Product: Cruzer by Crafter EF-DL
Price Paid: USD 45
Submitted
10/12/2009
at
06:21pm
by
2manband
Ease of Use
:
10
Couldn't be easier. The three knobs (Time, Level, Repeat) do exactly what you would expect. Input and output jacks, and a 9V jack that's the "usual" size and polarity.
Sound Quality
:
9
Nice mellow lo-fi sounding analog delay. There's some loss of treble with each repeat, and maybe a little bit of noise creeping in to the longer delays, but not much. Not a very sparkling, crystal clear delay, and the maximum delay time can be a bit limiting for somebody wanting a very long delay, but it's enough for my needs. With a short delay time, it can provide a very usable slapback echo that's a perfect alternative to reverb in some situations. Overall very nice if that's the kind of sound you're looking for. It's a buffered bypass, but I haven't noticed much loss of tone with it hooked up but switched off.
Reliability
:
No Opinion
Time will tell. I just got it, and haven't used it much yet. The housing is all metal, as are the jacks, and the footswitch seems to be the industry standard type. Pots seem nice and smooth. No obvious failure points, but I don't really have enough time with the unit to know how it will hold up over time.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
No opinion yet. My gut tells me it won't be great, but you never know.
Overall Rating
:
9
It's a great pedal for the price. I tried it side by side with the ModTone delay pedal, and I believe they're exactly the same. The sound, the construction, the controls, the labeling, everything. I wouldn't be suprised if they were made in the same factory. I can't tell any difference between them except for the screen printing on the case.
Keep in mind it's not a digital pedal. I don't know the maximum delay time, but I'd estimate it at a little under 1/2 second. There is some degradation to the tone in the later repeats, but that's sort of the nature of the beast. To my ear, it's a nice mellowing of the tone - nothing undesirable, but it's not the kind of perfect replication you get with a digital delay.