Boss DD-20 - Tips and Tricks 

I have used this pedal for yonks and I certainly learned some tricks I didn't know was possible. The chorus especially. I don't have a chorus on my board so might need to reserve a preset.

It's so handy being able to tweak those. I intended to do more distorted clips but was vibing too hard on those cleans!

I am also grateful that I never sold any of my Boss pedals (I did sell a GS-10 tabletop unit to Guitar Center for like $40 when I paid $500 fot it, but it had been acting up and I didn't have any way of fixing it, it turned on, so they bought it), even in the depths of addiction. I still own all of them from my original DS-1, except for an RE-20 Space Echo that got stolen as I was going through a divorce, which I recently finally replaced. I missed it so much.

Right there with you. Timeline is a great piece of gear but the DD20 is unbeatable for the money IMO

Totally agree!! I love my Giga delay it does everything I need it to do and more and the delay tones sound fantastic, easy to edit IMO, nice user interface and I think it looks kool, I think a lot of players will think the size of the unit is to large to put on their pedalboard but for me it’s worth the sacrifice taking up a bit more space for the £120 I paid for it. I don’t need any other delay pedals this does it for me at a great price and high quality so although they are very nice I could never warrant paying around £400 for a Strymon Timeline as I don’t think I would do that much more with it than the Giga delay. Nice video Leon

Shimmer modulation you say? Teach me!

Ditto!

Not what we know as shimmer effect by any means in this pedal. “Shimmery modulation” would be a more accurate description of what it can do.

Wonders what this setting might be?

Josh L Nothing like cascading octaves.

My pleasure!

Haha I have had this pedal for over a decade and have been trying the same. It doesn't work. I feel like if you weren't forced to let it drop in pitch it would be a cool thing for transitions, but nope. You always have to let it obnoxiously pitch shift and slow down forever

Hi. Juste turn down the level knob...

Well, if it's any consolation they are cheap if you ever wanted to buy it back :)

From memory you cans witch back and forth between a saved preset and the "live" mode.

Just ordered one, with a box and Japanese instructions for $120.99 (the box was only 99 cents more, I couldn't pass it up).

Buy yourself a Boss 9v power supply. All you need is two cables. One for input and one for output. Of you need cables just get him some HOSA instrument cables.

What does it mean "hendrix sound" for a delay? He used single coils, Marshalls, wha, fuzz, octaver and univibe. Possibly reverb added in studio.

​@@lovecraftmusic8717i think op is referring to an echoplex. Which hendrix did use on some tunes. Most notably voodoo child

If you're familiar with the DD200 this will make a lot of sense. Built like a tank too.

There's an instrument or line option

Much appreciated.

They would make a pretty fun combo!

I got mine for £108 second hand off the fleabay and it came through the post today. Works perfectly but has a few small chips to the paint, which I'm not bothered about in the slightest.

@@bigbasil1908 One of the best ever. Good Price. You'll love it.

I too wonder the same thing!

In the loop, yes

I've owned both, the DD-20 stayed.

@@LeonTodd I am Italian, so I could make mistakes writing this comment, but, anyway, the fact is that dd 20 fascinates me because of its vintage style ('90-00), its Radiohead's flavour... and then it sounds well, warm. On the other hand the new tc flashback x4 gives u the possibility to experiment more, but seems also more cold and aseptic. Do you agree with these thoughts?

@@arch.marcoporro1367 the TC has some cool modes and the looper is easier to use, plus there's the toneprint feature. The DD-20 is just a lot more grab and go and inspiring IMO.

Hey. No sadly it can’t. It CAN but unlike the DD3 it doesn’t stop when it’s supposed to

Cómo le subo el volumen ?

@@albertoramirez2076 manten presionado el boton de on/off y luego lo conectas a la corriente... y sueltas el boton, en la pantalla dirá "OUT 1" presiona el boton SELECT hasta encontrar la opcion "OUT 3" y luego presionas el boton WRITE (02 veces) y listo.. todo el pedal subio de volumen, el twist, el warp tambien, tiene otras funciones ocultas.. las puedes buscar.. saludos

@@hruiz93 gracias bro! Encontré otro vídeo donde explican eso pero de todos modos muchas gracias!

It's a top notch pedal in it's own right. Probably never sell mine.

@@LeonTodd that tells me all I need to know

Check out the Neunaber stuff

Isn't it great pulling out an old pedal and finding something new and inspiring? F*** yeah!

Been thinking about that for a while

And most companies an extra switch for Tap Tempo

@@LeonTodd rehousing..?🤷🏻

Bargain!

I just ordered mine for $129USD from reverb last night.

I'll be stacking this with the Loomer pedal, blues driver 2, and EHX graphic fuzz eq pedal.

what? super bargain. got 1 although i still consider it a best buy for $150 aud

i'd say the standard digital delay mode will get you into DD3 territory.

Leon Todd thanks, now I'm sure I want dd20! Regards!

I'm not sure TBH. Spillover seems to be on by default, check the manual to see if you can disable it.

I looked in the manual but I found nothing unfortunately. I have not tried yet with an external pedal but I do not think it changes my problem. ... in general "who can do most can the least" but not with this good material

Yeah this is back in my noobier video days.