new delay pedal?

[Kev]

okay due to me selling my ps-3, im looking to buy another delay, digital or analog not too fussy really

what im after though is something that colours your tone as little as possible, and is prefferably true bypass (if thats possible)

i find that all boss delays dont really fulfill either requirement, and colour my tone to hell when bypassed

any suggestions? my budget is around £80

i was looking at the carl martin red repeat

[BassBalls]

Marshall echo head does the trick for me, all the features of the line 6 echo park except the built in tap tempo and at a cheaper price, around the £49 mark.

[Kev]

hows the bypass on it? how transparant is it, particularly with fuzz?

[Kev]

what about this new ehx pedal?

[url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/electro_harmonix_1_echo.htm?partner_id=59917"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/electro_harmonix_...artner_id=59917[/url]

[umcoo]

I have a Guyatone MD-3. I don't know if it's true bypass, but it sounds a treat. The self-oscillation bit is extremely fun too! I got mine for £50 from the states

[Toasted]

Save another £20 and get a second hand DD-20. It is the definitive delay IMO.

[Kev]

sugden is selling one for £100 so he's had a pm, but he's on holiday so iv got a week to consider others

anyone heard much about that carl martin red repeat or the new ehx #1 echo?

[tayste_2000]

DD-20 beats everything you've mentioned so far.

I'm personally partial to the Digitech PDS Series but good look finding one of those and for the money the DD-20 is a much better unit, the Digitech's just have more mojo

[Kev]

hmm

but the dd-20 jus seems to have too much for my needs, sounds stupid i know, im just after quality, not quantity

[thumbo]

[quote name='BassManKev' post='27362' date='Jul 5 2007, 11:38 AM']hmm

but the dd-20 jus seems to have too much for my needs, sounds stupid i know, im just after quality, not quantity[/quote]

The DD-20 is a quality unit with all the delay you'll ever need. They're tough as hell too.

[tayste_2000]

Mad Proffessor Deep Blue Delay

Diamond Memory Lane

If you want quality

Not that the DD-20 is worse, just digital

[Toasted]

He can't afford either of those, and I dont think the mad prof is what he wants.

[tayste_2000]

[quote name='Toasted' post='27381' date='Jul 5 2007, 12:20 PM']He can't afford either of those, and I dont think the mad prof is what he wants.[/quote]

Then he can't really mention quality then can he

[Kev]

by quantity i meant too many features AND too many pound coins!

[Toasted]

Kev, honstly the mad prof is an ambient delay. I'm positive it is not what you want.

I'd recomend you get the dd-20. It'll sort you out forever and for £20 over you budget... I dont think that anyone can complain. Do a gay-for-pay photoshoot and buy yourself two

[Kev]

but how is the bypass on it?

when i put the other boss delays after my dha vt-2, even when bypassed it sucked all the tone of the vt-2 compeltly, and was unuseable unless i used an effect loop, and i dont want that

it did the same to my micro qtron and akai deep impact

Edited July 5, 2007 by BassManKev

[tayste_2000]

Very very very few true bypass delays out there, none that have trails.

I've never had an issues with the bypass on the DD-20 but then I wasn't running any other Boss or Behringer pedals and the king of all tone suckers that is known as the whammy.

[Kev]

my whammy is fine for me when its bypassed, but it is first in chain so that wouldnt mess with my effects anyways...

so youve had a dd-20 after a fuzz, and it hasnt sucked any tone?

[tayste_2000]

I've had a DD-20 after 17 pedals and it's been fine. It is still the bog standard Boss bypass though.

[Kev]

this may sound crazy, but is there anyone who could possibly send me there dd-20 so i can try it out? theres no gutiar shops that stock it anywer near me, and i dont fancy takin my whole board down there anyways, i just have a feelin its gunna do the same as the ps-3 did, specially if it has the same bypass

[Toasted]

Good luck!

Where do you live?

[DHA]

[quote name='tayste_2000' post='27408' date='Jul 5 2007, 01:08 PM']Very very very few true bypass delays out there, none that have trails.

I've never had an issues with the bypass on the DD-20 but then I wasn't running any other Boss or Behringer pedals and the king of all tone suckers that is known as the whammy.[/quote]

I agree with tayste, most delay pedals are not true by-pass and that's why I use my Marshall echohead pedal with a blender or sometimes just a loop.

Dave

[Kev]

well if theres no way round it then il guess il just have to put the thing in a loop again

im living in widnes at the moment, near liverpool/manchester

il be in bristol from august onwards

[tayste_2000]

All music shops in Manchester carry them

[Kev]

i know, but i dont drive