Zoom....good.....bad???

[MetallicTheatre]

I have a Zoom guitar pedal and have been told recently that zoom are infact a crappy brand and they sound sh*t........
To me it sounds great but im not exactly a distortion expert does anyone no anyhting about this???

Regards
Aaron

[Daimonion]

Hi bro :)

which zoom model is this?

i used to own the 505, it's a value for $$ multi-fx unit but i sold it away after buying a Marshall amp. i must say that in general, the Korg brand name has better distortion/ overdrive tone.

i still own a zoom- the 510. it's a dual driver thingy, activates 2 distortion at once. but it's also shelved now after i got my Peavey head...

[metallibeast]

What's up,

I got the 510 thought it sounded like crap...but I heard the 505II sound so much better than my 510. Anyway me is using Gfx 8, I find it to be pretty good. But I'm thinking of getting a TS9 or a Tubeking. Anybody knows the difference between the two?

-Beast

[metaljustice83]

i think that all digital effects are definatly still in very premature stages so right now you get what you pay for, for the most part. but i believe within time a affordable professional sounding Multieffects pedal will be more affordable and realistic. JMOP

[Daimonion]

when i was actively using the 510, the chorus & tubescreamer were complementary pedals hooked up in conjunction with the 510 to make it more performance worthy. not to mention lots of gain from the amp as well.

i've totally shelved the use of any pedals right now after the acquisition of my Peavey Ultra head. the best overdrive & gain comes from the amp. do invest in a head which gives you what you wanna hear.

on tube screamers:
the diff is this- the Tubeking features a real tube in the pedal itself, a 12AX7, while the tubescreamer is a very mild overdrive. i currently use the tubescreamer to boost my solos. i have 2 versions of the tubescreamer: a re-issue TS-9 & the tonelok version TS-7. both sound identical to my ears. the TS-7 features a hot switch, upon activation, gives more drive. :cool:

[Shane]

I was in the exact same boat as Daimonion, I had a 505, then bought a 510, only for them both to be shelved after purchasing my Marshall JCM2000 Dual Lead Half-Stack

[Daimonion]

people said it's the coming of age, the longer you play, the more sensible it is to invest in a good amp head. however, regardless of how old you are, if you hear a good amp overdrive, you wouldn't want anything else... :p

Shane:
how do you like your Marshall head? many have accused this one to be muddy in the bottom end. your comments please...

[Shane]

actually daimonion, I was rather skeptical about this rumored muddy low end, and I think it really depends on what pre-AMP one is using, and/or if they are using an EQ pedal. When I don't run through my EQ, and I have the gain up A LOT (and I mean a lot) it is slightly muddy on the low end, but I am gonna leave that amount of gain for the Slipknot players. The lead quality that I get from this head, along with the overall tone variation is what sold me on this one though.

[Daimonion]

hats off to you man... :cool: i keep reading elsewhere that people get pissed after buying a certain amp brand name they initially revere. or that it sounds killer when someone else plays it... sometimes discovering that killer tone needs tweaking & pedal supplements.