Gets too much hate, especially for the price

I feel like this unit has gotten a bad name due to Youtubers who plug it in and laugh at the presets. Admittedly, those are all about as subtle as a brick to the face, drenched in reverb, delay, and chorus for no reason other than to make sure you know good and well that you're getting lots of effects for your money.

Move beyond that, though, and you find a pretty terrific unit for the price. Digital distortion can be really dicey, but with the RP300's range of different distortion types, EQs, and cab emulation, you can find some good sounds if you have the patience. Its reverb, modulation, and delay are all great for a unit in this price range, plus you get wah, Whammy, or volume control from the expression pedal on top of that. Obviously there are much better multi-effects units, but I'm not aware of anything in this price range that comes close.

So what's the downside? Well, there are all those cheesy presets that can't be overwritten, which is pretty limiting. There's also not enough sweep on the expression pedal, which keeps the wah from being as good as it could be. Much worse is the build quality. The metal housing feels solid, but the footswitches and knobs are extremely cheap and plastic. I had to clean mine frequently or the footswitches would become spotty, and it never left my bedroom studio, so I can't imagine gigging with one. The knobs are also garbage, and have to be babied or they'll "miss" and not change parameters as you're turning them. So obviously, Digitech chose to prioritize cramming in as many sounds as possible over making a unit that could stand up to the kind of abuse a floor unit is going to take.

With all the great stuff out there from Line 6 these days, there's no reason for a serious player to get one of these. But for someone who's just starting out, it has everything you could hope for and a lot more (even a half-way decent tuner). And if you happen to still have one in your closet like me, you'll probably find yourself tempted to pull it out every now and then.

Мечта детства

Увидел двухсотую модель в начале 2003 года. В отличии от зумов диджитеки выглядели более презентабельно и имели металлический корпус. Ну и звучали повеселее. Очень хотелось такой процессор, мне тогда было 15 лет.

Good, but limited saving ability.

I love the wide variety and combination of sounds that can be put in, however it's not the easiest to adjust individual parts of a saved setting. Also not a fan of the fact I can only save 40 and have to keep the 40 pre-programmed settings.

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