How's that H2O liquid Chorus Delay pedal, anyone know?

Barrett · August 1st, 2003, 04:08 PM

Apparently received a guitar player editor's choice award?.
I'm not fond of what my DL4 is doing to my tone, when I play out I use my tube echoplex, but use the DL4 at all other times to save wear and tear on the ol' plex (it's finicky) and as a backup live. The h2o might allow me to get a bit more room on the effects board too.
Anybody use one? Thanks -b

Lance · August 1st, 2003, 07:55 PM

I've had it for a while now. In general - it's just what most players need for swirly stuff and nothing more. Extremely simple and it sounds great. While the pedal is digital, it doesn't sound that way at all...in fact, it sounds extremely analog. I ditched my analog delay once I got it (Boss). It's a buffered bypass rather than true bypass - there's no tone sucking whatsoever, however, I notice an extremely small boost in volume when it's clicked on. The delay has two modes - short/long. You can flip the switch with your foot but don't do it while the delay is running as it makes a funky sound (not bad...just weird). As a short delay...it completely covers the slapback things for rockabilly. For the swirly stuff, use the long delay. The chorus is very full but not extreme...it doesn't get near a flanger type depth (fine w/me). What also neat is you can nail both effects on/off at once by stepping right in the middle of the pedal.

Anyway, considering that most players don't use these effects all the time, it's exactly what the doctor ordered.

Here's an older shot of my pedalboard (have a modded Rat and now use the TS9 instead of the FD2)

Nick Fanis · August 18th, 2003, 07:03 AM

I have one and I absolutely love it.Great and warm sounding chorus (analog) and a very useable digital delay that sounds a lot like an analog delay on steroids...

sound dog · August 19th, 2003, 12:10 AM

Just saw one on a guy's pedalboard over the weekend and asked him about it. He made the same comment that Lance did a couple of posts back, about the volume being boosted when it's engaged. Other than that he seemed pretty happy with it.

Bone A. Snatch · August 29th, 2003, 07:18 PM

till he showed me a $199.00 price tag, then he backed off and said $139.00....

Tim Bowen · August 31st, 2003, 04:08 AM

...but I'm a nitpicker.

I really like the chorus. Nice clear high end that reminds me a bit of the TC Electronic. Not a thick, phasey sounding chorus, it's more subtle. There's *just enough* speed & wobble to get into faux - Leslie territory.

The delay side didn't do much for me. To me there's a real unnatural sounding decay to the tail of the repeats that sounds really fake. The volume boost drove me completely bonkers - I need to have the option of kicking a delay on or off in the middle of a phrase, so it needs to be pretty close to unity gain... making the H20's delay nearly useless for me in a live setting. But I'm pretty hard to please with delays. I just recently gave the Line 6 DL4 the boot off of my board and am sticking with the Maxon AD-900 (most definitely NOT a bang for the buck champ, but I'm addicted to it).

August 1st, 2003, 04:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
Barrett TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 40	How's that H2O liquid Chorus Delay pedal, anyone know? Apparently received a guitar player editor's choice award?. I'm not fond of what my DL4 is doing to my tone, when I play out I use my tube echoplex, but use the DL4 at all other times to save wear and tear on the ol' plex (it's finicky) and as a backup live. The h2o might allow me to get a bit more room on the effects board too. Anybody use one? Thanks -b

August 1st, 2003, 07:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
Lance Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,177	Got one! Highly recommended. I've had it for a while now. In general - it's just what most players need for swirly stuff and nothing more. Extremely simple and it sounds great. While the pedal is digital, it doesn't sound that way at all...in fact, it sounds extremely analog. I ditched my analog delay once I got it (Boss). It's a buffered bypass rather than true bypass - there's no tone sucking whatsoever, however, I notice an extremely small boost in volume when it's clicked on. The delay has two modes - short/long. You can flip the switch with your foot but don't do it while the delay is running as it makes a funky sound (not bad...just weird). As a short delay...it completely covers the slapback things for rockabilly. For the swirly stuff, use the long delay. The chorus is very full but not extreme...it doesn't get near a flanger type depth (fine w/me). What also neat is you can nail both effects on/off at once by stepping right in the middle of the pedal. Anyway, considering that most players don't use these effects all the time, it's exactly what the doctor ordered. Here's an older shot of my pedalboard (have a modded Rat and now use the TS9 instead of the FD2) __________________ Lance "not very good...but I make up for it by playing loud"

August 18th, 2003, 07:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
Nick Fanis Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Athens-GREECE Posts: 1,782 14 Photos	I have one and I absolutely love it.Great and warm sounding chorus (analog) and a very useable digital delay that sounds a lot like an analog delay on steroids... __________________ "Hit him again Jack,he is crazy!" Hunter S.Thompson www.myspace.com/nickfanis

August 29th, 2003, 07:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
Bone A. Snatch NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 5	I have been looking at that one also... till he showed me a $199.00 price tag, then he backed off and said $139.00....

August 31st, 2003, 04:08 AM	#6 (permalink)
Tim Bowen Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Age: 48 Posts: 3,300	Great 2 in 1 bang for the buck pedal... ...but I'm a nitpicker. I really like the chorus. Nice clear high end that reminds me a bit of the TC Electronic. Not a thick, phasey sounding chorus, it's more subtle. There's just enough speed & wobble to get into faux - Leslie territory. The delay side didn't do much for me. To me there's a real unnatural sounding decay to the tail of the repeats that sounds really fake. The volume boost drove me completely bonkers - I need to have the option of kicking a delay on or off in the middle of a phrase, so it needs to be pretty close to unity gain... making the H20's delay nearly useless for me in a live setting. But I'm pretty hard to please with delays. I just recently gave the Line 6 DL4 the boot off of my board and am sticking with the Maxon AD-900 (most definitely NOT a bang for the buck champ, but I'm addicted to it). __________________ "Everyone is different in how they learn, but for me, it's turning the pegs and just playing." - BB

August 19th, 2003, 12:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
sound dog Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The center of Pennsyltuckey Age: 55 Posts: 390	Just saw one on a guy's pedalboard over the weekend and asked him about it. He made the same comment that Lance did a couple of posts back, about the volume being boosted when it's engaged. Other than that he seemed pretty happy with it.