Zoom 505II Guitar Effects Pedal

I bought a guitar, studied 'Guitar For Dummies', did silly poses; and now that I feel somewhat confident enough to degrade myself by calling myself *gulp* a guitarist (somewhat - still a little far to go before I'm comfier with my skill, or lack of), I thought I'd extend my sound palette beyond limited distorted and clean with a compact multi-effects pedal. - Saving money on purchasing dedicated single effects units, which are better but costly. Like my guitar playing friend, I wanted to get the Korg AX1G pedal as he'd highly recommended that in terms of price and sound set, and it had a built in expression pedal to boot. But alas the AX1G is ...  Read the complete review

An appeal and an appology ************************* Now I know I will be slated,and perhaps rightly so,for this review because although I'm reviewing guitar effects pedals I'm not doing the one that is on the product list. Now in life we need rules to make things run smoothly and Dooyoo is no exception but I've scanned and searched for a better product review to fit these popular effects pedal into but couldn't find one. I accept all the criticism I may incur and hope this review will interesting enough to people who genuinely are into guitars i.e the potential buyers. ...  Read the complete review

When deciding what pedal to select, the main thing to consider is what exactly you want from the pedal, and what sort of music you play. This is a great low end pedal for use with metal. It features many high quality overdrive/distortion settings, unlike competetors like the dod tec4x which seems to proved roughly the same overdrive tone whatever settings you use. It does not feature an acoustic synthesizer like a lot of other pedals, but this is only fair really considering the price. Unlike the dod tec4x, this is not as customisable, so if you're after your own "signature tone" which nobody else is likely to have, this is definately not your ...  Read the complete review

I have played guitar for around 40 years.. I have played many Gigs.. backed Lulu at one time.. Enjoyed the 60s Most of the that time I performed with no Sound Effects or Enhancements.. I then started using a WEM Copycat Echo Unit.. .The Wah-Wah Pedal and Fuzz Box appeared.. I used them.. but always returned to playing direct without effects.. Pedals do NOT make a bad guitar player good.. Through the years I have tried many effects pedals .. from expensive ones to the cheap ones.. but the ZOOM 505II has proved to be a real assett.. Sure you can get more expensive pedal with more effects.. but most of those extra effects will not be used.. The ...  Read the complete review

I'm not what you would call a serious guitarist, Ive just taught myself over the past few years how to play purley for my own entertainment, so I cant really reveiw this pedal for being suitable for a proffesional, but for someone like me, a casual player, I would definetly recommend it. This is the first pedal I bought when I got my guitar and I chose it because of the price, the multi effects it had and the ability to create custom effects. It is very simple to use, has 3 simple connections on the back (input, output and footswitch). It has 36 preset effects which range from just a simple distortion, to sounds imitating well know artists, to strange and interesting ...  Read the complete review