new zoom stompbox

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:31 am

kinda like there version of an m5, but smaller. not sure how it'd be to use live, the m5 you can scroll patches quickly.

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Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 3:58 pm

fuck a pedal with a usb port.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 5:54 pm

If it sounds as good as the G3 this could be a winner.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:37 pm

Love the idea, there was a time Multi FX were huge, as we know. Dont know the price but even if you bought it for the Delay and Reverb it wont take much room and will probably be cheaper than two separate pedals that do the same thing.
Sounds okay on the demo, would like to try one out.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:39 pm

According to the guitarist mag review, Â£99!

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:46 pm

Â£99!! Fuck, what's to lose?

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:49 pm

http://www.gak.co.uk/en/zoom-ms-50g-stompbox/74284

Gak selling for Â£75 and free postage!

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 1:24 pm

Nick wrote:fuck a pedal with a usb port.

I lozzled. That shit cray.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 1:58 pm

Zoom are monsters when it comes to this. Such good value. It's the price that gets me interested in these things. I got the G2 ages back, the little black one with the rubber sides and the proper footswitches. It was brilliant, but I wouldn't have given it a second thought if it hadn't been cheap as fuck.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:22 pm

This does look LEGIT.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:41 pm

Nick wrote:fuck a pedal with a usb port.

USB charger = Â£2.99
AC adapter = Â£???

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:46 pm

Okay stupid question time: how would you guys use this? Live? At home? Isn't it a bit fiddly for live use? I probably need to understand how it works more before I ask stupid questions... but aside from having one effects set up to stomp on, I can't see it being as useful as something with more than one footswitch for different combinations of effects in a live situation...

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:56 pm

I guess the M5/M9/M13 are more flexible from that point of view. The GFX707 has up/down footswitches that allow you to move from patch to patch and back; this new box I assume will be more tricky to switch between modes with a single footswitch. I think I would add it to my board, possibly for some special combniations, rather than try to use it as a does-everything replacement.

wwrrss · Post by **wwrrss** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 4:30 pm

Dave wrote:Okay stupid question time: how would you guys use this? Live? At home? Isn't it a bit fiddly for live use? I probably need to understand how it works more before I ask stupid questions... but aside from having one effects set up to stomp on, I can't see it being as useful as something with more than one footswitch for different combinations of effects in a live situation...

It'd be alright in table-noise situations, as long as the screen is backlit to some extent.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 4:38 pm

NickS wrote:I think I would add it to my board, possibly for some special combniations, rather than try to use it as a does-everything replacement.

Yeah this. The G3 works as my does-everything replacement though, and it does a good job.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:03 pm

From what I've read of the website there's a couple of different modes you can select.
The mode that's got me thinking is the patch switching mode. You can program say three different patches and cycle them with the footswitch. Stick this in a bypass looper, so I could cue a patch and switch it in and out. For the covers band, it'd be a winner. shall i bite the bullet and get it?

mixtape · Post by **mixtape** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:04 pm

Got a Zoom 505 waaaay back in the day, and it was my only pedal for years. Worked great for practice and recording. In a band situation, I usually just programmed clean patches I'd use a lot next to the distortion patches I used a lot, but it definitely doesn't give you the flexibility of a board full of dedicated pedals. I'd say it depends on how many different sounds you need to be able to get to on the fly. If you only need 1-3 patches per song, you'll be fine.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:10 pm

I see this for kinda wildcard effects. Bit of phaser here, bit of octave, something random.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:03 pm

Do it rob!

I want to know what the reverbs are like!

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:12 pm

Dave wrote:Okay stupid question time: how would you guys use this? Live? At home? Isn't it a bit fiddly for live use? I probably need to understand how it works more before I ask stupid questions... but aside from having one effects set up to stomp on, I can't see it being as useful as something with more than one footswitch for different combinations of effects in a live situation...

Live I'd put it in a bypass loop like Rob said. Zoom delay and reverb settings are usually very good (unless you are an analogsnob), for Â£75 I cant see what would be a better buy, you cant get a Boss DD-3 for this, plus you get all the other shit in there.
Buy one Rob!! If I was in a band I would have been on GAK last night ordering one.