what DELAY pedal would you buy?

shadow1

SO im off to DUBAI in FEB and want to get some pedals whilst im there ? i want to get a decent delay pedal and there seems to be SO MANY.
what would you get and why? ? eventide looks nice but maybe too much pedalboard realestate for me ?

MIKA-the-better-one

The ehx memory boy is great, and very versitile, and anaologue and less than $100. I would endorse that myself.

nick

I was looking at the Electro-Harmonix #1 Echo, nice demo on youtube.

AlanRatcliffe

Depends on what you want. Three great ones spring to mind:

Eventide TimeFactor - Sheer processing power and studio sound quality. Powerful but a little bit complex.

TC Electronic Nova Delay - Best all-rounder. Still quite powerful and quality sound. Very easy and intuitive to use.

Electro-Harmonix Stereo Memory Man - lots of character, very musical, but not hi-fi, not programmable and a bit quirky.

shadow1

Guess delay is about my only effect so Im looking for something pretty flexible and of course good sounding. I have a ibanez delay/echo but without tap tempo I struggle to use it live. I want something that doesnt sound like "TIN" delay if that makes sense ?

matta

Alan Ratcliffe wrote:Eventide TimeFactor - Sheer processing power and studio sound quality. Powerful but a little bit complex.

Have you used one Alan? Actually in use they are VERY easy to use, each parameter has it's own knob, very clear LED display etc as you touch each knob it shows the parameter. You can use the pedal without ever having to deep edit... but you can deep edit to the Nth degree if you want to, but you don't need to.

Still my #1, I own a Time + Modfactor as you may know, but pricey, but have more options than any other single mod or delay I'm aware of and it is great becaus eit doubles as studio effects processor as well.

Cheers

Matt

AlanRatcliffe

My money is on the TimeFactor or the Nova Delay - probably the latter. Both pretty flexible and high quality delay tones ranging from digital to analogue and tape delays.

The TimeFactor edges out the Nova on features - it has two discrete processors so you can get any two combinations of note values you want as well as a loop function, while the Nova Delay is stupidly easy to use (even if you're not an FX guru), offers almost the same level of power and is a bit cheaper.

matta wrote: Have you used one Alan?

Yup - and I found it pretty easy to use (in fact there is one on my shopping list for this year now I'm getting back into having a few pedals around). It's my delay of choice. It's not that the Eventide is overly complex (like some of their older rack gear or the Lexi stuff), but standing back and looking at the two as if I were an average user, not someone with studio training, the Nova has the edge for simple usability, even for the more advanced functions.

kayDUB

Just saw a timefactor on joburg gumtree for 2K if anyone is interested in taking a look. ?

TomCat

I'm very keen on the Nova-Delay as well....

Recon' I'll get me one of those this year.....Hmmmmmmm.......Birthday next month...... :-\

matta

That is a VERY good price, new they are over R3,500 STREET.

Matt

kayDUB wrote: Just saw a timefactor on joburg gumtree for 2K if anyone is interested in taking a look. ?

CDee

I recently got myself a Nova Delay and it really is a great pedal. Like Alan said, easy to use and the sound quality is very good. ?

singemonkey

Just a warning that Electro Harmonix pedals are not the most reliable. I've had first hand experience ☹

matta

singemonkey wrote: Just a warning that Electro Harmonix pedals are not the most reliable. I've had first hand experience ☹

No kidding!

They are mostly made with SMD these days, gone are the through parts and access to service manuals... I needed to repair one and couldn't because of all the SMD crap, but I requested a manual anyway. They blew off and told me to ship the peal back for repair... they wanted $30 for the repair and the shipping both ways, it would cost more than the pedal!!!!

Even Howard Davis, who was chief designer at EHX in the old days won't touch the new pedals... from his website:

There are a few Electro-Harmonix products I do not service for various reasons. Either I did not design them and the technical documentation is poor, parts are unavailable, or they are difficult to work on and the labor charge would be more than the unit is worth. These include: Microsynth, Bass Microsynth, 16 Second Delay, Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai, Holy Grail and all other DIGITAL pedals, the Russian-made Sovtek reissues, and most vacuum tube-based pedals.

Not included are many/most of the new pedals, which are SMD.

I can tell you know the labour is worth more than most of their budget (under $150USD) pedals... sign of the times, GRRR.

I'm actually in the process of gutting Tariuq's Metal Muff and building a custom pedal in there based on the Mesa Pre called Dr. Boogie... thankfully the knob nomenclature matches the Metal Muff, but it is going to sound much better than the Metal Muff ever did when it DID work.

Cheers

Matt

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The two on my list, is the Trex Replica and the Empress Superdelay... Leaning towards the Empress because of the extra features. Im off to London in Feb, so going to try pick up a Rothwell compressor there and then sort out my delay woes in March... Then I'm done... promise

shadow1

singemonkey wrote: Just a warning that Electro Harmonix pedals are not the most reliable. I've had first hand experience ☹

hmmmm that rules that one out the picture. Im leaning towards eventide if i can find it there or maybe even a boss dd7 or i will see what else i can find there.

lots of delays out there...crazy actually.

question does the eventide pretty much do most of what the line 6 dl4 (big green delay unit that MUSE used to use ? ) as i find MATT BELLAMY of MUSE's delay tones/sounds awsome. I REALLY like wes borlands tones on limp bizkit's album chocolate starfish.

AlanRatcliffe

kayDUB wrote: Just saw a timefactor on joburg gumtree for 2K if anyone is interested in taking a look. ?

Thanks! Just emailed him.

Just in case he's not willing to send across country, would any member be able/willing to get it from Willowild in Sandton and send it down to me?

Cannon

Ibanez AD9.....analog rocks and accept no substitute for old school Ibanez pedals!!!

singemonkey

Cannon wrote: Ibanez AD9.....analog rocks and accept no substitute for old school Ibanez pedals!!!

Just picked up my AD9 yesterday. It's battered to hell, has been refinished, and is missing the bottom plate and battery connector. But damn me if it doesn't sound insanely lush. Warm. Delicious. The rockabilly slapback I get from it is phenomenal. For these short echoes, I think an analogue pedal can't be beat. When I was researching, apparently the Maxxon reissue is more like the original Ibanez than the cheaper Ibanez resissues.

singemonkey

Oh. Right. Canon. Hi Craig. Digging the pedal ?

shadow1

EVENTIDE seems to be the winner in my opinion, alot of flexibility being able to blend 2 delay modes at once ?

edit# HOWEVER! eventide requires its OWN power supply ☹ thats terrible when you have a board already using 2 power supplies.

Anyone know which is "creamier" nova delay OR eventide timefactor