Is The Zoom 505II Good
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- Опубліковано 10 тра 2020
- Pedal provided by the Dongus, the lord of all metal.
Is The Zoom 505II Good
Are you looking for a cheap amp modeler? You've probably seen the this pedal from time to time, but is the Zoom 505II any good? Today we find out. Dow the Zoom stand the test of time, or does it just fall in ruins. There are many amp modelers on the market, sadly I don't think this one holds up or is worth the money, unless of course cheap is the only option you can afford. It's decent for practice, but for anything else I would personally just stay away. The clean patches sound pretty good, but the distorted patches are a nightmare. I've tried making a patch on the Zoom but it still came out hideous, and with an ominous low end sandy noise to it. I've also noticed that my specific unit cuts the signal every now and then, they begs for a good kick to fix. So no, the Zoom 505II is not good. It's ok at best, which is disappointing to me considering this is the first Zoom product I've ever used. Sadly it's just not up to modern day amp modeling standards.
Exploring the vast fx-sphere today with the Zoom 505II. Let me know what you think of this unit in the comments!
I use it for home practice. Also I replaced all buttons for new.
Nice! It's a great little unit for practicing!
I use it, please watch my channel!
The Van Driver sound is formidable.
@@rbrahmadathanful Thanks for the tip on the Van Driver I'm gonna try it out next time I boot this baby up.
I've been a professional guitarist for over 35 years. I bought the Zoom 505 in 2000 and then the Zoom 505 II in 2002. They're not the easiest units to learn to program, but once you get the hang of it, they're pretty simple units. It's all I've needed for the past 20+ years. Toss it in my gig bag and go. Simple, one pedal set-up at every gig. For me, the best distortion patch is A1 on the original 505. I programmed that same patch as A1 on the 505 II when I upgraded and bumped up the gain a couple notches. After dialing in the tone on my 100 watt Marshall, it sounds great. I only use about 6 different pre-programed patches in all but A1 is my main, go to distortion patch. I use this in the studio, also, but miced thought my Marshall, not as a DI. There's also a reset button to re-program all of the patches back to their original factory settings.
I'm 41 this pedal is awesome my 16 year old self thanks me. Never could afford any pedal as a kid traded a playstation for my first bass at 14
Oh gosh, my very first pedal almost 20 years ago. I was 16, learning to play guitar, in my first band. It was the most beautiful thing to me back then. My go to patch was C2 or 4 I don’t remember.
It'd be a great pedal to start off with. I fell the same way about the Digitech rp200.
Same here. I still use it for jam sessions at my friends. Yes C1 !!
@@leonskum.5682 I'll try out C1 next time I boot this thing up.
Same
It sounds good.
I love this effects box. I have used it for years. I like how I can add flanger phaser chorus and delay all together. I can even get a brilliant tone for playing my favourite band Rush. I can see your struggling to get anything out it, but believe me all the sounds are there even EVH.
I know a lot of people like to use it for modulation fx, I might give it another go in the future. I think it'd work well paired with an amps distortion.
I love it for clean tones!
Still today i don't know how this old multieffects can offer some types of sounds like talkbox 18:24
Great review man. I've been using the Boss GT1 for years at smaller gigs and recently found this in a drawer. Amazingly after 20 years, it still worked and had all my old presets saved! 😂
I wondered how far i could push the boundaries of modelling pedals for live work but like you I realised - not this far...
Having said that i remember when i first got it in the mid 90s it was fine for getting sounds for demos and getting to grips with basic modulation effects. Most kids can use free software to do that nowadays, but in 94 this was still about the price of a single boss pedal so it was worth it just as a learning tool.
Through an FX loop it might be useful to have on a board in place of 9 other mod pedals if you're on a budget. The basic comp isn't bad either but I would never front end this thing nowadays.
It's really just the distortions that make it sound dogshit, BUT it was very early days for floor modellers so I still give the trusty 505 9/10 for effort, considering it's price point and who it was aimed at at the time.
Anyway great review 👍
YOU ~ ROCK ! !
Thank you, you rock too!
Did you connect the wah expression pedal to the 505. I see u place the wah next to 505. Can it work together?
I’m beginner and I’ve been struggling with it for a while to get the David Gilmour like sound. Can you please give me a little hint on the settings
If I were trying to dial in Gilmour for a comfortably numb type solo I'd probably use a cranked plexi amp model since there isn't usually a hiwatt model setting and I'd use a small dose of delay that repeats after a half second to a second. Here's an article I found that might help you out even more. www.gilmourish.com/?p=268
Más respeto con este pedal. Es Legendario!
Thank you!
You goddam right!!!
I have a Zoom 505II, but I don´t know if this has a crunch sound
please can you tell me if this has a crunch sound, how I gei it??
It does you'll just have to find a preset with crunch first. Almost every other patch is crunchy.
@@DustinAlford oh thank you very much man seriously
Budget digital 20 years ago was pretty craptastic!
It's come a long way since then
My very first pedal back in 2004
It's a great one to start with!
I'm willing to buy this one second hand for performing at local music shows and college events...Is it good?
It's good enough to play those types of venues but if you have a little extra money I'd buy a digitech rp instead. It's somewhat in the Zoom's price range.
@@DustinAlford low budget is real problem...
@@dashking5059 Yeah I'd just go with this then if this is all you can afford.
Everyone hates on the 505 and rp250 until you catch them alone with one lol.
Cheap multi effects like this are great for beginners, and great for the experienced bc you can find new sounds without dumping $$$.
@@BOBANDVEG I agree, the rp was so awesome when I was first starting because of how many effects I had to explore with it and for how cheap it was.
10/10, cos of your playing and cos you don't have tatoos! :D ...P.S. When was that pedal released, and what's the longest delay it can do?
It was released in 2000 and the maximum delay time is 370 ms
My tube amp is in pieces right now and i dug this thing out , used headphones in the output just to get some play time in, to me it sounds way better then through an amp. 20 years later lol
I'll have to try that that out. Thanks for the tip! Do what works!
Do you run it through anything else? mine might need cleaning maybe or my guitar needs work (or even i'm just that crap at playing) but i can't seem to get that Rock OOMPH that i hear many peoples effects have :/
@@d4rkhound388 I don't really get that rock oomph with the zoom either. It's a great at home amp modeler but playing it live the distortion is a bit boxy for me. I know a lot of people use all the other fx except for the distortion with the zoom to get a great live sound, but I haven't tried it. I think the youtuber Dave Simpson used to do this.
@@DustinAlford Yeah i saw some russian dude i think it was playing it and i wasn't sure if you ran it through an amp to get that I'm gonna say Power behind it because the russian dude was showing off his patches and they sounded proper heavy and impeccable aha!
I dont run it through anything but a pair of old stereo headphones...i use the " Peavy " distortion, the gain at like 25, room reverb, noise gate and the eq....all parameters built in to the zoom, it sounds like complete shit through my b 52 at 100 amp and Jackson Kelly guitar but is very livable as a stand alone preamp and headphones...i think the out put jack is in stereo as well which makes a huge difference while playing with stereo headphones on.
My 1st Guitar Pedal
It's a good one to start with.
I think he likes it
It's not bad man! I would have loved this when I first started guitar.
You're very forgiving about digital early days stuff, not even close to Line6 or - Behringer. Hell I'm even ambivalent with Digitech, some pedals weren't bad though. So in general, never liked any single zoom thing. Maybe tuners are good lol
Ha ha tell that to the rest of the Zoom crowd. I didn't realize how into the Zoom folks were until I posted this video lol. I mean it's alright but it's nothing to write home about.
У меня есть. Не очень нравится. Когда ещё несколько процессоров и есть с чем сравнивать. Но много лет назад я использовал ее.
Good to hear you used it.
I know it sound good with my line 6
Glad you like it. Keep rockin!
Why bother then ..keep laughing ur way through it man
Thanks man will do
Hola me explica del sonido tipo violín genio gracias
Do you have a timestamp for the violin effect you are talking about? If it was something I played, it is a default patch that comes with the zoom.
No entiendo xfa
@@walli2463 ¿Tiene una marca de tiempo para el efecto de violín del que está hablando? Si fue algo que jugué, es un parche predeterminado que viene con el zoom.
@@DustinAlford y cual sería me lo dibujas es para canción de iglesia
@@walli2463 Lo siento no entiendo
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Jimmy page pedal zoom 505II
Love Page, that guy can phrase!