old zoom multi fx

[Ant]

had a little go on my really old pile of crap zoom 506ii,

if anyone out there loves all the crazy digital noises and madness i seriously recommend these zoom units.

i havent found any unit that has better sounding step filters and other 'crazy noise' things!!

[Dood]

Funnily, I sold my old Zoom 9050 rack to a guitarist years ago and I was amazed to find that he still had it recently, so I asked if I could borrow it to reacquaint myself with 'the old days'. It sounded quite cool with a certain 'lofi' DSP character. I have to say the bubble burst when I compared it to my Nova System! Wow. we really have come along way in terms of technology!

[Ant]

I like the look of those 9050s! Ive wanted one forever, I like the lofi sound

[paul_5]

I had a Zoom 3000B for a few years a while back and that was considered 'quite posh' by a guitarist friend of mine.

I've also had Zoom ice lollies that were (to be frank) a bit disappointing.

[dogload]

I have to disagree. In my younger days I was a long-term fan of the Zoom lolly, whilst I have had two Zoom multiFX and the novelty soon wore off.

[paul_5]

Dunno about the zoom lolly; I always preferred a Fab or the humble Minimilk.

[cheddatom]

I had a GFX707 which I modded with extra footswitches so I could move up and down banks. I absolutely loved it. A friend of mine borrowed it years ago and he hasn't given it back

[MoJoKe]

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Dunno about the zoom lolly; I always preferred a Fab or the humble Minimilk.
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Nothing humble about the Minimilk... Understated deliciousness, the god of lollies!! I always through they should do a Maxi milk!!

[yorks5stringer]

My Zoom is only used for its tuning capabilities now: inexplicably all the FX seemed to have stopped working...and yes I've tried a reset to factory settings and not turned the volume off!

Edited July 9, 2012 by yorks5stringer

[Commando Jack]

Zoom lollies paled in comparison to Polly Pineapples, but I loved my old 707II. It was the perfect thing to learn what each effect did (whether it was good or not) and decent results could be had if you gave it time and effort.

[Booooooom]

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1341845365' post='1725001']
My Zoom is only used for its tuning capabilities now
[/quote]

Same here.

Occasionally play with creating new patches (octaver-based) or on the rare occasion I use an effect live its usually the factory preset B5 for a bit of funky squelch or A2 for something a bit harsher (not saying either of them are brilliant patches but good enough for my (very) occasional needs). Use it more when noodling around on a guitar tbh.

[fumps]

I have been playing with an old Zoom 506 & plugging that in to my Boss 20B, I have now added a big muff & can make some lovely fuzzy loveliness
that added now with my Stagg upright I can make some very pretty warm "Woom" noises......it makes my lady giggle

I cant knock the 506 for the cash good toy for the money