Digitech 2120

[peedenmark7]

I'll try to keep this as short as I can

I'm toying with picking up another Digitech RP2120... I had one about 7 years ago , and though I liked the features, it was a pain to control running straight into the front of a 70's marshall 50 watt master . I simply could not balance the patch volume to the dry signal. I'd kick a patch and the amp would get scremaing loud no matter I did or how I set the patch volume within the parameter.

I spoke to the folks at digitech and they said that I'd always have problems using it with an amp with no effects loop... So I sold the digitech.

Fast forward, I have a few amps with effects loops today... Mesa f50's, marshall Jubilees, and I've been itching for a 2120 again.

The big question is... Do I keep it simple and continue kicking vintage Boss stomp boxes to keep it simple [though a bit noisy] or do I venture back down the 2120 programmable path, now having an effects looped amp ?

With that said, will the fact that I have a looped amp make this a usable effect unit as opposed to the issues I had with 50 watt master marshall ?

I like the idea of kicking patches, but I dont want to fall into some complicated trap again either...

Your thoughts would be appreciated

thanks !

[unfun75]

I had a Digitech RP500 that I was running into a powered PA speaker. I then decided to get an amp again and bought a Trademark 60. Even in the FX Loop I was not happy with how the effects sounded. I also feel a lot of time is spent (maybe wasted) tinkering with all the patches and effects. Just my lousy 2 cents.

[murkat]

Back in the day, the 2120's were paving the way.

But,

In modern times, not so much.

Noisy and a bitch to program, latency.

There is better out there on used market for an amp loop situation,

But...

If you ran the 2120, just using the power amp of the amp, that would be better,

But,

then just get a tube power amp.

2120 + a used Peavey classic 60/60, or carvin T100 (?)

that be an old school rig

[Stike]

I say get the newer GSP1101. You can use it as an all in one preamp/fx unit or use it with a 4 cable setup with your head so your wah, comp, od is before the pre and delays, verb, mod are post. With that setup you can switch between your amps pre and the models in the 1101.

[peedenmark7]

This is what I sort of figured... As time has passed, I find I seldom use effects today.. In my old marshalls I might throw an old Boss FA-1 in front for some extra kick, but those are noisy in the studio, and can be tough to control in certain rooms.. Not that any of that matters these days

I like some delay here and there for volume swells etc., but chorus, compressor, flanger and the like for me is a thing of the past... The 80s long are over and I find myself playing more unprocessed , naked if you will. Ive long since gotten away from the guitars sounds of U2, Police, and others of that ilk for more traditional sounds, Frank Marino, Johnny Winter, Jeff Beck etc.

For the reasonable price for a fully boxed unit, I thought it might be fun to delve back in and actually put some time into programming it, to cop some Reeves Gabrels sounds, but if I am going to still encounter all the extra noise or hassles, even with an effects loop..forget it..

Thanks guys..

[burningyen]

I'm a big believer in keeping things simple so you have fewer things standing in the way of making music. For my situation, with all the different sounds I have to cover, a MFX unit is the simpler alternative to a pedalboard and amp. For your situation, it sounds to me like pedals and an amp is simpler.