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Andrew W

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Re: What delays are you guys using?
« Reply #15 on: September 07, 2009, 10:56:04 PM »
Ah there are definitely patterns here.

What I'm wondering, as so many of you seem to use delays up front, don't you hate it when the delay is mushing up your lead tones, being in front of the overdrive? Or do you use drive pedals before the delays and run the amps cleanish?

I put my delay last in the signal chain, but I don't usually use very gainy sounds with delay, unless it's a little slap back echo.

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Re: What delays are you guys using?
« Reply #16 on: September 07, 2009, 11:07:22 PM »
Ah there are definitely patterns here.

What I'm wondering, as so many of you seem to use delays up front, don't you hate it when the delay is mushing up your lead tones, being in front of the overdrive? Or do you use drive pedals before the delays and run the amps cleanish?

I put my delay last in the signal chain, but I don't usually use very gainy sounds with delay, unless it's a little slap back echo.

My amp is set clean, with distortion coming before the delay through pedals.
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Re: What delays are you guys using?
« Reply #17 on: September 08, 2009, 06:47:37 AM »
What it says in the thread title, which delays do you use? BOSS DD-20 Giga delay

Use them in front or in loop? Loop, for the exact reason Hunter said.

Parallel or series loop? Parallel, but with the mix knob usually set for full series action.

Multiple delays for different toanZ? A couple of patches, a small delay is permanently on. For clean tones,
I usually turn on a wetter delay patch with chorus from the DD-20 itself.

Tap tempo or manual adjustments? I haven't adjusted them for a while :) Manual adjustments usually however.

Do you tweak it a lot or just one setting and go? I do get the urge every now and then but usually forget and go.

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Re: What delays are you guys using?
« Reply #18 on: September 08, 2009, 08:54:56 AM »
What I'm wondering, as so many of you seem to use delays up front, don't you hate it when the delay is mushing up your lead tones, being in front of the overdrive? Or do you use drive pedals before the delays and run the amps cleanish?

I used to use mine up front into a clean amp, worked great.  Dirty amp - it's awful.  Oscillations and mush.

Hence the move to the loop, but my simple series loop provides too much signal for the input of the Carbon Copy.  So you get a massive volume drop when you turn it on.  Not good.

Hence Martin is working on the external loop system for me.....

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Re: What delays are you guys using?
« Reply #19 on: September 08, 2009, 09:16:27 AM »
What I'm wondering, as so many of you seem to use delays up front, don't you hate it when the delay is mushing up your lead tones, being in front of the overdrive? Or do you use drive pedals before the delays and run the amps cleanish?

I used to use mine up front into a clean amp, worked great.  Dirty amp - it's awful.  Oscillations and mush.

Hence the move to the loop, but my simple series loop provides too much signal for the input of the Carbon Copy.  So you get a massive volume drop when you turn it on.  Not good.

Hence Martin is working on the external loop system for me.....

Instead of modifying the amp you could also use a line level shifter from EbTech. This one offers a loop which converts +4 to -10 and then again back for the return. Works both ways, so line=>instr or the other way round: http://www.ebtechaudio.com/lls-2des.html
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Re: What delays are you guys using?
« Reply #20 on: September 08, 2009, 09:35:19 AM »
The amp itself isn't being modified, Martin is building a stand alone loop box which will have features to control signal levels, select series or parallel etc.  I guess a mixture of features from the shifter you mention above and that Suhr box mentioned in another thread.

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Re: What delays are you guys using?
« Reply #21 on: September 08, 2009, 09:36:21 AM »
What it says in the thread title, which delays do you use?

Boss RE-20 Space Echo

Use them in front or in loop?

Infront of a clean amp.

Parallel or series loop?

N/A

Multiple delays for different toanZ?

No

Tap tempo or manual adjustments?

Either depending on the context.

Do you tweak it a lot or just one setting and go?

Again it depends on what I'm going for.
Generally I do set it straight for a bit of body to lead sounds though if I want to make some crazy sounds I'll use settings that are a bit more left field.
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Re: What delays are you guys using?
« Reply #22 on: September 08, 2009, 10:20:29 AM »
I use a Boss RE-20.

Plugged in front of the amp, it overloads in the FX loop.

I mostly use mode 1 set for a rockabilly slapback echo. Sometimes mode 3 for that Sleepwalk echo and on occasion mode 2 for an arena echo. Sometimes I crank the input knob for some extra grit on the clean. I only use the tap tempo for the UFO sounds. All the other knobs stay where they are.

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Re: What delays are you guys using?
« Reply #23 on: September 08, 2009, 11:38:49 AM »
Ibanez DE7 in front of the amp, but looped on the board to be out of the signal chain until needed.  To be honest I only use it for 50s and 60s slap back echo type effects, so its not on very much.
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Re: What delays are you guys using?
« Reply #24 on: September 08, 2009, 11:49:15 AM »
I'm a big fan of "mush".

I use a Moen Pretty Dolly, very cheap, very mushy.  Just fills out the sound - particularly used for slapback  Sounds great with a Tele!

Straight into the front of my Orange.  What's an FX loop???
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Re: What delays are you guys using?
« Reply #25 on: September 08, 2009, 01:01:20 PM »
i have a ThunderTomate Analogue Delay and a Danelectro Reel Echo.  i've used the Dano for atmospheric effects and slapback.  the Thundertomate is great for fairly short delays, and you can get wonderfully wacky sounds when you fiddle with the knobs!  in fact, i've gotten one of those third hand pedals so i can adjust it with my foot for pseudo pitch shifting wildness!  haven't actually tried it yet though.

i haven't tried either in a loop yet, but i will.
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Re: What delays are you guys using?
« Reply #26 on: September 08, 2009, 01:19:59 PM »
hat it says in the thread title, which delays do you use? TC ELECTRONIC G-MAJOR

Use them in front or in loop? FX loop 1 of my Engl, so it only affects Channel 1 & 2

Parallel or series loop? umm, parallel I think, though I have the FX mix pot on 100%

Multiple delays for different toanZ? nope, just use one of the stock presets for a lush reverb & delay

Tap tempo or manual adjustments? never adjust it, but would do it manually if I did

Do you tweak it a lot or just one setting and go? see above

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Re: What delays are you guys using?
« Reply #27 on: September 08, 2009, 01:39:48 PM »

I always use the series loop of my Cornford (Hellcat & MK50II heads) for all my modulation effects, that being Chorus, Flanger & Delay.

To my ears, on the Cornford, the series loop is most definitely the way it needs to be. I read somewhere the loop has been optimised for pedals anyway (-6db.)

On the delay front I have a Boss DD3A variant (circa 1991), it retains the NE570 expander/ compander chip and sounds better than the later DD-5's (to my ears anyway). I also have a T Rex Replica, and a self built PT-80 from general guitar gadgets DIY site, which is a great sound analogue delay built around the frequency roll off parameters of the Boss DM2.

http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=125&Itemid=26

I use one delay and don't use the TAP tempo live. I just use a generic setting "fits all" . Mainly use delay for lead breaks.

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Re: What delays are you guys using?
« Reply #28 on: September 08, 2009, 01:58:09 PM »
I got a T-Rex Replica that I run in front of the amp which haven't got a loop. Actually I doesn't really use delay that much, but when I do it's mostly set for a long or semi long delay time. I love to do volume swells and make some "whale singing" and other funny things.

I'm quite a clutch using the tap tempo as I find it quite hard to hit the right tempo.

I run my amp clean and have the delay as the second last pedal in my chain so overdrive and distortion comes before and it sounds good.
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Re: What delays are you guys using?
« Reply #29 on: September 08, 2009, 02:14:11 PM »
I use a Digitech X-Series Delay in the effect loop. It is about as good as the Boss one.

However, I'd rather have an Line6 Echo Park or the Digitech Hardwire one. They are a bit better. If you are going to use A LOT of delay I'd rather go for those.

The MXR Carbon Copy... hmm well.. for me that is more like a Chorus pedal in what it does. Very nice, but not what I kind of think of when I think of delays.
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