DigiTech RP55 Guitar Multi-Effects Processor

WOW!!! I've had this effect pedal for a bit over a month and this thing ROCKS!!! I play all kinds of Rock, be it Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Alt-Rock, or even some Southern Rock and a touch of Country-Rock... and this pedal does it all!!! Even the factory settings are cool. They aren't laid out in a quick to get to fashion, but perhaps if I actually read the user manual I might learn how to move the settings into a "quicker" pattern. They are "tweekable", which makes this thing awesome!! I've been playing for 36 years and I've used THE BEST effect pedals ever made... The RP55 is an awesome unit for the puny price it sells for... I highly recommend it to anyone, beginner, expert or especially the players "In-Between". The ONLY negative thing I could say about this unit, is that I wish it had a good old fashioned "on / off" button or switch... Bypassing it is very easy, but if ya want to turn it off, ya have to unplug your guitar input cord... Kinda dumb... but otherwise a GREAT unit!!!

I was looking to add some kind of effect pedal to expand my guitar playing. I have been playing guitar 22 years but as a second instrument (Drums are my main focus) and have a 91 Washburn Acoustic/electric and my father's 62/63 Fender Jazzmaster with a Pevay Scorpion amp. Being fortune to have the Jazzmanster and with my amp gives me a nice clean sound however I don't have much range change and instead of purchasing a want to be strat I wanted something to give me some different ranges, and by purchasing this pedal it has given me instant versatility. It has 40 programmed effects with another 40 that mirror the first 40 but that is what you uses a baseline and you can alter those to give you a total of 80. This was easy to use out of the box; I did purchase the power cord as recommended by other reviews instead of just using the batteries. When plugging in the pedal the first time into my amp the volume defaults a bit to the high side so made some awful sounds but realized that I needed to turn the volume down to like 1 or 2. This pedal also has a built in drum machine with different patterns and variable speeds that can be used to play along with. The thing that I thought was a great surprise that I may have missed in some of the info and reviews is that instead of plugging the effects pedal into my amp you can plug headphones into the output and you will get the same sounds/effect as you hear out of your amp, like it is it's own amp. Now of course the setting on the amp will make that sound different but great for playing at night when everyone is asleep or in small areas that you don't want to bother people during the day. This model is being discontinued since the RP70 is going to be the low end DigiTech will have now but if you are looking to expand your playing this is a great pedal for the price.

Awsome little gadget.....paid forty nine bucks....has 50 different pre-sets and you can add your own sounds and save them...plus it has a built in drum machine with diffent patterns...you can speed up the tempo or slow it down/and change rythems of the drums! takes 6 AA batteries and lasts 16 hours or more.......eneded up finding a power supply source for nine dollars.....that will save me money on batteries.for the price of an effect pedal/ you can explore your creative side with this device.....made youtube video 1149-70 bottle return using this....and youtube video 1149-107 fat canadian freewill/recorded with ipod nano..this effects processor has a built in tuner too!!!!! great product-nice sound!! hope this helps....

These are very very cool. Distortion tones are good but have little versatility. Seems like your either getting ear splitting metal or its clean. The clean tones are fine but nothing amazing. Built in eq seems pretty weird to try and dial in without either unnecessary hiss from trebel or woofer bass sounds. With the bad out of the way, I think this works excellently as a stompbox(despite being mostly plastic). You can shut off the amp models and run it into a amp with good clean or gain tones and use its different built in effects. I really like the chorus and reverb and its very easy to find usable tones. All in all, for the price you can't really beat it. It's lasted me about a year so far and everything is holding up great. (I forgot I dislike using this without the power adapter. If u want to use batteries its 6 AA's that die fast)

Love it! Bought it as a direct replacement for an older model that (after many many years) broke after hitting the deck one too many times. The effects on this thing are very good - to fantastic depending on your guitar and amp setup. For example, I got much better results with my Les Paul through a good high-dollar tube amp which has a superior clean channel through which to play vs a cheaper entry level amp from days gone by. If you're on a budget, this is a solid multiple effects pedal for you to consider. I love mine and plan on using the blank out of it for many years!

Buenísima pedalera.Por ese precio no se puede encontrar algo mejor,sin duda.No viene para conectarlo a la red eléctrica,pero se puede comprar aparte.

Un gran numero di effetti ad un prezzo davvero basso. Forse audio non eccelente in cuffia, ma con un buon amplificatore non c'è che dire. Da valutare ancora la durata dei pedali visto che è poco tempo che l'ho acquistato

Bonne qualité prix... Facile de s'en servir a un très bon sons bcp a découvrir .. Merci au vendeur recue tres bien emballer et dans le temps inscrit.

Ich besitze eine E-Ukulele, die ich normalerweise mit einem VOX AmPlug betreibe. Nachdem ich mich ein wenig umgesehen habe, und auch aufgrund der positiven Kritiken und des mäßigen Preises, habe ich mir -- eigentlich eher "zum Spaß" -- das DigiTech RP-55 Effektgerät gekauft. Kurz gesagt: Ich bin begeistert! Das Gerät hat einigermaßen handliche Abmessungen. Auf den Abbildungen sieht es "billiger" und "plastikartiger" aus, als es in Wirklichkeit ist. Der Kunststoff fühlt sich gut an, und das Gehäuse macht einen stabilen Eindruck. Damit das RP-55 läuft, sind entweder 6 AA-Batterien notwendig (angeblich Saft für 10 Stunden), oder aber ein Netzteil (nicht mitgeliefert). Ich vermute, dass man ein generisches Netzteil (9V/300mA) verwenden kann, habe das aber nicht probiert. Ein-Aus-Schalter gibt es nicht, vielmehr schaltet sich das Gerät ein, wenn ein Instrument auf "Input" eingesteckt wird. Neben dem Input-Stecker gibt es noch einen Output (Kopfhörer oder Verstärker) sowie einen Control In Stecker (Effektpedal). Mit dabei ist eine 24seitige Anleitung auf Englisch, die in aller Kürze die Bedienung erklärt. Meine Befürchtungen, das Gerät sei eher ein Buch mit sieben Siegeln, haben sich schon bei der Lektüre der Anleitung zerstreut: Im Grunde wird alles erklärt, was nötig ist, um loszulegen. Die Bedienung selbst ist intuitiv und logisch -- nicht etwa "hermetisch", wie man es z.B. von Fahrradcomputern oder Außenthermometern kennt (wo Schalter überbelegt sind). Schon nach wenigen Minuten kann man die Anleitung beiseite legen. Hier gerafft ein paar Eckdaten: * Es gibt 80 (kurz beschriebene) Presets, wobei 40 Plätze mit benutzerdefinierten Setups belegen kann. * Für diese "Custom Presets" verwendet man ein Preset als Ausgangspunkt und verändert dann die folgenden Parameter (virtuelle Verstärker) nach Belieben: Preset Level, Pickup/Wah, Compressor, Amp/Cabinet Modeling, EQ, Noise Gate, Chorus/Mod, Delay und Reverb. * Presets werden mit den beiden Fußtasten ausgewählt. * Darüberhinaus gibt es einen Bypass-Modus * und eine Stimmfunktion (automatisch stumm) * sowie einen Drumcomputer mit 30 Patterns, deren Geschwindigkeit und Lautstärke man anpassen kann Aus meiner Sicht erübrigt sich eine klassische Plus-Minus-Liste, da das Gerät -- vor allem aufgrund des Preises -- eigentlich nur Vorteile haben kann. Ich bin natürlich weit entfernt vom professionellen Benutzer, aber ich finde, dass es gerade zum Herumspielen und Eintauchen in die Effekt-Welt kein besseres Ausgangsprodukt gibt! Das Ganze wie eingangs erwähnt mit einer Ukulele, die dank RP-55 nun klingt wie "eine Große" ;-)

Ordered this for my dad as a Christmas gift and was surprised when he told me he didn't know how to use it. Turns out what he received was something completely different (not a pedal at all, some accessory to another bit of kit). The seller seemed completely uninterested in getting him what i ordered so he returned it before eventually getting the RP55 from JBHiFi. He loves it though.