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This pedal draws UP TO 533 milliamps at 9 volts so that explains why battery life is so short. You need an external psu. That fact aside, this is one of the most fun pedals to use in my pedal board. For a bass player the core pedals tend to be chorus and some compression. Where the sound architecture expands is with a wah or envelope filter pedal that really gives the bass some notable character. Going from a meat and potatoes rock type sound to a funky full effect that really cuts through the mix really sparks the creativity. The pedal buffers well despite the digital topology. The pedal has 7 different voicings, and the best part is a wet/dry mix so you don't loose your low end, which envelope filters tend to have due to the nature of the effect. I'd highly recommend it. The pedal seems to retain its value despite it being discontinued on the used market. Pick one up!Read full review
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This pedal is awesome! It has a bunch of different effects all wrapped into this little box, with a few knobs that make dialing in the right tone simple yet gives you plenty of options. The only downside I have to this pedal is that on some of the modes, the pedal automatically makes a "wah" sound that I'd rather be able to control more myself, and sometimes it simply applies the effect too little or too often. Maybe I just need to play around with the knobs more but regardless this is a great pedal, especially for the price
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Overall, this is a great pedal, IMO. It's much fun, which is my bottom line. The 2 auto-wah modes are okay, not great but serviceable. Definitely not as organic sounding or full range as say, one of the Electro Harmonix auto wahs. However, the 4 synth modes make up for the just okay auto wahs. Granted, you can't use this for every song, but when cosmic Keith Emerson/Rick Wakeman Moog sounds are called for, this definitely gets you in the ball park. The synth modes are mono, but power chords do translate well and even fuller chords come through to a point, depending on how whacky the chord (it seems to do better with Major 3rds as opposed to Minor 3rds). So, this a unique gizmo for a very fair price. You can get synth stompboxes that do more, but they normally go for alot more bucks, minimum $100 more, usually more than that. My only concern is that I had a Digitech Synth Wah before and it stopped passing the straight signal one day. It wasn't worth it to have it repaired, so, I figured I'd just buy another one. I've had problems with some Digitech stuff before. I don't think they make the most solidly made fx units, but they make some cool stuff. I wish they'd make the old RP-14 (with a real tube), but that literally smoked and sparked on stage one night many years ago!!! Also, I bought one the little multi-fx units about a year ago, the RP 255 I think, and it stopped working after a few months. So, we'll see how long this one lasts. If this box farts after a relatively short time, I might consider the Pigtronix Mothership, but that's alot of bucks. Also, if this farts out after a short time, I think I'll have to pass on Digitech from then on. But, I hope not, as this pedal is alot of fun and does things that none of my other pedals do.Read full review
Very affordable pedal with lots of great sounding features - the wah and the octaver sound great, the other synth effects are good. This is a great way to try a bunch of different effects to see what you like or don't like. The construction is heavy duty so it should hold up to rough handling. The down side is that with so many features it would be difficult to use as a gigging pedal if this were your only way to get those sounds. There are four knobs which must all be tweaked for each of the different effects. There's no good way to to redo all the settings in the middle of a gig if you want to switch sounds. If you find one or two that you like and can leave it set that way, or you're experimenting, then you'll be happy. The other problem is that the synth settings boost the volume compared to the octaver and the wah.Read full review
First,let me just say this...the item pictured is not what I purchased.I do not play bass,I play guitar.So the little green box that I bought was not a synth wah for bass. The synth pedal I bought was kind of on a whim.I have recently become addicted to synthesizers and thought that this might be a fun tool to employ into my line of pedals and racks which occupy my entire master bed room.I am a gear junkie.I have 4 amps ,a PA with 15 inch speakers and two pedal boards,2 dozen pedals,two racks holding 9 synth modules and 2 additional processors ,a 16 channel mixer and a midi router.I also have a 9 piece drumset and 2 timbales as well as 5 cymbals and a high hat in my dining room. Does this pedal stand out amongst my other gear?well, it does get used every night.I like the sounds that you can get out of it but an external controller pedal would improve vastly upon it's usability.You can definitely find some useful sounds that you can set and forget but it would be nice to be able to morph between two sounds.Overall,it is cool and worth however much I paid for it,I think it was like 45 bucks.Read full review