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Digital? DD7
Need presets? Dd-200
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.
Edit: dammit, Boss SDE3000D. Big, digital delay thingy. I don’t really know what it does, will go watch a demo.
The DD2s and early DD3s had a different chip than later models which apparently is less harsh, more desirable and therefore these pedals are attracting higher prices.
The DM2W has been around a few years now so I think that would be the other one to look for although more expensive than the DD3. Basic three knob delay but you can have the custom mode for a slight difference in sound and longer delay times. You can also use an expression pedal for delay times if at some future point you want to get a bit wackier.
[Boss don't usually do 4s as that's an unlucky number in Japan, they only ever made one the PQ4 (parametric eq).]
Everything else is a larger form-factor and/or a specialised delay...except the DD-3T which is a nostalgic reissue.
You can't go wrong with a DD-something. If you found a used DD-7, you'd be winning.
OP, it doesn't have to be a Boss pedal...I've been gigging with a (now discontinued) Diamond ML Jr for years.
I've had a few of them:
DD3- sounds really good, but is *just* a digital delay. Not a very long maximum delay time (but more than enough for most common types of delay), no tap tempo, no tone control, no bells, whistles and definitely no kitchen sink. Very basic, next to useless "looper" that can hold 800ms.
DD5- didn't sound as good as the DD3 but *does* have tap tempo (either press and hold the footswitch or attach an external footswitch). Still no tone control, still no useful looper. Nice reverse mode.
DD20- Lots of delay time (23 seconds!). 4 presets. Basic but useable looper. Different delay types, tap tempo, special effects (warp, twist, hold etc). Clicky knob for delay time means you can't do spaceship noises, although warp and twist effects compensate for this a little.
DD500- Spendy. Massively versatile, deep, deep editing (although it involves a lot of menu diving). Everything the DD3/5/20 can do and more. MIDI, PC editing. Clicky wheel delay time knob again, so still no spaceship noises, although if you can get your head around it you can make it make all sorts of other mad noises.
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
I use it 99% of the time. Apart from slapback effect, it sounds pretty ugly when repeats don't follow the beat.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg_imQDC4eUOjuBBRl2mBwA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyQgllCIpqY
https://rozaliftwave.bandcamp.com/
This. Picking a Boss delay isn't what I'd describe as a "minefield"- to me that implies that you might potentially make a bad choice.
If you buy a Boss delay, it will be good. None of them are bad, AFAIK, they just might not do all the things you need (or do too much, I guess). If you don't like it you'll be able to sell it on easily at a decent price.
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.