Skreddy Echo vs Empress Vintage Modified Superdelay

[Billysrocketnards]

The Skreddy does tape better.

The Empress has *much* more capabilities.

[thunderheart530]

perfect setup would be both. skreddy for the tape sounds and empress for any other type of delay

[gillyarchtop]

Guy's don't be fooled by science and technology... the green blob guy over there is creating the delay effects with his all-powerful mind. Just get one of those. I recommend the early 80's version not the re-issue.

[andrewface]

do doubt the empress is more versatile...but the skreddy just sounds so much better...especially the modulation

[cbickford84]

Longer delay time and additional features such as a looper give the Empress the win in my opinion.

[bigtophalloween]

Thanks for the demo, Brian! I really like the Empress, I may have to go further into debt to get one.

[snouter]

I think we need a blind A vs B test kind of thing where which was which is revealed at the end. Both sound great. I am leaning toward the Skreddy since I am currently delayless and if the Vintage Modified becomes available again, they will probably sell out immediately.

[smartti1970]

empress price is pure madness

[bigtophalloween]

@smartti1970 Yeah, it is expensive, but DAMN does it do a lot of cool stuff. 8 presets, tons of features, and Line 6 versatility with boutique tone that takes up very little space on the old pedal board. Ultimately I ended up selling mine because I prefer my Mad Professor Deep Blue Delay and Rocket Ride First Echo On The Moon (a brilliantly modified Memory Man), but I still think about it and might end up getting another one down the road.

[mynameizbrian]

I can't really say the super delay is superior, but I won't say it isn't. They both do different things. I think the empress sounds more full, but the timefactor has more tweakability. The timefactor can honestly do nearly anything you'd want a delay pedal to do. The tone of the empress on some settings, at least to me, is better than the timefactor.

[cosmogang]

Nice observation. Do you think the empress is superior to the timefactor?

[mynameizbrian]

Honestly the empress sounds incredible. Any "weak" sounds would be due to having the hi pass filter on trying to replicate the skreddy. I almost prefer the empress to the skreddy. the skreddy does it's sound, and that's great...but the empress packs so much more in.