September Sweetwater Giveaway: DigiTech RP500

Gotta have it

Nice, I could really use this, sign me up.

This is just what I need to make me a superstar... Along with ALOT of practice!

definitely sign me up for this baby, RP500

That looks and sounds like a great little combo pedal. I like the compact size and minimalistic interface - just what you need without knob-overload. I'd love to replace my 15-year old RP-1 with one of these!

put my name in the hat!

Originally Posted by: Neal Walter

DigiTech RP500 Modeling Pedal

The simplicity of a stompbox with the control of an effects switching system.

The RP500 operates in two modes, the default mode at startup is Pedalboard Mode where the 5 buttons in front operate as labeled: compressor, distortion, chorus, delay, and reverb. When Pedalboard Mode is off then Preset Mode is activated where you get 100 preset combinations of effects, amp and cabinet modeling and an additional 100 blank presets so you can dial in your own personal sound and have it at the ready. There’s a button to turn off the amp and cabinet modeling in any mode so that the RP500 becomes a straight multi-effects box and your amp does the rest.

You can use the RP500 as you would a bunch of different stompboxes or you can use it with your own amp’s tone (bypassing the amp modeling feature), or use the amp sounds inside. The amp modeling feature provides an impressive array of modern and vintage amp sounds including Marshall, Fender, Mesa Boogie, Matchless, Soldano, and Randall Amp tones.

The stomp box section of this unit has been modeled after the most popular effects used today. The distortion sounds include Tube Screamer, Pro Co Rat, MXR Distortion, Big Muff, Digitech Death Metal, and Boss DS-1 settings. The same variety goes for the other effects as well.

The expression pedal provides real time control of the wah, volume or any other assigned effect parameter. One thing I noticed about the pedal is that since it’s not a click on/off switch the wah would turn off easily if you push your toe down all the way, which I do all the time.

The RP500 seems pretty rugged and has dedicated tuner and tap tempo footswitches right on top. I particularly like the tap tempo because you can customize your effects to the tempo of a song on the fly. A delay sounds best when it’s in time with the music and this button makes doing that a piece of cake.

Besides the 1/4 inch input, the back panel features two XLR outs, two 1/4 inch outs, a headphone jack, and an input for an mp3/CD player so you can jam to your favorite tunes. It also has an amp/mixer switch to control output levels, a ground lift switch for hum solutions, and a USB out. As a total bonus, this unit comes with a copy of Cubase LE! Awesome, you can be up and running your own recording session right out of the box, talk about handy.

This one can be yours courtesy of our friends at Sweetwater by subscribing to our monthly newsletter and reading the product review for the month. Sweetwater sponsors this giveaway and they are always a real pleasure to deal with. They give free shipping on all orders (even strings!) and have an outstanding staff of real musicians who can help you make the right purchase the first time.

Sweetwater provides the gear, we review it for the Guitar Tricks Newsletter, and we give it away to one lucky Guitar Tricks member. Don’t forget to post in the giveaway review forum to qualify to win, good luck!

Add me please!!

Love to have that one, I'm still running a tech 8 pedalboard, but the RP500 looks like it's way more versatile and user friendly!! bartman10

Looks like a great system.

Looks like a sweet system! Would love to have one.

looks like fun! My son has been wanting one of these

hey! count me in guys!

Count me in, this thing looks cooooool

yo! Sign me up!

all those amps in 1 little box

Sweetwater rocks! Matt Adams is my killer tech. GuitarTricks rules......

:) Winning this would be my first effects pedal. I would put it to good use from day one; primarily at my church, other churches, and other places I go to that need a guitarist and singer for praise and worship.

I could shure use it! sign me up

Gimme, please!

Hey GuitarTricks & Sweetwater!
This RP500 looks like the 'real deal'...looks like it's kind of based on the Boss ME50 & ME70 pedals...using basically, separate pedal modules, but the multi-fx mentality where it comes to editing patches, and whatnot.
I've always loved Boss tones, and use them often...in a pedalboard set-up...you know...with all the patch cables, battery eliminators, headaches, et.al.
Digitech has come a long, long way when it comes to tone, and I think the tone you can squeeze out of their multi-fx boards far exceeds the tones you can get using separate Digitech pedals in a pedalboard. In fact, I have been mostly using the Digitech GNX2 for a couple years now, and I believe they have passed up Boss in tone, whether in pedalboards, or multi-fx units.
So...Digitech, utilizing a 'separate pedal' approach in a multi-fx unit is really, really intriguing to me!
I can't wait to hear it...and thanks to you guys, and your contest, I now have hopes of winning one...IF you'd be so kind as to enter me into the RP500 Contest?!?
Please?
Peace...
Michael Wright[/FONT]