42 minutes. Yep.

@DannyGifted

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly what we like

@petruccirocks02

3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic sounds and playing, Leon! You could make a hair brush sound great! I love these deep dives into these old rack units! It makes me wish I still had my TC 2290!

@KauffeyBean

3 жыл бұрын

Yay!!!

@PsyloOfficial

3 жыл бұрын

nice playing Leon. This thing was the cats ass in the studio. You wasnt a studio unless you had one of these. AMAZING how we loved it. i still have mine. my second one actually. plus i owned the OG johnson. Which is where they stole the tech from. Digitech bought johnson amp company. Than they put these out with digitech name. :( Still great product to this day. you proved it.

@DaveSteele07

3 жыл бұрын

You can assign 10 parameters to each of the Expression pedals! I have the 2101 Artist and it can get pretty much any tone you want on it!!

I found one in a pawn shop for $20 because it didn't work. Someone spilled beer on the unit and it got inside, and it made voltage arc across the diodes in the power section. I cleaned off all the beer residue, and scraped off the carbon arc on the pcb with a pocket knife, popped in a new fuse and it has worked fine ever since. 👍

@mixc8

4 ай бұрын

How do you like after you cleaned it up?

@TheLexluthier

4 ай бұрын

@@mixc8 I use it more for clean stuff since I like some of my other preamps for high gain better.

@justfortier

2 ай бұрын

God damn! So jealous!

Absolutely a classic. That thing set the bar for so long. In its day, nothing was near that thing.

@scottykingdavid

3 жыл бұрын

Cheaper version of the eventide h*3000 I had a 2120 and used it love for years. It's awesome. Only problem is switching from channel to channel.. latency

@stoicscorpio3838

2 жыл бұрын

I always liked the tones and presets of the 2101 Artist better, so long as it has the dual S disc's to keep up with the 2120. In fact, I bought one of two 2101s owned by Steve Stevens (the backup to his #1 that he still has til this day, from what I understand) and it's awesome.

@VERMACIDE

22 күн бұрын

not much can touch the cleans in this unit

Yeah, i have the Studio 2112 🤟

Hey Digitech, listen and read: we want cool racks like this☝️

@c0veredinash

3 жыл бұрын

digitech barely exists anymore...

@hosoiarchives4858

3 жыл бұрын

Digitech is dead unfortunately. I didn’t appreciate them at the time

@jorgynes6443

Жыл бұрын

Digitech has been acquired by Cortek and coming back new and improved

The in-between pickup tones on your PRS are phenomenal

Spent many years playing with this unit. Bring back lot of memories

This was my rig for years and it’s still in my rack at home! You have great taste, Leon, and you never miss a beat! Thank you for this!

@gabrielebarbaraci3161

Жыл бұрын

Hi 67Guitar Geek. I need some help with this unit. I think i am not using it properly. When Leon Todd put FX:....., did he inject the signal in the AXE FX?

I bought one these once at Guitar Center took it home and replaced the Tubes and when I opened it up someone had there Stash inside of it lol

@reneotten7376

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha was it good?

@johnstitt2615

3 жыл бұрын

Too funny....nice surprise ✌️😎🎸

@LeonTodd

3 жыл бұрын

"Man these tubes smell REAL good"

@texacomann

3 жыл бұрын

I would not change the tubes on mine! Why should I do that? It sounds wonderful, no need to experiment and waste time and money.

@NeuroplasticityReprogram

3 жыл бұрын

Damn, why can't anything awesome like that happen to me? Bahaha

I was one of those people that requested this video. Feels like an early Christmas morning , thank you!

I think you outdid yourself on this one! What a demo. Also, when you first go into that axe fx for the tone, omg what a difference! Shows how incredible the progression of amo modelling has come over the years!

Great job here. Brought back fond mementoes and tones that still inspire me today :) Thank you for detailed in-depth look at this old unit

Run an analog stomp box into it. I've been doing that for 20 years and it still makes a tremendous difference even with the most recent wave of digi units around that borderline finally sound identical to valves. I'll bet the farm a dinosaur like this will have new life run that way. *People just never seem to grasp that you can feed a hot, overdriven analog signal into digital gear, but the only modern unit I've had that wouldn't cooperate was the Headrush, and it was such a pile of crap I returned it.*

I owen 2120 Artist for over 15 years here in China. Never thought/herd that it would sound so amazing!

Allright, allright, allright!! A 42 minute episode on a Digitech's rack? Have to grab a bigger cup of coffee. No better way to start the week!! Limelight!😎

@LeonTodd

3 жыл бұрын

Loooooong cup'o'coffee :D

I played my 2101 from the 80’s thru the 90’s. That thing had some of the best choruses I’ve heard

I remember really wanting one of these back in the day.

getting my coffee now!

@glaucosouza1971

3 жыл бұрын

Waiting for your take on one of those 😎🤘

@LeonTodd

3 жыл бұрын

I know you just ordered an Axe-Fx but you should totally get one of these too :D

@Widdy5150

3 жыл бұрын

I knew Robert's 80s/90s rack radar would kick in 😛👍🏻

@armkonninko1602

3 жыл бұрын

@@LeonTodd Hey man, You must try the older model the 2101, it have the fully analog tube path. It's a more complicated thing then 2120 because you must make algorithms. You can't use so many effect at one time because of smaller ram i think. But it's worth to try it out because of the more natural sound. Don't get me wrong 2120 sound briliant, but i'm intrested in wich one of them You will like more.

@LeonTodd

3 жыл бұрын

@@armkonninko1602 I'm really keen to score a 2101 as well, just for the fun of making your own algos!

I updated my 2112 to 2120 after watching this vieo, thanks Leon 🙌

After the MP1 came out, there were several makers coming out with their rack FX preamp processors. I think Carvin even made one that was chrome and endorsed by Frank Gambale. Peavey had the TubeFex and Profex. I had a Zoom 9150 and a Line6 PodPro. This sucker slays both of those.

This unit is really fantastic!! Great demo!!

The thing that always kept me away from rack and floor multiFX was and still is that I spent more time tweeking the settings than playing! Not that I didn't drool over this unit back in the day tho! 🤘🤘🤘

Man, there were some tones and effects that took me back!!!!!! Now that you have done this video and showed the power of this unit, the price of it has jumped 4 times on the used market! There are still some of us musicians that want that sound and don't have the extra to purchase these new! Meds for the wife, bills and staying alive kinda top the list! Our only hope is to learn of an old device that actually was ahead of its time and still useable today and cheap!

I had this unit since 1997 !! My Pride n joy for a long time --- Till the AX8 !!

I have had the gold face plate 2112 version of this digitech rack mount for the last 23 years. I remember spending months on months learning how to set it up. Came with a manual the size if a phone book! I ran it through a 120watt valve head then changed to a marshal 120/120 stereo rackmount . To get the stereo effect live. It was an insane set up back then for metal!

This is just like the Johnson Amps. If you stack the EQ's you can get awesome heavy sounds.

@Smurf431

3 жыл бұрын

Johnson Amps was bought up by Digitech back in the day.....I still have my J-Station that still sounds great, especially the Johnson Amp Presets!

I think in this era the pre and post EQ are the magic. Awesome review!

This was the same exact preamp used for the Johnson Millinium amp head & combo (made by Digitech) which debuted a year before the Line 6 Pod & Flextone😀

Yes!!! Leon!!!!! Stufff we care to check out for sure mate!!! You're on the right track friend trust me......there's sooooooo much tone out there to get BACK into and it's cool bro. Cheers to you.

Dude the 2101 was my first fx processor love these !! I Still have a Silver Face Artist. Great Video

great video man!

Brings back memories of my Digitech 2112. Sounded great and had a user-interface that was quick and easy and tweak.

@LeonTodd

3 жыл бұрын

Apparently you can upgrade the 2112 to 2120 spec via an EPROM firmware update too. Pretty cool.

Memories.....misty, water coloured memories....tears all the way from Niagara Falls, Canada.

Great!!! Let s wait for the great carvin quad x.

Great video. I'm looking forward to seeing more of this one. I really like running my Rockmaster or Rocktron Plexi into the 2120 and using it for efx. Quad chorus, delay & reverb FTW! Really fun unit that's super easy to navigate. Enjoy!

Great review Leon! Yeah they were really on to something there. Pioneers really! I would buy one even now!!

I like the desert yellow Ibanez in the back. I had one back in the early 90's. Mine had the shark tooth inlays. I installed a Dimarzio Tone Zone, Fast Track 1 and PAF in it. Loved it!

I had one of these when they came out. Used it until the Axefx came on the scene. I agree that the effects were really good. There was this cool synth alien effect that I can't remember the name of that was really cool. And it had a cool organ synth. I struggled to get any good distortion out of it and ended up giving it to a friend. Sort of regret getting rid of it. You did a great job getting good tones out of it!

I use this for the effects running into mpx 1 for the reverbs sounds awesome the eq stacked on the 2112 is the key to dialing in some nice stuff great vid leon keep twiddling the dials

oh man I remember one of my favorite local deathcore/hardcore bands back in like 2003 used to gig with those things and I absolutely wanted one so bad.

Wow!!That thing actually sounds good...Never had one of these,but I did have the ART SGE Preamp thingy..I loved the rack craze back then..

Love mine, played through it for years - the EQ is super responsive too

@stevewhitton8671

2 жыл бұрын

It is my main unit. I wont use any thing else

Nice. I used to run one of those for effects only in the loop of my Mark IV. Worked fine for me at that time.

I have 2 of these. And have upgraded them. One. Works great. The other you have to tap on the knobs to get them to function properly. Sometimes it works sometimes it don't but normally it does. Great video brother.

I still have and enjoy my 2120!

This was the center piece of my first live rig 22 years ago!

@LeonTodd

2 жыл бұрын

What else did you run it with?

Hi Leon ! Very nice video ! I just knew that this preamp existed but I had never heard how it sounded ! Not bad at all considering its age ! While we're in the pre-Axe-Fx era, if you ever can get your hands on a Rocktron Prophesy, I think some people here (including me !) would enjoy a review since there's not a lot of videos about it...

i owned and used the 21pro for a few years and then when the 2101 came out I got that unit. I bought the special edition version with the gold plate and it was an incredible piece of gear....I used it for guitars, bass, ran keyboards through it and even used it on occasion as a vocal processor. it was a staple of everything I did for over 15 years. Then a couple of friends bought the 2112's and I was not nearly as impressed with them. I never really got around to owning or being around anyone who owned the 2120, so this video was cool to see. thanks for sharing.

@schizopathicajones430

3 жыл бұрын

Still have my gsp 21 pro. Love that thing. The distorted tones suck but has great clean sound and fx.

I had the black face edition - just the normal one. Loved it. I wonder how many of the artists who made tones for this now have tones that are somewhat noticeably different than the tones they programmed. Good stuff.

I have one of these. Bought it brand new in '99, ran it through a BBE Sonic Maximizer and ADA Microtube200 power amp. This was my primary guitar rig for about 10 years until I returned to straight amp use. This thing has every effect under the sun, but is a beast to program. I use minimal effects these days anyway.

what cool about this Digitech series 2101-2120 is they have they own sound. Not tried to copy other amps. Or not in an obvious way.

Glad you didn't STOP at "checks out"!

For something a quarter century in age it is testament of what can be done.

I'm a bass player and bought this back in 1999. This was my main fx unit until I got my VB-99 and VG-99. The possibilities with the 2120 are literally endless. Also the pitch shifters are really strong, they track very good, even with drastic settings applied.

@jacobbrown1690

Жыл бұрын

I have vg and vb 99 also along with the matching foot pedal. Very cool. Still use them.

Killer review, thank you! The 2120 was my main amp for over a decade. Until the Axe Fx came out, absolutely nothing compared. A very impressive unit that time has forgotten.

@LeonTodd

3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully this turns some more people onto how good they still are!

@capth00k

3 жыл бұрын

@@LeonTodd Hopefully it doesnt ; I need a backup unit cheap :)

@stevewhitton8671

2 жыл бұрын

The 2120 is my main pre-amp

Thank God I never got rid of mine. I still have the control one foot controller and run this through my Steve Vai Legacy Amp and 4x12 cab.

I still own a Digitech 2112 I bought new. Great show Leon ;-)

One of the better videos on the 2120 thanks.

@LeonTodd

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

I remember these! Today’s modern IRs compliment the older units well. Some of those preamp sims are still usable. Loved the jet flanger 😂 Have a good week :)

@LeonTodd

3 жыл бұрын

SWOOooooooOOOOOoooooOOOOOsh

I have had mine since 1999 and only recently started using it with RP Edit. I had to upgrade the chip and firmware. Deoxit works on the pots when they jump around. Super wet clean(Thrash) is my favorite. Suicidal Tendencies; You Can't Bring Me Down intro.

these units are still the best. i do electronic restorations on these units in my shop and have for years and I still can't believe how popular they are. if you're looking for good tones and not just the distorted noise that's popular these days, these are it. they are a true tube preamp with high voltage going to the 2 12ax7s. you cannot beat them, and they are going up in price.

Nice review! Your playing demos to audition sounds is great. Playing the right things that fit the patch. I still have the purple 2120 and Johnson J12 large foot controller. It’s a shame as I’ve never used it other than an initial ‘check it out’ period years ago, then I put it away as I had other things I used live that I was used to/familiar with. I have a Digitech GSP 1101 w/the large foot controller- same thing. BUT this review is gonna spark my interest in spending some time with it. If not the pre amp tones but for the effects as they sound good and have a lot of adjustment parameters to play with. Preamps/processors just like keyboards- the technology moves forward but just because something is say ‘old’ doesn’t mean it doesn’t sound good and is still capable. It has what I call ‘evergreen sounds’. Sounds that always have a use and can be used in ones tones/effects palette. I have a mint G-Force unit I have to mess with too! I bought an artist card/patches for it but I’ve never used it. A Rocktron Prophecy unit too. I have good intentions when buying stuff but never seem to spend time and sit down with them. I think I have too much crap! G.A.S. - Lol

I still have my 2101. I bought it new at a namm show in the early 90’s. It still works! I use to use it with my 1982 JCM 800 full stack, plugged into the low channel. It really sounded great for that time, played many many shows with it.

@LeonTodd

3 жыл бұрын

Still have the stack too?

@rockerdude5150

3 жыл бұрын

I still have the stack. My aunt bought me and my cousin JCM 800 stacks, I was 16. 🤘🏻😎

Great video! And it has 31bands st eq and a 6bands parametric eq also & many many parameters to play with reverbs and full options to create new effects...!!!

My man~~Ya nudged me into getting yet another rack yesterday! Using the 2120 just for post fx into the stereo returns of the PSA-1 and its awesome. Thanks for always making great content that helps making decisions like this possible, love the Australian amp you just uploaded too. Stay sassy and sessy browski~!

@LeonTodd

3 жыл бұрын

Good stuff! I approve of your growing collection :D

@Kairuofficial

3 жыл бұрын

@@LeonTodd Thank you rack Yoda *bows*

I bought one about 6 years ago on line for 150 dollars Canadian. For me brings back memories of 80's rock when i was playing full time and making a living from it. Yes its outdated now compared to Kemper, Axe FX etc and also the computer software you can acquire for your DAW's. For me , it makes me smile and gives me hours of enjoyment. Great review Leon. Dave from Canada TC

Awesome! Wow, what a memory wormhole...I loved this thing. For me, the best thing about the multi rack fx of this era was the sheer variety of distinct and unique tones available- quite a palette. Great inspo. Ah that reminds me, one of my first "real amps" was an ART SGX LT...dude you have to demo this if you can find one. Nowhere near as deep as thie Digi but still, great meat and potatoes for a young kid... They were and still are dirt cheap and simple to operate. I used it into a Tascam 4 track with a Boss DR550 drum machine to creat all kinds of kickass shreddy rock epics despite its entry level vibe! ART was a cool brand. Cheers

@muffkat

2 жыл бұрын

Man Boondoggler, I thought, I didn't comment on this yet, but that sounds like my story, lmao - I had an SGX, and still do, lol. My first piece of rack gear many years ago, bought it new. Despite moving on to a Digitech 2101 and Marshall tube preamp, then other things, I never had the heart to get rid of it, lol...."maybe someday.....". And I recorded into 4-track with it, but Fostex, AND the DR550 was my drummer, lmao......

Great demo thank u

@LeonTodd

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great review! In the 90's I used it for guitar but now I use it as a rack effects unit for synths, drums... and yes, guitars! I've created a few effects presets based on real gear: Phase 90, CE-2, Analog and Digital Chorus & Flangers, and even the H910. For the H910 preset I use short delays and a mixer to route the right channel's output back to the input with the original signal as feedback. It sounds tremendous!

@LeonTodd

3 жыл бұрын

The mod sounds are really fun!

Heaven Above intro riff sounds astounding whatever effects you use man. These units never get old. I don´t know if Boss GT5 is in the same ballpark but I´m diggin it with IRs and surprises me everyday. I use it when I practice too much hours (to protect my Triaxis) and It´s totally usable.

Way back when I had a 2101 and that thing was awesome. Basically just went to the user side and tweaked away. Like this model a few of the preset were ok but to make it really sound good you had to tweak it out. Wish I still had it as it was fun to mess around with and for its time it did sound good.

Ran my 2101 into a Boogie 2:90 for years. Awesome tone. Cut my digital processor teeth on that unit. Great effects. In no way compares to my AxeFX but I sure wish I would have kept it just for the sentimental value.

@matttruesdel6685

2 жыл бұрын

Can u run one of these with a mesa triaxs and 290 poweramp

Wow.what a video...this was the business back in the 90's..I still have mine in a rack .I don't use it much now ...but it does have some tasty chorus effects...but after watching your video..I'll have to plug it in...thanks for that...cheers Leon🎸😊

@LeonTodd

3 ай бұрын

Well worth dragging out for the chorus!

I use to use a 2120 along with the J12 pedalboard out a Mesa 412 cab. it was pretty cool for me. Of course it come down to programming. I used like 5 presets to do everything because the controllers were awesome. It's worth heck ing out if you have the chance.

OMG! I owned such one 15 years before or so. It sucked at gigs, not enough presence, couldn't break trough in a loud band. So I sold it on. However it was fun editing this thing. Nice UI.

I played through a Digitech 2101 for years and they were everything you could dream of in a guitar processor Digitech had a module you could add that added a tuner and morphing allowing you to change from one patch to another and the first would continue to fade out while you played the new patch I even used it on vocals and mastering and still to this day use it for certain things sonically

I've got a 2112 and haven't had much time in on it... got it used!

I got one of these alongside a JEM90HAM in 1998 or so. At the time I wasn't getting the "tone" I wanted but realized that it was my playing, also that I was going direct from the unit into headphones rather than an amp! Ah, live and learn.

I recently bought a minty 2120 Artist and GSP1101. Also nabbed a RP7 Valve and RP20. I'm gonna mess around with em in a loop on my Axe FX III. Digitech have always been cutting edge. I had a new DSP 128 or whatever it was bought in the late 80's. It was way ahead of it's time. I'd buy a new Digitech rack preamp in a heartbeat if they ever designed an updated rack. I noticed a lot of guys that buy the Axe III still keep their Digitech gear.

I'm glad I've sold mine years ago. If Leon cannot make it sound playable/passable, no wonder I couldn't.

I used to have it. The Achilles' heel is that the preamp makes a fart sound low in the low end, and it can't be bypassed. the effects and programming and control was awesome.

@trixdropd

3 жыл бұрын

Edit: you can hear fart in alex lifeson demo.

Man this thing brings back memories. I always wanted to get one back in the day but never pulled the trigger. It was THE processor to have, like the AxeFx now. Wonder what will hold the torch 20 years from now? Hmmm...👍

Hi mate! I have three of em. Love em.

I remember using one of those back in the early to mid 2000's. It was pretty cool. But I sold it when I bought a Triaxis.

pairing that bright shade of purple with the chroma green....definitely the coolest looking one in the bunch in my (dated) opinion lol ...I remember using this thing on a bunch of sessions back in the day...this video was a crazy flashback for me haha! Loved the "Guitar Center" and "Cartoon Metal" jokes!

@LeonTodd

Жыл бұрын

It's like a purple jumpsuit with green tinted aviator shades. Iconic!

Thanks Leon, completely agree with what your outline for the 2120 re: Great effects, leave the preamps out... I used the 2112 (with the 2120 chip) for over twenty years in my rack combined with two Digitech 1101’s, a Boss GT-Pro and TC Electronic G-Force. I’ve only just retired the unit (along with the GT-Pro) in the last year in favour of the AXE FX lll, but certainly agree that the digital effectors in the unit are still ‘up there’ with current flux of rack modellers available today. Really enjoyed this along with many of your posts, keep up the great work! 🖖

Reminds me of the JMP sound. Sounds pretty good too.

Wooo! Good boi Leon!

I have a 2112 that I played through a Rocktron Velocity 250 power amp into a 1960A cab. It lasted almost 20 years before the screen finally died. It was awesome for the time. I got a Helix because I got addicted to the 2112 morphing feature which you can reconstruct in a Helix with a reversed volume pedal on the clean channel. The EOB tones sucked but modulation effects were sweet. This unit has many grandchildren these days. Nostalgia rush here.

I had one of these for about a decade, with a Control 1 and then a Johnson J12. It was all I used. Gigs, all of it. Fantastic. It was the pre-modelling, precursor to what Fractal did. My 2120 eventually started developing issues, ageing components etc. So I ditched it and went for the GSP1101 when it came out. Big mistake. The 2120 was way better than the 1101 could ever be. Then in 2008 I got my first Axe-Fx and never looked back.

Holy crap, I forgot about this thing. I have to say, all these years later it doesn't sound that bad.

@LeonTodd

3 жыл бұрын

For the price your can get them now they're pretty fantastic

I had one of these in my rack for a few years before switching over to a GSP 1101 (with the custom firmware) and finally the Axe-FX III. Got a ton of use out of those units but man is it night and day programming with Axe Edit now haha.

@LeonTodd

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah Axe Edit is something else hey

Hey Leon . Thanks for this video on the purple monster ! I own this very unit . I bought it at guitar center when it came out and I used probably 25 hours at the time when I was giging here in Dallas/ft.worth . However axis the band I was in dismantled and I stored it away all these years . It is in mint condition. Heck the last time I checked the floor foot controller still had the plastic shield over the display window on the controller. I ran the untit thru a rocktron power amp and rack 422 sonic maximizer which I still own to a full stack . Do a video using this unit thru a effects loop to a mess boogie or a flat response power cab.. thanks for all your videos Joe Beltran

Very nice! Over the years I've picked up the 2101, the 2112 and the 2120. I guess I should feel a bit guilty for not really using them, but at least they're very nice to look at. I do plan to bring them out of retirement someday though. Sooo many memories of salivating over these beasts in the 90's. :)

@LeonTodd

3 жыл бұрын

They do look awesome when racked up!

@LexDevil

Жыл бұрын

I’ll use them! Lol that is if, u ever decide to sell them :)

I know its an old thread but you are awesome!! Very nice demo...yes its old some people say its only good for bedroom use...I dont agree. This unit still has some very useable sounds. Thanks again

The Modulation effects sound a lot like the Yamaha stuff. That multi chorus really sounds like the chorus in the Magicstomp.

Can you do a video on a Digitech GSP 2101 and compare it to the 2120?

I have both the 2120 & the 2112... gigged both for years....yes it is solid state... but depending on the preamp tubes it can sound good or great.

Oh wow. This is the big daddy of Digitech effects in my opinion.

I have one and i love it!!! Great video, i want to see a more deep diving into the unit, maybe a PART 2?

@LeonTodd

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely. I'm going to spend some time programming this bad boy.

@lu4enp

3 жыл бұрын

@@LeonTodd Give a chance to the preamp section, maybe it's not so"to the point" like the ADA MP1 or the JMP1 but you can achieve really big overdrive and clean tones with a little of work. Mine is a 2112 model with the upgrade chips 2120 Artist. The Speaker simulation is bad, but there is two ways to use it and you can have more control in the patch mode than global, still bad for rock tones. Just my 2 cents. Sorry for my english, i hope you understand me. Thanks again for your work!!!