THE HOLY GRAIL OF TONE - Zoom GFX-707
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I used one of these when I played with Hawkwind at London Astoria in Dec 2003. Great little pedal. Still got it!
Yup...especially nice into cheap little practice amps, as long as you have a decent guitar :)
Wicked, all hail the mighty Hawks !!
Still have mine too! Last time I saw Hawkwind was at the Lewisham Odeon, in 1980 with Ginger Baker on drums! Awesome gig. I also saw them in 1971 at Glastonbury Town Hall (support band: Pink Fairies). Hawkwind's original drummer onced gave me a lift when I was hitch-hiking...
Good to know! :)
The 707 has a hidden gem. The fuzz setting. (not comp/fuzz) just the fuzz. Put a compressor infront of it and then a joyo american sound amp sim, then bit of delay from another source. Pure amp meltdown and valves melting sound. Do not use amp sim - it sounds like a going through guttering. Will post settings if anyone interested.
Behringer comp/sustainer into 707
Fuzz:30 Tone7 Lvl:8
ZNR:2
Pres:7 High:6 Mid:7
Low F2 LowG: -8(minus) Lvl:7
PatLvl 25
Got the zoom G2.1u as well but can't get good fuzz sound out of it. Dave Simpson has a demo on youtube - he seems to get a great sound with wah as well.
I got mine 20 years a go just found it and it still works. Funny little thing seemed quite advanced for its time. I've got some big tube amps but use what I see as the development on from this the katana air
Some band will come along and find a sound out of it and everyone will want one. That's how these things happen.
I have 11 amps,Bins of pedals, and about 7 top modelers and I would love one of these things. It sounds huge ! ease of use, and that chorus was sweet lol. Can't believe it's 20 years old. Thanks for the demo ! The look on your face in the beginning was priceless. I was laughing my ass off.
I will sell you mine!
Each preset can be set to be used into an amp or into a mixer. All it does is change the voicing of the amp SIM. Once you get the amp SIM set up correctly it makes a surprisingly decent DI.
I had this pedal when they first came out . I will tell y’all ! This is probably the most comparable pedal made . It had issues with the power plug cause it was made out of plastic and would break . After mine broke I had the AC plug replacement with a more sturdy one . After that it was all she wrote .. Awsome pedal !! If your a an avid player and like a lot of settings and want total control over your sound and tone , I definitely recommend this pedal !!!
Mine broke at the same spot. I freaked out. Took it apart. Thank God I fixed it. Love the drum machine.
I fixed my 707 today. Output was little bit off. It didn‘t connect properly. Now it works like a dream again.
Bought mine new in either 1999 or 2000, the compression, od-distortion and equalizer are analog, where the other effects are digital. Very easy to dial in a decent rock tone, still works fine to this day.
I have one and it still works perfectly. Keep it fed with batteries and it just keeps going
This my Setting on Zoom 707.
AMP SIM knob : Fullstack A
Dist 1 : Gain 22, tone 2 , Level 6
ZNR: 7,
EQ: Pres -12, High 4, middle 5.
Low F 2, Low G 7, Level 6.
Mod P Wah, posi BF, Dirmix 5 - 7. (have function as high pass filter).
Delay hall.
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I still have it after 20 years ),
My first pedal was a Zoom 2020 and I upgraded that to one of these. Played many gigs with it in early 2000's using distortion, clean chorus and pedal as extra volume for solos. Some drunk dude in a bar stumbled onto it one night and damaged the cable input sadly but it was a good pedal.
Hell I miss mine so much. First multi effects unit I owned and it was soooo good ahaha
I am still using my gfx 707. It has many presets, but you can set your own. I wouldn’t call it a holy grail of guitar sound, but this is a tool best to play 80’s and 90’s tunes. The first thing is that this is a hybrid device. Most important is an analog basic sound processor (compression, gain, distortion etc) and digital higher level processor (chorus, flange, tremolo) This was released in 2000, I bought it in 2002, so it’s still in use for almost 2 decades! All I had to replace is a power supply. All knobs, pedal everything else works just fine! If someone likes to play old rock, blues, jazz - this is a perfect and ultra bargain unit (some like £50 or less). By the way, users manual is still available on manufacturers website 😁
I found this video review accidentally looking for old reverb effects videos, and I liked it. Going to browse this channel.
Just pulled mine out of its original box ,manual,etc and about to jam with it...it's been to so many jam sessions with me and in so many practice pads over the years..I used it a lot but still works great...I think it's really the only digital effects I ever bought back in the day...glad you got to try one out man ,mines full of memories and broken dreams of rock stardom lol
Wow that brought back memories, that thing is ~20 years old IIRC. For it's time it was a great peice of beginners/bedroom multi-fx kit, and from a time when only Zoom and Line 6 were starting to introduce amp modelling to the market.
It’s basically an early Helix! 😂
Still got mine and use it a lot.
I've just dug out the original user manual for mine if you need photos of any of it! Think i got it about 18 years ago, still going strong and use it suprisingly often.
For what this it’s the first in one of my chains. I’m just gonna say that you’d pretty much have one of everything important. The expression pedal is gold if you ever need one . Parameters might be somewhat limited but you’re sure to find a handful of useful stuff to keep on your sound palette. Plus you can add an fx chain to you choosing that will automatically raise the bar. I have also used this zoom as a voice processor and a keyboard tone bank extension. The only down side I’ve found is the you will kick the cords and screw up the soldering of the input/output jack ins on the motherboard which you can fix but don’t trip on the cords too many times. The looper is very limited but works well for messing around.
I refuse to replace it with any other mutlt effects pedal to date knowing it plays well with other specialty pedals.
The time trip mode is worth it alone. Keep the sensitivity really low and tweak everything else, it's insane.
If you pres both pedals in the same time you have a tunner
Hey
You know how it works?
Also, its manual can be downloaded from Zoom website.
Yes, bypass mode has the tuner. Right side displays the note name. LEDs show how much you're sharp or flat.
You Found The ZOOM 707 Sweet Spot!!!! - VanHalen - (Amp Sim) Full Stack A - Gain 25 - 🎸🤘😄👍
Been watching several ZOOM pedal reviews, some old, some older and even some filmed just a few months ago - and not one single person even bothered to read the manuals to these things. I mean, how can anybody make a truly accurate review of this gear if they don't even know how to operate it? No wonder lots of people give these pedals unfairly negative (imho) reviews - they don't even know what the things are truly capable of.
(You can find manuals to download on the ZOOM website for most, if not all their older gen pedals)
If I'm not mistaken, it also has settings to make your guitar sound like a strat or les paul, etc.
I still preferred my gfx 707 to my g3xn
Oh cool! I need to spend some more time playing with this
I wish mine still worked. We had a freak storm and a tornado ripped off half of the roof, and then rain was pouring in the house.
Unfortunately my gfx 707 got soaked and was actually sitting in water. I let it dry thoroughly and cleaned the board. But it's beyond repair. The board would have to be replaced and they said they don't support that model anymore.
My 35 year old USA Peavey amp was sitting in water also, the electronics was ok, but the bottom piece and the sides up to about 4 inches, since it's particle board, soaked up the water, swelled up and turned to mush, and just loose particles. So I decided to make an entirely new cabinet, and with new textured vinyl, and also replaced the speakers with new and better speakers. It's looking like new and works perfectly. And just for the future in case it had to be fixed, I emailed Peavey and they sent me the schematics for it.
Its great to have equipment with discrete components, it makes it easy to repair down to the component level, rather than the surface mount components that almost everything has nowadays, and you have to replace the bosrd(s). Plus most people don't know how to work with SMD (surface mount devices) and cause more damage trying to fix it, especially if you don't have the proper tools.
I have i one since many moons ago still works & always jam with it u can program effects u need to b close to each other
Aaaah. The sounds of yesteryear. I absolutely love Zoom stuff. I’m going to get one of these tomorrow just for the fun of it. After buying a billion pedals it suddenly occurred to me to get a Marshall sound I needed a Marshall amp. To get the Fender tone you need a Fender. So I got both. But where’s the fun in that? Fly me to the moon with a Zoom!
Thanks ! Found a second hand one (getting it later today) at least it looks like you can fool around and get some ideas with this
can you use it as a volume pedal?
how many effects can you use at the same time?
i see only one appears at a time on the screen
Repaired mine a couple of days ago. Needed some soldering at the plugs ... love it still
Nice demo! I have one of these. It ran out of batteries today so I tried replacing them but the "charged" batteries are not working either. 😫 Do I have to replace the power source? How do you do that? Anyone else had this problem with low batteries?
Hi ..i have opend mine on the back, screwed the poles tight..finish..was easy..
@@knutmotzki2387 ok that's good to know! I was using rechargable batteries before and I didn't realize they were bad. Switched to brand new normal batteries and that solved my problem.
I still have mine. I paid $399 for it back in the day. Controls on top from Left to right (Output, Off (Amp Sim), Comp-Dist/Parm1, Mod/Parm2, Rev/Parm3
I got mine about 20 years ago, off eBay for about £20 and it's still going strong, apart from some crackly knobs and sockets. I never much liked the factory presets, but it makes some great sounds with a bit of tweaking. It seems complicated to tweak. I always forget how to do it after leaving it alone for a while. I'm looking for something that's much easier to configure, but with similar capabilities.
The drum machine is an added feature. Can't live without it.
Ive just dusted my old one off, 20 years after I got it - I was never disappointed but always felt like it should be worse than it was
The knobs at the top are Output, amp simulator Comp-Dist/parm1, Mod, Parm2, Rev/Parm3
I think I got mine second hand in the mid 90's.
Loved it to bits until, one fateful, dark, loud, exuberant jam at a party I plugged in the wrong power supply. Damn that
negative centre pin convention!
Has anyone rescued a device like this damaged this way?
What blows?
I had one of these and don’t remember what happened to it. I only played it in my bedroom. I think I used my actual pedalboard for practice and shows
All things considered, it doesnt sound that bad! I mean then again theres the whole Victory thing that goes with it but hey, still not bad!
It doesn’t sound bad at all! I’ll have to try it with headphones and some of he amp sims 😂 it is basically and early Helix!!
Nive video. Not used this pedal.
But, my Zoom 8080 is still functioning perfectly ..from the time i bought it year of release. Even survived a few years of semi-pro gigging back then too :)
Hola tengo el mismo pedal como puedo poner delay me pasas patches
You make more expressions than the expression pedal dude
I was searching for the cost of this pedal to sell mine... then I found this review... and now I'm keeping it!
Awful distortion, but lots of fun with the other effects. :-D
I just had a quick trip back to the '90s with your video. Good days...Thanks! Cheers!
Hahaha! Don't sell it! It's an underrated gem
I recorded my little fan with it and used the wah to change the frequency best sound i got out of it.. in 1998
Nice video; excellent guitar faces
Why doesn't mine look like that? :c my zoom looks full black dont have colors
Its painted
2 Cans of spray paint and you got it. Orange and Yellow. Green,Tan, and Brown for Camo ? That would be 3 cans lol.
Pedal came out in 1999, but also the zoom gfx 8 in the same year, I own both of these pedals as well the infamous zoom 505 with expression pedal still all working. The 707 is a really good pedal I prefer this than my gfx 8.Great demo, perhaps maybe you can do a tutorial on custom patches.
The “violin” effect is very Blade Runner like.
dude I love your guitar faces lol. great video
have you tried to plug it into an interface? plugging into you amps would color the tone right?
I bought one of these new when they first came out in the stores back in the day. I still have it and it is still awesome. I have another pedal board with all separate pedals as well. I still go back to the Zoom 707 alot. Once you get it dialed in to your taste you will like it. I have recorded with it and it will work as long as you don't overdrive the preamps. Just be sure to keep the gain down if recording. I used this live into two amps with an aby switch box and it worked fantastic. It does take some tweaking to get it just right. Fun little effects unit!
Maybe I’ll have to spend some more time with it!
www.zoom-na.com/sites/default/files/products/downloads/pdfs/E_GFX707.pdf
I linked the manual
Please, can it be compared to those new fx processors like mooer ge 100 or nux mg 100? Has it less resolution in bits, or gfx707 can be even better because of the analogic drive section compared to newer all digital ones? The only difference I see is the longer recording time on latter nux and mooer. Thanks for the review!
i remember the yah yah was a pretty cool effect on this .
😎 Video! I am getting one of these soon.
Just bought one off ebay.
@@MikefromAlabama how much ? I want one lol. It's sick.
One of the best that i haved¡ (bfx 708) for bass, but with guitar goes well (except od) Fuzz and Thrash banks good too¡ This is from 99-2000¡
Get one without paint all over it, as far as multieffects unit's go that's one of the best tone shape and most every effect is in the box, even a 6 second looper. it's mid-late 90s era. The manual is still online as a free PDF there is even a custom patch database. Before dedicated acoustic effects lots of players bought these and customized the settings for a show renaming each patch for different songs or guitars. I took an old acoustic with crappy pickups and made a whole section of individual patches using the acoustic simulator to enhance to the acoustic tone of the harsh UST pickup even patches emulating 12 string, harp, upright bass and cello. Hendrix bigmuff wah, Page's overdrive w/ delay effects. The different amp sims work and sound fantastic and can be dedicated along with the patch. Only issue is the damn plastic jack plugs have to be re-soldered all the time
I have mine since like 10 year i buy it used and it's one pedal important cause i look for some sounds in internet and then i can decide wich pedals i can buy to try to emulte the sound on. Sadly this big boy is give me their last years, (the butttons don't respond like in tha past, some problems with the jack and etc etc) so someone know a good pedal board to replace this?
I've got one somewhere...loved it when I got it but my original one (and subsequent replacement) had the 9v adapter input go dodgy so I sadly stopped using it - I think using this in conjunction with the distortion or fuzz pedal of your choice is key to being able to call this a good pedal (that many people slag off Zoom's distortion it's a bit unfair...try tweaking that amp sim knob or get a better distortion if you don't like it ;-) )
I had a zoom gfx4/8,not bad after all... This gfx 707 seems like not bad too...👍
Can i use this in bass guitar
This Zoom was my first guitar effects. Still with me. Original box, Power suplly, tags and everything. I'm thinking start to use It again mixed with some stompboxes
Helí Júnior - Juniaoindex - believe me. it’s amazing!
I recorded an album with this through a JC-120 in 2000. Distortion sounded very much not great. Some of the clean tones with reverb and delay weren’t bad at all.
Hi. Where can I hear this album?
how to reset it sir to get the clean patch?
hi just got this unit first impressions are its good, only down fall iv found atm is the sampler is not saverable and no sample patches, by the way the person that painted this unit is having a laugh all they had to do was cover the zoom logo and knob discriptions with half inch masking tape, they may aswell painted the led display screen too, lol anyway, i think im going to like this unit once i get stuck in
You don't need to clip on a tuner. The bypass setting of the pedal is a tuner.
Yeah I know man but it wasn’t tuning accurately 🤷🏼♂️
@@JacksonBrooksby ah ok. The tuner works well for me. It seems more stable than the tuner on the zoom g3.
@@JacksonBrooksby good demo anyway. I think this is a very underrated pedal without many good demos on RUclips.
this is on sale used for 25 bucks,,, great buy!
The drums are like from a Big Black LP.
Playing 90% with your face .. nice...🤪
i found one on ebay.. and planning to buy it. hmmp.. for you sir is it a good multiFX,?is the clean sounds good?
It’s definitely a lot of fun and doesn’t sound bad at all! I’d recommend picking one up if it’s a decent price.
Feh.. "reviewing" a pedal without knowing what it can really do is not super helpful.
I just got one and the FIRST thing I did was grab the manual.
who doesn't like socks? I love socks!
About to pick up one of these that I found for $25 on Craigslist. Super excited to play around with it because for that price I couldn’t pass up. I’m super into fucked up guitar tones, so I can’t wait to find out what I can make.
So cool! Hope you enjoy it
Thanks for the demo Jack😉 you play well too
Got more fuzz than a tribe of zulus
I've got one of these in the original box with original paperwork. Bought it brand new back in the 90s. I would sell it if anyone is interested. I remember it was $170 brand new from Musicians Friend.
Is this guy ok?
i dont understand why he canges the shoes¡?
From the ZOOM website www.zoom.co.jp/products/guitar-bass-effects/guitar/gfx-707-guitar-effects-processor
Needs more fuzz
Hahaha are you coming round to the world of fuzz yet? 😉
I've had mine 20 years , 2nd hand for 25 quid I think - everything about it is horrible, there isn't a vaguely usable sound from it, but it was very cheap
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Can I have my pedal back now please?
Tom Brooksby you sold it??
It actually doesn’t sound terribly awful. It has its own thing going on even though it claims to model amps.
Haha no it is not terribly awful! It’s actually a lot of fun 👌🏼
2:58 did you just play Dragon Ball Z OST?
It' s Van Halen guy.😷
Cute toy~ ^^
YOU ARE WASTING ALOT OF TIME TRYING TO READ THE UNREADABLE. PITY!
i am so sorry but your facial reaction distracting me. though it is relatable matter, since i do the same HAHA :)