillzMan for the RP 80 itself no..i barely use it, my 200 is my main....if you can use the Stacked amp, and set the gain to about 65 and run it through a tube amp youll have a great sound i dont think theres any mods as the thing is full digital...maybe true bypass, boy would that be nice The thing really shines on a tube amp. On SS amps i cant stand to even look at the thing. Oh well, I'm planning on getting a Zoom G9.2tt sometime in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DragTheWaters Posted August 15, 2006 Members Share Posted August 15, 2006 hey i just opened up my rp80 can you tell me where the rubber is that i have to thumbtack? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MadSkillzMan Posted August 15, 2006 Author Members Share Posted August 15, 2006 should be right on the back of the pedal. there should be a peg of sorts..if its not rubber, it may be just a plstic pin i know for a fact this also works on the RP-7 with the 12ax7 tube in it..that one didnt have rubber, i just used double sided tape and broke the pin off a thumbtack essentially what happens is the switch on the PCB wears off..if your really good with soldering i guess you could install a new one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DavyBoy721 Posted August 15, 2006 Members Share Posted August 15, 2006 On my RP80, I looked at it and there was nothing I could find that was anything like you described. I just tightened up the screw in the pedal, and it worked like a champ again (or as good as it ever was;) ). Actually now I'm saving up for one of the big new Zoom units, the G9.2tt. The G series Zoom pedals far surpass the RP models, IMO. I'd like to try the new RP's though, the 150, 250, and 350. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Conformer Posted August 18, 2006 Members Share Posted August 18, 2006 This is funny this came back up. I was messing around with a Digitech RP 200 tonight, and my friend said he couldn't get any of the sounds out of it he wanted. After 30 minutes, I had tinkered with it enough that he was one happy ole country boy. Got exactly what he wanted. Its just they can be difficult for the average guy to figure ut. You have to READ and I mean READ the manual and tinker. Most people want instant results and dismiss alot of cool gear because they didn't read the manual and work with it enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DragTheWaters Posted August 24, 2006 Members Share Posted August 24, 2006 Originally posted by MadSkillzMan HI guys I have a digitech rp200, my brother has the bass version I was searching the forums cause im getting some piss poor sounds out of it, and just curious to see what others are using I see a few people complaining about the pedals breaking after a year making it useless So i figured id post this, since mine did the same, and so did my bros..and a few other people Remove the back plate. On some models, (like my brothers ) the screws came pre-stripped. How nice! In this case, bust out the dremel and make a straight cut in the head so you can twist it off w. a screwdriver Yank off your 3 knobs Remove the backplate, and then remove the circuitboard. You might even have to dremel those screws! (thats scary) Pull out the circuit board, and make sure the expression pedal tape doesnt get ripped off or anything Take a thumbtack, and stick it in the rubber of the bottom of the pedal. Try and center it. Put everything back together and enjoy. Ive done this on 6 models so far, all been working fine. An RP50, RP80, RP100, RP200's Hope this helps SOMEONE! People always give me their busted gear and i end up fixing it lol. i did this on my distortion pedal and now the footswitch works again. thanks for the advise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MadSkillzMan Posted August 24, 2006 Author Members Share Posted August 24, 2006 No problem, has to beat the hell out of soldering a new switch to the PCB glad to help someone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TitusAndronicus Posted August 24, 2006 Members Share Posted August 24, 2006 i have had an RP80 for about a year without problems. (i did have to tighten the expression pedal once) i'm mostly retiring it, but i'll keep this in mind just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DavyBoy721 Posted August 25, 2006 Members Share Posted August 25, 2006 Originally posted by TitusAndronicus i have had an RP80 for about a year without problems. (i did have to tighten the expression pedal once) i'm mostly retiring it, but i'll keep this in mind just in case. Have any good patches you'd like to share? I was playing with it and accidently did the system reset thing (I was trying to turn on the cabinet modeling). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MadSkillzMan Posted August 25, 2006 Author Members Share Posted August 25, 2006 yea im surprised no one shares patches on here. Its not that its a great pedal, its just that so many people got em ive found though the distortions next to worthless. On a tube amp, it sounds pretty doarn good actually, but SS no.. If there was a way to make it not so noisy id see ALOT more potential Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Conformer Posted August 26, 2006 Members Share Posted August 26, 2006 Have you seen the updated pedals for the RP series!! USB and XLR outputs! From what I understand the new chips have a 40% upgrade. http://www.digitech.com/products/RP_newpgs/modelcomparison.html http://www.digitech.com/products/RP_newpgs/backcomparison.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MadSkillzMan Posted August 26, 2006 Author Members Share Posted August 26, 2006 i wonder how much better they sound my other complaint with them is the noise they make. Im wondering if thats just because of the cheap in/out jacks..i was thinking of desoldering it and adding a TB switch. Dont get me wrong, its not a bad pedal, but for your distortions and main multifx, i wouldnt do it. I would however set it up to a single effect and just stomp it on/off when needed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Help with RP 200 Posted March 8, 2021 Members Share Posted March 8, 2021 I have an RP 200 and it cuts in and out, is there any modification or way to fix the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jocephus Posted January 18 Members Share Posted January 18 I have an RP200 that just recently, for no real apparent reason, when powered on the display reads "RP200A VER 1.0" completely normal then it will briefly display the name of the first preset then just automatically just display different stuff as if one of the foot pedals were stuck. However, I've cleaned the electronics with electronics cleaner and it will sometimes display different setting values for different effects within whatever preset like EQ settings or reverb or delay. If the display does happen to stop going through presets automatically and allows me to select a preset, it then doesn't allow me to edit or change anything and will also not produce any sound. Anyone else had this or a problem similar and know of any possible fixes? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I was using it through a Crate GFX-212 amp and was actually pleasantly surprised with the sound I was able to get out of it. The Crate amp has an ok sound on it's own but is a bit to noisy without a noise gate and the built in effects from the on board DSP hasn't worked since I got it from a buddy of mine. But that's a whole other fix I haven't been able to find much about online. Anyway, thanks in advance for any help or suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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