Re: [Harp-L] Re: delay for harp

[Rick Davis <bluesharpamps@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Lare-

I too use the MXR Carbon Copy analog delay.  It sounds great, but all I
demand from it is slap-back effect.  I don't care for the big swoopy space
alien delay sounds.  The MXR does the best slap-back I've heard, with a
nice organic decay on the delay tails.  The only other pedal I use is the
Kinder AFB when playing the Bassman RI amp.

Here is a link to a photo of the pedal and the settings I use.  As you can
see, it is pretty minimal.  Just a little thickener, thank you very much.

http://davisbluesproject.com/pics/MXRpedal.jpg

-Rick Davis
Denver, Colorado



On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Lare Sattler <lmsattler@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> First off let me say that I am a lover of the honking, Chicago style blues
> harp. I love any harmonica, but what I love to hear the most and what I
> strive to sound like, is more or less a ruptured goose. I have tried a few
> delays including the Dan Electro DE-1, recommended by Pete Sheridan in his
> great book, Quest For Tone In Amplified Harp, and the Dan Electro Reel To
> Real delay. A friend has a vintage Echoplex which I was lucky enough to try
> and the sound/tone was amazing. Being a hard to find vintage instrument, it
> was basically priceless to him, and though I was welcome to use it, I would
> have been responsible should anything happen to it. It has since been my
> "Holy Grail" echo tone and I have tried to replicate it with pedals because
> I was nervous about taking the EPlex to play out. The closest I had found
> was the DE Reel to Real, but it was a cumbersome size and shape pedal to
> me. I recently got an MXR M-169 Carbon Copy and have been blown away by
>  it. I used it the other night at a show and was very pleased with the
> sound coming out of my amp with it on. As with all things, everyone has a
> different idea of what is the greatest sound/tone, and IMHO #1 is the old
> Echoplex, but a close second is the MXR. It is smaller than most pedals,
> making it easy to transport and any coloration it give to the tone is a
> plus to my ears, and is the closest to what I remember of the Echoplex.
> Lare Sattler    The Little Chicago Band    Canton Ohio
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