Delays that cooperate with a Meathead?
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- Sk10
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Re: Delays that cooperate with a Meathead?
Analog BBD Delays usually don't have much headroom. They tend to distort rather quickly when you hit 'em with a hot signal (which a meathead has...)
An EHX MMD has almost no headroom....
An EHX MMD has almost no headroom....
- thesjkexperience
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Re: Delays that cooperate with a Meathead?
Mine works ok with a nova delay as long as you do the proper set up by running the hot signal in the pedal and calibrating it.
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- Braden
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Re: Delays that cooperate with a Meathead?
Makes for some fun feedback and noise though!Sk10 wrote:Analog BBD Delays usually don't have much headroom. They tend to distort rather quickly when you hit 'em with a hot signal (which a meathead has...)
An EHX MMD has almost no headroom....
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Re: Delays that cooperate with a Meathead?
Idd, but I guess the topicstarter just wants to avoid noise and other dirty side effects.Braden wrote:Makes for some fun feedback and noise though!Sk10 wrote:Analog BBD Delays usually don't have much headroom. They tend to distort rather quickly when you hit 'em with a hot signal (which a meathead has...)
An EHX MMD has almost no headroom....
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Re: Delays that cooperate with a Meathead?
Hehe, did the Holiest Grail cause an EHX-trauma?Sickle wrote:I'm not too crazy about EH stuff these days. I agree with SK10 it would probably give limited results.
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Re: Delays that cooperate with a Meathead?
I've had good luck with an SIB Echodrive (red) and a Maxon AD80 (Reissue).
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Re: Delays that cooperate with a Meathead?
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- slomatic
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Re: Delays that cooperate with a Meathead?
Meathead first, always!! I've run mine into various delays with great results - weirdly the only one that didn't sound good at all was a Boss DM3 , which is considered to be something of a holy grail delay. I like digital delay best with fuzz, tuned properly it doesn't sound harsh at all as many critics claim.....In all honesty my old Boss DD3 - the industry standard - sounded fantastic with my Meat, as does my current board delay, a Space Echo re-issue. Probably my favourite of the lot is the Earthquaker devices Disaster Transport delay, which sounds somewhere between analog and digital. That transports the fuzz to a huge cavern somewhere in the earth's mantle, where it echos like thunder.....
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Re: Delays that cooperate with a Meathead?
I agree about a lot of digital delays working real well with heavy fuzz. I also have an old DD-3 that does the job.Other than it, I really like the old DOD/Digitech PDS1000s.
As far as analog goes, I agree about the Boss DM-3s not working super well. I have one of those and a DM-2 also. They sound good but just become completely overwhelmed. They still create the ambience, but all detail is lost unless you pretty much play entirely staccato. I have an old Maxon AD80 (same as the Ibanez branded ones) though that works great with thick fuzz. It is the model that runs on 18 volts, giving it a lot more headroom than the 9 volt models can muster. For fuzz, that's my go-to box.
As far as analog goes, I agree about the Boss DM-3s not working super well. I have one of those and a DM-2 also. They sound good but just become completely overwhelmed. They still create the ambience, but all detail is lost unless you pretty much play entirely staccato. I have an old Maxon AD80 (same as the Ibanez branded ones) though that works great with thick fuzz. It is the model that runs on 18 volts, giving it a lot more headroom than the 9 volt models can muster. For fuzz, that's my go-to box.
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Re: Delays that cooperate with a Meathead?
I have been great results with this combo:
Doesn't swallow the MHs lowend like my Deluxe Memory and Univox EC80 do.
Doesn't swallow the MHs lowend like my Deluxe Memory and Univox EC80 do.
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