Favorite delay pedal

I was going to recommend the Strymon El Capistan, until you said "simple"...the El Capistan is a fantastic delay pedal, but I wouldn't call it simple. If you want an awesome sounding delay pedal, that's super simple...check out the Mad Professor Deep Blue.

Both of these options are pricey, but great (awesome badass sounding) in my opinion.

 

Dont get an Eventide....they sound like tard!

 

MXR carbon copy. Sounds great with basses, simple, well built, analog, true bypass, small footprint, and affordable (picked mine up new for 105usd on a auction site), been using mine for over a year, not a glitch

 

BOSS DD7

 

True bypass on this one?

 

lol.... I was going to say Strymon Timeline. It kicks major booty.

 

Even more so...

 

Tc Electronic Flashback. Awesome.

 

If you want tap-tempo for the delay time, try the Echo Park - great sounding, simple and affordable.

~ Charlie

 

actually not a bad idea...

 

I have tried a lot of delays, wanting a small, simple analog delay, and now have the Maxon AD-10. Don't know if it's true bypass, but the buffer is fine.

IMO it beats the carbon copy (which I also own), as it's less noisy, and the oscillation and feedback are much more controllable (the MXR goes into oscillation too easily for my tastes).

I have owned 2 deep blue delays, and although digital, they sound great, really good analog voicing. BUT, far too noisy. Also tried malekko analog delays, and again, nice sounding but noisiest of the bunch.

 

This. I used a TC Electronic Flashback but found it was a bit hard to deal with. The MXR is easy to dial in and sounds awesome.

 

The boss delay pedals are pretty great for the money and sound good too. I myself have a hardwire DL8 and and older DOD digital delay that I love. It's starting to give me problems though. I will probably end up getting a line 6 DL4 module. It has a lot of goodies in it. I've also heard the echo park by the same maker is sweet too, just like the DL4 in a smaller and a little less versatile package. TC flashback looks too.

 

You do know true bypass is bad, right ?

I am very pleased with my Strymon El Capistan. I would also recommend the TC Flashback. The carbon copy made me realize I'm not into analog delays (I want clean repeats even on extreme settings, and tap tempo can't hurt) and the Neunaber Echelon I used for a bit got kicked in the balls by the Strymon.

 

True bypass isn't inherently bad. I wouldn't use it for a delay though. No trails when you turn it off.

 

It's not too bad if you have a buffer first, otherwise it lets all the wire's capacitance do its thing. Just try with/without a buffer first in line like I did and if our ears are made the same you'll hear what I mean.

+1 on the trails by the way

 

Catalinbread Echorec. The rythmic possibilities with this thing are endless, perfect for bass, and it sounds awesome.

 

Greenhouse Effects, RetroSky Delay
Easy to use, small size, true Bypass and sounds great
Good price too...

 

How exactly is flashback hard to deal with? It's got several awesome tones, easy controls and a toneprint option.