Delay pedal quandry

Richie

Right, I've been gunning for a delay pedal for a while now, specifically the new digital EH Memory Man with Hazarai (whatever the hell that's supposed to be). They're around

nirvana23freak

the memory man with hazari is so cool. id say save up

Richie

Actually the choice was kind of made for me, I went down and all the Echo Park's are gone. But to be honest I was leaning toward saving up anyways, so I guess it works out for the best.

Alex

My favorite delay for a while now has been the BOSS Giga Delay (DD-20). A bit on the pricey side tho.

Richie

Yeah, I looked into them too, I'm kind of undecided between that and the Memory Man now 'cause I found where I can get either for about

nirvana23freak

i still say memory man looks incredibly cool, and you should go with that.

AnotherTool

You're right man, if it's good enough for Porcupine tree, it's good enough for you.

Go with the Boss.

Fran

I've learnt that it is always wiser to save for what you actually want rather than 'make do'.

Having said that what do you want from a delay?

Its all very well buying a top of the range model but if you are looking for user friendly unit with popular settings the Boss DD3 is unbeatable. I have a DD6 and other than the 'warp mode' all the extra settings are useless to me.

I just sold an Akai Headrush as well, more like a sampler pedal. It was novel for a couple of weeks but that was that.

Richie

Basically I'm after something that'll do all your regular crazy stuff delays do, reverse delay, warble and all that jazz, plus I want to be able to use it as a loop station for small acoustic gigs. Either the EH or the Boss models seem to do both all that. I'll probably go with the Boss mainly because I already have 3 EH pedals and want to try something different. That said I'll be going to a shop and trying them both out at some point so it'll more likely come down to which one I prefer having tried them.

directorfitzy

Here's some demo's of the Freak Show DigiLog. It's pretty pricey...I think it's somewhere in the 200's...but it looks to be pretty versatile.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy7TQCfJWj4

^ Country sound

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b-c-D7JTq4

^Wet sound

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oeomy6HiFgc

^Freak Out & Tweaking