Greetings. I've never been super into delay pedals for my sound. I bought a TC Electronic Flashback many years ago and it has served me very well, and still is. Mostly, I just use it for its dotted eighth note feature on the modulated delay setting, for some sweet Gilmour "Run Like Hell" type riffs. I pretty much leave it on that setting for really ambient types of playing w/ reverb as well.
In the last couple years or so, I've been working a lot more on my lead playing, and have discovered that a little delay really helps my tone in that department as well. Having said that, I have my Flashback dialed pretty well for my clean stuff, and I find that for leads, I am very picky on how it's set. I'd rather just get another delay pedal that I can leave setup for lead playing.
For lead playing, I seldom use more than two repeats. Just a subtle effect, really -- as I find that if I get even slightly too heavy-handed with it it starts to jumble the notes and sound terrible.
Having not really looked at many delay pedals, I don't really know where to begin. I know that I don't necessarily need something that is hugely versatile, I just need it for a few repeats max, and maybe to add a little warmth to the notes. I don't want to spend over $125, and I'm willing to go used. I've thought about just picking up a Flashback Mini but I think it might be more interesting to try another brand, especially when stacking delays and reverb. Might get a little more texture that way, IDK.
Help me out!
In the last couple years or so, I've been working a lot more on my lead playing, and have discovered that a little delay really helps my tone in that department as well. Having said that, I have my Flashback dialed pretty well for my clean stuff, and I find that for leads, I am very picky on how it's set. I'd rather just get another delay pedal that I can leave setup for lead playing.
For lead playing, I seldom use more than two repeats. Just a subtle effect, really -- as I find that if I get even slightly too heavy-handed with it it starts to jumble the notes and sound terrible.
Having not really looked at many delay pedals, I don't really know where to begin. I know that I don't necessarily need something that is hugely versatile, I just need it for a few repeats max, and maybe to add a little warmth to the notes. I don't want to spend over $125, and I'm willing to go used. I've thought about just picking up a Flashback Mini but I think it might be more interesting to try another brand, especially when stacking delays and reverb. Might get a little more texture that way, IDK.
Help me out!