Digitech The Drop Reviews

Best pedal ever

This works as well as it says it will, which I honestly wasn't expecting.

If this breaks it gets replaced immediately. Great piece of kit.

Backbone of a gig with multiple tunings!

It's been 5 years since I got this pedal. It still gets the job done for me after all these years and for almost 40+ live gigs. If you need to use different tunings back to back on a stage and have no time to tune your guitar, this pedal is a must! Also, the octave features works like a charm! I'm so grateful to have this.

I think the only con for this pedal would be the slight muddiness at the sound after dropping it too much. Especially after "-5", the sound starts to lose it's clarity slightly if you play with high gained distortion.

Besides that, just go for it. It's such an awesome piece of gear.

Fun Pedal

Recomended for those who want play songs that guitars are in dropped tuning or just want mess around and experiment with tunings, also makes life easier for those who dont own many guitars with different tunings.It kind of messes up the tone and doesnt sound really clear after the 5+ stage but still gets the job done! Easy to handle.No regrets for buying this pedal.

Digitech The Drop

Very very good, no delay signal! One guitar multiple tunnings! Impressive

Very usefull pedal!

Perfect do they job on distortion sound.

Great pedal

Absolutely amazed by how well this pedal works. One little turn of the knob and you instantly sound a semi-tone lower. Goes all the way from down one semi-tone to whole octave. Sounds great. Great solid build too. No need to switch guitars now

Sounds great and has great tracking, but ...

Makes popping sound when not playing and turning on the true bypass. A popping sound is not noticed when playing something (strumming a chord for example) and the true bypass is turned on. No problems when in one mode though. The product is best for someone who wants to change tuning between songs and not during songs.

The Drop is very good at tracking chords and there is no noticeable latency from playing to amp output. I use it for mainly dropping my guitar a tone from drop D to drop C.

Bass player review

I tried the Digitech Drop with bass guitar. I wanted to use it with a 4 string bass with standard tuning in order to drop the pitch by a few semitones when needed.

The construction of the pedal is very good. Solid and reasonably heavy it gives you the impression of something that can withstand live usage without any damage.

The controls are intuitive and easy to operate. The only thing that I found not well thought out is the series of LEDs that indicate the setting. In theory, the idea is good. It gives the user a clear indication of the current shift amount and it looks great. In practice, the idea is not that good. If the stage is dark, one only sees a green light that roughly indicates if the setting is in the lower or high range. It is impossible to see if the setting is 5 or 6 for instance. If the stage is well lit, the LEDs are not necessary and another type of indicator would have worked equally well. It is not a major point though.

Sound-wise, at least with bass guitar, the Drop doesn't work that well. The tone of the note is solid but, for the lower notes, there is a fairly strong vibrato that tends to be less present with notes on the A string.

The Drop struggles to track effectively the lower notes. When the signal is strong, the tracking works well but when the note fades, the tracking gets confused. I can't hear any significant latency.

I was impressed but the last setting (octave down + dry). The sound was punchy and full. The presence of dry signal somehow mitigated some of the weaknesses of pedal.

Judging exclusively from the viewpoint of a bass player, the Drop is not something I can recommend. The octaver-like setting works well but other pedals can cover the same territory more effectively and with more flexibility. It is a shame because on paper the Drop had the characteristic to be a great pedal for bass players.

Digitech Drop

Drop it in the recycle bin is my opinion.

I have seen the overall rating of this product being very high.

I am surprised because I am very disappointed with it's performance.

Maybe I got the duff one or I am not smart enough to operate it both

options are possible.

What I disapprove with is that the output signal is dropped but blended in

with the original signal making the sound something of a pedal I don't

expect at this price level.

A waste of money, drop it.