Has anyone used the Digitech RP500 and would care to comment on the quality or value for money?

I'm looking around for some effects for practice (by myself and with a couple of friends) - this won't be used for gigging. A friend of mine has been raving about it. Unfortunately I can't borrow his or find one in a local store to play. I've found some videos on youtube and I have a CD my friend put together so I'm happy with the sounds it can produce.

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Steve

My late best friend and former rhythm guitarist used an RP on stage. It was a pretty versatile multi-effects pedal. They're a skosh on the expensive side but worth the $$$ in my opinion.

Best of luck, HTH

Arjay

I tried out the Rp 1000 a couple of months back at Guitar center….Played around for almost 2 hours and still did get to hear all the effects in the thing….very versatile unit… the 500 has less amp modeling and is 2 hundred bucks cheaper….not a bad value…..I think I like the BOSS me 70 a bit better for the same price. The effects sounded better to me and I really love the harmonizer it has…..SOOOO….If I had the extra money to spare I would get the 1000 because it has way more options…but I don’t….but for 299.00 I think I like the Boss a bit more sound wise………But hey that’s just me and my own personal tastes……so to answer your question….yes I think the RP500 is a great value for the money……let me add for whatever its worth, I said the boss sounded better to me but it seemed that the Digitech was better built with stronger switches and a more sturdy whaaa pedal…..its rugged for sure………for home use and recording I say Boss……for a hard core gigging tool that will take the punishment….Digitech all the way….

Hope this helped you out and answered your question…

Cheers
Bill

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Thank you all for the comments and comparisons - it does help. The hard part is holding off until I've thought it through and not ordering straight away.

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Steve

think it through, and do an assesment of your needs.

i bought a digi rp350 about 1 1/2 years ago. it's a great unit, but the boss me-50 or me-70 is more what i need- simplechange of modulation, delay etc. in manual mode, plus presets. you can also turn off the amp modeling on the rp-70 quicker than the digitech. both are good units though

I've been a Digitech user since the RP-1. Easy to program, good quality tone selections, best KERRAAANNGG for my buck, I think you'll like em too!

I have the RP355. I love this unit! It is absolutely worth every penny paid for it! I also have the Boss ME20. It is a good unit but I would go with the Digitech hands down..JMO.
ABS

I bought a used RP250 for $45 at GC a couple of months ago.
Lots of fun playing with it. You can program the dickens out of this thing and get lots of different sounds. I don't gig at all and wouldn't be able to tell you how it performs in that environment but I'm happy with it. Check for a used one and play with it. The newer models seem to have loopers built into them now.

-T

I got one of those rp500, works great, very versitile and gigable...
for all things rp500, go here.... www.digitech.com/soundcomm/guitar_produ ... ductid=240
just copy and paste the link.....
ed

Thanks again everyone - there's a lot of useful information been posted. At this stage I'm looking at a couple of units on ebay (one here in Oz, one in the US) and the price difference to getting it retail here (even taking freight into account) really surprised me.

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