Same, I've been appropriating his arrangement of "Straight To Hell" from the demo he did on the MXR Echoplex. It's not plagiarism. It's...umm...acceptable appropriation.
I’m so grateful for this dude. He demos the hell out of things really showing the full range of the pedal while playing a bunch of different types of guitar to really show how it would sound with different ways of playing. Haven’t even watched this demo yet but I’m stoked
My girlfriend bought me a DD-5 I've been using for almost 20 years, run it in stereo through two 15 watt amps, a Peavey and a Yamaha. I absolutely love it!
I love that you played Straight to Hell for the opener.... Excellent!!! I saw the Clash about a dozen times in New York City back in the early 80's. Yes, a bunch of those were the infamous Bonds shows. You nailed it brotha. : )
I always forget you're not using a pick, and I want to come and say "It looks hard to hold a pick like that," and then it turns out you're not holding one. God I love that Volante!
That TC Alter Ego X4 - Always Impresses me. It really covers many delay needs. I am not surprised, - as Andy had-a-hand - in the Sound Creation for that pedal @ PGS.
I'm pretty happy with my flashback x4 and Boss DD-3 but I do have a little obsession with delay and fuzz pedals soooo yeah, the more the merrier, as they say.
@@chrisnagy1429 To get tech-nerdy for a second: A bucket brigade chip is an analog charge coupler which has thousands of stages of capacitors. Each time the signal is sampled it loses bandwidth & volume and becomes more compressed and saturated. Kind of like tape, but in a more crumbly way with high end aliasing (since the signal is sampled and not analog in the time dimension). Whether this a good thing or not depends on if you like the sound. When digital delays first came out people were glad to get rid of the noisy, limited bucket brigade ones, but soon missed their character and idiosyncracies.
@@hoover728 Thanks for the reply. Could you explain aliasing, please or send me somewhere to learn some of this stuff? I appreciate your time and I hope I'm not delaying anything you might be doing.
@@chrisnagy1429 Aliasing is basically artifacts caused by sample errors. A common example is in video when you have like a 240P file and you can see the square edges. The sampling rate isn't high enough to capture all the information so there are gaps. This is a really good source: www.premierguitar.com/articles/25035-behind-the-bucket-brigade
start with budget, then know the style of music you play to compliment the tone (digital, analog, tape, or a swiss army knife), and find out how much functionality you want because you don't want to struggle on stage with not knowing what you're doing (tap tempo, expression capabilities, midi, amount of knobs to mess with, etc.)
I'm a fan of having 1 "normal-ish" style delay and verb, like a Dispatch Master, then get real creative with the rest so you can always stack something fun in with it. Currently, OBNE Black Fountain > Diispatch Master > OBNE Procession
I haven't owned too many delay pedals but my two favorites are EQD Avalanche run (for the clean pristine delays) and the disaster transport SR (for the lo-fi tape style sounds). The former is so underrated in my opinion. You can get lost for days with all the sounds and things you can do with it.
It was Andy who really sold me on the TC Electronic Alter Ego X4 back in his PDX days. I'm pretty sure he helped develop that beauty! Sounds great with my synth collection and the 4 toneprint slots are a valuable asset. For a more simple and perhaps hands-on vibe machine, I also love my Digitech Obscura Altered delay. Its tape and analogue emulations are bang-on, not to mention the convenience of tone control and a 'degrade' knob, which essentially is a mod depth control. Digital delays are all cold no more!
I love the MXR Carbon Copy Bright. Most people hate a bright, high-treble tone but I personally love it. Always love how a Wah pedal boosted the treble when you depressed it especially for a big bend. I got that trick from Hendrix.
Recently went a little old school to the boss giga-delay and the twist and warp modes on that pedal are really clever and can be used for a lot of neat things!
DD-3 is darker than most digital delays and it allows it to sit much better in the mix. Absolute classic. Perfect in a Marshall effects loop with some gain! Very affordable and they are still made.
I will always love my Alter Ego, so much great functionality in a small space. Other than that, my favorites will always be the Memory Boy and Memory Boy Deluxe (tap tempo) as well as the Catalinbread Echorec, or anything based on the Benson for that matter.
If I hadn't already bought a Volante, I'd be wanting it after seeing this. It's on the edge of option paralysis for me, but still simple enough to mess with, and discover new, and really inspiring sounds. Also the sound on sound feature is so cool!
A great and amazing delay pedal that is pretty unknown is the Malekko Ekko 616 delay, absolutely beautiful delay with optional modulation as well as selectable true or buffered bypass
*gamers:* cry when they need to sell their videocard and buy a new ≈500$ one once in a couple of years. *musicians:* smoke a cigarette with a shaking hand when couple of great ≈300-400$ pedals were released this season.
The Volante is still my choice. While the complexity is a matter of taste, it's not so complicated once you take the time to learn it conceptually. What you get is an amazing inspiration machine. It's one of the few pedals that can accurately reproduce complex vintage sounds, like those used by Hank Marvin with The Shadows, but you can also use it as a simple slapback when needed. Plus, it has 3 delay modes, one of the best spring reverbs in a pedal and an amazing sound on sound looper that is worth the price alone. Not for everyone, but it's a top 5 all-timer for me.
The main distinction is whether the wet signal is produced in an analog or digital way. In that regard a BBD delay (such as the Supro shown here), a magnetic disc one (a Binson Echorec or other similar ones of that era), a tape one (Echoplex, Roland Space Echo etc) and an oil can one (such as a Tel'Ray) are all analog - and not just a BBD delay as branded back in the 80s. So the fact that a BBD delay is indeed analog but not all analog ones have BBD chips is not really clarified here. Digital ones can either give a pristine recreation of what you're playing (like the DD3 shown here) or give you emulations of all of the famous analog vintage delays and echoes, plus all the mentioned bells and whistles such as tap tempo, presets, firmware updates, pitch shifting etc. The distinction is a bit blurred (but still valid) in two cases: a) when you have analog delays but with full digital control of time, tap tempo etc. such as in the case of the Deluxe Memory Man w/tap tempo, and b) when you have delays with digital chips such as the PT2399 but made in a very lo-fi way with lots of interaction between it and a nice preamp preceding it, such as in the Catalinbread delays.
EHX canyon into BossDD3 from then on stereo into Strymon Blue Sky Reverb into EQD Avalanche Run into TC Flashback. It's absolute ambient bliss. Not that I have all 4 delays on all the time,but the possibillity's are immense. It's not possible annymore to play for half an hour. If the pedals come in,it'll take a few hours. And don't underestimate the EHC cannyon you have to get used to the secondary tweaking knobs on the mono version, but it can do a great shimmer without over the top organ high tones & the 1,2,3 octave up is stunning crumbling through other delays. RIP Dick Dale
Great show as always, Andy. Delays are a big problem for me. I've had dozens and unfortunately, I let a few of my faves go like the Holy Grail, Keeley's Mag Echo, and Wampler's Faux Analog Echo and Faux Tape Echo. Right now I have a couple of Diamond Pedals, the Counterpoint, and the Quantum Leap. Those are really cool and I found them for about $100. Diamond, I think is an underrated company. Also, I have the Echo-Puss for pretty standard analog plus modulation and the Csidman which is neat add glitches and some roaring amp-like feedback. But I am still not satisfied. Still looking for that perfect delay, alas.
I use flashbackx4 and boss dd3 both on my board .I like the flashback for easy flexibility if having 3 different delays on call with tap tempo function ..and the dd3 I use to stack on the flashbackx4 for longer synth or cello ..violin faking I do in some songs .of course the dd3 is great to .
They all have their own thing, Love my 2 x DM-2W setup at the mo.. I occasionally use a DD-3 on the side with a DM-3 which is equally awesome ... Hoping for a DD-2 Wazacraft soon! The Boonar is on my list and a Catlinbread "Belly-Pork" Deluxe .... Will have to work harder or sell a kid....
My favorite delays that I own 1.Boss Space Echo 2. Ibanez DE7 3. Catlinbread Echo Rec 4. Boss DD3 I owned the Alter Ego x4 but don’t use it as much as I thought I would , I actually liked the compact Alter Ego v1 that I traded it in for better
I’ve had my DD-3 for a little over 20 years now and I’m more than happy with it. I’ve tried other delays over the years but always went back to my DD-3
Great vid but I'm disappointed you didn't do a segment on hold functions. A hold function like in the Boss DD-3 or DD-6 is the most important feature I look for in any delay. Anybody know of other pedals that can replicate the variable sample rate hold function on a DD-6 in particular? Can the Red Panda Particle do that maybe?
I have a tc x4 to use for practice or just playing around and I am quiet impressed with it. I’m stubborn though and cling to my rack gear. I’ve got a Lexicon pcm 81and a pcm 42 and I haven’t found anything I like as much to make me consider replacing them. I have a TC 2290 somewhere but it’s not working but going off my feeble memory, the Flasback’s 2290 is pretty close considering the price difference.
A fantastic beginner's delay (and one that's cheap and easy to find on Reverb) is the MXR Carbon Copy. You can learn more and check out the price guide here: reverb.com/p/mxr-m169-carbon-copy-analog-delay
Have small Alter Ego, Flashback X4( that I don’t use much anymore) and I’m looking to get Catalinbread EchoRec. Have been on the fence for a Way Huge Echo Puss, just haven’t yanked the trigger yet.
The Way Huge Echo Puss works with everything. Gotta have one! Doesn't matter if the loop is parallel or serial, doesn't matter if you play clean crunch of high gain. It's just a swiss knife with a fat and dark tone. There is a usefull tone knob on. It's better than the Carbon Copy. But : it's a short delay only. If you play the Seymour Vapor Trail for solos (max 900ms) you have anything you need. The Way Huge Supa Puss for longer dealy has much more controls but it doesn't sound so fat and dark. The Echo Puss sounds better. I use the Echo Puss with the 2 channels Dual Rectifier (parallel FX), the mutliwatts 3 channels Dual Rectifier (serial FX loop), Bogner XTC, Friedman BE100, Soldano SLO 100, Mesa Mark IIC+, Diezel VH4 etc. Every guitar player should have an Echo Puss in is bag. Forget about your TC, they are gadgets. I owe these delays, and I don't use them because they don't have the big bad tone. TC is at the top for reverb. The Hall Of Fame is great. Peoples think TC rules about delays because they made a classic : the 2290. A very good kind of delay. But not the best delay ever.
I've played something like 100 different delays. The minimum do the maximum : bucket brigade rules, full analog forever. One delay in one amp, nothing in the second amp. Wet/Dry. Easy to control, awesome sound. Best for high gain shred : - Boss DM-2 Waza Craft if your amp has a parallel FX loop. - Seymour Duncan Vapor Trail for long delay. Better in a parallel FX loop. You can insert another FX pedal, a phaser for example. - Way Huge Echo Puss for short delay. This one works with all amps on earth. It's fat and dark. A kind of super MXR Carbon Copy at the top. Best for clean : - Electro Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man if your amp has a serial FX loop. Every guitar player should have played this classic one time in a life. Best for crunch : - Jam Pedal Llama+ if the FX loop of your amp is serial. The Pink Floyd sound. Best for ALL : - JHS PantherCub. The big box 1.5 for serial loop. This one has the insert for other FX. The small box v2.0 works with serial and parallel. Works with any amps on earth. This is THE masterpiece. If you prefer stereo digital, the best sounding delay is the Eventide TimeFactor. Much more complicated, but best sound in the digital world. Really much better than TC Electronic. I prefer TC for reverb.
I'm just using a cheap Prophet delay from TC Electronics right now, but I am drawn to both the DD series from Boss and the Canyon delay from ElectroHarmonix. Kinda leaning towards the Canyon because I like my Ocean's 11 reverb a bit better than my Boss Flanger, although both are cool pedals with lots of variety.
For a simple analog delay, I swear by my Maxon AD-9 Pro. Better than the Boss DM-2 Before I got the Source Audio Nemesis, for years I used just the AD-9 Pro and a DD-7. I still have the Maxon, will probably never sell it. That Maxon+Boss combo served me very well.
Hi, Andy. Man, we love you. Didn't you help design the TC Alter Ego 2 or am I dreaming? I love that pedal and I am pretty sure you had a hand or at least fingers in that pie. Let me know, your fans are ego for a response.
Chris Nagy Hi, it was definitely a collaboration between PGS and TC. I spent time matching the original delays as close as the software would allow on the Alter Ego 2 and X4, even bringing my own Echoplex as a specimen. Lots of fun!
@@AndyDemos Thanks, Andy.Some of my favorites on the 2 are that oil can so weird but fun and plus the ckat, ep1, wow tons of stuff. Thanks, Andy. You are an inspiration.
I got a TC Echobrain analog delay for $40. Maybe I’m crazy but, I ditched my more expensive delay pedal. Of course, I still want a digital delay for some things. (It’s only addiction if it’s affecting other aspects of your life in a negative way. 🤣)
Have you tried the smaller Alter Ego? I'm pretty sure Andy helped design that one and it is really cool. I don't think he's allowed to promote it because of conflict of interest issues.
I have 2 current delays - a short digital slap back (Boss PS2) and the Quiet Theory Prelude for momentary vast echoing feedback caverns... I want to get a third that has tap tempo for the old dotted eighths but so far can't decide. Probably the ARP-87 but I find its modulations pointless.
HELPPP !!!! PLEASEEE ... hi... i know this is a "novice" question ... but ... i've been strugling in understand how DELAY works ... i've bought the Flashback2 Delay ... to be my delay pedal ... and i've been "messing" with the knobs ... and i really can't find ... or well i dont know ... how to make it sound just as a REPEATS ... every setting i try ... it always sounds like a "REVERB" ... well it sounds cool ... but ... i really wanted just simple Repeats without (so) much "echo" ... can anyone ... just give me a hint ... how i should place the knobs on flashback to have a "CLEAN" Reverb ... pleaseeee ... i'm getting DESPERATE in understanding how to match Feddback+delay+level ... (it feels to me like school time MAths ... i would try and try but still couldnt understand it, untill ...) ... thanks ... Greatings from Portugal ...
If you don't need tap tempo, just get a carbon copy. But then, I mostly go for a slapback kinda thing, not the more ambient stuff. And if you don't have an unlimited budget (i.e., me), stop watching Strymon demos. Man, they make GREAT stuff.
The Deluxe Memory Man for the clean, only in a serial FX loop. Try the Boss DM2 Waza Craft if you are a shredder. Steve Vai use the DD7, but you can get is tone easier with the DM2. This one need a parallel FX loop.
1:17 Analogue
3:07 Digital
5:02 Multi-mode digital
6:28 MIDI integration
6:55 Multi-tap delays
8:51 Experimental delays
expiremental*
@@pedrofreire6169 The spelling in my comment is correct.
@@pedrofreire6169 fail
Leo Comerford brilliant, thanks for the breakdown
The hero we needed
Now that Dick Dale has passed on Andy should do a heavy reverb demo in his honor.
he used an external reverb unit
This.
Whenever I see Andy in the thumbnail I know I will not be dissapointed
Ditto
I always get a bit warm inside when I hear Andy playing The Clash and he really nails the feel in them.
Same, I've been appropriating his arrangement of "Straight To Hell" from the demo he did on the MXR Echoplex. It's not plagiarism. It's...umm...acceptable appropriation.
"Nails" haha get it? Cause he plays with his fingers lol
Ill see myself out.
@@franciscovaladez9801 Good 1. LMAO
I get a warm feeling in my loins when Andy plays anything.
I’m so grateful for this dude. He demos the hell out of things really showing the full range of the pedal while playing a bunch of different types of guitar to really show how it would sound with different ways of playing. Haven’t even watched this demo yet but I’m stoked
Love you Andy. You're a pillar of the guitar demo community ❤️
My girlfriend bought me a DD-5 I've been using for almost 20 years, run it in stereo through two 15 watt amps, a Peavey and a Yamaha. I absolutely love it!
I appreciate that Andy shows us how delays sound when oscillating, that's a big factor for me when buying a delay.
I love that you played Straight to Hell for the opener.... Excellent!!! I saw the Clash about a dozen times in New York City back in the early 80's. Yes, a bunch of those were the infamous Bonds shows. You nailed it brotha. : )
I always forget you're not using a pick, and I want to come and say "It looks hard to hold a pick like that," and then it turns out you're not holding one. God I love that Volante!
Seriously appreciate the times that you crank the knobs and stress that thing out!!
Andy knows all the best stuff. It's like we've got the same record collection.
That TC Alter Ego X4 - Always Impresses me. It really covers many delay needs. I am not surprised, - as Andy had-a-hand - in the Sound Creation for that pedal @ PGS.
I'm pretty happy with my flashback x4 and Boss DD-3 but I do have a little obsession with delay and fuzz pedals soooo yeah, the more the merrier, as they say.
Today I learned what bucket brigade means. Thanks Andy!
I still don't know. By losing your signal like spilling water, is that supposed to be good or was he just joking?
@@chrisnagy1429 To get tech-nerdy for a second: A bucket brigade chip is an analog charge coupler which has thousands of stages of capacitors. Each time the signal is sampled it loses bandwidth & volume and becomes more compressed and saturated. Kind of like tape, but in a more crumbly way with high end aliasing (since the signal is sampled and not analog in the time dimension). Whether this a good thing or not depends on if you like the sound. When digital delays first came out people were glad to get rid of the noisy, limited bucket brigade ones, but soon missed their character and idiosyncracies.
@@hoover728 Thanks for the reply. Could you explain aliasing, please or send me somewhere to learn some of this stuff? I appreciate your time and I hope I'm not delaying anything you might be doing.
@@chrisnagy1429 Aliasing is basically artifacts caused by sample errors. A common example is in video when you have like a 240P file and you can see the square edges. The sampling rate isn't high enough to capture all the information so there are gaps.
This is a really good source: www.premierguitar.com/articles/25035-behind-the-bucket-brigade
@@hoover728 Hi and thanks a lot!
Lovely The Clash quote
start with budget, then know the style of music you play to compliment the tone (digital, analog, tape, or a swiss army knife), and find out how much functionality you want because you don't want to struggle on stage with not knowing what you're doing (tap tempo, expression capabilities, midi, amount of knobs to mess with, etc.)
I'm a fan of having 1 "normal-ish" style delay and verb, like a Dispatch Master, then get real creative with the rest so you can always stack something fun in with it. Currently, OBNE Black Fountain > Diispatch Master > OBNE Procession
Thanks Andy, I can always count on your videos to teach me something new. Peace.
Loved your jam at the beginning there, Andy
I don't do delays much... but when I do, I go straight to Andy for my info...
Andy is the best! I would’ve never payed attention to supro pedals if not for this video.
I haven't owned too many delay pedals but my two favorites are EQD Avalanche run (for the clean pristine delays) and the disaster transport SR (for the lo-fi tape style sounds). The former is so underrated in my opinion. You can get lost for days with all the sounds and things you can do with it.
It was Andy who really sold me on the TC Electronic Alter Ego X4 back in his PDX days. I'm pretty sure he helped develop that beauty! Sounds great with my synth collection and the 4 toneprint slots are a valuable asset. For a more simple and perhaps hands-on vibe machine, I also love my Digitech Obscura Altered delay. Its tape and analogue emulations are bang-on, not to mention the convenience of tone control and a 'degrade' knob, which essentially is a mod depth control. Digital delays are all cold no more!
I love the MXR Carbon Copy Bright. Most people hate a bright, high-treble tone but I personally love it. Always love how a Wah pedal boosted the treble when you depressed it especially for a big bend. I got that trick from Hendrix.
Great video and playing as usual Andy !!! Keep up the good work!!!
Recently went a little old school to the boss giga-delay and the twist and warp modes on that pedal are really clever and can be used for a lot of neat things!
DD-3 is darker than most digital delays and it allows it to sit much better in the mix. Absolute classic. Perfect in a Marshall effects loop with some gain! Very affordable and they are still made.
Though you'll need to get an older Japanese-made one to avoid the weird overload that happens on certain settings
That Supro sounded cool!
I will always love my Alter Ego, so much great functionality in a small space. Other than that, my favorites will always be the Memory Boy and Memory Boy Deluxe (tap tempo) as well as the Catalinbread Echorec, or anything based on the Benson for that matter.
If I hadn't already bought a Volante, I'd be wanting it after seeing this. It's on the edge of option paralysis for me, but still simple enough to mess with, and discover new, and really inspiring sounds. Also the sound on sound feature is so cool!
Wow! Love the delay pedals and tones!
The first song he played with the Supro is Victoria by John Mayer
A great and amazing delay pedal that is pretty unknown is the Malekko Ekko 616 delay, absolutely beautiful delay with optional modulation as well as selectable true or buffered bypass
I get everything I need from the old Line 6 DD4. The expression pedal allows you to create some crazy fx.
*gamers:* cry when they need to sell their videocard and buy a new ≈500$ one once in a couple of years.
*musicians:* smoke a cigarette with a shaking hand when couple of great ≈300-400$ pedals were released this season.
When you're both💸💸
The DOD Rubberneck is where its at. Love it.
Very good but not the best.
If it was stereo it’d be the perfect pedal
I went from a rubberneck to a timeline and will never look back.
The Volante is still my choice. While the complexity is a matter of taste, it's not so complicated once you take the time to learn it conceptually. What you get is an amazing inspiration machine. It's one of the few pedals that can accurately reproduce complex vintage sounds, like those used by Hank Marvin with The Shadows, but you can also use it as a simple slapback when needed. Plus, it has 3 delay modes, one of the best spring reverbs in a pedal and an amazing sound on sound looper that is worth the price alone. Not for everyone, but it's a top 5 all-timer for me.
I've only owned one delay, the EHX Canyon, which I've had for a year. I definitely want to get my hands on some others.
The main distinction is whether the wet signal is produced in an analog or digital way. In that regard a BBD delay (such as the Supro shown here), a magnetic disc one (a Binson Echorec or other similar ones of that era), a tape one (Echoplex, Roland Space Echo etc) and an oil can one (such as a Tel'Ray) are all analog - and not just a BBD delay as branded back in the 80s. So the fact that a BBD delay is indeed analog but not all analog ones have BBD chips is not really clarified here.
Digital ones can either give a pristine recreation of what you're playing (like the DD3 shown here) or give you emulations of all of the famous analog vintage delays and echoes, plus all the mentioned bells and whistles such as tap tempo, presets, firmware updates, pitch shifting etc.
The distinction is a bit blurred (but still valid) in two cases: a) when you have analog delays but with full digital control of time, tap tempo etc. such as in the case of the Deluxe Memory Man w/tap tempo, and b) when you have delays with digital chips such as the PT2399 but made in a very lo-fi way with lots of interaction between it and a nice preamp preceding it, such as in the Catalinbread delays.
Great little demonstration
Thanks a lot
Just what I needed
EHX canyon into BossDD3 from then on stereo into Strymon Blue Sky Reverb into EQD Avalanche Run into TC Flashback. It's absolute ambient bliss. Not that I have all 4 delays on all the time,but the possibillity's are immense. It's not possible annymore to play for half an hour. If the pedals come in,it'll take a few hours. And don't underestimate the EHC cannyon you have to get used to the secondary tweaking knobs on the mono version, but it can do a great shimmer without over the top organ high tones & the 1,2,3 octave up is stunning crumbling through other delays. RIP Dick Dale
A light bulb went off over my head when you explained bucket brigade spilling water. I never thought of it like that!
Andy does a pro video , as always! I prefer the oil can echo. But the Echosystem is at the top of the heep.
Thumbs up for the clash!!!
"without any coloration, no modulation, just a very true replication"
Great show as always, Andy. Delays are a big problem for me. I've had dozens and unfortunately, I let a few of my faves go like the Holy Grail, Keeley's Mag Echo, and Wampler's Faux Analog Echo and Faux Tape Echo. Right now I have a couple of Diamond Pedals, the Counterpoint, and the Quantum Leap. Those are really cool and I found them for about $100. Diamond, I think is an underrated company. Also, I have the Echo-Puss for pretty standard analog plus modulation and the Csidman which is neat add glitches and some roaring amp-like feedback. But I am still not satisfied. Still looking for that perfect delay, alas.
Yes he Tc Electronic AlterEgo X4 is amazing. I own one.
I use flashbackx4 and boss dd3 both on my board .I like the flashback for easy flexibility if having 3 different delays on call with tap tempo function ..and the dd3 I use to stack on the flashbackx4 for longer synth or cello ..violin faking I do in some songs .of course the dd3 is great to .
My 26 year old Boss rv-3 is still doing a great job!
Love my Alter Ego X4!
Just dropping in to say that the DD-5 was the pinnacle of digital delay pedals.
I love Catalinbread's Adineco Cox it's a delay with pitch modulation and some reverb in a slick oliy style.
James Baynton tons of vibe in this pedal and it’s often overlooked. The vibrato is killer.
Mnan you have a lot of great guitars. this Suhr also souds great !
They all have their own thing, Love my 2 x DM-2W setup at the mo.. I occasionally use a DD-3 on the side with a DM-3 which is equally awesome ... Hoping for a DD-2 Wazacraft soon!
The Boonar is on my list and a Catlinbread "Belly-Pork" Deluxe .... Will have to work harder or sell a kid....
Try the DM2 Waza Craft.
A Real Maestro EchoPlex Ep-3 will do it for me.
So simple yet very powerful.
Shoe String Player No regrets with my 71/72 EP-3! Carbon Copy also on board as well! Done!!!
@@billydelacruz1500 yep the real deal
8:58 "EXPIREMENTAL"?
My favorite delays that I own
1.Boss Space Echo
2. Ibanez DE7
3. Catlinbread Echo Rec
4. Boss DD3
I owned the Alter Ego x4 but don’t use it as much as I thought I would , I actually liked the compact Alter Ego v1 that I traded it in for better
Space echo is amazing
David yeah it’s something else makes want to pick up the DD-20 as well. It never ends
MXR CC is all I needed, though a digital is probably in my future for some dotted eighth note stuff.
Great Review, thank you from Germany
Good video. I’ve been wanting to get a delay pedal but I keep putting it off.
;-)
I’ve had my DD-3 for a little over 20 years now and I’m more than happy with it. I’ve tried other delays over the years but always went back to my DD-3
You misspelled "EXPERIMENTAL" at 8:59.
Dear Andy, please ask TC Electronic to release the Tone Prints for the Alter Ego X4 so we can tweak the modulation. Thanks!
Andy is a god
amazing guitarist!
Great vid but I'm disappointed you didn't do a segment on hold functions. A hold function like in the Boss DD-3 or DD-6 is the most important feature I look for in any delay. Anybody know of other pedals that can replicate the variable sample rate hold function on a DD-6 in particular? Can the Red Panda Particle do that maybe?
I have a tc x4 to use for practice or just playing around and I am quiet impressed with it. I’m stubborn though and cling to my rack gear. I’ve got a Lexicon pcm 81and a pcm 42 and I haven’t found anything I like as much to make me consider replacing them. I have a TC 2290 somewhere but it’s not working but going off my feeble memory, the Flasback’s 2290 is pretty close considering the price difference.
What's a good beginner's delay pedal Andy? Been playing guitar for a good few years, but have never had a delay somehow 😅
A fantastic beginner's delay (and one that's cheap and easy to find on Reverb) is the MXR Carbon Copy. You can learn more and check out the price guide here: reverb.com/p/mxr-m169-carbon-copy-analog-delay
Smashed it Andy with Straight to hell!
Have small Alter Ego, Flashback X4( that I don’t use much anymore) and I’m looking to get Catalinbread EchoRec. Have been on the fence for a Way Huge Echo Puss, just haven’t yanked the trigger yet.
The Way Huge Echo Puss works with everything. Gotta have one! Doesn't matter if the loop is parallel or serial, doesn't matter if you play clean crunch of high gain. It's just a swiss knife with a fat and dark tone. There is a usefull tone knob on. It's better than the Carbon Copy. But : it's a short delay only. If you play the Seymour Vapor Trail for solos (max 900ms) you have anything you need. The Way Huge Supa Puss for longer dealy has much more controls but it doesn't sound so fat and dark. The Echo Puss sounds better.
I use the Echo Puss with the 2 channels Dual Rectifier (parallel FX), the mutliwatts 3 channels Dual Rectifier (serial FX loop), Bogner XTC, Friedman BE100, Soldano SLO 100, Mesa Mark IIC+, Diezel VH4 etc. Every guitar player should have an Echo Puss in is bag. Forget about your TC, they are gadgets. I owe these delays, and I don't use them because they don't have the big bad tone. TC is at the top for reverb. The Hall Of Fame is great. Peoples think TC rules about delays because they made a classic : the 2290. A very good kind of delay. But not the best delay ever.
Alex Marini
Thanks for your opinion I’m looking into getting the echo puss for sure. Have a great one. Thanks again
I've played something like 100 different delays. The minimum do the maximum : bucket brigade rules, full analog forever.
One delay in one amp, nothing in the second amp. Wet/Dry. Easy to control, awesome sound.
Best for high gain shred :
- Boss DM-2 Waza Craft if your amp has a parallel FX loop.
- Seymour Duncan Vapor Trail for long delay. Better in a parallel FX loop. You can insert another FX pedal, a phaser for example.
- Way Huge Echo Puss for short delay. This one works with all amps on earth. It's fat and dark. A kind of super MXR Carbon Copy at the top.
Best for clean :
- Electro Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man if your amp has a serial FX loop. Every guitar player should have played this classic one time in a life.
Best for crunch :
- Jam Pedal Llama+ if the FX loop of your amp is serial. The Pink Floyd sound.
Best for ALL :
- JHS PantherCub. The big box 1.5 for serial loop. This one has the insert for other FX. The small box v2.0 works with serial and parallel. Works with any amps on earth. This is THE masterpiece.
If you prefer stereo digital, the best sounding delay is the Eventide TimeFactor. Much more complicated, but best sound in the digital world. Really much better than TC Electronic. I prefer TC for reverb.
JHS big box Panther is amazing, but it really is BIG. Agreed that it's kind of a masterpiece.
There are bigger boxes in the delay world, as the Jam Lama Supreme, or the Electro Harmonix DMM 1100TT...
I've yet to hear a delay that can best the tones of the Deluxe Memory Man.
I'm just using a cheap Prophet delay from TC Electronics right now, but I am drawn to both the DD series from Boss and the Canyon delay from ElectroHarmonix. Kinda leaning towards the Canyon because I like my Ocean's 11 reverb a bit better than my Boss Flanger, although both are cool pedals with lots of variety.
I know the behringer version of that boss digital delay allows you to tap tempo, but i cant find the pedal anywhere so i may have to buy a boss
For a simple analog delay, I swear by my Maxon AD-9 Pro. Better than the Boss DM-2 Before I got the Source Audio Nemesis, for years I used just the AD-9 Pro and a DD-7. I still have the Maxon, will probably never sell it. That Maxon+Boss combo served me very well.
Hi, Andy. Man, we love you. Didn't you help design the TC Alter Ego 2 or am I dreaming? I love that pedal and I am pretty sure you had a hand or at least fingers in that pie. Let me know, your fans are ego for a response.
Chris Nagy Hi, it was definitely a collaboration between PGS and TC. I spent time matching the original delays as close as the software would allow on the Alter Ego 2 and X4, even bringing my own Echoplex as a specimen. Lots of fun!
@@AndyDemos Thanks, Andy.Some of my favorites on the 2 are that oil can so weird but fun and plus the ckat, ep1, wow tons of stuff. Thanks, Andy. You are an inspiration.
AndyDemos Hi,Andy. Thanks tons.
I stopped looking looking at the pedal if it is analog or digital, if it sounds good it’s good.
What about the Korg Sdd3000? That’s a great one. Radiohead, U2, Daniel Lanois swear by it.
Very good!!!
Straight to hell! Nice
I got a TC Echobrain analog delay for $40. Maybe I’m crazy but, I ditched my more expensive delay pedal. Of course, I still want a digital delay for some things. (It’s only addiction if it’s affecting other aspects of your life in a negative way. 🤣)
This just taught me I need 2 more delay pedals
That Alter Ego is hard to find at the price PGS was selling them for when they were still open.
Have you tried the smaller Alter Ego? I'm pretty sure Andy helped design that one and it is really cool. I don't think he's allowed to promote it because of conflict of interest issues.
Yes, I saw and watched both of his videos. They had a great price on them. Should have bought it when they were still selling them. @@chrisnagy1429
@@hawg427 isn't still available?
@@hawg427 Hey, I probably am mistaken, but it was the Alter Ego 2 that Andy helped design and you can get one for like $125 now. I will ask him now.
maybe on Reverb.@@chrisnagy1429
looking forward for the boss dd200
I have 2 current delays - a short digital slap back (Boss PS2) and the Quiet Theory Prelude for momentary vast echoing feedback caverns...
I want to get a third that has tap tempo for the old dotted eighths but so far can't decide. Probably the ARP-87 but I find its modulations pointless.
My flashback 2 is a good option for one that is not really expensive
Looking for a delay like the DOD rubberneck, but that’s true stereo. If you guys an suggestions I’d appreciate it.
Wow the Particle is the definition of Niche.
HELPPP !!!! PLEASEEE ... hi... i know this is a "novice" question ... but ... i've been strugling in understand how DELAY works ... i've bought the Flashback2 Delay ... to be my delay pedal ... and i've been "messing" with the knobs ... and i really can't find ... or well i dont know ... how to make it sound just as a REPEATS ... every setting i try ... it always sounds like a "REVERB" ... well it sounds cool ... but ... i really wanted just simple Repeats without (so) much "echo" ... can anyone ... just give me a hint ... how i should place the knobs on flashback to have a "CLEAN" Reverb ... pleaseeee ... i'm getting DESPERATE in understanding how to match Feddback+delay+level ... (it feels to me like school time MAths ... i would try and try but still couldnt understand it, untill ...) ... thanks ... Greatings from Portugal ...
Turn everything to 1 o'clock, use tape delay, and experiment from there.
Are you talking about killing the dry signal? If not, turn the feedback down to get fewer repeats
It seems like the TC Nova Delay never gets any love these days? Why? It's great.
Red Panda sounds amazing
If you don't need tap tempo, just get a carbon copy. But then, I mostly go for a slapback kinda thing, not the more ambient stuff.
And if you don't have an unlimited budget (i.e., me), stop watching Strymon demos. Man, they make GREAT stuff.
Carbon Copy Deluxe FTW
Thank's for the video. What do you think about Death by Audio, Reverberation Machine ?
Noisy as fuck
what is the name of the guitar that hang on the wall?
It's a Reverend Club King.
thnx andy !
Boss DD3 all the way...
Was looking at getting a Chase Bliss Tonal Recall, really want a tap delay that saves on space. Does anyone have experience with it?
We made a demo of the V1 back in 2016 that might be helpful for you: ruclips.net/video/m0a6ZD6cv8w/видео.html
Boss DD7, analog mode, tap tempo. you're done
Then you play through a vintage Deluxe Memory man, and change your mind.
The Deluxe Memory Man for the clean, only in a serial FX loop. Try the Boss DM2 Waza Craft if you are a shredder. Steve Vai use the DD7, but you can get is tone easier with the DM2. This one need a parallel FX loop.
yep. s'my weapon of choice now after having gone thru many: an aqua-puss, an echorec, a belle epoque, a flashback mini, and a carbon copy.
Johnny Galecki sure knows a lot about delay pedals