Boss DD-20

Got to master this incredible pedal. Just might be THE BEST DELAY UNIT known to mankind. This thing is almost too good to be true.

As far as I can tell,this thing flat out beats out all of the delay toys that I have played with,and that is dating back to the mid 70's Analog snob? Well, I used to have an old Boss stomper,but the sound quality was so close that I could not justifiy having two delay pedals.Sold the old and it almost made up the difference for the DD-20.

Hopefully will last for ever!

No contact,no comment.

I play mostly blues oriented music. I also like to play ECM styles(Bill Frisell, I really love).I have this thing nested in a three line effects loop(about 20 effects all together).IT IS ABSOLUTELLY THE ESSENTIAL PIECE OF GEAR for me. Boss has made quite a few pedals both good and bad,but they certainly got this one right.

It took me a few hours of tinkering around with it to figure out all the modes, and how to work them, but the manual is perfect! There are a butt load of sounds you can get from this machine!!!

My set up is a Epiphone Les Paul Standard -> BOSS TU-2 -> BOSS DD-20 -> Traynor Custom Valve 40, and it sounds awesome! There are 11 different modes, some more usefull than others, and as a lot of people have said TWIST is coll, but i would probably never use it in a gig. Im a big U2 fan and you can get all of The Edge's sounds out of this baby. Sound on Sound is the ideal mode for practicing solos, and taty licks, just lay down a basic rhythm line, and play some lead over top, it rocks!

I just bought it, but it is Boss, it will never die!

Never delt with them

If you're not big on delay it might be a bit to much for you, you might want a DD-3 or DD-6, but if you are big on delay it is perfect for you!

if you have owned the line 6 delay, or maybe another boss delay then it's fairly easy to use. i figured out how to use it about 75% without the manual, but after i read it i found out all the little tricks, like switching it to one head or two heads for the tape delay setting. the one thing i dont like is that you have to choose between having the right pedal be a settings selector OR tap tempo. to change it you have to hold it down for 3 seconds. i plan on getting the footswitch so i can use both.

this is my third delay pedal. i owned the dd-6, the line 6, and now this. i traded the dd-6 towards the stupid line 6. that thing died after only having it for 6 months. just straight died. stopped working. i have never owned a tape or analog delay or anything like that, so i cant say if the models on this pedal are great compared to those, but i can say that it sounds much better than the line 6, and practically has the dd-6 in it. i really really like this pedal. my setup is (come on everyone likes to flaunt their setup so just lemme do it): boss ns-2, ernie ball volume, boss tu-2, crybaby special edition, ehx doctor q (vintage), boss cs-3, boss oc-3, ibanez ts-9, mxr phase 90, ibanez cs-9 (vintage), digitech talker, then the delay. so as you can see i love boss pedals. basically, the thing is dope. much better than any other delay on the market today.

ever wonder why line 6 has a one year warrantee and boss has FIVE years? boss is the only brand of pedals that i have never ever had one single problem with. ever.

i have never had to deal with boss.

its definately a great pedal. who doesnt love boss? the one thing i do wish it had was the volume swell setting like the line 6 has, which is why i bought a whole new volume pedal when i sold the line 6. either way, definately worth checking out if you're looking for a delay.

Its pretty complicated. Takes some tinkering and playing around with, for sure. Its worth it though.

This has many sound qualities. A lot of tweakable settings, a lot of noise making potential. I play psych/garage rock, using a 2x12 tube combo and a large chain of effects. its definitely true that you need to right power voltage or you get noise. The pedal does have a bit of that digital edge to it, so if you really want pure analog sound you probably won't be so into this one. But, it does a good analog mimic, and can do a number of other things as well. I have found the 'warp' setting to be one of the best tools for soloing that I've ever come across. Very useful

So far so good.

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This is an amazingly useful pedal. Can do a thousand things. If you find a good deal and you're thinking about it, just get it. You won't regret...

It is very easy to get a good sound out of this pedal. But being that it is delay and has a number of different delay types reading the manual is recommended. Example, when I was trying this out in GuiCenter I couldn't wait to get home to try the warp and twist (I wasn't getting right in the store), after reading the manual and then trying the warp and twist I realized I'll never use those delays again.

The unit is very quiet and is the last effect in my chain before my amp (Mesa Nomad 45 4x10). Again, the twist and warp feature are not for me I thought my amp was going to explode the one time I tried the twist feature. The Level knob seems to act as a wet/dry effect, the more level the more the unit just sounds like a delay. With the level at about 12 o'clock gives me the right balance of guitar and effect. The pedal shows no bias towards my LP Std. or G&L Legacy, it's quiet either way and my Les Paul's signal doesn't blow it away like it does my analog phaser (also a Boss Ph-1r). Aside from the "warp" and "twist" all the delays sound great. I especially like the analog delay, it's got that lo-fi thing going for it. I would give this a 10 if not for the warp and twist. If I was at a show and the guitarist kept using the "twist" effect I'd know that the guitar playing had been playing guitar for about 5 minutes to a week or that I was simply at the wrong show. The "warp" and "twist" almost made think I had bought a toy.

I've had this pedal for a non-gigging year and no problems so far. My other boss pedals refuse to stop working, amazing!

I've never dealt with the company outside of buying their products.

I auditioned the DD-20 and the Line 6 DL-4. I desperatley wanted to favor the Line 6 since it seems just about everyone is using one in some facet. But it just isn't better than the DD-20. You just have to ask yourself what you need and how you will use it. The Line 6 had more models, but more doesn't make it better, couple that with the fact that I only wanted a few. And I'm definitely not saying that the DL-4 is inferior. I almost used the "twist" and "warp" as an excuse to buy the DL-4. But I couldn't get past the backlit display on the DD-20. I appreciate being able to see where I'm at on the delay scale (how fast or slow), it spoils you. And then throw in the four slots for your own custom tweaks and the fifth (first) slot for on the fly tweaking. I am very pleased with this unit. I think the DL-4 and the DD-20 are both great delays, but the DD-20's features did it for me. I like the idea of being able to go between a splapback delay and reverse delay a the step of a button instead of a twist of a knob.Bands that are currently seeing high rotation in my CD player are Kaiser Chiefs, THE THE, The Cult, Queens of the Stone Age, Brant Bjork, Mary's Danish, Los Super Seven, Ryan Adams, Guided by Voices. I have a long drive to work!

It is not an easy unit to edit the patches and get the right sound. But it has a very good manual and after some hours using it I know how to do most of the things in this machine.

There is no noise. I am using the following setup: Yamaha RGX121D -> Onerr Wah -> Boss DS1 -> GT2 -> AMP Send -> Danelectro chilidog -> Boss PS5 -> DOD FX75 -> Boss CE5 -> Boss DD20 -> AMP return. The amp I am using is a Warm Music 112gt.

There are some features that are completely useless, such as the WARP mode and TWIST. I think I will never need them, but if I need they will be right there waiting for me =P.

But overall, the delay modes sounds completely awesome and I can have any delay I want.

It looks very well built. No opinion because I have been using it for 5 days.

Never dealt

This is the best delay I have ever seen. It have many many features and the sound is really good. If I lose it I will buy another one ASAP.

The manual is not nearly as helpful as I'd like.

Today's peeve: I spent an hour trying to figure out how to re-start a loop I'd built with the Sound On Sound (SOS) function. The answer: you can't re-start it. If you stop the loop, it's lost. Which is completely idiotic. The Line 6 DL-4 does this effortlessly.

Also, on the SOS function, once the loop is built, it's not very easy to kick over to the delays. The ease depends heavily on which pedal function you choose, and the best one for the SOS messes up the rest of my usage.

On the dual delay, the short delay only goes up to 100 miliseconds - which basically creates a chorus effect, but no more.

The sounds themselves are pretty decent, though.

It's well built.

Very easy to get a good sound. Editing is done with knobs, not menus.
The manual spelled it all out. There is a data wheel-type knob for setting the delay time (besides a tap tempo), which might take a few tunes to get from a short delay to a long delay. The 'tempo' button selects whether the delayed notes are whole, half, quarter, or triplet value. It would be neat if you could change this with your feet as well.

I use it for electronic ambient music as well, and I loop audio sources, filters, guitars, and synthesizers with it. A great pedal.

I usually run a setup like this: 335, strat, or acoustic into a Dyna Comp (for strat or acoustic)-Keeley modded Blues Driver-Ernie Ball volume-DD-20-Fender Twin or Laney acoustic/electric amp.
It isn't noisy at all. I love using it to create a very subtle wash behind what I'm doing (low fx volume, higher amount of feedback). SOS (sound on sound) can actually be used to create rhythmic loops for live use, but it's a little nerve-racking.

Bill Frisell, John Abercrombie, Terje Rypdal, Robert Fripp: this unit let's you have as much fun as them!

The Twist and Warp settings are scary: you could blow your speakers with them. The tape delay is great: the echos darken over time, lending a complexity to your signal.

Very reliable, solid.

I play ECM style chamber jazz and ambient music. This pedal is a great deal, and has opened up the world of longer delays to me.

Chose it over the Line 6 DL4, the smaller boss delays, and many more pedals because of the different delay types, the delay time, and the control surface (real-time knob turning).

Sometimes I wish for more time in the sound on sound mode, but 20 seconds is beautiful.

I can intuit music with the DD-20.

A simple intuitive interface, easy to work with and equally easy to remember. If you are unable to work this stay off the fwy.

The sound quality is remarkable it accurately emulates the tape delay and the bucket brigade. I Ab'd this against a Maxon Ad999 and it is as good if not better. The maxon does not allow you to eq the repeats the DD20 does. I am using this with a Bassman LTD and a antiquity equipped telecaster custom. The sound is staggering try the rest and then buy this pedal. I bought the T-rex, it went back after two days. The brown button on the T rex does not even come close to a bucket brigade delay over priced over hyped, the controls do not even make sense the delay time seems to me to work backwards. That could just be me expecting the world to follow given interface rules. This pedal will do it all, it is rare that a pedal will improve your sound this will. Oh I know it is not true bypass, go to Loooper.com. Yes I agree the Maxon is great but who wants multiple delay pedals on the floor? Not me. The Maxon is just too limiting. Oh and to close, Pedal power 2+ is now available so no longer do you have to run away from this pedal because of the PSA requirements 200ma. Voodoo labs say they will mod a pedal power 2 for free if you need this requirement.

Has a boss pedal ever died? One day we may have to build houses out of them rather than send them to the landfill.

Some of the other roland websites can be more helpfull than the US one but I remain optimistic. Come on roland US you can do better.

The only improvement I would like is an easier latching tap pedal and a smaller case. Fantastic Value, T-rex=$400, Maxon Ad999=$350 or $250 from jp. The DD-20 $179+20 for the supply. The economics on the other pedals do not add up. I would buy this again in a heartbeat.

i found it easy to use but hey this isn't my first piece of FX gear. the manual is OK and though it breezes over everything far too briefly to call it great, it does the job. i guess i had to reference it a couple of times in the beginning but only for deeper control (i.e. changing the output settings, etc), and to be honest this is hardly a bad thing, the non-obvious 'extras' are actually the thoughtful touches that really make this more of a professional piece of gear, and far more flexible than your average stomp box. real thinking was obviously put into this thing and it pays off. to take full advantage of it, i guess you'll have to put some thought into it yourself as well, but it's still easy to plug and play, so EASE = 10.

i hate to throw around "10s" for sound, but at the very least i agree with whoever wrote it's a 9.5 for sure. nothing's perfect, but i was really addicted to it right out of the box, which is rare. it's just that nice. i had been a bit annoyed with my fussy (old) analog delays, but i felt good about the DD-20 right away, and the definite lack of 1s and 0s in the sound.

i was also nervous about all the 'modes' if only because the more variety they (boss or whoever) throw at one unit the worse they usually end up sounding , but each one is distinct, tweakable and usable (and for what it's worth, i like warp and twist, they might not be bread and butter delays but they're far from bad sounding or useless).

also, i. hate. HATE. shrill digitalizzzzzed delays. BUT still found plenty, surprisingly, to like here. really, the bottom line is that giving the options to bend, tweak and shape fabricated effects in an organic way is always attractive (and musical). the modulate, reverse, and dual are my favorites, and more than justify the pedal's value.

the SOS (sound-on-sound) function is fun, but little else. i would want more flexibility with this (rather limited) mode, though i guess that's where the boss looper (also a twin pedal) comes in. other guitar players i know LOVE the SOS so maybe i'm just being picky. glad it's there, so can't fault it too much. and they do give you more time than you will probably ever actually use (20 sec. long samples ...? er...ok...)

another big plus: i will usually get over a little 'atmosphere' in my signal if the overall sound is worth it, but this unit is thankfully noise-free in all applications.

it's incredibly heavy-duty, no concerns.

a "9" cause it's digital (and i've yet to meet a completely reliable computer....)

well i'm glad they're doing it right before the boxes even get to me. no experience beyond that.

i especially like this box for it's overall value. given it's great sound, programmable nature, heavy-duty build, studio-to-stage versatility, and variety of modes, it has become indispensable. i don't mean to go over-board, i just wish more FX units were built to these standards (so why they aren't?)

if i had my every wish, the SOS setting would be global, and operate more like a sampler... but that's asking a lot (like a 3rd foot switch built in?) so i'll leave it at that. if you're looking for looping and sampling, try before you buy. nevertheless, i imagine the boss loop station and DD-20 together have a lot of possibilities to offer.

between the tone and mode parameters, you can get a really good variety of very-analog-like textures. a resolution and/or decay and/or/plus grain controls would be welcome upgrades... but again, i'm not knocking, just thinking wishfully...

the REAL kicker for me (my "favorite feature") is it's studio compatibility. better than most racks and still on floor. i've also used it as an outboard delay when mixing, pretty great. i guess you could do the same with a DD-3 or something similar but hardly with the same usefulness. love the display, stereo I/O, no-noise, tap tempo, +4 leveling, phones out...

seriously, the thinking behind the twin pedals is smart. hope it continues, with even better products. huge step forward, good job boss.

It's easy to get basic delays and weird effects on the go, but it'll take a little while to master some of the other effects. A good read-through the manual will get you sorted on this though. The manual's fairly well-written and not in Japanese-English either!

Admittedly, I'm not using what you'd call 'pro' gear (An Ibanez Artcore into a Roland Cube Amp) but the sound of this pedal is wonderful. It's pretty much noise free and the delays are warm and analogue sounding. You can get some very spacey-sounding effects (one preset is a Roland Space Echo). You get all the usual boss effects from a DD-5 and more. I'm particularly partial to the SOS mode. I've found you can create some lush atmospherics and loop them back whilst playing a melody line on top - excellent stuff. Whilst others have slated the Twist and warp modes, I like them. True they're not the most useful thing but used in moderation than can be very dramatic or c4reate amazing ambience.

I haven't giged with it but me and a lot of my mates have used it and it shows no sign of giving up. It's a Boss afterall, it'll be there with the cockroaches and Volkswagens come doomsday! One word of caution though, it eats batteries like nothing else - get a separate PSU with it - mine was thrown in for free after some bartering!

Never needed to. Enough said.

I play all sorts of things, what ever I feel like at the time. My main influences are: At the Drive-in/Mars Volta, Radiohead, Led Zep. This pedal really suits me and allows me to indulge my Pink Floyd moments if I feel like it (need to fetch the phaser out to!) Overall, you'll be really impressed with the DD-20 it's a seriously powerful bit of kit. It's also great if you just fancy messing about creating weird loops - we're all kids at heart!

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.

ok everybody listen up! you can HAVE A 2,4,6 BAR STEREO DRUM LOOP AND LOOP A LONGER GUITAR PART OVER IT,AND RE RECORD THE GUITAR PART OFF AND ON AT WILL WITHOUT ERASING THE DRUM LOOP!!!

here's how:

1. get a stereo A/B(VCR/DVD switcher could work) and a tap tempo pedal
2. CD player/ drum loops in one stereo channel, guitar in other
3. set DD 20 to anything BUT SOS, 23 secs of delay, full feedback
4. make sure effect is off
5. play your drum loops. when ready, hit effect on
6. tap tempo to make it start looping
7. use your big toe to switch to SOS. the drum loop will continue
8. hit SOS and lay down those chords
9. hit SOS again and hear your chords IN STEREO OVER A STEREO DRUM LOOP. start wailing over it
10. hit SOS again, do your next bunch of chords and throttle over that

One little thing: you can't switch to the memory 1 slot while doing this or the drum loop will dissappear. if you want some delay on your lead solo, get a boss DD 6. put it in so that it doesn't affect the other parts (drums and chords)

great for pat metheny's "Have You Heard" solo. it's clean and won't hum with other things in your chain like LIE 6 (line 6) products.

probably won't break. like toyota, japanese companies tend to keep up the quality control

i live in taiwan. the Roland people here are total jerks. but i don't care. i know more about their products that they do! that's why they don't like me. everybody in taiwan knows me. you'd think that would translate into artist endorsement, but i don't suck up to them enough and went beyond what they thought their product (GR guitar synth) could do."just play what we tell you". go figure.

i play jazz . i suggest using the BOSS OC 3 for your bass parts. you can have the bass sound on JUST THE 5TH AND 6TH STRING WITH THIS PEDAL!! you can have bass on the left, guitar on the right going thru your DD 20 and it sounds GREAT!
LOOPERS UNITE!!! WRITE TO ME!!

twin pedal functions are great. knobs are easy and set up nicely. time knob w/display screen is nice to have. get an external pedal for tap, though.

using gibson with seymour duncans into mesa nomad. Not noisy at all. no tone loss noticed. one thing you all must remember: this is a digital pedal! no matter how much the dd-20 tries to be tape or analog delay by cutting the highs or decaying, it will still act like a digital delay. not bad relplications at all, however. slap back (120ms) seems to work fine. analog and tape settings can definatly pull off some convincing emulations, but i need the real thing. getting a ibanez ad-9. consider this before purchasing if your intentions are for its tape and analog emulations. these 'digital' characteristics are very noticible when using short delays; up to about 200ms.

display screen will have to be kept safe. knobs are plastic and look cheaper than normal boss stomp-box knobs

good.

i hate dealing with programmable pedals and their sterile digital sounds. this twin pedal, on the other hand, i really have no problem with. easy to use. no tonal loss. verisitle. good job, boss! just remember, buy it cause you know its digital.

I've just had this pedal for a couple of days, but it seems very easy to use. The manual is a must for some operations, but right out of th box it's easy to start messing with. Getting sounds is very easy and storing is super easy as well. Knobs laid out well.

My set is either '68 reissue strat or '77 les paul custom into keeley mod ds-1 into the dd-20 into fender hotrod deluxe w/volume box...sometimes use an old flange pedal or fuzz as well. This pedal is dead quite for me, no hiss, no switching noise, and patches flow from one to another. I bought this as a main delay pedal and I'm pleased with it. In the 80's I used to have the japanese analog pedal that's going for way too much on ebay. I like digital stuff too, and while I'd love an analog...digital is very flexible and useful, and the sounds on this unit are awesome.
The only drawbacks I've found which I can live with are: You cannot make the effect level louder that the dry level....I love to sometimes have the delay 25 or 50 percent louder than the guitar. It almost sounds like the effect full on isn't even quite as loud as dry. This makes no sense to me, but I can live with it. Also, while I like the fact that when you switch the pedal off or change patches the delay still fades out, sometimes I like an abrupt stop to the delay...especially when I've got a long feedback setting. I haven't quite figured out how to have a long feedback setting on this and kill the sound quickly without obviously bending down on turning the feeback down and waiting for it to die out. It would be nice to have the option. I also agree that twist and whatever the other setting is are silly...this unit feels pro except for those settings. But, there's always a way to use a sound somewhere.

I've never had a problem with Boss pedals and this one looks tough as well despite the read out screen....but I'm pretty easy on pedals.

Never had a dealing with.

Music I like/styles...Hendrix, My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth etc. I've been playing for about 20 years. This pedal definatly is fun to play with, sounds awesome and a great value. I don't base my playing on a pedal, I like a pedal to compliment what I'm after. Though there's 23 seconds of delay here I tend to use short delays mostly, but I do like to experiment and find ways to use longer delays. The last thing I'd every what to sound like is the Edge, yuck. I've always steered away from delay because of him...but, I think there's so many ways to use delay other than that. I love the way Boss stuff feels solid and dependable. I choose this pedal 'cause overall it seemed the best value...I hate Line 6 stuff, though honestly I've not used much of it...it just seems cheesy to me. I really wish I could make the effect louder than the dry signal is my only complaint, but otherwise this is a great pedal, seems classic.

if this is your first stompbox, you might be a little confused. i've been a gearhead for a while, built a synth, so this wasnt really an issue. i bought this pedal because of reviews i'd read here and i dont regret it for a second. this is such a good site. the blinking light is cool (way too bright true) but useful. i dont think it could get much simpler, saving, recalling etc.

i was worried about it sounding cold. not an issue, but then again i use tube amps. last night it was making a barely audible clicking, without the effect engaged. this is probably my problem, i just got my 1st pedalboard in an effort to get my act more polished. but there was so much gain in the loop that you would never hear this random flutter. anyway. i love 'analog' mode. smells like slowdive. i've never owned a true analog delay because i am not thurston more, and buy gear very sparingly.

yes. get the power adapter. or a pedalboard. i cant stress this enough. i was playing a sports bar solo (bad idea man) the week i got it and the batteries ran out. ouch.

nope

it's a question of $$$. a new boss delay pedal costs 120. this one has all the features plus many more for 200. and you can save patches.
amazing. more things should be built like this. simple, metal, easy.
this pedal is a real pleasure droid. some cons: TWIST MODE!?!? you step on the pedal and it goes "WHOOPWHOPPWHOOP" much louder than anything in your signal chain! completely the same every time. and in the manual it says 'perfect for ending a song' and thats it. silly boss. i'm sure in a year there will be countless albums with whoopwhoopwhooop at the end. i'll let this slide. it's a great stomper.