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Get the best of both worlds with the DigiTech RP500 Guitar Multi Effects Pedal. The RP500 features a Pedalboard mode that allows you to turn on and off individual stompboxes and effects by pushing buttons 1-5. You get the expressiveness of stompboxes and you can change them from preset to preset. Next take the Amp/Cabinet Bypass button that defeats the internal amplifiers and cabinets leaving you with only stompboxes and effects and you have a switching machine. Save each combo in a preset for a uniquely switchable pedal setup found only in pro switching systems.

The RP500 Multi Effects Pedal is built like a tank, from a cast metal chassis to the 9 vacuum-style switches. A large 10 character LED display makes for easy stage use topped by an built-in expression pedal to control wahs, volume, Whammy™ and other parameters.

Your sound is king so having control of your sound is imperative. The DigiTech RP500 pedal gives you the control to express yourself the way you want—no longer will the lack of control stand in the way of your expression.

*Other product names modeled in this product are trademarks of their respective companies that do not endorse and are not associated or affiliated with DigiTech or Harman International Industries, Inc. Ibanez Tube Screamer, Voodoo Labs Sparkle Drive, Guyatone Overdrive, ProCo Rat, MXR, Boss Metal Zone, Roger Mayer Octavia, Demeter Fuzzulator, Arbiter Fuzz Face, EH Big Muff Pi, Dunlop Cry Baby, Vox, Clyde McCoy Wah, MXR DynaComp, TC Electronic, EH Electric Mistress, EH Small Stone, Boss Octaver, Unicord Univibe, Fender Opto Tremolo, Vox Bias Tremolo, Maestro Echoplex, Fender Twin Reverb, EMT, Fender Tweed Deluxe, Fender Bassman, Fender Blackface, Twin Reverb, Marshall Super Lead, Mesa/Boogie, Hiwatt, Fender Tweed Champ, Soldano, Jensen Blue Backs, Celestion, Johnson Amplification and VHT Amplification are trademarks of other manufacturers and were used merely to identify products whose sounds were reviewed in the creation of this product.

DigiTech RP500 Guitar Multi Effects Pedal Features:

  • Exclusive Pedalboard mode changes the RP500 into 5 individual stompboxes and effects
  • Amp/Cabinet Bypass turns the RP500 into a true effects processor that works with your amp's tone
  • Heavy-duty vacuum switches for program changes, effect on/off changes, bank up and down, tap tempo and tuner
  • Bright LEDs display program status and effect on/off
  • Large 8 character LED display for program name, bank name, and tuner
  • Large 2 character display for program number and tuning reference
  • Built-in expression pedal controls the RP500's internal wahs, volume, Whammy™, and other parameters

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DigiTech RP500 Guitar Multi Effects Pedal Specifications:

  • Stompboxes based on:

    Compressor / Sustainers:
  • Boss® CS-2Compressor / Sustainer
  • DigiTech® Main Squeeze Compressor
  • MXR® Dynacomp™
  • Wah / Volume: Dunlop® Cry Baby Wah™
  • DigiTech® Full Range Wah
  • Vox® Clyde McCoy Wah™
  • Volume Pedal

    Distortions & Overdrives:
  • SCREAMER (Based on an Ibanez® TS-9)
  • TS 808 (Based on an Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer)
  • SPARKDRIVE (Based on a Voodoo® Lab Sparkle Drive®)
  • OD OVERDRIVE (Based on a Guyatone® Overdrive OD-2)
  • DOD 250 (Based on a DOD® 250 Overdrive/Preamp)
  • RODENT (Based on a Pro Co RAT™)
  • MX DISTORTION (Based on an MXR® Distortion +)
  • DS (Based on a Boss® DS-1™ Distortion)
  • GRUNGE (DigiTech® Grunge®)
  • ZONE (Based on a Boss MT-2 Metal Zone®)
  • DEATH METAL (DigiTech Death Metal™)
  • GONKULATOR (Based on a DOD® Gonkulator Ring Modulator)
  • 8TAVIA (Based on a Roger Mayer Octavia™)
  • FUZZLATOR (Based on a Demeter Fuzzulator)
  • CLASSIC FUZZ (Based on a DOD Classic Fuzz)
  • FUZZY FACE (Based on an Arbiter® Fuzz Face™)
  • BIG PI (Based on an Electro-Harmonix® Big Muff Pi®)
  • DigiTech Redline Overdrive

    Amplifiers & Acoustics:
  • 57 CHAMP Based on a '57 Fender® Tweed Champ®
  • 57 DELUXE Based on a '57 Fender® Tweed Deluxe™
  • 59 BASSMAN Based on a '59 Fender® Tweed Bassman®
  • 62 BROWN BASSMAN Based on a '62 Fender® Brownface Bassman®
  • 65 TWIN REVERB Based on a '65 Fender® Blackface Twin Reverb®
  • 65 REVERB(Based on a '65 Fender Blackface Deluxe Reverb®
  • 65 JTM-45(Based on a '65 Marshall® JTM-45
  • 68 SUPER LEAD PLEXI Based on a '68 Marshall 100 Watt Super Lead (plexi)
  • 68 JUMP PANEL Based on a '68 Marshall Jump Panel
  • 77 MASTER VOLUME Based on a '77 Marshall Master Volume
  • 83 JCM800 Based on an '83 Marshall JCM800
  • 93 JCM900 Based on a '93 Marshall JCM900
  • 01 JCM2000 Based on an '01 Marshall JCM2000 (Solo Channel)
  • 62 AC15 Based on a '62 Vox® AC15
  • 63 AC30 TOP BOOST Based on a '63 Vox AC30 Top Boost
  • 69 HIGH WATTAGE Based on a '69 Hiwatt® Custom 100 DR103
  • 81 MARK IIC Based on an '81 Mesa Boogie® Mark II C
  • 01 DUAL RECTIFIED Based on an '01 Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier
  • 99 LEGACY VL-100 Based on a Carvin® Legacy VL-100
  • 96 MATCH HC-30 Based on a '96 Matchless™ HC30
  • 88 SLO-100 Based on an '88 Soldano SLO-100
  • Gibson® GA-40
  • Peavey® 5150® II
  • Roland JC-120
  • Sunn® 100S
  • Randall® HT-100
  • DIGITECH SOLO DigiTech® Solo
  • DIGITECH METAL DigiTech Metal
  • DIGITECH BRIGHT CLEAN DigiTech Bright Clean
  • DIGITECH CHUNK DigiTech Chunk
  • DIGITECH CLEAN TUBE DigiTech 2101 Clean Tube
  • DIGITECH CRUNCH DigiTech Crunch
  • DIGITECH BLUES DigiTech Blues
  • DIGITECH FUZZ DigiTech Fuzz
  • DIGITECH SPANK DigiTech Spank
  • DIGITECH HIGH GAIN DigiTech High Gain
  • DIGITECH MONSTER - Maxed out gain
  • DIGITECH "TWEEDFACE" Tweed preamp w/Blackface power amp
  • DIGITECH "65 Blackface Bassman" '65 Blackface preamp with Bassman power amp
  • DIGITECH STONERROCK Thick, sludgy distorted amp tone
  • DIGITECH DARKMETAL Responsive, tight metal tone
  • DIGITECH TRANSISTOR Solid state transistor amp sound
  • DIGITECH BROWNSOUND Hot rodded '80s stack tone
  • DIGITECH MOSH Chunky metal tone with just the right amount of sizzle
  • 2101 CLEAN TUBE DigiTech GSP2101TM Artist Clean Tube
  • 2101 SATURATED TUBE DigiTech GSP2101 Artist Saturated Tube
  • DIRECT No amp model
  • DREADAUGHT ACOUSTIC
  • JUMBO ACOUSTIC

    Cabinets:
  • CHAMP 1X8 Based on a 1x8 '57 Fender® Tweed Champ®
  • DELUXE 1X12 Based on a 1x12 '57 Fender Tweed Deluxe®
  • DELUXE REVERB 1X12 Based on a 1x12 '65 Fender Blackface Deluxe Reverb
  • BRITISH 1X12 Based on a 1x12 '62 Vox® AC15 w/20W Vox Speaker
  • BLONDE 2X12 Based on a 2x12 '57 Fender Blonde Bassman®
  • TWIN 2X12 Based on a 2x12 '65 Fender Blackface Twin Reverb®
  • BRITISH 2X12 Based on a 2x12 '63 Vox® AC0 Top Boost w/ Jensen® Blue Backs
  • BASSMAN 4X10 Based on a 4x10 '59 Fender Tweed Bassman®
  • BRITISH 4X12 Based on a 4x12 Marshall® 1969 Straight w/ Celestion® G12-T70
  • GREENBACK 4X12 Based on a 4x12 Marshall 1969 Slant w/ Celestion 25W Green backs
  • FANE 4X12 Based on a 4x12 Hiwatt® Custom w/ Fane Speakers
  • BOUTIQUE 4X12 Based on a 4x12 '96 VHT® Slant w/ Celestion Vintage 30's
  • VINTAGE 4X12 Based on a 4x12 Johnson® Straight w/ Celestion Vintage 30's
  • DIGITECH SOLO 4X12 4x12 DigiTech® Solo
  • DIGITECH BRIGHT 2X12 2x12 DigiTech Bright
  • DIGITECH METAL 4X12 4x12 DigiTech Metal
  • DIGITECH ROCK 4X12 4x12 DigiTech Rock
  • DIGITECH ALT 4X12 4x12 DigiTech Alt Rock
  • DIGITECH VINTAGE 4X12 4x12 DigiTech Vintage
  • DIGITECH CHUNK 4X12 4x12 DigiTech Chunk
  • DIGITECH SPANK 4X12 4x12 DigiTech Spank
  • DIGITECH SPEAKER COMP 4x12 DigiTech Speaker Compensation
  • DIRECT No cabinet model

    FX Models:

    Chorus Stompbox Models based on:
  • Boss® CE-2 Chorus
  • DigiTech Dual Chorus
  • DigiTech Multi-Chorus
  • TC Electronics® Chorus
  • DIGITECH GLISTENING Chorus

    Flanger Models based on:
  • MXR® Flanger
  • DigiTech® Triggered Flanger
  • Electro Harmonix® Electric Mistress™
  • ADA® Flanger

    Phaser Models based on:
  • MXR® Phase 100
  • DigiTech® Phaser
  • Electro Harmonix® Small Stone™

    Pitch Models based on:
  • DigiTech® Whammy™
  • DigiTech® Pitch Shift
  • DigiTech® Detune
  • DigiTech® IPS
  • Boss® OC-2 Octaver™

    Vibrato/Rotary Models based on:
  • DigiTech® Vibrato
  • DigiTech® Rotary
  • DigiTech® Vibro/Pan
  • Unicord UniVibe™

    Tremolo Models based on:
  • DigiTech® Tremolo
  • DigiTech® Panner
  • Fender® Opto Tremolo™
  • Vox® Bias Tremolo
  • DIGITECH SCATTERTREM Dual tremolo effect
  • Envelope/Special Models based on:
  • DOD® FX25 Envelope Filter
  • DigiTech® Auto Yah™
  • DigiTech® YaYa™
  • DigiTech® Synth Talk™
  • DigiTech® Step Filter
  • DigiTech® Sample & Hold

    Delays:
  • Digital Delay
  • Analog Delay
  • Pong Delay
  • Modulated Delay
  • Tape Delay
  • Reverse Delay
  • DM Analog Delay - based on Boss® DM2 Analog Delay
  • Echo Plex - based on Maestro EP-1 Tube Echoplex

    Reverbs based on:
  • Lexicon® Ambience
  • Lexicon® Hall
  • Lexicon® Room
  • Lexicon® Studio
  • EMT Plate - based on EMT® 240 Plate Reverb
  • Spring - based on Fender® Twin Reverb™

DigiTech RP500 Guitar Multi Effects Pedal

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Average of 57 User Ratings

Overall

Overall: 9.54

Quality

Quality: 9.54

Features

Features: 9.36

Value

Value: 9.42

Customer Reviews

Overall

Overall: 10

Quality

Quality: 9

Features

Features: 10

Value

Value: 9

Great Toneshaping Tool
Posted by samj from Chicago, IL on Oct 21, 2009
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Teacher / Hobbyist
Reviewer's Play Style: blues, rock, metal, etc.
I have been able to get great sounds out of this unit. I'm never satisfied with even the best presets, so I've been extremely pleased with the ease of use. I can tweak anything and everything I want without any headaches (pay attention Line 6!). Great engineering and design here with solid build quality. Once again, creating, tweaking and saving patches is a BREEZE. I only regret not haveing the money for the extra features in the RP1000 because I'd like to be able to integrate my other stompboxes better (not just running them pre or post in the chain. If you have an IQ over 50, you'll be able to get some fantastic sounds with this unit.

Overall

Overall: 10

Quality

Quality: 9

Features

Features: 9

Value

Value: 10

Very nice for the price
Posted by beastarcher from Ohio on Oct 18, 2009
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Active Musician
Reviewer's Play Style: Metal, Rock, Hard Rock, Alternative
The Digitech rp500 is pretty boss when it comes to multi-effects pedals. I dont think it is THE BEST, but it is very good for the price. Some of the harder distortion sounds are kinda digital. When i bought it, the guy told me there was no whammy pedal, but after playing around with it for a while, I found out that there was one. There are alot of factory presets. Some of them i dont know who would have a use for, but alot of them are pretty good. There is a built in tuner, but it's not very accurate. But overall, i think it is a very good pedal for the price.

Overall

Overall: 10

Quality

Quality: 10

Features

Features: 10

Value

Value: 10

Prefer it to Line 6 Pod X3
Posted by Nikoli Gogol from Edmonton on Sep 15, 2009
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist
Reviewer's Play Style: Alt Country, Ethnic,, Weddings
I own both a Pod X3 and an RP500. Some things to know. There is a USB post and software to dial in your sound. Most presets are usable. My acoustic guitars don't feed back even with considerable distortion. Slide guitar and dobro is absolutely heavenly in most settings. Really brings out the character of a guitar, a Strat sounds like a Strat and a Les Paul sounds like a Les Paul.

Overall

Overall: 10

Quality

Quality: 10

Features

Features: 9

Value

Value: 9

Wow. Everything you could want
Posted by that one guy from Austin TX on Jul 27, 2009
Experience w/product: I have used it
Reviewer's Background: Active Musician
Reviewer's Play Style: Alternative/Punk/Rock
This pedal is a formidable sight taking it out of the box, a big step from the RP350 and down. And the sound is just just what it looks like. Serious sounds comin out of this baby, the quality is fantastic, even though I can't say I've ever heard the original of any of the modeled stompboxes. The one and only complaint I have is it needs a mode to scroll through presets one at a time (owners of older RP's know what I'm talking about) instead of going through banks 5 at a time. Also, it's extremely easy to tweak your own presets from the originals. Takes forever to find the preset your looking for. Good luck finding a bag to put this in, though, it's wide. Bottom line, it's amazing, everything you could want in one extremely easy to use pedal.

Overall

Overall: 9

Quality

Quality: 10

Features

Features: 9

Value

Value: 10

Great pedal for all styles
Posted by bender46 from houston, tx on Jun 29, 2009
Experience w/product: I have used it
Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist
Reviewer's Play Style: rock, classic rock, blues
This thing puts out. I love it and what a deal. This is a great price and is worth it. The sound quality is phenominal with an amazing noise gate (absolutely silent when not playing). The tech support was GREAT, i was having trouble running the software so i asked them and their answer was perfect, solved the problem immediately. If you have any brain at all and need some great sound, buy this.

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