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

NA, and I might not ever need to

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...

Easy to Use, the manual is pretty straight forward.

Its Not noisy, and the variety of Delays are great. I really like the analog delay w mod.

No You CANNOT Depend on It, It worked alright for a few months. once i started giggin with it, it expired, The Delay wouldn't go on or off. then all the lights would start flashing and doing all sorts of crazy stuff. I took it apart and stretched out the springs which made the buttons work for a few more hours, but its back to nothing again. Its very annoying.

They answer the phone and all, but deny that any one has every had a problem like I'm experiencing. Furthermore, to have it fixed you have to send it to some local tech, most of whom charge a minimum of $65 to open it up and determine whether or not there is anything they can do, excluding shipping. So essentially its not worth it, once it breaks - its done .

It was great for everything I play, classic rock, blues, especially Garcia stuff ...But the reliability Blows. I can't justify spending $250 for another one, when I've seen the inside of it, and know the build quality is so weak. Besides the fact that its huge and heavy and take sup a lot of pedal board space. If they made a stronger one w/ better foot switches, I'd buy another. Until then - I'm a seller.

Super easy and monkey and can figue it out, if you can't you shouldn't be playing.

Absolutely suprised how good it sounds! I give the highest praise to the guys at Line 6. The secrete is using pro quality amp and guitar and most importanly you have know how to play not just be able to afford nice equpment!!!!!!All you idiots who are judgemental as to how this is not this and that are buch of a amatures and wouldn't matter what you bought, you still would sounds like shit!!

Built like a tank!!!!!

Totally happy and sounds unbelieveable with the right setup and a little editing!

Took less than 20 minutes to wrap my head around it. Bought it on Saturday, practiced with it on Sunday, gigged with the loop sampler on Monday.

Quite pristine. I use it as the last piece in my setup before the poweramp and the sound quality is really good.

Aarggh! I bought it on Saturday, and for the gig on Monday the darn thing went down in the middle of the gig. There is something seriously wrong with the loop sampler chip. It loops fine for about 20-30 seconds then starts warbling, slowing down and speeding up. It totally screwed an otherwise fine guitar solo. Took it back to the rehearsal space and used different batteries and the power adapter from from my MM4. No luck. It's toast. I'll be taking it back to guitar center this weekend and getting a replacement.

Haven't talked to them

Sounds great and functions real nice when it works. Really bummed that it died so quick.

Well, I bought this pedal like two years ago as a recommendation from a fellow experimental artist.
Since then I've trying to try to completely figure it out so I can use the effect to its 100% capability.
It is my sad duty to inform all of you that I haven't done it yet.
I thought it was me ('cause I am from the analog generation and don't assimilate Digital too much), but after reading all of these reviews I finally realized that it is this darn pedal.
First the manual doesn't take you through the matter like it is supposed to do. It is just a scrap of info about the pedal.
Secondly, it is almost impossible to replicate a sound you have found (after hours of tweaking) after you turn the effect off or change it.
It has three custom presets but that is definitely not enough.

I use it for guitar (epiphone dot, fender strat), bass (jazz bass), synth (Yamaha Cs150 analog synth) and even vocals through different kind of guitar and bass amps (mostly Marshalls for guitar and Ashdown for bass). The sounds are nice (not great). The auto volume is really cool but (again) somewhat difficult to manipulate. The Reverse is fair and the other types of delay can get the job done (sometimes). The Loops is the most useful tool for me from this unit. But it gets to the same issue again and again.
How in the world you are going to use this pedal on a live performance if you can save more than three presets of almost 15 different kinds of delay?
I agree with this people that are totally pissed off about it. I mean, it cost me $250.00 and man, it is way too expensive for what it does.
I mean, it works for studio recording if you are overdubbing guitars and stuff but as a live tool I barely use it.

It a tough unit although the switch buttons are kinda fragile.
No compalints yet.

I have never use it

I play mostly experimental music (ambient, noise, space rock, rock in opposition, etc.)It works for me but mostly on the studio. Kind of difficult to perform with it.If it were stolen I pitty the fool who did it and if lost I would not ever look for it. Definitely will NOT BUY IT AGAIN. I wish I could have my old ibanez analog delay I got from an old hippie friend of mine.
In overall; it has nice effects (specially the auto-volume, reverse and the loop)but FOR THE PRICE I BELIEVE IT IS NOT WORTH THE BUY.
I totally believe this is not a VERSATILE unit. It is probably good for a person with tones of cash to blow away. But surely not for me.

FACTORY PRESETS ARE A HORRIBLE IDEA.

When you move the model selector knob to a new delay model, the settings for delay time, repeats, tweak, and tweez all default to factory presets, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE KNOBS APPEAR TO BE SET ON THE PEDAL. Why why why why why? It is by far the stupidest and most arrogant aspect of all the Line 6 stuff that the knob settings are irrelevant until you move them. Again, I ask - WHY?

Furthermore (and this has already been covered, but is so incredibly annoying, I need to mention it again), if you set your knobs the way you like and then want to have that sound turn on and off during a song, you need to use up one of only THREE personal saved preset spots. And what if you want to tweak that sound a little while you are playing live? Well, you are screwed. I can't overstate how horrible this is, ESPECIALLY considering that this pedal was apparently developed for use in a live setting.

Why do people accept this? It is ridiculous. Imagine if your amp were set up the same way. Let's say your amp head is designed so that each time you put it on standby and turn it on again, the volume defaults to maximum, even if the knob is set to "zero." It sounds totally ridiculous, which it is. But that's how the Line 6 stuff is designed. Totally senseless.

Even with these concerns aside, this pedal is not nearly as easy to use as most of the reviews seem to suggest. I would rate something like the RAT (with LED) as a 10 - you plug it in, set the volume and distortion, then fiddle with the tone knob. There's an on/off switch with a light to tell you when the thing is on or off, in case you are running two distortion pedals or are drunk or stupid or whatever...

I would rate a memory man as a 9 for ease of use, simply because there is no LED. If you are playing extremely loud and are using a somewhat subtle delay effect that only comes on periodically during a song, it is nice to have that LED.

Anyway, the Line 6 takes a little more getting used to, and there is way more to remember than "LED on = on, LED off = off." For example, the Loop Sampler for some reason is designed so that instead of just using one footswitch to start and stop recording, you need to start with one switch and stop with another. That's fine, but it seems like the convention for all other looping pedals I have used is that you have one switch for start/stop recording, one for start/stop playback, one for overdubbing, and one for reversing. If you want another example of un-ease of use, refer to the manual's description of the 1/2 speed/reverse switch.

Again, reviews seem to suggest that this thing is a miracle. It is very nice in that it is a cheap way to have access to a relatively wide array of pedals for a fraction of the cost. However, to suggest that the modeled effects capture all the subtleties of the originals is ridiculous. The memory man in particular seems fairly weak.

I think someone else brought this up, but the fact that Line 6 decided to "improve" upon many of the older pedals' maximum delay time by increasing it to 2.5 seconds (who the hell needs that?) is actually a detriment. How could increased options be a detriment? Well, because it means you have much less fine control over the delay times. A tiny move of the knob changes the delay time a great deal.

Built like a tank.

You can get the manual at www.line6.com. I haven't needed any other customer support yet.

I think I covered it in the ease of use. The presets are a HUGE mistake. Solve that simple problem, and this is a GREAT pedal for the price. I still consider it a very good pedal for the price, but kind of annoying.

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come on, is that the best line 6 can do?

no really, i'm serious. this pedal is ridiculous in terms of using it in a practical situation. i know i was beside myself in my review below but some time has passed and i've collected myself but i still can't believe how stupidly this pedal was designed.

THERE IS NO MANUAL MODE! it's not possible to dial in a delay sound, turn the effect on and then back on again!

let me try to explain this again for people who haven't tried it yet. you can program 3 patches. if you want to play with settings other than the patches you can twiddle the knobs and get the setting you want but, unless you save it, it's gone. GONE! you're back to whatever patch you started in!
basically, when i write music, i turn effect pedals on and off and twiddle with them constantly, making this pedal unusable as THERE IS NO MANUAL MODE!
you know how sometimes a multi-fx unit seems appealing if you know exactly what songs you want to play and with which effects? but on the other hand you have to have stompboxes for real-time twiddling, right? well, that's why they came out with the BOSS DD-20.
that's right, i switched from the DL4 to the DD-20, which everyone else who tries the DD-20 also does.
the DD-20 has FOUR programmable patches, MANUAL MODE, a display showing your delay time (EITHER in millisecs OR bpm!) AND a countdown while your loop is playing (not to mention a whole lotta other stuff!), 23 sec. loop + delay time, great sounding delays, etc!
and, no, i'm not a boss representative. just to prove it, i'll mention some things the DD-20 DOESN'T have: expression pedal jack, reverse looping (although it DOES have reverse delay and if you turn up your feedback level and play a phrase and turn the effect off, it's pretty much the same as a loop), looping of delayed signals (this can be handled in the same way as the reverse loop--in any case i have 2 other delays in front of the DD-20--besides the delay time possible while looping on the DL4 was too short anyhow), ugly green casing.
basically all of the things that the dl4 has that the dd-20 doesn't are things i don't really need anyhow.

not as good as the DD-20

i can't rely on it to have a manual mode.

line 6 supports its customers by convincing them that really high-tech, expensive gear that simulates real gear is better than real actual gear. amp modulator? come on! digital guitars? it's high-tech so it must be good. digital amp distortion? wow.

don't hate me if i just insulted your favorite pedal. just try the DD-20 and see what i'm talking about. i admit, it's not perfect. it doesn't have the some features that you'll find on the DL4. but it offers others not on the DL4 or headrush or anyother delay/looper. and basically the features it does offer are ones i need and the ones it lacks are mere bells and whistles to me.

Its got 6 knobs and 4 stomp switches, and its simple enough to get the basic idea, and the manual is great in helping dial in the perfect sound.

Hot rodded strat (2HB's 1SC) or semi-hollow ibanez artcore->Teese RMC2(Wah)->DL-4->Traynor YCV80 (2x12 all tube combo). The first thing I should mention is its a modeler, so it will not sound EXACTLY like an original tube ecoplex or what have you. That said, it does a great job of emulating some of the best delay units ever, and with true bypass, what more could you ask for for $250?. The loop sampler is incredibly cool! Its not true bypass in this mode but it hardly sucks the tone like some other effects. It may sound stupid but one of the coolest things I stubled upon when fooling around with the delay time and decay rate while playing. You can do some great pitch-bending type stuff, and acutally make the box self-oscillate, making some great synth sounding noises that I love. I give a 9 only because it's important to understand that this wont sound exactly what its emulating, but thats obvious, it has MODELER in its name, but all 16 modes sound cool and you can't beat that for this price.

The switches seem to be pretty solid, and the box is plasic, but not crappy plastic and it seems like it will hold up well. Im certainly not going to go out and buy another one, if it busts during a gig its true bypass so I'll just switch it off, no problem. For a 10 it would need an entirely metal box.

Never had deal with them, doubt they're any good though, nothing im sure compared to Geoffry Teese.

Over all its great save the power adapter. I have a pedal board with power supplies on it, and when I read the box it said 9volt power supply sold seperately, but I figured it was just a standard 9volt supply like the ones on my board, so I opted not to by the adapter. When I got home I discovered line 6 was nice enough to make their power jack a different size than everything else in the world. This could be because it needs a special adapter and they want to prevent ignorant people like me from plugging in the wrong thing, but it more likely is because line 6 wants you to buy their power supply. The icing on the cake is that this thing SUCKS batteries like that's its job. I wouldn't have a problem if it used batteries like my RMC2, but it seems like I only get a few hours of playing out of it before the stupid LED's start flashing. And it uses 4 C cells not one standard 9volt like most effects.

DOWN WITH LINE 6! SUPPORT THE REVOLUTION!
i just want to inform people who are considering buying this pedal how stupid the interface of this pedal is.
aside from having no display, this unit features none of the positive attributes of a digital delay pedal. but to be balanced, it has none of the positive attributes of an analog delay either.
briefly, analog pedals (and several digital units) are manually operated. you turn knobs and hear the effect of the knob-turning in real time. if you turn the unit off and back on again, the effect sounds the way you left it. digital multi-fx pedals are designed to be programmed and can usually store 10-20 programmed patches.

THE DL4 DOES NEITHER!

"THE WORST OF BOTH WORLDS!"

the dl4 can store only 3 (yes, 3!) programmed patches!

THERE IS NO MEMORY hardly!

compare this to any boss, zoom, or digitech ulti-fx unit! see what i'm saying?!

if you turn on a patch and twiddle a knob this puts you in what i will call manual mode for the time being. you can fiddle with the sound, switch on your favorite emulator, delay time, etc. then if you stomp on the switch to bypass and then once again to go back to the delay that the unit is set at, it's no longer there. it has returned automatically to the programmed patch!

THERE IS NO MANUAL MODE!

for me, the entire point of a good pedal is a versatility that encourages experimentation. this thing, because of its useless interface, simply gets in the way.

sure, it sounds okay. i'll give it an 8. what the hell. what do i care?
i will say, though, that it is overrated in terms of how well it emulates vintage effects.

if you had an o.d. stompbox that you set to sound like, say, b.b. king, and you turned it off and back on only to find youself playing a tone like pantera, would you consider it reliable? would you consider yr multi-unit reliable if you woke up to find out it could only store 3 patches?
see what i mean?
exactly!

i try not to be in contact with companies that produce all-in-one digital guitars.

"Does it help you make music, or does it get in the way?"
gets in the way.
dude.
"Anything you wish it had?"
um, let's see... maybe usability.
after reading all of the rave reviews, hearing various musicians play it, and generally picking up on the whole dl4 vibe, i just knew it was for me. well, it's not for anyone who is looking for a usefull, practical, or versatile pedal.
i've sold it already. next week i plan to get the boss dd-20, which was what i originally convinced myself to buy before being sidelined by the dl4. i should have paid more attention to myself.

This is a very complex unit, and takes some reading to really get the sounds you want out of it. The manual is very comprehensive (probably the best I've seen).

Excellent sounds for being digital. It probably wouldn't fool me on the analog models in a blindfold test, but it gets damned close, and your audience surely won't know the difference. Use a Voodoo Labs pedal power with it. This thing will eat batteries like crazy and really needs full power to work correctly and effeciently. I had one die at a show last week because of batteries (my own fault for not replacing batteries/not buying an adapter for pedal power).

I use two-three amps in my setup with a DL4 in going to each; 66' twin reverb and/or bad cat black cat for clean into a a/b/y box (with loops in which the dl-4's lie) to a Bogner Ecstasy and/or Orange ad-140tc for overdrive/distortion. I can pretty much nail most delay models, except for tape delays, such as Jimmy Page on Led Zep's "I can't quite you baby." Now that is an incredible delay/echo sound, and can only be copped with a real tape delay. That being said, the DL4 does an amazing job of getting close and only discriminating musicians will know the difference. ALl of the models sound very good. I was using a Guyatone Md-3 (a very good delay) previously on my distortion amp and like the DL-4 a lot more, not only for its versatility but the sound quality as well. I especially like the multi-head delay and use it the most. It seems to be the most accurate copy on the unit.

I've never had any problems, but have heard horror stories. I've been using one constantly for about a year with no problems. I would bring a backup if I used batteries.

I have been playing roughly 12 years. I own an Sg Standard, Sg 61' reissue, Les Paul Special Doublecut w/ P-90s, 66' twin, Bad Cat Black Cat, Orange Ad-140tc, Marshall 4x12, Orange 4x12, Blah Blah Blah.
If it were stolen or lost, I'd get mad, get over it, and buy another. I love its ease of use, versatility, and the ability to have 3 different delays readily at hand (or foot). I also like using the expression pedal; it makes it an even more fun unit to use. The only thing I dislike is that there is a slight delay when switching between models. The only other dig are the Tape models, but I understand that it is probably nearly impossible to model digital fatness. To summarize, the DL-4 is an excellent and incredibly versatile unit with superlative sound quality. Perfect for the working guitarist.

Very easy to use. I thought it would take me time to get used to the loop sampler but I understood it without opening the manual once, I understood most of the pedal without the help of the manual. But the problem is, of course, adjusting the specific delay effect you use. It takes time, because there are so many, and the tweez and tweak in each effect offers a totally different purpose.

Amazing sound quality, I have to admit. The main reason why I bought this was because of the loop sampler which is amazing, but its problem is that right after u record the loop, when it playsback, the volume seems to decrease big time. Im not talking about the loop fading away or anything, im talking about the first time its played back. Maybe its got to do with the settings but I don't really now. The effects sound good though

Now this is where I have to complain. I've had this thing for 3 months, and yes, I did use it alot, but not in more than 15 jam sessions/gigs put together. This is what happend, I was playing at my college's talent show (in front of 3,000 people), and when it was time for me to loop, the loop didnt work. I just had to stop the song and i stared at the pedal. I tried looping again, but it still wouldnt work (and the lights were on normally) so i tried other delay effects and everyone of them worked well. So it was only the loop sampler that had the problem. I finished the show with one more song with the Sweep Delay effect and then i went home to try it out. Now all the lights were working, but neither the loop sampler or ANY effect wanted to work! The whole thing couldnt the guitar signals at all...

I bought the pedal after watching Howie Day play with it live, and I was astonished with what he does, BUT, then I came across this live video of his at this club called Crocadiles, and his dl4 died on him on stage....I should've seen that before i wasted 250 dollars.

I cant really comment on the customer support coz I live in Egypt. But i'm sure its terrible, coz of all the reviews i've read. So just coz I hate what its done to me, im going to give it a 1.

Very good pedal for acoustic guitarists, not worth $240 at all though. Believe it or not, it should be worth less than $100. First of all, the things life ends in 3-6 months, even if you really take care of it, and secondly, the loop sampler only lasts up to 14 seconds and thats pretty useless. Now after I lost the dl4, I'm going to get the Boomerang. I read it's reviews and i honestly think its a better pedal....you guys should check it out.

But in all honesty, it was good while it lasted, but there are better quality samplers out there, yes theyre more expensive, but im sure theyll last more than 5 years, unlike this piece of junk

Let's face it! it's easy too use, if you're used to stompboxes! the manual is great, easy to understand and nice to look at (pictures and descriptions of the old originals!). editing is easy also! i mean, just get your setting, then stomp on one of the three buttons for three seconds! a really wonderful and very professional feature ist the "always-there"-tab-tempo!
o.k., a display would be very usable. it also would be great if you could store your favorite settings for ALL delay-types! then you could have 16 + 3 delay and echo settings of your choice! would be great and maybe not to difficult to do, coz the factory presets need the space anyway!
so, altogehter easy to use, anyway, it will take some time until you get used to what the knobs will do to your sound (especially tweak and tweeze!) and to get your favorite sounds!

i read all the reviews before i purchased a model via ebay!
i think i had the same problem of choice than others here: boss dd-20 or line6 dl4 (or akai head rush, but that choice soon was out of my head!).
why i choose the dl4?
well:
i tested it first, and i'd recommend, that you should do so as well! it's difficult to describe a delay pedals sound! great or crabby won't do, and everybody's looking for different sounds. so - test it first!

i think it's not that interesting, but my rig is:
(almost) ibanez blazer guitars (like them, because of the many sounds you can get aout of them...and of course, the really beautiful neck!)>>digitech xp-100 whammy wah>>mf-103 12-stage-phaser>>line6 dl4>>korg a1>>hughes&kettner tube 50 top (i go for h+k, they got such a beautiful warm but clean cleansound!!!).
i play all kind of stuff, but my heart is with shoegazing indiepop and psychedelic pop/rock and even ambient (slowdive, pink floyd, flaming lips etc.)!

for my style of playing, the dl4 is an ideal tool! it's got the most beautiful delay and echo sounds (and i am a delay maniac!!!) and loads of it!

so far i can tell, that the sounds are very useful and really goodsounding! no hisses. even in the delay trail remain bypass, there isn't any change of tone or sound. to speak of the alternative baypass mode (effect lingers on and on and on after switchoff!): it's great feature to have! and - despite the boss dd-20 - it's a great feature YOU for yourself can choose whether to have it or not!

the only effects i don't use much or never are dynamic delay (which might be a good thing for heavier type of musics, coz the repeats don't mess up your sound in between heavy riffs. you only hear the delay when your sound gets calmer.) no use for me here yet! the other feature i don't use much is auto volume. if i want to do such violin effects, i use a e-bow or a volume-pedal, which gives you more control!

all of the other echo effects are great or at least great fun to play with! my favorite is multi-head, stereo and ping-pong-delay, reverse (the other reviewer might be right, no hendrix here, but hendrix sadly is dead anyway! there's other stuff you can do with it!!! i'm more for inventing, not copying! and therefor it's a great tool!) tube-echo!

now to the downsides, because there are some!
i'd say, it IS a professional gear, BUT therefore some easy-to-do-features would have been a MUST BE:
1. as mentioned above, it would have been nice (or even must be!), if one could store his favorite settings for ALL of the effects for himself! so you would be able to have 3 delay-effects for stompbox-use and 16 !!!! personal presets (you can restore the factory presets anyway!) (with the expression-pedal, this would've been 32 + 6 presets! more than enough!!!). but so you have to reduce your wishes for livegigs to 3 (with EP 6) presets.
it's almost like the guys from Line6 say:"here you've got about 40 of the best songs ever. you're allowed to listen to 6 only!!!

the only way to mess with this lack of programmability is to write down your favorite settings and change them between songs, which isn't often possible (even for shoegazers :-)!

2. delay trail off: great feature as i said. and great to choose if you want it or not. BUT - the trail off should also work in between the three presets. if you're in one mode and chance to second, the delay is cut off awfully AND there is a crack, which isn't very Pro!!!

3. one last - small thing i don't like is, that you can'T play it with headphones, unless you buy an adaptor for the stereo-outputs (plug in mono-left, and on your headphones it IS mono left!)

no big problem though.

all in all it's great sounding. the digital delay is really a dead-on copy of the original signal!
the loop sampler is great for writing songs alone, or practice or - freak out! very good one. much better than the boss thing! great feature is the reverse, and the play once (so you can use it even to

just got it.
i very much hope it's reliable.
but i must say, that i handle my stuff with care and it looks good built!

N.A.

for my style of music and i must say i think for pretty much every other style as well, i think it's very usable! you can try to copy famous sounds (u2, jimmy page, pink floyd), but the better, you can "invent" your own sounds.

i play for about 14 years now, had a lot of stuff. my first delay (which i still got) was from ibanez (sadly they don't do multi-effects, coz i think their stuff sounds very very great and naturally!). this unit is one of the better things that are out there!

if stolen or lost, i would whether weep or become mr.hyde!!!

still it's not perfect, but most "multi-effect-pedals" aren't. it's clear: if you are looking for a great phaser. there are tons of good phasers to get. they do their work perfectly and you can choose the ONE phaser that fits your sound and money!
multi-effects (like i'd call the DL4) have to fit many peoples sounds, minds and money!

altogether it's a great delay-pedal, although i'd wish, the guys from line6 would have thought over a few features (especially the program storage as mentioned above!)

anyway. i'm glad with it so far. would buy it again!

Won't go over the top, just make a few comments and return later. It's very easy to get a good sound out of this unit, provided you read and digest the manual - it's friendly, helpful and actually quite easy to follow. Editing patches isn't a problem, haven't encountered any of the difficulties others seem to have had. So far so good.

Again, no complaints here - the models are very authentic...I would challenge anyone to discern this from the real thing. What you amplify it with is also important - before blaming the DL4 for compromising tone, look at your amp & the way you use it. I use Fender Pro Tube amps with a Custom Shop Strat, Gibson Les Paul and PRS Custom 22 Artist. The amp does not alter the sound of the guitars and the DL4 positively sings through it.

So far, so good. It's a very substantial unit and it's built to last, which it will, provided you don't, for example, use it as a hammer or shower it with beer. I will buy a second as a back up, though doubt I'll need it.

Never dealt with them, but they seem friendly and helpful enough.

A superb unit - I initially bought a Boss DD6, but when I heard this, returned & swapped it within a day or so, This does everything the Boss does and much much more - I found the Boss limited, but this is unlimited. The 14-second facility is fabulous and makes the 5.2 offered by the Boss rather puny, by comparison. It's studio/pro quality, yet rugged enough to take on the road and is the best delay pedal other than a rack unit. It also looks the absolute business!

As some other reviewers have pointed out, when you click the switches it goes to the saved patch and the knobs reset. To choose a new sound you will have to turn the knobs DOWN, then up again to your taste. It's a bit of pain and it takes a bit longer to choose a new sound by turning the knobs down then up, and you wouldn't want to do it onstage. It takes a bit of getting used to, but you can save three patches by holding down the switch for three seconds. Once it's saved it's there forever, until you overide the setting for a new one by holding the switch down for three seconds. So you can set the pedal up and then go on tour. The fourth knob is for tap tempo, so you can set the speed of your patches to fit the tempo. This is a godsend because you are unlikely to play at exactly the same speed every night, and otherwise you'd have to set up the patches again. A delay slightly mismatched to the tempo sounds awful and can completely ruin a song.

The tweak and tweeze knobs have a different function for each patch so there's lots to explore. You NEED the manual to explain what each knob does for each simulation.
The manual is informative, and has nice pictures and information on the classic pedals it is modelling.

There's more to this than a tubescreamer, but it's still easy to use once you set it up.

I use a tele with various effects.

The patches on this pedal sound exactly like the originals as far as I can tell. I have tried some, but not all of the originals. It is surreal to hear a DM2 sound with 2 seconds of delay time on this pedal. You can even make the sounds even darker and warmer than the analog originals, by using the tweek and tweeze knobs. The simulations do not handle exactly like the original - the knobs have different scales as you turn them, and only the DM2 and tape delay patches will self ossilate. There's lots of nice sounds to explore, from tape delays with adjustable wow and flutter, anaolg delays with chorus, digital delay effects and a reverse delay that turns me into syd barrett. The reverse is impossible to use live because you have to play a second ahead of yourself to get a true 100% wet backwards guitar, but it's still fun. You can set it 50% and use it as a reverse delay. I also like the volume swell delay that sounds similar to a slow gear.

For now I use one patch as the memory man reverb to get a tone simlar to Slowdive on the Souvlaki album, one patch as the reverse delay 100% wet and a tape delay either on the cusp of self ossilation or sometimes to get a Cocteau Twins-esque dark chorus effect using the tape delay at minimum fidelity. You can get psuedo chorus, flanging, reverse and resonating sounds if you experiment. I expect to discover new sounds in the future and change my settings.

The loop sampler is a useful practicing tool, and it's fun to make up multilayered soundscapes. One day I may do a gig with just me, my pedals and the DL4 and built up layers. You record and overdub 14 seconds, or 28 seconds in half speed mode. At any time you can play your loop at half the speed (double speed in half speed mode), or backwards my tapping or double tapping the taptempo knob. Unfotunately the unit forgets the loop when the unit is switched off. There is a simple pre delay so you can use a bit of delay on your loop but unfotunately you cannot use the modelling patches of the wonderful delay classics at the same time as the loop sampler.
None of the patches has a longer delay time than just over two seconds so any longer than that and you you'll need to use the loop sampler.

Seems solid enough but I haven't owned it long enough to comment.

NO opinion

I play a lot of textured soundscapes. I used to use 2 Boss DD3's and a DM2 to build up layers and I bought this pedal with the aim of selling these three and using the DL4 instead. I was disappointed to find that you cannot use more than one patch at once, so there is no way to build up mulitlayered delays. I very often use three cascading delay pedals all on at once in my music and this is not possible with the DL4. I am still keeping this pedal because it's a lovely bit of professional kit, and the loop sampler will be used in the future a great deal. I will still keep my other delays because I need to use more than one delay at once and I also miss the simplicity of a simple stompbox to use onstage when all I want is a slapback echo. I also play all kinds of music in several bands and it seems silly having a huge Dl4 onstage when a DM2 will be easier if I just want a simple reverby slapback delay in a surf band.
The patches do sound great, and this is a lovely pedal, well worth the money. If you wanted even one of the vintage delays it models it would cost you more than this pedal costs. However the DL4 did not fill it's function of never needing another delay pedal again. It does so many lovely sounds you will feel sorry that you can only save three patches and it's hard to choose. You cannot use more than three patches for a gig because of the hassle selecting new ones.

You need to order the PSU seperately because it's not included and it's different adapter tip to standard. This is an annoyence so it's lost another point for that. You can use 4 C batteries, and they last quite a while, but not too long. Not long enough to rely on to record a single or more than a few gigs.

Nice pedal, could be improved slightly by being able to use more than one patch at once. But then that's me.

very easy to use as long as you read what the different models are and what the knobs do for each one. the manual is very well put together and easy to understand.

the models are great-i don't know if they sound exactly like the originals, but they work very well for getting different sounds. slightly noisy only only on setting with distortion, but not enough to notice.
i use it with an SG, a strat, and a tele into a JCM 800, Vox valvetronix, or amplitube.

i've had it for a few months and it works fine all the time. get the ac adapter though. i would deinatly "gig" without a backup.

it works very well for inducing creativity, and gives me flexibility that i find is worth every penny. i would have a hard time buying just one delay pedal when this is so versatile. although the sounds may or may not be 100% authentic, they are all very good and i think would be useful in some situation.
i play mostly rock music a la sunny day real estate, and have been playing for about 10 years.
if it was stolen id get a new one the same day.

This thing takes a little getting used to. Thank God for the stickers that are supplied with this unit. The "Tweak and Tweez" knobs are a little confusing because they do different things for every model on this pedal. Once you get past that, it's not that hard to get a good sounding delay/echo. I tend to stay away from the models of the Digital Delays (they don't tickle my twinkie, too thin and "perfect"). I mainly bought this thing for the Echoplex's, Memory Man, Auto-Volume Delay, Reverse, and looping. The Manual is real informative, otherwise it'd be a real pain in the ass to figure out all the little tricks. I've owned this thing for 5 years, so I don't think it's been upgraded (if they have done this, I don't know).

This is where it gets tricky for me. I've owned a few delay units and I'm glad I have this item but it does have it's downfalls. Hope your eyes aren't tired because here we go.....
1. Setup - LP Std., '64 SG Jr., 60's RI Strat, 50's RI Tele -> Boss TU-2 Tuner -> Fulltone Clyde Wah -> Fulltone Deja-Vibe -> Line 6 DM4 (see review) -> H&K Rotosphere -> Fulltone Supa-Trem -> Line 6 DL4 w/ EX-1 -> Fender Hot Rod Deluxe.
2. Noise - There is no noise on this thing at all on any patch.
3. Effects strength - Here's where is tricky for me. What I really don't like about this item is the volume differences and drastic tone changes between the patches on here. Here's the list of what I've found on here between the different models. I know that the originals MIGHT have sounded like this but the volume issue is a total pain in the ass if you want a different delay for a song and your volume drops by 25% or whatever.
a) Tube Echo (Echoplex EP-1) - I love this old school echo but this is one of the models that drops the volume and makes your tone really thin and chimey. The tone change is a bit drastic and it really makes a guitar sound like a total puss. The wierd thing is when you turn the drive "Tweez" on this model up, the volume drops even more. Go figure. OTHERWISE, it sounds unbelievable.
b) Tape Echo (Echoplex EP-3) - This is the one I use the most because it doesn't drop my volume but it changes your original tone. It takes your tone and adds a lot of bass and makes it REALLY thick, but not to the point of being overbearing. Even if you take the "Tweez" knob (Treble) and crank it, it only adds treble to the delay only.
c) Mutihead (Roland Space Echo) - This one is interesting, because the "Tweak & Tweez" knobs change the "Preset Head delays" and then you kind of fine tune it with the delay time knob.
d) Sweep Echo - If you try to just use the sweep without the delay, it drops in volume, but if you just want to have a trippy background delay, it's really cool.
e) Analog Delay (Boss DM-2) - This one's okay, it changes your tone to a strange mid-range "woofiness". It's usable but I don't care for it personally.
f) Analog w/Mod (Deluxe Memory Man) - I like this one as well, even though they forgot to add the vibrato (Which I don't use anyways). This patch almost nails the original tone with a nice chorus swirl.
g) Lo-Res Delay - This is Line 6's own brew that's similiar to the Boss DM-2 with minor differences.
h) Digital Delay (Boss DD-5) - Sounds like a boss, whoop-tee-do.
i) Digital w/Mod (Boss DD-5 w/chorus) - Still sucks. I'm being bias'd, I know.
j)Rhythmic Delay - This one's pretty cool, bounces a delay with your strumming. Nice tone too.
k) Stereo Delay - Sounds a little to digital for me, and bounces too many notes back at me for my taste.
l) Ping-Pong - Sounds like the Stereo delay to me.
m) Reverse - This one's a trip, to get it to sound some-what-right, you have to set the delay time full bore and the repeats to nill or damn near, and the tweak and tweez to off and the mix to 100% wet. It's cool to throw it in and have people look at you and say " How the fuck did you do that!?!?"
n) Dynamic Delay - To be honest, I can't remember what this one does. I don't use it.
o) Auto-Volume Delay - This one's nice for those soft tunes that you'd normally use your guitar volume or a volume pedal for. DO NOT USE WITH A TREMOLO PEDAL!!!! It will sound like ass.
p) Loop - I really like to use this for having a chord being plucked on the strings individually and then thrown into reverse. AND you can fuzz it up and STILL add a delay on top of it and get stupid.

It's really hard for me to rate this item because some things are bad ass, some are cool, some are okay and some just plain suck for my taste. I'm going to leave this as a No Opinion.

It acted up a little when i first got it, then it started working fine and I haven't had a problem with it since. I do gig with it without a backup beings I don't own any other delay units. I just recommend to buy the "wallwart" plug because the batteries don't last that long. The Expression pedal is cool to have because you will use the shit out of it. Don't know if the EX-1 is really worth the 50 or so dollars. But they know you'll need it with this unit and the MM4 so they'll overcharge you for it.

no comment, see my DM4 review for this catagory.

I would most likely buy another if something happened to it. Either that or just buy another Deluxe Memory Man.
For the other questions in this catagory see the review I posted on the DM4.

pretty darn challenging. you really have to understand delays to know how to get the sounds you are looking for.

this is a good sounding delay. the variety of sounds seems endless. it can also seem like and endless enigma.

here is where it sucks. this thing goes down all the time, but nothing makes up for when it goes down on tour. worse is when the lights are off (making you think the pedal is off) but you cant shut the delay off (the delay is stuck on). first, it couldnt be shut off by pressing on the foot switches. then, it looked as if it was off (because the lights were off) but the delay was stuck on. this was embarrassing. no excuse. and if you are on tour, there is no way you can trust it. who wants to play a show and be thinking about whether your pedal is going to do this or not? it's back to boss and roland delays.

when your quality control is this bad, they should have a better warranty/customer support. this company has grown too fast. i doubt it will ever come back.

if you are gigging/touring, pass on this pedal unless you can deal with the insecurity factor. i think the more customers that complain about the problems, the better chance they might make this pedal right and help us all make better music.

I love the darn thing, but it has now died for the second time in 3 years. The first time was within the warranty period, and Line6 replaced the circuit board. It has since died again, 18 months after the Line6 repair. My local authorized Line6 repairperson said that it would likely need another circuit board, at a cost of $170 not including his labor. Apparently the power supply circuitry is very complicated, and is prone to failure.

Dialled in three usable patches and saved them in a matter of minutes. as i don't need more than three delay sounds, I am now set for life... haha! Which is good news, because editing patches is this unit's week point, as you edit each control setting, rather than just one, for example, the mix. Tap delay works well for me, as the unit is used in two live bands playing diffrernt tempos etc. No more guess work playing with rotary control knobs!

I Play an Ibanez and Aria Pro 2 Libra through a VOX chrome wah straight into a Trace Elliott Trident. The DL4 goes through the effects loop. and is primarily used to give more spae to my soloing.
For what I want it to do the unit is more than fine. I use a low mix repeter for a more expansive sound, through to a doubling, Pink Floyd delay. I haven't had the sound/volume probs others here have hi-lighted... but then the rest of my gear is superb.

had it two months (15 gigs, 10 rehearsals)... so far so good. Funnily enough, I got a discount when I bought it coz the chrome front cover was lifting!! Seems like I am not the only one to have this happen. As it is only cosmetic, that is not an issue, though. Actual build quality of the housing seems very rugged, and the non-slip base is built to last.

not had the pleasure - yet!

I play in two gigging bands, one a 70's & 80's soul, funk and disco band, the other a middle of the road rock act. The DL4 does exactly what I want it to. I've been playing for 21 years, and used a variety of different delays, and right now would say the DL4 is the most usable unit I have played through. It is the most flexible for what I do, and the tap delay means I can set up some cool grooves in time with the monkey at th back... I mean drummer!!

very easy to use. the manual is great it tells you what does what what and what effect is being modeled and even shows you a picture

In order my 86 Yamaha BB450 (thats a bass for all you guitarists) then the DL4 then a sansamp rbi to an ampeg svt 3 pro. Very low noise level true reproduction of your sound in the delays. the loop sampler works great and doesn't change your tone at all. if you make a good loop people wont even know your not playing.

cant tell yet

haven't dealt with line 6 yet but I hear their pretty good

I bought it mainly for the loop sampler so that I could come up with harmony parts to my guitarists lines without him having to play over and over. I was able to create new lines over what we already had in minutes and after a couple of hours of fine tuning the song was much better. I'm sure if i was going to use delay effects live this is what I would end up buying to its great versatility but the loop sampler alone is worth it for song writing and practice.

response to my response...no batteries were in it-i was using the adaptor

The DL4 is about as easy to work as is possible for a pedal with 16 functions.
Manual is alittle overkill. Mess around with it, its pretty cut and dry.

Tele>tuner>Reverend overdrive>Voodoo Lab Overdrive>arion SCH-1 chorus>Small stone>Whammy>line 6 DL4>(2) fender champs

Sounds very cool. Very little signal degredation.
I play avante guarde rock (radiohead, stereolab) and I find it very easy to get a wide variety in tones.

And, the loop sampler, why I don't use it, is really cool.

Its a tank. I trust it more than my car.

Haven't had to contact.

I like this pedal alot. Does things you'd need 5-6 pedals to do. Good price for what it is. Strong chasis, well wired. Good product. The ONLY Line6 item I like are their pedals.

This is just a reply to the below review...when the pedal starts blinking, the batteries are low. You returned it because of dying batteries...hahaha.

Quite easy after reading the manual-I also bought the contol pedal.

Equipment: Synth strat>GR30>BossComp>DigitechWammy>BossBluesDrvr>SansampTriAC>DL4. I had a blast with the reverse delay, and I used the control pedal to mess with it some more. I was able to get some trippy stuff out of it. The sampler was fun, too. Notice how I'm using the word "was"...

I've been reading this page where people gripe about how this pedal wigs out on them and thought, "THEY must not take care of THEIR pedals the way I do!" I'm quite anal retentive when it comes to taking care of my stuff, and was really enjoying this pedal and what it can do. Then, it happened to me...in the middle of a show, I was about to put on some delay, and the damn thing just started blinking at me! Luckily the guitar sound was still going through, but that was a HUGE buzzkill. I've never had ANYTHING go on the fritz like that before, let alone during a show. After the song ended, I did a quick power-down to see if the pedal would work again, but no luck. Luckily the pedal was on its 29th day of it's 30-day guarantee @ Guitar Ctr, so I was able to get a refund. I ended up trading up to a Boss GT6...not as much fancy delays, but more reliable (so far!). I've had better luck w/ Boss gear, and won't buy Line 6 unless they make a big statement saying something like "Sorry to those guitarists whose delay pedal fried on them in the middle of a performance. We now have a more reliable pedal."

I never called-I just returned the pedal to Guitar Ctr.

It was great while it lasted! Lots of cool features, but if it isn't reliable, what good is it? I'll never buy another one.

Just read the manual...every setting is very useful. Some guitarists get frustrated if they can't figure it out in a few minutes. This box is pretty deep. Lots of options that your audience probably won't notice.

I use this with a Tube Screamer and a Mesa Blue Angel. Sometimes with an Adamas acoustic for looping. It is quiet. I use it in NON true-bypass mode so the delays trail off after you shut it off. I also use the expression pedal- it is like getting 6 presets. Buy the expression pedal on Ebay, it isn't worth the $60 they charge in the stores. Maybe $25...and only maybe. Cheap piece of plastic. Anyway, the looping itself is worth the price of the pedal. And the delays go from grungy to crystal clean, with very little coloration of the signal. The tap tempo thing rocks- I am so happy they put that on there.

You really need the adapter since batteries will die in a few hours. But of course they charge extra for that. Grrr. My DL4 is zip-tied into my pedalboard..it is pretty safe from harm in there.

Line6 has a frustrating online customer support which essentially dodges direct questions.

People complain that the knob/preset setup makes it so you can't see you knob settings. There are only 3 to remember...how hard is that? Also, if you can't hear the difference in your presets, then your audience can't either. Just remember the 3 different delays, it isn't that hard. Use your ears people...why would you be looking at your feet anyway?
The manual is cool. I appreciate well written, informative, entertaining manuals. Check out Mackie as well. If you want to complain, look at a Roland Manual, or better yet, try to find a PDF of an Roland manual. Line6 puts them all on the website so you can see what they do *before* you buy.
The DL4 can double as a chorus box too..just use a modulation delay, and set the repeats to 0, delay time to 0.
It is a cool auto wah using the sweep delay- repeats at 0, delay time 0, and mix all the way wet.
Also, the looping is awesome for live vocals as well as guitar. Just use it in the aux send of a mixer.

This is definitely easy to use in my opinion. I only use stompboxes and i have a memory sooo setting knobs is easy as hell. ive seen people complaining about it. i am glad the knobs are big too a lot better to mess with then my boss dd6. the save function is pretty good. it really comes in handy, cause if you think of the pedal in sort of an analog way, you jhust bend down and set them real quick in between songs. and you cant mimic you are settings on a pedal like this in a show, you are a complete idiot who shouldnt be using a stompbox anyways. the chart thing helps with the tweak/tweez settings(what the hell is tweez supposed to mean). but just find your favorite delay setting and just get to know them. it takes practice but not more than 5 min unless you are totally helpless and confused. the tap tempo is also pretty useful. i dont like using it a lot but it comes in handy.

I use a Parker Fly Classic plugged directly into my Marshall DSL100, then sent out via the effects loop through a Crybaby Wah, Electro Harmonix Poly-Chorus wired to an expression pedal for a manual chorus/flange, Boss TR-2 tremelo, Electro Harmonix Qtron +, Digitech Whammy, Line 6 DL4, Electro Harmonix Small Stone Phaser, Electro Harmonix Black Finger tube Compressor, Electro Harmonix holier grail reverb pedal, back into the amp. People have said they notice a loss in gain when the turn the Delay on. I havent. I think it sounds amazing in my setup, that may have to do with the compressor. but i dunno. I really like how it sounds. It is really versatile, a lot more so than my boss DD6. I play music thats a cross between hendrix, and portishead, maybe kinda radioheadish, but more on the evil side of tool or something. i dunno its weird. but i do a lot of effects with ambient noise created by delay with various methods of playing. i think the sweep echo is retarded, it sounds really stupid i would rather just but the qtron after the normal echo. i also think the sweep sounds closer to a cheesy digital phaser(i never did understand digital modulation effects, they just plain suck). the lo fi is pretty cool is you set the res in the middle. but my favorite by far is the space echo (multihead) model. It doesnt sound like the real thing, but who really cares, its not the real thing. I also think the analog delays dont sound too reminiscent of analog delay. the tape ones arent too clear. but like i said, its not the real thing, im only 18 and have spent like 5000+ on instruments and effects in one year soo im pretty pleased at how cost effective this pedal is.

I have been reading on here that everyone hates this thing cause of this problem. I do too. I bought mine on wednesday of last week. it is now saturday night of the same week. and its already starting to break. It sounds ok and isnt dying or anything. but i am in the midst of a recording and as i was synching the tempo with the clock and setting up the multihead delay today for a song, i got it right, then saved it. then we ran through the song to the clock. and on the first part i used delay i switched the pedal on, and the setting wasnt what i saved. everything was the same except the delay time sounding like it was down to minimum. I tried to see if i just screwed up and tried to fix it like 15-20 times and it worked a couple. and then it stopped all together. it only seems to do it with the multihead delay. i dont understand i got realy really pissed and wanted to throw it at the wall, but i didnt. soo we didnt ge to finish our song and im really disappointed. im gonna go to guitar center on monday morning and get a new one

dont know i can get a new one without hassle from guitar center.

i never trusted line 6 to begin with. this is the first line 6 thing ive ever bought. i hate their modeling amps, cause they really just sound like shit. and i think the POD is a sorrry excuse for a multieffects unit. but i figured that there couldnt be too much wrong with a modeling delay pedal. it could only be better than a simple digital delay. so i decided to give it a try. its not the real thing, but its cool in its own weird digital way. i hope my next one isnt a piece of crap. ive been playing for like 10 years since i was a little kid, but i really only got into effects after you know experimenting with certain things at the young age of 15. since then ive gotten really into music, and really grown an understanding of music and how work all these weird little boxes. this pedal is definitely a good buy if you are poor, young, or you really just suck, or you are cheap. but dont buy it thinking it will recreate old devices that use 30 year old electronics that you cant really even find anymore. it does come in handy a lot. HOWEVER. ALLL OF THIS IS JUST GREAT IF THE DAMN THING WORKS FOR YOU. make sure you give a good beating for the first week you have it to see if it will be able to withstand the test of time. so that way you can take it back it get a new one without hassle!!!!!