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Zoom: 707II reviews

SCORE: 3,7  
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Review by a visitor on 18.3.2010




I bought this pedal in 2009 and payd 700 rand for it (south african curency). I bought it becouse it had alot of effects and a noisegate

 
 
  Features  
 
All the distortions sound digital and weak,its hard to get a good sound out of this pedal. The noisegate is good for getting rid of hum and buz,the tuner is very good, sum modulation efects are useles like the wah wah,it sounds nothing like a real wah. The big display is good. The drum machine cud have been unique when this first came out.
 
 
 
  Playability  
 
This pedal is best for beginers that doesnt realy care for thic rich tone and just wana play with al the effects. I could never get the tone i wanted with this pedal, it does orait clean sounds. Most other multi fx pedals kills this one.
 
 
 
  Quality  
 
The cleans are good,but the dist and overdrives are digital and weak. Delay and reverb etc are orait. It certanly does not perform beta than other multi fx units. It does generate noise with high dist level settings but the noisegate or noise reducer takes care of the noise and also weakens ur signal.
 
 
 
  Durability  
 
I did one gig with it and nothing broke,but its all plastic and some times the buttons get stuck and the input and output jacks are a bit loose. I wont use it again for gigs as i have sold this pedal.
 
 
 
  Overall  
 
Its good for beginners to play around with. Realy not a pro or intermediat pedal. I just bought it coz it was kinda cheap and i didnt realy know it would sound this bad. I did not live up 2 my xpectations. I already sold the pedal for half of what i payd for it, i am now sticking 2 single stomp boxes.
 
 

Review by checkit on 5.3.2005




The Zoom 707 is now quite a popular digital effects pedal but its not perfect.

 
 
  Features  
 
Some of the features included in the 707 is the electronic tuner, its not that different from any other electronic tuner so i wonnullt continue with that, but there is over 70 effects which includes a large amount of different metal, jazz, blues, country and funk but some of the effects are quite strange and useless and take up memory on the 707 that could be used for better effects.
It also has a feature that lets you create your effects which does set it out from any other digital effects pedals.
 
 
 
  Playability  
 
The 707 is no different than other digital effects pedal but it could save you money on buying millions of effects pedals and leads to connect them together.
The one problem is that it does not have a feature that could let you organize effects into a particular order.
 
 
 
  Quality  
 
The 707 does not produce excess noise and has good sound quality so it does perform very well.
 
 
 
  Durability  
 
It is very durable as the large moving pedal is quite strong and can take alot of weight. If you get a warranty that lasts for a few months dont worry it should last much longer than that and if you buy one second hand it will probably be good as new unless the previous owner had some strange obsession with pouring water over electrical objects which is quite unlikely.
 
 
 
  Overall  
 
The saying "nothing is perfect" is true but the zoom 707 is still a great effects pedal, it will probably deserve a 7/10
 
 

Review by a visitor on 7.1.2005




I got it as a christmas present. My dad bought it at Nice Music and paid about $150 for it. pretty good.

 
 
  Features  
 
This thing has a drum machine, 120 patches, lots of modules, effects, etc.... it can record 6 secs of music, it can take in an auxilary input like a cd player :)..... it takes awhile to understand how to use but its awesome
 
 
 
  Playability  
 
This thing, as i said before, rocks. but it WILL take you awhile to make your own patches
 
 
 
  Quality  
 
VERY GOOD quality. if you edit patches. you can make any sound you want!
 
 
 
  Durability  
 
This thing is very reliable. Ive been stomping on this forever and it still works!.
 
 
 
  Overall  
 
Buy it. NOW! very good. youll need the manuel so dont throw it out!
 
 

Review by skullkid on 10.2.2004




I bought this pedal around Christmas time for £109 from marcus music in belfast. The price wasnnullt too bad as Inullve seen it advertised for £129 so I saved £20. Nice guy talked me through everything and showed me some of the best effects it has.

 
 
  Features  
 
The pedal has 120 sounding patches. Effects can be combined and stored in any order you want in patches. The pedal contains a wide range of effects including distortion effects, modulation effects, chorus, flanger, Reverb, delay and booster and cabinet simulators to name a few. 74 Effeects are available in total. There are 33 distortion types so it has something to please everyone. A drum machine is also built in offering a wide range of beats and variable tempos so you wonnullt need to bring your drummer around for a session. A smart media card can be purchased for it to record your own songs or tracks off a cd and slow it down, speed up etc. Has lots of effects so it is suitable for anyone, metalheads, jazzers, and easy enough for beginners.
It has 3 pedals in total. Two for selecting patches and one expression pedal.
 
 
 
  Playability  
 
It plays great, nice effects such as whammy, tremlo and stuff like that. Wild effects also included like the one at the start of fistful of steel by R.A.T.M. The pedal also increases the amplification of the guitar. This is the only multi effects pedal I have used but its the best I have seen anyway. Sometimes it is hard to switch between certain effects without changing all the patches around. Oh yeah, you can also rename all the effects if you wish.
 
 
 
  Quality  
 
The sound quality is good and different amp types can be used. From vintage amps to american or brit combos, you choose. Hasnnullt had any bad interferences any time I have used it. Has an east edit feature too. Effets can be combined and saved so you can keep it instead of trying all the combinations again. A smart media card isnnullt needed for this
 
 
 
  Durability  
 
Built like a tank and sounds like a heavenly tune. yep, itnulls built alrite. Made for stage - a set of four batterys last 11 hoursand a power pack can also be used. Bright Red LEDnulls are also used for easy veiwing even in the dark. Also comes with a built in chromatic tuner for guitar. Has a wire holder thingy at the back so the power pack wonnullt fall out, come loose or be pulled out.
 
 
 
  Overall  
 
This pedal does me fine although I am thinking of buying a digitec whammy pedal. I chose this pedal because it looked strong, sounded good and had a wide range of effects. If you are a new player or new to using effects, I suggest this pedal is a good starting point. More advanced players would probably be better buying seperate pedals and a good amp for easier and better performance on stage.