STOMPLAB2G Modeling Guitar Multi-Effects Pedal

I'm only going to review this as a direct output to headphones, as that is the only way I use it (to avoid annoying the family with my face-smelting shredding), and not as a standard pedal before the amp. That would yield very different results based on the amp used. Fortunately this effect processor also has amp simulation, which is great! Firstly, for versatility, you can't ask for much more. From bold clean tones to dirty overdriven crunchy tones to ful high gain metal-style amps, this pedal is for any musician playing in any genre or style. On top of that, there is nearly any pedal you can want, or some form of it. Great to practice and explore new sounds and effects as well, and with 100 presets ranging from clean to metal and 20 additional user presets, you've got near endless combinations of tones to effects to play with. Secondly, when it comes to tone (and keep in mind I am only rating the direct output), it's pretty great for the price. I used to own a $299.99 line 6 spider (I know, I know, done make fun of me, I was young and dumb) and this sounds wayyyyy better than that ever did. It takes a bit of getting used to, but once you do, you can dial in some truly amazing deep, rich tones. I especially love the delay/reverb. I know your first instinct will be to open it up, plug it in, and just start shredding on some presets, but let me tell you that is well with the time to invest on setting up a couple user presets that you're into first, because, to be perfectly honest, the 100 presets are somewhat lackluster. They're great to try out and get some ideas on cab/amp/modulation combinations, but dialing in your unique tone is way better imo. Lastly, ease of use. As I aforementioned, there is a bit of a learning curve with all the abbreviations and options, but keep that little book handy and it'll get you through it. I actually downloaded the users manual online and printed out the settings full page and it's way more useful. Anyways, in conclusion, I can't speak to its practical use for gigs or on the road use, but this is all you need to jam at home and sound great. USER DISCRETION ADVISED: This will not make you play like Eric Johnson (but you can find someone tones, at least)

Bought my first Stomplab in 2013 and couple years of heavy use, a button broke. So many new multi effects, I bought 3 others over the years, and came back to Stomplab. Why? PLENTY OF REASONS, but first is SOUND. The others have a gritty "digital" grayness, hard to get clean high chiming frequencies, although I know that sampling at 44,000 time a second SHOULD model frequencies to our 20,000 Hz upper hearing limit, but it don't. PITCH SLIDE: A recent multi-Effect could only slide one note at a time, STOMPLAB SLIDES THE WHOLE POLYPHONIC CHORD, set to whatever frequency from octave below to octave above (plus a detune), controlled by the pedal. Or take DELAY: other effects remove the delay when you use the pedal to reduce the delay or reverb mix, very UNNATURAL. Stomplab keeps reverberating and echoing for a natural die down. THE COMPRESSOR REALLY WORKS!!! The other, at least one other, didn't. The number of effects, limited compared to other multi-effects, also LIBERATES you from endless trial and error. Visualize the sound you want, and you can get close (or better). AMPLIFIER EMULATION: A good amp model (depending on amp chosen) should respond to the guitar's volume changes (with cleaner to more distortion) and that happens with some of the Stomplab's emulations. I have not found that to be true in the others. Vox Stomplab also has some space-age ring modulator and noisy amp models that the others cannot get close to! Really strange fuzz-wah craziness, easily NOT harmonic and crazy noise, yet can still produce interesting music! I thoroughly examined all amp models for low noise and volume-responsiveness, and found about nine that I'm happy with. Very solid construction; no failure-prone exotic little plastic buttons that trashed one of the other multi-effects. OK, so the battery access by unscrewing the four feet on the under-panel REALLY sucks, so use batteries as the backup for power-cable failure. Ten User-programmable presets, and 90 factory presets (useful for instructional purposes) unfortunately no way to store the volume on presets, so be careful at high volume. FOUR EQ settings per voice, which I set trebly (sometimes for wah response) to control from the guitar. Why pay double for a confusing, gritty sounding *new* digital guitar effect with ugly boring drum sounds and a difficult looper (one other multi-effect linked the drum tempo to the looper BY MEASURE COUNT, and that was GREAT! Modification: I took the right knob off to avoid my wah-pedal foot bumping it and changing the output volume! The knob-stem works fine.

This will convert a basic practice amp into a modeling amp. I'd say out of the 100 presets in this thing - about half of them are actually usable. For me, this turned an almost "free" bundled 10W practice amp I had into more or less the equivalent of my 40W Peavey VIP II modeling amp. Once I figured out which presets I liked - it's easy enough to switch between them, and they do sound great. On the negative side - I have no idea what the controls do (beyond the main "mode" selector switch) and the manual did not help me. YouTube was not much help either. I'm sure if I understood how amps worked better the controls would make more since to me... but for now, I have no idea what they do or how to properly use them. I only know on some presets the foot pedal seems to do various stuff and on others it does not. Same for the two chicken head knobs. I just stick them in the middle setting and leave them alone... a I leave the pedal depressed. I suppose if you knew what you were doing you could use this thing on a stage to quickly change between a lot of great sounds, inexpensively (a lot cheaper than a bunch of pedals). But for me - I can't figure out how to do that.

The StompLab has been a part of my signal chain for 5 years. You can pick one up super-cheap, it's very light (about 1lb), and it can also be powered with AA batteries. Tweaking the tone is a little confusing at first, but I'm really happy with my custom settings. The stock tone models are absolute garbage though. Here are my settings that I gig with: Acoustic & Clean/More Bass Tones (U0) PDL - oF AMP/DRV - c3 - 5.2 - 9.0 (Pure Clean) LO - 10 - 8.6 HI - 4.6 - 6.9 CAB - CU - 10 MOD - oF DLY - A3 - 3.1 - 1.4 REV - HL - 2.3 - 4.8 NR - 0.0 GL - Ln - 7.0 Acoustic & Clean/Brighter (U1) PDL - To - 10 AMP/DRV - c3 - 10 - 6.2 LO - 3.9 - 3.4 HI - 5.8 - 5.6 CAB - CU - 10 MOD - oF DLY - A3 - 3.1 - 2.4 REV - rM - 10 - 5.3 NR - 0.0 GL - Ln - 7.0 Little Bit of Grit (U2) PDL - oF AMP/DRV - C1 - 6.7 - 5.3 (Fender Tweed) LO - 4.4 - 10 HI - 6.5 - 10 CAB - U2 MOD - oF DLY - E2 - 3.0 - 3.8 REV - rM - 7.8 - 5.6 NR - 9.4 GL - Ln - 7.0 Little More Grit (U3) PDL - oF AMP/DRV - o1 - 10 - 4.8 (Digitech Tone Driver) LO - 4.4 - 10 HI - 6.5 - 10 CAB - U2 MOD - oF DLY - E2 - 3.0 - 3.8 REV - rM - 7.8 - 5.6 NR - 9.4 GL - Ln - 7.0 Guv'nor Overdrive (U4) -- **My Lead Go-To** PDL - oF AMP/DRV - d1 - 6.7 - 5.3 (Marshall Guv'nor) LO - 7.4 - 10 HI - 6.5 - 10 CAB - U2 MOD - oF DLY - E2 - 3.0 - 3.8 REV - rM - 7.8 - 5.6 NR - 9.4 GL - Ln - 7.0 Tube Screamer (U7) PDL - oF AMP/DRV - o5 - 7.2 - 5.6 (Ibanez TS9) LO - 10 - 10 HI - 6.5 - 10 CAB - U2 MOD - oF DLY - E2 - 3.0 - 3.8 REV - rM - 7.8 - 5.6 NR - 9.4 GL - Ln - 7.0 To make a custom tone, select any of the 20 user settings (u1 - u10, or U1 - U10), then push the EDIT button. The preset name will begin blinking. Spin the preset dial counter-clockwise and start with PDL. If you want to cycle through the options, push the EFFECT TYPE buttons: --PDL cycles through pedal effects (wah, octaver, uni-vibe, etc) --AMP/DRV cycles through different amps and distortion/overdrive/fuzz --CAB cycles through cabinet types --MOD for different chorus/flanger/mod pedals --DLY goes through different delay types (analog/digital/echo) --REV goes through Room/Spring/Hall --The effect button doesn't do anything for LO, HI, NR, or GL. The 2 other dials determine the settings of what you've chosen. To remove a pedal or mods, for example -- hold the 2 EFFECT TYPE buttons together for about 2 seconds. Here's what the dials refer to for each setting: PDL - Value 1 & 2 dependent on the pedal type selected AMP/DRV - 1: Gain, 2: Level LO - 1: Bass, 2: Mid HI - 1: Treble, 2: Presence CAB - 1: Nothing (except Custom Cabinet (CU), 2: N/A MOD - Value 1 & 2 dependent on the mod type selected DLY - 1: Time, 2: Mix REV - 1: Time, 2: Mix NR - 1: Noise Reduction Level, 2: N/A GL - 1: Amp/Line Selection, 2: Master Volume

I play solo jazz, back up singers, small duos and in country combos. I needed a new tuner and a reverb pedal for the price of a modest tuner. This does both (and more) for less. The fewer pedals, the better and they need to work with my 1spot. Spendy gear is not a realistic use of my modest funds. I use a Bad Monkey for my basic dirt as it works with an amp or direct. The Monkey goes into the Stomplab where user patches 1,3 5,7 and 9 have the same identical settings: Modest compression, slap back delay and some room reverb. Spaces 0,2,4,6 and 8 have the novelty effects like flanging, big reverb with big delay, tremelo etc. That way, I'm only 1 click away from normal at any time and I don't have to hop around on the pedal to get out of a weird patch. The tremelo is neither square nor sine wave but in between. I add some delay and it smoothes out. I like the compressor, only 2 knobs and fairly unobtrusive, not clicky. The other modulations are 2 knob and not very complex sounding but hey reminded me of old Magnatone amps. The room reverb is more believable than many more expensive pedals. The spring reverbs sounded amp like - more Silvertone than Fender. The overdrives were not for me. I set the stomplab as clean and neutral as possible. The Ocatvia seemed usable. All the stttings can be made to have the same volume. If your tastes run to Alabama Shakes, Southern Culture on the Skids, or other rootsy lo-fi., you can dial that right in. Try get that stuff with expensive gear! I need clean with some ambiance without a $500 case of pedals so I'm happy. Great price and easy to use once you get the hang of it. Both of my pedals could fit in my gigbag front pocket. CONS: If you buy one, download the PDF manual, cut and paste the charts on one sheet at a font size you can read. The manual that comes with has tiny, tiny print and is not handy to flip through. No power supply included. Not easy to change parameters on the fly at a gig.

This is a decent effects pedal. It is easy to select and control each effect, and there are a wide variety of them to choose between for different styles of play or just different songs. The problems are twofold: One is that each effect has a built in volume, and these vary widely, even in a single category, such as blues. One effect will be barely louder than normal playing, and the next will blast your ears unless you turn down the gain. This means that while playing you have to memorize the settings for each effect and adjust the machine before that particular song. It's also problematic if you use two categories (as I do) and each of them requires a different setting, so you can't just switch from, for example, number 42 and number 52 by flipping the switch to the other category. Two is that the effects are heavy on metal and harsh sounds and there is no control over the actual effect other than the gain and level. For instance, there is a tremolo effect that I like, but it is too harsh, with a lot of treble added to it, so it doesn't mesh with the sound I'm trying to achieve--a warm trembling but powerful sound that doesn't grate on the ears. There is a way to adjust presets and save them, but that seems like too much work for the casual guitarists. I'm switching to dedicated pedals like a Blues Driver and a Tremelo pedal. That way I can adjust the sound I want and just go between pedals for the effect I want, or even combine both of them. With any effects pedal, it's up to the individual user to decide what he or she wants and how many effects are needed to complete a set. For me, I primarily use two or three different effects and couldn't tailor this one exactly the way I wanted it, plus it was some hassle if I wanted to switch effects during a set. However, it is easy to learn and use, much simpler than many of the "all purpose" pedals on the market, at least until you get to customizing the sound.

I've been playing guitar since I was 10 (I'm 54 now), and can play reasonably well. I've had a Fender Princeton Chorus Amp for over 20 years, and the dirt channel has been getting kind of flakey; so, another band member of mine suggested that I either invest in a new amp (minimally a $300+ investment or much more), or just use the clean channel and get some effects pedals. I did my research, and gleaned that there was nothing close to getting more bang for the buck than the VOX Stomplab 2G. I ordered it (via Amazon prime), it was here in 2 days, and I've been playing with it ever since. Love it. Only minor drawbacks: 1) Order the 9V power adapter when you buy it. It comes with batteries, but the instructions say they only last 7 hours, and you have to remove the backplate to install them. The adapter (sold separately) is only another $9. 2) the user manual doesn't list out what the 100 presets do. That's a personal experiment exercise of discovery. Of the 100 presets, there is more than enough variations to cover just about any patch combo you can imagine; you just have to find it, and write it down somewhere. Plus, you can use the presets as templates, edit them and then save them in 20 additional user defined locations. But over all, being able to just turn it on and dial up a style, and then scroll to a setting that gives you just about anything you can imagine (e.g. Clean or Distortion, Reverb, Chorus, Echo, Delay, Wah-Wah, Synth Sounds, Flanger, Tube-Amp modelling, and much more) it gets the job done. You also have a separate Expression Pedal, Gain and Master Volume controls, so infinite variations are there. It also features an on board Chromatic Tuner. If you're a pro, this "all-in-one" may not be for you. If you just like to play and like things simple and yet sounds really good for not a lot of money, you can't go wrong with this box. Good things sometimes do come in small packages.

Not too little, not too big, not too hard and not too soft ..... just right. My Boss VG88 was the most impressive effects pedal I've ever owned but I didn't like the fact that it wasn't Live Performance friendly and only functioned fully with a MIDI equipped guitar. I traded in my BOSS ME70 for a ZOOM-GT5 because it had a longer Looper only to discover that the Looper can't be used in combination with patch changes making it virtually useless for anything but basic practice. Let's be honest and realize that the more features you put on a pedal, the longer it takes to learn to use it and the more complicated the process of using it, especially if you don't use it on a daily basis. And then there are the hundreds of patches that you have no use for, many of them almost identical. The main components of this VOX are Dial 1: with 10 banks of 10 Factory patches each plus 1 patch of 10 User patches. Dials 2 & 3 allow you to tweak the Gain & Level of the patch. An Expression pedal that "varies" the patch (i.e. Wah, Vol, Attack). And finally 2 STOMP buttons that allow you to Toggle up and down through the patches of the selected Bank. Most users will probably only use the 2 Stomp buttons to select through their 10 User patches once they're set them. It doesn't get much simpler than that. When placed in Program Mode, things get a bit more complicated because the switches take on "alternate" values and the documentation gets a little confusing but nowhere as confusing as the bigger multi-function pedals. But that's ONLY an issue when you're programming a new patch. The pedal is built along the lines of Boss pedals - all metal - made to use and abuse. It runs for several hours on four AA batteries which in combination with it's small size and built in tuner, makes it ideal to use with headphones as a travel practice amp. It has 1 input and 1 stereo output, so don't plan on using it in combination with an MP3 player or PC. For someone looking for an "easy to use" multi-function pedal, that doesn't break the bank nor challenge the mind, this is a winner. Ignore those who trash it because it doesn't suit their personal needs.

Buen sonido y facil de programar. Hay muchos videos tutoriales en la web

音色カテゴリーやゲイン・レベルの調整がつまみ操作なので、直感的＆シンプルで使いやすく、ノイズもほとんどありません。 趣味プラスアルファの使用目的ですが、この価格でこのクオリティは大満足！購入してホント良かったです！

So happy to find this in stock. Delivery was super quick.

I got the Gear Acqusition Syndrome and have collected a bunch of pedals the last couple of years. I could probably have settled with this Vox if I only had known then. You get so many pedals into this medium-sized box that you may not need anything more, at least not if you're just practising and playing for friends like I do. Like others have commented; it can be a bit tricky to dial in your sound. But there are lots of opportunities to bring out the sounds you want! Acoustic or electric. Folk or metal. And most in between. I'm still fiddling with dialling in my sounds. It's a bit time-consuming, but I think its worth it. I will have 20 preset sounds to choose from just by stomping the switches. That is the biggest advantage with this thing and the reason I bought it. There are another 80 factory presets of which some are useful (and some are just awful). After a while, I found that one of the stomp switches didn't always worked. I opened up the bootom of the box and found that there are springs underneatch the stomp switches that probaly are intended to give a soft feeling when stomping. But they didn't quite reached the micro switches beneath. I fixed this by adhering a 2 mm thick tape on top of each micro switch. Replacing these with quality stomp switches may be the best way to go. Any way and all in all, its well worth the 100€ I paid for it.

Costruzione robusta ed ottima qualita’ percepita. Processore potente con 100 programmi preimpostati non modificabili, con suoni di notevole qualita’ che vanno a coprire tutti i generi possibili, in piu’ 20 effetti memorizzabili (user) con una notevole quantita’ di parametri e valori da inserire a piacimento in grado di soddisfare i piu’ esigenti. Ai fini pratici conviene memorizzare nei primi 4 o 5 programmi “user” i propri suoni preferiti e piu’ utilizzati in modo da selezionarli rapidamente con i pulsanti up e down. Un valore aggiunto e’ il pedale, che gestisce volume, Wah ed altre espressioni. Il manuale di uso al primo impatto sembra poco chiaro (no italiano) e stranamente le pagine con le scelte di tutti gli effetti e i parametri (da inserire come ho detto nei programmi liberi “user”) sono poste alla fine, dopo i manuali in inglese, francese, spagnolo e tedesco, cioe’ a pagina 63; Forse qualcuno non se ne e’ accorto e questo rende il manuale di difficile comprensione. Con un po’ di pazienza e conoscenza media di una delle lingue del manuale, in un paio di ore ci si impadronisce dello strumento con grande soddisfazione. Forse un po’ piu’ grande e quindi con un dispay piu’ esteso sarebbe stato piu’ gradito, ma credo si sia pensato alla portabilita’. Per quanto mi riguarda mi ha solo disturbato il fatto che per cambiare le batterie, bisogna svitare i quattro piedini e rimuovere l’ intero pannello inferiore, invece del consueto vano con sportello. Chi vuole usare un alimentatore non si prendera’ questo disturbo. Il prezzo e’ davvero basso e il valore notevole. Presa confidenza, lo amerete piu’ di quanto possiate immaginare. Imballo perfetto e spedizione fulminea come ci si aspetta da Amazon.