Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler

This is not very easy to use without some practice. The tweak and tweez thing was a good idea, but I can never remember what they're for. The looper is pretty straitforward.

Tele>seymour pickup booster>vox wah>fuzz>jekyll and hyde>boss chorus>dl4>peavey C30

I like the delay sound a lot. You can tell the analog models are not perfect, but they're great approximations. My favorite is the memory man. The looper is pretty cool too. I use it for getting big sustain sounds, not to be a one man band (not enough practice). The reverse sounds pretty harsh to me.

One thing that I do not like about this pedal is that it seems to color the dry tone on all of the analog models. Maybe that's fixed in the newer version, but I doubt it.

I've had this for about two years, and the only problems I've had were dead batteries, but I use a power supply now. The 1spot and voodoo lab supplies work fine. It really doesn't take 1200mA. They just wanted to sell the rest of their pod supplies. If I were smart I would not have gotten it, based on the poor reliability reviews, but I must have gotten lucky.

I emailed them about what power supplies I could use, but got an auto reply from their support website. I got another email later saying that they had posted an answer on the web, but I had to register to see it (or something like that, I can't remember). They said you can only use the line6 supply, which was wrong.

I've been playing for about 5 years. I play Christian rock, mostly in church, and this is a great fit for me. It was a lot more than I wanted to pay, but I think it was worth it now.

Not as hard to use as the DD-20 but theres a reason for that.

I am biased because I now hate line 6.
I hated there amps. only cheesy three doors down style cover bands use line 6.
Like this band in Cincinnati called Langus. They suck dick. I hate them.
Anyway, when this thing works it sounds good, but it is such a piece of crap.
It's analog rendition is far worse than the Boss DD-20. The digital delay and reverse delay are about the same though.
I am using it with a Fender twin and a thinline tele. My only other effects are a Dod FX-17 Wah(very very underated) and a homemade fuzz from Awenda music(check them out these pedals are amazing and cheap)
That's it.

This is where this thing sucks. Right out of the box it was dead.
And i got it at guitar center! talk about fragile, cause I didn't just throw it in the trunk, ya know.
Took it back, got a new one, worked great.
First show the looper kept cutting off while I was soloing.
Took it home, it did good all week, next show, stopped working all together. I had to take it out of my line-up and play without delay.
Then i read these reviews and got the DD-20.
Line 6 sucks.

I didn't call the company, just took it back.
From the looks of things it sounds like they suck as much as their crappy merchandise.

Listen, maybe if you are a tone deaf, shredder, stoner, retard, "I play for the chicks and the booze" type. Yeah, Line 6 is probably the Shiznit.
But, if mommy and daddy don't buy your gear, and you appreciate a quality product and a good deal, leave Line 6 stuff alone. I know it is easier to have all the effects you could need right in your amp or right on your "pod". But it is the musical equivalent of selling your soul.
I guess if you are in a cover band it helps you out when you have to play "she f%cking hates me">"You shook me all night long">"super clever 80's medley where we play ice ice baby and act like we are the only ones who have ever done it", but who gives a shit about you besides the drunk chicks you let sing in the mic anyway?
Sorry I REALLY hate cover bands. But they do get all the chicks.

Back to the DL-4. This thing sucks. Save yourself 60 Bucks and get a DD-20. If you get an extra Tap Tempo switch with it, then there is NO reason to get the DL-4 instead. Unless you really really really really belive all that true bypass mumbo jumbo.
Folks, True bypass is only necessary for Wahs, Flangers, and Phasers(Phasors if you nasty). On any other effect it is just a selling point.
The Electro-Harmonix 16 sec. is awesome too, but not as much stuff and waaaayyyyy to rich for my blood.
Haven't tried the Akai Headrush but I did use to own a Digitech pds 8000. Those babies are sweeeet too. No reverse and not a long enough loop though. But they are great.

"Since when was banality considered a good quality for a role model to posess.....Play from your f%#king HEART!" - Bill Hicks, stand-up comedian, philosopher, visionary, sinner

Easy to get a good sound out of it, but not easy to tweak. You can't footswitch to looper, which sucks. Manual is TOO COOL (sarcasm). I got mine a while back, and I have been regretting it lately...

Sound quality is pretty sterile, when you think of what it is supposed to 'model'. It doesn't come close to any of my real analog delays, including my DM-2, and Korg tape echo. My effects have been screwing up lately, and the thing looks brand new!! I use it with Marshall, Garnet, Traynor amps, sounds OK, when it works (read on).

NOT RELIABLE AT ALL!! This rating should be zip, but it isn't only because it worked more than once. However, it doesn't work now, and I have barely used it over 3 years. Piece of CRAP, compared to other units. My reverse echo doesn't work, neither does the volume swell setting; the looper's 1/2 time reverse (tap tempo) button is intermittant and screws up now and then. This thing is worse than a tape Echo because at least, usually, you know what is wrong with a tape delay when it kaks out. This thing, however, will likely require hours of labour!! DON"T BUY THIS PEDAL!!

They answer questions quickly, but my warranty is up and so I'm screwed. Pedals that cost $300 plus should not fuck up after a couple years of light use-they just shouldn't!

I play spacey music, and rock, and etc. etc. I have been playing for 14 years. I have loads of vintage effects. This line 6 thing comes close, but no cigar. It f-ed up too much. I am very pissed off at it right now, because it should work and it doesn't...

Quite difficult to get to grips with quickly - definitely requires sitting down with to explore all the functions. The settings are quite sensitive - it can takes time to find the sound you're after. The manual for this pedal is fantastic - very well written and useful.

As most people have said, the only frustrating things about the DL4 are that you can only save 3 settings and that you can't dial in a sound, press the switch and get that sound (a la a Boss delay). This is a shame, but its sound quality and versatility make up for this.

My setup is:

2004 American Deluxe Telecaster > Boss DD5 > Boss RV3 > Boss OD3 > Keeley-mod Boss BD2 > Rat 2 > Big Muff Pi (USA) > Line 6 DL4 > Boss TU2 > Fender Twin reverb '65 reissue.

I already own quality digital delays in the Boss DD5 and RV3 which I am very happy with. I was looking for something that was more versatile and offered a greater palette of delay sounds. The DL4 is wonderful. I can't compare the modelled sounds to the original pedals as I haven't played many of them. My friend owns a Deluxe Memory Man and the DL4 pretty much nails that sound. But I'm not concerned with how true to the originals the DL4 sounds. I wanted lots of different delay sounds - i got 'em!

The looper is great. and I particularly like the Multi-head delay, stereo delay and volume swell modes (nail that Explosions in the Sky sound!).

My FX chain is pretty long and adding the DL4 didn't increase noise. It's quiet.

So far so good, but I've only owned it for a month. I would gig without a backup, but if I could afford a backup I'd get another!

N/A - touch wood!

Been playing for over 10 years. I play post-rock style music. Delay is extremely important to my sound. I love Boss digital delays and I love this equally. Very different beasts and both very worthy.

I love the sheer range of sounds you can get from the DL4 and hate that you can only store 3 of them!

If it were lost or stolen yes, I'd buy a replacement.

This unit not only sounds good out of the box but creating, changing and saving presets is very easy. Playing live I'll use the tap tempo and save it on the fly. I just wish it had room for more presets. Only 3 presets for a unit that has a dozen different delays is kind of a tease. I also dont like how to swith to the loop sampler you must turn a knob. Makes using delays and the sampler in the same song in a live setting difficult. The manual is very help and actually fun to read! (Then again being the gearhead I am I enjoy reading all manuals)

I Play a Les Paul and a PRS McCarty through a Mesa F-100 and Marshall 1960 4X12 and the delays sound great with my setup. When I use the loop sampler the sound quality of the loops sound good but even with the mix all the way up my drummer complains that he cant hear the loop when I solo over top. The unit is quiet and switching is silent. I like how the delay continues to decay even after you switch it off. I use this pedal at the end of my effects chain but in front of my amp. I know that modulation effects are supposed to sound better through the effects loop but for some reason whenever I've tried the effects loop on either my F-100 or my Rectifier it sounded HORRIBLE! Who knows maybe I'm a moron and don't know how to use an effects loop. I've noticed that the repeats are louder when on my gain channell. I like the lo-res delay and the sweep echo. The lo-res delay gives you that really dark sounding delay that Wes Borland uses and sounds great with my Roland Jazz Chorus. The digital delays and the rhthymic delays are great with low gain to get that Edge from U2's sound. This is the first delay unit I've had that using delays in time with my songs is easy. I love the tap tempo function. I've never tried the pedal in a stereo setup but I would love to hear the multi-head delay and the stereo delays.

This is the only delay unit I currently own and I RELY on it every show. I have no back up delay pedals! I gig at least 3-4 times a month and I've never had a problem. I was a little miffed that I had to buy the power supply seperate and it has it's own special power supply. I've owned my pedal for over 3 years. Not a single problem. After reading so many reviews with people who have had problems it makes me wonder if I got a magical one but then I remember I know at least 6 other musicians who own this pedal and I've never heard of them having problems.

Never had to contact Line 6.

This is a great pedal that not only sounds good but is very versatile. ALL the delays in this unit not only sound authentic but are also useful. There are very authentic sounding vintage echoes as wells as clear modern sounding delays. At the time that I bought this pedal there really weren't many units that do all this stuff except for rack gear, so if I had to replace it now I would do a little research to see anything else comparable has come on to the market. I'm also curious to try the rack version of this unit because I feel like I'm unable to maximize all the different delays due to the lack of presets. I would say that the tap tempo feature has allowed me to learn how to play with delay and use it rhthymically to write songs. It's a steal for how much it costs.

Like everyone else said, tweak and tweez are the kickers, hard to remember what they do sometimes, but it comes with these nice little stickers that you can stick right on the pedal that tells you what they do for each setting. Looper is easy enough to use after some time.

I'm playing a PRS McCarty through a peavy 5150 head and a 4x12 marshall 1960 cab
These delay sounds are awesome, a couple favorites of mine are the Auto Volume Swell Echo, Low res, and tube echo just to name a few.
Best sounding delays I have ever used.
The Looper was also a large reason I purchased this pedal. You can make some really cool sounds with this. Record a loop, play a phrase, record it, and you can play it back normally or...at half speed, reverse, reverse half speed, double speed, double speed reverse., its really cool, very fun

I would use it without a backup, these things are expensive, and I dont necesarrily need it, but I have played a couple shows without it recently because of power supply issues, and it wasnt bad, but this thing adds alot to my songs live.

Built like a rock too

havent had to deal with them yet, but I hear they are good

I play in an indie/dancy/rock band, there are a lot of things I can use this for. trying to write new songs using the sampler's craziness.

also play in a pop punk/rock/indie band
this thing has done wonders to our live show, and I will be recording with it this weekend for the first time

A chorus pedal is easy to use. A Delay modeler and loop sampler pedal with tons of crazy functions is not. However, for what it offers, I think line-6 did a very good job of making it user friendly. The loop sampler is pretty easy to use. I have got 2 guys in my band who occasionaly stomp on it during performances, and always do so correctly.

One of the things that really makes the delays easy to use is the tap tempo. It's usually pretty difficult to turn a knob and get the exat right tempo. The tap tempo makes it very easy.

The main complaint for ease of use is the Tweek and Tweez knobs, because they do different things for each different delay. So you either have to play with them, or read the manual when you get to a delay patch you are not familiar with.

If you have any trouble, the manual is fantastic. It has pictures and explanations of all the old pedals it is modeling. The manual is great.

I give it a 9 because, although it's complex, I don't see how it could be much easier.

The sound quality is fantastic. When using the loop sampler, your loops will sound EXACTLY as they did when you played them. They don't end up choppier or dirtier. The delay effects are very very good also. You can achieve many different sounds. My favorite is the low-fi delay. Which allows you to set the bit rate, and make it sound really low-fi, like some old analoge gear.

All of the effects are very good and very versatille.

I have had no concerns with reliability. I have had it for several months. It's very strong. I haven't dropped it, but I doubt doing so would hurt it. The shell is really tough. It's a strong metal. The buttons are all very reliable as well. They always work.

I do not have a backup, and the pedal has given me no reason to be concerned.

I have not dealt with customer service. I haven't had any need to.

I bought this pedal specifically for the loop sampler. I am extremely pleased with it. I would have paid $500 for this unit.

The loop sampler surpassed my expectations. You can reverse your loops, you can half time them. You can use a simple rythmic delay while sampling. You can layer infinately. You can record 28 seconds worth of material.

Another great feature is the dual inputs and outputs. When practicing with my band, I have my guitar plugged into it, and my keyboard player plugged into it. I loop something, he lays down some keys on top, and I loop them also. Then I switch out his keyboard input, and we put some bass on... then he switches to guitar, and we jam, with a really full sound. He is able to play 3 instruments this way. It's incredible.

And the delays are fantastic. I really don't use a lot of delay, so I didn't think I would be too concerned with them, but they are great. I find myself using the reverse delay a lot. You can play anything, and it reverses it in real time.

In one of our tunes we have a little interlude that is just keyboard. During that time I start to play with my reverse function. I play some notes in the correct key to provide a bit of background noise. Towards the end of that section, I scrape down the strings really hard, and I start tweaking the delay knob... which just makes everything go crazy! It sounds insane. You can create some really weird stuff this way. Everything from screeching white noise to a fast machine gun type sound.

I would also like to note that you can plug in any instrument that has a 1/4 inch connection. I have tried keyboards, bass guitars, electronic drumkits, and even vocals.

I have plugged vocals into it, and used the reverse delay with them. Hearing yourself sing backwards, in a live setting, is pretty fun.

no problems here.

nice. no major complaints here either.

mine was dead right out of the box! i wasn't surprised after reading all the other reviews. thought i'd take a chance on it and lost. exchanged it for another only because i thought that the DL-4 was the only thing out there that did a bunch of different delays AND could be used for loops. being a total gear junky, i'm embarassed to say that i was unaware of the Boss Giga Delay DD-20. so as you've probably figured out by now, i got rid of the Line 6, got the Boss and haven't looked back. (except for this review LOL) The Boss DD-20 is far superior, but that's for it's own review. what YOU should know about the Line 6 is that it CANNOT be counted on. it almost seems as though Line 6 is trying to hide the origin of this pedal's manufacture. take the back cover off and you will see MADE IN MALAYSIA printed on the rear of the mother board. you will also see that the four toggle switches connect directly to this mother board. i don't think i need to get into why this is bad. also- same thing with the rotary knobs on the front panel. rather than having the pot shafts anchored/screwed down to the pedal casing, they float on a PC board. it is obvious here that Line 6 shamelessly cuts corners when it comes to the manufacturing of their products. i bet what happens is that they spend so much money R&Ding it, that when it comes time to put it into production, they need to find ways to make up for all the money spent in R&D. that's just a guess, because most of Line 6's stuff DOES sound really good. an indication that some people put alot of time and effort into getting the sounds to be that good. i would probably own a few Line 6 products by now if i knew i could count on them. they'd have such a winner if they could just improve the build quality of their line. the problem isn't so much that it's made in Malaysia- it's just that it is DESIGNED to be built cheaply, and as such, you get cheap quality. period. do yourself a favor and check out the Boss. it's also about 60 bucks cheaper than the Line 6, and you'll sleep better not worrying whether it'll make to your next gig or not.

i can only imagine. shudder to think. they've GOT to be flooded with calls from people with broken down gear. no thanks, i'll pass.

a great sounding, but UNRELIABLE TOY.

It's easy to use, it's only a stompbox. The manual is good, it gives you a history of how they came up with all the different effects in the unit. The manual is thick cause it contains instructions for all the Lime 6 modelers, pretty cool.

Great sound quality, I use a marshall JCM 2000 DSL 100, with a crate 4X12 cab, Best sounding delay i have ever heared. The lead singer in Jimmy Eat World uses this same pedal, and i am a huge fan of their music. The Boss DD 20 thing, comes close, so i think it's just a matter of what you need it for, and here is the difference between the two in my opinion: The Boss has 4 user banks, and the line 6 has 3, but on the boss you only have one pedal to SCROLL throught the 4, so if you have an effect you like in the first bank, and a setting you like in the 4th bank, you have to scroll through 2 setting before you can get to it, no good for a live setting. On the line 6 there are sepatarte stomp buttons for each effect so you have them at any time you want. Both pedals do pretty much the same thing, but what i just described was the selling point for me. Try both and choose which one fits your playing style, dont buy one cause someone told you it's better

I have had no problems with this pedal so far, seems heavy, built like a tank

Never dealt with them yet

I am in a band and play emoish type music, and i need delay for almost all my songs, i think i will even eventually buy another one in the future, just for more delay settings. The only one thing that i wish it had was another delay bank, so there would be a total of four, or even more than that would be cool.

Well it's easy to use, nothing to say, BUT....


THERE IS NO MANUAL MODE! Everytime you move EVERY knob (or even if you turn down the effect for a while), the settings for delay time, repeats, tweak, and tweez.... ALL COME BACK to the default factory presets, unless you store them in 3 (three) miserable patches. I's a STUPID, ridiculous thing!

It's UNUSEABLE on a live setting. NO use for it!

Nice, nice delay sounds. Lots of delays, clear sound, truebypass, etc..

You can't use it on a gig simply because you can not have a manual mode.
Bad thing. More, it's ridiculous.

It's a nice delay box if you play at home, or if you want to record something in your PC.
But if you think to use it live, forget it.
I give it a "3" because of the incredible STUPIDITY of its features.
If you play live, don't absolutely buy this pedal.

I repaired my mistake: i sold the DL4 and i bought a Boss DD-20. Real manual setting,
4 user presets, more reliable, better quality of the sounds, 23 seconds looper.

Don't buy the line 6.

This is very simple to use, yet hard to master. I found that within the first five minutes of getting the dl4 i could use it. Only recently after having it 3 months have i now learnt how each nob will affect the sound and how it will effect it. Very basic setup though and good sounds can be achieved quickly.

a EXPRESSION PEDAL is essential for this. I use it constantly and without it the delay (for me) would just be a waste of money. The expression pedal adds so much more to the unit, allowing you much more room for experimental sounds and generally having fun with the thing without twisting several nobs at once. The use of the expression pedal in the DL4 is phenomanal and far surpasses the use of it within any of the other Line 6 products. DEFINATELY GET ONE, other wise, the pedal is rubbish, offering few features for live performance.

Excelent. I use a gibson les paul smartwood going into this and it sounds excelent. No problems here. However, it has to be said that the sounds always need to be tweeked but this again is easy to do

hasn't broke yet but i've bashed it around a lot. However, it has had to be restarted once or twice before as it loaded up all lights flashing and i couldn't stop it. However, the pedal has worked perfectly since then and no problems at all and so it was just a minor error

I've called line 6 once about a warrenty problem, i got straight through to a person (no call waiting) and the problem was solved imediately. Brilliant

I personally think that this is quite steeply priced. However , you do get a quallity sound out of it so if you have the money get it. Compared to the other delays on the market (eg. Boss delay), i think this is far superior. However, the reason it doesnt get a nine is because the loop sample is only 15seconds and it only allows 3 settings to be saved, which i think i very poor.

Because of this, if you have the money, i would recomend you look at the line 6 rack mountable delay which has a 60 second delay and is midi contrallable which allows more presets to be saved at the touch of a button.

But as i have said throughout, the dl4 is nothing without and expression pedal.

Discustingly easy. i bought this pedal because it is the best for a live setting. There is a band near where i live called Moneen, their main singer uses 2, yes TWO DL-4's, and they are delay heavy, so that's why i checked it out. The presets are crazy easy to use live. Just hit it and you're good for that section, and as tempo changes BAM, you've got a tap tempo. A REAL TIME tap tempo, not some hold it fo a couple secods then try and turn it off so it gets all fucked up. So yeah, really easy.

amazing. its that good. you can get amazing overload sounds out of it when you spin the repeats to full. it emulates prettymuch any delay you could think of. if you want to hear what i'm talking about download some moneen. Mike from incubus uses em too. Damn good. I use the low rez echo, sweep echo, auto volume and analoge echo mostly. the low res, analoge, tube echo, tape echo and sweep give amazing overload sounds. Best delay i've ever heard.

always been there for me

never had to use em

we play music that is comparable to incubus meets thursday meets old green day meets jimmy eat world. i run it through a 5150 II, and it sounds great. i also own the digitech digital delay, and it doesn't compare to the line6. Yes, it is a decent delay for someone just stating out, but it falls wayyy short of the line6. the single switch footpedals just won't do it for me anymore.

it's a little complicated, but spend an hour or two and you can get great sounds. very easy after you put a little time into it.

this is the best sounding delay box I've used.

Here's the problem, it craps out often. I've owned it 3 years now, and the last year, the loop sampler hasn't worked. the output volume is much much lower than the input. BE AWARE: this is not due to the mix setting, which is set at 100%. Line6 has seen this complaint before and writes it off as the user not using his mix button correctly, this is not the case!

I just asked for help regarding the nearly silent loop sampler, check back later as i'll relate my good/bad experience.

Based upon sound quality, I'd give it a 10. Options, 10. But i justified the $150 i spent by having a solid reliable loop sampler to play with, now it's broken, which means i'm going to have to spend $300 or more on a boomerang. It makes me think I threw $250 away on this box. The standard delay functions, however, still sound great.

I do not see how anyone could use this effectively in a live situation if you need an exact sound setting. There is no just setting the knobs where you want and it sounding the same as when you step on the button the no matter where the settings are they revert to a default 12 oclock setting no matter where the knob is positioned. Hit a wrong fottswitch button and you are F****d.

The delay tone has a very tinny digitally processed sound quality to it. When I checked it in the store it did not then I bought one a few months later the sound is almost useless as it is very grating to the ear. I am going to see if a swap will help....maby they got a bad batch of chips..Until then I have to give it a 2

I can play any modern style and bastardize classical and flaminco but I am very concerned with tone and this device falls far from the mark as it has a digital tinny tone. It is not a day to day substitute for the other pedals you may have although it can produce some interesting effects (mostly lo fi) for studio...but they would be unlikely repeatable used live if you would need to move between settings within a song.

This product is extreemly easy to use once you get the hang of it. You can easly set a setting and tap tempo on the fly.

I'm using an american telecaster through a marshall jcm800 but ive used it through many amps including a vox ac30. The box is pretty quiet. but the effects sound very "cheesy" the delay is always muffled and just not clean at all. some of the effects on it are pretty cool sounding at times.

Well, im on my second pedal. The tap tempo pedal seems to break constantly and its starting to on the new one. When i tried to put it back on, the way it was designed you cannot get to where the pedals are because the motherboard in the back is in the way, and it does not remove.

Ive tried calling line 6 many times. no luck

I play many styles of music and ive been playing for about 5 years. im not a fan of boss at all, but their delay is cleaner. i would still rather go with the line 6 for ease. but there are many other companys out there to choose from.

Once you get the hang of it, this thing's simple as hell. Four buttons - 3 for presets, 1 for tap tempo, half-speed, and reverse. You can get pretty much ANY delay sound you need out of here. Dial in a delay type, tweak it to your liking, hold one of the preset buttons for 3 seconds, and BOOM, you're good to go.

Even though it's digital, I still think it's probably the best delay out there. The Analog delay w/Mod sounds just like a Deluxe Memory Man. Tape and tube echo are the shizzle... great decay on the echo. Sounds awesome on any setting.

Only had it for about a week and used for 2 gigs - seems pretty tough. Time will tell...

No contact yet, other than registering for warranty. Again, time will tell...

I play in a reggae/rock band, so I needed some delay action, and the DL4 exceeded my expectations. I've been playing for about 8 years, and this is the first delay pedal of any kind that I've bought, and I love it. Another nice feature is the 14-second loop sampler. You can keep piling on loop after loop, and this thing never gets tired! Other than the fact that it takes up a lot of room on my pedalboard, I love the shit out of it! I would recommend it to anyone.

Pretty easy if you've used a delay unit before. You'll need to check back with the manual to see what Tweak and Tweeze do for each model. Set up 3 fave sounds, plus a tap tempo for fine tuning.

Sounds good to me, I dunno about the original analog units it models, but there's plenty of variations in there. I was impressed with the flying saucer sounds you can get by turning feedback up and playing with the delay time knob - I thought you could only do this with a real analog DM-2.

I don't gig at the moment, so I can't really comment - my DL-4 hasn't been out of the spare bedroom. Beware of people describing this as being "built like a tank". Sure, the casing is a heavy chunk of metal, but if you open it up you'll see the switches are cheap and nasty. From the outside they look like standard footswitches, but they're not proper footswitches (like you'll see inside a CryBaby or a Marshall footswitch for instance) - the contacts are on the pcb. If a switch dies, you'll probably have to replace the whole pcb. Not good.

You get a lot of delay for your money, but don't be surprised if it doesn't stand up to prolonged stomping. We get to buy these things relatively cheaply, but anything made in China these days is made there because the company wants to cut corners.

I've had this pedal for about two years. Within that time period it has crapped out more times than i remember. It usually just stops working and then comes back to life a day or two later. It has happened once about five minutes before a very large gig, at which point i was about ready to throw it in the trash. But as usual it came back on the next day. It is currently working fine but it isn't going to surprise me one bit when the DL-4 truely bites the dust. What pisses me off is that i have taken very good care of this pedal. It has been inside of a rock solid pedal board since day one. I use to use it without a backup, but wouldn't think of doing such a thing anymore. If it didn't have a looper i probably wouldn't use it at all. Maybe i got a lemon, i don't know, but i definetly do not recomend this pedal for any one that tours or gigs regularly.

After about 3 years of owning this pedal, it's finally starting to show it's tempermental side. It's been on 4 tours - mostly in basements - and I think that being used excessively and being abused, as well as the power supplies in different settings have had a huge impact on this pedal. The sampler is very problematic - the footswitches are starting to not work when they're supposed to, and the pedal just acts very wacky in a bad way. It's a great pedal, but I think I'm going to start using it just for delay and rely on something else for sampling. If you buy one used, be warned.

I sampled it at the store so I had some Idea waht I was getting into. OVERALL Very easy to use, and a simple to learn on the fly. Each delay has a default setting by line 6, and all are tweakable. VERY easy and all defaults are programmed.

Look man, I don't make my living playing guitar, but I like good tone. Delay is not a huge part of my sound, but when required I need something WICKED and quality. I am using it as follows:
Les Pauls --> 535 Q Wah --> Analogman KOT --> Line 6 Delay --> Mesaboogie Rectoverb (2X12 Vertical cab with Celestion Vintage 30's). Not every delay works for me. I realy enjoy the reverse delay, its very cool as the band may change instruments (my garage band that is) and kinda gets a nice hendrix / aersomith girls of summer intro kinda vibe. I like the analog modled effects and the ability to tweak them. I am essentially getting 3 delay pedals in one shot as I have multiple presents. I get a nice delay when needed. I can play Metallica's Fixxxer now and get a nice screatching repeat, and U2 is totally achievalbe with this unit.

This UNIT IS SILENT.

YES. It is built like a tank. I bought it from guitar center and paid a little extra for their performace guarantee plan. I am insured for 3 yrs. If it breaks oh well, I can get a BRAND NEW one. No problems so far, and really don't anticipate any. If it breaks at a GIG, oh well I will survive, just turn up my reverb a little =). A delay breaking is not the end of the world for me. If my overdrive pedal busted or my wah, now I have issues.

I also take good care of my equipment. That should play a factor into all of this.

Never had to deal with them.

I play metal, Rock Blues and the like. It is a fun pedal, and is great to just jam on and get inspired as they say. I have been at this 6 yrs hard and heavy. If it were stolen I would buy again. The analog delays are cool, but WAY over priced and not as versitile. If you want an analog delay and one set sound get it. If you want a GOOD delay with many sounds get this. Its really not that bad for a digital product. I hate line 6 products, but this one is solid. It meets my needs.

The 14 second loop sampler is pretty useless to me. It is cool to hear how you are playing a riff though. I wish it was like a 5 min loop sampler, but oh well.

True bypass is HUGE!!!!!! All my stuff is TB and yes it does make a difference. GREAT BONUS.

In parting, I caution people reading HC reviews. SOme of these are bogus and all over the place. Mine is the real deal. I do not make a living off of playing, I just love guitar tones. I have no doubt there are bad units out there, but overall it is solid and works as they say it does. In the event you are worried go to guitar center and buy it. Get the performance plan and you can rest easier.

This pedal delivers in a good way. Hendrix, metallica, aerosmith, and even my own tone. Its Truebypass and it is solid. I tried the Maxon AD 999 and the various Boss delays. The Maxon is good, but to get the sounds I am getting with this pedal, I would need to buy a Tape Echo, a Boss Analog Delay, and a EH Memory man, and a unit for reverse delays. You tell me is it worth it, for how often you use it? It delivers and that alone is worth the cash to me.

I cannot stress how many pedals don't deliver. I believe my entire pedal board is solid and each pedal can deliver what it is suposed too.

Overall a pleased customer!!!!!!!!! For what I apid, and the tones I am getting, I need to give it a 10.

This is my first delay pedal and is extremely easy to use. It has a great manual to explain everything. If you can read, you can use this pedal.

I run this right before a boss chorus ensemble and after a variety of other pedals. It has an excellent sound and faithfully reproduces many other delay styles and textures.

Totally dependable. There are many people saying it is not reliable and is not a quality product, but if these things are true, why is this pedal on almost every major guitarist's pedalboard? (checkout pedalboard.com)

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I play worship music with a variety of different groups. This pedal is a must have for my style of music. It is the best delay pedal out there.

I have to agree with the most recent reviewer. There must be competive companies submitting false reviews. This thing is very easy to use. You can save your patches. I highly recommend the expression pedal. It opens up so much more than just delay. The only for me that makes things difficult is that I like to see digital readouts of parameters. This doesn't have this. However, given the nature of the beast, I don't think anything like this ever will.

First off, I'm one of the biggest protesters toward the POD and other such modelling systems but this is a whole other beast. You can talk about other multi effects units but none of them have the variety of delay styles that this has. And there IS a difference between delays. I used to have an me-30 that I used for all my delay but now that I have options such as tape delay, analog delay, or stereo delay, I could never go back to a simple multi effects board

I used this thing for an opera that I did in the woods once. it spent three weeks being used outside. As everyone before has said (other than the industry folk who DON'T work for line 6) it is built like a tank

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I play a lot of U2/ spiritualized/ wilco sort of stuff so this is perfect. There is no loss of tone and playing things in stereo is magical. As I've said before, the possibilities open up enormously with the expression pedal. Esp. it you get in to the psychadelic end of things. It really opened my eyes to the parameters and tones of delay.

I also like that there are stereo ins AND outs

I noted earlier that I used it for an opera in the woods once. I used several mics for a childrens choir and then I rented a couple of DL4's and ping ponged the delay to battery powered pig nose amps hung from trees all around the audience. What I ended up with was a terrifyingly huge totally stereo ambiant choir coming from everywhere.
It was awesome.

I haven't even mentioned the loop sampler yet

I am a berklee College of music graduate, A guitar teacher,Professional musician.
I play an old vintage strat with a nice old fender amp.
I have played on high end gear all my life..and have owned mostly analog delyas like the dm-2,eh memory man etc. Ive even owned rack gear like tc electronics g-force.I play through boutique gear or have and am a real tone addict.
Im 35 years old.I would not play through a vetta or any modeling amps like johnson or whatever because I do not beleive the technology is up to par yet...Im a real tube amp kinda musician...but...this line 6 delay is actually a line 6 product that I like.
THis is a good product. Ive played ALOT and owned ALOT of gear. THE dd-20 and the dl4 are both good products.
I personally do not beleive that "all" of these reviews are coming from real people. I think there is some product bashing going on by competitors abusing the forum which is really for musicians looking for unbiased takes on a product.
Yes,Im sure lots of these have broken down..ok...I beleive that some of the reivews are head on. But I do not beleive this product to be as unreliable as all of these reviews are making it out to be.
I own one. I know friends who have one.NO problems at all.
QUITE SATISFIED HERE>

every major music store carries both devices.
Listen to them and choose the one you like more.
Yes boss makes a reliable product. . THE design is great..the sound.....really gives you lush spacious tones.
It actually saves you money. You could not get all these sounds for less than 2oo anywhere. Are they exactly like the originals?
NO..and I cant see a reson to buy all of those either. Are they useful and close enough for a live gig? Yes...the music is in your hands and heart anyways...effects just color it up a bit.I beleive the line 6 delay contributes to my tone. Sounds good to me and I am one picky MF.
IS it better than the boss dd-20?
I dont know. I played both..and bought the line 6. I like the looks of it..the sounds of it and the quick access to 3 banks.I also like the expression pedal option.I know it sounds crazy but I also like the color green..yeh really...and it looks as tough as a tank chassis,its big and looks like it can take a beating should I choose to give it one.I could have been happy with either one..they are both great pedals.
-would I rather have three memory mans and an extra "tap tempo switch" to tap tempoeach one? sure but that does not exist as far as i know and I still couldnt loop or do long delay so Id need at least two more pedals on top of that..and by the time I hooked it all up my signal would be lost or feeding back...would I like to play three dm-2s with all seperate rates and settings? Yes..but it is not a reality. three dm-2s could cost 600 dollars.(still no looper or capability of switching between three different sounds if they include things like mod or long long delay.... The beauty of the product is NOT that it is a perfect replica of everything you need. When have you ever bought or known anything that fills every need you have? cmon people. Its 200-250 dollars.
go to the store..play it for yourself. THeuy beauty in teh product is that it gives you so many tone palletes and options for a price that gets you so many usable sounds. I got mine new as a demo for 200 so I jumped on it.I could have bought either one. I am sure there are some qc issues with the line 6.I beleive some of the reviews below are true..but just my gut feeling that not all of them are true.
I played a couple at the store and then bought one and it sounds great for what I need. If I have ANY troubles with it in the future I will report back to the forum as a non biased product researcher. SO far no troubles at all!I really give it a 9 but will put down a 10 to diffuse some of the bad blood.

so far so good.A friend has had the unit for three years and has had no problems.Ive played a beat up one at Daddys junky music...no probs there either.

I have dealt with someone from the company. He was excited about the new products and had a sense of personal responsibility about getting out the good name.
I have not had to deal with line 6 for any malfunctioning products.

sounds good. I use it for my unique sound. I am one picky person. no buzzes or toneloss that is worth mentioning.
I give it a 10 for fantastic value.Analog is better but digital is more usable in a live situation and its cost efficient. Just what I needed...and at a good price.

Not hard to get a decent sound out of it, I could imagine it being a bit complex to tweak and get a specific sound.

When it's working, it sounds great.

Here's the only thing I was looking to respond to. I just bought the pedal and got it in the mail today. I plugged it i nand began playing, and it sounded GREAT. One hour later, I was playing with the loop sampler. All of the sudden, it melts down and shuts off. I get nothing for 5 minutes, I reset it, and now I get an evil hiss from hell on every setting. THIS PEDAL BLOWS IN TERMS OF STRENGTH AND DURABILITY. It broke within an hour of me having it. Line 6 is onto something here, but they have to realize that it needs to be built to last longer than 20 minutes. After experiencing this, I'm never buying a product from this God-awful company again. Line 6 sucks, not because they can't make a good sounding product, but because their products are built to last a day. Screw them for putting this thing out, I'm never dealing with this company again.

Hopefully I won't have to deal with these idiots, since I'm shipping this thing back to the store I bought it from ASAP.

It sounds great when it works, but it doesn't work very long. Screw Line 6.

as multi-effects units go this thing is very easy, twist and go like the rest of the line6 stompbox range, so no worries there. it'll take a short while to get the hang of the "loop sampler" and all that that entails, but once ur sorted u'll not look back!

Fender Tele(Jap-2000), Boss NS-2, Line6 DL4, Boss BD-2, Boss TU-2, Boss CE-5, Dano Tuna Melt Tremelo, Boss BF-2, Marshall AVT50H and Cab.

i can get some grt sounds out of this thing. Just take the time to search thru each effect and play around and u'll be able to find the delay you want for a particular job. The "Sweep" echo is particularly funky, as is the "lo-res", whilst the "digital delay" will cater for all your classic/standard delaying needs.
Only critisisms would be that at times it can sound over-processed/digital, but then again what can you expect i suppose. Also, the fact that you can only store 3 delays is a problem. That said the tap tempo is a godsend; how guitarists can manage without a tap tempo on their delays i dont know!!!

no probs yet...i carried a Boss DD-3 for my first few outings but i dont bother now, am i tempting fate...?!

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grt pedal, lots of options and tap tempo, could do with more than 3 presets, so no full marks...