Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler

Not extremely difficult to use, if you can use stompboxes and if you can read the manual supplied, then you can fly this one...

The idea behind this effects unit is impressive, but I dont think it delivers totally.. One thing that leaves me a bit cold is the volume drop I get when plugged into my effects loop, very noticeable volume drop, only way to fix was to plug into the front of my amp, not ideal. I dont get the volume drop with any other pedal that is hooked into the effects loop, eg Boss DD3.

Yep it hasnt gone BANG yet... But what about the guy a few reviews down that reckons he has bought 4 and they have all blown up, now he's going to buy number 5... Laughable. Not sure about you guys, but I would be looking at another product if I'd had as much trouble as him. Dumb.

I play covers as well as originals, like I said, its ok but Im going to buy a DD-20 and try that.. If thats no good I will stick with my DD3 in the E/Loop.

Let's cut to the chase - I bought this thing 2 weeks ago. It came with the free expression pedal, which feels less stable than one of my 2 year old son's toys. I bought the additional power supply and the warranty based on other reviews. I thought it might last longer than 2 hours of total playing time, but last night I sat down with the thing to learn how to use it, recorded a loop, hit the playback button and voila - lights out. this POS is going right back to the store - free crappy plastic expression pedal and all. I have no idea why some of you have said you own several of these units only to keep replacing them. What the **** is wrong with you?? How many time have you ended up looking like an idiot in front of an audience because of this thing? There are a LOT of great toys out there so please dear comrades STOP SUPPORTING LINE 6. I personally will never buy another Line 6 product no matter what they try to convince me it can do. There are just too many options. I AM WOEFULLY UNIMPRESSED!

Once you understand the technical terminology it's pretty straight forward, it just takes time because it's like having about a dozen different pedals with different settings, but I think it's pretty easy to use....
Manual is good.

You know, I am not really that obsessed with exact replication or pure quality, I often use a lot of other efx, so I'm generally looking for repeats, echoes and sometimes I let them head towards overload, and feedback chaos, so it's great for that..
My set up usually consists of:
Guitar: DeArmond M75-t, with Bigsby tremolo or 1983 Peavey T-60.
Amp: Line6 Spider II with foot control and programmed efx.
Efx: Boss me-6, Danelectro Fab Tone, This pedal, line6 fm4.

This is an original, must have it 5-7 yrs, always gig with it, am really bad at looking after my stuff too.... always dusty and in crappy, sticky venues, don't do many gigs a year, but this is a good thing to have...

never had to

I play drone-rock. Playing 22 yrs.
This is my favourite bit of kit..

Ok not the easiest. but the more specific you get the more you have to expect in complexity. you will have to read the manual. and you should it has models of the classic echo's and analogs so youll benifet. i give it an eight cause cinsidering what it does you shouldnt complain. otherwise shut up and go blow 2 grand on the pedals its duplicating.

i was hoping to get some johnny greenwood echo sounds and im completely satisfied. the analog echo's are great to. i have played on analog pedals and it nails them just fine without the added air in your main signal. this is a downside to analog pedals there is air. its just how it is. i own a dod stereo reverb. its a analog reverb pedal and it has a real warm sound. im able to get as close as i need to with it and that work just fine for me. SCREW THE DD 20! im so sick of boss followers. lets face the facts boss are good cause there reliable. 75 percent of all boss pedals sound like ass! ive played on the dm series. there not that impressive. the ad9 blows them out of the water. both of them. dont let someone talk you into buying a dd 20 until you try this one. dd20 has retardedly long delay. honestly i had a dd 6 and didnt quite see whey you need a delay that long. its stupid. your reaching a point where your music might be to trippy and annoying and you should just get a life. i own some boss dont get me wrong. but i own them cause there reliable. and didnt pay much. in this situation the dl4 wins. and yes ive used both. dl4 sounds better. it nails the analog better then the dd 20. the dd 20 doesnt sound wild enough. analog is a bit unpredictable. you cant just drop the highs and expect to nail analog"dd20" and this thing is true bypass. and you can hear it. or should i say not hear it. i owned a dd6 and a bunch of other stuff i wasnt comfortable playing on live and have since my purchace of a dl4 have decided to sell. you can say what you want about this thing not looking reliable. try the real things folks that stuff is way not reliable. id invest in the mod pedal but i like to use multi effects so i wont be. but i was that impressed with this pedal.

heres my board

boss hyper fuzz
digitech whammy
ibanez bc9 bimode chorus
ibanez fl 9 flanger
visual sound jekyll and hyde
digitech synth wah
harmonix nano stone
dod milkbox
boss rv 3(which sucks and im waiting for someone to make a better small reverb pedal)
line 6 dl4

all and all i think this thing is well worth its value. its noisy when it needs it and quiet when it doesnt. i am really big on the analog settings. and echo. love em!

dont know but if it breaks ill be posting it. it seems a little fragile but no more then any analog delay pedal is.

im into alot of styles and it nails them all quite well. its great. i dont think i would change anything about it. if it were stolen id cry for a while then cry somemore. thne figure out how to come up with 275 outta nowhere and get another. id love more presets but with a delay even if you had the reals things roland space echo etc. you wouldnt have it then either. its very fun to play with while also getting the job done live. great pedal!

super easy to figure out.
Really dont have to use the manual at all if you put the stickers that tell you what the knobs do right on you line 6(the stickers are available on the newere units.

Playing live I have no complaints about the sound quality. I use it mainly for looping and just a light delay sound during solos. FOr this use it is great. ALso works great for trippy background delay noises.
WHen recording with a high quality recorder you will notice some degredation of the sound.
I still am yet to get it sonding right through my recorder(ROland vs-2480 which makes pretty much anything else sound great)

Cannot depend on it unless it is BRAND NEW. I own four units and not one of them work. now im about to buy my fifth.
The reliability just is horrible. Each of mine have lasted about a year b4 they cut out. The oldest one I own was bought in '99, so I dont know what people are talking about the old ones being better. The one bought in 99 died in a yr. and so did the one bought i 06.
I have done many gigs without a backup dl4 which is fine for the first few months.
You can tell when the thing starts to crap out soon enought to tell whether or not to ust it during a gig.

Mabe if u have a power condidtioner, dedicated circuits and all that it is reliable, but I dont beleive t. Once it start dying, it does not matter wat plug I have it in. Works the same at the bar with 3 amps on 1 plug as it deos at home in my studio with its dedicated circuit and proper power.
NO reliability

never had enough time to send it back to get fixed, just kept buying new ones because i needed them for gigs.

I play jam-band style music and this pedal is a perfect match. It seriosly makes up for well over $1000 worht of pedas in jsut this one little board(tahts why i keep buying it) Where else can u get a delay looper and a selection of delay effects(whick IMHO work sound as good as most other stompboxes) for only $250? no where.
I think you can only compare it to the boss loop station and the boomerang phrase sampler.
The boomerang is obviosly the best but at $500 you only getting delay loops and some pitch shiftig in the loops, no other effects. Ive also heard horror stories about the reliability of these as well.
THe boss loop station is alright(I own this too but never use it) but it doesn't hold up against the dl4. ALl it does is loop. It;s loops are a lot harder to get going and overdub onto. Also it only has 2 pedals so it becomes hard to remeber how to press them to get the functions int he middl of a solo or long loop. It is just not the same thing as the DL4.

next time im thinking about gettig the line 6 delay modeler rack-mounted unit. I have a feeling that it is much better quality and it won't breack as fast beacue it won't have ists sensitive digital circuits ib the ground.

Fairly simple to get a good sound from. Easy to edit patches and program on the fly. There are a lot of settings on here that somewhat useless IMHO. I really only use the Analog Delay and Digital Delay settings.

Well, it certainly doesn't sound like what it says it models. I used to have a Deluxe Memory Man, as well as a DD-6 and an Ibanez AD-9 delay. Those took up a hell of a lot more space on my board, hence the reason for the switch. However, I very much so enjoyed the sound of those 3 pedals in comparison to this green machine.

This pedal seems to add white noise to the signal, as well as sucking some tone and coloring the sound in a not-so musical way. The other delays were noisy, but in a non-harsh sorta low-fi way that was more musical.
Here is my current setup:
Telecaster Deluxe/Jazzmaster -> TU2 -> Homemade Orange Squeezer Clone -> SD-1 (modded) -> Homemade DOD-250 Overdrive (modded) -> Turbo Rat -> EH Smallstone -> CS-2 Chorus (Vibe Modded) -> TR-2 Tremolo (Modded)-> DL4 -> Silverface Twin Reverb

So I have a somewhat elaborate setup...And I have made some of my own pedals and tweaked things to my liking. However, I do use all of these pedals in a given night, and do notice even the slightest change to the sound setup when I add or remove something. The DL4 seems to thin out the sound slightly when added to the chain.

I haven't had any issues with it since I purchased it a year back. It hasn't given me any of the problems people are listing on here. I've heard horror stories from friends, but perhaps the new generation of these pedals have the kinks worked out of them. Who knows. I'm using the Line6 Power supply on this pedal. Haven't had any "wink outs" or power fluxes. No issues at all.

Never delt with.

I play in an indie rock / low-fi style band. It matches what I'm looking for... ALMOST. It sounds as though if it had just a bit more development, they would have really nailed it. Some of the modes are just too similar sounding to each-other. I really think they could have worked longer on the analog delay mode, so that the decays would become more and more washed out over time, like the good-old bucket brigade chips in the analog delays (like Memory Man). It still seems a bit too bright to me on most settings. Instead of giving the option of tweaking and tweezing treble and bass, they should have set these to match the pedals they were modeling, and given other options like Decay Tone.
If it gets stolen or breaks, I won't be buying another. I'll probably get another Memory Man Deluxe.
It doesn't help make music, it just gets in the way of being creative. It just doesn't have the vibe I'm looking for.

Pretty easy to use. Manual is very instructive but I found it easy to use even without it. When you found the delays you like you learn what the Tweak and Tweez buttons does. Easy to program new settings, easy to use the tap to change speed. I even use the expression pedal that can be used with any of the knobs like changing speed repeats etc, even that one is easy to use. Once you get the hang of it you will have a good time.

It sounds really good. A lot of nice delays in the same pedal is really cool and that was the reason I bought it.

But I kind of feel a volume drop when I switch it on and on some of the delays. It adds a litte bit of treble when switched on, at least on some of the effects. A little bit anoying but it??s nothing I hear when using it in a band situation.

No way, the quality of this pedal sucks big time. A friend of mine bought it for me in the N.Y. and it didn??t work when I got it. Had to struggle with a service guy in N.Y. who took his time and first sent me the wrong pedal. When I finally got my pedal almost a year later it worked fine in 5 months when I got the circuit board replaced. Now it just went dead again. I think it??s something with the power but I really have no clue. After checking support pages, speaking with friends, checking forums I realized this is a piece of crappy quality. I??ve only used it at home, fixed in my pedal board and would never rely on it without a backup. It??s pity since it sound so good.

Got answer pretty fast but it was nothing that really helped me. I sent it to a service center and almost didn??t get it back. I called up the support (not Line 6 themselves) and they were very helpful and called the service dude and asked him what the heck he was doing. I hope they cut that guy off.

I play soul- blues- country-inspired music and I mainly use the delay for soloing. I??ve been playing for 20 years in groups but I mainly play acoustic guitar now and doesn??t do any electric guitar gig that often. I reallt like this pedal but the quality sucks. I would like to have one better working but I won??t buy another one if they can??t fix mine or if they would charge me a lot of money to fix it. It??s a really versatile pedal and the money would be well spent if it was reliable.

definitely easy... but i've been using it for years now... maybe 5 by now.

i have two of the original pedals... use both for my gigs... have for years now.. and the sound doesnt seem to be so bad because i am just using the looping effect on it and as long as the signal i put in doesnt have too much distortion on it, the quality of sound of the loops are great.

BUT... i recently had to purchase a new pedal only because one of them was misplaced on my travels.... and... was a big disappointment when i
got the new one.

i had just an hour until soundcheck... so i thought buying a new one would be no risk....??but as soon as i took it out of the box and
plugged it in... there was a big white noise in the background.
i used only batteries... put in another set of batteries.. checked all the cables... and at first i didnt think that sound was coming from the new line 6... i was testing out all my other stuff.. and finally.. isolating the new line 6... by itself with my instrument plugged into it... that was the only pedal the made this white noise...

unfortunately.. was too late to exchange it at the store.. and it really was shitty to have to build loops with white noise that grew with each new loop. really crap.

i am sure there is a big difference between something made in a sweatshop and something made by people who are part of a union.

NOT THE NEW ONES:

my old ones... those i have not yet ever had problems with.

but for spending 260 euros... (that is more US dollars...)
to get a piece of shyyyte... was quite a disappointment.
you would think that there would at least be some quality control
on something that makes such a messy sound while it was just in bypass mode...

i am just taking this pedal back and getting my money back....
and wait for my misplaced one to get delivered back to me.

then i am going to research some other easy to use and more reliable, better made loooping pedal.. and start getting used to using something new so that the day when my line 6 pedals die.. i will already be prepared to use something else... or maybe i will not see the day they die because my loss of faith in line 6 products will guide me to other company's pedals.

works great for what i do.
am only using one function of the pedal for what i do... and
so i know i can find many other pedals that do the same thing.

or.. if anyone has one of the old american-made ones... i'd rather buy that.

Fairly easy, if in doubt check manual or experiment

Nice range of delays and 14 sec sampler, Very nice sounding pro pedal.

Heres where this get a sour rating from me. I was so delicate with this and it never left my house once. Right after my warranty expired this pedal died. The DL-4 was not built to last, i wish i read the reviews here before I bought this junk. I own many pedals for over 20 years and they still work great. This barley made it after 1 year and for the price of almost 300 with the power pack (sold seprately) I would say its not worth the dissapointment. This pedal is a risk and a gamble, sure it sounds great but why take that chance. Not woth the hassel. If you do, most definatly get the insurance and when or if it craps out get a boss.

Answered my question on the forum quickly but was only a superficial answer, a bandaid on a major wound. I'm going to try and call but I don't have the patience to deal with customer service, this shyte should still be working for the price damnit. I will no longer purchase Line 6 pedals. Not after this. Line 6 should address this issue and extend the miserly 1 year warranty. I contacted the 3rd party repair place and its gonna cost $75 just for the tech to look at it for up to an hour if he can repair it in the time if more serious can probably cost much more if the board is fried and not worth it.

A really good sounding delay pedal with many features and perfect for my style of playing only when it was WORKING!!!!! It feels so solidly made on the outside but made with egg shells and glass on the inside. ALL dissatisfied DL4 owners should complain to the better business bureau for Line 6 making a lamely built product thats flawed. Thats how I feel.

Very easy to use.

This delay pedal sounds incredable, add's load's of unique dirt to your sound that you won't get anywhere els.

Ive had mine for 2 month's, bought it brand new and it still work's fine, although the power supply is very sensative, any change in the supply itself, and it will shut off, not good if your using it for gigging. I use it in my home studio to run my synth's, and other gear through. It's a great pedal for that type of use, but woudn't buy one used.

never dealt with them.

I give it a 7 because you get some heafty unique delay effect's out of this thing, but that crap power supply issue knock's it down a good bit. Shame really, could have been a classic, im shure the rack version will.

I thought it was easy to use in conjunction with the manual. After playing with it for an hour, I had 3 usable delays programmed in. Haven't messed with the looper yet.

Sound quality is poor and 'somewhat' close to the effects they claim to model. I A/B'd it up to my deluxe memory man and there was no comparison. I'm not a fan of multi-effects units, but I need different delays, I thought this would do the job. To me the sacrifice in the authenticity of the target modeled effect was worth the convienence of having 3 delays in one pedal for live gigs. So yeah, it colors your sound alot and isn't very authentic, but it does 3 pedals plus a looper in the space of 2. It's the only non-true bypass pedal in my rig and you sure can tell unfortunately. My chain is Les Paul Standards>Ernie Ball Volume>Vox Wah>True Grit Overdrive>Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive>DL4>Matchless Clubman 35.

I just picked up a new exchange at Guitar Center. The first one let me down both of the 2 times I gigged with it. At home while programming it, no problem. The odd thing is that both times it crapped out, it didn't fail until about 2 or more hours into the gig. Both times I ended up bypassing the delay completely so I could finish the gig without anymore embarassing moments. When trying to find the problem, I accidentally jiggled the input cable and it intermittently would come back on. Thinking it was a cable, I rewired my entire pedal board in George L's, worked great at home. Next gig, same problem occured after a few hours of playing. (I do have the correct Line 6 power supply for it.) so yeah, I'm hoping I had a bad connector on the input or something. If this one fails on me, this will be my first and last Line 6 purchase. If any other owners know of an easy fix for my problem, feel free to correspond.

Haven't yet dealt with them. Guitar Center exchanged it for me with no issues.

BAD:
-Colors the sound and sucks tone
-Does not accurately reproduce the vintage pedals it claims to model.
-Failed on both gigs I used it on.

GOOD:
-Has some cool unique delay sounds.
-Can store 3 delays plus have a looper in the space of 2 pedals.

RECOMMENDATIONS:
-If you have a way to isolate the pedal such as as a switchable effects loop, do it. Anything you can do remove it from the chain when you aren't using it would help your tone. Unfortunately my amp doesn't have a switchable loop, and I'm not buying another pedal to save this one from itself.

This is an update to a very old review, so some ratings have changed. Anyhow . . .

I had an easy time dialing up sounds on my DL4, but I thought of it as a digital device, with presets, rather than as a big green pedal. It's clear that a lot of users expect the DL4 to act more like a normal pedal, where the knob settings tell you what's going on. The DL4 doesn't do that; if you dial up a sound, and switch off the effect WITHOUT saving the settings, you'll get whatever preset is stored there. That could totally screw up an otherwise great performance. Once you've saved your settings as one of three presets, the knob settings don't matter anymore; when you hit switch 1, 2, or 3 you'll get preset 1, 2, or 3, regardless of how the knobs are set. In Looper mode, the DL4 DOES act like a big pedal, and the knob settings work in realtime.

The Manual is long on self-indulgence, and lean on specifics. I got what I needed from it, but I can't ignore the complaints from so many of my fellow musicians, and I'm not willing to make the assumption that so many musicians must be stupid. The knob settings you see under the description of each effect model; those are the knob settings used to create that preset, but the Manual never really tells you that. You don't get any important specs like Current Draw, S/N Ratio, Input/Output Impedance, etc. Even a simple Boss DS-1 has that info in the Manual. It may not change how you would use the pedal, but it reflects a sort of carelessness that seems to be the problem with many of the Line 6 Modelers.

I had given the DL4 an 8 or 9 for Ease of Use, but I can see where it's probably closer to a 6 or 7 for many users. For myself, I'll give it a 7; double-clicking to get to Reverse Loop mode has gotten really old. I have an RC-20, and even though I had to buy an extra footswitch to click in and out of Reverse, it's worth it.

Not much new to say here. I've seen two of my favorite artists using the DL4; Bill Frisell, and Andy MacKay (!?!), who plays sax and oboe with Roxy Music. Couldn't see what Phil Manzanera had on his side of the stage. I'm still using the same three sounds (Auto-Volume Swell, Sweep Echo & Reverse Delay), and they all still come up when I step on the switch. I use Auto-Volume to get a Boss Slow Gear w/Delay sound, Sweep Echo gives me a Led Zep "No Quarter" sound (more like the electric piano sound), and I use the Reverse Delay full wet, at 2.5 seconds of Delay. When I use that setting live, people look at my hands, trying to figure out what's going on. I use the Looper most of all.

My rig is still mostly mahogany planks, with HB's, run through a GT-3 and a handful of Delay/Loopers. My current favorite guitar is probably my black LP Special SL, with a Roland synth pickup. The DL4 handles the output from the GT-3, and either of my Guitar synths (a GR-1 & a GR-30) without any added noise or signal drop-off.

Other than the three presets I made for myself, and the Loop mode, I don't really use most of the other models. I mostly found them uninteresting, not really bad, but not worth taking up a memory slot. If I just want a simple Delay sound, I can use the Delay in the GT-3, and for longer Delays, I have a DD-20 and an Akai Headrush.

One sound issue that I've noticed with every Line 6 Modeler I've used; the switches pop when you step on them. It isn't as bad as it could be, but I thought we'd moved past that in the 80's. (On some live albums from the 70's, you can hear the "pop" noise right before a big solo, just when the guitarist kicks in that old Phaser or Overdrive.) Maybe it's a subtle attempt to recreate that "vintage" vibe, but I doubt it.

Here's the critical issue; my DL4 still works. Like, after five years, or so, still works. I haven't experienced any of the nightmares breakdowns I've read about in these, and other reviews. In my earlier review, I mentioned that MY DL4 is one of the original, American-made units. Later on, they were made in Maylasia, and finally, in China. I wonder if some of the QC problems didn't start then.

Another thing I've noticed in reviews of all the Line 6 Modelers, not just the DL4; a lot of players started having problems during, or right after a live gig. I know that a lot of clubs have really funky power fluctuations. Lights, sound boards, compressors in coolers and AC units, all of these things are sucking power from the system, which means that instead of getting 110 volts of clean AC power, the actual voltage is going up and down like a cheap roller-coaster. That can really screw with your gear, especially digital gear. It's not an excuse for poor workmanship, but the combination of a sketchy circuit board and a few bad power spikes could be fatal.

Having said all this, I still give my DL4 a 10 for reliability; I usually have at least one other Looper (an RC-20) and one other long Delay (the Headrush) with me, so I won't be stuck, even if the DL4 dies on me. I probably wouldn't buy another one, if this one went bad on me, like so many other reviewers describe.

Never dealt with them directly, but the website isn't very helpful.

Let's see, experimental/noise guitar, w/lots of loop/delay sounds, so the DL4 is a good fit. I've been playing since the dawn of Surf Guitar, and I have enough gear that I could probably reproduce any of the sounds I get from the DL4, just not all in one box. (Yes, I have DD-20, but I don't take it out; that LCD display looks too fragile.)

If my DL4 left me, I might look for another one, but I would probably look for a used American-made unit before I'd buy a new overseas box. If it just plain died, I don't know if I'd want to spend the money on another potentially suicidal box.

When I got the DL4, there wasn't anything else quite like it; now Boss has released a pile of Loopers, and the DD-20, which has lot of the same features, as well as 23 seconds of delay. There's also a new version of the Akai Headrush, with 32 seconds of Delay/Looping, and, for insane looping, the Electro Harmonix 2880.

Now that the ToneCore pedals are everywhere, it's pretty clear that Line 6 has abandoned the Modeler line for something that acts more like a regular pedal. I've read some pretty unhappy reviews of those products, too; I don't know what to think about Line 6 gear at this point. If you were a friend of mine, asking if I thought you should buy a DL4, I'd probably tell you to read ALL the reviews you could stand, and then decide for yourself; it's your money. The stores are still full of DL4's, if you're feeling lucky.

Given the other products out there for Loop/Delay freaks, it's hard to recommend the DL4, especially if customer support is as bad as people say. Mine still works for me, but that's one unit out of thousands. Mine rates a 9, but yours might only be a 3, or worse, a 1. Let the buyer beware, I guess.

its pretty easy to use, comes with a manual not rocket science but the tweek and the tweeze is kind of lame

sounds pretty good, it obviously doesnt have the warmth of an analog pedal, when i played my friends memory man the tone from the memory man blew the dl4 outta the water, but other than that its alright.

well i hadnt had any problems with it for a while and now its jacked up, sounds to me like line 6 needs to work out the kinks in there pedals because they always keep breaking on people, sounds like not to quality of a pedal. wide range of delay's but for $250-300 people want stuff that works, id almost rather sell this thing and buy a memory man.

on their website you have to use there support forum, which i posted a question late last night and still have gotten no answers from them, if the problem lies with them, because i take good care of my pedals then why is my crap breaking and why is it taking so long to respond back from the company? i gig with this pedal 2-3 times a week so it would be nice for them to get back to me with an answer

if this thing was lost or stolen id be said because i paid 275 bucks for it, but i think id replace it with a memory man or a different delay, i wouldnt want to risk spending the money again and having this stupid thing crap out on me.

Read the manual it explains its self

My rig is vox wah>ernieball volume>visualsounds jeckel and hyde>voodoo lab sparkle drive>ibanez ts9>mxr dyna comp>digitec whammy>boss ch1>mxr 6 band gf eq>line6 dl4 into a marshall jtm 30 watt combo(blues breaker)
i love my setup
with the dl4 theres nothing i can't do its extremely practical but it can sound a bit digital. So what line6 only makes digital products know what your buying before you buy it. For what it does its well worth the minor sacrifice in tone which my mxr eq cleans up pretty well anyways because of it tho i'll have to give it a 9.

Before i bought it i was kinda swayed by all the bad reveiws on this and really all line6 pedals, it scared me, but so many people use them almost all of my favorite guitarists use them. So i bought it and its never let me down but i take very good care of it i keep it in a ata case at all times, it is about 250 brand new so you should too. I can't really say you should trust some these reveiws, people are dumb and probably don't take of there equipment i'm not a rich man so i do. I say find out for yourself and buy one.

hell!!

Great pedal, great "digital effect" i would recommend it to anyone of any style. My rig would not be complete without it

Right out of the box the pedal comes set with a selection of delays that show you as much as they can about the unit. With three selectable delays, a lighted Tap Tempo switch, and all the adjusting knobs recessed into the pedal, it feels solid and is inviting to be played. The manual is informative and somewhat lighthearted. It details the pedal's adjustments, and gives you specific references to which delay pedal it's modeling (note the name) and an optimized tone for the setting. It comes with some stickers to slap on the pedal that tell you the settings, and one can only agree with the common feeling that "Tweak" and "Tweez" aren't very helpful.

I was mildly amused, though. I give it a 10!

My favorite artists are Buckethead, Buckethead, and more Buckethead!
Only kidding, but from the Van Halen/Classic Rock, to the indie Minus The Bear (he's got two of them), to anything I've encountered, I've been able to model a suitable delay and control it easily.
I use it with my gibson sg, in a full pedal board with a variety of makes and manufacturers pedals, and into a Marshall JCM2000 DSL 100
Sometimes I get an audible click in the switches, which is something I've wanted to get looked at, but other than that I think the sound quality is the best thing about this pedal.

I love this pedal, but admittedly it's the third one I'm on. The first one broke, the second one got stolen, and the third one is bolted to my pedal board with a poisonous cobra in the battery compartment so noone takes off with it. Right now, one of the switches doesn't work. The far left one? The switch is unreliable. Too bad that channel is my favorite sounding delay, that I have not been able to replicate, so sometimes I endure it not turning on or off.

They're just like any manufacturer, if you play by their rules, they'll do what it takes. I was going to get my second one serviced and they were helpful via e-mails, but it was stolen.

I play rock, and alot of heavier sorts of indie/emo, and for everything I need it's a solid match. the issue of reliability is a big thing, but if it breaks or if it gets stolen again, I'll get another. versitile, worthwhile, useful.

Needs longer delay. think delay pedal + loop station in one unit

It's pretty ease to use considering how complex the pedal is. The delay knobs are Delay Time, Repeats, Tweak, Tweez, and Mix. The "Tweak" and "Tweez" knobs do different things for different effects, but it comes with a sticker that tells you what they do for each preset. You can definately have fun right out of the box, though. The manual is very well written and after a quick study session, you're good to go.

This. Thing. Sounds. Great.

I love versatility when I play, and I love to be able to get different types of the same effect with one pedal. With the DL-4, I'm able to have one preset give me a classic tube delay sound from the 60's, and have the next preset deliver a swelling, swirling, cosmic delay with infinite repeat that turns my amp to mush. You can get ANY delay tone out of this thing.

Also, the included loop sampler could not be cooler. It offers you unlimited creativity onstage. Some people pay the price of the DL-4 just to get a loop station this good.

I play an Ibanez SZ-320 (which is a poor mans PRS by the way) > Boss TU-2 > Line 6 Uber Metal > DL-4 > Boss Ph-2 Phaser > Dunlop 535Q Wah > All-Tube Peavey Ultra 112.

Every effect sounds awesome. I can't speak for stereo effects because I don't run a stereo setup.

Heeeere's the problem. This pedal has a shaky background. I'm on my second, and I've worked road crew for musicians who are on their second or third. I got it (used) from ebay and it worked for awhile, but at times it wouldn't turn on. You could smack it and sometimes it would cooperate, but not always. Thankfully, it has true bypass so it doesn't stop your show in its tracks. I gig without a backup because I can't afford another one yet, but I feel confident. Just buy it new and get the extended service agreement.

The extended plan from guitar center puts you on the top of their, to-do list should you need to work with them. As of yet, I have not had to send mine in.

I've been recording and playing live for 6 years now, and this thing is my secret weapon, my crown jewel, etc. If it were lost (it won't be) or stolen (I'd find him) I'd get a new one. It's reliability is questionable, but not enough to make me shy away from buying it or to start looking elsewhere. I was considering getting Line 6's Echo Park, but decided against it for three reasons: 1) The tap tempo and on/off switch are the same pedal and you know you're going to stomp on it too hard during a gig and shut it off when you don't want to, 2) in bypass mode, you can hear a fuzzy noise clicking alone with the tap tempo speed and 3) no loop sampler!!

If you're deciding about a delay pedal and you have the cash, just buy the DL-4 (and the warranty). You'll be happy.

This pedal is very easy to use and has many different settings, too much if you ask me. Settings are pretty easy to save. You can store up to 3 different delay settings in the pedal at a time.

The pedal sounds fantastic. I love pretty much all of the settings. It would seem to be a keeper, but as you will see, it is completely unreliable. If you try one out in your local music store, don't be lured in by the great delays, because in a few months, the piece of crap will be broken. I have no complaints about any of the delay settings, but I wish it were sturdier.

As I said earlier, this pedal WILL BREAK! I know many other people who said their DL-4's broke, too. First, my stomp switches broke. Then, the pedal shut off one day and never came back on. I was in the middle of a gig and the pedal just died on me. To make things worst, I was in the middle of a solo with a U2 type delay setting. It never came back on. I take good care of all of my gear, so it obviously had to be the quality of the product. If you like the sounds enough to buy one of these each year, then go right ahead, but you'd be better off with a Boss DD-20 giga delay. It is much sturdier and sounds even better.

I have no opinion, because my pedal "conveniently" died as soon as my warranty expired.

DON'T BUY THIS PEDAL. IT SUCKS! IT WILL BREAK ON YOU! Try the Boss DD-20 Giga Delay. You'd better much better off.

It is relatively easy to use as long as you RTFM. Manual is easy to understand, but Tweak and Tweeze?

Some of the delays are superb. The analogue sounds that feedback are good fun. But the tape echoes are a bit too digital in sound, as you would expect from this. It does a job well having said this.

Depend on it? For about a year or so probably, but mine does not even switch on now. Will try a dd-20 instead. Judging by others experiences as well, this gets a 2. New buyers who give a 6 ir higher here, beware :-)

Never dealt but other line 6 stuff is poor

I play different stuff and like creating sound textures and stuff. This pedal could have been great, but it does not work.

The unit does posess the ability to give the user a HUGE variety of settings. The manual can be a little overwhelming, but if you just sit down, burn one and get into the pedal, you'll have a blast.

I use the pedal with the expession pedal and am very satisfied with the programs. The settings that have the delay along with the flange are a blast to use. Between the toe and heal settings on the expression pedal, it is very capable of producing some absolutly wild effects. We do alot of Pink Floyds "The Wall", so with the ability to program up to six different settings along with the tap tempo switch makes the pedal very valuable to me.

Now here is where I have to disagree with alot of the other feedback. Yes, there have been times where the unit locked up on me but usually I notice this right away and have found that cutting the power for a second or two resets the pedal. But I guess if your using batteries you can't do this. To that I say , "Get out of the dark ages and get yourself a quality power supply!" I think alot of the problems some of you are having is power related. The pedal does only require 9 volts but needs a minimum 1200 milliamps. Most generic wall warts only put out around 800 milliamps. Now while this might be enough in your basement or during souncheck, once the whole band gets going, power consumption is going to rise, amps are going to drop and your pedal is going to shut down and go into that familiar ALL THE LIGHTS FLASHING MODE and won't stop until you reset the power to it. Another common problem that could affect the pedal is the actual power availability at the bar/venue itself. How many times have you got to a place and found out that there are three, maybe four outlets for you to plug the whole band into. And the outlets are probably all on the same circuit, along with the freezer unit in the kitchen. Your Jamming, the freezer kicks on, amperage on that line drops, and bam your pedal is f***ked up again. I have a DL-4 and a MM-4 mounted to my road board and have had very little problems with either one. I use a Voodoo Labs power supply that has two dedicated outlets just for Line-6 pedals, so it seems that Voodoo Labs is aware of power problems for Line-6 pedals and have addressed them accordingly. I also plug my pedal boards' power cord into a quality power conditioner. Now all these precations didn't come cheap, but I have to say since doing all this I have had little to no trouble with my Line-6 pedals. I am not going to say that the other complaints people aren't justified. I just thought I would let you all know what my personal experiences were. Thanks!

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And if it were lost, stolen, or eventually craps out I would definetly get another one. Thanks for taking the time to read all this. Ron

Produces a wide range of delays. Some are augmented with modulation, panning and phase-cancellation. The manual is comprehensive in detail with example settings for each delay model.
Settings are made using a series of rotary controls. These controls vary according to the delay model so can be confusing as some parameters are termed as -tweak- and -tweez-.

The tonal quality seemed muddled on some filter-mod settings and sightly clinical on others. Given time and patience (and reliability) some could be tuned to taste. It is not a noisy pedal and is true- bypass.

He hee haa ha... Can you depend on it? No you can not depend on it!
Would you use it on a gig? No because it would not work!
***Beware eBay purchases***
Unfortunately I read reviews here shortly after winning a bid for a DL4 from some snied wanker. The pedal appears to fine - then after 10-15 minutes switches off. If you were to use it at a gig it would be to wedge the leg on a wobbly table to avoid spillage. It has no musical merit.

Grumble

It was initally interesting. But then it stopped working. It may retain use as a door-stop, table-wedge or ashtray if you take the batteries out.

Okay, realize that there is a manual with user-friendly pictures, sample settings, yah yah. This thing has some great sounds but holy shit I am so sick of having to take out the damn manual on stage to figure out what "tweak" and "tweeze" do to each setting. I'd rather pull out nose hair than keep doing that.

I am a tone nut and have some pretty expensive gear. I play Fender, Suhr, Hamer, and Gibson guitars through a 65Amps London head and cab (incredible) with some choice effects. You can really get some useable sounds out of the DL-4. Most sound pretty sterile and un-analog, but let me tell you something: no one in the audience will know but you (unless they see the big green bastard and know what it is). It will all sound the same to 99.999% of the people who are hearing you. I've had a blast using this thing because it offers a lot of options for a couple of spaces on my pedalboard.

This is the only reason I'm submitting this review. I have gigged with mine a few times, but I don't stomp but merely press on my pedals. I mostly have used this at home. I have only owned it a year or so. Suddenly while practicing the other day, the thing just quits. In the middle of a session. Lights were lit one moment and went out the next. I didn't even touch it. I'm sorry but these things are pieces of shit. I don't have one friend who is still using theirs and now I know why -- everyone's has crapped out. Gear is just not made like it used to be. I have some pedals that are 30 years old that work great. Granted, the DL-4 has a bunch of PCB in it.

Definitely not worth $250. In my opinion, if the chances are high that a piece of gear might crap out at any moment, it is worthless to me. I am not a pro player but when I play, I want my gear to work. Line 6 gear is not reliable. Period.

I'm not bothering.

Like I said, if it might die on you, you might as well not have it. I'm done with Line 6.

It is actually pretty easy to use. There are just so many features that it may take you a while to internalize all of it.

You get three footswitch patches that you can call up. Plus, looping, etc.

For a digital effect it sounds awesome. I run it through the effects loop of a mesa boogie tube amp and it sounds awesome. It has a wide variety of sounds and they all sound pretty good even if you don't end up using some of them.

I've only had it for about a month. I bought it used on e-bay. But it is reasonably solid. I've had no problems thus far. I'd rely on it for gigging, I think.

I've not tried to contact Line 6 so I don't know.

I use it with a Rickenbacker bass, Mesa Boogie Bass 400, and a 6x10 cab. I also have a Jackson bass. It sounds and works great.

I have a Boss DD-3 which sounds decent, but if my DL4 were stolen
I would definitely make it a priority to replace.

If you just want to twiddle knobs and flip through models, it's easy to use. It's a little harder to get the hang of using this thing to it's full potential if you're using it for more than washes of noise or a slapback echo. You can't edit anything like you would be able to on those dinosaur-like rack delays from the eighties, but you get useable sounds easily. That's important.

Sounds fine for rock music of all shades and it's almost an instrument in and to itself for noise and experimental applications. There's a slight bit of warmth lacking compared to a Memory Man or a Maxon, but it's decent. No noise, either.

The first one I had died. The second one I was using (which was borrowed) was starting to get a little shakey. Those footswitches aren't that sturdy, and unlike analog pedals - these things are completely FUBAR once broken. You can't solder pieces back in. You have to get a completely new motherboard. Fucking technology. Fortunately, the sound tradeoff is worth it if you've got the means of protecting it while out and about. Don't take this out on the road unless you can keep it in good shape. It's an expensive investment to NOT protect.

HAH. Worthless.

Good overall product, but for the price you can buy two Echo Parks. I'm interested in using a pair of those for the sheer novelty of having two delays at once. The tap tempo is a great touch, as is the expression pedal, but honestly this thing has so much untapped potential in regards to not being able to turn on all three patches at once. If they revised the software so that this was possible, I think that this could be the best delay pedal ever made. Oh well.

The looper is terrific, but Akai's Headrush beats it for the value and ease of use hands down.

Relatively easy...somewhat self explanatory, but reading the manual is a good idea.

To me, it sounds very weak. And even weaker when the mix is turned up, somewhat muddy. It also sounds "too processed". Line 6 are over do'ers in every category and my stomache starts to turn when I hear the word "modeling" now....because of them.

Ok, not to "dogpile" here, but this effect, as with most of line 6's equipment is no better than a freaking "BOAT ANCHOR". I have had nothing but trouble with the power. Of course, just as the warranty runs out it starts crapping out on me....DURING GIGS! I've had to send it back to my personal tech guys 3 times now to fix the power issues....and of course - this last time - when it gets on their bench, it all of a sudden powers up. Then, I take it home and nothing.....and I have to take it back yet again. If I had paid $50 for this pedal I wouldn't gripe so much, but jeez at a $275 price range...the thing should last forever. But, it's the cheap components, short cuts and cost cutting that Line 6 does on all of it's product that makes them pure poo. So in a nutshell if you are thinking of buying this pedal or any other Line 6 pedal DO NOT BUY THIS!!! DON'T DO IT OR YOU WILL REGRET IT.

They are responsive, but they don't give a rats ass about anything that's out of warranty. I mean c'mon, I call up Visual Sound and they practically patch me in to the President of the company no matter how long ago I bought their products......Line 6 is the Wal Mart of guitar equipment, yet with a Neiman Marcus price tag. Just erase the word "Line" and the number "6" from your memory.

The music I play is power pop, and in theory this pedal would be a perfect match because I use so many delay types and patches. Our drummer plays to a click, so being able pull up a setting that I saved is wonderful - without having to dip down during a show to change my settings or "dial myself in on the fly". I really wish other delay manufacturers would allow for this option, but considering the circumstances that it does not work.....well you know, it's nothing more than a shiny green pile of crap stinking up my pedal board taking up way too much space.

Easy to use.

Sound quality is great. Crystal clear.

Don't buy it. It will crap out on you after 1 year. I take extremely good care of all my stuff and it didn't matter with this. I own lots of pedals, boutique hand made ones to Boss stuff, this is the only pedal I've had that has broken and exhibited strange behaviour after a small amount of use. It's not worth the price tag. Someone on here mentioned he owned 4 just in case 1 breaks...does that tell you anything???

Great customer support.

It's a great pedal if you've got money to burn and keep buying them. Many companies don't engineer products to last anymore and this is without a doubt one of these products. I'm by far not the only one who has had major problems with these breaking, so just bear that in mind when buying one.

Bottom line is that yes it's very handy but ultimately a piece of junk.