SONICAKE Guitar Multi Effect Pedal Chorus Delay Reverb Distortion Classic Rock Tone Guitar Pedal Rockstage With Cab Sim

This thing packs hellacious bang for the buck in a tiny box you can throw in your guitar case or backpack to use as a fantastic fly rig. It has all of the basic time-based FX you need to play most styles of rock and pop, and they all sound great. Not a lot of parameters to play with, but again, enough for what you need 95% of the time, and the layout is extremely familiar to anyone who has used FX stompboxes over the past several decades. I thought the tonal options would be very limited with it, but if you take the time to tweak parameters to match your axe's electronics, you will find you can create many different and very useable tones. The palette of tones you can get out of it using an HH axe like a Les Paul versus one with single coils like a Strat or Tele is huge. I'm very impressed with the build quality. The RockStage is built like a tank, in a very sturdy metal case with quality footswitches. The parameter knobs are small but work fine, and they light up with colored internal LEDs when the FX is engaged: blue for reverb, green for delay, red for the amp model distortion/OD, and yellow for chorus. The cab/speaker sim is fantastic; you can really hear the difference as you switch it on and off when running it through an FRFR, which I did through one of my Headrush 112s. The amp model sounds like a hot rodded 80s head such as a JCM 800 or Soldano; very much hair metal, but you can also back it off to get lighter breakup OD sounds and even some very nice cleans. The amp sim is also very responsive to your guitar volume and playing dynamics/pick attack, and you can clean up a raging overdriven tone effectively by rolling off on the guitar volume knob. The reverb only has one flavor and one knob to control the amount, but it's a very useable large room ambience that really opens up and thickens up the sound and is also perfect for 80's hard rock. The chorus sounds like a sweet vintage bucket brigade unit and so does the delay, though the max delay time is pretty short; I don't think above 300 ms. I don't think that is a big loss; again, very usable for a wide variety of applications. This unit is marketed as an 80s hair metal machine and it does do that extremely well, but it can also tackle 80s' new wave and pop single coil sounds with lots of sparkle and shimmer amazingly, and you can even set it up to crank out some very convincing earthy blues "edge of breakup" sounds and chicken pickin' country twang with a Tele. I spent a few hours having a ton of fun creating lots of different tones with different axes and I have no doubt it would be great to use live in a situation where you don't need a lot of presets and space is at a premium, or you don't want to haul a pile of gear to a gig. All in all, for well under a hundred bucks, this is a terrific value and a great tool to add to your bag of tricks. It won't replace my Helix Floor, but it sure makes a fantastic emergency backup rig and could easily serve as a main rig in a wide variety of situations. This would also be a great first rig for someone just starting out on guitar FX since it's so simple and intuitive to use versus a pro unit like a Helix that requires extensive knowledge/experience to operate fully. 5 stars and kudos to Sonicake; I highly recommend the RockStage.

This in an impressive device inside a nice looking metal enclosure. It includes a power adapter, and for someone that wants chorus, delay, and reverb, this is a simpler and neater solution than getting a pedal board with multiple separate pedals with a daisy chained power supply and patch cables. This is so small and light, I could fit it into my gig bag pocket with the power and guitar cables. The footswitches are great, with the soft-click style. The smaller knobs are low so there is little chance to accidentally move them with your feet while performing and stepping on the footswitches. The photo I added is to show the relative size compared with some other pedals. It's compact, but still good spacing between each effect, so unless someone has unusually large boots, it should be easy to step on one switch without accidentally hitting the one next to it. I really like the new trend of mini pedals that are made of metal and affordable. The chorus sounds nice. The distortion is more versatile than I guessed it would be. The tone knob allows for much adjustment, and the volume and gain knobs can be combined for a range that goes from slight overdrive to obvious loud distortion that works well for power chords and palm muted riffs. The delay was a surprise because at the highest repeat setting, it goes into self-oscillation mode for infinite repeats that morph tones like some of the classic analog delays. I doubt most players would use this setting, which is no problem because keeping the repeat knob at 2/3rds or less prevents this. But it's a nice option for those moments when something more unusual is needed. The reverb only has a mix control, but still has a good sound and at the max setting it really adds a lot of atmosphere.

I got this because I'm a Worship Leader at a church and lead while playing guitar. Been using an older Line6 Flextone but we're all on ears and have no stage volume so my amp was literally behind a wall with the volume off, just going direct. Since I'm leading worship, rarely do any solos and am concentrating on singing and lyrics at the same time, I just wanted something simple with a few buttons and just a couple sounds. This does the trick with just a few negatives. Let me get into it: The overall quality of this is excellent. All metal, switches that feel good and knobs that are lit up and easy to maneuver. The cab sim is actually really good and works well when going direct. Button by button, here is my take on it: Reverb: This is actually a really good reverb and sounds to me like an old spring reverb. I just like a little so my knob is almost to the "off" position but this effect sounds really good! Delay: While the delay sounds really good, the adjustment of such is not very user friendly. The "time" for the delay is set with the same turn knob as everything else. It is very sensitive and I think hard to find exactly what you want. If you were trying to match with a certain rhythm or speed, it would be very labor intensive to get it perfect. What would have made this perfect is if the footswitch was also a tap tempo. While the effect sounds good and knobs are sensitive, this is very much not user friendly. I will probably find an eighth note delay I'm happy with and just leave it. Rock Amp: If anyone is playing metal or anything with lots of gain/distortion, this is not for you. While there is plenty of gain, it doesn't "chug". This is more like a Boss Distortion pedal or a Tube Screamer. It might sound nice as a boost or additional distortion to your existing amp but is a little lack-luster on it's own. For me, I'm just using it mainly for chords in this worship setting so I have the gain really low just to add some dirt to my sound. This will work for my purpose but I wouldn't see me playing out with that distortion sound. Chorus: I think this is were this pedal shines. The chorus effect sounds great and the adjustments again while very sensitive go from just a little to crazy. This to me sounds as good as any chorus pedal I've owned. While it may not rival $500-1000 pedals, the effect is great sounding and does the job. Final thoughts: Construction is good and for maybe a beginner that wants some effects, a practice solution or someone like me that just needs a couple cheap effects at your feet with easy setup, this is a winner in my book. This will NOT be the same as buying say a Headrush, Helix etc by a long shot, but I'm pleased with what you get for under $100. While this isn't exactly what I'd want and some of the sounds are just decent, I believe this will work well for what I'm planning to do.

This is an excellent small multieffects unit. It's made of metal, the footswitches feel sturdy and work flawlessly, the knobs turn very smoothly yet stay in place, they include rubber around the knobs so they're easy to grip, the 9v power adapter is actually included and there are simple instructions. Please check out my amateur video (iPhone quality) for my comments and usability. Features: Reverb: The single knob reverb goes from mild to very springy suitable for surf. Delay: The 500ms delay sounds great and the controls are easy to operate. I like that the repeat level can go high enough to self oscillate which is a cool effect. You can hear it in the video. Chorus: I'm particular about my chorus sound. Picky really. Give me a vintage analog Boss CE1 chorus and I'm happy. I liked this one right away and later read in the ad that it's voiced like an old bucket brigade chorus. Love it! It can get quite warbly too. Check out the video. Distortion/Amp: I was really surprised how good this sounds. From low gain to 80s high gain, this thing rocks. Does it Djent? No, you'll have to get the heavy metal version for that. But it will handle everything from Tom Petty to Poison. Check out the video. Cab Sim: This is a very cool feature. With cab sim on, you can plug directly into a PA with no amp at all. I tried this at an open mic this past week and it really sounded great through a Bose L1MII. I typically gig with a Helix or a Kemper, so this will make a great backup or even main rig for a too small stage or a fill in gig or open mic. It worked great. Cons: The delay does not have tap tempo. Overall 2 thumbs up from me. A good value as well. Free returns makes it a no brainer to check out too.

Absolutely WOW!!! I had been using a Line 6 Amplifi FX100 for performing LIVE, but I didn't like having to engage my celllphone app controller to turn off and on Distortion and Chorus as I see fit, whenever I see fit. I have to turn stuff on and off with my Finger, or already have my Presets set up in their banks with Preset A having Distortion and Chorus ON and a Copy Preset A set to B with both effects OFF. I'd rather do ll that with my feet. I find that engaging my cellphone on stage to change sounds takes my attention away from the Band and the Audience. Then, I saw the Sonicake Rockstage pedal and it was only $75. I listened to it on YouTube and decided to buy it. I use a Portable Powered Speaker as my Guitar Amp, because the FX100 has every Amp and Cabinet known to mankind in it. I plugged the Rockstage into my Powered Speaker, turned on it's Cabinet setting and WOW!!!!! The Chorus Effect is simply Beautiful. Then I tried the Amp/Distortion Effect. WOW!!! It can go from Sorta Dirty With A Bite, all the way to Heavy Metal Madness! Then I tried the Delay Effect. I'm not much of a Delay Effect user. I like to use the Delay to Fatten up my Tone as opposed to have it repeat what I just played...and the Delay's Decay knob does Magical things. Then I tried the Reverb Effect. WOW!!! From subtle to all-the-way, the Reverb adds a layer of Extra Goodness on whatever it is you are playing. My Finger Exercises never sounded so damned good before. Then, I tried all the Effects on at the same time WOW!!!! Every time I tweaked one of the knobs on any of the 4 Effects, I continued to create Guitar Tones that made me say out loud "WOW!!!!" Then, I took the Rockstage to band rehearsal. The other guitar player uses the Zoom G3 and the lead singer sometimes plays guitar and she uses about 3 individual pedals. I plugged the Rockstage in to a Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier 3-channel tube amplifier head and proceeded to blow my band's minds with the oh-so-sweet sounds flowing out the cab from my Hamer Explorer running thru the Rockstage. Then, I plugged the Rockstage directly into the audio mixing board and engaged the Cabinet button...WOW!!!! I think I just made Sonicake two more customers. The Rockstage could very well be my Go To Rig for doing Live Shows.

Disclaimer: I've only had this thing for a day but I played with it for most of the day. Also, I'm not a huge gear head by any means and I'm also not the world's greatest guitar player, but even with that said this pedal seems like it can go a long way for a lot of people. To start, I had a solid mess of varying effects pedals going on (all pretty cheap and rather ineffective), and this came in and cleaned a lot of that up. It's a little smaller than I expected it to be, which was actually a pleasant surprise. It's pretty compact and tight and feels really well built. The important meat of the matter here though is that the effects on their own are really versatile and to boot they all compliment each other awesomely. You can even blend all 4 together and get some pretty interesting stuff. The reverb is subtle but effective, the delay is straight forward but versatile, the 'Rock Amp' is a distortion of sorts and can get pretty close to the metal edge, and the way I hear the chorus is on a spectrum of heavenly to haunting. All things good from the long first impression. I will certainly report back if my continued use unveils any serious concerns, I don't anticipate that happening though. It's as simple as you'd want something like this to be, and to me that's a good thing.

The 4 pedal set up is a great idea. Most musicians get a multi-effect pedal that has maybe a hundred or so presets and they always say "I use 4 of them", so the concept is great. I thought the sound was a little to "digital" sounding to my ear, but in me saying that, I think that someone else might hear it and think this is fantastic. The size and concept were excellent and I think the sound was usable, but just not to my taste. This would be good for anyone wanting to enhance their sound for the first time. I would recommend it.

I own many good quality, name brand pedals which I am very pleased with. However I wanted to downsize my pedal board. I keep the big one for shows and large venues. However I thought Id take a chance on this since it was so small, so lightweight and inexpensive. I figured even if it only lasted a short while it'd be worth it. well I've been using it right along for many months now. The effects sound fine. You can probably dial in the tone you're looking for. I've found that for the price point, this little pedal gives you the bang for the buck. And it's so light and small it's easy to carry around in its own gig bag. (I bought a separate sipper case that fits it nicely). I'm happy with it and would recommend it to others. Yes there are better, more expensive pedal out there but if you want to downsize and would like to lighten your load I think you'll be happy too. I was happy that it arrived as expected and was packaged in a way that protected the product. I did use a good quality power brick to ensure consistent clean power. Other players ask about it. We look at it and laugh because it sounds so good although it's small and inexpensive.

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I got tired of old multi pedals giving it up. Didnt want to throw down for a new one. Tried this. 4 old school stomp boxes in one. $125 at my door. Sounds great straight through an amp or in the PA. Perfect for jamming. Better than I expected.

Solid

Simple and balanced pedal. Very easy to configure different settings. Switches are sleek unlike conventional big pedals. A gennltle push activates the required function. Best option for guitar learners for understanding pedal options. Very rugged due to metal construction and non slippery. Good product and with affordable price.

Una presentación muy bien lograda. El sonido es increíble, todos los efectos están muy bien elaborados, el sonido final es de muy buena calidad, y el precio es muy accesible. Al principio dudé, pero ahora que lo tengo pienso que realmente hice la mejor compra. Muy recomendable para los amantes del rock clásico de los 80s.