While the concept behind the pedal appealed to me, I just didn't believe there was any way it would be any good). It took months of researching the pedal and reading lots of reviews from other people online to recognize that the DigiTech TRIO Plus is actually an amazing product. Yes, it is overly ambitious, and yes, it does have flaws. But the takeaway from my early experience with the pedal is that DigiTech put an amazing amount of thought into how their customers would actually use the pedal, and the end result is a terrific practice aid for jamming at home and simply learning to play better guitar.