Boss DD-20

Pretty easy to use.There's a small LCD and plenty of LED's to stay oriented.Mine came w-out a manual but there's a permanate foil sticker on the bottom that shows the more complicated functions.
Straight forward....easy.

I won't ramble too much about my set-up,,but it is "true stereo" using two amps... and all my equipment is pro.I run a line-out or slave-out of each amp into the DD-20 then to a stereo power amp.I've heard people complain about noise w/these units but mine is dead quiet.(bought the suggested psa adapter)

The reproduction of the delays is very pleasing.Yeah,its a digital unit but sweet and warm.But keep in mind that I don't run the DD-20 in front of my amp(s).The only complaint I might have would be that it has no wet/dry mix knob..just "level."...so I use the panning mode to get a spacious/dimensional effect...pedal sounds awesome and is alot of fun.(I usually shun digital stuff,but I'm hangin' on to this one!!)

Boss has a good rep

Hey,if your in need of a great delay pedal,buy the DD-20...20+ sec.'s of loop,5 total pre-sets,easy to use.
I like all types of music but favour 80's rock and lickety split leads,this pedal allows a person to express some serious creativity.
I would buy another if lost or stolen...and I would also PASS UP the Line-6 DL-4 again because the DL-4 ...IS...unreliable.(Apollogies to those of you that have a "good" dl-4)

If you read the manual, you'll be fine. The only thing that takes some slight playing around with is the SOS function (getting it to loop smoothly without any pops or clicks) Apart from that, it's a breeze.

The delays on this are some of the best I've ever heard. You can go from Radiohead to U2 to Sigur Ros or any other band that's ever used delay for their signature sounds. The only setting I'm not too excited about is the "Standard" delay...a little too cold sounding, but some people might like that.

It has never failed me and if I had to choose one pedal in my setup, this would be it.

Haven't had to call them.

I play stuff like Radiohead, Broken Social Scene, Flaming Lips...etc. It is an EXTREMELY versatile pedal and if you are in the market for a high-end delay, this is it.

bought it on my lunch break at work and read through the manual. came home, plugged it in and already knew what to do. if you read the manual, it all makes sense. As far as features go, I give this a 10 based on the fact that it has/does everything I wanted from this type of pedal at a price point that makes it more appealing than the Line 6 DL-4. (which I wisely returned???read on.) I wanted basic looping capabilities, reverse/backwards delay, and an analog sounding delay that has more delay time than a real (only 400-ish msec) analog delay pedal would have. With a 23 second delay time, I think I?m covered here! And of course, ANY delay pedal made in this day and age MUST feature tap tempo, and a spillover feature to preserve the delay tails when the unit gets bypassed. The DD-20 delivers on all of these. Unlike the Line 6?s 3 memory locations, this pedal has 4 memory locations and a Manual mode that can double as a 5th memory location. The Line 6 has NO manual mode. Shame. The DD-20 also has a nice backlit readout/display for a visual as to what?s going on within a given patch. The Line 6 does not. Double shame! To top it all off, the DD-20 is smaller than the Line 6.

This is REALLY close to a 10. more like 9.5. I still like, and use digital delay but I really wanted to have the option of the lo-fi-ness sound of an old analog pedal. I was looking for an old analog pedal on ebay but there would be too many sacrifices- no spillover, no tap temp/programmability, and most of all- not enough delay time. There?s only so much you can do w/330msec! The DD-20 can?t get as lo-fi as my Korg dl 301 pedal, but it comes close. Plus the Korg is a bit on the noisy side at times and offers none of the features mentioned above. I would say that this is on par w/the Line 6 DL-4 sound-wise. It does not have as many models as the Line 6, but again, I wasn?t looking for models galore. Just a good analog-ish sounding delay with digital performance. The looper sounds great and does everything I need. If looping is your ?thing? you?d be better served by a Boomerang, or Boss?s own RC-20XL. The reverse/backwards delay also kicks ass- just as good as on my Boomerang. It also has a modulated setting that allows you to modulate the delay repeats, which I think is along the lines of what the EH Memory Man does.

Time will tell. Like people say, ?no worries, it?s a Boss!? It has a 5 year warranty whereas the Line 6 has only 1 year. While Boss is no longer made in Japan, it is still WAY apparent that it is built better than the Line 6. Before I knew about this pedal, I bought the Line 6 DL-4 and it was dead right out of the box! Line 6 even seems to try and keep the origin of its pedal a secret. Taking off the back cover revealed that it was made in Malaysia and that all the footswitches were mounted to the PC board. Smell disaster yet? Also- all the knobs ?float? on the PC board as well. A ticking time bomb folks. The Boss on the other hand uses actual metal pot posts for its knobs (not plastic!) and wisely anchors them to the pedal casing, unlike you-know-who!

Wouldn?t know because I?ve never had a Boss/Roland product fail on me.

Nothing is perfect all around, but this gets a very strong 9 here. I?m glad I found out about this pedal and was able to return the Line 6 DL-4 that replaced the first one that was DOA. I really had NO faith in the Line 6 after the first one died, which prompted me to look at HC reviews which were all pretty much atrocious in the reliability category, mirroring my experience. The DD-20 was also $60 cheaper than the DL-4! It gets better- the DD-20 has allowed me to sell my Boomerang, my Korg dl 301, and my Danelectro Talkback pedal which puts me into the Boss DD-20 for ?(minus)$211.00! sometimes you win, sometimes you win. I?ve been playing for over 20 years now and have owned TONS of gear. Boss has never let me down in terms of reliability. I sleep much better now that I have this pedal and got rid of that ugly Malaysian toy. I can?t imagine why anyone would purchase the Line 6 over the Boss. Unless like me at the time, the just didn?t know about the Boss DD-20. Well now you know. Try one out and see if it fits YOUR needs. Also, FYI- at the time of this writing, Musician?s Friend is selling this pedal for $189.00 while Gtr Ctr is still selling for $229.00, so shop around.

There is much more than meets the eye to this pedal. I almost returned it to the store before reading the manual, because at a glance it didn't seem to be that much more impressive than my DD-5. You have to read the manual to get the full use of this unit, but unfortunately some parts of the manual are unclear (such as the disjointed explanation of pedal modes). Overall, once you have the hang of it though, it's fairly easy to use.

So far I haven't noticed any noise introduced into the signal from this pedal, and the signal reproduction is nice. Thankfully, the tone knob lets you roll off the highs a little bit, which makes it a *little* warmer. 11 modes make for a versatile selection of delays, but there are a couple of useless things thrown in. The twist feature could be useful if you could control it with an expression pedal, but otherwise I don't see any need for it. Warp simply increases the level and feedback, which is potentially useful. The tape delay doesn't sound anything like a real tape delay, but is somewhat interesting. the ANALOG setting is decent, but I would say buy a Deluxe Memory Man if you're going for a lush, musical analog delay. For me the best feature of this pedal is the Sound on Sound feature. Supposedly unlimited layering of overdubs, this is very cool. If 23 seconds of delay time isn't enough for you, then try the rc-20 looping station. Overall this looks to be a great pedal. Will replace my DD-5.

Boss stuff seems very dependable. I did have a pedal of theirs that malfunctioned years ago, but they sent me a replacement that has peformed steadily since. Solid construction, good warranty. I have no worries.

Dealt with them in 96, and they took care of me just fine.

I have been a hobbyist musician for maybe 15 years, and am fairly knowledgable about different types of musical gear. For the price, this unit seems like a great value. But I would not use it as my only delay - I have a few others, and my favorite is probably the Memory Man. But the DD-20 does a great job and offers quite a long delay time. I needed a digital delay with limited looping features, and this fit the bill just fine.

As a side note, take my advice and don't waste the money on Boss's tap tempo footswitch. $2 in supplies from Radio Shack will give you exactly what you need, and is probably one of the easiest things I've put together. Just wire a 1/4 inch mono input jack to a (normally open) momentary switch and stick it in some kind of container. I drilled a couple of holes in an altoids box, and stuck it in there. Use any 1/4 cable to connect this to your control switch input, and voila - there's your tap tempo switch. You don't even have to solder it if you don't have a soldering iron. A much better alternative to Boss's big and relatively expensive footswitch.

Once you read the manual, it's quite simple. You have ti keep in mind some functions. Then, you'll enjoy it: easy to find a Pink Floyd sound, as far as a U2 delay, or some psychedelic effects too. You can store FOUR sound in memory,plus the "manual" setting that is REALLY manual (i HATE the line 6 DL4 function that makes you loose the manual settings). You can also connect an external pedal for tap tempo: great and easy.

Simply the best delay pedal in my opinion. Clear clear sound, great delays: digital delay is perfect, tape and analog are very well made (obviously you can't compare to real analog delays, but they work fine), and some strange effects like twist and warp, plus a 20+ seconds delay that makes you create an effective sound-on-sound "jam" - amazing. Last but not least, i use this pedal also for a chorus effect (modulate delay set properly) so i don't have to buy one :-)
Personally, i don't miss the true bypass, since i've other 3 boss pedals and a trubypass box :-)

I saw a review that tell to use boss adaptor only: well that's not true, i use a normal Danelectro ac adaptor (9,6 v 200mA) with all my effects (Cs3, Ts9, Od3, Tr2, Crybaby and dd20) and i have no problem at all. It's a Boss.

I play mostly blues, funk, acid jazz, fusion. I've been playing for 10 years. I own a Fender hot rod deluxe with vintage30, JJ preamp tubes and TAD power tubes; Ibanez archtop John Scofield,and a PRS replica; Cs3, Ts9, Od3, Tr2, Crybaby and dd20.
If you're searching for a great delay pedal, this is a must have. Far better than the Dl4 AT ALL, both in sounds and functions (i had a line 6 that i sold to buy this Boss).

Simply amazing. Very simple to use

you select the type of delay you want, tinker with the knobs untill you get the tone you want and done. Even better when you can bank to different delay settings without loosing a "tweaked" tone.

I tested this in the music store through a 4X10 deville running mono and it kicked some serious A$$. At home I decided to go all crazy and hookup a Ampeg 2X18" portaflex with a Fender 2X12" deville and a 4X12" fender cab with celestions in it. Running stereo Left and right out from the delay. (nothing like 6X12's and 2X18's)

The sound it self is clean. The ampeg im running is solid state from 1966 and it doesnt make a peep of noise. No ground hum just nothing. Devilles can be a bit noisey but for the most part their quiet.

I did test this delay out running the following chain of effects.

Ibanez Tube screamer TS9 with ts 808 mod from analog man.
Electro Harmonix Small stone from the 70's. *issue j.
Boss CE-3 Chorus from the 80's, japanese
Boss DD-20

Running stereo and Playing through a Gibson SG Standard with 57' classic and 498T pickups. Electro Harmonix Guitar strings, 9 gauge.
And my home made 1968' strat copy. With lace sensors , 2 seymour duncan antiquites. Gibson Brite wires. 10's


I nailed down a killer pink floyd wall sound very easily.
This is one of the only delays aside from a rackmount unit that I can say is good. You can pump the tube sreamer through it on just about any setting without having feedback issues. Also it really just does a fine job with a U2 streets have no name kinda sound.

Amazing tone! I can't explain this in any other way then this.
If you buy 2 delay pedals it equals the cost of 1 of these DD20's. So instead of wasting your time with crap like digitech or DOD just get a DD20.

I can call DOD and digitech crap because I had both of there "top of the line" delay pedals for test drives at my house running the same effects and the DIN chips in the digitech get overloaded if you try to change time settings, and The dod delay i had was only a 3 or 4 second delay. DD20 = 20+ seconds of lush delay, awesome AD9 replication too.

Well thats enough, im startin to ramble and i could talk for hours about this because its just that good.

Wait for the price to increase when they start pushing these more.

Its a solid boss chassis. You cant break it. You can drop it, spill on it, step on it, and use it as a door stop and it will still work right.

only called boss 1 time for an old psm5 power supply I have. I was speaking to a person within minutes. I also have called digitech, nothing like a 45minute to 1 hour wait to just have an answering machine pickup and say "thank you for calling the digitech support desk no-one is here right now" yada yada yada blah crap. Boss is good with this stuff.

Yes I got this New for $150 from Cintioli music, thats only because My dad has been shopping there since 196? something and I've been going there for the last 13 years. One of many the benefits of being friends with the owner. Benny rocks :) For the rest of the world this pedal is $230+, all I can say is Muahahaha (dr.evil laugh) But If you come to philadelphia stop at Cintioli Music 215 - 533 - 2050


I play straight rock, blues, some mild progressive rock like satriani, dreamtheater etc. Been playing for 13 years. I primarily play gibson and fender guitars. if this was stolen I would find the theif and beat him with it, then go home and use it. I own way to many pedals and amps to type it all,

My absolute main rig is

Amps-
Fender Deville 2X12 (bang and boom)
Marshall JCM 800 4210 1X12 combo (sream and yell)

effects board

Distortion - Boss DS1
Over drive - Ibanez TubeScreamer TS9 with 808 mod,
Fuzz - N.Y.C Made electro harmonix Big muff.
Chorus - Boss CE-3 japan
Phaser / flanger - Electro harmonix small stone (old)
Wah's - Heres my delimah. I use 2 Crybaby and a 1973 electro harmonix crying tone that does wah, volume, filtron, traveler.
Power - I have the boxx psm5 for all my boss, ibanez and dunlop pedals. And then just a power strip with ac adapters for the remaining pedals.

Another biggie. I have Mesa Boogie power tubes in my marshall with svetlana preamp tube. The deville has Sovtek 12AX7's and Grove tube power tubes. This changes the sound of a deville so much. And the marshall just roars with the Mesa power tubes.

Guitars.
Gibson sg standard with 57' classic Bridge, 498T neck
Strat 68 copy, Maple fingerboard, Lace sensor neck, 2X duncan antiquity's.
Epiphone SG/Les paul, 3 pickups (the following is my own idea)
Has 3 humbuckers 1 prs dragon, 1 57 classic, 1 Seymour duncan from an old jackson mid 80's V2, wired with 3 vol 1 tone, push pull for coil tap on all 3 pickups with a boost circuit off ebay. If you try to wire this yourself you will go crazy. The original harness has 12 or 13 wires, the new coil tap has almost triple the wires......

Basic wires with cloth covers nothing special.

So thats my current rig, last thing im searching for is a good flanger. I'd like to get an ADA one but I'd rather buy a new car first.

Any questions drop me an email.

Rock on.

PEOPLE LISTEN CAREFULLY!!!

If you are going to use this pedal you need to use the Boss PSA adaptor only! you can't share it from a power supply - it must be powered alone - a drag but worth it.
Ready the manual folks.
It requires a 9 volt supply with a 160mA draw.
thats is why all you are getting noises & pops.
Stop being lazy and read the manual

Very easy and intuitive

Sounds great, lots of flexibility. A reviewer below mentioned that he hears a clicking sound when using this unit. I had the same problem when using wall power - the tempo of the click followed the delay time and related light flash, but I switched to batteries and it went away. Gave it a 10 anyway (although maybe more buffering on my part would help).

New - na

New - na

Blues, rock, funk, latin rock, surf, etc.......... Own high end gear and played many years. While I own and use boutique gear also, the pedal boards of many pros are covered with Boss gear.

Very easy to use - however i would suggest reading the manual, it helps.

Great sound, very quiet & the delays are awesome.
Tape echos are quite good, as well as the analog, smooth & normal
twist & warp are good if you are in a Radiohead tribute band.
The big bonus is the Sound on sound - great for practicing or playing live for short (23 sec) loops - and you can layer them!

Set up is as follows;
Pedaltrain board (Dunlop Power brick for power)
Boss TU-12
Budda Wah
TS-9
VL Sparkle Drive
VL Tremolo
Ibanez PH-9 Phaser, to front of amp

Effects Loop;

DD-20
CE-20

Into a Mesa F-30 combo or Dual rec 1/2 stack
I always put time based effects into a loop, just seem to work better & never had any issues.
Remember to power this is thing with a Boss PSA or you will be in noise hell.

Its a Boss, duh

Never delt with them, because I never had a boss pedal that broke

I was worried about getting into the "modeling gear" because as like all guitar players, i am lazy; however this is a great addition to my rig or any , if you are looking for a multi-purpose delay (nad looper), give it a try. It does the trick, and the sound on sound feature is very useful. and programmming it is a snap.
Would replace it if it was lost - for 179 its a no branier

hi,
CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE SEND ME THE MANUAL?
I bought this unit a week ago, second hand. And the manual was missing. This is of course the ideal "ease of use" test:
It's easy to get a lot out of this little box. Just fiddling around with it will get you a long way.
But still... when I see some of the reviews, there seems to be a lot more.
So could anybody, please, send me the manual? (maybe a pdf or something?)

Great. No noise.
I use it with my Fender Super amp and Mesa Mark IV.
Stereo!
Great!
I like the analog and tape settings.
One more thing: try a delay of 1ms and a good amount of feedback.
Great chorus effect! You can try 2 or 3 ms for a slight change in sound.

Seems fine so far...

I couldn't find the manual on the website...
Hm...

Best delay pedal I' ve ever had.
I like the ability to store some settings, without going for a big rack or floor unit, that will suck your tone up.
No tiny little knob to squeeze your signal down before it enters the vulnerable chips in a multi effect. Cool.