The Digitech 2120 Artist is somewhat of a classic rack unit. Housed in a trendy purple 2U rackmount case, the Digitech 2120 features a combination of two 12AX7 tubes and two SDISC II processors. These processors were/are found in a lot of Digitechs other studio processors apparently. It’s a preamp, and it’s a multi effects unit. It’s midi programmable and can take an expression pedal.

The Digitech 2120 features a stack of factory presets, although most of them require a bit of tweaking, they are a good place to start. I picked up my Digitech 2120 used off ebay a few years ago. The thing that struck me immediately about the unit were the sick sounds that I could pull out of it without much effort at all. In general, and compared to my POD XT Pro (which I edit patches on my PC with), programming the 2120 can be tricky. The fact I didn’t get a manual with it, hasn’t help matters either!

The Digitech 2120 was used on some of The Fragile by Nine Inch Nails, as well as through the Fragility Tour.

The Digitech 2120 won’t get you a strong authentic overdriven tube tone, but it will create some sonic mayhem for you to record so crazy direct tones with.

If you have a home recording setup (or even something a bit more ‘pro’) then I would strongly recommend trying to pick up one of these units second hand. You just never know when you’ll find a use for it!