Digitech Review: RP300A Multi Effects

History:

Purchase: I bought this off of musiciansfriend.com in hopes of getting a reliable pedal with all the effects you could think of without burining a hole in my pocket. I payed $200 for it, which isn't too bad.

What I Like About This Digitech RP300A Multi Effects: It has pretty much every effect you could want to use, plus other things like 2 different amp channels. The effects can be modified A LOT so you can get a pretty good sound, but nothing like what you can get out of a regular single effects pedal. I like the compressor - no buzz.

What I Do NOT Like About The Digitech RP300A Multi Effects: You can't turn effects on and off as you would expect. You have to manually go through each and every effect out of the very many there are (I think a total of 120). So when switching, you need to scroll through through unwanted effects. And don't believe their little "11 effects at once!" Yeah right. You can only use one, and that one can have only distortion (which isn't that great) and you can use the wah. What they mean is there are 11 parameters you can modify (which is good, but outweighed by other things) for each SINGLE effect. The best effect on there is the built in wah foot pedal. But still, regular wah pedals are better.

Digitech RP300A Multi Effects Quality Rating: The most important thing of all....make sure you send in the warranty or get extra coverage when you buy it. Mine broke within less than 2 months' use. It turns on and all, and you can go through the effects, but no sound, which kinda defeats the purpose, ya know? It's metal, but not all that sturdy. I haven't taken it appart or anything, but it feels and sounds hollow when you knock on it.

Review Summary: It's alright if you don't want the top-of-the-line effects like in a single effect BOSS pedal (they're good and will last you), for example. But if you're gonna buy it for live performances, no, don't. It's not made for that....apparently for practicing in your room, which is what I mainly used it for and it didn't even take that without breaking. But if it lasts you (all of my friends had this or other RPs and they all broke too), it'll be a good practice unit......no more.

Rating of this Digitech product: 3

This Digitech RP300A Multi Effects Guitar Effects Review Submitted By: Matt

Review Date: 2004-02-26