This was a great pedal for new guitarists! A really cheap way of exploring a multitude of new sounds and effects :) as a 14 year old in the 90s I loved mine :D
This was my entry-level pedal and it served me well before I was able to build my own board. I know this is over 3 years old but Google found it. Nostalgia guys. Thanks! *C2 was my favorite for what I was playing at the time.
Thanks guys!! I had just now dusted off mine to leave up at a cabin for playing guitar up there - found the manual online, but watching you step thru everything got me back on track:) This thing is quite a monster for how cheap and old it is!
This was my first "pedal" too! I made my own presets, I could create the "Slash" tone with it, no problem, and I could play Knock On Heaven's Door with my own preset that sounded EXACTLY like the record.. What more do you need?
+Trent Hinchman Haha...yeah I was really surprised how much I liked playing it again...after more than a decade of not plugging it in! I'm a fan...again! Thanks for watching Trent!!
I Made and album with it, lol probably more than 1 album lol there is at least 40 plus tracks I have recorded with the zoom 505 2 for a very very long time :) that is the sound of my project.
90's price performance products. The quality of the hardware is incredibly good. I have a 20-year-old one, I played yesterday. It still works fine. One of the legendary pedals of old times.
Even I the times I've tried to learn guitar playing are over I still own this pedal - loved it when I got my hands on it at the end of the 90s for just a couple of bucks
Man. I got one of these as a spotty oik. I spent all of my birthday money on my guitar and had no amp, so this was my only way of playing guitar! Alas it had horrible latency so used to drive me mad: but I loved it none the less!
I really like the flanger effect on the 505 and some of the acoustic and distortion setting are pretty cool. It´s kinda a pain in the ass to program but for the money it was an incredible value.
@@TSFAHTPS do all of them then😄 theres also one dedicated to amp sims from what i know but haven’t heard it yet. Btw are the reverbs better on the dedicated pedal? the one in the 505 are kinda bad!
@@erlannderrantem6972 I don’t really remember about the reverbs…it’s been a while since I last plugged them in! Yes, there is an amp sim one…the 503?!?
This thing used to be my pedalboard for years,then I Got the 606 with e.pedal . these are vintage stuff. haha.At present , I use boss and mxr pedals as well.Great review guys!!!
Nice one :D Just got one of those ZooM 505 in mint condition for my birthday that is soon to be hahahaha...next month actually,but hey,better sooner than latter :P I got my self some self-surprise...again lol hahahaha Nice review,loved it realy! And now I am off to love some Zoom505...
I have a power supply for one I sold years ago because I didn't like it, if You are still interested I can list it on Ebay for You, I will sell that POS for just enough to cover the shipping charges.
try factory reset... Press and hold STORE button and switch on power, The words "ALL" will appear, and everything will start flashing slowly, press STORE button again and let go, "ALL will start flashing quickly then automatically reset ready for use.
That stepped phaser sound of the zoom was great. I need to get it to remake an old song of mine. But I used to have the 606 with expresion pedal, was the shit back then :P
Do you have the the first version of gfx 707. If so could you do a review on this as well a how to do custom patches please. I also still own the model 1 of the 505 with the expression pedal as well. Great vid guys. Kind regards.
Good demo. I happened to pick up one of these along with an expression pedal at a flea market today. So was looking for info. I was comparing the manual patch list as you went through the demo and it seemed the manuals presents didnt match what you were sounding. Have the presets been altered on this device?
Hi Bill...probably been altered...not sure though as it was literally at least decade but probably more since I last turned that thing on...all I remember was the first few presets but mostly A1 which was my main high gain distortion for a while back in the 90s...I probably changed the other presets around too...its a great unit though...some pretty cool sounds in there! Hope you'll enjoy yours!! Gabor
This pedal looks like a ton of fun I wonder how it would sound through my grandmeister 36 with my greatsch streamliner might have to find one and find out!
I ran a microphone through it once on the phaser (I think, it was a long time ago) for robot effect. I bet the synth would make for some interesting sounds
Guys - Have you tried the 508? I had read they were really cool delay pedals and much sought after, then I found one at a garage sale, Zoom made some cool pedals back in the day. Also thanks for responding to my query below. - Bill
You may...they are Brierley Pickups...awesome pickup maker here in Australia...one of the BEST sounding JM pickups out there! www.brierleyguitarpickups.com.au
I'm sure you could...they did make a 506 which was the bass version of this...maybe we should revisit the 505 for another video and play bass through it too?!?
Shows you what kind of an old fart I am, the Zoom 505 is still my main pedal. I bought mine as soon as it came out back in the 90's and it still functions perfectly today, just as well as it did back then. The presets are cool, but the custom settings can be totally outrageous! Love it!
Haha...yep...I'm one of those old farts too...it's a really great unit in my opinion (Gabor here)...I ended up getting all the "500" series Zoom pedals...and I think they are all great!!
Borrowed a 505 from the local music store, over a weekend in ca: 1994. I hated everything about it, so i brought it back following monday, bought an Ibanez ts5 sound tank tubescreamer instead. Made of genuin plastic, Still have it, still workes, still use it.
I had one in 97 too! Never really liked it. But I was 17 using an Encore strat and 5w amp lol But want one back for old times sake. I have better kit now!
The presets are all pretty full on...you gotta tweak a bit to get good sounds...I still think this thing was way ahead of its day...and the newer ones - G1on I think - are pretty amazing too
The SuperFunAwesomeHappyTime Pedal Show! Yeah, I understand now. As a 17 year old with no knowledge of guitar gear I was pretty clueless and impatient. I saw one for £25 the other day. Wish I had picked it up now.
You might've changed you mind about Klons but I haven't. WAY overrated. I have to say my memory of mine was that it was pretty hissy. But it was a great practise tool and I really still love the step filter. It was really nice clean and some spacey delay. Btw, wanna test out a really crazy pedal? Try and find an Ibanez Soundtank HyperDrive. If YOU can find anything useful for a HyperDrive you'll be doing better than anyone I know!
Geez, I'm in 2 minds now! It's a such a useless pedal but at the same time I'd love to you guys work your SuperFunAwesomeHappyTimePedal magic on it and perhaps, perhaps, pull some kind of ok tones from it. Mind you, it'll fight you the whole way!
So from reading the comments and watching the video this is good for nostalgia because you owned one as a kid or it's a good multi effects for beginners to learn about effects or it's good for the price. In other words it sucks.
There is nostalgia...BUT I think it still holds up really well...it's super cheap and actually still quite good! Check out our ZOOM 505 vs Analogman KOT vs Helix video
I bought it a LONG time ago and I used a lot of the effects which were great...years later and lots of effects pedals later I ended up only using that one overdrive sound that I saved on patch A1
This was a great pedal for new guitarists! A really cheap way of exploring a multitude of new sounds and effects :) as a 14 year old in the 90s I loved mine :D
Me too...and I still love mine as a 40yr old in 2018
I think I need to pick one up and take a trip down memory lane :)
Absolutely...you won't regret it!
Same
I feel old
I was 16 at that time hehe
I got mine the day it came out..
I am 59 in 2018 and I still use it!
If you push the envelope..
this thing is amazing!
I have it in collection,and it is stil one of the cool gadgets. 🎉
This was my entry-level pedal and it served me well before I was able to build my own board. I know this is over 3 years old but Google found it. Nostalgia guys. Thanks!
*C2 was my favorite for what I was playing at the time.
Thanks aSupporterBut
Thanks guys!! I had just now dusted off mine to leave up at a cabin for playing guitar up there - found the manual online, but watching you step thru everything got me back on track:)
This thing is quite a monster for how cheap and old it is!
heyy can you please tell me where you found the manual?
I just bought one of these again a couple of years ago off ebay to see how they held up and it is all I use lol
This was my first "pedal" too!
I made my own presets, I could create the "Slash" tone with it, no problem, and I could play Knock On Heaven's Door with my own preset that sounded EXACTLY like the record.. What more do you need?
Found it in the attic used to be my dads absolutely love the delay effect
I've still got one of these pedals, I've had beer spilled on it cigarettes ashes on it dropped multiple times and it still runs lol.
I had of these back in the 90s, was my first pedal.
Had so much fun playing the 505
Nice Guys! Long live the 505! Someone must make an album with the 505 and call it 505 Dreams. LOL! Love the show !
+Trent Hinchman Haha...yeah I was really surprised how much I liked playing it again...after more than a decade of not plugging it in! I'm a fan...again! Thanks for watching Trent!!
Van Halen can do a version with 505 in it as opposed to 5150.....
51505
Good idea ahhahahah
That would be a blast for sure!!!
I Made and album with it, lol probably more than 1 album lol there is at least 40 plus tracks I have recorded with the zoom 505 2 for a very very long time :) that is the sound of my project.
I still have and use my zoom 505, not the second one but the first one. Still love it
Its a GREAT pedal!! Thanks for watching John!
90's price performance products. The quality of the hardware is incredibly good. I have a 20-year-old one, I played yesterday. It still works fine. One of the legendary pedals of old times.
Absolutely!!
Even I the times I've tried to learn guitar playing are over I still own this pedal - loved it when I got my hands on it at the end of the 90s for just a couple of bucks
My first effects pedal, thanks for the trip down memory lane guys. just checked online and this beauty is available for £23!!
I have one rotting in one of my boxes for decades. My A1 was also very much used. :-)
Man. I got one of these as a spotty oik. I spent all of my birthday money on my guitar and had no amp, so this was my only way of playing guitar! Alas it had horrible latency so used to drive me mad: but I loved it none the less!
The 505 was the first pedal that I ever owned. The only good sound that I could get out of it was chorus w/delay effect.
I really like the flanger effect on the 505 and some of the acoustic and distortion setting are pretty cool. It´s kinda a pain in the ass to program but for the money it was an incredible value.
Has one of you ever tried the 510 dual distortion?
The Dual Power Driver…yeah I have one…I should really make a video with it!
@@TSFAHTPS pls do it! There are not many good vids out there!
@@erlannderrantem6972 I will…I love the whole Zoom 500 series…I ended up collecting them all…there’s a great modulation pedal too
@@TSFAHTPS do all of them then😄 theres also one dedicated to amp sims from what i know but haven’t heard it yet.
Btw are the reverbs better on the dedicated pedal? the one in the 505 are kinda bad!
@@erlannderrantem6972 I don’t really remember about the reverbs…it’s been a while since I last plugged them in! Yes, there is an amp sim one…the 503?!?
Can I play bass guiter with zoom 505 ????
This thing used to be my pedalboard for years,then I Got the 606 with e.pedal . these are vintage stuff. haha.At present , I use boss and mxr pedals as well.Great review guys!!!
Nice one :D
Just got one of those ZooM 505 in mint condition for my birthday that is soon to be hahahaha...next month actually,but hey,better sooner than latter :P
I got my self some self-surprise...again lol hahahaha
Nice review,loved it realy! And now I am off to love some Zoom505...
A friend of mine gave me his old Zoom 505.....this video has inspired me to find a power supply for it. Pretty awesome little pedal !!
It just uses a standard Boss style 9V adapter...you won't regret it...it's really great fun
I have a power supply for one I sold years ago because I didn't like it, if You are still interested I can list it on Ebay for You, I will sell that POS for just enough to cover the shipping charges.
Don't forget that you could could plug your headphones into this little gizmo and rock away without annoying your household.
My zoom 505 is working only with distortions as metal, overdrive, etc, but the effects like delay, reverb or hall are not working properly... HELP
Not sure what to do sorry...
try factory reset... Press and hold STORE button and switch on power, The words "ALL" will appear, and everything will start flashing slowly, press STORE button again and let go, "ALL will start flashing quickly then automatically reset ready for use.
This pedal with loop a d looping? Sorry by my english...
That stepped phaser sound of the zoom was great. I need to get it to remake an old song of mine. But I used to have the 606 with expresion pedal, was the shit back then :P
Do you have the the first version of gfx 707. If so could you do a review on this as well a how to do custom patches please. I also still own the model 1 of the 505 with the expression pedal as well. Great vid guys. Kind regards.
I have one of these, it is very noisey when not being used.Is this normal ?
Were you using a solid state amp, or a tube amp ?
It doesn’t seem very noisy to me...could be an issue with your power supply?!? We used a tube amp
Hi i heard the gain and distortion sounds computerised what do you think
i just found one in a pawn shop. how do i turn it on
Just plug the power in and it should be working
@@TSFAHTPS thanks. now to goodwill to find a power plug
@@jamesmoore3694 any Boss style 9V will work
@@TSFAHTPS i found a power plug in my clutter. it works and i think i spent 5.00$ wisely. thanks for your response. smiles from mt hood
Good demo. I happened to pick up one of these along with an expression pedal at a flea market today. So was looking for info. I was comparing the manual patch list as you went through the demo and it seemed the manuals presents didnt match what you were sounding. Have the presets been altered on this device?
Hi Bill...probably been altered...not sure though as it was literally at least decade but probably more since I last turned that thing on...all I remember was the first few presets but mostly A1 which was my main high gain distortion for a while back in the 90s...I probably changed the other presets around too...its a great unit though...some pretty cool sounds in there! Hope you'll enjoy yours!! Gabor
This pedal looks like a ton of fun I wonder how it would sound through my grandmeister 36 with my greatsch streamliner might have to find one and find out!
How are you ghost switching the presets?
What do you mean by ghost switching?
@@TSFAHTPS I mean changing the patch number without immediately engaging the patch.
Can I hook up the zoom 505 with my jd xi synthesizer? Is that possible? Or do only effects pedals work with synths?
You sure can
I ran a microphone through it once on the phaser (I think, it was a long time ago) for robot effect. I bet the synth would make for some interesting sounds
Guys - Have you tried the 508? I had read they were really cool delay pedals and much sought after, then I found one at a garage sale, Zoom made some cool pedals back in the day. Also thanks for responding to my query below. - Bill
Not yet...but I'll check it out...thanks Bill O
I still have the 506 I got the day it came out, here in Orlando.
$99, it was.
5:25 is The most importance!
got one for a tenner yesterday, but I play acoustic, any advice on a pedal fr acoustic guitar . cheers guys
Greco and 505..... you guys are all over it!
Haha...thanks Curtis Everett
can anyone tell F3 patch's settings?
may i know what pickups were installed in the jazzmaster?
You may...they are Brierley Pickups...awesome pickup maker here in Australia...one of the BEST sounding JM pickups out there!
www.brierleyguitarpickups.com.au
yeah... i really liked it... also the kinman noiseless fat/thickmasters.. thank you very much!
Can I get pacth for bass guiter in zoom 505?????
I'm sure you could...they did make a 506 which was the bass version of this...maybe we should revisit the 505 for another video and play bass through it too?!?
I'm still using this ;) , (with my Gibson SG Standart Ebony from 1996)
And by the way, don't use the presets :)
I should use it more too...
Ano de 2020, e será que pego um? Kkkk
Shows you what kind of an old fart I am, the Zoom 505 is still my main pedal. I bought mine as soon as it came out back in the 90's and it still functions perfectly today, just as well as it did back then. The presets are cool, but the custom settings can be totally outrageous! Love it!
Haha...yep...I'm one of those old farts too...it's a really great unit in my opinion (Gabor here)...I ended up getting all the "500" series Zoom pedals...and I think they are all great!!
I totally agree with that!
Right on for the Greco Strat!
That was my first pedal!!!!!
Borrowed a 505 from the local music store, over a weekend in ca: 1994. I hated everything about it, so i brought it back following monday, bought an Ibanez ts5 sound tank tubescreamer instead. Made of genuin plastic,
Still have it, still workes, still use it.
Es verdad , quedas feliz como el pajarraco gringo 😮
why does his opening riff sound like Wolt ihr das Bett in Flammen sehen by Rammstein?
Funny...I was actually thinking more along the lines of the song Rammstein by Rammstein...well "inspired by" anyways
japan gives us many good things
I had one! I used it for bass tho :-)
I had one in 97 too! Never really liked it. But I was 17 using an Encore strat and 5w amp lol
But want one back for old times sake. I have better kit now!
Watching this reminds me of why I hated it. All those heavy phase and flange effects. Truly horrible sounds
The presets are all pretty full on...you gotta tweak a bit to get good sounds...I still think this thing was way ahead of its day...and the newer ones - G1on I think - are pretty amazing too
The SuperFunAwesomeHappyTime Pedal Show! Yeah, I understand now. As a 17 year old with no knowledge of guitar gear I was pretty clueless and impatient.
I saw one for £25 the other day. Wish I had picked it up now.
505 僕も持っています そんなに高くもなく結構いいとです
1998~1999 early, mine
You might've changed you mind about Klons but I haven't. WAY overrated. I have to say my memory of mine was that it was pretty hissy. But it was a great practise tool and I really still love the step filter. It was really nice clean and some spacey delay. Btw, wanna test out a really crazy pedal? Try and find an Ibanez Soundtank HyperDrive. If YOU can find anything useful for a HyperDrive you'll be doing better than anyone I know!
Challenge accepted...I'll try to find one!!
Geez, I'm in 2 minds now! It's a such a useless pedal but at the same time I'd love to you guys work your SuperFunAwesomeHappyTimePedal magic on it and perhaps, perhaps, pull some kind of ok tones from it. Mind you, it'll fight you the whole way!
Not bad at all
fuck yeah
I used to have one of these but never liked it, I ended up giving it to a friends son.
None of the effects were anywhere near as good as my pedals.
Rofl I just dug my zoom 505 out of my junk chest😝 I’m selling my GT1000 and my GR55... what was I thinking buying that crap😆
Muy bueno,si mi hijo lo ve,se vuelve loco 😆
Who's loco?
I wanted to say that if my son sees it he goes crazy
It's been a long time since he has a multi-effect
sorry if I express badly
So from reading the comments and watching the video this is good for nostalgia because you owned one as a kid or it's a good multi effects for beginners to learn about effects or it's good for the price. In other words it sucks.
There is nostalgia...BUT I think it still holds up really well...it's super cheap and actually still quite good! Check out our ZOOM 505 vs Analogman KOT vs Helix video
@@TSFAHTPS I bought one and i can understand the likability. It's cool for what it is.
Não entendi nada ;-;
All I need now is to get rid of my les Paul custom and find another bright green plywood gator guitar...
brapa zoom 505 nya bro
Your numbers are completely off the user manual! (d3, etc...)
Oh cool...yeah I don't remember exactly...I'm pretty sure A1-A3 are ones I made up...but it's been too long...
It's definitely a pedal that needs tweaking. I reset mine to factory, and then immediately went to fixing them...
Yeah it definitely does need tweaking...I think it's a pretty cool sounding pedal if you tweak it well
@@TSFAHTPS How would you go about tweaking it? I've resurrected mines which I bought new when it came out.
aaammmm aaammmm ammmmmm :D :D :D :D
I old
Lol. You bought a multi-effects pedal to use 1 effect. 😂😂😂
I bought it a LONG time ago and I used a lot of the effects which were great...years later and lots of effects pedals later I ended up only using that one overdrive sound that I saved on patch A1
@@TSFAHTPS Ah okay. 😁
Zonzeira tiveram manha
I don't speak Portuguese...something about the morning?!?
"tiveram a manha" is a brazilian expression which means something like "you nailed it"
The Zoom 505 is as good as any pedal..... if you are talented and have good ears.
tip: go straight to the subject instead of making jokes at the beginning of the video
But I like making jokes...
Im 14 and have one of theres, its not bad but there’s definitely better
There is LOTS of stuff that's much much better...but I still think it's a KILLER pedal...for the price
A couple of unknown guitar snobs thumbing their noses up at cheap and beginner stuff. zzzzzzz
You couldn't have gotten it more wrong...total opposite...I absolutely LOVE this pedal...
I bought a 505 once and it sucked, it sounded like it was set up by a 12 year old, nothing but extreme distortion, no tone no feel, just pure junk.