Zoom G2NU Guitar Mutli-effects Pedal

Below is an accumulation of information I found when I was researching the G2Nu guitar mutli-effects pedal.

Bookmark this page. It has ton's of useful links to information for this pedal as well as similar pedals.

I needed a small, battery powered, pedal that I could use when I was away from wall sockets. I also wanted to get a feel for as many other effects pedals as I could. This pedal fits the bill perfectly. Below is a comprehensive list of features.

• 30 amp / stomp box models (10 amps, 10 stomps, 10 originals)
• 83 guitar effects
• Powered by 4 AA batteries, USB bus power, or AC adapter
• USB audio recording interface
• Drum machine with 40 drum patterns
• Auto chromatic tuner
• 20 patches designed by guitarist Steve Vai
• 100 total predefined patches included
• Space for 100 user defined patches
• 5-second looper
• Less than $90 from Amazon

Here is a list of the amps, stomp boxes, and original sounds that the Zoom pedal produces. These are the main drive effects that you base your sound on. Short descriptions of each of these are available on Zooms website.

• Fender Twin Reverb ’65
• Fender BASSMAN
• HIWATT Custom100
• Marshall JCM2000
• Diezel Herbert
• VOX AC30
• MESA/BOOGIE MarkIII
• Marshall 1959 SupreLead 100
• PEAVEY 5150 STACK
• MESA/BOOGIE Dual Rectifier

• BOSS OD-1
• Marshall Guv' nor
• BOSS DS-1
• Dallas-Arbiter FUZZ FACE
• BOSS MT-2
• Ibanez TS808 (Tube Screamer)
• MXR Distortion+
• PROCO RAT
• Electro-Harmonix BIG MUFF
• MATCHLESS HOT BOX (Preamp)

• Z Clean (ZOOM original)
• Z MP1 (ZOOM original)
• Z Dream (ZOOM original)
• Z Neos (ZOOM original)
• Extreme DS (ZOOM original)
• Z Wild (ZOOM original)
• Z Bottom (ZOOM original)
• Z Scream (ZOOM original)
• Lead (ZOOM original)
• Acoustic Simulator (ZOOM original)

This list of effects and a little more detail about each of them is provided in the official G2Nu / G2.1Nu Manual.

• COMP (Compressor)
• RackComp (Rack Compressor)
• M Comp (M Compressor)

• AutoWah
• Resonance
• Booster
• Tremolo
• RingMod (Ring Modulator)
• SlowATTCK (Slow Attack)
• Octave
• PedalVox (Vintage Vox Wah)
• PedalCry (Vintage CRYBABY Wah)

• ZNR (Zoom Noise Reduction)
• NoiseGate
• DirtyGate

• EQ Low

• EQ High

• Chorus
• VintageCE (BOSS CE-1)
• StereioCho (Sterio Chorus)
• Ensemble
• Phaser
• Flanger
• DynaFLNGR (Dynamic Flanger)
• Vibrato
• Step
• Cry
• Detune
• PitchSHFT (Pitch Shifter)
• MonoPitch
• HPS (Harmonized Pitch Shifter)
• PDL Pitch (Pedal Pitch)
• CombFLTR (Comb Filter)
• Air
• Delay (Max 2000 mS)
• TapeEcho
• ModDelay (Modulation Delay)
• DynaDelay (Dynamic Delay)

• Delay
• Echo
• AnalogDLY (Analog Delay)
• PingPongD (Ping-Pong Delay)
• ReverseDL (Revers Delay)

• Hall
• Room
• Spring
• Arena
• TiledRoom
• EarlyRef (Early Reflections)
• MultiTapD (Multi-tap Delay)

• PatchLvl (Path Level)
• RTM (Real Time Modulation)

As with anything, this pedal has a couple of cons among it's huge list of pros.

First, the looper only allows for 5 second loops. That's enough to dip your toes in the water, but a looper might be your next purchase, if you're into that kinda thing.

Second, you can only have one effect per module at a time. So, you can't combine a Vox OC-30 with a BOSS OD-1 (they are both drive effects). You probably won't want to and I'm really just rehashing a comment I saw repeated a few times.

If you decide to buy, please buy your Zoom G2Nu on Amazon using any link on this page. I'll get a tiny commission when you do and it doesn't change the cost for you at all. My G2Nu cost less than $90.

After researching the heck out of this Zoom, I decided to buy the Boss ME-25. The Zoom seems better in every way except one. The looper on the Zoom is only 5 seconds while the ME-25's is 35 seconds, and I think I want to loop. I could buy the Zoom and a Ditto for about the same price, but I just decided to give the ME-25 a go. Here are links to the ME-25 and other similar pedals.

• BOSS ME-25 ($199)
• Zoom G3X ($199)
• Zoom G1XN ($79)
• Zoom MS50G ($99)
• DigiTech RP155 ($89)
• DigiTech RP55 ($49)

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Trademarks are those of their respective companies. All of the effects are simulated.