A bargain delay pedal

ThePrettyDamned

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pete-Cornish-TES-Delay-Pedal-/251338586523?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item3a84f2799b

ICBM

I seem to remember that the actual delay unit in those is a Boss DD-2... although I could be wrong. It does have a DD-2 knob on it though!

rpr

If you played Bass, you could grab this bargain, whilst you're at it

http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/zoom-708ii-bass-multi-effect-pedal/1029696268

Dave_Mc

fup me, for that kind of money I'd want a flux capacitor in it so I could actually go back in time to fix my mistakes so it'd only repeat non-mistakes...

David5150

WTF??? One could get an AXE FX for that kind of cash which does every delay under the sun

 

Bonkers!

dano

ICBM said:

I seem to remember that the actual delay unit in those is a Boss DD-2... although I could be wrong. It does have a DD-2 knob on it though!

I believe it is a DD-2 underneath, but you have to supply your own DD-2 though !! Plus a couple of Cornish buffer and a super strong 1970s military style enclosure to make sure it doesn't get damaged in the display case.
 


I've been watching this item with interest recently, the seller lives a couple of miles from me and I'm tempted to email his to ask to try it out and see 'how' good it really is

Sporky

I love the look of Pete's pedals. Absolutely functional.

ThePrettyDamned

Sporky said:

I love the look of Pete's pedals. Absolutely functional.

For the money, I'd expect bling.

Gold and diamond, in fact :P

Sporky

I'd rather the money went on the sound and the bomb-proof reliability.

ThePrettyDamned

Sporky;36489" said:

I'd rather the money went on the sound and the bomb-proof reliability.

Goes without saying. You get both with a boss dd2 as standard!

So that leaves us with over 1600 quid left over for the rest... And I reckon the switching would be more reliable on the boss as standard - they're totally bomb proof.

Sporky

Pete's stuff is intended for use every day on tour, so while the Boss switching is indeed pretty decent his is likely to be even more resilient.

It is a lot of money, and I have little doubt you could find something that sounds as good or better for less money; you're paying for Pete's expertise in building kit that just won't ever go wrong. Also it's got extra knobs, and that's got to mean it's better, right?

I think it's best to look at this vs any other pedal as a racing car vs a very fast production car - the former will be 10 to 100 times as expensive, partly because it just can't fail and partly because of how it had to be made.

ICBM

Annoyingly enough you don't get bomb-proof reliability with a DD-2 - and you won't with this pedal either, because the failures (two I can remember) I've come across in DD-2s have been the main delay chip, which will be exactly the same in this.

The difference is that - at least if you're the original owner - with Pete Cornish's pro rigs, if something fails he'll be on the next plane to wherever you are on your world tour to fix it, and that's factored into the original purchase price. I seem to remember that coming up when people were having a go at the board he built for Pete Townshend which comprised three Boss pedals and a tuner, and came in at several thousand quid...

Sporky

Izzackly - his stuff isn't intended for anyone who doesn't need that level of service.

Dave_Mc

Do I get a discount if Easyjet flies within 50 miles of my house?