excellent and terrible 
by , May 2008

On the good side, you will be able to get some incredible sounds with this.

On the bad side, the manual does not even scratch the surface in explaining how to get those sounds or what the different shaping choices you have (which are myriad) will do to affect your effect, and the second row of knobs will frighten and confuse you like a fur-covered shark with gun turrets. Not to mention the act of programming your own sounds with an expression pedal is another true challenge in itself, as you will only have a few seconds to program your intended changes and save them before the "programming active" light stops blinking and you lose the changes. It's terribly frustrating and will turn off anyone not willing to spend an absurd amount of time with it learning what does what to what.

However, if you are willing to spend the time learning this beast, you will get some of the coolest and most shapeable sounds you have ever heard in your life. They're all in there -- if you can coax them out. That's why this only gets 3 stars -- it would get 5 if it were not so utterly user-unfriendly. A better, more explanitory manual could cure some of this.

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