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Reviewed on 3/19/01 by
Jerry Kretchmer
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Rating: 
Good for the money. I like Boss effect pedals, but I wanted an all-in-one type of deal, and am very happy with the RP300. I would definitley buy this unit again, and would recommend this product to others. If you're in the market for an effects proccesor, and don't want to spend a lot of cash...the RP300 may be for you! |
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Price: $219 (new)
Where Obtained: Woodwind and Brasswind
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Features:
Features amp modeling, pickup simulator, compressor, EQ, noise gate, chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo, vibrato, rotary (leslie-like), envelope filter, detune, pitch shift, whammy, delay, reverb, and wah. Also included is Digitech's own "Ya Ya and Synth Talk".
There is also a rhythm trainer with 30 different drum patterns, with speeds to 40-240 bpm, a "Jam-a-long" feature, tuner and a "learn-a-lick" feature.
This unit comes with an expression pedal and power supply. Dimensions are 8.5" L X 13" W X 2.25" H, 3.76 lbs.
Not a bad little unit. Worth the money I paid for it. Some of the factory presets are really neat, and if you're like me, you'll play them for a few days before moving onward to editing your own effects.
This unit is in no way "perfect". The "wah" isn't as good as a "Cry Baby", and the amp modeling rates at about fair, but for the money...this unit kicks butt.
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Sound Quality:
I use a Fender Standard Fat Stratocaster and a Marshall DSL401. I usually play hard rock, punk based music. This unit does fine for this purpose, and it would be well suited for Jazz/Blues playing as well. This is my first unit, so I am unable to compare it with any other. The fellows at WWandBW told me it was about 100 steps up from the RP3 (discontinued)and they even let me plug it in a try it out before I bought it. The noise gate feature makes this unit exceptionally quiet. At least I haven't noticed anything other than the hum from my amp.
Digitech's "Ya Ya" effect/preset is similar to a wah, and it sounds ok, but I don't think I'll use it that much, but their "Synth Talk" is pretty neat, and you can get some pretty funky riffs going on with it. The acoustic modeling doesn't sound all that great, and the chorus is so-so. I do like the triggered flanger and phaser effects. They are a bonus and makes up for the negative aspects. |
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Ease of Use:
As said before, this unit comes with 40 factory presets, and room for 40 more "user" presets. Programming is a little akward at first and takes some getting use to, but easy all in all. |
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Durability:
I'm not sure if I'd recommend this unit for live playing. The pedals are kind of too close together, and if you have 2 left feet like myself, you'll find yourself pressing both the first and middle one, "which puts it in bypass mode". And if you stick to playing with the factory presets, you'll have to keep shuffling up and/or down through all 40 of them until you get what you want.
Digitech's been in this biz for years. They make good stuff.
It's pretty heavy duty for the money. |
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