Digitech The Drop

two guitars and one pedal.

If, like me, you have a list of dream guitars that would fill your wall, but also understand that, given the way the world is today, that wall of guitars will remain a dream, then this is the product for you. It's amazing for playing at home when switching between tunings for different songs, and for gigging, it will change the game. The ability to change your tuning with the twist of a dial and the push of a button is far easier than adjusting each string individually. If you have a guitar with a Floyd Rose or Evertune bridge, this will help with the extra work involved in tuning. One thing to note is that the sound can be a little artificial compared to physically tuning your strings. When you drop to lower semitones, you might hear a bit of wobble. However, this is easy to overcome by adjusting the bass on your amp. Ultimately, if you're playing loud enough, not many people will notice. I use two guitars: a Harley Benton S-620 TR (an amazing guitar for the price, I highly recommend it) which stays in standard tuning, and an Epiphone Les Paul, which I keep in drop D. To save you the trouble of figuring it out, here are the tunings you get when you drop down by each semitone (note that I used Bias FX's tuner for these, so they may not be 100% accurate): Standard Tuning: 0 (off) - EADGBE 1 - D#G#C#F#A#D# 2 - DGCFAD 3 - C#F#BEG#C# 4 - CFA#D#GC 5 - BEADF#B 6 - A#D#G#C#FA# 7 - ADGCEA Drop D Tuning: 0 (off) - DADGBE 1 - C#G#C#F#A#D# 2 - CGCFAD 3 - BF#BEG#C# 4 - A#FA#D#GC 5 - AEADF#B 6 - G#D#G#C#FA# 7 - GDGCFA Lastly, I showed this off to my guitar teacher. He was so impressed (and made it sound 100% better than I could) that he went and purchased the big brother to the Whammy DT.

Dropped it

So good - with a simple press of a button you get quick change of tuning on your guitar - so guess what - it's a great 2 in 1 feature with no need to change the guitars. It's very easy to set the desired tone drop which you can turn on/off in a single motion.

Does what it claims to do

Had mine for a few months now, works as intended, although it's not really the same feel as de-tuning. Also doubles as an octaver in a pinch.

Supee

Superbe pedal aucun delay marche comme il faut

Fantastic

Works great, no latency. Sounds brilliant

Amazing pedal to down tune

I love this pedal! I can down tune my guitars without doing setup, including the ones equipped with Floyd Rose bridge.

One way street

I found it does what it's supposed to do. But it does change the sound differently moving up as opposed to down. I thought it muddied and darkened the guitar sound too much dropping the key ( one semitone) needing eq changes. Less so raising the key.

Might have been most useful dropping the guitar tuning and using this to raise back up to concert pitch but I found this trickier to use. Great idea though and a bombproof casing. Changed the sound too much for my liking.

Most useful Pedal ever!

I bought this to save me bringing multiple guitars to gigs, and it does exactly what its supposed to. Granted, when it get to going down 5+ half steps, you may be better off tuning down your guitar but for simple half/whole step down, it saves a lot of hassle! Highly recommend this pedal for any gigging musician

It drops

Does what it’s supposed to do and it only wobbles towards the really low stuff. I’ve coupled it with an evertune and can’t see myself needing to change gauge ever again (won’t stop me from buying new guitars though).

Takes all other effects no bother. No noise. Super robust.

Stick a tuner after it on your board to make transitions easier on stage.

Best investment ever

So helpful for my band