Zoom is a Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese audio company that is distributed in the U.S. under the Samson

Samson Technologies

Samson Technologies is an audio production conglomerate that is made up of the following companies or elements:* Hartke Systems* Samson Audio* Samson Wireless* Zoom Corporation...

 family of companies, in the UK by Zoom UK Distribution Limited and in Germany by Sound Service GmBH. Zoom produce effects pedals for guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

s and basses, recording equipment, drum machines. Company has become known for producing inexpensive multi-effects and is building their products around their own microchip designs.

• G1
• G1X
• G1Next
• G1XNext
• G2
• G2Nu
• G2.1u
• G2.1Nu
• G3 G7.1ut
• Zoom G9.2tt
• GFX-1
• GFX-3
• Zoom GFX-5
• GFX-8
• 505
• 505II
• 606
• 606II
• 707
• 707II
• 1010
• 2020
• 4040

At the time it was released, GFX-8 was the flagship of the Zoom GFX series.

It has solid steel dark green body with opto based pedal on the right and red LED display on the top left.