If you've been pulling your hair out trying to decide between your beloved collection of vintage stompboxes and the convenience and portability of a multi-effect pedal, DigiTech has the perfect compromise. The new DIgiTech RP1000 is a multi-effect pedalboard that takes the same DSP-architecture and construction design of the rest of the RP-series, and adds an integrated, external effects-loop switching option, meaning you can not only still use your old effects, but you now have even more control over them.

Not only does the RP1000 integrate with your existing effects setup with ease, but it also stays out of the way of your amp's tone. A simple "Amp/Cabinet" bypass switch turns the RP1000's speaker simulations off with a single switch, allowing your amp to do the work. I mean, your amp is already there, right? Why bother bringing it to the gig and have it sit on the sidelines? This isn't the NFL, for cryin' out loud.

As if these ingenious features weren't enough, the RP1000 also features a "full-time" phrase looper. By adding the standard DigiTech FS3X footswitch, you can have dedicated controls for the RP1000's phrase looper like it was a separate pedal -- which is sorta exemplary of the RP1000's whole design philosophy: why add effects if you can't access them easily? It's the same reason that buttons 6-10 on the RP1000 can be used to access individual effects within a preset.

Of course, there's still the die-cast metal housing, the rugged metal switches, the durable expression pedal and DigiTech quality effects that you'd expect from the RP-series floorboards, and with a suggested retail price of $699.95, the RP1000 represents not only the change you need, it's also the change you don't have to fear.