Ultimate Boutique Guitar Delay Pedal Shootout: Moog, EchoCzar, MXR, Memory Man + More

We recorded clips of 10 different high end delay pedals in Taylor Barefoot's Studio in Brighton Massachusetts to show off the different flavors of delays available.

We recorded each pedal using an original 1959 Fender Stratocaster, Monster Cables, a Voodoo Labs Pedal Power II, and Alessandro Black 'n Tan amp, Royer 121 microphone, Shure SM-57 microphone, Shadow Hill Industries Gama 8 preamp and a Lynx Aurora 16 A/D convertor into Protools.

Minimal digital limiting was added in Protools to boost the volumes.

Pedals used w/purchase links:
Moog MF-104 (http://amzn.to/gJcEld)
Empress Vintage Modified Superdelay (http://amzn.to/eJQ56S)
Dr Scientist Sunny Day Delay (http://amzn.to/fzT2Dr)
Way Huge Aquapuss (http://amzn.to/e55X2F)
MXR Carbon Copy (http://amzn.to/fTSTJD)
Toneczar Echoczar
Electro Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man Reissue (http://amzn.to/haBqzQ)
Diamond Memory Lane
Hughes and Kettner Replex (http://amzn.to/fuDHqp)
Roland SRE-555

Each pass was recorded first with the bridge pickup, then the neck pickup. Taylor tried to play the same thing each time, but we didn't use any reamper or similar to get the exact same thing each time.

We simply set each delay to a setting (with tasteful modulation) that we felt sounded 'good' for that pedal, as if we were trying to use it for a song that had this riff in the studio- a real world application. There are plenty of videos that go into the details of each pedal, look them up!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Moog
• MF-104
• Empress Superdelay
• Aquapuss
• Sunny Day Delay
• guitar
• boutique
• Toneczar
• Echoczar
• Delays
• Carbon Copy
• MXR
• Electro-Harmonix
• Memory Man
• Memory Lane
• Replex
• Roland
• SRE-555
• shootout

[spicecrop]

The big surprise and underdog was the Sunny Day Delay, It seems to give the big boys a run for the money so to speak. nice rich sound compared to the more expensive units. I'll have to look into that one. Thanks for the true comparative demo.

[Tibbon]

@spicecrop Thanks! He makes some great pedals. If you get one, tell him we sent you!

[wayfechylde3]

VSMDs are niiiiiiiiiice.

[Tibbon]

@wayfechylde3 That they are. We goosed the modulation a bit too much here by accident.

[BABnGIM]

How come the new sunny delays only have 1 switch now?

[Tibbon]

@ObservationAlaska Truth be told, I'm the guy behind the camera and I haven't been by the studio in a few months to check them out yet :) My gut instinct would tell me that they are some of the larger mid-field ones of theirs (not large soffit mounted ones), and certainly not their smallest ones. Its a big room and needs a lot of power to fill it. I'll ask Taylor when I get him on the phone next.

[ObservationAlaska]

@Tibbon Very much so. Ive been meaning to upgrade to a pair of Adam's. What series did you get?

[Tibbon]

@ObservationAlaska Having Barefoot monitors would make sense wouldn't it? The studio has actually been upgraded to some really nice Adam monitors. The Echoczar is fantastic indeed. We had two of them in there at one point :)