Boss DD-6 Digital Delay

In my opinion this is an easy pedal to use, the manual is helpful and i found it very easy to find the right delay time using the tap tempo function. it sounds best in the effects loop of the amp and has the option of stereo delay, but it may take a bit of time to get it sounding perfect, but this is the case for any pedal.

I play a PRS Santana Se through a Vox Wah, Ts-808 tubescreamer and Marshall Guvnor plus pedal into Marshall DSL401. When i first got the DD-6 i put it at the front of the signal chain, it sounded great for clean sounds but it mushed up the distorted sounds and was slightly noisy. However i transfered it to the effects loop and it sounded fantastic on both channels and was completely silent. it is excellent for adding depth and ambience to clean sounds, providing a small-club like slapback delay or filling out a distorted rock tone.

Built like a Tank, very reliable ive had no problems with it.

Ive never had to send this pedal back or deal with customer services. When i registered it online to get the longer warranty BOSS sent me a free magazine, which had some interesting stuff in it. It showed me how to connect this pedal to the effects loops of two different amps in order to get a stereo sound out of both without any degradation of tone, they get 10 just for this!

Overall this is an excellent pedal that suits my playing needs exactly. HOWEVER i would urge prospective buyers who do not have an effects loop on their amp to try one first as the tone in front of the amp is not quite so good. It may have been my cables/gear/order of effects which degraded it but i would still recomend trying one first. This aside it is an excellent delay pedal.

Its easy to get a good sound out of the DD-6 from the start, but some of the more interesting modes (reverse and warp) require a quick read of the manual to get a good understanding of how they work. The manual is easy to understand, I didn't spend more than 5 minutes looking at it.

I use this with a Cort Mirage > crybaby wah > alesis rack compressor > mxr distortion > ibanez chorus/flange > boss ph-1r > boss DD-6 > peavey TKO 115 bass amp. the tone warms up a bit when the DD-6 is in use, makes it sound really good. all the guys who complain about pedals without true bypass coloring your tone don't know what they are talking about, i wish this pedal added the warmness it does when on when its off. a little color in the tone goes a long way when it sounds that good. granted, and analog delay such as the memory man would be much warmer sounding, this is good for a digital pedal. I have this on more than i have it off. The only reason I don't give it a 10 is because I think the analogs sound a lot warmer and I like that better, but this thing sounds amazing.

Its a Boss. Its a tank.

Haven't dealt with them.

I play mostly mellow stuff (think pink floyd, radiohead) with a fair amount of effects. this pedal fits perfect, its adds a lot to my sound. if it was stolen or lost, i'd get another one right away, unless i could get my hands on a memory man cheap. even then, i'd miss some of the more advanced features the boss offers.

easy. This is my first digital delay and I was pleased with the sounds I was able to get after spending about a half hour with the pedal.I'm not caring for the tap tempo. While I can get it to work, I'm not able to get it to play at the correct tempo that I want. I must be doing it wrong. I tried tapping quarter notes, eighth notes, etc and it still plays a different tempo...hum.

The reason I bought this is the sound ( ..or the lack there of). I had purchased a Line 6 Echo Park at Christmas time and I loved the sounds it could get...unfortunately, I hated the hiss that was always present. I started looking for an alternative pedal and I found the DD6. I exchanged pedals and I'm very happy with the Boss. It is quiet. I'm playing through a Fender Deluxe Reverb Reissue.My set up is a Boss TU2-DD6-Zoom PD-01- Fulltone Full Drice 2- VOlume pedal.O use the TU-2 to power the other pedals and it's working great! This also cleaned my pedalboard up quite a bit. I was using a SKB powered pedalboard. Now, I just use the bag to carry my pedalboard in.

Built tough. I would gig without it because the delay is not a crucial part of my sound. If it crapped out, I'd just play around it.

I've been playing for 30 + years. I play mostly worship music in my church but I also play an occasional jazz gig with some friends. I don't know that I'd replace it if it were stolen. As I stated earlier, I really liked the sounds & the features of the Echo Park better. Unfortunately, it was too noisy. I wish it had the analog and tape sounds that the EP had...it did cost less however and it WORKS!!!

easy easy easy. takes no more than an hour to become comfortable with everything.

Exactly what goes into it comes out. Sounds much better than the DD-5 (you can hear the difference in clarity in sampling mode). There is NO NOISE whatso ever produced by this pedal. Someone wrote to save up and buy a Memory Man instead of this cause it is too hissy. That has got to be the funniest thing i've ever heard. I supposed he has never heard a Memory Man in person. Joke is on him when he gets hissed out of his mind after dropping $200+ on it. Memory man is probably one of the noisiest pedals ever made, along with all the other old analog chip delays.

I'm using a number of effects currently. American Telecaster Guitar>Boss Tu-2>Digitech Whammy 4>EH Small Stone Reissue (3pdt)>Crowther Hotcake>Boss SD-1 Japan>Boss TR-2>Homemade Envelope Filter (true bypass)>Boss DD-6>Twin Reverb 1970 Pre-CBS.

I know my amplifier is going to produced a certain amount of hiss naturally, due to the tubes. But when we practice, i plug my guitar direct into our mixer board, and NO HISS. When the DD-6 is removed, NO HISS. When it is in the chain , NO HISS.

If you're complaining of hiss, you need to do one of the following:

A - check your power supply. Make sure you're using a wallwart on the pedals that draw more than 40 mA or you're batteries will be toast. (Basically everything but distortion pedals). If you are using boss pedals, make sure one is at the beginning of the chain, and one at the end. If only 1 boss pedal, put it at the end. They act as signal buffers. Make sure your true bypassed pedals (if they really are TBP) are in the middle of the effects chain.
b - check your amp and cables, especially your patch cables. Make sure they are the sheilded kind.
c - try your setup in a different room. make sure there are no dimmer lights in the room.

Never ever had a problem with a Boss pedal.

Never had to deal with them.

I give it a 9 because there is always room for improvement in things. A high-cut switch stock would be nice to roll of the harshness if you wanted a warmer sound. But that can be done by analogman.com or yourself if you're up to the challenge. I personally like the digital delay sound. I've own a Memory man and a Roland Space Echo, and this pedal really works great as a small boxed substitute for them. The warp feature is a fun little add on. It almost reminds me of the super feedbacker pedal. Great for experimenting.

Pretty simple if you give the manual a 5min read. Stereo/mono jacks good variety. 10. Theres some issues with the warp function with the "effect" knob at full but this is discussed in the manual

i got Epiphone '56 going into a Vox Brain May 10W amp. brilliantly nice sound. Anyone complaining that its "too digital" will be shot. I'm not saying its not, im saying that its name is a DIGITAL delay. My pedal is brill. Not noisy crap like other reviewers. Of course a rack delay has more but ths does the job at under #400+

the only major problem with htis is that it needs like 100% battery to run. My ratt pedal works fine on this battery but putting it onto the delay will just not operate it. Transformer plug is nessacery

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Great. Bought it to mess about with Mogwai's Delay antics. Given some times I'll get it done to perfection

If you know what delay is, you'll be able to get the hang of this pedal in seconds. A lot of the modes on it (tap tempo, hold, warp, reverse) will take a bit of reading. The same goes for the connecting possibilities (stereo in/out, mono in/out, direct/effect out etc). Other than that this pedal is great.

I haven't noticed any noise through this pedal (remember that delay pedals usually go towards the end of an effects chain as well). I'm playing a Washburn Standard series through a Marshall AVT-100 and this thing sounds fine, even when using a power supply. One thing to note, if you set the feedback to full, the delay sound will keep repeating and eventually distort, but thats natural. The same goes for using the hold function for a long time.

My favourite setting is the tap tempo, because it has different delay settings for it. For instance, you can tap out a 4/4 beat on the pedal during a song, but the pedal will produce a delay using triplet beats (6/8 i think). This hits the U2 sound on the head. The Warp mode is a bit rubbish and impractical. And the reverse echo is good, but doesn't compare to actually reversing a guitar track. But hey, this is a delay pedal, and it does a very good job at delay.

Boss. I don't know what else to say. Oh yeah, it will eat your batteries for breakfast.

Boss. I don't know what else to say.

This thing is great if you need a bit of delay in your set up. If you're rich enough to own 2 amps, the stereo delay is good stuff. And if you feed a stereo signal into the pedal, even better.

I played around with it for about an hour or two and got the hang of all the different sounds I could make with it. Very intuitive, the tap tempo kind of takes some getting used to, but I just got the thing two days ago and I already used it on most of the clean tracks i did on a recording yesterday... its very easy.

I use a Fender 60's reissue strat, mexican made and strung thick and tuned down to drop A or sometimes G, through the DD-6, to an old Boss Heavy Metal 2 pedal, through the Boss Metal Zone, then through a danelectro cool cat chorus, then finally into my piece of crap KMD 100 watt tube amp that is falling apart but still sounds like money...

As for all the people saying their dd-6 pedals made a bunch of noise, they must have been using a shitty amp, cables, guitar, or a combination of those because the only noise I get is the usual quiet hum from my guitar, and I have the dd-6 going through 2 distortion pedals too...

The effects are amazing out of this thing! The fact that I can play something and then 5.2 seconds later it will be repeated is very cool, albeit completely useless. However, having a range of about 80ms-5.2 seconds of delay time is really really convenient. When you dial up the feedback and dial down the delay time, you can get a synthesizer sound and if you mess with these sounds, you can make some pretty messed up noise to use as ambience or semi-white or industrial sounds in intros or outros or anywhere in between. The reverse feature is a great one, possibly my favorite. You can sound very similar to jimi hendrix especially if you have a nice strat to work with. The hold feature is very cool, having 5.2 seconds is very convenient again. Plus, after you loop something, you can put more on top of it and more on top of that until you have an entire wall of noise or about 10 guitar tracks playing at once. The warp feature is not that useful like some people have said, but its cool to put on a note that you want to let ring out for a long time...I have yet to try out the panning or dry/wet split out features, but if you need those features, this has them...

I recommend putting this thing through a nice chorus pedal and/or a warm/crunchy distortion.

It's made by boss... i mean, come on...

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I play very slow, ambient, melodic metal... I guess you could call it sludge or stoner-metal (see also: Isis, Pelican, Mastodon, Sunn o))), etc). This pedal helps alot during our clean breakdowns to beef up the sound and add some more cool sounds during minimal parts. I've been playing for about 8 years and this is one of the best pedals i've played on so far. If I lost it, I'd most likely buy another one, although if I had the money, I'd like to try out an analog delay as well. It most definitely helps, not hinders, my writing process. Like alot of people have said, it's digital and a slightly warmer sound would be greatly appreciated (maybe the dd-7 will have some more warmth) but people, its a digital pedal, its not analog... I guess you have to make some trade-offs and if pure analog tone is what you're going for or if your guitar/amp setup is already lacking a nice warm tone, this is definitely not going to help. Don't let all the other people who say its a tone-killer scare you though, they're exaggerating... my guitar still sounds like my guitar, i just have more sounds to play with now...

Easy if you just want to plug in an get a delay! You need to read the manual for the Reverse and Hold Functions.

Why is everyone going after the Japan Made DD-2.? I have had 2 of those 2 of the DD-3's and 1 DD-5. The components in the new DD-6 are better than them all! Dont believe me ask analogman.com! Go to the Boss Delay page. All this thing needs is a high cut mod and you got the best sounding delay in a pedal PERIOD! Try it! The subsequent delays are warmer than fresh poo. Analog quality! If I wanted something better I would probably go buy the FULLTONE TTE Tube tape echo!

BOSS BUILT LIKE A TANK! Only if the knobs were made of teflon...it would be a 11. Then I would not feel guilt for throwing it at the neighbors dogs.

Dealt with Boss 2 times in the pass and they were fine. I give them A 9 since I was on hold for a while.

Dont look for Chandlers Digital studio echo! ( i had 2 of those too)
Dont pay out the arse for DD-2's from Japan. Get the DD-6.
I plan on buying another one and putting it in the loop. Like Satriani has 2 Chandlers In his effects loop ( he uses a switch pedal to control them) I plan on using 2 DD-6's in my effects loop.
(One short and one long delay)
I will use the G Force and Fireworx for Pitchshifting, reverse and crazy effect. ANd my Whammy Original WH-1 for ...well....whammy-ing.

Boss DD-6 digital delay... this is a effect that's easy to use if you want to plug in and play to get a basic delay or echo. If you want to learn how to get all the wacky effects using the hold or reverse functions it will take some time to understand how those functions will work. the manual is important for this effect , so either keep it or find a copy on the net...there's tons of options , and there is some compensation if you use it in the stereo mode (less time available for some functions)

this effects sounds very clean, and this is digital so there isn't a softing effect in EQ as the signal decays like in analog delay...it's very bright and clear, it will sound like the signal all the way down the decay

this is the first foot pedal in digital delay that's truely stereo. it has stereo in's and out's , so if you have a stereo chorus like I do run that into it and you'll have true stereo delay and chorus...also this effects is perfect for folks that bi-amp, you can get this pedal to pan left and right stereo delay, the effect is truely incredible, but it does take some time to understand all the functions on the effect

Boss, metal housing, good action on pedal, it should hold up, I don't care for the knobs seem a little weak compared to a MXR , but I've never seen Boss effects break down that easy

Boss is good company , I've called once on a different subject regarding footswitchs on a amp...but I'm sure they will get you through any problems

Great digital delay, this isn't for you , if you prefer a analog delay , this unit is very clean, lots of features and various ways to control the delay

Caveat: if you run this in stereo , you do decrease the amount of delay time

true digital stereo delay that will pan left and right, warp the signal, reverse the signal , lots of "trippy" effects inside this unit, it has alot of features in a rack unit probably

Easy. Lots of different things can happen depending on how you plug in your cables, which can be a source of mystery. For example, I was running it in mono, into a Boss RV-5, and for some reason I was only getting the left or right signal of a stereo signal. I had to correct this by putting a "dummy" cable in to the second input on the unit. But man, the features; stereo ins and outs-very rare on a delay unit.

Very versatile effect. If you aren't a tone snob, or don't feel like paying well over 150 bucks to get a good analog delay, this will work just fine. You will be pretty limited as far as delay times with an analog unit, too, and if you want a long delay, you have to spend a big load of money for a tape echo.

You can get almost any kind of delay with this pedal-it's digital. As far as tone, if you are playing clean, the delays become very "computer like" after the second repat. Dirty up your signal with some overdrive and this helps "muddy" up the signal, which is how I like it. It's best if you put your overdrive AFTER the delay too, otherwise you get the same cold and sterile delays. But mind you, this is all just preference. If you like that cold sound, then you can easily get it.

Oh yes.

This is a great unit. It's perfect for anyone who runs a stereo rig. If you don't, and just want a good delay, you might want to look at a cheaper used version, like a DD-3 or something. But if you want stereo ins and outs, this is the only thing that will work. It also has the feature of holding the delays after you shut the pedal off, which makes footpedal tapping easier onstage.

it's a boss. get a wheelchair and a helmet if you can't figure it out.

This unit is not noisy, period. If you are getting noise out of it, there is either something wrong with A) the quality (or lack thereof) of the other gear you are using B) it has low batteries (no one needs to be using batteries unless you are in the studio) C) you got it used from a crackhead or D) you are trying to get some kind of faux-quadrophonics by plugging it into multiple heads. Please, get a headrush for that kind of wankery. The effects overall are lush, if used correctly; they can also be very abrassive and tinny, if you so wish. The wide variety of different effects is inspiring- you can make ungodly horrific noise or you can make beautiful, ambience; you can play with this thing for hours. I am running it through a fender stage 100 head and a 412 fender cab. It brings out the famous clean fender tone wonderfully (little to no tone loss). You can get sounds out of it that range from pink floyd to merzbow. The newer editions such as total reverse, warp, and 5.2 second loop are all useful in their own right. You have to use a different approach (as well as timing) for each different effect. If you thought the pedal was superfluous, try taking an unusual approach to your timing regarding effect activation, delay time, feedback, and level. It lost a point because i found that using a DD-3 created much smoother and useful oscillation.

its boss.

never had a problem.

I play noise, folk, jazz, doom metal, and black metal. it works for each. like i said earlier, you have to be creative otherwise you will be disappointed, but then again, you have to be creative anyway, otherwise you won't be making good music. If you can't find a good use for this pedal then you either don't like to play with effects or you shouldn't be playing music. I've been playing for roughly 5 years, and i own multiple other delay units, pitch shifters, phasers, reverbs, wahs, compressors, as well as various modulators. I don't have a favorite feature- i use just about every setting on this pedal often and effectively. I was going to buy a dd-5 after hearing someone utilize brutal delay oscillation for the first time, but when i got to the guitar store they had a shipment of dd-6 that came in a few days before their official release or whatever, so i bought one. The most important thing i wish it had was a switch that turned the volume completely off; it would be nice to shut off a loop without losing it, and turning the volume knob all the way down is kind of impractical. Basically it's a great pedal, and i've never regretted buying it.

Given the wide choice of settings I think they made this as easy to use as possible without adding a gazillion knobs.

My requirements (probably like the last person) are for a delayed sound that sounds like the original. This unit does this as well as can be expected. I hear its a 24 bit unit but in a guitar amp and with the feedback control turned a little up it becomes academic. regarding analogue sounds, I had them all, tape echoes, MXRs etc and I hated all of them. Sure a top end control would have been nice but I prefer to just change the effect level if I want something more subtle. Hiss? I don't hear any whatsoever. The only application I would expect to hear hiss is perhaps in a high bandwidth hifi or studio set up in which case there are more appropriate units for that. What I think has improved is the ability to cope with higher signals of effects loops. i think all of the Boss units that were released in the last 4 years or so are better than thier predecessors. I anticpate a new (probably stereo in and out) version of the CE5 in due course.

No problem with mine.

Only gripe is the silly coloured "electronics hobbyist" knobs that clash with the black ones on my other pedals. Yuk.
I bought this and an RV-5 to replace a RV-3 and am much more happy at being able to switch delay and reverb independantly. I also think the RV-5 is far better than the RV-3.

pretty easy to use...until you start changing modes. I like it simple: on/off, set the time, feedback, level and you're done. the warp thing doesn't work all that great. The tap doesn't really work for me all that great either.

Sounds...me likey one particular setting...and that's about it. It sounds very good. I have read a lot of people saying that this pedal compromises tone. I haven't experienced that problem.

This is why I posted this review. I have had 2 in 2 years and both of them have crapped out. Both had bad jacks. I played about 90 shows with them in a year, but these are the ONLY pedals I have had crap out on me. I take that back, I bought an Electro Harmonix once...once...Lesson learned on that piece of junk. I use the very nice monster cables and tested those as well. Sure enough it was the jack on the DD. Playing with national acts and having this thing crap out on me in the middle of a show was very embaressing...I will never buy one again.

Well...90 days parts and labor? 5 years parts? So the thing craps out on the 91st day and I am stuck paying some guy $120 to fix my pedal that takes 6 weeks to get the parts...no thanks.

Rating it a 2...beleive it or not, I have experienced worse.

Good sound, body built like a tank, not in it for the long haul and not reliable. Buy 3...you'll need 'em.

very easy. little trick to tap tempo but that;s it.

i've had 2 of these (busted jack on first one) and i just can't figure out all these noise comments. both of mine were dead quiet. the delay basically sounds like exactly the signal you put into it and then, well, delayed.
since i always use an adapter i can only assume the bad comments were from units w/ dead batteries.
very clean, warp is very cool if used musically.

first one had a bum jack but that was the only boss i've ever had like that.

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great clean, non analog sounding delay effects. the reverse is a little silly but other than that it kicks ass. i use it for jazz, rock, ambient sound scape stuff. often it is my only pedal. use an adapter, this thing eats batteries.

Quite simple for most of the functions. The only ones you could find difficult are Warp and Reverse. The first works just like an exp pedal and turns level & f.back to max while you keep it pressed, the second one.. well, it sucks. it's hard to explain how it is, just know that the beauty of the atmosphere that a reverse can create is not at all respected with this pedal. The manual is well done anyway, just like every Boss manual.

There are a few prob's with this pedal. The hold function (it records up to 5.2 sec's) causes a light loss of frequencies and level. And, if you want a very fast and long delay (just like the DD-3 at maximum level and f.back setting) you just can't get it. It gives you a huge feedback even before you start to play. You just put it at max and there you get a very loud feedback. Kind of exaggerated and hurting noise. AND, AND, AND, using the hold function -like, you press and it starts recording, you release and it starts playing back- is not perfect. As you release the pedal you can hear the first part of what you played missing. Then, from the second loop, it works as it should.

It's loyal. I never had technical problems with it.. up to know

Fortunatley I never needed any assistance

I record lots of loops in every band I play in and this pedal seemed to be exactly what I needed and.. well, I wouldn't burn this pedal, but I surely should have looked around a little bit more. Maybe the Line6 DL-4 would have been a better purchase. I must say, though, that the use of the hold function is immediate and useful in the DD-6

This Pedal is Fairly Easy to use, but for some people, the modes might be hard to understand to use, but overall, its ease is about a 9

it works exellently (sound-wise) with my peavy 80 watt amp. the effects are grusomely insane, and the length of the dealy is about 5.2 seconds on long delay settings. also, you can record up to 5 seconds of music, and it will play it back repeatedly, leaving u to have ackup backup guitars, or basses...or vocals, even.

Boss makes very high quality pedals, and the realiability is of course a 10, and for me a backup would not be required.

never had to deal wiht the peeps at boss, because boss makes teh best pedlas

this pedal does it all, and the only problem i had with it, is taht if you turn the feedback all the way to 10, along with e.level, and d.time, it doesnt fade, but increases in volume, whcih can cause a blwon speaker. i play mostly metal, or punk rock music styles, but i rate this pedal at its best, because it can do all the things you need it to do.

A little bit more difficult than normal because of the different ways of hooking it up and the various different modes (for example, I wanted to use the 'long delay' hookup which is mentioned in the manual but only explained on the diagrams at the end).

Generally though it's easy to get some basic and not so basic delays from this.

Guitars: Gibson SG Standard and Squier Strat. Amp: 1978 Marshall JMP 2204 with 1960A cab. Chain: Guitar -> Catalinbread Super Chile Picoso -> Boss GT-5 (with DD-6 in the loop) -> Amp.

To my ears it's only noisy if what you're using is noisy, or if you fade out then fade back in a delay multiple times. Very very clean repeats with little colouration, I can see why people don't like the sound of it.

For normal delay it's slightly above average, except for very short (less than 200ms or so) delays where it has a tendency to oscillate really easily. Other than that, the stock delays are good and self-oscillate well. I'd award it a 7 here.

What gives it one extra mark are the three extra features; Reverse and Warp modes. The reverse is very good and can do a fully wet (reversed) signal. Once you can stay in time with yourself, the reverse delay has some great uses. The other mode, WARP, is also a lot of fun - used for fading in chords and creating short loops. The WARP also has the best sounding oscillation.

The absence of a high cut control or switch loses this pedal means it scores 8, not 9.

Yes I can, and yes I do. Boss is the king or reliability.

I play rock, blues, pop etc. This works well enough. I've been playing six years. If it were stolen or lost I wouldn't replace it. I love the extra features and the long delays. There is no one favourite feature because they're all good.

Compared to the DD-3 it's colder but that stands to reason. I traded this for two pedals I never use any more (Small Stone and Big Muff) so far no regrets. This is seeing much more use, mostly for the Hold function.

I wish it had a high cut control: I can't believe it doesn't. There aren't anything in the way of trim pots on the circuit boards either. However it is a solid, functional tool that performs it's job admirably.

This pedal is complex in the sounds it can pull of and very simple to use, however to get the most out of it read the instructions. The instructions are very user friendly and will only help you get the most out of this pedal (and avoid potential frustration!)

I am a bass player. Right now, this is the only effect I am using, powering it with a Boss TU-2 tuner. The quality is pro, no problems. I am primarily using the loop (hold) function to loop bass grooves while I solo over them. This pedal can loop up to 5.2 seconds, which is plenty for what I'm doing...Jazz!!

I've never had ANY problems with anything made by Boss. I ALWAYS transport them either on an enclosed pedal board type thingy or in the boxes they came in.

Call them!! They're very friendly! I've never had a hard time getting them by phone, and they were always helpful to answer any questions. Becareful though, some of them like to talk about gear and will keep you on the phone a while, which I didn't mind!

I use this pedal in a Jazz context. I use it to loop and make wierd noises with it. For the price this is the best pedal for looping anying at 5 secs. It's VERY compact and light. If Boss didn't make this pedal, I would go with the Headrush E1 or E2 made by Akai (costs $20+ than DD-6). I've been playing bass for 6 years and I run a fretless Mexican Fender Jazz bass through a Sansamp BD-DI>Boss TU-2>DD-6 into an Ampeg B100-r. If the DD-6 were stolen I would totally by another one. But it won't get stolen, cause...
If you are considering a delay pedal, and you want a 5 sec. looping function, THIS IS THE PEDAL!!!
If you don't want a loop function, than check out an analog delay (Boss, DOD, Ibanez, etc.)

It takes about 20 minutes for any individual of normal intelligence to master this pedal.

Okay, I am so sick of hearing how poeple prefer the DD-5 over this pedal. "Oh the sound quality is so much different." For the most part, all Boss pedals sound the same. The DD-6, apart from a few useless additions is the exact same pedal as the DD-5. The sound quality is no different to any sane person. Of course digital delays cannot touch analogue. I would go with the DD-3 simply because it doesnt have all the useless junk. What good guitarist uses the shitty Reverse and Warp functions?

Never had a problem with Boss.

Never dealt with them.

I said all that I had to say in the sound qaulity category. I just can't wait until they stop making DD-6's and RV-5's. All of the people who were disgusted with these pedals will be clamoring to get them back. Because all it comes down to is availability. Look at all of the crap Boss pedals that people love. The PN-2 is such a horrible tremolo pedal that the TR-2 blows it away. The reason everyone want's a PN-2 and DD-5 and RV-3 is because they aren't made anymore. And mark my words, once the DD-6 stops production everyone will be singing it's praises.

Very easy to use. Like everybody's said, 4 knobs. How hard can 4 knobs be?

I use a Fender Strat -> Boss MT-2 Metal Zone -> Boss CH-1 Super Chorus -> Boss DD-6 Digital Delay. This pedal generates no noise other than the stuff I ask it to do. It sounds perfect on every setting.

All of my effects are made by Boss. I've been playing for 7 years and have never had any problem with any of my Boss pedals. I use them all the time on gigs without backups.

I've never had any problems, so I've never had to deal with the company.

I play all kinds of music; Metal, progressive rock, blues, jazz, classic rock...basically everything. I have found uses for the DD-6 in every style. If it were stolen or lost, I would buy a new one and search for the person who stole it from me and beat them to death. There is really nothing that I don't like about this pedal, other than maybe it could have a longer recording time in HOLD mode. I've written innumerable songs with assistance from the DD-6 and I have never regreted buying it

simple as they come the knobs are labelled in english. easy to get good settings. bought it used so no manual, but i mean sheez. stock unmodded unit.

i use a stock 96 fender strat into a stock 99 fender twin. has some hiss but not bad. i have to watch the mix knob in group situation, with lots of repeats it can get overpowering. i have it in a pedalboard that goes like boss harmonizer> ibanez compressor>crybaby>filter queen envelope>boss volume>boss dd6 delay. plenty of noise in that mess but it puts out a high gain signal so no worries. i can get some stanky sounds out of this setup, the boss delay adds a spatial and/or spacey element. i'm not super picky on gear, i like it when things work without a lot of fuss.

boss pedals take a lot of abuse, i have broken only 1 in 13years but it might have been broken when i got it so... i used my old dd3 on ggs without a back up but i dont think itd phase me if my delay went down for a set.

never dealt with

im in a hip hop band right now, this lets me pretend im playing a rhodes. my boss dd3 was stolen, or perhaps 'borrowed' so yeah, if they make a dd666 next time im getting one, i'll get that.

Really easy to use. Just sit down and mess with the knobs but one you look into the manual and see what else it can do, its fantastic. I love how you can use this also as an ABY pedal.

My favorite effect is delay. No other effect, in my opinion, is better. I used to use the 5 second loop option a lot but now i have my second guitarist so no more need unless im just practicing by my self. If you add more than like 5 sounds to the loop, it starts getting fuzzy. but heck, who needs that many sounds when playing live. That would be the ultimate intro. I have done it before but you get a confused look from the crowd if you mess up. This sound quality is amazing.

Have had it for like 3 years and never a problem.

Never dealt with.

Great pedal. Only pedal that would beat this is the DD-20. Definitely a recommended pedal

Spend a good session with it and you'll be fine

im giving it a 10 after the mod, b4 i would give it like an 8. i had a highcut mod done by analog man, this gives it a nice warm analog sound, but it has a lot more versatility than an analog effect. I was goin to get a dd-20, its awesome, but it was just too much for me, im not a huge delay nut, but i use it. he dd6 is great though, really cool sounds and the reverse is one of the best out there. Its a huge improvement from the dd5 which had the original signal mixed in way to much. The warp funtion is pretty cool for trippy things, i mainly use the 800 setting. I run a fat strat into a fulltone fulldrive 2, ts-9 (modded by analog man), dd6,visual sound h20, boss tu2, and a crybaby classic (keeley truebypass/bass adjustment mods) into a marshall plexi reissue. Produces great tones, now with the delay i can get that comfortably numb tone. Good investment

its a boss

Awesome pedal

This pedal is pretty easy to use. A bit of messing about and you'll have a good idea. Only things like tap tempo and the hold function require a little manual-reading.

Excellent. It really is a beautiful box. I did a review of the russian small stone phaser and it I love using the pedals together. The delay is spot on tone-wise, and you can also have a lot of fun playing something and then twisting the delay time - sometimes it kind of sounds like a DJ scratching. The hold function is excellent, as is the reverse feature - you can get all sorts of ambient noises if you combine it with a phaser/envelope filter. You can get that radiohead 'treefingers' sound. However the warp thing is pretty crap, really. I'm big into my radiohead/boards of canada ambience thing, and I found this 'warp' stuff a bit of a let down. However the reverse makes up for it! Whats also really nice is that depending on how you've set the feedback, the delay will continue to go on and fade out naturally even after you've switched off the pedal. You can play a totally new riff with the old one melting away into the background.

Full marks here.

Due to the high mark above, I've never had to deal with them.

Definitely buy it. Its like having a whole new instrument to play with, and you can use it with a mic (and get that 'everything in its right place' feel) or an electric piano. Its essentially a mini sampler, if you know how to use it.
Tip: Write down all the interesting settings you find - you wont find them again otherwise...

I found this pedal VERY easy to use and I have to give it credit for that. When I went to try out pedals, I also tried to Line 6 DL4 and it was MUCH harder to figure out. You won't even need the manual to figure out the DD-6, but it will offer some cool ideas.

I am using the DD-6 with my Peavey Studio Pro (cant rememeber the exact model). Personally, I think the sound quality is great. I don't think I'm one to have a good say on sound quality because I don't have a ton of experience so read some other reviews on that.

It's a BOSS pedal, so expect BOSS quality. I really haven't had any problems with it at all.

I bought this second hand and I haven't used the customer support.

I love using this pedal for overdubbing over and over and getting wild psychedelic sound from it, and that DD-6 pull through with flying colors for my needs. I use the Hold function a lot and I have recently discovered a great way to use the WARP. When you hold your foot on the pedal it will repeat everything endlessly and when you take your foot off it just goes back to normal delay. Reverse is neat, but I haven't found a great way to use it yet.