Can the Digitech RP50 still sound good?
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- Опубликовано: 27 янв 2022
- Dusting off this olde relic from the late 90's to see if it sounds any good in today's tone time!
be aware this may result some nostalgic toneage in those sensitive to certain tones haha!
So sit back and let each preset I will somewhat carefully demo remind you of that 90's tone!
Music in this video was generously provided by the awesomest people at Audio Nautix. 
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Just picked up an RP 200 for $5.00 bucks at the goodwill store , whoever was pricing it didn’t know what it was , works great , just another toy for the arsenal 😏🎸
Sweet score. Not bad for the price. Yup, that person definitely didn't know what it was. I picked up a dod octoplus years back, and the lady at the swapmeet thought it was a remote for an older TV lol. I think I paid $20. Lol
I still have my RP80 from long ago. It’s basically the same thing but with a wah controller. I used mine when traveling in hotel rooms using headphones. The thing most people don’t realize is that these had a built in cabinet sim that helps a lot with the harshness. You activate it by holding down the Drums button when turning on. I don’t know for sure if the RP50 has that.
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I still have mine too, it needed a calibration but it kept all my original 40 user made banks after all this time. I didn't know about the cab sim, thanks.
I used to have one back in the day. Those effects took me back to some great memories growing jamming with my punk band. Thank U
I recently bought these ..however I don’t know how to use it any tips ? I couldn’t find in RUclips
@@mandontcare192 do you mean like how to customize the setting?
Excellent stack and board illustrations to introduce the context of this video. My abs are clenched from laughing...
Glad I could help! Haha 😂👍🏻
Thanks for the video, I had this back in the 90s as a kid and didn't know what I was doing. The guy at the guitar store made a sick metal preset and I lost it and forever tried to recreate it lol. I wonder why my Mom got it for me it was probably expensive haha. Shoulda just went with a Metal Zone or something.
YES! I use it on my acoustic guitar it sounds better than a big expensive pedal board. Of course I use virtually NONE of the presets. Just compile a completely new mix using effects like the chorus /delay/reverb/compression to name a few. I have 40 complete recipes of effects that get a lot of love from people at church. Some of these sounds have an awesome sustain that is warm and works well with mellow rhythm guitar. Not bad for a complete effects system for less than $25 used. Sounds amazing.
Definitely...it's a cool lil pedal once dialing in the right tones. The price tag for one of these is not too bad either. Glad you enjoyed the pedal! 🙌🏻🎸🎶
I've actually used it at a gig once in Scotts Valley(well actually twice though because that's when I got the 2004 Squire 51 and a Fender Frontman 15 G amp) back in the day. it was given to me by a really nice guy. and to this day it's been part of my pedal board as well.
Sweet, it does have some fun tones. Glad to hear you still run it on your rig 🙌🏻🎸
@@JohnnyGuitaristOfficial it's got funny tones alright, but I mostly use it in conjunction now with my TS9 Deluxe, Maxon ROD 881, and Behringer TO-800.
I own the RP55 it was one of my first pedals. The sound quality of most of the effects is awful but it is a very fun pedal. I don’t know if the RP50 has drum loops but the RP55 has drum loops and I enjoy jamming to the loops with the crappy distortion all the way up. The chorus effect is actually pretty good on that pedal in my opinion. Definitely my favorite out of all the effects.
I owned one and it was great. I sold it to a mate but he died of cancer in 2018. By the way I enjoyed how welded that axe. You made the sounds “ CHUG”
my rp50's tuner setting is completely off, it measures everything an octave an a half up above standard.
I’ve had this pedal for a few years. Replaced it with a Zoom G1on but I find the Zoom’s menu for editing effects very annoying and cumbersome so I’m going to start using the RP50 again, and set up some user presets.
I use it in conjunction with several stomp boxes like the Electric Mistress Chorus Flanger, a Maxon Delay, and 3 (you heard that right) Overdrives. in case I want the board to go balls to the walls and sound like an animal on stage.
Definitely, I still have my Zoom, but in all honesty. I like the Digitech more. I know zoom was the 1st to release a multi effect pedal but digitech just has a lot more flexibility
Setting 11 is the best lead tone. I only used 10 and 11. I have 3 of these still. Still a cool pedal.
Yes it is, it's a very fun pedal 🎸
Still cool brudda
trying to figure out how to use this thing, my dad gave me it and he made it sound amazing now i just need to figure it out haha
I’m working on my pedal board with pretty much anything but besides my single shooters, gt6b, and me50, I think I’m going to open this little bastard up and bend it with some cv controls and switches
24 is the only one I use it's metal af
dude this brought back some memories.. i remember 24 lol
@@jeepsalt the best nothing else comes close either. 🤘🔥🤘
I use this pedal when I don't want to take my full pedal board to practice lol. I made a couple of presets that have similar settings to what I switch around on my pedal board. It's convenient although definitely not as good of a sound as my pedal board. I am yet to get experimental with it, but the built in presets are fun to play with in my room. I'm glad my brother gifted it to me.
Sweet, it is an awesome pedal to jam along with or for quick gigs.
I never owned one but why the drummer from my friends group said its usually made for solid state amps. What do you guys think?
I use this pedal on a solid state amp and it sounds fine. I haven't used this pedal on a tube amp so I can't give you a valid answer, but something about how this pedal was built seems to me like it was made for solid state amps.
I have mine running through a 1985 Peavey 212 vtx tube of course. It is meh. I personally think the amp itself is better without the rp.
I got this with a Giga Delay DD20 for $120 and damn this thing is crusty. The battery slot doesnt appear to work which sucks because i literally work at duracell and can take rejects home. Really seems like itll be the piece of gear that i have and hate but cant get rid of because of its versatility.
... like this tool... is better than a lot of people mean! ;-)))
HI, i've got this pedal and one Ibanez gio, unfortunatly what i don't have is your skill on the guitar, lol, but i think it's a cool pedal you forgot to mension it also do some drums beats to go for it, very good indeed boughted used but mint condition, hope i can improve my level to use it more
Hi. Can you please tell me the setting at 6.42 minute.
Thanks
im sure you found out by now but let me know if you want that i just pulled mine back out after about 18 yrs cause i need to repair my line 6 pedal board so im looking for patches on you tube for some things im currently playing
Great video. I think you forgot the built in drum machine I believe this pedal has?
Yes it has a set of drum patterns but unfortunately right at the last effect it finally gave out. It didnt give me a chance to demo some drum patterns 😩 But hey, it lasted this long. 🤷🏻♂️
@@JohnnyGuitaristOfficial No worries. I only wondered why you didn't demonstrate that, not complaining. Now I know. 👍
Guitar pedal works wonders once you find a manual for the thing online!
Haha oh my... I got one around 2003. The distorted sounds were atrocious :-D
Sound good to me
how did you recorded that crystal clear sound????????
Hey man, a direct audio input to the camera
My digitech rp50 wont work no more, used it forever dont know what happened?
It was just the power cord, got a new one ordered for the ol'rp50😎👍
@@davidwhisenant5328 none of the ones on eBay are powered on lmao i wonder if its all power cord problems
@@jeepsalt it works perfectly now, got a new power cord,🎸
good chance ive come to find out
@@jeepsalt
hey do you have any good patches for ccr im working on one but its off a little im frustrated and yes i play in d tune like him on songs @@davidwhisenant5328
The amps back in the day only went up to ten, not twelve. As a matter of fact, the idiom, "these go to eleven" comes from a 1984 scene, This Is Spinal Tap, where guitarist Nigel Tufnel demonstrates an amplifier whose volume knobs are marked from zero to eleven, instead of the usual zero to ten.
Definitely, I remember hearing about that. The 12 was just an "exaggerated" claim.
By the way, awesome profile picture. Really dig the blue mustang! 😊👍🏻
Well aren't you just a know it all sour puss. Someone needs to slap the stupid out of your face.😊
I liked sound 50
Nice and usable modulations. Totally misleading crunch and distortions. The pitchshifter on RP line was very good, better than the much more expensive boss gt8 of the same era for instance. Remember the Whammy is a digitech thing. So I kept my RP300 (sort of yours with added pedal) to use it as a whammy in case I need it. But I wish I never met this crap in the 90's. It totally misguided my taste in distortion and crunch tone. Worst thing maybe is that in front of a valve amp this completely ruins the tubes tones, both clean and drive.
Very true, the pitch shifter was pretty cool to noodle around with. That has to be one of the highlights next to the funky drum patterns. I wanted to save up for that one (RP300) growning up but never got around to it. I agree...some of the distortion tone weren't what I expected ..... comparing it to the POD 2.0 by line 6, now that has some decent Distortion tone. You know....I was given this thing back in the day from a drummer friend in trade for a nylon guitar strap and a Capo. What's funny is after all these years...as soon i stopped recording, the pedal finally gave out and refused to turn on. At least the pedal gave me some footage before retiring completely 😂😩
Would to guys use this on a tube amp or solid state amp?
Clearly you need to gain an old teal-strip Peavery combo...
Rp 50 can use for outdoor concert? For rhythm
Yeah it should be fine, just keep in mind some effects have different volume changes when selected.
not in day time bro lol i played my first gig long ago with it not my first but it was 100 degrees that day a summer event. you cant see your led lights to tell you what preset you are on and it didnt help it was first gig with it lol we playing waylon and i step on the heavy metal preset lololol i got mad and threw it off stage that day and played through amp and yeah trying to match volumes at right level can be a pain
You forgot to turn the cabinet setting on
I left it off on purpose. Just for the FX
yes i always liked FuzzBoy and OutoWah
The fuzz is one of my favorite 🤗
Sound great to me
Yup, its a fun pedal
Mr guts 18/58= money for nothing