Analog delay for bass

[Muzique Fann]

Yeah, I've been looking into a Maxon too - but the prices are scary. From what I gather the the AD-900 sounds the best (old Panasonic BB chips), runs on a 12 volt power supply, but doesn't have a true bypass & the AD-999 does have a true bypass (and longer delay time) but doesn't sound as good and runs on 9 volts. I can't believe you gotta spend around $350 to get these. They'll just keep on going up too

 

[Tecx]

Actualy Ibanez bought the old Panasonic Factory and is producing the BB chips and the timer chips to run them... The new AD-9 is 139.99 MSRP... Analog delays will start to go bac down in price because the chips are being made again...

cheers

Alex

Yeah, I've been looking into a Maxon too - but the prices are scary. From what I gather the the AD-900 sounds the best (old Panasonic BB chips), runs on a 12 volt power supply, but doesn't have a true bypass & the AD-999 does have a true bypass (and longer delay time) but doesn't sound as good and runs on 9 volts. I can't believe you gotta spend around $350 to get these. They'll just keep on going up too

 

[43% burnt]

Ibanez AD-9 analog delay VS. EHX Memory man

Any thoughts?

 

[PureRockRoll]

I was really excited to try out the memory man, but with bass it will just overload too fast for my taste (amazing for guitar thought). maybe if i messed around with it enough i would be able to fine a sound i like. since i already have the DL4, i have all i need for whacked out delay. but i just wanted to get a simple, nice analog delay for basic delay sounds. that's why i am looking into the AD9.

 

[Muzique Fann]

Actualy Ibanez bought the old Panasonic Factory and is producing the BB chips and the timer chips to run them... The new AD-9 is 139.99 MSRP... Analog delays will start to go bac down in price because the chips are being made again...

cheers

Alex

Hey Alex,
Maybe you're talking about a 'new new' AD-9? All the ones I'm seeing are around $300 new? I hope the prices start going down. These new chips are already in the AD-999 if I'm not mistaken and people aren't real thrilled with them. I'm still holding out for a 900.

 

[Tecx]

The new re-issues... [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] you go!

cheers

Alex

Hey Alex,
Maybe you're talking about a 'new new' AD-9? All the ones I'm seeing are around $300 new? I hope the prices start going down. These new chips are already in the AD-999 if I'm not mistaken and people aren't real thrilled with them. I'm still holding out for a 900.

 

[Muzique Fann]

The new re-issues... [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] you go!

cheers

Alex

Mahalo.

 

[43% burnt]

heres a few delay pedals I'm currently fantasizing about...anyone try any of these?
Diamond Memory Lane
Carl Martin DeLayla XL
T-Rex Replica
Guyatone TD-X Tube Echo
none nearly as affordable as the AD9...but very sexy pedals none the less.

 

[callofthebow]

heres a few delay pedals I'm currently fantasizing about...anyone try any of these?
Diamond Memory Lane
Carl Martin DeLayla XL
T-Rex Replica
Guyatone TD-X Tube Echo
none nearly as affordable as the AD9...but very sexy pedals none the less.

please, stop. The gas is killing me

 

[John Marat]

In my opinion the maxon ad-900 is the way to go. I have been through quite a few analog delays and this on works best on bass hands down... Second place would have to go to boss dm-3 or 2.

jb...

 

[43% burnt]

In my opinion the maxon ad-900 is the way to go. I have been through quite a few analog delays and this on works best on bass hands down... Second place would have to go to boss dm-3 or 2.

jb...

that pedal gets great reviews, but the price is holding me back...Any experience with the maxon reissue ad9 vs. the Ibanez ad9?

 

[Muzique Fann]

Anybody here using a Boomerang as their only delay? I've beein intrigued by the looping aspect, but it's also got some cool delays.

 

[thedovewarlord]

Old thread but if someone happens to run across this as I did...

I highly and mean this, wholeheartedly recommend MXR carbon copy.

Went to 30th Street Guitars NYC and was looking for a simple, natural sounding pedal that can (most importantly) be kicked in musically.

Wow, the carbon copy really fit the bill. Tried others but man this pedal just works so well. I've yet to even see a need to adjust the modulation trimpot internally. Out of the box, first use at a rehearsal and bam!

To anyone looking for a must have pedal. First stop, try it. Let me know if you agree or disagree

 

[smo]

Personally I use the EHX DMMTT-1100, but if you want something simpler, the Maxon AD900 is a peach.

I've been thru a lot of analog delays for bass work, and I find most of them are fairly dark and muddy for bass work. The two above are excellent.

 

[Rabidhamster]

Ive owned 3-4 original Ibanez ad9, an orignal boss DM2, a couple of various maxon ADs- currently have a 12v maxon ad-80 in the TS808 style case- they all sound great, not a whole lot of delay time, great for a little ambient delay, and spaceship noise and feedback, not a lot of low low bass on any of them, takes up too much bandwidth. They each have their own tone, with the Maxon being not far off from the Ad9 ibanez, with a bit more treble and fidelity or something, a bit more tape-echoey perhaps - the Maxon seems to run at 12v internally, 18 v externally, vs 9 v for the AD9. The Boss is a bit darker, different in the "blur"
of the repeats, slightly less delay time than the Ibanez with the trim pots set for max.
They all sound neat for bass.

 

[gregmon79]

I've had really good luck with the Hardwire DL8 in Lo-Fi mode. I'm not sure if that's considered analogue because I do believe that pedal is digital. But it sure sounds analogue to me and it holds up in the mix really well. It also handles bass really good. All the other settings sound great too IMO.

I've tried quite a few delays that performed well in the mix actually and were good for my low end. The other one that comes to mind is the DOD DFX9. That is a digital delay but it actually sounds very analogue on most settings and it too performed well in the mix.

I've had some pretty expensive analogue delays over time and while they sounded ridiculously good, I found that they didn't cut it very well in the live mix. It got muddy for me real quick. So I found I got along with digital delays much better. That is why I use the DL8 for most "regular" type delay parts and the Boss DD3 for weirder wackier stuff becasue it holds together really good. So maybe keep that in mind. Maybe analogue has been working for you though so in that case, forget what I said!

 

[40Hz]

I tried a bunch of delays with bass (analog and digital) and finally picked the Catalinbread Montevillian Echo as my champion. It uses a a PT2399 chip so it's not analog. But it sure sounds like it.

You can also do some nice things to mellow out any digital effect by running it through an EHX Analogizer pedal. It does a remarkable job eliminating much of that squeaky and too-clean digital characteristic in your signal chain. It's a nice addition to a pedalboard IMO.

 

[BasementWarrior]

I've tried a lot of delay pedals. Nothings beat my trusty Carbon Copy!

 

[Driven Crane]

I am a delay pedals maniac. For now i have got 3 digital delays (Timeline, Echolution, huge Jamman looper/delay) and one analog (Malekko Lo-Fi). One of my friends is also - an owner of Malekko Lo-Fi. I can say it has very pleasant tone, has its special attack, and it has external switch/for modulation (from slight to extreme crazy) and the buffer (just perfect).

 

[rockear]

The Ibanez Echo Shifter sounds great and is loads of fun. Pretty large though. I'm liking the Digitech Obscura as well, although its analog sounds are emulations. Very tweakable.