Has any one tried the Delta Lab effects pedals brand?

lovenotfear · #1 02-17-2009, 11:06 AM

Has any one tried the Delta Lab effect pedals brand? is it any good?, the price seems right, musicians friend says it is metal casing, and true bypass, i am thinking of trying the delta lab dd1, any opinions?

bongomania · #2 02-17-2009, 11:25 AM

I'm boycotting them because DeltaLabs was a great innovative brand back in the day; the brand has been dead for many years, and Guitar Center recently bought the rights to the name in order to release their own line of cheap pedals.

They might be good, but I'm loyal to the real DeltaLabs effects.

j.kernodle · #3 02-17-2009, 11:27 AM

GC did the same thing with Acoustic bass amps, and a lot of people on here seem happy with them. I'd be interested to hear what people think of them too.

The BurgerMeister · #4 02-17-2009, 11:29 AM

they have a metal casing, they are true bypass, and they are offered at a low price because, as bongo says, GC bought the name. i haven't tried them all on bass, but the delay sounded pretty good. the only surprising thing to me was the fact that the delay time is only, like, 600 ms max. usually, digital delays are at least 1 second.

lovenotfear · #5 02-17-2009, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by bongomania

I'm boycotting them because DeltaLabs was a great innovative brand back in the day; the brand has been dead for many years, and Guitar Center recently bought the rights to the name in order to release their own line of cheap pedals.

They might be good, but I'm loyal to the real DeltaLabs effects.

oh,ok makes sense,I thought that they were owned by guitar center, i could not find a manufacture website, and everytime i have talked to the guys at guitar center about them they say they are great, and awesome etc...., they sounded like they all were told what to say and no one wil give me their honest opinion, seems to me like guitar center has been buying allot of brands of things lately, and selling them, I guess they are going to be pushing their own generics, they look like mxr clones to me, still i wonder if they are better quality than dan electro, and behringer?

Chronicle · #6 02-17-2009, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by The BurgerMeister

they have a metal casing, they are true bypass, and they are offered at a low price because, as bongo says, GC bought the name. i haven't tried them all on bass, but the delay sounded pretty good. the only surprising thing to me was the fact that the delay time is only, like, 600 ms max. usually, digital delays are at least 1 second.

dude i wish it was 600ms. it's 325ms....slapback delay only :/ but the construction is pretty good. not a flimsy pedal at all.

I want to hear the chorus and distortions though. Potenial awesome.

IronChains · #7 02-17-2009, 07:34 PM

Saw them neatly displayed in a glass case at GC. Figured it was another crappy exclusive line, but I'd like to hear some reviews.

lovenotfear · #8 02-17-2009, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by IronChains

Saw them neatly displayed in a glass case at GC. Figured it was another crappy exclusive line, but I'd like to hear some reviews.

that is exactly how i saw them here in Las Vegas (behind the glass), and i too am interested, i think tomorrow i may go down to guitar center and try them out with my bass, i have most of the Pedals i need now, but there are a few more i want and i am running out of money so i need to find the cheapest best quality i can find.

fightthepower · #9 02-18-2009, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by lovenotfear

that is exactly how i saw them here in Las Vegas (behind the glass), and i too am interested, i think tomorrow i may go down to guitar center and try them out with my bass, i have most of the Pedals i need now, but there are a few more i want and i am running out of money so i need to find the cheapest best quality i can find.

If you end up trying any of those out, report back!

Unless you have some caveat about about buying used... Then the 'cheapest best quality you can find' would undoubtedly be used; the talkbass classifieds are a great place to find stuff, and being that you live in a large town, you can probably find some great deals on craigslist too. I'm probably not telling you anything new, but I figured I'd throw that out there anyway.

What are you looking for right now?

lovenotfear · #10 02-18-2009, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by fightthepower

If you end up trying any of those out, report back!

Unless you have some caveat about about buying used... Then the 'cheapest best quality you can find' would undoubtedly be used; the talkbass classifieds are a great place to find stuff, and being that you live in a large town, you can probably find some great deals on craigslist too. I'm probably not telling you anything new, but I figured I'd throw that out there anyway.

What are you looking for right now?

I still want a flanger and a delay pedal, i have everything i want except those two (at least that is what i am saying for now, but my wife does not believe me, then again i dont believe me either), after that hopefully the pedal gass will stop

so far i have these items for my pedal board:

Digitech hardwire tuner
Mxr super comp
Aguilar tone hammer
Mxr 10 band eq
Boss bass chorus
Mxr distortion +
boss blues driver (which i dont like at all)
BBE sonic stomp
Dunlop power brick

I check craigs list everyday and missed out on a boss flanger the other day for 40 dollars, someone beat me to it

, i need to get these two pedals to feel like my collection is complete, but my money is getting limited, and my wife does not like my gass much

Oh, and i will report back as soon as I try the Brand.

lovenotfear · #11 02-19-2009, 07:34 PM

Ok i got a chance to try out a deltalab delay effect pedal at guitar center, it costs $59.00 and i must say it sounded great, it was heavy and solid, the knobs felt solid and turned smoothly, it did not suck my tone at all, my low end stayed intact, it used the same power adapter my mxr and boss pedals use, and the battery compartment was on the bottom in a good spot, and was easy to open, it was true bypass, the jacks were metal, it reminded me allot of mxr pedals as far as quality goes, it was nice, i could not find anything wrong with it.

Chronicle · #12 02-19-2009, 08:40 PM

I also tried out ALL the delta lab pedals today..

I tried only the chorus on bass which sounds not bad for 60$. It's analog so it has that swirly characteristic in all analog choruses. Construction is great too.

The Rock Distortion sounds basically like a Distortion III. This pedal is also analog and is only 50$!

The Metal Distortion was not so hot... The shape knob was a mids boost/cut i believe but it just didn't feel organic..even if it was analog. 50$ as well.

Another 50$ guy was the Tube Driver, sounded basically like a tube screamer. Pretty cool though, I might buy this one for guitar.

IronChains · #13 02-20-2009, 12:11 AM

Mess around with the chrous, metal distortion, and the tube driver.

Seems like a "get what you pay for" kind of deal. Tube Driver sounded alright, but sucks low end pretty hard.

bassman03 · #14 02-24-2009, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Chronicle

I also tried out ALL the delta lab pedals today..

I tried only the chorus on bass which sounds not bad for 60$. It's analog so it has that swirly characteristic in all analog choruses. Construction is great too.

The Rock Distortion sounds basically like a Distortion III. This pedal is also analog and is only 50$!

The Metal Distortion was not so hot... The shape knob was a mids boost/cut i believe but it just didn't feel organic..even if it was analog. 50$ as well.

Another 50$ guy was the Tube Driver, sounded basically like a tube screamer. Pretty cool though, I might buy this one for guitar.

I know i might get kicked for this, but, if you do get the TD-1 for guitar, would you possibly be able to send me soundclips? My guitarist is looking for a tube screamer and is trying to get the best bang for his buck

Fealach · #15 03-16-2009, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by bongomania

I'm boycotting them because DeltaLabs was a great innovative brand back in the day; the brand has been dead for many years, and Guitar Center recently bought the rights to the name in order to release their own line of cheap pedals.

They might be good, but I'm loyal to the real DeltaLabs effects.

Yes.

Just found this thread after Googling the pedals I've seen for the first time today. Evidently GC is snatching up any dead but once respected name they can and slapping it on their imported junk. At least their Acoustic models have stolen some of the look of the old Acoustic amps. These have nothing in common but the name. It made me sad. Why not give their effects some other name? Few remember the Deltalab name, and those that do are more likely to be annoyed than prompted to buy.

I have a rack full of old Deltalab effects. They can do things no modern processor I've seen can duplicate, with the turn of a few knobs vs the labyrinth of nested menus and parameters popular in today's gear. An updated version with the same unique features, but minus the noise of the ancient effects, would really be something. Never happen though.

bongomania · #16 03-16-2009, 06:55 PM

lovenotfear · #17 03-16-2009, 08:29 PM

I ended up not getting the delta labs pedal, after some thought and the guy at guitar center told me they were imported garbage and he would not ever even use one, also he said the same thing as bongomania said, that they were not even close to the real thing.

Chronicle · #18 03-16-2009, 08:30 PM

Bleh, I still like the chorus for what it is.

Fealach · #19 03-17-2009, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by bongomania

Nice.

Old pic, the best I could find.

I currently have an "Effectron ADM 64" plus the Effectron II and DL-4 in the picture. The Compueffectron above the Furman in the pic is gone; It doesn't remember user information (hasn't since I got it), so it's realistically limited to the flipping through the 7 or so stock patches the footswitch can access. I've owned 2 Effectron III units that broke down on me as well. That's the danger of picking up antique effects, don't really know what they've been put through before you bought them. Nobody alive seems to remember how to work on these and schematics for some models are impossible to find, so I've given up on trying to find a programmable one that still works and settled for having 3, each set up for a different effect. Right now I use one for chorus, one for delay, and one for "what the heck is that!? The latter is where they really shine.

bongomania · #20 03-17-2009, 04:31 PM

Oh yeah, I've owned several models from them as well. One of my favorite geeky tidbits is with the delays you can actually double their delay time by stacking a second memory IC on top of the one in the unit. It's tricky soldering the two chips together without damaging either of them, but the results are awesome.