Favorite Delay Pedal?

xibalba · Post by **xibalba** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 4:31 pm

gibson echoplex that is one excellent machine as is the line 6 delay

brian.only · Post by **brian.only** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:59 pm

Yeah I would really like to find one w/ the foot controller that was'nt 800-1000 bucks.

They seem to be getting harder to find too...

zielvis · Post by **zielvis** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 1:24 pm

From the guitarist's standpoint my favourite was a small and simple unit made by Guyatone, Micro Delay MD 2. It sounded so good that the guy I sold it to called me after trying it out just to share his delight and he kept talking about geniuses who invented this stompbox for a pretty long time

These are really good FX boxes in my opinion. Had a few Micros and had no complaints.

Now I use AdrenaLinn for delays with my guitar and I like the ability to have it synced to midi clock a lot. That's a very interesting box in general. You should check it out (not only if You play guitar)

Regards,

Marcin

Post by **TrondC** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:15 pm

so, 1000ms = 1 second, right?
if so, many popular pedals seem to offer little delay time.. like the DD3 with 2 seconds or so..
also, just so I don't make any mistakes here: by delay time, do you mean the time it takes before the sound "dies" out, or the time interval between each repeat? this bugs me a little, cand I don't see the appeal for a pedal with max delay time of only 1-2 seconds..

konvert · Post by **konvert** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:22 pm

TrondC wrote:so, 1000ms = 1 second, right?
if so, many popular pedals seem to offer little delay time.. like the DD3 with 2 seconds or so..
also, just so I don't make any mistakes here: by delay time, do you mean the time it takes before the sound "dies" out, or the time interval between each repeat? this bugs me a little, cand I don't see the appeal for a pedal with max delay time of only 1-2 seconds..

Usually it means the max. time between each repeat.

Post by **shaft9000** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:14 pm

any unit that can do upwards of 500ms or more will be versatile enough for most apps short of looping phrases and such.

And one of the best-sounding I've come across is that little old Guyatone MD-2. Just delicious in every way, if limited. RE-201 Space Echo is the dubby freak-out delay echo fantastique, but mechanics put tape machines on a whole different plane.

Tyler2000 · Post by **Tyler2000** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:40 pm

premieklovn wrote:I love my Ibanez DE7. Its cheap and it sounds amazing. Too bad it lacks tap-tempo. With tap-tempo it would be the TB303 of delay pedals.

Amen. I had one of those years back and I loved it. However, those ToneLok pedals are bad build quality and I was using it every other night in a band as a guitarist so it finally died from getting stomped too much. Which leads me to this:

Carey M wrote:Anyone (aeon?) had any experience with the analog Ibanez rack delay? AD202 or something... I'm looking to get something rack-mountable and all those VRS23s have disappeared from eBay.

Because I like/missed my DE7 so much, but I was getting into rack gear I bought one of these

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... Y.m238.lVI

(that exact one fact)
but I haven't got to play with it yet. I'll let you know how I like it here is this thead when I do though.

PS - The self osciallationon the de7 is AMAZING! I used to use it as a "guitar solo" I liked it so much.

Suburban Bather · Post by **Suburban Bather** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:43 pm

Does the Adrenalinn do reverse delay?

zielvis · Post by **zielvis** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:19 am

Suburban Bather wrote:Does the Adrenalinn do reverse delay?

No. As a delay unt is very simple. What is unique is the delay time (You can easily set two-bar long repeats in reasonable tempos) and midi-syncing. Other than that it's pretty straightforward.

Post by **Stab Frenzy** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 1:26 am

I don't know about the Adrenalinn III, but the two has an annoying design quirk where the feedback path is cancelled when you change the delay time, so there are a whole lot of effects you can't use it for.

I'd really like to try out the Eventide Time Factor delay, it looks great.

Suburban Bather · Post by **Suburban Bather** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:52 am

If I didn't already have the MF-104z and Deluxe Memory Man, I would definitely buy that Eventide delay. I just want a delay pedal that loops and does reverse. Don't really need it though, it would just be nice to have.

Post by **tallowwaters** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:59 am

yamaha e1005 answers all my dub needs.

otherwise, lexicon lxp-1's delay preset number 2 is perfect for vocals, and the dan-echo is it for most guitar tracks.

Post by **johans121** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:58 am

Suburban Bather wrote:If I didn't already have the MF-104z and Deluxe Memory Man, I would definitely buy that Eventide delay. I just want a delay pedal that loops and does reverse. Don't really need it though, it would just be nice to have.

I'm not really a big fan of the new eventide delay pedal. I think it does a pretty poor job of vintage/tape emulations. The only delay effect that I like on it is the reverse delay. I haven't tried the loop function yet however.....

For a delay unit, I think it is pretty tame. I guess if you want a clean, tame, delay pedal, this may be the device for you. I like my ensoniq dp*'s delays much more.

Suburban Bather · Post by **Suburban Bather** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:34 pm

Is the Boss DD6 the cheapest delay that does reverse?

Post by **tallowwaters** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:44 pm

Suburban Bather wrote:Is the Boss DD6 the cheapest delay that does reverse?

its tied with the digitech digidelay, but i think the digitech sounds better.