Digitech RP-20 Valve Multi-effects: Can the vintage giant still play?

[@TroyShahanMusic]

Thanks for reviewing. Good to see the older gear again. Not long ago, this was a flagship processor. Someday, kids will be making fun of quad cortex units too!!!

[@gearfacts]

Well said!

[@djritm3215]

I had this same one, for the time it was a killer board and the fact it had a tube and an expression pedal built in, oh and it was all metal besides the switches (which failed on me and why I abandoned it) was a godsend when I got it. Very cool that you still have this. Crazy

[@kimthompson5871]

Sounds pretty darn good . Great review !

[@edwinwierzbicki3503]

Used properly, It does great job still. And IMHO some thing does better than newer top units. But some people don't understand what guitar speaker or speaker simulation does... This wideo shows how to make RP20 sound cheap and funny. Maybe some big musig gear manufacturers want that...

[@gearfacts]

It's all presets. I couldn't really figure out the programming.

[@edwinwierzbicki3503]

@@gearfacts please check the cabinet emulation status. In the demo here You use RP20 direct into interface propably. In Utility section You can set tehe cabinet emulator mode to "global". Direct sounds without guitar speaker or cabinet emulation sound weird

[@eugenecanady5452]

i still have my RP-21d love it.

[@lucianomateus351]

I have the rp10, rp21d, Bass BP8, gnx3. I like rp21

[@EdBMetal]

Cool video man. Old gear can still be pretty exciting despited a maybe inferior sound quality compared to newer gear. But it still has so much charm. These are some wicked unique sounds you demonstrate here 👍👍 the clean presets are actually very nice and still pretty usable i think.

[@gearfacts]

Very true!

[@ralphhathaway-coley5460]

As you have comprehensively shown, these older FX units may not be as pristine (digital) as modern units but they often have some totally 'off the wall' presets and possibilities for many instruments, due I guess as nobody knew at that time what guitarists were actually going to use now the multi-FX market is established everyone tends to stick with the same old tones. Also they can be used as parts of a modular synth (for no money at all) were you can plug in any sound source you like and 'mangle' it in various interesting ways, and here the less than perfect quality of the units sound is a boon rather than a drawback.

[@kimthompson5871]

I agree 100% . Hook up one of these old units to any Casio or Yamaha keyboard and you pretty much can get any sound you want including high end synth stuff !

[@ralphhathaway-coley5460]

@@kimthompson5871 ....... and the fun of parallel processing and using the channel sends of old mixers with the FX to give wolftones and feedback on the FX channel also opens yet more possibilities.

[@patrickpuzzo416]

Digitech rp20 Full bandwidth effects (20-20kHz) • 24-bit signal path, 48-bit internal data path Has untapped potential that can not be demonstrated in a short video. Check it out in deeper detail. I have the Rp20, the Rp21d, and the Rp1. All are great!!

[@gearfacts]

I agree. My video is just a mild teaser really.

[@channelz3363]

Some nice sounds there. So people had bigger feet back in the day?!

[@gearfacts]

Ha ha, I heard one review say that the average expression pedal these days is about the right size for a toddler

[@discatte]

That period of digital modeling with a tube slapped in is so fun (bonus points for millennium tech blue LED). Who was the first to do that? This one looks pretty early.

[@phoenixausderholle3301]

It still sounds good ,for me I have the Korg ax1500 g great too

[@lucianomateus351]

I have the RP21D and ITS so cool, u f...🤘💩👊

[@Gerald_Daniel]

Nice unit, you played any guitar part yourself?

[@gearfacts]

Yes I have, badly

[@Gerald_Daniel]

​@@gearfactsCome on! I found it quite good, actually.

[@hummer222]

The obvious thing to do is activate the internal speaker sim or better yet add an external cab sim.. otherwise you'll end up with a harsh digital mess.

[@lucianomateus351]

He dont play man, dont matter If sound good or sound sh...doesnt matter tô him. He have some problem i Trust. Look for Leon todd Channel.

[@montazownianr1]

@@lucianomateus351 What are you talking about. He is great, it is you who have a problem.

[@lucianomateus351]

Oh no. Gearfacts attack again...😮😵😵‍💫 He buy, buy buy,buy,buy and dont study one f...song, Just play strange noises. The ro20 its an amazing pedalboard fx, dont deserves pass by Hands of GF.👊 In GF que Trust... 💩💩💩💩💩💩🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 GF®️™️👎🌈🫎🦄

[@gearfacts]

That’s the way I roll man 😛

[@lucianomateus351]

Well, you re original. I like this my friend. You rules 💪💪👍👍🤘🤘

[@maxserver3985]

sounds poop

[@gearfacts]

Yeah, it hasn’t aged well

[@Allan-ts1ux]

Outdated

[@lucianomateus351]

Yeah my friend. Cool. Digitech forever n ever. In metal we Trust. 🤘😡🤘

[@milkdud3618]

Yucky sound

[@lucianomateus351]

The rp20 e great, the problem ia that Guy, dont play nothing f... Music, Just a bunch of f...noises

[@lucianomateus351]

In the end of vídeo u forgot to show the conections back. Input, output stereo spdi optical bla bla bla, Midi, bla bla bla, Power source bla bla bla. The same, the same shorts...💩💩💩🤘😡🤘🤪😡🤪👎🌈🫎🦄©️®️™️🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣