Digitech RP1High Quality Stereo Preset Demo

[@WhyTheHorseface]

Bought one of these for a hundred bucks 20 years ago. I’m a hobbyist more than a player, so I’ve barely scratched the surface of this unit’s capabilities. Nice to hear a real versatile and skilled player like yourself playing with it.

[@Bridging_the_Political_Divide]

Sounds incredible. The RP1 was the Headrush of it's day, top rack sounds in pedal format. A massive product in 1990.

[@chrisamadeus4647]

I think it sounds better than my Helix, just goes to show, if something sounds great it will still sound great 30 years on. Thanks for sharing this and you are a great player.

[@Bridging_the_Political_Divide]

It does sound amazing here. I have one, would never part with it.

[@daveyboyd784]

@08:03 My friend had one of these RP1's back in the day and I _loooooooved_ that "layered echoes" channel. It was definitely like having a simplified looper and you could indeed make it "go on forever." You just had to go back and redouble your licks / runs / riffs whenever they started fading into the background, you could create some pretty crazy sht if you happened to be in the right frame of mind and stuck with it. I was back in his room messing around with that channel by myself for about 10 minutes one time and the whole house was tripping out on the insane sounds emanating from the back of the house. His older brother finally burst into the room and said "WTF is going on in here?!?!?" "It sounds like some kinda imperial death march or something." Lmao... good times for sure. Those units were incredible for guys like us back then, I think they still sound pretty amazing today to be honest. I dig those distortion tones a lot too, reminds me of the endless hours we spent jamming in our youth.

[@cliftonwright7081]

Haha that’s awesome! It’s definitely a quality nostalgia trip

[@eiliannoyes5212]

Need to try this - thanks!

[@MrStevie777]

The best demo of one of these units. Oldy but goldy. Thanks.

[@cliftonwright7081]

Thanks man, sorry it drags on so long, was having too much fun .

[@denzilmoats3430]

I must compliment your playing. Total control, relaxed feel...Impeccable sound. Your one ofthose guys that could plug into a transistor radio and sound amazing...if one Could plug into...a...transitor...you get the idea. Hard work has paid off Friend,...Well Done*

[@ginoames]

I remember seeing a band and the guitar player used one of these. I was pretty smitten with the tone at the time(later 90's)and how he could completely change from preset to preset. Ah, the good ol' days.

[@diaryofanaxeman539]

Still use my RP-1, bought in 1997, got a second one in 2013, as a backup. Both work just fine, never flawed once. Sound wise just as good as any new gear, even though it doesn't have the bells and whistles of today's gear. Han Solo, Silk Sticking is great, Pink Zebra sounds a lot an MXR Flanger, like on Van Halen 1, it can be set to be in negative or positive polarity.

[@joeystratman]

Great demo, great playing! bought an RP-1 back in '92, in Dubai during a gig contract there... solid drive sounds, nice mods and delays. My first ever multi effects unit.

[@kebotrans]

These RP1s still sound as good as many new things I swear

[@JoeBoomerMusic]

I still run a RP1000 (along with 20 other pedals). It kicks ass still

[@Bridging_the_Political_Divide]

The RP1 was a full pro grade when it debuted, and at a pretty big price tag. Quality never goes out of style.

[@LivinginLosAngeles-re5yx]

Proof positive that talent can make anything sound good. 👍

[@michaelrains64295]

I worked a second job in summer ‘93 to be able to afford an Ibanez RG and a Digitech RP1. Both have served me well. Incredible unit for its time. Well built, loads of features (for the 90s) and solid sounds. Still a useful practice tool on a budget. Nice demo and great playing.

[@cliftonwright7081]

That’s awesome! I’ve been thinking about running it into a two notes or some kind of modern amp sim pedal and seeing what it does with that. Might still be totally giggable

[@matsnilson7727]

I remember wanting one of these REALLY bad back in th 90s, along with the Twin Tube and GSP21 Legend rack units. I still have the old brochures I picked up from music stores back then. I've bought lots of 90s gear over the years, but never one of these. Maybe someday I'll get the chance... Very nice playing by the way. You're an absolute beast!

[@officialpoa3171]

me to

[@Bridging_the_Political_Divide]

I've recently picked up two nice examples.

[@DDB-np1jp]

I love the RP1, I still have it and still works just fine.

[@cliftonwright7081]

Awesome! I need to fire mine up again

[@Animagiko]

I remember having the RP1 in the mid 90’s. It was awesome. I had a low-end H/s/s Floyd Stratocaster and a shitty 12” amp and it sounded great. Later I upgraded to a Parker Nightfly which I still own and a Peavey 5150, so I ended using the distortion from the 5150 but I still used some of the effects from the RP1. Great times! Thanks for taking the time to make this video. Brought back memories.

[@cliftonwright7081]

That’s awesome! Thanks for checking it out!

[@bingefeller]

Silk Stockings sounds wonderful!!

[@ezyTvids]

getting one for around 90$ - i gotta say i too love the dates on the calendar with this one!

[@cliftonwright7081]

Nice! Good find!

[@DropD]

I love this kind of 90s gear, awesome sounds demo. Thanks !

[@cliftonwright7081]

Thanks for stopping by! This one was a very fun trip down memory lane!

[@DropD]

@@cliftonwright7081 This is the best video of the RP1. I just bought one on Reverb, just for fun ! Thanks again for your great demo :)

[@Yes_buh]

Just had a teenage flashback to the RP1, I used to go around my buddy’s house all the time when I was learning and played bad Metallica riffs through Blue Scream! Thanks for the playthrough man, you’re a hell of a player!

[@cliftonwright7081]

@@Yes_buh haha sounds like a great childhood, thank you!

[@marcelb7259]

Gret performate and beautiful demo ! It sounds very close to my GSP21 Legend. They share similar analog circuit and DSP. Cheers from Canada.

[@robertjansen5504]

hay there from the netherlands, i play almost 50 years solo on fender, gibson,ibanez etc, have tried over the years, till now, amost every kind of effects also every racks. But....believe me if i say that rhe RP1 IS OVERBLOWING GOOD!!! so much better than the new stuff. LOVE THIS REALIBLE FLOORPEDAL. the RP1 is made for players like you, GOOD JOB MAN!

[@cliftonwright7081]

That’s awesome! I’m in Germany. Need to bust out the RP1 for another adventure in sound.

[@taz3672]

I bought my RP1 when they first came out in 1992. I still have it today! Built like a tank and still going strong. It is my main sound. I use other effects with it in the effects loop and it takes pedals into to the front end really well. I even bought another one used a few months ago as a back up, just incase it goes bad. The RP1 is nothing but the Digitech GSP21 in a floor unit. The old preamp/ effects processors from the late 80's and early 90's really nail those classic sounds we all love. If you do not like modeling amps/ processors then the old Digitech, Rocktron, ADA MP1, Marshall JMP1 and ART effects/ preamp processors are ideal for getting those classic tones.

[@PierreBruynooghe]

So I am. I bought the RP1 in 1992 et I still have it today !

[@taz3672]

@@PierreBruynooghe You should try and your hands on the Digitech GFX1 twin tube. I is their version of the ADA mp1.

[@misterkite]

I picked up an RP1 for $20 at an auction. I had to replace all the foot switches but after that it was perfect.

[@taz3672]

@@misterkite Best floor effects processor. It is dated but it works well.

[@misterkite]

@@taz3672 Agreed. And it's built like a tank. The hardest thing about desoldering and resoldering 12 foot switches was putting the circuitboards back into the unyeilding metal case.

[@shaneaintit2171]

dude your playing is insane!!

[@jfredricks2394]

that's the good thing about audio... technology might improve but what was considered good sound then is still considered good sound now

[@evtguy]

My first Digitech product was the RP12 and I still have it. Like you mention, they're not always that bright sounding but still deliver great sounds. Even back at that time, there was a PC patch editor (RPEdit) thanks to the user community which made tweaking easy. Digitech stuff has a great price to performance ratio.

[@chumleyspedalboards2037]

I just bought one of these off Reverb and I'm pretty excited about it! Yes I learned to play in the late 80s, early 90s lol (Gen X). I also love the simplicity of it.

[@cliftonwright7081]

I’m really tempted to do some gigs with it!

[@yusufsupriyadi9406]

What a high quality channel ever . . I like your content Bro . . Keep going & doing your rock'in things 👍

[@hetrickaj]

That was some sick playing!

[@cliftonwright7081]

Thank you!

[@Yupppi]

The stuff you manage to pull out. My bandmate in our teenager band 15 years ago acquired this unit and so far this is the second time ever I see one of those. He got infinitely better sounds out of that scrappy looking unit than I ever got from my setup. I also didn't really remember how it sounded, if it was just another crappy effects unit and it was just better than what I had. Turns out it was actually very usable. Especially the distortion sounds are very juicy and solid. Yet low gain presets sound just like the same extra distortion turned down. It's an old solid state unit and it actually sounds good all the way from the core sounds. Maybe not for every type of music but higain rock/metal like late 80's thrash metal. And the effects don't sound plasticy or lifeless even though they might not be the top of the crop, the sounds work. You know the way that usually you hear a multi-effects unit presets and go "I guess, no opinion" but with these sounds I can actually let my imagination get into "I can see myself playing on a rock stage". Like they spark imagination and bring up songs into your mind. To me that's a sign of a successful product. I suppose this is from the age of Digitech when they got in Steve Vai's rack among other places.

[@cliftonwright7081]

I know right! This was in the back of car for a long time and I was finally like “ok…I guess I’ll try it.” Really surprised how inspiring I found it to be. The effects are very well tuned for guitar, super juicy but without building up or peaking. There’s soooo many more presets in it too. The Joe Satriani Crystal Planet patch actually sounded like that record and felt amazing under the fingers. I usually use really boutique gear but I’m thinking about actually using this, if nothing else, than to annoy my band mates.

[@Yupppi]

@@cliftonwright7081 that's the idea I got from the video as well. It made me think "I might just use this instead of all the nice gear, it already has 80% of the sound ready in a box", pretty alarming. Definitely one of those sleeper gems like Boss SE units if you're short on money but want the 80's stuff. I'd be interested in seeing a follow up with a traditional amp as the back end of this unit!

[@cliftonwright7081]

@@Yupppi I’ll probably make a short one doing that

[@MangKokow]

wowwww! this was my first multieffects I had back then in 1993, I'm not an amp kind of guy, I love the simple thing about digital, but I don't know that this unit is that good! 🤩🤘 RP10 and RP5 was my next pedal after this one, and then I moved to BOSS GT3 around 1998, and then got Line6 POD variant for our last 4 albums.. thanks for the video man.. 🤘🤘🤘 now I'm only using Zoom MS50G.. ☺

[@80sGuy.]

I still have mine. Bought new from Guitar Center Sherman Oaks (closed) back in...say '92 or '93?. Classic 90s hard-rock metal sound galore! It is finicky with lots of crunch and brightness but once you get it set up right with the sounds it is a very fun pedal to play with.

[@TheGospelGuitarist]

I picked up the RP20 tube version used for cheap. Put a Tung-Sol tube in it and the tube tones improved greatly. Used to own the RP1 and the 2101 rack unit which was a monster to program. lol Figure I will hang on to the RP20. Nice demo their buddy!

[@royalspin]

It actually sounds pretty good through a real set up. I got mine as a package deal from a friend about 20 years ago and for only $20 .He didn't know how to play around with the settings, didn't take the time to read the manual ,and got frustrated with it -so his loss my gain . My two big complaints would be the lack of a decent sized display , no actual power switch, not to mention it can get pretty toasty after using it for a while. I put some thick rubber feet on mine to let air circulate around it which did help. Once they get really warm you'll start seeing odd display errors or the screen will just go blank , not cool. Just a few tweaks would have made this a much better unit . Although I have other DigiTech pedalboard products , I still enjoy using this one .

[@GuitarSmartsPodcast]

I've had a saved search for one of these on ebay for about 5 years. Great demo dude!

[@darylm.stephens9603]

You are a great player sir.

[@PedroSilvaMusic]

Nice playing 🤟🤠🤟

[@randallbison]

Excellent demo. Thanks!

[@bobfromsoireegames4309]

Sounds like a great unit with a decent tone. Thanks for the video.

[@cliftonwright7081]

Thanks for checking out the channel!

[@bobfromsoireegames4309]

@@cliftonwright7081 I was surprised how good this one actually sounds. I tried the RP-3 back in the day and it sucked.

[@cliftonwright7081]

@@bobfromsoireegames4309 this old stuff actually had REALLY good effects

[@cliftonwright7081]

@@bobfromsoireegames4309 all it takes is a two notes or whatever in the loop and bam, it’s up to date.

[@alvinallaster9471]

Came from your 80s session player rack rig video..Dig your playing bro, mad chops 🔥🔥

[@cliftonwright7081]

Thanks man!

[@rtaylor1105]

I do remember when these came out... As a kid working in mom n pop guitar store, this took most of a couple checks to pay off. But I had to have it.

[@jeremyengland3482]

I just bought this from you and very excited to play it

[@cliftonwright7081]

I cried a single tear onto it as I wrapped it in an absurd amount of jumbo plastic bubbles. Congrats! I genuinely enjoy this thing a lot and will likely get the next one I come across.

[@jeremyengland3482]

@@cliftonwright7081 oh wow I’m sorry. I definitely will enjoy it, so thank you so much

[@Aleksisguitar]

Holy cow, you can play some guitar. Wow. Awesome! I had DigiTech GSP2112 and now on a second run with the 1101. Fun stuff.

[@cliftonwright7081]

Nice! I have a 2101 sitting around that I haven’t fired up yet. Might give it a shot eventually

[@Aleksisguitar]

Love love love the huge stereo modulation fx and delays, even the cheesy verbs. Also the comp is really nice and spanky; not exactly for Nashville sessions but for that ultra clean LA session stuff - hell yeah. For 2112, that is. I'd guess the 2101 is more or less the same.

[@cliftonwright7081]

@@Aleksisguitar I got to try my friend’s purple 2112 for a while, had a really nice Pat Metheny preset in it

[@Yu54m18]

Dude you got some chops for sure!

[@RickMichaelis63]

Thanks for the review Cliff that was really freaking cool

[@cliftonwright7081]

Thank you Richard! It’s been a really enjoyable hobby born out of being stationed in Japan where the thrift stores are full of cool stuff!

[@derwood7305]

I bought one new........you make me wanna go break it out the dust cover!

[@cliftonwright7081]

That’s awesome! I’m thinking about making a little stereo rig with it and an Iridium

[@pauly51]

Rippin solo is awesome

[@stevelibby3]

Had this in the mid 90's... Han Solo was my go-to preset haha

[@cliftonwright7081]

@@stevelibby3 haha it’s a good’n

[@ROCKEROLLERDCBC]

FLYFINGERS BROCEPHUS 🎸⚡️🎸 thank you for the explanation! Perfect! ROCK ON C⚡️W 😎🤙

[@AlterBandai]

i need a teacher like you

craaaazy this sounds amazing!

[@Lavabug]

I had one of these for years, ran it direct into a computer that wasn't grounded. Oh the joys of getting zapped while practicing.

[@christianboddum8783]

I'm sure isolation transformers has been around at that time too ;-)

[@vibetone355]

I love them overdrive sounds just found one for £50 awesome playing man 👍🎸👍🎸👍🎸

[@tubebobwil]

Such tasty playing

[@kpmurphy62]

I loved mine it got way too hot and the digital chip fried the analog effects still worked

[@markq23]

It might just be me but it sounds way better than most modern day modellers!🤣 I was born in the eighties though🤣 Obviously the amp and cab sim you are using makes a big difference. Just think analogue drives and comp with digital reverbs is still the way to go

[@cliftonwright7081]

Definitely!

[@SilverPaladin]

Well, the video I didn't know I needed to watch!

[@cliftonwright7081]

And thank you for checking it out!

[@gatt2b]

I own a RP1 but and I mean damn why guitar don't play like yours 😁 fantastic guitarist

[@IvanoIcardiOfficial]

...this "thing" sounds really modern!

[@tonymontalvo4676]

Hello great video and you play amazing,l had one rp1 but never use a lot,so sold to a friend...today l like to get a gsp 1101 but it sound so good as the rp1? Regards

[@cliftonwright7081]

Hey there, haven’t tried the 1101. I like the RP1 for convenience and because it’s fun to use but I don’t use it live or for recording so I’m not sure how it would compare, sorry!

[@svendtveskg5719]

With your playing skills pretty much everything will sound awesome - in a good way, that is. :) In my Genelecs it comes across as just as "muffled" as you'd expect from a device this old. But I understand why you kind of like it anyway.

[@cliftonwright7081]

Haha yeah, it’s pretty mushy. Insanely forgiving to my trash right hand technique lol

[@chris-thumper7205]

Looking to get one of these (I've had the RP1 and an Rp13 studio) very soon . I find them both around $100 bucks on ebay and marketplace. For me the old analog and tube amps are the way to go, digital just doesn't do it for me. You just can't beat an old cranked up JCM800 with an Ibanez tube screamer, but this RP-1 does just that. I kick myself in the ass though. I had an old Rockman X100 I bought for $120 and now they're going for nothing less than $600. That old Boston sound everyone wants. Everyone.

[@dasczwo]

Yes, Kinda terrible. Ruffy. Crystalline.And frickin amazing. The best. No need for handwound pus and vintage guitars. Got one lurking on my sofa, staring at me with that icy digital chill in its leds right now. Its freaking the hum out of my beautiful boutique pedals at night. Got mine for 20€. The ultraverb is the shit. Upto 99 secs. Makes me switch the eventide and strymons of for that special 90ies digital sauce. Get one before somebody claims the overdrive is based on the bad monkey… btw. Compressor, distortion, noisegate and eq are strictly analog, based on proper opamps.

[@cliftonwright7081]

Haha glorious. I’m thinking about putting it in a live rig soon!

[@Krashulka]

I still got an old rp6, great effects on it, but the delay time in the next effect when switching to a different preset sucked, a few milliseconds too long of silence changing from one effect to another, thus it sits in my cupboard unused.

[@cliftonwright7081]

Bummer! Yeah I’m not a pro so I don’t use any of this stuff live, that would probably bother me too!

[@ajotrockmantic8257]

Nice sound bro 👍🏻🤠

[@cliftonwright7081]

Thanks man, this was a fun unit to explore!

[@xyholland]

Is it direct recording? I mean no guitar amp and cab?

[@cliftonwright7081]

Right, it’s going stereo into a Helix with a fender and Vox model set clean on two different signal chains before going stereo out, direct to my interface

[@desideriojorge4783]

Oh man your game is excellent, it's exactly the music I like and... the sound is monstrous!!! I have a mixer with 2 amplified speakers would plug the RP1 directly be enough or should I add something else to improve the sound? 😏

[@cliftonwright7081]

It’ll work plugged straight in but I’m using a helix in this demo to simulate going stereo out into two clean amplifiers. It has a functioning amp sim but putting something like a Two Notes or some kind of IR loader into the chain (can’t remember if it has a loop) really breaths a lot of life and contemporary relevance into these old units.

[@officialpoa3171]

*Try a PEAVEY TUBEFEX RACK! Ad a progammable graphic EQ to the effects loop or output to tune the preamp and add a decimator and you have a seriously powerful preamp.*

[@starexplorers1202]

My brother and I bought two of these in the early 90's right before Grunge hit. Ours are DC powered, (early prototypes). Because they are DC powered, they heat up. Digitech changed that to AC, of course, but I couldn't tell you if there is some sort of sound difference. You have a much better ear at figuring out why the patches are named a certain way. I do like the smoothness of the different tones though, even if they are "dated." 👍

[@starexplorers1202]

13:23 Hey, I'm from San Antonio. Don't go Charles Barkley on me. 😊

[@cliftonwright7081]

@@starexplorers1202 haha that’s awesome! I lived there for 30 years! Played at Cowboys Dancehall for years, as well as Sea World , all over the river walk etc

[@Star-Explorers]

@@cliftonwright7081 That's awesome Clifton. You definitely are a Rockstar player. I never could pick up that much hybrid technique. Awesome to watch you do it though. 🎸

[@mvv1025]

sensacional!!!

[@metallitech]

Price was, in today's money, well over $1grand

[@jamesperon1150]

killer video ! greetings from buenos aires....digitech rp21d it would be interesting....

[@johnsantos1348]

Sounds good

[@low_e_music]

Killer demo, best one I have seen yet. How different is it from the RP12?

[@cliftonwright7081]

Thanks! Good question, haven’t tried one yet

[@AndrewGonzalesArtistry]

I ordered one of these when they first came out. I don’t even know how I heard about them… probably some guitar magazine. …seems like it took forever to arrive at the music store. For bedroom playing it was exactly what I wanted (at that time)… everything was super compressed, noise gated, reverberated… It was kind of like taking a pharmaceutical which did something you wanted, but caused an undesirable symptom (noise), and having to take yet another pill (noise gate), to correct it, but it killed the nuance. I thought it would be better than individual effects pedals… but these days I use individual pedals. You couldn’t really use this live without it squealing like crazy… and my teenage self had all the mids scooped which was absolutely unusable with a live band…but I didn’t quite understand at the time. Still, I played it alone for many, many hours in those pre-internet days. You’re a very accomplished and skilled player.

[@AndrewGonzalesArtistry]

p.s. This thing sounded awful through headphones. It’s like the mechanism of the room and having the space between the speaker and your ear taken away made it absolutely grotesque through headphones, though at first you think it’s lovely with all the stereo spatial-ness and effects… and then the sound grew detestable as you slowly realized something about the attack was missing. (I still absolutely loved the thing back then and it sounds great in your video)

[@cliftonwright7081]

@@AndrewGonzalesArtistry thanks for sharing that funny story lol! I found lots of stuff like this for cheap in thrift stores in Japan and decided to see what I’ve have to do to get them to sound decent. I’ve discovered that a lot of the old stuff was pretty close to being cool and usable but was just missing the modern IR technology to round out the rough edges and generate some sense of realism. I enjoy how tacky these things are, hopefully it doesn’t come across like I’m trying to convince people to buy all this old stuff lol (unless they feel the need to get nostalgic)

[@AndrewGonzalesArtistry]

@@cliftonwright7081 I didn’t get the impression you were advertising. If I came across old digitech stuff, I’d be tempted to buy it to just for nostalgia. It sure sounds good in this video. …looking forward to watching more of your videos. 🍻

[@cliftonwright7081]

@@AndrewGonzalesArtistry thanks man, I appreciate the conversation, that why I’m on here!

[@gc1189]

Men, I still have my Digitech rp1, The TwinTube GFX1, the Digitech 2120 Artist and the SGX2000 and they all look like new.🤣

[@pedalguru89]

is there something wrong with mine? the distortion on it sounds fuzzy in all of the settings and through all of speaker sims. it doesn't nearly sound as good as yours in this demo. do you know what the issue may be?

[@cliftonwright7081]

It may be an issue of gain staging. Too much pre level hitting the amplifier section. So I’m using mine with the output settings recommended for going straight into a combo amplifier then sending out of the RP-1 left and right into a couple clean amp sims to kind of get the feel of using it live like how alot of people used it back in the day. I think I think I go over what I used in the video at some point.

[@HummingbirdHeart]

I have this, it's my dad's and I'm still trying to figure out how it works, lmao.

[@patrickpuzzo416]

Can you make it sound more 2020+ ?

[@cliftonwright7081]

Haha maybe. But probably not.

[@patrickpuzzo416]

@@cliftonwright7081 thanks for your demo. I have the rp1, rp12, rp20 and the rp21d. They are amazing.

[@ruby2thursday]

damn. i miss my rp12.

[@johnsantos1348]

What did you pay for it ?

[@cliftonwright7081]

Sorry man, I don’t really remember. I got it a while back, I’ve since sold this one. I have another one I got for $40 in a thrift store though

[@johnsantos1348]

@@cliftonwright7081 Same model

[@ruby2thursday]

you should make demos for new gear(if you don't already) and get paid by those companies for doing so.

[@cliftonwright7081]

Thanks man, I’d love to do that if I had more time! I’m active duty stationed in Japan so this channel came about because of all the amazing old gear in thrift stores that I wanted to share with my friends back home.

[@fxsteen]

How much would something like this go for used?

[@Lavabug]

I wouldn't pay more than 50-100. You can get way better stuff these days from Zoom.

[@beach_hike9006]

Doesn't matter if it sounds dated because 80 90s rock sounded best. I have an RP-1 also man'

[@cliftonwright7081]

Yeah, these are pretty cool when used with a torpedo or an Iridium or something modern to do the heavy tone lifting so you can take advantage of the rad effects on board

[@pauly51]

RP 1 is awesome. I owned one when it first came out. You sound lil out of tune

[@cliftonwright7081]

Haha nice.

[@hieronymusbosch693]

I have one for sale.

[@Jim_Jams_Jesus]

Been through 10 new pedal boards and went back to an old Digitech rack mount and boy.....all that money i wasted.......dont try n fix it if it aint............u get the drift