MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay (+Distortion III)

[g1taar]

omg whats wrong with my eyes!! the distortion III is pink!!!

[Danthehorse]

Nice demo, i like the delay with it. im just wondering if you can get slightly warmer tones from the Dist III?

[StefanFlagit]

@Danthehorse yes you can!

[faridzayish]

beginner here.. if i was about to combine distortion with delay, which pedal should be on 1st (from guitar) ?

[joelg125]

awwwful

[EnvyHK]

oh...so you can connect more than one pedal...thanks for the info. was just checking.

[shaeism]

heck yes. this is freakin awesome as are most of your demos.

[JerEnkil]

the best pedal's

[mcnabb4mvp06]

sexy tone. 

[MrGuimbard]

mxr carbon copy is the best pedal

[DAshiznit0804]

I like to set the delay really high, create a percussive little beat, then crank up the regen really fast to hold the percussive beat, THEN slowly shift the delay down until it hits feeback and shift it back up right at that point. You get a really wacky tone by doing that. If you haven't figured out how to do it, you should try it sometime. It's wild : )

[EvanEli13]

I want to get the carbon copy. How do I set the tempo for a band situation? Do I just adjust the delay and just play with the band??

[CatDieselPwr]

Yup,you just find the right amount of delay you like and leave it at that.The first chords of good times bad times by Led Zeppelin is a good amount for soloing and standard playing.U aint guna be sitting in the dirt twisting the knobs like Gilmour in Pink Floyd Pompeii video I don't think lol.You'll love having any good analog delay :)

[evilvon]

so i got the distortion 3 coming in the mail and i already have a carbon copy, do you suggest i put the distortion 3 infront of the delay in my chain or behind?

i have a blue box behind the carbon copy as well as a boss chorus

[DdRumMa729]

if you have an efx loop on your amp put the delay through there and leave the dist in the front of your amp

[TacooGrill]

@evilvon i have most of those pedals, and what i found with them is, is that, the blue box should usually go first, then chorus, then, i think it should be your decission where the cc and the dist 3 go, cus, if you but the dist 3 infront of the cc, you'll get a normal delay sound, but, if you but the cc before dist 3, the repeats will be distorted, which sounds very cool, in a Mars Volta way. So, play around with the signal chain, theres no right order.

[SamCurran41]

that tone sent shivers down my spine oooooooooooooooooooooh nice video

[redkoalabare]

yea check out the time bender and yea it's a digi tech

[redkoalabare]

idk the jimi hendrix one is great but un less you havea full tube amp the the wammy pedal does not soud all great when your playing chords i know from experiance

[Fender1976uk]

TIP: big companys such as Boss doesn't make the best pedals :) and please! no 15 yr old kids making any stupid comments like the DD-7 is the best delay ever!! your talking to a guitar player here :) you can get delays that dont cost a bomb but are superior

[nookies10]

Do you say the RC50 is not the best loop station ?

There will always be a best, it just change in function of the musician.

I had a Nova Delay by TC electronics, and I had a best sound with a Boss GT8 multi effects.

[Fender1976uk]

I guess if your happy with digital effects that sound abit thin? then your ok? but I prefer analog. I don't hate all digital though and if you were to ask me what is the best Boss digital pedal? id say the DIgital Space D (DC-3) that is no longer made, As for the loop type pedals, I don't use them so I can't give an opinion on those :)

[CantaloupeKingMusic]

Aw man, no love for DigiTech? I think they're great.

[bigskymind81]

yup.. think digitech hardwire new line of pedals are great..they sounded good, for me..try them..thnkz

[nuttysolos]

digitech are way too digital. poor quality buffers that alter your tone. just not good pedals.

[realguitarist07]

Play some real pedals and use a good ear. I have spent $250 on a pedal and I would easily spend more if it meant better tone. If you like them then go ahead and use them. But don't expect great tone.

[Necrolemus]

yea i would listen to "realguitarist". how bad r u that u have to call yurself realguitarist to get attention

[realguitarist07]

It's an inside joke. I use it to separate myself from the drop d addicts at my school. I'm not implying anything or trying to think highly of myself. Honestly, I think I suck. And good job getting attention by attacking my screen name. How bad are you? And you have bad spelling and grammar.

[Necrolemus]

i admit i aint good, and i dont really like drop D, i got mine set to standard and my other in C#. and about my grammer, i was on my playstation. but now i see, so i formally apologize as best i could. my bad

[realguitarist07]

It's all good man. I apologize too. No point in arguing on youtube.

[t3golf]

@ realguitarist... i've got some pretty nice pedals myself, but tone's in your hands. You can get some great tones out of a Boss pedal if you know how to hold your baby right. It's a heck of a lot easier to get it out of nicer pedals. That's for dang sure. But it all boils down to your hands.

[realguitarist07]

Well I am well aware of what my hands are doing. But lets say what if we handed Eric Johnson a Digitech RP pedal. Would it sound as good as his rig? Even with his hands?

[t3golf]

Yeah, I get what your saying, but I think that we're comparing apples and oranges. The Digitech is crap. The MXR is not. It doesn't cost alot, but it's still quality. If you put something like the MXR in his rig, I think that he'd sound just as good to 99% of the people out there. I'm sure not to him, cuz he's a tone freak. But for most everybody else... yeah. Just as good.

[realguitarist07]

Although MXR does some some really nice pedals out on the market, I honestly don't dig the Carbon Copy too much. Either it has too much delay or too little. And it sounds too warm. But that's just in my ears. It works well for some other things though. I recently bought an Electro Harmonix Memory Toy and I find better use of it. Oh and it's only 80 bucks. It has a bit more clarity to it. Just something to check out if you have the time. And yeah, Eric Johnson is truly a tone freak.

[t3golf]

Yeah, I can respect that. I really love the warm sound. That's why I picked it over something like the DD-20 that's got 8000 different settings that you can play with. I'm looking to pair another delay with my CC, so I'll go check out the EHX. Thanks for the heads up.

[djbro16]

you have the pedals backwards silly goose

[oncetaken]

is the distortion iii any good as a solo boost?

[stratoman686]

I don't have one, but have tried it out. It is very rich harmonically. I supposed you could crank the output and tone and get over the top

[jgrizz14]

I've got one of the carbon copies that I got right after they came out. I flat love it. It is exactly the sound I was going for. I instantly channel david gilmour when its on.

[rhcpjohn444]

yeah my boss ds-1 sounds like crap im gettin this

[d00derson]

Here is a word of advice: never buy anything made by Boss or Digitech.

[rhcpjohn444]

holy shit its so true they sell you awful shit. idk i here digitech whammys good

[d00derson]

I've tried out a Whammy before, and it really doesn't sound that great (for my purposes at least). It's monophonic (can only octave one note at a time) so you can't use chords with it. I much prefer the Electro Harmonix POG.

[rhcpjohn444]

oh really. well idk which one the red one is but thats a good whammy pedal

[nuttysolos]

boss are okay for some things in my opinion. but i aggree with teh digitech statement. terrible effects.

[ilovemyfender1]

Agree on Boss, but digitech's Whammy, JamMan, Timebender, and HarmonyMan are incredible but expensive-ish. I own a Digitech Bad Monkey, It beats a TS9 or TS808 by a LONG run because it's a ts9 clone with a Bass control. All other digitech sucks though.

[rhcpjohn444]

ur distortion rules im tradin my boss back in. sound like santanas tone

[utyo]

does having a solid state amp affect the sound of an analog delay?

[EFFORTLESS7]

hey someone answer this cuz i needs to know...i never heard of this but i want to know

[ProblemAudio]

The type of amp you use will affect the sound of any pedal you run into it.

[Relayer1968]

wow I cant believe people need to ask how much better the carbon copy is than the memory man, guitar worlds reviews gave it no cons in their review - thats really not common.

[lenarush]

hey donnerbox, i've got an older distortion + and am looking for a decent backup, how would you compare the distortion III?

[andrewalderman]

I'm not donnerbox (obviously), but I've got a reissue Distortion + and a Distortion III. I prefer the III because it has a much sweeter midrange and better low end response. It seems to have a bit less gain, but I just combine mine with a light overdrive (a BBE Green Screamer) when I need more gain. They sound great together. The Distortion III is an awesome pedal.

[ce2287]

get fulltone g-500

[Simto]

Godlike tone when you play the first lick with the dist on!

I'm definitely going to try the Carbon Copy out, would go really nice with my Replica

[buufusreborn]

What kind of amp are you playing through?

[ugotpimp]

whoaaaaa nice pedal (and playing)

I had a deluxe memory man. I had creamy delay for shure & was wayyy more than a delay pedal, but too dam big and bulky.

[decibell72]

How are you liking the Carbon Copy?

Does it stand up against the likes of the analog offerings of EH, Maxon, Ibanez and Boss?

[KidZiDx]

dude mxr has a much better line of pedals than boss! die cast steel!

[kharlos84]

@KidZiDx some boss are good. some mxr are goodd. A pedal board with both companies will be a killer one

[john745745]

@KidZiDx i agree mxr kicks boss pedals asses , but the mxr are made of zinc not steel lol .... still beats the hell of the boss stuff

[blahman178]

How is that carbon copy compared to the Deluxe Memory Man?

[AudioToys]

5+! that looks like a pre cbs tele...

CIAO ;P