Zoom: GM-200 Guitar Amp Modeler

Reviewed in Guitarist magazine, p 76, Summer 2000. Build quality: 3.5 of 5. Features: 4 of 5. Sound: 4.5 of 5. Value: 5 of 5. Verdict: 4 of 5. Liked the ease of use and range of "convincing amp sounds". Didn't like -- effects are limited.

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• Emulates the sound of 11 legendary guitar amplifiers for home and project recording, rehearsal and selected live applications
• Amp models:
  • American Clean
  • Twin Drive
  • Blues Tweed
  • Class A Combo
  • British Crunch
  • British Drive
  • Combo 335
  • Metal Panel
  • Black Bottom
  • Modern Lead
  • Fuzz Stack.
• Zoom's sophisticated VAMS (Variable Architecture Modeling System) technology
• Vintage chorus, tremolo, tape echo, and spring reverb effects--all controlled by a single knob.
• Output Character control adds more realism to the sounds by adding the optimum ambience and mastering-type effects
• Gain and Master Level controls can used to adjust the intensity of the distortion settings, just like a guitar amplifier
• ZNR (Zoom Noise Reduction) knob eliminates unwanted noise
• 3-band tone control (TREBLE, MIDDLE, BASS)
• GAIN switch accommodates guitars with active pickups
• A MIX IN (stereo mini phone jack) lets you add external sources without effect processing to the guitar signal
• A pair of RCA phono jacks in addition to the standard phone jack (stereo) eliminates problems when laying down a guitar track on a multi-track recorder

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