Ibanez DE-7 Delay/Echo

This pedal is one of the easiest pedals out there. It's all so easy to use. I knew the pedal inside out in a couple of days.

The great thing about this pedal is that you can switch from echo and delay. However, the pedal doesn't work that well with distortion added. I really like the delay, though.

I would use it for any performance without a backup, but the battery only last a couple of hours, and they cost $5 each. You need the charger to go with it, but other than that I haven't had any problems

No technical problems. never called customer support

I love this pedal. It is cheap, easy to use, and has a clean, nice sound quality. I like to play light rock most of the time so I usually don't use distortion with the pedal. It is a way better deal than some of those more expensive pedals that are impossible to use. I do wish that it came with a charger when companies sell it though.

3 knobs 2 slide switches, and the footswitch

it's very easy to use and option between echo and delay actually makes it very versitile as far as delays are concerned

Very cut and dry. no unnecessary functions, just delay and that's all.

I've found a tap-tempo to come in handy when playing big song sets. This one doesn't have one, but I've enjoyed the option on other pedals. like the Boss DD-5 and the Akai Headrush. I'm sure there's more, those are the only ones I've owned.

You can also do the crazy alien spaceship trick. Just set in on delay mode, max out the repeat and turn the volume up a little then as you turn the time knob it will shift the pitch. increase the time and it'll sound like a flying saucer coming in for landing, then crank it the opposite way for take-off. I did it at a show once and dudes were trippin out... pretty cool

For a while I was using the Akai Headrush. Great delay pedal, I was just having noise issues with it. So I decided to try some new ones.
I've had the Boss DD-2,3 & 5. This is most similar to the DD-3. I think it has a longer time capability, but in my opinion more than a couple seconds is too much time anyway. In Echo mode, it sounds a lot like the Danelectro Dan-Echo (I kinda wish I held on to that pedal)

This pedal is great for any rock music and also, with the Echo setting it works well for rockabilly and that kind of stuff. (that's one thing that the Boss ones can't really grab) its really versitile.

Of course the most important thing with delay pedals is the noise. On some delay pedals you'll have some clicks bleading out of the pedal line even when the pedal is on bypass. particularly if your power supply isn't specific to the delay unit. I haven't had any problems using different power supplies, multiple power supply, or even daisy chains with this.

I have to bring this one down to an 8 because i think tube delays are really something amaizing and almost impossible to get out of a digital delay. I've never played with an analog delay enough to want to throw down the cash for one.

I'd put this pedal on even playing ground with the Boss DD-3. its all personal preference... and label envy

any noise caused by a delay pedal would automatically bring it down to a 3 in my opinion.

Nothing's more reliable than a digital delay. minimal noise, no tapes, tubes, or fuses. You'd really have to throw one across the room to have any problems with it. I think I've picked up a DD-3 that was broken only because someone put a reverse polarity power supply in it and blew all the diods. still just a couple dollars to fix, but most people won't go throught the trouble

I think Ibanez has always been really good. Couldn't help me much when some douche bag stole my guitar, but I think they had a decent warantee for the pedals (I could be wrong)

From the day I got this pedal it hasn't left the board. I occasionally swap it out when I'm practicing, but only to be reassured that I like it more than other digital delays.

I think its one of the better pedals out there for playing any kind of music. It just so happens to be one of the cheapest also. lucky me

I've always liked the tone-lok series. they're the "Ugly Betty's" of the pedal world. no one seems to want to admit to using them, but they've had some really good products.

Pretty simple. 3 knobs, delay time, repeat, and delay level. two switches, one for delay time range (short, med, long) and one for delay/echo.

My setup Epi Les Paul > Dunlop Cry Baby > Boss OC2 Octave > Tech 21 XXL Overdrive > Green Russian Big Muff > Ibanez DE7 > Fender Deville 410.

This pedal is decent. Gets the job done. Probably not as clean sounding as a Boss delay. I can't really find any use for the echo setting; it gets too distorted and starts to feedback to easily which just ruins everything. But the Delay setting works for me.

I set the milisecond switch to the middle setting, Delay time @ 12 o' clock, Repeat and Delay level both around 2 o' clock most of the time. It's also fun to set the time switch to long and crank repeat and level all the way up while twisting the time knob for crazy theremin-like sounds.

My issue is that the pedal doesn't always engage when I step on it, which is really frustrating for the parts where you need it right away. It always clicks off easily, but has trouble coming on every once in a while.

Other than that I haven't had problems with it, and I got mine used off of eBay.

I used a One Spot adapter with a daisy chain ($30 on musicians friend) and it powers this pedal fine. Which has saved me loads on battery costs. If you use a lot of effects, I recommend getting this adapter, it'll add a bit of hum, if you can live with it, it'll pay for itself in no time, especially with this pedal. If you don't have an adapter, be prepared to switch batteries after a few practices.

never dealt with them. Got it used, so it's not warrantied.

I use delay quite a bit. I play in a band that plays a good amount of ambient parts, and delay is a big part of my sound as a guitarist. I just wish the pedal would engage easier for me.

For the price, you can't beat it. $70 for a new delay is a steal. Got mine off of ebay for around $45.

Read the original site, really. It can't be put any better.

Handling is easy, 3 knobs and 2 switches. In about 15 minutes,
you will know all there is to know.

This is a strong effects pedal, which is really surprising for me.
I didn't expect much quality, just thought of it as a toy, but now
I think it's gig-worthy.

Echo is lo-fi and warm, very faithful but kind of restricting
(stylewise) though it's just my opinion. I rarely play it.
Worth mentioning, though, some folks will go crazy over it -
it has an infinite feedback option, and accessing the control
knobs while the sound is looping will produce far-out effects.

Delay is delay-icious! I flipped when I saw how easy it is
to get a nice rockabilly garage sound, a smooth trailing note
effect especially suited for jazz, or a full-on double track.

I'm keeping the best for the end. Both sound types are WARM
and PLAYABLE. No hiss, no tone suck, no shrill sounds, no volume
drop, no bad worth mentioning. It is, 'course, a digital pedal,
and it will always sound CHEAP, but the QUALITY you're getting
for the price can't be beat. So not lush, not analog dreamland,
but a fine horsie for the working man with sensitive ears.
Would give an 8.5 were it an option.

Durable as hell, yeah. Flimsy buttons but guess what - you can
hide them inside the metal shell so you'll have to try really
hard, plus be a jackass to actually hurt this baby.

Now my one gripe with this sexy pedal is...
EATS. BATTERIES. LIKE. POPCORN. Plus, it ain't compatible
with most adapters, so the best thing is probably to order
an Ibanez original. No big deal, but kind of unpleasant.

Seriously, batteries won't last longer than an hour and a half,
and in cold weather they're gone in like 20 minutes.

Will gig with power adapter, no worries. Trusty thing.

If it wasn't for the adapter problems, I'd give it a solid 8.

As far as I know, these guys understand the meaning
of warranty. Also, so far, I have not witnessed their
products crapping out. No opinion.

Jam-style jazz with rock roots and funk tendencies. Very good match.

Playing and hearing music long enough to know what makes ears
bleed, and what makes them feel fuzzy and nice.

If it were stolen, I woulda save up some more cash for their
analog pedal, AD9. Cause if this little sugarcup rocks so hard,
the higher-end stuff must be REALLY worth the price.

Curious point - the pedal is a flaming purple/pink colour.
Didn't really expect that, I thought they was all metallic-like.
But the striking kitsch colour has somehow worked its way right
into my heart. :)

Very easy to get a good sound in my opinion. I had a Boss DD-3 pedal that I wasn't too happy with. I play with gain and I didn't like the sound I was getting with the Boss pedal. The manual was O.K. but not very useful. You're better off just "Monkeying" around with the pedal.

I didn't have a particular artist I wanted to imitate. I was looking for a "Slap-back", or just a sound playing lead with a slight "Tail" on it. And I can achieve this type of sound on this pedal. I actually liked the "Ping-Pong" effect on my old redface Line 6 Amp, that's EXACTLY the sound I was looking for, and got it using this pedal. I use the Delay effect on this pedal, it also has an Echo setting but I don't use it. I use this pedal with a 100 Watt Marshall TSL 122 Amp, A 1970's Les Paul Deluxe with DiMarzios, and an Epiphone Dot 335 copy stock. I use a power supply, and haven't found this pedal to be noisey. I love the sound quality on this pedal, I've been looking for the Ping-Pong effect for quite awhile and can finally get it using this pedal, I very happy with it.

I just got it, I can't vouch for the reliability of it. I hope it holds together! I'm going to use it at the next gig definitely. I mostly use it playing leads, but I don't rely solely on pedals.

I've never dealt with them

I play Rock, and Blues. It sounds like it's going to be great for me. I've been playing for quite a few years! I play through a Marshall TSL 122, Les Paul Deluxe, and An Epiphone 335 Dot copy. I would buy this peday again, if it got lost or stolen. I love what I call the "Ping-Pong" effect I have set on it right now. I also like the "Tone Lock" where the knobs click down and save your settings. I have a Boss DD-3 and was never crazy about it. I like this pedal a whole lot better!

Oops! Correction! In my review below, I said:

...A block of foam rubber under the pedal presses on this very delicate switch. I wonder how long before the rubber perishes?...

In fact, the rubber block ONLY PRESSES ON THE BATTERY! There is a metal stud in the hinged lid which presses on the switch mounted in the box. This stud can only travel down a distance precisely set when the lid is stomped on to the box, and no further. Good design after all.

Whilst I apologize for the error, I am back to blaming the poor switching in the 7-series on the switches themselves.

Two switch settings: Echo is a digital copy of old bucket brigade echo devices like the AD9, and Delay is a standard digital delay. Plus 4 self-explanatory knobs.

The Echo setting really reminds me of my old analog delay pedal. Very nice for the dub reggae type effect. Even breaks into that distortion if you want it! You can bring it to the point of self-oscillation, but the beauty is the area on the knob where this happens is very wide, so you can easily set it so it take aaaaaages to die out, but it does eventually die out. This was very difficult to set on my old analog delay pedal. The Delay setting is a clean digital delay sound, cannot be brought to self-oscillation. Clean, solid, modern, but not the reason I bought this pedal.

The 9-series Ibanez/Maxon pedals had a sheet of plastic between the circuit board and the metal bottom cover. Boss pedals have the same. This pedal (I got a DE7c, the red color limited edition version) does not. The circuit board has components on BOTH sides of the board and some of the wires soldered through are pretty long and get dangerously close to the metal panel.

Judging by problems other people have reported here, I have, for safety, cut a card of insulating board and put it between the circuit board and the metal cover. Now I sleep easy.

The switch on this one is OK, but I also have the WD7 which has a dodgy switch, same type. A block of foam rubber under the pedal presses on this very delicate switch. I wonder how long before the rubber perishes? - Not the best system.

There are two springs that keep the lid, ie. stomp pedal surface, up. One was mounted skew and scraped when stomping. They are glued in with a very strong hard reddish adhesive. I pulled them out and reglued them.

Delightful sound, and that is what it's all about. I now have my beloved analog bbd back again, but much more predictable to use. And for the price... :)

Negatives are the manufacturing quality, the switch system and the fact that Ibanez have abandoned the Boss footprint form factor, making them incompatible with the Boss BCB series pedal boxes.

doesnt really get any easier to use than this. very easy to switch between short and long delays, really simple to get most sounds you can imagine.

Seems really good, quite clean, very little noise on my unit...(more on that in a bit). Not much volume loss when units on.

Using a framus jamaster/ibanez semi/fender tele with dual humbuckers - effects board (too many to mention...dd3/5, korg ax30g, digitec rp6, ds-1, marshal bluesbreaker, washburn eq, digitec octoplus, coloursound wah swell, etc, etc ) outputs split to peavey renown, marshall stack and leslie speaker.

Well... it worked well for a while then the dreaded buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz everytime it was switched on. no delay no nothing, gutted! I kept trying it for about a month but dead, dead dead.

I shed a tear and left it for about a year, using my dd3 and dd5 instead, but they just cant match the analouge sweeps on this thing, it really does sound natural and its nice to add real time modulation to your sound as you can with this.

i contacted ibanez and they were crap, basically saying Id have to buy a new one.

I play differing styles, but mainly a mix of primal scream (electronica days), my bloody valentine and verve, and this worked a treat for that, and I cant imagine why it wouldnt work for anything really.

But unfortunately I wont be buying another one, I cant take the risk of wasting another ?80 on what might become an expensive collection of paper weights, in fact I wont be buying anymore ibanez gear (though Im sure that wont affect their profits!!!). Real shame really cos I loved this pedal when it worked. Like I said I really think this thing had the edge over the dd3+5 (my personal opinion...)

boo hoo

10 minutes with this thing and you'll be an expert. not hard to get a sound you want out of it. mine didn't come with a manual, but i didnt need one, plus its available online, which has a few presets which are retty cool.

Sounds fantasmeriffic. Great sounding repeats, up to 2600 milliseconds i think... sick sounding echo. the repeats on the echo setting can be set to over 100% so the repeats begin to swell and get louder and make some really wicked trippy noises.

never had a problem with it. i use it with a adapter, it eats batteries pretty fast.tough metal casing, tone lok knobs, really realiable.

never dealt.

sick pedal, affordable and one of the best sounding echos thats not an analog delay. great for a digital delay pedal, although a few extra features would have been nice, like tap tempo, infinite repeats and sound over sound, but for the price its a great delay.

easey as 123!!!!!!!, great delay nothing to say about it it works it's easey, what else do you want in a pedal? metal box, tone lock,( you set to your favorite setting push knobs in that's it!)

100% great, better than boss , who knows they just might be made in the same place, who knows?, the echo also is superb, pedal to keep

it's still working, it's built to last!!!!

ibanez there great

great pedal tonelock series there worth buying sound great look good built like a tank, cheap won't drain your wallet!!!!!

Nice and simple, 3 knobs - effect level, repeat, delay and two swtiches - one for delay time with 3 positions and the other isthe key - choose either ECHO for a nice analog-ish or tape sound or Delay for more digital delay sound.

Sound qulaity is excellent; i bought this sight unseen and unheard off ebay for $50 + shipping and I am very impressed - it is exactly what I was looking for. Sold my Boss DD-3 because I was unhappy with several spects of that pedal - dealy time not long enough for wild effects, controls hard to figure out and it has the uselss Hold function that is too short for anything resembling real sound on sound effetcs. This one has everything I could want - AND it sounds remarkably similar to my old Re-201 Space Echo minus the constants sound of the tape loop and motor in the background. Note: This peadal is VERY QUIET. i use it in-line behind my Dunolp 535 Wah, DS-1, SD-1 and CH-1 and it is the quietest of them all. I am using it with the battery since my Daisy Chain AC does seem to add some noise - but that is fine with me. I am recording to DAW so prefer the quiestest possible signal path.

I just got it a few days ago but it seems very well built. Solid and all steel. I've had Ibanez effects in the pst that held up very well. Switch seems solid enough.

No idea. VNever used them but no reason to doubtthe supoort.

Overall I give it a 9 beacue nothing is a 10 - but this comes clsoe. It is exactly what I was looking for in a delay pedal. I compose and play original Alternative Goth punk, think the Cure, Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, Chameleons, Echo and Bunnymen etc. If you want a Fintage Echo feel in a solid Delay pedal - this is great. Can even get some of those RadioHead tones with the Wet/Dry Stereo split if you know how to record with it. I am very happy with this pedal so far.

piece of cake. everything works that way you would expect. some weird sounds if you overdo the echo. still sounds good. manual is worthless, but if you can't figure this one out, you shouldn't be using delay or echo to begin with.

I use a 2001 Gibson SG Special into the following effects- boss ns-2, boss tu-2, budda wah, keeley mod ibanez ts9-808+, line 6 DL-4 modeler and the ibanez de-7 last in the line. use a Mesa Tremoverb combo for my lead and "saturated clean" sounds with a second DE-7 in the loop. for my dirty rhythm and main clean I run an Orange AD30TC head.


First, I love this pedal. I owned a Boss DD-3, but it sounded way sterile to me. Didn't dig the delay at all. Sounded way processed. Picked one of these off a friend who was moving to a rack system. The Echo is amazing, just what i was looking for. it's muddy enough to get really saturated with, but depending on the settings it can be cleaned up nicely. The delay is pretty good. nothing to write home about I guess.

Its a low-end Ibanez, so gotta expect some issues. I've never had an issue, but the switch didnt look too sturdy when I dissected one of these things. I've been touring and gigging my first one on my board for over 2 years now. No problems yet.

I don't have any experience with this, but its a low end pedal so I don't know if I'd expect much out of them.

I've been playing guitar for 5 years, which isn't much, but I've been gigging and touring the east coast for the last 3.5 of those years. I play a mix of indie ambient rock with harder stuff. kinda like Thursday but alot more complex and technical and with more music than emo-crap.

I listed my gear already, and I tested this against the Boss DD-3 and I and own a Line 6 DL-4 (which i use for more spaced out and weirder delays). I own two of these little gems and I use them more than anything else. They're cheap little buggers but they have held up to the test of touring so far and they still sound sweeeet.

wery easy to use like pencil

good

no that is what i dont like , i hawe bought it used 4 day ago and its not working with my ac 9v dc adaptor not ibanez (i think its not so important i have like 9v dc adaptor 800 Ma and correct polarity) ,light only blinks and nothing happening .arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh
batteries are for few ours

maybe u have such problem and help me somehow

noi don't think that i would go to them and repair it for f-king lot off money

if it worked how i wish i placed 10

It's quite easy,a led,three knobs-delay time,repetitions,level.A switch for the range of delay time( and one for the mode delay/echo),input and stereo output.Just if you need precision on a delay time you can't set it perfectly(like many others pedals)in fact you can operate through a range of time but the knob doesn't let you fix a perfect time.However if you don't need a specific time it's ok.good manual.

I'm using it with a fender stratocaster and tele,deville 4x10,cry-baby,ns2,ts9,proco rat,small stone,vibratrem,univibe,boss vol pedal.I bought it for its echo mode:it's the best!sounds like a tape echo,specially if u set a high level and many repetitions.If you move the time knob while playing u can obtain a great effect,turning up or down(depending on the direction where you move it)the note(s)you're playing.It's fantastic,great with the other effects,no problem,no noise.If u use the distorsion of the ampli(obviously) u'll have to keep a very low level of the pedal.If u know pink floyd's Astronomy domine,u'll remember the note(E) with the echo,in the mid part of the song:ok you can obtain this sound with the de-7.

Never had a problem,I've used it for 3 years,very solid and strong.

Never had occasions.

I love rock and psychedelia,I play original songs in two bands:Hush and TerzaCorsia(www.terzacorsia.it) and with this one we also play a pink floyd tribute,so what better pedal?I'playng 50-60 times a year so I can well test my instruments,and the de-7 It's been my first pedal,its warm sound is very important for me.I preferred it to a cold rack system.I had a yamaha rack,I tried a boss dd6(good),a digitech delay.its best charateristic is the Echo mode,if it had a reverse mode too it would be the best,and the price is very affordable.

Manual is useless (just a folded sheet with 7 or so languages on it), but so-what: it is a very easy to use pedal. My only problem: the delay level knob doesn't handle subtle use of the effect well. I mean, most of what I want is below the first "click", so moving it a millimeter down there "doubles" or "halves" the intensity that I want. I wish the settings I'd like had the knob at 12 oclock, so I could control it better. My sense is that Ibanez favored "gimmick" use of the pedal over serious use. Because at settings below the second click, you can get some really surprisingly good musical use out of this cheap pedal; over the third click, and it's too cheezy for my taste.

Guitar: I play a strat, tele, and rick, through home-made, self-designed amps. sound is sort of like Byrds meets Velvet Underground; the band gets described as a cross of those two, and frankly, I consider it apt, since that hybrid was (now that I think of it!) exactly the sound in my head all those years I was trying to design the sound I wanted.

In that context, this delay pedal is extremely good. "Delay" does essentially perfect replication (and that is what I want), while "Echo" does the job it was intended to do (muddier, decaying repeats). "Echo" is where you can get some bizarre UFO sounds, if that is what you want. Echo also *increases* in volume on the higher Repeat settings -- the selling point for our bassist. He loves the bizarre sounds. I just want clean.

I don't find it noisy for a gigging pedal. I mean, it isn't a studio effect. It does pick up hum from the power supply I used, though. Can't blame it, but just thought I'd mention. More on the power supply later.

I give it a "9" because the delay is essentially a perfect replication of the input, and I hear virtually no switching sound. What more do I want from a delay pedal? I dont' really want much color from it; I just want delay. With reverb, I need a *really* good reverb or I can't bear it (I use a quadraverb GT rack-mounted)... but with delay, it just needs to perfectly replicate the sound and I am happy.

The unit gave me a scare initially, because it didn't like my power supply. Sure, they say you must use an Ibanez pedal... well, I'm not going to buy more power supplies, I have 10 around the house. The ZOOM 9-volt (negative-tip, positive exterior) power supply worked, but there was a two-day period where the unit wouldn't play the guitar's original sound, just the echo! I found it would work again with the battery -- but I don't use batteries for anything I gig with.

I think this was the problem: the ZOOM, like all cheap adapters, actually was running 3 or 4 volts too-high, expecting the pedal to lower the voltage when it draws current (i.e., provides load). By plugging the adapter in to the delay pedal while the voltage was still so high, it seemed to zap the pedal (thankfully, in a non-permanent way -- As if it merely mis-biased an internal pre-amp, which takes time to "come back down" even after I take the supply away).

So I pulled out my volt meter, checked all my other adapters, and ended up using the adapter with the lowest voltage (a Radio shack one, running at maybe 10.5 volts without load). But frankly, I think the ZOOM one would have worked too -- so long as I stick to my new rule: only plug the adapter in to the wall-current when the other end is already firmly and conductively inserted in the Delay pedal. This way, there is always a load -- so the adapter doesn't develop a high voltage to zap the pedal with. Seems to work.

I was sure I'd blown my $70 at first, though. Kudos to Ibanez for intentionally or unintentionally having inherent recovery for my misuse in this case...

Note: the recessed knobs are pretty cool; I imagine they will extend the life of my pedal -- by avoiding knob decapitation! The echo/delay and time-range switches are pretty cheapo, though. Can't say they've broken yet, but I also intend not to use them much.

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I joke with my band that every time I hit a short-duration chord when playing alone, I expect to hear some rastafarian singer to jump in. I imagine if you are in a ska or reggae sort of band, that might be exactly what you are looking for. It isn't what I want, though --- BUT once the whole band is playing together, all the "loose ends" of the echo (the "wa-wa-wa-wa-wa" and "clack-clack-clack-clack" stuff you hear on short chords alone) gets totally lost in the overall band roar, and this thing just makes my guitar sound fuller, and basically better in every way, essentially sounding like a decent reverb.

Put it this way: it ends up sounding like a reverb in the overall band sound -- much better than a cheap Reverb (like on the Fender Hot Rod or Blues Junior, which I found appaling), but without the thickness of a real reverb, because of the crystal clarity inherent in the exact duplication that the Delay does. All in all, I've sort of found echo is the perfect gigging effect -- even though it sounds funny solo!

it's easy. no problems.
set it any way you want within seconds.

I play an Ibanez artcore semi-acoustic through a fender 60W tube amp (super 112, with the red knobs).
IMHO the Ibanez "7" series in general tends to sound a bit too electronic and crunched.
technically - I've had some hiss problems with it at times. not happy about that.
THAT said...

sound-wise, there are 2 sound modes, echo and delay.
the delay mode is clear, can go on (repeat) for quite a while and remain clean, but it doesn't have a sampler mode like boss delay, so... thats not very functional as it masks everything and generates a mess after a few seconds.
in more resonable settings, the delay mode is very good and has a long range (up to 2.6 sec).
the echo mode is very nice. the sound repeats and grows dim and reverbed with each repetition, and has a lot of impact in both long and short delay times, very nice for thickening the sound.

I got some highly cool sounds recording flute and cello with the DE-7 pluged into the mixer send, and playing around with it while recording. it can generate pad-like harmonies or short oscilating phrases. very dreamy.

I've seen this peddal on stage in the rig of a rock guitarist I like, but only that once.

had it for about 2 years, and apart from "the hiss episode", when it was making an anoying hiss in delay mode (that problem went away and hasn't come back since - but should never have happend), well, apart from that it's ok...

if I lost this peddal, I'd try something else. why? it's a good peddal, but I can't say it's the delay of my dreams.
I do love the echo feature, though.
I've been playing for ... about 11 years, but only 2 or 3 years on electric, so I'm not a world authority.

Easy as long as you're not an idiot.

Great.

Sound quality is almost perfect.


Makes a little noise though... not really noticable and nothing an NS-2 can't handle.


I usually use the "Echo" because it sounds more analog. It has a nice decaying warmth to it. Delay is just delay like you'd find on a boss.

It has an enormous delay/echo range 30ms to 2.6s


You can do some weird oscillating stuff with this pedal if you get some feedback turning the "repeat" and "delay level" up... then mess with the delay time and you can control the pitch(speed) of what is being echoed/delayed.

Kinda like some Radiohead, end of Karma Police?

Hasn't let me down.


I've found the -7 tone-lok series of Ibanez to be more reliable than boss.

A couple Boss pedals of mine have failed... including a very expensive NS-2, damnit... and they're new even now.

Then again I have a "crappy" Arion plastic pedal that has outlived some boss.

Haven't needed it.

This is a great pedal with great sound and certainly beats out competition in price.

I think this sounds far better than the Boss delays.



Great value.

nice and easy, like normal delay pedal shoul be. one thing: repeats will go crazy in echo mode if you set it after 2 o'clock.

I did compare to DD6 and I like both for their different qualities. if I had one choice, I'd keep DD6.

delay:
it's normal digital delay, nice time ranges, level works normally but repeats fade away in a sec. it's not infinite repeats! OUCH! the sound is crisp but not crystal clear IMO. it gets a tad darker each repeat, but it's not a problem or anything that would annoy you.

echo:
echo is tricky! same time and level settings as delay but repeats are ompletely different. at 12 o'clock you have pretty long repeats. they decay as well, nice and neat. but after that it's uncontrolable! at 1 o'clock it's almost infinite, at 2 it's infinite and will turn into mud in a moment after 2 repeats start to be louder than the original signal. at 3 o'clock or more you're in trouble.
the trails are muddy, terribly muddy and there's no note definition here, everything will sound same. not like an echo at all.

I found some little useful reverb sort of setting in it.
echo mode
time: 9 o'clock in the shortest setting
repeats: 1 o'clock
level: 11 o'clock

very nice construction. solid pedal, never had problems. it eats up batteries (all delays do), so use an adaptor.

if you need a cheap and neat delay, this is it. as I said before I prefer DD6 because it has reverse and better repeats. Actually you won't need an 'echo' in a live setting. in live everything gets muddy, specially high gain stuff. so what you need is a crisp delay that would be heard. echo setting on this pedal would just make a consert sound bad muddier. DE7 is ok for studio practice sessions, though.
it's not true-bypass, but not painful like big muff.

Controls are very obvious and incredibly easy to use. I never even bothered with the manual.

This pedal is very noisy. Almost to the point of being unusableso on the Echo setting, which is supposed to simulate the distorting, trailing-off effect that naturally happens with analog delay, but it just ends up feeding back on itself badly. The Delay setting is a little more managable, and granted when you are playing the noise reduces considerably, but the playbacks are distorted and don't sound good, and when you stop playing, it's an infernal buzz! Overall it is passable as a starting pedal, but for anyone wanting to record or even play live, I wouldn't recommend it.

I've had some troubles with it. It caved on me live once, let me down practicing a few times. DO NOT use this thing with a battery, it will eat it up quickly and isn't reliable at all when the battery is even slightly depleted. The on/off switch can be unreliable. Mine is still working and still usable, but I'm definitely seeking something else with similar features and better sound quality.

I play rock. Have been for 8 years. I am looking to replace this pedal as soon as I can. It does have an incredible range of delay time and has been there for a few good jams. It is also capable of some really cool experimental sounds, and keeps up, albeit noisily, with anything you can conceive of for delay. Overall I would say that as a starter pedal it might be worth it for its affordability, but for anyone who is concerned about a quality sound it is useless.

I find it very easy to get the right delay times/levels even without a tap tempo function. I didn't get a manual. If you can't figure it out, you aren't ready for delay pedals.

Guitar:Westone Thunder 1A>
Effects:
DE-7>Morley AB-Y>clean
>Digitech HotRod>Ibanez TS-7>60s Crybaby
Amp: Laney PL-100 2x12

It sounds good enough for me but I'm not very demanding of it. I've never gone for any of those radio friendly shimmers or anything. I've used it for ska, and for noise. It does some great noise.

Try this setup:
range: shortest
D/E: echo
time: 5
repeat: 10
level: 5ish
(activate the pedal and immediately a note, such as the open b string. A feedback loop will start immediately. Now move the time knob around. Instant theremin!)

Its doing fine so far, however I have know the switch in tone-lok pedals to go sour.

Would you use it on a gig without a backup?
Can anyone really afford to backup all their gear!?

I've become pretty dependant on how this pedal responds to generally stupid settings. I like it.

Basic controls. I don't see much need for everyone to repeat the controls and functions which are perfectly detailed in the product specs given in the advertisement from whichever music equipment distributor you choose (e.g. musican's friend, american musical supply, sam ash, zzounds, etc.)

Ah, here's where i depart from the majority of reviewers. In comparsion with a Boss DD-3, for example, this unit is NOISEY and muddy-sounding with distortion. I thoroughly tested the DE7 then promptly sent it back, got a Boss DD3 instead which immediately proved to be a superior product, sound-wise and construction-wise. I'm not completely satisfied with the Boss though, but clearly it's better than the DE7. If you tweak the delay time knob, it has considerably better outer space and UFO sounds as well, if you like that. I thought about trying the Digitech X-delay but the harmony central reviews aren't very good in comparison. The reviews for the Guyatone microdelay are very good, but it apparently doesn't have two separate outs for stereo if you want to use two amps separated by enough distance to get that effect of depth and spaciousness.

Spend a few more dollars, get the Boss DD3 or perhaps the Guyatone for $100 each. You'll have a considerably better delay pedal.

-From when I got it I immediatly started trying to get every sound out of it, and it has it all, everything you could hope for from an analog delay + 2.6 seconds of delay!
-Only complaint would be that the switches (between delay ranges and delay and echo) are awfully small, if they were toggle-like then it would be easier to switch in between them using ones foot.
-Oh, and the "tone-lock" feature isn't all that exciting or special to me - it sort of makes knobs harder to turn with a foot, but that's not too big of a deal.

-Very excellent - much more than I expected - I usually use the echo mode for anything from a slapback to a long droned out mush to oscillation (which I was somewhat suprised this pedal was capable of) [I'm not going to give it a 10 though, don't know why - there could be more options, which could be said of almost any pedal...]
-There are no noise problems, even on the echo setting, where you'd expect it.
-My set-up is Gibson SG "Custom" with mini-humbuckers, an LP Junior Double-Cutaway, and a '98 Fender Standard Strat with humbucker installed through a E-H Small Stone, Ibanez DE-7 Delay, MXR Blue Box, Ibanez TS-5 (for treble boost), MXR Distortion +, E-H Big Muff to a Marshall VS232 2x12 [in case you care about any of that].

-I bought this used of ebay and it was in gret condition.
-As far as I can tell, it may last forever - but nothing has gone wrong with it.

-Never dealt with the company - never had a reason to for this pedal.

-For my music this is a good match, I can't imagine any music it wouldn't be a match with.
-I, of course, love the long delay times it can achieve.
-This would have to be bought again, if stolen; in fact, I think I may purchase another one because I get tired of having to change the settings (of which I use many) - now another brand/delay may add more variety, but this delay is just so cheap I doubt I'll be able to resist.
-If you've been searching for the most versitile delay, then you've found it here.

Your basic 3 delay pedal controls: Time, Feedback, and Mix. Then it's got a switch to switch the range of delay time, and a choice between echo (analog emulation with self-oscillation) and delay (digital delay without). Simple enough features, couldn't ask for more at this price range (you want a reverse or tap tempo? shell out more bucks.)

My ONE complaint about this pedal? Despite having a buffered bypass, the delays don't trail off. Still, I'm not deducting points for that because I only use trails for long delays and despite the fact that this pedal is capable of them, I use other delays for long settings.

A Danelectro U2 with an added Bigsby is my main guitar (incredible value for the price, just like this pedal). I've also used it extensively with a Jazzmaster that was my main guitar till I got the Danelectro. I run it along with a Zoom Ultra Fuzz for distortion, a Boss DD-20 for additional delays and looping, and a Digitech GNX3 for a few miscellaneous effects (try 3 delays in a row!) and looping, and then they go to a Fender Ultimate Stereo Chorus solid-state amp (warm Fender cleans without tube unreliability). When I'm playing garage-rock or surf, I go Dano -> DE-7 (set for various slapback times) -> various low-wattage tube amps, currently a Gibson. However, I also use this on keyboards (Rhodes, synths, Casios, even circuit-bent stuff like a Speak n' Spell)

This pedal sounds amazing. Having owned 7 other delays (see below), the DE-7 comes out the clear winner in terms of sound quality versus price. It sounds like analog, but cuts through in a way analog never could. And one can be had for much cheaper than analog. Simply put, it's a great value.

I've heard of switches crapping out in the past, but since it hasn't happened to mine, I'm fairly confident. So I'm going to give it a ten for six trouble-free months so far (and since I got mine used, who knows how long the previous owner had it for).

Never dealt with them.

In the past, I've had two original EH Deluxe Memory Men, a Digitech Digidelay, a Danelectro BLT slapback, a Line 6 DL-4, a Boss DD-20, and a Digitech PDS 2000, not to mention the ones I've tried out before and didn't buy. This is hands-down my favorite for regular delays. It and the DD-20 together are a monsterous combination not to be messed with, particularly when you're playing keyboards and have a hand free to twiddle knobs.

it's easy, it's got flexibility, it's got level control.

It's awesome. it does surf, anywhere to sound-on sound. But it's tricky when to turn off the switch, cuz when you do, shows over, the echo stops. It sounds warmer than, like a boss, soft like analog delay. But longer. And try the insane repeats... like Johnny Greenwood. I ran one of mine for insane repeats to my crappy 15watt crate, and the dry output to another one for a regular echo and the rest of my FX loop, to the Marshall. cool trick. turn up the crate, you've got a wall of... something.

My favorite echo, all time. never tried echoplex, too big for gigs.

They run fine. I dig the tone-lok stuff, it keeps ticking. Not all of them sound this good though.

dunno.

I like it. Go buy one. How many reviews do you need?
It does any kind of echo you can cook up, and it can do some sequencer-type tricks. but remember, thats not the echo's job, thats a sequencer. peace.

The manual covers all you need to know, its not lke you're not going to know how to use it any how because it is so easy to understand

Im using this with an ibanez rg550 > Ibanez de7 > Marshall valvestate 40W
Its not very noisy at all, on a clean setting, its a little noisy on the overdrive.
I can get it to easy make a limp bizkit echo, (i believe wes used the same model) with a bit of fiddling with the settings.
The delay is great, has a very good sound to it.

I could depend on it definately, only one thing that concerns me a little bit are the plastic knobs, but they should be fine if treated well.
I would gig without a backup, but if I had a backup id definately use it.

Never dealt with ibanez.

Overall this is a great pedal, it sounds fantastic looks great and seems very dependable.

Simple as a pimple, even if you haven't used one before. I imagine. It's just like any other delay pedal. You really don't need the manual, just 10 minutes and some headphones / a nice quiet room and your amp.

Epiphone SG (nicer than it sound!), and a lovely ld Silvertone valve amp from the mid-60's. Unfortunately, the amp doesn't have reverb: whilst this pedal is not specifically designed as a reverb unit, it does the job admirably, and doubles up as a fantastic echo / delay.

The delay is unimpressive. But how impressive should a delay be? At least it's long.

The echo matches up to my expectations, which were high, after reading the reviews below. The ocillation is great. This is a very organic sounding pedal, considering the technology and the price.

The first one sent to me by Musicians Friend wouldn't do anything but make a buzzing noise. BAD SIGN.

The replacement, however, is working fine, to date (2 weeks ago). I shall treat it VERY carefully, but will gig with it, as it sounds so good, and I'm not the kind of person who buys backups (too poor).

I think this pedal is a gamble, but it sounds good enough, and is cheap enough to be a gamble worth taking. I don't throw my gear around or stomp on it, as half of it is home-made, so it should be OK.

Never spoken to them

Get one!

I don't like delay pedals but since I was in the music store and I am a fan of Ibanez's effects I said what the hell. I asked the clerk and he set it up for me. When he left I started to mess with the knobs and everything. The ease of use was good, but a delay is a delay so who cares.

As I said before I don't like delay pedals this just happened to be a time that I tried one out. Anyways when the clerk left I started to mess with the knobs. Not much difference with them excpet for the Delay Time. This is what made the pedal for me but broke it for wanting to buy it. While you play it move the time knob and it will change your pitch from drastically to... not so drastically. I thought that was the only kool thing so my rating is based on that.

I dunno about the dependability becasue once I buy it I am gonna hook it up to an old wah wah foot pedal so I can control the delay timeing.

Ibanez usually have good customer support, unless you are asking about a guitar. Then they suck.

I play heavy metal mixed with jazz. So when I solo with the jazz licks I want to add a cool effects at the end of my scale progressions. If I were to hook it up the way I want then the pedal would kick arse.

Good manual, and with 3 simple controls its easy as pie!

Okay, so I've been using a DD3 for a couple of years and was pleased but never totally happy with its clinical sound. I finally learned about the difference between Analogue and digital delays (insert sheepish grin here)and started trying out analogue delays, EH memory men, Ibanez AD9, etc. Finally I get that lush warm ton I've been itching for. But I dont have the money for the expensive boutique or vintage stuff so I'm frustrated. A friend tells me to try one of these DE7 things out and voila!! I ran this unit into a 70s Twin and got all the drippy, warm lush spaces I'd ever want, and all the slappy clean stuff too. It is particularly sweet on the ECHO settings. One of the things I loved about it when I spent time listening to it IN DETAIL were those wonderful "analogue" anomalies that are mentioned in some of the reviews below. There is a sweet organic/natural tone to this unit. Now...considering its simplicity, affordability, no bleed through and transparency I have to give this thing the full 10.

Have not received it yet, bought on Ebay yesterday!

I play a variety of different musical forms from, in your face lo-fi garagois, to jazzishfunky, and the alleged "jam band" stuff and this unit connects nicely to all of the stuff I'm interested in. Been playing for 9 years and my set up is currently a PRS> EB volume> custom loop bypass box> BossTu2> Keeley comp> VoodooLabMicrovibe> BossOC2> EH Qtron+> IbanezSF10> KeeleyTs9> stockTS9> MutronII> Ibanez DL10> Boomerang.
It will fit nicely along with my Ibanez DL10 allowing me to have some serious fun with two delays! For what I am doing in my basement, garage and on stage this will do everything I need. I am not sure about the studio but we'll wait and see at our next session, so I'll only give it a 9. Till then I wont waste my money on anything else.

Very easy to use this. And it's fun. The instruction manual is helpful, but you're going to get the most fun, and the best sound just plugging it in and messing around with the knobs.

The quality of the echo is excellent. A wide range of times, and nothing to downgrade my sound.

Cort Strat Copy --> Boss DS-1 --> Ibanez DE-7 --> Marshall VS102R

I play post-rock-ish kind of stuff. (Similar to Explosions in the Sky or Godspeed You! Black Emperor) and this is perfect for the tremelo-ing and fast picking. Sounds great. However, I'm a little dissapointed with the delay. Say, I strike a note, and stop it, the sound will come back, but with a bad fuzz sound mixed in with it. And the quality degrades as it continues. Buy this for the echo.

It's been dropped once or twice, and nothing has been damaged. Built just as well as a Boss pedal.

Never dealt with 'em.

An excellent pedal for those in the market for echo. ...Delay, I may look somewhere else for. I'd buy this again if it were stolen. It's definitely the best pedal out there for the sound and the price.

Very easy. You don't need any experience in using effects to see how it works. Good manual although you won't need it

Somehow I'm not so keen on the delay, but echo is just great. You can create some really great soundscapes with this thing. It adds an enormous amount of "spaceness" to your sound. Watch out when you're playing some leadsolo's, when you twist the repeat knob too much to the right, your sound gets blurred.
Also watch out when using high gain tube amps (for instance my Engl), you suddenly don't need to twist the delay level and repeat knob that much to the right; it gets a bit too overwhelming, your bandmembers would like to hear their instruments too :)
But then again, I like to play the more experimental kind of guitarmusic and I refuse to play leadsolo's, so this thing is perfect!
I like the sound of the DE7 far over the Boss pedals, which produce a way too digital sound. And it saves you a lot of money!

I think in the future I'll experiment some more with the delay mode, maybe I'll start liking it aswell!

(For the ones who'd like to know: I use a Epiphone Les Paul Black Beauty > Marshall Vibratem > Ibanez DE-7 > Engl Screamer 50 (all tube))

Handle your DE-7 with care, it's not made to resist you jumping on it! I wish it was, but the thing is cheap for a reason.
I should also not experiment with throwing the thing from stairs, it'll probably not survive. But otherwise, I use it on gigs and sofar it's reliable enough for me.

One thing though:
DON'T USE BATTERIES!!! The thing eats a 9V in less than 45 minutes!
Use an adapter, BUT check the polarity. If it still doesn't work with an adapter, which many of you have experienced, return it to the store where you bought it and ask for a new one. I did so and got an new one, which does work with an adapter. Maybe it's a manufactural error since so many of you have had this problem.
For those who are thinking of buying one: check the thing in store with an adapter!

Never dealt with them

Like I said I really like this one. It suites very well with my music and I think any kind of music. For the price it's great and still realiable enough to gig with it. It's also very versatile, more than a couple of the more expensive ones that I tried.

Ibanez DE-7 Delay/Echo. This pedal has three knobs (delay time, repeat, delay level), two knobs (delay time, delay/echo modes), and a footswitch (self explanitory, on/off). A trained chimp could work this unit without much frustration. If you're having trouble, may I suggest a user manual with LOTS of pictures and words in very big print. Otherwise, re-evaluate yourself why you're playing guitar in the first place.

The delay, echo, and self-oscillation modes are all easily controllable and tweakable. This is probably the easiest delay unit I've ever used.

I will rate the sound quality in three different sections on the three different modes - Delay, Echo, and Self-Oscillation.

MODE 1 - DIGITAL DELAY

I'm very impressed with the delay mode on this pedal. It manages to pull of a clean sounding delay that doesn't sound too digital or harsh. Most digital delays try to focus more on features rather than on sound, and end up sounding way too mechanical and not musically pleasing. This unit does the exact opposite, providing a very clean, unmuddy, unmechanical sound that is practically unmatched (in its price range). This would be best described in the delay sound that most people are looking for, but have not found yet.


MODE 2 - ECHO

The warmth and brilliance of tape echo, smushed into a digital pedal. This is one task that many manufactuers have tried but always failed at. Ibanez is not one of those. They have actually excelled in creating tape echo that sounds like, well...tape echo. The dark, warm, haunting sound of murky tape echo does not fall short on this pedal. This is not a cheap immitation. I've owned, heard, and tried several different analog delays, and the sound on this pedal does not disappoint. The echo mode on this pedal is just as good as, if not BETTER than the previous analog units I've tried. And the best thing is, it is not limited to short delay time (i.e. 500ms) like most analog delays are. This can go from a double-tracked 50ms, all the way to 2600ms (2.6 seconds) without blurring the edges. Amazing. Even moreso, you can get sound on sound, and play over the licks the pedal just processed. All in the beautiful soundscaping analog utopia of TAPE ECHO!! Awesome.


MODE 3 - SELF-OSCILLATION

This section is only for the noise makers. What others would call pure bliss, some would call absolute noise. They wonder why anybody would want to manufacture a unit that makes noises when you turn the knobs a certain way. Well, love it or hate it, this unit does exactly what you could want in self oscillation. The noises this pedal generates are quite similar to the end of Karma Police from Radiohead. I've also managed to get some very very freaky noises that remind me of clowns and circus music, with evil children laughing in the background -- and I'm not kidding. You can get EXACTLY those sounds by turning the knobs a certain way at the right time. You achieve this self oscillation by maxing out the repeat knob (or at least turning it more than half way) and playing various notes. Then while it's "delaying", just sit back and let it do the work. Once the noises get pretty fierce, start twisting knobs and away you go. Twisting the delay time knob to the right makes the sound go lower and sounds like your speakers are going to explode, and turning it left makes the UFO sound and the high pitched whistling-in-a-bottle-underwater type noise. You can also get factory-type industrial machinery type sounds out of this - it sounds like tin or metal being scraped or worked with in the background. VERY cool.

If you're looking for a unit that self oscillates AND sounds good, this is your unit.

I've heard so many stories about Ibanez pedals breaking, power supplies not working, the switches going bad, blah blah blah. From MY personal experience, this pedal is ROCK SOLID. My Godlyke Powerall powers this thing without any trouble at all. As far as the switch is concerned, I'm sure if you don't STOMP on it, you'll be fine. This isn't a soda can to crush for the can machines. This is a delay pedal. I tap my pedals, not stomp on them.

The pedal is fairly heavy, and it seems fine. I'm sure it will hold up for quite awhile. I've taken it to gigs, rehersals, recording sessions, meetings, etc. Still going strong.

Ibanez? Not real sure about this one...

I play alternative/hard rock/ambient/expiramental/noise-making, etc. I've been playing guitar for roughly two years. This pedal is currently my top pedal in my chain. I love it to pieces. It doesn't sound too digital or harsh, and it's not murky or dirty. It sounds just right.

It fits right in my chain :

Fender Stratocaster > Boss SD-1 > DOD Classic Fuzz > Boss CE-5 > Electro Harmonix Small Stone > Ibanez DE-7 > Behringer GM110.

Placed right after every effect, the closest to the amp.

This pedal is better than the Boss DD-3, the Boss DM-2, the Arion SAD-3, almost any pedal you can think of. I love this pedal because of its versatility and the great bargain. I chose this one because I felt it would suit my needs the best and I was right! Sometimes I can't turn the unit off! When I first got it, I played with it off and on for about three hours before I packed up and put my guitar stuff away. And matched with a volume pedal is just the king of all guitar fun. I love it. I sold the volume pedal (EB Mono Vol), but this one is here to stay!

I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a delay pedal - hilbillies, hard rockers, noise makers, or just plain guitar players! What are you waiting for?!?! ;-)

God Bless!

Update of my previous review
I've owned the de-7 for about 8 months and wish to
submit an updated review. Took a good deal of tweaking to
get the sounds I sought.

Great echo effects. It can achieve many effects associated with the tape delay units of bygone years for
a very reasonable price. I am able to imitate some of
the early Pink Floyd tape effects in the echo mode such
as in "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun".

My gear never leaves the house and is treated with TLC.

Never had to deal with them.

Absolutely fabulous for the price. You get the best of
both worlds-analog echo and digital delay. There are a lot
of great sounds in this box. I've had it since 8/03 and am
still discovering its capabilities. A great effects pedal.

The unit has a huge delay time (2.6 seconds I think).
It sounds precise, bright, a bit metallic, sharp, loud.
It does not sound soft nor warm.

It's not a subtle effect by no means. This delay is meant to be used for delay based playing (U2, Muses, etc ...). It's not the kind that you want to use for adding some air/thickness to your solos.

Blues-rock players steer clear !
I'm not saying it's not useable for those, but there are better dedicated units out.

It sounds wonderful with clean arpegios (better than most other units).
It doesn't sound as good with distortion.

The switch is a big concern and a bad concept anyway.
It's likely to crap out on me very soon.
I have the new version (2 springs near to the shaft as opposed to the older ones that has the springs in the corners)

VERY VERY BAD DESIGN !

If you want to add some "air" to your solos, this is not the one you're looking for. If you're a blues/pentatonic player and want to stomp on this for your solo, look elsewhere, there are better units out there.
If delay/echo is a big part of your sound (like The edge) then this is it.
Better for rythm than for solos.
Better with cleanish tones.
Very proeminent delay that wants to take over your sound.

Well, quite easy I think, if you know your way around delays. Anyone can tweak the knobs, but to have it work and sound great within a band is another story. There was a manual included and it covered the basics, but it all boils down to just fooling around with it for a while.

I mainly use a very pretty Epiphone les paul with a bigsby tremolo. With band practise I'm forced to use a Hughes & Kettner amp (although they're not my favorites). I'm a real pedal-geek, so I've got a range of other pedals, but my main setup is: guitar, boss tu-2, pro-co RAT II, small stone phaser, DE-7, Holy Grail Reverb, amp. At home I have a vox pathfinder 15 watt, which I don't particularly like, but that's another story. The DE-7 is not noisy at all when used with a proper adapter. When it's off it doesn't seem to eat my tone away as some effectspedals do. You can get all sorts of delay effects when it is switched on, but sometimes it just gets a bit muddy when used with the band, but I've found some sweet spots. The echo is just great! Our band plays some radiohead-covers and other stuff. I would be reasonable to say we are a bit of a Radiohead wanna-be band (I wouldn't say clone, bcause we're nowhere near Radiohead). I'm the guy that does the weird effects at the end and tries to mimic Jonny Greenwood's edgy riffs... And the DE_7 is an important part of that sound. It can do the psychedelic depressed echo-y sounds quite well as well as the oscillating noises at the end of Karma Police... The only thing I don't like about it is when you switch the thing off. The delay stops emediately where I would like it to continue and die away for a while...

It's dependable. The next world tour with or band hasn't been planned yet, but I'm sure it will survive one when properly stored in a flightcase. You don't want to smash it against the wall, but hey, these pedals are not ment to be smashed against walls. I'm not sure it would survive a fall down a flight of stairs either. Don't abuse it. If you're nice to it it wll be nice to you.

never dealt with them

Well, I already told you we play Radiohead covers. The DE-7 fits in nicely. I've been playing for about 4 years now and still no good, but I like toying around with my effects. I would surely buy it again if it broke down, especially for the price. I'd like to try a space-echo, but I don't have the cash. I've choosen this unit over the boss dd's. Mainly because it's just as good (or maybe better)at a fraction of the price. It's a very inspiring unit and although I try to blend it in the music we make it often stands out and gives a new demensoin to the song.

I would say that this pedal is very easy to use. I has a time knob, repeat knob, and level knob; you know, moron stuff. It has a switch for delay mode and analog echo mode. The other switch is for the delay range, but if you don't know what the numbers mean, just fool around with the switches and see what they do. These controls are simple and effective and are easy on those of us with higher blood pressures.

First, my setup. I am currently using a Fender Highway 1 Strat, a Crate GX212 combo, a Boss Super Phaser, and I am now glad to add the DE-7 to my setup. It sounds great with my equipment (especially when I use the phaser and the delay together). I can easily replicate the effects-antics of Mike Enziger of Incubus and Omar Rodriguez of The Mars Volta. One of my favorite things to do with this pedal is make noise though. Try it: put the pedal on echo mode and turn the repeat knob all the way up. The signal oscillates and becomes increasingly loud; and if you fool around with the time knob, you can make some cool swooshing noises like Todd Weinstock of Glassjaw. Other than that, the delay mode goves you smooth and flawless repeats while the echo mode does the same and a little more.

Well, I just got it, so I don't really know yet. The pedal seems to be built to take a pretty good amount of abuse, and I don't abuse my pedals very much.

It's a wait-and-see.

I play a small range of styles including some funk, jazz-fusion (kind of) and a "hardcore-esque" style (I'm VERY lousy with the categories, but I assure you I don't play Emo and definitely not Punk). In the short time that I've played, I found my self absolutely despising delays, but falling in love with this one. I would definitely buy this pedal over a Boss delay (even though Boss makes some pretty solid stuff). I love its simplicity, and it looks cool too. If it was lost or stolen, I would definitely buy another. This pedal is beyond great for the price and is a MUST-BUY for the less-wealthy musician longing for a dealy, or anyone who just wants one.

This is with refernce to the adapter issue. Just bought a DE7 and expected problems after reading some of these reviews. Got the guy
in the store to test a standard multi-adapter (#7, about $10) for me and it worked. Got the unit home and tried it with my 2 other multi-adapters running my Boss CE-5 and Dano Fab-Tone (all 3 different brands, output 300-500mA) they all work just fine. I can only guess that some people have had polarity issues. If the polarity at the jack-plug is reversed, it obviously won't function at all. So there you go. Enjoy.

Easy to use.

UPDATE:
If you want a great digital/analog delay get the DE-7! The delay section gives you precise,hearty repeats at long or short intervals...CLEAN.
If you like the DM-2,but can't afford one,the DE-7 can do the job...and more! Since it has it's own delay volume knob,you can let the DE-7 "BLOW-UP"(oscillate)all it wants,without damaging your speakers.Plus,it gets longer repeats.Tweak the rate knob and your space ship can land or take off.
I don't leave home without it!

These boxes are kinda frail.I know it's supposed to be a "stompbox".But if you stomp it too hard,knock it around or get it dirty,YOU'RE ASKING FOR TROUBLE!
It's NOT a Boss.
I managed to fix the switch though.

Too bad,Ibanez makes some cool stuff.

Very good!Had mine for 2yrs. and it's "still alive and well".I think DE-7's have better tone than most of the Roland/Boss stuff and can really get WILD!You have total control of all of it's aspects.I just wish it were stereo.My DD-3 was a little too thin sounding,so I sold it to a friend...he's happy.But my DE-7 gets NO REST!
I use it all the time.

STOP SAYING SILLY THINGS ABOUT THE ADAPTER PROBLEM. The ibanez one is not special but it's simply a STABILIZED adpter, that is required for many other pedals (my morley wah is fucking noisy and quite worthless with a non-stabilized adapter). I just bought a stab. 850 mA adapter and it works perfectly connected in parallel with the delay, the wah and two dist pedals, just warms a lot but that's an ampere problem... and it was just 10 ?...

Relatively easy to use-takes some tweaking to get the
sound you seek.

Sounds good (especially on the echo mode) with a good
chorus pedal.Make no mistake, though, this is a digital
box with all its conotations.Nails the David Gilmour sound
pretty well(the main reason I bought it).Seems to interact
well with my other pedals.

Haven't owned it very long to comment on this aspect.
Seems quite sturdy, though.Easy to turn off and on, unlike
some of my other beloved pedals.

Never had to deal with Ibanez.

Good pedal for my style.Very versatile with 3 delay
modes and the echo mode.Definately not a toy. Seems well
built and a good value for the price.Lots of good sounds
to be had. Buy an Ibanez AC-109 adapter-it has a voracious
appetite for 9 volt batteries.

I think its pretty easy to use. Im not a fan of alot of pedals in my setup. Nor am I a fan of pedals with too many features. This one however was alot of fun to experiment with. I dont use the delay much but the echo is killer. The manual for it is boring, so I threw it away and started experimenting with it. The pop up buttons are a nice touch. Once you find a good setting, just push em down and you cant accidently reposition them.

Sound quality its ok on a clean or chorus setting. In the echo mode it deteriorates if distortion is used and the echo volume and depth (length of time the echo goes on) is too high. Generaly this can be avoided since too much volume and depth can get you lost after awhile unless you are playing the same three notes over and over again.
I use a Les Paul through a Dunlop Wah, Ibanez distortion, Ibanez delay, Johnson Chorus, Danelectro EQ to a Marshall AVT50 half stack.

I have had it for a couple years and gigged with it numerous times. I have read here that the pedal will not work with any adapter other than the Ibanez power supply. Mine works fine with a standard five plug loop (used to supply power to this and other pedals) and a generic power adapter. I beleive its a Realistic power adapter from radio shack.

Never had a problem, so Ive never dealt with customer support

I play mostly rock, blues, and metal. This pedal works well in all situations. Ive been playing for over 20 years. If it were stolen, I would probably replace it with the same one, although I am tempted to see how well other brands sound since this is my first real echo pedal. I would say that this pedal is probaly somewhere between a cheapo and an expensive one by the way its constructed. Its not cheap plastic but its not a metal tank either. Good value for the money.

3 simple knobs do the trick for you, 3 delay modes, pretty easy to use, no need for a manual. What I got with the DE-7 was a cd with some "standard settings", great to experiment with.

Setup: Epiphone Les Paul (Gibson hardware) + Ibanez RT250 (cool tiger stripes), DE-7 + PROCO RAT Distortion, through a Marshall 8040 Valvestate and/or Ibanez 25R amp.
All effects with the DE-7 are great sounding, from simple (...) vintage echo to metal double play.
I could get Funkadelic's Maggot Brain sound with some minor experimenting, and found some heavenly echoes that scream to be used.
I think this is the best delay one could buy (sure, we all want a Roland Space Echo...but for that price you can buy like 5 DE-7 pedals !!!), all with their own set-up, sounds like echo heaven, with some delay...

the DE-7 looks very sturdy, I haven't played with it in a live set environment, but I don't forsee any problems with it.

never dealt with customer support

I use the DE-7 for a whole range of styles, from laid-back ambient stuff to double played metal riffs.
If it were stolen or lost, I'd have a cry first, and propably buy a new one, The Ibanez DE-7 delay/echo is not a toy, it is an addition to your abilities as a guitar player. I choose the DE-7 for it's price and sounds (check it out on Ibanez's website), I has some trouble deciding between the DE-7 and a Delayla...but really, what you can do eith a Delayla, you could also achive with the DE-7.
Ibanez rules (for now at least...)

You have to deal with it to get your own sound....a lot of sounds can be obtained...with a lot of stesp. No need to read the manual :)

My setup is epiphone studio/ibanez talman --> americanbigmuff --> boss ds-2 -> EH smallclone -> boss BF-2 -> ibanez de-7 -> fender roc pro 1000/eko herald.
mmmm.....no noise. I like the echo a lot...some kind of radiohead stuff. The delay is great too....loooooooong delay time.

i use it turned on for at least 70% of my performances :)

never have had to deal with

im used to play a sort of postrock and i find it soo cool.
i have tried a dd-2, dd-3, multivox delay machine, line6, danelectro pb&j and dan-echo but the de-7 is still the best all over.
a bad thing: no tap pedal.

pretty easy just take your time and listen for how long and how much repeats, pretty easy to get used to, delay time, repeat, delay level knobs and a range switch (30-160 ms, 120-650 ms, 480-2600 ms) and mode switch (delay or echo)

very good quality, i like the fact that as soon as you hit the switch off it stops, not like boss pedals. i don't really like the echo effect but that just my opinion, and you can get some fucked up sounds by messin around with the knobs. i wouldn't give it a 10 though because its not completly perfect

very reliable

none

Very good delay, i wish it had reverse effects, and some kind loop option but i can't complain

Simple. Effective.

Ass-cheap pedal, great sounds.

IT WON'T WORK WITH AN ADAPTER! AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE! IBANEZ- MAKE SURE THESE WORK BEFORE YOU SELL THEM TO ME!

you get a 4, cuz with batteries, you rule.

I'm gonna find out soon.

SERIOUSLY, I'M POSTING THIS AS AN ADVISORY- MANY OF THESE MODELS ARE DEFECTIVE! DON'T GET SCREWED! I love this pedal, but I NEED to use an adapter, not waste thousands of dollars on 9 volts.

C'mon, it's a pedal. The only way it could get easier is if somebody else turned the knobs for you!

This is the best sounding delay in a pedal format that I've yet tried (haven't played through the L6 Delay modeler, but I refuse to pay that kind of money for a delay anyway). For a long, long, time I've been looking for a non-rack delay that sounds good and does old style echo too. I've really missed my old analog echo sounds, and this pedal has brought them back for a really good price. It really emulates analog echo quite well!
To those who haven't heard analog echo, well, digital delay units are fine, but are also really all the same after a point in fidelity, and when this pedal is in that mode, it does that typical "carbon copy" thing pretty good too - but turn it to Echo mode, and prepare to hear something special...analog style echo produces a decaying fidelity echo that can eventually blend together into an ambient background, thus producing a beautiful & spacey sounding effect in the process. Turn the repeat knob far up, and it feeds back - which I think sounds great. You can hear echo like this in Radiohead's material. Every analog echo brand sounds a little different than its competition, due to greater sonic variables than a digital delay, and this one happens to have a very musical & usable sound to it. Overall, it's just so much cooler sounding than a typical digital delay in my opinion.

Well, I'm not sure as mine is in great condition, but the plastic pedal switch looks pretty weak to me - I'd personally much rather have the typical old style EH-like DPDT metal footswitch on the top of the casing. As for the rest of the pedal, it looks pretty sturdy.

Typical big company - they certainly don't appear to have anywhere near good customer support - just look at their website, and you'll see what I mean.

This is a great pedal, no doubt about it. I'd buy it again in a second. It's more versatile for less money than the competition, and sounds great to top it off. I give it a 9, because I'm really picky, and I don't think that any pedal really deserves a 10.

Just great.

Ah, it's nice.
The echo puzzles me... that whole infinite loop thing (in echo mode with repeat of full) got me excited, until I realized that it also makes the sound GET INFINITELY LOUDER!! Ahh, my nerve. Did anybody else have this problem or do I just have a weird pedal? Either way, I blasted my entire house. Surprised the walls are still standing....

I don't get the Echo mode.. delay is cool, but the echo just sounds like my Amp's underwater. Maybe just my style of playing.

Actually, I needed to take it back because it wouldn't work with adapters. Hmmm.

They're pretty good.

Good pedals in general, I imagine, but I think I have a bad one. It BLASTED me.

extremely easy to get a good sound...grrreeeeeeaaaaat echo for the money...love the delay times...some people say the the delay sounds sterile.Ill address that later. Didnt even look at the manual, thank you. With a delay unit you have to screw with it yourself to get the sound you want..The controls are self explanatory if you have used any delay unit before

I use this for my main setup of either a PRS Santana or an Ernie Ball silhouette through an ADA MP-1 preamp(love it!!!) Into , yes you heard me right, an Alesis RA-100 reference power amp.This is fed in stereo to an ancient Peavey 4x12 cabinet(built like a rock!!!! With the scorpion speakers in them) and a 2 X 12 Carvin Cab. FOr those that Are curious, I use the Carvins loaded with celestions for the high end and the warm Scorpions for the low bottom. I then alter the signal level from each to "EQ" my tone for the right balance of highs and lows.I have noise reduction due to the fact that all my pedals hiss from the ac powering(sorry< i just cant keep up with batteries on 6-8 pedals especially this power soaker!!!). OK enough about my set up...The echo is awesome sounding, but one major stickler is this....in a band context, if you kick this thing in for a lead, you will drop out into a wash of mush(it will sound fine if the band isnt playing though!)....i suppose using a volume pedal to boost the signal when you kick this on might alleviate the problem, but i do not need another pedal!!!! I have the soundman boost me a little in case you were wondering...and now about sterile sound: remember one mans junk is another mans weapon!!! When using this to recreate triplet repeats(Think Van Halens "Cathedral" without the volume swells), this "sterility" causes the triplet notes to stab out of the amp like ice picks! Its funny because a lot of people use this effect to sound like theyre playing more notes than they are, but with this effect its driving the point home. Its like, "Look at me go!" right in the audiences face!

looks sturdy. I would use it on a gig without a backup because if it did fry, I could use it to whack someone on the head and take theirs!!! It has been dependable so far ( 6 months)

Never dealt with Ibanez.

I have been playing for 18 years I play jazz, metal, alt,you name it...i dont think ive even scratched the surface of what this baby can do. I definitely would get another if lost or stolen (dont you dare!)Just too much of a bargain to pass up. I just cant stress enough...try to make new sounds folks...If something doesnt sound like you thought it would, that could be a good thing, give it a chance and im sure you can find gold in just about any pedal..

Pretty easy to dial in a really great echo, ferget the manual, u don't need it (unless you have serious I.Q. issues).

Poor mans dd-3. GREAT ECHO sound! Bought it for the echo, the delay sound is just ok, kinda cheap sounding.
My set-up: MIM modified Tele thru a Fender Deluxe 90 (no tubes ma!) with an older Crybaby, old Ibanez Tube Screamer (god I love that box!)and an MXR noisegate.
The tone I get with this set-up is somewhere between Dire Straits and SRV.

It's a fairly new addition to my set-up so I don't know about reliabilty but it . I do know it thru batteries like shit thru a goose.
Guess I'd better get the wallwart for it (ugh!).

So far it hasn't been nessesary.

I play the blues and the echo is to die for. If it was lost I would buy another one. Just wish it wouldn't go thru the batteries the way it does, gotta change it every 6-7 hours of use.

Ive gone thru a DD3 before this and although i did not A/B these 2 but the DE-7 sounds very good. The best part is the echo definitely. Yes i can't say it sounds like those analog delays but u can use ur ears to hear it for urself. But the downside of echo is that i could not use very long delay times for it because it will sound 'dirty', but anyway I would switch to delay mode when using long delay times.

A definite no for this category. It's not because of the switch, it's just that after only two week of use, the pedal suddenly could not be turned on for no reason. It's not the switch, I dunno why then I put a battery in it, then it can be switched on again, but when i use back my adapter, it's not working again...terrible, i really can't give myself reasons to trust Ibanez 7-series pedals again after hearing so many realiability issues.

Seriously I would not buy Ibanez 7-series pedals every again and I really don't recommend anyone to buy, please rather buy Boss pedals at least they won't fail on u on stage.

Very easy to use. 3 knobs and 2 switches, no big deal. The hard thing is to get a nice delay sound out of it; sometimes is better to have it on the effects loop of the amp instead of in front of it. The effect-level makes dramatic changes in the sound, making it confuse sometimes.

The effect in general sounds great. It's very clean and when turned OFF it doesn't affect the sound noticeably, I don't know if it has true bypass or not, but it's really quiet anyway. The delay mode is very nice and is the one I use the most; the echo sounds good but I don't have a use for it right now, so I can't say much about it.

It is important to try it both ways, in front of the amp or through the effects loop; it sounds different.

The thing I personally dislike is that it seems to add A LOT of reverb when used with a high effect-level. I don't know if it's normal in these type of effects, but it's annoying, I can't use it past 8 o'clock, or it will sound like bullshit. I use it with distortion, so a high effect level with LOADS of annoying reverb = total shit, especially when soloing really fast. If I follow this rule of thumb, though, I have a very nice sound.

My current setup is: Yamaha RGX621D or Jackson King V or BC RICH Mockingbird -- BOSS TU2 -- BOSS MT2 -- IBANEZ DE-7 -- vintage MRX Phase 90 -- CRATE Blue VooDoo

Nice pedal, rugged and reliable it seems. But Hell, it doesn't feel as reliable as MXR or a BOSS at least. The plastic switches don't give me enough confidence, but I don't move'em anyway, I use delay mode and the middle position for time (I don't remember the range in milliseconds, though).

The thing I really hate about it is that, contrary to BOSS products, you must use only an IBANEZ adapter or it won't work. At least it happened to me and it wouldn't be a trouble if it wasn't because you can't find it easily here (luckily I had one!!). The secret is inside the adapter, it's different than the others (dirty trick, IBANEZ), no matter if they are 9V too, PANASONIC, BOSS or another brand. I know 'cause I opened mine :) he he he

BUYER BEWARE: Some idiot said in an early review that you must use a 9V adapter with 70mA or so, otherwise you will fry the circuit. WRONG, WHAT AN IMBECILE, JUST FUCKING DIE!!!! You can't fry a circuit by doing that, don't be an asshole. The way to fry any pedal, multieffects or electronic device of any kind, is to use an adapter with a higher output voltage than the input voltage that the device is intended for, for example a 12V adapter for a 9V pedal. The higher the mA output of the adapter, the stronger the output current, so it means less chance to have an unexpected drop-off, and that, to me, is an advantage. So when somebody tries to fool you with such bullshit, don't be an idiot and smash his/her face, stupidity must be punished!

I dunno, I don't care.

I find it to be a nice effect. Well built, but could be better. The sounds are clean and nice. Nice for Metal, Rock and any musical genre where delay is needed. 2 effects for the price of 1, at $59.99 is a good deal, anyway.

PLEASE PLEASE, adjust the effect-level reverb IBANEZ. It makes the effect almost unusable on high settings, at least for Death Metal fast soloing.

If stolen or damaged I'd search for anything else, maybe a Guyatone, just for trying out something different, or a rack-mountable unit. But, if you have a tight budget and want a nice-sounding delay it would do the trick OK.