DigiTech X-Series Digital Delay

Well for what I need to use it for its cake.I have not got mine home yet as its on a layaway plan at the store.Anyway I tried it on tape delay and tweaked the knobs for about an hour in the store and bought it.

Well I went in for a Boss but they were out.My freind at the counter said the digitech was a really nice delay.I tried it with a Marshall combo and a strat.I set it to tape delay and tweaked it.I thought it had a beutiful sweet warm realistic sound.Dare I say better that the Boss pedal my freind gigs with(the one I ws almost sold on).I think this is one of the better delays out there.

Well I bought it to gig with,and it seems like a strong case.I sure hope it holds up.LOLanyway I can't rate this yet.

I dunno

Well the tap tempo(what the hell is that anyway??),mod delay,looper and 1-4sec modes are pretty worthless to me.More/less one of those "I've had to much Scotch and feel like annoying the neighbors at 3am"kinda feature.I bought this effect to be used sparingly on about 3-4 solos a night.I will most likely keep it as I had it on tape mod ith a short reapeat and a half kinda echo.

Easy to use but has stupid and frustrating design limitations.

Sound quality is ok but you can't get echo only. On the x series reverb you can get reverb only, why not here. This renders the reverse mode stupid as you want to hear reverse only as to get a Hendrix are you experienced sound. To hear the original signal and then the echo in reverse just sounds retarded. Plus it sounds like hell when you adjust the delay time, no runaway trains or good sci-fi here. The mod delay is too subtle, it's hard to hear much chorusing. Also you can't get any slap doubling as from the boss d3, this means dry out one side and echo only out the other, a very basic echo effect and very striking but can you do it here? - NOOOOO! , just that damn ping pong crap with the original signal in the center.

I don't know and I hope it lasts but I have others. You see I am an old geezer who is addicted to buying this kind of thing, I've got about 217 such gizmos.
If you are a punk kid it's just too bad I'm not you're dad because
if you liked homework more than rock I would kick your ass.

Like I have time for that. Plus I know more than the dude on the phone 93% of the time anyway. At least they are in the USA.
For example with Boss, you can talk to a good rep but does Tokyo give a flying crap?

Okay but a disappointment compared to the other X-series things.
I would recommend a Boss here.

Instructions were simple enough. When just "out of the box" things worked as they should.

To my ears the sound quality was on par with the Boss delays

It began to act up after about 20 hrs of service. Refused to turn off, mostly. I blamed the dinky switch but now know it isn't a hardware issue. Could be battery related, but when using it with a Boss 9V adapter it still messes up. I think it may be that even with an adapter the thing needs a fresh battery. Makes no sense. I should have bought a Boss. My other Boss pedals never let me down. Never.

I usually don't bother "big" companies tech support. I'm confident I'd get a runaround since the problem is intermittent. Unlike Morley pedals. Now there's a company who eats breathes sleeps company support.

I wish I had bought a Boss. This pedal has embarrassed me on some big shows. I was disappointed in Digitech a decade ago but thought 10 yrs later they may have learned how to build quality. Nope.

its pretty easy to just scratch the surface of this pedals features but its pretty simple to get a great sound out of it

this pedal blows every boss delay outta the water i tried them all out i had been searching for a delay for almost a year i tried the dd-2 dd-3 dd-5 and he dd-6 and the dd-20 as well as the ehx deluxe memory man and they all suked.i also tried the line 6 dl-4 which is an incredible pedal but i just dont have the kinda budget for that and this pedal is offly close to it for less then have the price which rox. well i excpected some noise because im runnin my charvel cx 291 into a ehx hot tubes overdrive into a dunlop gcb-95 into a ds-2 turbo distortion into the input of my amp then outta my fx loop i run a digitech phaser into the delay then into the digitech multi voice chorus so i excpect some noise since i got a fair amount of pedals. this effect always sounds good no settin sounds bad i can get almost every delay tone out there it just beats out every single compact delay pedal there is. the delay is very warm not digital sounding at all very impressive it sounds great with all my effects no bad sound at all newhere in my setup. o i forgot im runnin through a peavey delta blues 210 with tremelo

o im pretty sure i can depend on it it is a friken tank ways like 3 times more then a boss

great i emailed digitech about the buy 2 get one free deal and they replied promptly with all my questions answered and i got the deal within 2 weeks

i play rock blues jazz funk pretty much everything but heavy metal scremo stuff and this pedal fits in perfectly.i have already specified wat gear im using.i would definetly buy this pedal again tottaly the best. i luv evrything about it no hates at all. my favorite feature is the tape delay and the tap tempo

as far as the ease of use goes the pedal is relatively self explanatory in most of it's functions, the odd thing like the tap function will need a bit of practice.

the effects (when they work!) are cool enough, the backwards function and the loop function are quite cool additions to the basic delay effect, and you get the option of a digital or tape delay giving a reasonable range of sounds

seriously after all the nice things i've had to say you'd thing i'd be ready to give it a 10 here, or something but no, all the effects on this unit are cool, ...WHEN THEY WORK! which is unfortunately not that often. i had one of those 'it worked well at the shop' experiences, unfortunately i hadn't done my homework (eg reading reviews here) imagine my surprise when i'm sitting at home basking in the beautiful sounds of delay when i realise the beautiful sounds of delay have stopped, i haven't turned the pedal off, the battery is still fine, the pedal has just stopped working, and this is how well it works, the effect either turns itself off of gets stuck on and the only way to fix it is to take out the battery and put it back in again (and sometimes that doesn't work either!) a lot of other people have said similar things on this page, listen to them, unless you are one of those strange people who can overlook it's faults and the inconvenience of having to take the battery out and not mind because 'at least it's cheap!' then sure go and buy one, but if you have a brain go and still not much money, try and find something second hand, it'll probably be more reliable!!

well from memory the website just had the instruction manual, didn't bother emailing them, i just returned it for a refund and got a Boss delay unit that, while more expensive is also more reliable

i had abandonned effects pedals for a while to concentrate more on my technique but i now have a few, i still prefer invidual effects pedals to some big multi fx rig.
i have written this review mainly as a warning to all out there who are thinking of buying it, you should listen to all the people who have reviewed this and said it is crap, because it is, is doesn't matter what style you play! if this unit worked and didn't have its various faults then yes it would be one of the best buys on the market because it is cheap and has a few different sounds but i'd say digitech need to get back to the drawing board!

the worst thing is that after returned it and explained how it didnt work the guy at the store just apologised that the unit was faulty and then put it back on display for sale!!

its easier than painting yourself green using green paint and a paint brush

It is digital, but its better than any boss delay. I use this in conjunction with a line 6 dl4 to create big sounds and little sounds. The delay on the digitech is a different kind of sound to the digital delay setting on the line 6. Its a very warm sounding pedal, no noise, no colouration of the overall tone, just nice warm delays. The tape delay setting had me confused at first, the line 6 tape delays give a very authentic replication but this doesnt...or so I thought, play with it for a while and I changed my mind, its wonderful....really really really warm, after I had messed around I ended up laying for 3 hours solid just using the tape delay on the digitech and had the time of my life. This pedal, in my opinion is the best stompbox delay on the market at present, I've heard boss DD5's and 3's and they are ok but this blows them out of the water. The DL4 is in a different category all together but I've also reviewed that in the appropriate place...

Its built like the preverbial tank. big metal casing, and very heavy. kick it and it doesnt move

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Its just brilliant, it really really is. Forget Boss, this is what you want. The digital delay is nice and warm, the tape delay is fantastic, the modulation delay is unbelievable (better than the line 6 DL4 modualtion delay for getting big sounds). it has a reverse feature on it, which isnt the best I have to say...however it does have its own character...and its got a 4 second loop function.

I'm serious, this thing is brilliant and I wouldnt be without it.

top marks!!

I had to play with it a lot, but that's got to do with my naievity with this type of effect. I enjoyed playing with it.

I run it through my effects loop as does our other guitar player. No problems. Yes it changes the sound, but aren't I trying to do that? I'm using a Fender DeVille 2x12. Any effect can be overdone, and this is not exception. I just dial in the right sound to give me a smooth control of my delay.

Built like a rock. My built in reverb is my backup.

No dealings, but manuals and faq readily available on line.

I play classic rock, and this pedal really gives me a studio sound in the gig. I would replace it if lost or stolen with the same pedal. I am very satisfied.

Its like any single effect pedal. It just takes a bit to understand it. After a little playing with it, youll get the idea. A good thing about the knobs is their stiff, this means if your foot bumps the knobs while playing it will most likely stay at the same settings.

the quality of sound is terrific on this pedal. abbsolutely no noise when dissabled. 7 different types of delay and a wide variety of adjustments makes this pedal have a wide range of sounds. Mode 1 is 10-250 milliseconds, mode 2 is 250ms-1sec, mode 3 is 1-4 seconds. Thats right 4 SECONDS of DELAY! I will most likely never use 4 seconds though. Mode 4 is a Tape Delay simulator which sounds great. Mode 5 is a chorused delay which i like to use. Mode 6 is Reverse delay which sounds a bit space-like but a cool thing to mess with. Then Mode 7 which is the LOOP setting. Compress the pedal and record up to 4 seconds of riff then you can even add licks over top of it, so basicly you can simulate infinate guitars at once. This pedal also has a Tap Tempo feature and a stereo output.

solid metal baby. looks pretty tough, feels like a brick

Im mostly into Tool and as of now i play a dillion PRS style guitar into a Boss Xtortion (great for a tool like tone) then into the digidelay into a crate 220watt head 4x12 1/2stack. For my style of music, its good. I like the fact that if you play something then dissable the pedal, the delay keeps playing the rest of its repeats. All in all i love this pedal.

Incredibly fiddly - especially the tap delay and loop section - I agree with the negative reviews here, my experience is consistent with theirs. I was severely embarrassed at a gig when the delay would not turn off.

Strat and Les Paul into Groove Tube power amp and Trio - Boss DS-1 - Sweetsound booster - MXR Phase 100 - Budd Wah - Arion stereo Chorus -
Delay into effects loop - BEWARE! The pedal changes your sound when you run it through an effects loop.

Built solidly - cheap componentry - typical Digitech - large corporates are concerned with marketing strategies and competitive strategies NOT necessarily quality.Digitech customer service is non-existent.

Caveat emptor

Playing nearly 30 years now so listen up, I've seen'em come and go over the years. Yes this thing does eat the Boss DD5 - I tried them both out in an A/B comparison. Digitech is better quality by far, but still no cigar. The loop is too short, reverse looping does not cut out the original signal and the tape delay simulator is only good if you run it through an effects loop. Suggest you wait a little longer for a boutique pedal - this thing is a bit of a toy really. Save your money.YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.

Pretty darn easy. Tap Tempo is awesome. A must, In my opinion.

I dont know about some of these other postings. This thing sounds AMAZING for a tiny pedal. The analog delay is awesome. I bought this pedal mainly for the tap feature. I was considering the Line6 dealy modeler, but that thing doesnt give you the ablity to set the tap tempo while the delay is inactive. With this pedal though, I came up with a solution that works pretty damn good.

Many people are very concerned about true bypass with this pedal, or any pedal with switching like this. heres a solution. Get a true bypass loop selector, like the Boss LS-2 line selector. Run your effects loop through the bypass section of the line selector. Run your Digidelay thru one of the loops, and keep it on tap-mode permanently. This way, when you have the line selector in bypass mode, its REALLY bypass, PLUS you can tap in the tempo of the song youre playing. When you kick in the delay by activating it with the LS2, the delay tempo is already set.
Besides, what other pedal can give you an awesome warm analog delay with the ability to tap a tempo in for under 100 bucks? answer? NONE!.

This works great for me. Did I mention I hate racks?

These things are built very very well. Tough.

Emailed them once. they replied promptly.

I traded a bunch of older pedals for this one at GC. I traded in two BOSS RV3. Good pedal, but sometimes would not switch the delay off and it kept looping in the background. terrible. For 100 bucks, there really isnt anything better than this.