what do you people think?

[therocker]

I'm looking into a few pedals to enhance what I have..

Playing through a MESA Roadster with a 4*12 Hughes and Kettner Cab
PRS with Seymour Duncan hot rail in bridge and cool rail in neck and a Washburn Nuno N4.

Board:
BOSS compression/sust
BOSS tuner ts-2
MXR phaser EVH
Zakk wylde wah
Ibanez Tube Screamer ts-808 re-issue
BOSS ns-2 Noise Suppressor


Spare pedals

BOSS octave
Dan ECHO
IBANEZ FUZZ


I need some suggestions and opinions::

- Looking into an MXR 10 BAND EQ. enhance some tone and give it some fine tuning?
thoughts?

- Also looking into a good delay.. i know boss has the dd-3 and dd-7.. boss makes great stuff so im thinking they're good.
thoughts?

-anyone try or have a TC polytuner? wanted to maybe pick one up for giggin but wanted to see what you think.

- also looking into a flanger.. looked into EVH MXR .. its great but pricy.. checked out the boss but haven't played it yet..
thoughts?


Let me know any ideas or thoughts on those.

Thanks!

 

[fishyfishfish]

For Delays I like the Boss DD6 but I love the TC Nova Delay. For a Flanger I like the old Japan Boss flangers, but the new ones are cool.

 

[ryjan]

You cant go wrong with a TC Nova Delay. If you got the bread ger an Eventide.

 

[jab]

delay is probably #1 on my board, I use it for solos and another delay as an 'always on' deal with just a hair of delay to give my sound a little width. The Boss ones are pretty full-proof and small. If you want to go high end, I like my Eventide Timefactor but it does 10x more than I'll ever need it to do.

 

[thejay]

Timefactor by Eventide for delay

 

[Turumbar82]

I've always liked Boss DD-3's. Even more I like the Keeley Boss DD-3. It has stock and analog sounding modes, plus the direct out is changed to a TRS effects loop so you can put effects that just get added onto the delay. Very very cool!

 

[TimeSignature]

Keep it simple - Boss DDx or Gigadelay if you need presets.

 

[KH Guitar Freak]

Do you have a budget in mind???

 

[boogietone]

MXR Carbon Copy. They sound great!

 

[therocker]

i don't really want to spend over 400 for a delay.. i know boss builds great stuff that lasts.. but i don't know if it'll be enough of what i want..but i'll try it out and see.. also the nova delay i'll try too... is that mxr really good? i can't see it being more effective than the boss pedals only because i don't think it has many options..

 

[boogietone]

I really personally think the MXR is a good pedal for the money. It has a really nice delay and is analog AFAIK.
Also, I used to just use delays for lead playing. My amps don't have assignable loops and I hate tap dancing
so I just leave it on all the time. On the clean channel (and I've read that other people have noticed this) it
almost adds a very subtle chorus effect that sounds awesome. Anyways, I've owned Rockman Stereo Echo's,
Line6 echos, had a Timefactor at one point and a bunch of others and I like the CC better. It may not sound
quite as good as the Timefactor but cost and ease of use make the MXR a winner for me.
Good luck with your search!

 

[therocker]

well i appreciate the input and will definately be throwing the MXR into the mix to try out! thanks!

 

[kingston11]

I have some pedals I can sell for a great price.

All of them are kinda old, analog, work 100% and sound just as good as boutique pedals made today!

The Korg is more like the famous A/DA flanger. Personally I like the yamaha better. The Stereo Chorus works great, ESPECIALLY with 2 amps.

I can do $60 shipped for the Korg Flanger, $40 shipped for the yamaha Chorus and $45 shipped for the Flanger.
Cant beat that.
Google reviews for them. They got some excellent reviews. I cant find demos of the chorus, but youtube has a nice video of the yamaha flanger!

 

[KH Guitar Freak]

i don't really want to spend over 400 for a delay.. i know boss builds great stuff that lasts.. but i don't know if it'll be enough of what i want..but i'll try it out and see.. also the nova delay i'll try too... is that mxr really good? i can't see it being more effective than the boss pedals only because i don't think it has many options..

If you can, just cough up the extra dough and buy yourself an Eventide Timefactor. Love mine... :mrgreen:

 

[hotraman]

+1 for the MXR carbon copy delay.

 

[TimeSignature]

Make sure you really like analog delay.... and make sure you will like it all the time if you pick up a Carbon Copy. I had to sell mine as I realized I prefer crisp repeating notes than a mush of analog repeats. I have a Boss Gigadelay that can fake analog well enough for my ears.

 

[Heritage Softail]

Make sure you really like analog delay.... and make sure you will like it all the time if you pick up a Carbon Copy. I had to sell mine as I realized I prefer crisp repeating notes than a mush of analog repeats. I have a Boss Gigadelay that can fake analog well enough for my ears.

+1 on the analog vs. digital delay.

I used to like the color of an analog delay on cleans, when I had 'lesser quality' amps, but having a Boogie and some other good amps, I am noticing that I like the clean nature of the digital delay. Some call it sterile. Well I want the tone of my MKV or SLO left alone!

I have a Carbon Copy and the Eventide. The Eventide is king of the hill on functionality and not coloring the tone. I was running the CC in my MKV loop for leads. It did a good job. But now having the TF, I can tell the difference ever so slightly. Maybe I am just 'hearing' the advertising hype? The Time Factor gives a more accurate repetition of the note without the analog slight distortion, IMO. Done a little research on this and it seems there is some science to back up this opinion. I don't think it is all in my head.

Bottom line is you need to get what you like, regardless of what anybody thinks... except maybe the people listening to you.....

 

[Laskyman]

The Timefactor is the KING of all delays, and, can very accurately do a chous, flange, rotary, as well as any delay you can dream.... Its $400- but IMHO, it is the greated time-based pedal in production.
The Nova Delay is also a killer delay, but is a toy in comparison. Any other delay is not an option for me anymore having owned both the Nove and Eventide.

 

[HIgh Gain Junkie]

i don't really want to spend over 400 for a delay.. i know boss builds great stuff that lasts.. but i don't know if it'll be enough of what i want..but i'll try it out and see.. also the nova delay i'll try too... is that mxr really good? i can't see it being more effective than the boss pedals only because i don't think it has many options..

If you can, just cough up the extra dough and buy yourself an Eventide Timefactor. Love mine... :mrgreen:

I just got a Timefactor and my Boss DD3 and DD6 are now just for home use!

 

[therocker]

well just an update, I'm buying a Eventide Timefactor! It's all around incredible!

thanks for the input.. and ideas.