What's your favorite delay pedal?

[gshep92]

I'm in the market. What do you guys use and think?

[Magnawolf]

Wrong board, ask stomp box.

[Twinkie]

Have you tried the Boss DD-7?

I bought one a few years back and it sounds great with no history of problems.

[savvy]

Thinking of a Behringer DD400 or 600 myself, I would like some reports myself on this subject so thanks for asking the question

[dconeill]

Question #1 is always, "what's your budget?"

If you have $500 to spend, you'll get one set of answers.
If you have $100 to spend, you'll get a different set of answers.

Also, what do you want to use it for? if you answer, "play like the Edge", that's one set of recommendations; if you answer, "play like Bill Frisell", that's a different set of recommendations.

Please state as much detail as you can to help people give you better answers.

[stilesg57]

Cheaper (sub-$250) boxes: Way Huge Aqua Puss. Be on the lookout for the Supa Puss soon.

[gshep92]

Something that does a little of everything, slap, swell, edge type stuff a little. And a tap tempo is necessary. Try to keep it under $150

[Sw0rdfish]

My favorite pedal right now is my Line 6 DL4.

[Rusrant]

I use a M13 and a Vox Time machine. Both are very flexible and have great tone, and have tap tempo. Check out the timemachine, sounds like it might fit your needs and budget.

[AdamCaudle]

You could probably pick up a memory boy deluxe for around $130 used. It sounds pretty sweet and has tap tempo and built in chorus/vibrato. It has it's own effects loop for the repeats alone and you can use an expression pedal to modify delay time/depth of chorus and other things.

[jbmando]

I love my HardWire DL-8. Has a cool backwards guitar feature, tap tempo and a looper built in. I got mine for $110.00.

[11 Gauge]

Originally Posted by gshep92

Something that does a little of everything, slap, swell, edge type stuff a little. And a tap tempo is necessary. Try to keep it under $150

I was going to ask for what applications, too.

I have 5 delay pedals, and there is no overlap between what any of them do. I've got one that will do a single repeat and no more, and it is great for that. I haven't found another one that does it the same. I have a DD-2 with some mods that works for one specific mini-board of other pedals, and it is "the one" for that application. I have two different analog delays on the big board, and they sound nothing alike.

But you said tap tempo - that kind of narrows things down quite a bit. Doesn't one of the new(er) T.C. Electronics delay pedals do that? I wouldn't know, because I have 5 friggin' delay pedals...

Someone else mentioned a EHX delay with the tap tempo thing. That might be in your price range.

[iguazux]

TC Electronics, Nova, Repeater or Flashback.

[telerocker1988]

Carbon Copy (MXR)

[gshep92]

Thanks guys, I have a line 6 echo park that's kind of broken and makes a lot of noise. I would get a dl-4 if I had the space and money for it. I'm thinking maybe tc electronics, just or the polytune mini and I love it. On paper their delay looks best.

[Big_Bend]

Boss DD-7 for a regular size pedal, Line 6 DL4 if you have the board space for a large pedal. Love these 2 pedals. The DL4 is especially sweet once you get the hang of it. Having 3 delay presets to use at a gig has proven to be very helpful.

[mechanicdave]

I own a DM2 and DD3. If I were buying a delay pedal it would be the Flashback. Its got everything you want plus does the loop thing.

[edipo]

For analog in my opinion is the DM-2. The Carbon Copy gets really close to it. I have theBBE dual delay (or whatever it is called) which is based on the DM-2. Very nice pedal.

In the digital area, i own the Boss RV-3 and think there's no other pedal (that i know of) that does the strong staccato think like it does. It also trails off the effect when you turn it off. I use this feature a lotvwhen i need to change lots of pedals. I leave the delay on, turn on and off whatever i need to and turn delay off while playing the new sounds. (did it make any sense??)

[Marcus T]

+1 on the TC Electronic Flashback. Best pedal hands down!

proguitarshop.com just released a new version with 2 new sounds on it. One to emulate David Gilmour's Echorec And I think the other is the EHX Vintage memory boy. I you can get your hands on that one I would do it for sure.

Do yourself a favour and check out the 'toneprint' technology on these things. It's awesome!!

[VoxandTele]

I love my el Capistan. I own it and my T-Rex Replica. Both in my opinion, are exceptional sounding and easy to use live.

Kept the two above: and sold these.
Eventide Timefactor
Strymon Timeline
Diamond Memory Lane 2
Boss DD20
Line6 DL4
Boss DD5
BBE Two Timer
Strymon Brigader
TC Electronic Nova Delay
and I am certain there is something else. Just can't remember at the moment.