DOD Rubberneck Electric Guitar Analog Delay Pedal DOD0015

Product Information

The first consideration with a delay pedal is whether you want to go for an analog or digital delay. Typically digital delays will be cleaner and give you more out-there effects, whereas analog will be richer and darker. The Boss DD 500 allows you to save a massive 297 patches, and with the granularity of control you have over the delays in this unit, you might just use them all. This can be vital for certain guitarists because, for many, a delay pedal isn’t “set it and forget it.” Depending on the effect you’re going for or even the tempo of the song, you’ll want to have a number of different delay settings throughout a gig. One of the things that makes buying a delay pedal both difficult and easy is that there is a huge variety of delay pedals available – but once you work out what kind of delay you want or need, it’s quite possible to hone in on one model that does exactly what you need (and honestly, it’s probably the Strymon Timeline because that thing does everything). Major Considerations

The gain control allows you to dial in your desired amount of breakup on your delay tails, giving you a level of control not normally found on analog pedals. Despite being an analog delay pedal, the dTape Echo has a patented Sharc DSP Technology integrated into it, giving you complete control over every single aspect of the Tape Echo. This includes machine health, tone aging, delay time, tape age, and more all within that rich and warm analog sound. But after a little while I started finding some flaws: the effective usable delay time is roughly 800ms, after that it will start introducing noise and artefacts. Still a decent delay time, but you have to remember not to use the Time knob to its full extent. There is incredible range to be found here - as long as you have the patience to dial those knobs in diligently. Of course with that much range, you can also get all kinds of odd tones too - which tends to be the focus of the detractors. TAILS: Allows repeats to be heard or not heard when the delay is bypassed (on, off, and on + no dry).For this reason, it’s important to know if the pedals you’re looking at allow you to save your presets – and just as important is how easy it is to access them.

When you’re looking at delay pedals, there really is an abundance of choice on the market – and for that reason, it can feel like you’re being bombarded with options. The D-Seed has buffered bypass and does include tap tempo functionality on top of its four digital delay effects.

Who Is It For?

Now that we have covered the main controls we can now discuss the footswitches. There are two footswitches labelled EFFECT ON, and TEMPO/REGEN: I’ve recently come into the possession of the Gunslinger and Looking Glass, partly driven by current scarcity and possible discontinuation - so I now own 4 of those listed, including also the Boneshaker and Carcosa.