Re: [Harp-L] The Best Delay Pedal--

[Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The best delay pedal is the one whose sound you like the most, of 
course.  analog pedals have a somewhat different sound than 
digital--more grit and less high end, in particular--and they often 
sound very good with blues rigs, which don't have a lot of high end in 
the sound anyway and already have a lot of grit.

I own a few different delay pedals, and they all sound good. My 
Electro-Harmonica deluxe Memory man is definitely an analog sound, and 
it works very well for blues and rock.

My Akai Headrush has a more "digital" sound, meaning cleaner. It also 
does looping delay. It sounds very nice on acoustic stuff.

The Digitech RP100/200/300 series pedals have three different delays, 
and all three have a distinct character and sound good with harp.  The 
"analog" (meaning a digital imitation of analog delay) in particular 
seems to sound nice with all sorts of harp styles. Delay can be put 
under footpedal control with this unit.  Musicians Friend is moving 
their warehouse and selling out a bunch of RP200s right now at about 
$90, which is a very good price for this pedal.

The digitech RP 150/250/350 have a model of the Boss DM-2 built in, but 
I couldn't get it to sound very good.  You may be luckier.

The Digitech X-series Digital delay pedal has a number of good delays in 
it, including good analog and tape emulations, and sells for under $100.

High end units, including the higher-end stompboxes like the Line 6 Echo 
Park, go for twice that or more, but you should be able to get a good 
pedal for $100 or less.

Regards, Richard Hunter
hunterharp.com
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