I am happy with this Zoom 505 II . once I read the manual and learned to program the pedal I invented so many sounds that emulate many other Guitar effects pedals that I decided to keep this one in my kit as one of my main effects processors. Charles,,, Gilbert az.

Im loving it !!!

Great quality product

This is well worth the price to me..

so far I havent had any issues ..

Love the color and the design

Played 15 years,,have my 3rd band now

Rock-soul-Blues

The distortion in all Zoom pedals made to date is the strength of the units. The rest of the effects are pedestrian and limited. Many individuals would whine about the chorus and delay being weak and uncontrollable. I personally couldn't care less about modulation effects. I use the pedal for its distortion quality, and in that respect it's one of the best sounds available in commercially available guitar pedals, digital or analog. All I use is wah-wah, compression, and distortion for guitar effects, so this pedal is perfect for me, along with my Morley Wah and Joe Meek compressor, with the Zoom unit acting strictly as a distortion generator. Great Lead Rock and Roll Guitar sound, one of the best ever created by any electronics company.

The distortion has the best features and its best feature is the sound of the distortion.

Very simple to get fantastic distortion tones.

It's plastic. How long it holds up is up to you personally. Abuse a plastic cup, or a plastic lunchbox, and it will break far quicker than a metal object in the same catagory of items. This is no different with guitar pedals made out of plastic. My personal Zoom 505 II stays at home with me. I would never use it to play a live show. I've got a Zoom G2 to play live shows with, because it's made of metal.

The distortion on this pedal surpasses just about any commercially made distortion unit available. For that alone it's a great value and worth the price.

It's an ugly silver-ish color...very Chinese, colored like a Sony or Magnavox boom box, or a Sanyo TV. I personally don't pay attention to its looks, though. How it sounds is what's important. I want a pedal's sounds, not the pedal framed as picture art on my wall.

Rock and Roll Guitar Player

Rock and Roll, Avant Garde Rock and Roll

There's a lot of things you can do with this unit. You can achieve a lot of awesome tones. The acoustic and fender settings are my favorite, because they're meant to sound clean. The distortions aren't as smooth or as warm as you'd want them to be, but they're better than a small non-tube amp like mine. The reverb effects add a great touch to picking and rythym guitar. As far as sound quality, it just depends on what settings you put into effect. The multitude of features aren't high quality features, but I can easily assume that it's better to use this unit than to use multiple pedals that end up to be pretty darn expensive. I suggest making or finding a stereo output cord to use with this unit. The output is stereo, so by using two amps you get a very very beautiful, fuller sound than you do with one amp alone. The reverb effects are different as well.

BUILT IN TUNER, which can be fine tuned +/- 50Hz!! Once you know how and when to use all of the features, they are all awesome and really useful. All four types of reverbs have their charms. The EQ and phase settings can give you some great tones, with phase you can get some nice backround or ambience style playing. All of the mod effects are great other than the RING MOD. The only thing it's good for is making your voice sound like a robot through the computer haha. The product is very sturdy as well, It's just as good as it was when i bought it 9 months ago

This product is durable considering it's only made of plastic. The shell has held up well, and the pedals/buttons hold up just fine.

This is definitely worth the dough. It's sooooooo much better than just going through a basic amp, you cannot get bored with the variety of things you can do with this pedal.

What's better than a small, compact, Wonder-Pedal? 5 or 6 pedals? well that could be argued...

Hobbyist

Alternative, Jazz, Classic Rock, Ambient

This pedal has great sound in almost all of the many great effects that it has. The only bad thing about the whole effects pedal in my eyes is that a couple of the sounds have a bit too much distortion for my liking. Some of the sounds are absolutely great and make lead guitaring a sound a whole lot better and just makes it more fun. The product does help to get the sounds that you would want. Since it has so many sounds on it, it is quite hard to find something that has a different effect than on the product. It is true that some sounds are better than others, but that is only my opinion and I like to say that for all of the sounds, because I like to use different sounds for different music that I play on my guitar. In a recording studio I think that this product with the right equipment to go with it would sound very good. For instance you couldn't use a bad amplifier with the pedal in a recording studio and would have to use a good amplifier like a marshall stage amplifier. Then it would sound great in recording. Finally I would like to say that unlike me who is english, if you have 1 cent, you can use it to play the lead guitar with this pedal and it sounds great. So try it.

This area wasn't as good. The pedal came with only an adapter and no extra lead which I then had to go out and buy before use of the product. BUT it does have some great features looking at them in the great and imaginative sounds that it has. For instance there is a robot sound on it that sounds quite funny i guess and also a great echoing sound. There aren't actuallya any features that aren't useful in ANY way. I also can't think of any features that it doesn't have which is a good thing.

I think that the product is definetely worth the price because of all the settings and sounds on the product. It is also quite strong as well so again is worth the money.

NOTHING HAS GONE WRONG!

Alternative

Everything soundz awesome,just make sure you use quality cords and you'll get the best sound.

I purchased a BOSS AC adapter to go along with it

Itz made perfect,itz not a stomp box,but i use it like one and it has lasted me forever and is still goin strong!!!

Yea,i think it started around $150.00 and it would have been worth that price and now they are selling it for only like $60.00,which is a steal....it'z all u need and u might just wanna get a WAH pedal to go along with it!!!

Metal Band(guitarist)

Metal-Hard Rock

This is an awesome little effects box. The sounds are very good....maybe a little too digital, but hey its still very good for the price and it has many various options.

I like being able to use it with a pair of headphones right out of the box. It is user friendly and has many options.

It has an ok look to it and the plastic does seam a little cheap, but it seams to be made ok. Haven't used it for a long time so haven't had the chance to put it though all it paces.

This is a very good value and works great for in a practice setup.

Just got it and working just fine no need to call.

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hobbyist

a little of everything

I really like the sound as long as you can work out the buzz caused by cables it sounds really good.

this thing has all the features that you need I don't know what other feature could have possibly been added it loaded. If you bue go ahead and get a power source for it. This pedal has a battery port but they get sucked dry before ya know it. You will definitley save in the long run by going ahead and spending a few more dollars.

It is made out of a very tuff plastic that has lasted real well for me. everything is in good order no loose parts, the face looks good, there are no blemishes that were not caused by my foot. I don't worry about it I think it can handle some beatings. I ruined the battery port on mine cuz I left some batterys in it and they of course leaked afer a while, so I bought a power source and it works as well as it did the day I brought it home. I have had this pedal for two years and right now I don't think I'll get another one.

this is the only one I have had but I like it use it like crazy.

I actually don't know about the support. because all the questions I have had were answered in the manuel.

It is as sleek as they say it is, it looks good, and the pedals are a good size for my size twelve foot. It is the only pedal I use (and have) right now and I think it does its job.

music is my life. in a band

alternitive rock praise and worship.

The overdrive and distortion effects are brilliant and the presets are out of this world. I am 14 and own a les paul and a dunlop crybaby pedal and this is easily the best effects pedal in the world.

Lead guitarist.

Rock, punk and alternative

It's sound is very good. I was suprised that such a small thing can make such a big sound!

The features are okay but I wish it came with the expression pedal but the other one has it. Other than that, with all of these affects, how can you go wrong?

My pedal has been thru hell and it is yet to fail me. Straight out of the box it was perfect. No marks, scratches or blemishes.

Dude, the pre-settings alone on this pedal are worth fifty bucks. I bought it at Sam Ash for 70 and it was worth it!

Hobbyist hoping to become Profesional

Rock/Metal

This pedal does not sound like my Marshall, nor did I expect it to. However, I trasvel frequently and find it gives me adequate effects, using a small amount of space, is easy to get through airports, and fits on my Harley.

Has nice variety of effects. I wouldn't use it for gigging, but it is great for practice while traveling.

Has held up well for me.

Great value. Adequate features and low price.

Great website. Was able to download lost manual.

Perfect for traveling light.

Musician

Rock, Hard Alternative

All the effects are very good. Tremelo is very realistic. Reverbs and chorus excellent. Distortions . . . really they all sound good. Sometimes it breaks up a little, but I may be overdriving it.

I really don't get into all the features of the electronic gear I buy. Life is too short. In general, this is a stomp box with a digital processor in it. . .it's very nice.

This is a fantastic plastic stomp box that will cost you less than 100 bucks . . . if you weigh less than 300 pounds and you aren't on tour, this little box should last you for years.

For the money . . . it's a 10!

I asked Zoom a question via email. They responded very promptly and courteously . . . they really didn't read my question so I got an off the wall answer, but the prompt, courteous part counts for a lot, I think!

I bought this pedal because I needed a tuner . . . it just happened to have a tuner PLUS a load of sweet digital effects. It may be the best 100.00 bucks I ever spent on musical gear.

Guitarist for many years

Rock, Country

Great sound for the money. Very usable distortions/amps especially if you use a little verb or chorus to smooth out the sound. Amazing when you consider the price.

Ok, it's a clunky to program and you're stuck with fixed setting points when adjusting the effects, BUT for the money it's killer.

Runs well, has been dropped many times with no ill effects. Sooner or later the plastic will crack, but at this price it's disposable!

Fantastic bang for the buck! Can't be beat!

Never used.

Great little portable unit. Not "sexy" but solid.

Active Musician

Rock, Country, Jazz, Contemporary Christian

Distortion turn me off, but others is good, need some time wo tweak this effect

36 patches, built in tuner, not much features

Not bad for a cheap multifx

Big Band for the buck !

Good for beginner.

Got a band

Punk, Rock, alternative

Everything except the distortion sounds ok. Some effects sound ugly though. I used to play in a punk type band, and was just learning when i go this, but now pla in a "blues rock" type band, and this thing in usless. I use it for vocal effects now just so our singer has some reverb in his voice. Distortion sounds derable though, sounds to digitalized for me. This this got old fast.

it hasnt done anything bad for me except drain batterys like a madman. but ii just stuck a power supply on it and it worked fine afterwards.

anything besides distortion its an ok deal for. Maybe i just dont like that sound it gives an you do, but I'll never use it for distortion ever. The clean sounds is good though, so i might use it to DI into my mixer for clean parts of a guitar track.

never needed it, but it was easy to download the owners manual online.

its a cool looking thing, but yeah, thats all i got.

Active musician, indepentednt recorder

Blues rock

I am pleased with this Zoom 505 II . Once I read the manual and learned to program the pedal I invented so many sounds that imitate many other Guitar effects pedals.

You get it all in a small sleek design, what more can you ask!

I needed to read the manuel, but its not hard to figure out.

Quality -- VERY Impressive mostly since its inexpensive.

This is well worth the price to me...

Hard to find item.

True Sex appeal - in a small package!

Recording Engineer - Active Musician

Rock - Alternative - Gospel - Jazz

Some sounds are good. Others not so good. Given the price still worth it. Compressor and equalizer is really not good... and compressor seems to add noise.. but if you use external effects to replace these the sounds you can come up with are awesome. I find the without the compression, eq before the unit the sounds are a little tinny. Really like the harmonizor effect a lot! There is even an acoustic setting thats nice.

Good features no doubt. more than your moneys worth for sure. Some features are globbed into one.. but hey for this price.

It is made well...

Assuming it is good.. Good web site.

Wanted it to be my only unit. Didn't quite do it.. but good enough

many styles... Rock, classical, country, Jazz, bossa nova

Some sounds are good. Others not so good. Given the price still worth it. Compressor and equalizer is really not good... and compressor seems to add noise.. but if you use external effects to replace these the sounds you can come up with are awesome. I find the without the compression, eq before the unit the sounds are a little tinny. Really like the harmonizor effect a lot! There is even an acoustic setting thats nice.

Good features no doubt. more than your moneys worth for sure. Some features are globbed into one.. but hey for this price.

It is made well...

Assuming it is good.. Good web site.

Wanted it to be my only unit. Didn't quite do it.. but good enough

many styles... Rock, classical, country, Jazz, bossa nova

its alot of rock and roll cool product but confuising!!

cool. i think it shud have two cables.

not to easy to get sounds of it.

beery cool quality but not enough.

is a cool value for that kind of pedal.

cool suport.

yeah i want it.

just learning.

heavy rock

The sound quality is OK, but not good enough to play live with. I experienced alot of noise with it. I didn't like not having a master volume to adjust on the fly for headphones. Distortion is needly and harsh. I was trying to get the speaker sim to sound good and it was weak. It sounded better on clean sounds, Acoustic and Fender. I ended up using a BOSS BD-2 on a clean patch and tweaked it and got a better tone. A Digitech Distortion factory or a BOSS Metal Zone would be great with this unit. I think the preamp section and the speaker sim is the weakest link.

I would like a tap delay and better preamp and amp sims.

The quality suffers to make this unit so cheap.

For all the stuff it has it can't be beat but quality isn't that good either.

N/A

I like the original one that ZOOM made that was designed to go on a strap.

music recording artist

My OWN

all of the distortions were horrible, the effects were cheap and crappy, and of all things the thing felt cheap and was hard to use

This pedal had alot of USELESS features.

It isn't worth the 50 bucks, and that isn't much money when youre dealing with effects.

the value is absolutely horrible.

i didn't really want this pedal, but my amp sounds like crap so i was desperate. I think i am going to send this piece of crap back.

active musician

Punk Rock, Emo, and whatever sounds good

Sound is very good. A decent amount of effects, and overall played great.

Decent amount of effect. I wish it had an easier navagation system when it came to finding thnigs and programming prefrences.

I couldn't figure out how to do anything consistantly on this pedal. If you can figure out this pedal it is great, but if you have trouble programing the VCR don't go anywhere near this thing.

Looks and feels ok.

Affordable.

Dunno.

Doesn't look that great.

Good digital sound translation. The best part of the 505!

I used the default settings for distortion and clean sounds.

Using the default settings, its real easy to get great sounds. You can get greater flexibility and usability with separate pedals without complicated setups. However... for a young gun learning ... its a good starter!

Two of these have had power supply connector problems. The circuit board inside has cut-aways on either side of the power connector making it likely that it will break off. This happened twice. I soldered the piece back on and reinforced it with small wood dowels. The rest of the unit is made to take on the road punishment. Just be aware that wiggling the power cable out of the connector socket acts like folding thin metal and eventually, it will break.

Its worth the selling price.

The units broke out of warranty so I didn't call.

its a cool looking pedal.

Hobbyist, active musican

Rock Alternative

If you take the time to read the manual you can get some pretty nice sounds out of this thing. The distortion is bright and crisp, but be careful with the amount or you can easily over do it. Nu Metal players may find the distortion a bit bright for your tastes. I can get any style of sound I want out of my Crate stack with this pedal. From thick and fat distortion like Dimebag or EVH, to this really nice crunchy tonal seventies sound I discovered. Clean sounds are sweet and creamy. There's even an acoustic setting to make your axe sound like an acoustic. This pedal even made my son's little $100 First Act guitar sound like a top-of-the-line Jackson.

Has some nice extra features, like an external volume pedal/wah pedal jack that goes with the internal wah setting. There's a nice compresser/limiter function to really sharpen your sound, but the internal eq is a bit odd.

It takes a while to get used to, but once you do it's a breeze to use.

Not the sturdiest thing ever made. Should have been amde of metal. Keep the unit clean otherwise it can start making an ungodly hummmmmmm.

If you can't afford an amp modeler, or if you are looking for a cheap way to spice up your current rig, this is the sure way to go.

Active Musician

Hard Rock

this pedal sounds great. i have an amp that i play with the most and its only 4 watt and it sound great. most of the time when i have made something up or trying to play somebody elses stuf i can find the right sound. the pedal has a big variety of different sound.

the pedal had many distortions to choose from.

I have had it for about 3-4 months and nothing with the pedals or any thing like that. But the place the guitar plugs into is kind of loose but it still works good.

pritty good price for what you get.

Have not hade to call.

it is one the best pedals i have seen it has a good selection and it looks pritty cool. it was a little bit bigger than i though it would be.

ii think the effect pedal has good distortion types but the other effects dont have very detailed se;ection but i didnt expect that good of selection in a multi effects pedal

Great all-around sound quality and awesome noise reduction. provides great rendering of effects while keeping good tone quality.

It has the facilities to use an optional expression pedal, which is a great little extra that can really boost your playing.

This product is sleek and well designed, and is just one of the most convenient pieces of equipment you can buy.

it is the best

the features are good

the quality is one of the best i've seen

the value is well worth it

the support is good with it

i would like it but don't have the monney

played guitar for a long time

guitar teacher said i'm good

Its a beautiful peice of.....pedal ;-)

I found EVERYTHING on this pedal useful

Not to badly made, I actually had to repair it myself, but it wasn't anything bad, just some cold sotter joints

Dude, its cheap and great, buy it.

I really never dealed with the company, lol I just bought the pedal

lol sex appeal? I don't think its sexy....I do think its a great pedal though....maybe alittle attractive (wink wink)

good question

Ive owned a POD an RP300 and various others so i feel i have a lot to compare this too and ive got to say that for the price this is one great pedal. I can get all the tone i need for live and recording. This weekend i used it with a polytone amp using just my guitar volume to go from clean to smooth solo distortion and it sounded just as good as my zentera amp. Thats quite a feat considering the zentera cost around $3500 and the 505 2 was only 70 bucks! Last night I recorded some jazz tracks on my computer. I was able to get tones just as nice as my POd and Digitech pedals. This thing is as good as you want i to be. Its a permanent fixture in my guitar case. I use it to warm up with headphones. When i do other gigs i dont have to carry anything but my guitar and the 505 2. Ive found that no matter what i play through i can find great tone because it comes from the heart and playing technique. This is one great effect pedal and it will alway be a part of my arsenal.

Its plastic but i treat all my equipment with care. As far a features I thinks its perfect.

The sound quality is superb.

great value

I use Ibanez guitars so i`m in the business to make noise, I find the sound quality to be by far the best for padels in it`s price range.Many of the demo sound modes I use without changing any settings,although I did change the acoustic patch almost completely (Ibanez?).I like playing heavy music like System of a down,fear factory type music,Then I start changing the original settings,but it works for me.I also use a Boss "metal zone" padal,although I only started incorporating them last week.I also used it for my vox when I sang without a p.a.

No,none,nada,niks.Most useful feature for me is the range,different sounds eg. heavy distortion to a good acoustic sound (after I changed it that is).I sometimes Use the FX modes nice!O!, the tuner helps.I don`t have any complaints as such but,a whawha padel would be cool.

When I baught it I thought it looked a little too plastic. I was afraid I would break it. It hasn`t broken yet,the plastic layer on the screen hasn`t even peeled off if I`m not mistaken. We don`t travel a lot so I can`t say.

yes

I have never had any problems Sorry!

The shape and design caught my eye imediately. I liked it because it was small and could fit in my guitar bag with ease.