DigiTech X-Series Digital Delay

It's all pretty simple, except that there's a quirk to the REPEATS knob--if you turn it up all the way, the effect switches off completely. It's in this area where the "hold" function can be activated, but there's no resistance between the setting for infinite repeats and the setting for hold. If you're playing live and want to set the repeats to infinte, you're likely to get it wrong, especially in the dark. The rest makes intuitive sense, though.

I A/B's this pedal with the Boss DD-5 at my local music store. They can't get the discount on Boss stuff that, say, Musician's Friend can, so the Digitech pedal cost HALF as much. Both pedals are good, but the Digitech is better. It has a warmer sound, for one thing; it has a really quite good tape delay simulation, and the TIME knob works better. How? Well, if you change the TIME setting on the Boss while a note is being played, the sound gets screwed up in a harsh, digital, steppy way, whereas on the Digitech it glissandos up and down in an analog-sounding way, an Electro-Harmonixy way. Of course this is not something most people would take advantage of often. I like it though. I give it a 9 partially out of my ignorance of what else is out there, but it's the best pedal delay I've heard.

It's very heavy, all-metal, apparently as sturdy as a Boss.

I just got it. Though I can tell you Chris Broadwell at Ithaca Guitar Works, where I bought it, called tech support about the REPEATS knob quirk while I stood there waiting, and he got a live person within about 90 seconds to explain it.

Seems good to go! I think these new Digitech pedals will give Boss a run for their money--not that I dislike Boss, but they've been resting on their laurels, pedal-wise, for some time. I hate this whole "X-Series" gimmick, though--the special "extra" knob is interesting on some of the pedals (like the "morph" on the overdrive pedal), but on this one it's just a plain old selector knob. Drop the fancy-pants marketing and just sell the suckers as good, high-quality effects.

It's a delay pedal- it's pretty self-explanitory, especially if you have a manual! Looping precisely is probably the only tricky thing, as in it might take you five minutes to figure out compared to the two seconds you figured everything else out!

I usually get boutique or just wierd pedals (favorite companies are Electro-Harmonix & Fulltone) so I usually stay far away from digital anything. I found this guy while checking out the Boss DD-5. The main feature I wanted was the "Reverse" mode, and secondly I wanted a loop device. The Digi kicked the DD-5's ass in every category; the clincher was the price ($99 vs. $139). Combined with my Electro-Harmonix Memory Man I have all the echo/delay/chord bending chorus/wierd reverse I could ever want. (Oh yeah, and 4 sec. loops too!)

I really shouldn't vote, but I'm putting in a 9 just because it's obvious that Digitech has thought about this design. For one thing, it's a rip-off of Boss's design, but they've redone the battery compartment so that you've got a strong pin keeping everything together instead of that stupid screw thing Boss uses that fails after awhile. I can't think of any other sign of reliabilty, except maybe the 1-year warranty from the company.

$99 pedal I got from Guitar Center(puke!choke!uggg!).... I don't think I'd bother. I'd just be an asshole and sell it on ebay if something was wrong.

Long delay, reverse, & looping are obviously in the "digital only" area. Why not just go for the guys with "digi" in the first half of their name? Their X-Series pedals are definitely up to the hype that's out there (i.e. how their Boss pedals x10000). I'm a musician who is all about everything. I have a huge vinyl collection, I go every show I can, I play guitars, pianos, drums, horns, whatever, and I know what's good. This pedal is worth it! Buy it now!

I just got this an hour ago. I might me one of the first people in the country to get one! I pre-ordered from Guitar Center. Seems easy to use. Looping is always hard - but that's like that with most stuff. the tap tempo is the greatest for a $99.00 pedal!

I like it. Sounds clean and very musical. The tape delay and modulated delay are real nice. Did I say tap tempo!

I play a R & B based style. Getting more jazzy as I get older. Sometimes venture into roots rock. This thing is a keeper. I record a lot.