Digitech The Drop 4-stars Reviews

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.

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.

So Convient!!

Been eyeing up this pedal for so long and finally jumped on it and i have zero regrets.

Makes learning a song so much simpler. I can keep my guitar in standard/ drop d and let the pedal do the rest. (also very useful for rocksmith)

It sounds good to use for recording but i think anything below 2 or 3 semitones it becomes more apparent that theres a slight difference (at least to my ears)

Nice pedal

Works well on guitar and bass, as long as you dont try to lower the pitch more than about 4 or 5 semitones - after that it starts to sound a bit weird. It's great for playing live or practice, since you dont have to retune in the middle of the set or carry another guitar with you.

If you play at home just keep in mind that you will still hear the acoustic sound from your guitar and it might clash with what you are hearing from the amp. This is not a problem at louder volumes.

Does what it says on the box

Bought this to be able to change tuning on the fly without having to actually retune the guitar. Works very well on the lower strings with some distortion.

One pedal to tune em all.

Many contemporary metal or rock songs require downtuning. If you don’t want to do that to your instrument or don’t want to carry more than one guitar to your jams then this pedal is a life saver. Don’t expect it to sound like the real thing though… Expect some minor latency as well. I use it on bass too and it works decently but you can definitely hear that the notes are not natural. Still I love this pedal because i can play any tuning I want. Worth it!

Nice pedal

I want to give this pedal a good rewiev and I shall. First of all the included power suply is useless featuring 3 unknown power adapter interfaces probably only known in china. secondly the build quality and sound are super good. No complaints - built like tank Full step down is like normal sound.

Solid Drop Box

I actually bought this as a way to drop my tuning down for RockSmith, however, I do find it useful for regular playing as well. It does a good job at drop tuning the guitar.

FUN!

Interesting and usable: no perceived latency, no strange artifacts.

Still it's a processed sound: I like it,but it's personal. With an already dropped Gibson and an Earthquacker Life Pedal, the sound is going to be extreme...

Best in the game!

I use it with my electric guitar in metal style. Totally satisfied, but the main idea of doing this is limiting to play loud to not to hear instrument's own sound ;)

Other than that, the paddle is just awesome especially for live show. It saves you from carrying multiple instruments with you... BTW it is great with distortion effect... Comes so naturally.

pros: top quality

cons: nature of idea is limiting

all good when played on distortion but once it s on clean the sound quality is affected

Awesome Little Pedal

I bought this pedal in order to mitigate the want/need to try out an 8-string guitar, as this is much more affordable and is easily the best-sounding polyphonic pitch shifter pedal on the market, out of all the videos i have watched on Youtube.

I also wanted to use to emulate a bass guitar, as that is also costly and takes up room i don't necessarily have.

I just got it and tried it out and i quite like it! The tracking is very smooth and responsive, although i do hear more artifacts when playing chords then i did on the reviews i watched online, but it happens more with chords that are dissonant or out of tune.

I noticed that when i hear the acoustic string noise of my guitar while playing with the drop tuning on, it can sound pretty weird, but the human ear is that sensitive that even when the faintest sound is out of tune we definitely hear it. Playing louder or through headphones eliminates this problems of course!

I'm just disappointed that there are more artifacts the lower the note being played, both by shifting the pitch further down and by playing lower notes on the guitar even as less drastic settings.

Great for quick switching!

I play (almost) every tuning whenever i want now that i have this pedal.

I just always make sure i'm wearing headphones or my amp is loud enough so i don't get confused with the sound of the strings.

when using it on bass it does add a static noise when not playing. but switching it off removes it.

for guitar i have no complaints!

I recommend this!!

the drop

this is a great little pedal that allows you to drop your tuning per step untill the octave. It's very usefull when you play in different tunings ; instead of tuning or changing guitar you can just step on the pedal. the sound stays pretty much the same up to 4 steps down, then it starts to mutate a little bit. works on guitar and bass !!

A great fun pedal for experimenting or low octave tones.

I love using the low octave on this pedal in particular, it sounds heavy as hell and tracks great. The low turnings are great for experimenting with.

THE PROS:

Low octave is pretty good, a lot of heavy riffing fun. The pedal tracks pretty well for this sort of thing and the build quality is really nice. Polyphonic is really nice too.

THE CONS:

Bellow a few semitones or so, things start to sound a bit off and can turn to mush compared to actually down-tuning, but it is still certainly usable and a lot of fun.

A great pedal that gets used a lot, nicknamed "the fun pedal" by me and my mates who love to use it every time they come around! Cheaper than buying a whole new guitar!

Digitech The Drop Electric Guitar Effect Pedal

Best "single" drop pedal for guitar in the market so far.

I think this is a tecnology that needs future improvements, like better preservation of the original tone while dropping the pitch, and a little less latency. But, afterall, this one is the best you can get these days to this function.

Good sounding, resistant, simple, user friendly, reliable, and it doesn't take too much space on your pedalboard, like other pedals like this one.

I'm personally satisfied.

Not bad

Has slight delay on the sound that is noticeable. Also tremolo'ish effect on sound that happens sometimes

Sound gets a little flubby If you downtune more than a step but can be easily fixed with an overdrive

A great product and even a greater time saver

Highly recommended

This don't need introduction

+ no need to have another guitar

+ great for gigging

+ also octave pedal

+ minimal latency

- little muddy sounding

- you need to be loud otherwise the strings from the guitar will fight with frequencies from the amp

Great

This pedal is a big time money saver. For a bedroom player like myself it's a must have unless you have deep pockets and can afford to buy many guitars assigned for different tunings. So don't be intimidated by the price of something like this. Think of it like a guitar money saver. You'll basically save a great amount of money on this pedal. Dropping a semitone is as easy as turning the knob on the pedal to dictate where the red LED light goes to whichever semitone option. There is also an octaver in this pedal too which very cool indeed.

Of course for people who gig there is the money saving perk too and also very convenient for not having to switch between songs as long as its a standard key and drop type tuning. For open tunings etc you'll have to figet with more than one string as this is a polyphonic type effect pedal,

Its easy to use with no noticable latency issues AT ALL since I got it but I haven't played anything passed the 4th semitone. Drop A is as far I'll go but the only bad thing about this pedal which is understandable for this kind of early technology is a noticable deterioration in sound clarity when you get to about 4 semitone onwards. Especially starting at the 5th semitone for people wondering depending on how low they get to in their style of music. Another thing to note is I'm using a budget solid state amplifier worth less than 200 euro so a lot of other amplifiers may be able to handle it better at the lower semitone settings.