Getting the Most From DELAY | Friday Fretworks 

Mark H I actually am a card magician so can clarify that it is pretty much on a par with sleight of hand techniques. (Although it’s more coin related than card).

For some reason there are lots of really good english players lately. Disproportionately

@@cornstar1253 Welsh* :)

@@cornstar1253 so many of the greats are/were British. It’s part of their heritage.

U should name the artist too so people dont have to guess.

What to do if I have my hair alreday washed?

Old school ideas from pros. EVH: Volume swells w/hammer-ons (Cathedral). Delay tapping (Women In Love). Brian May: Syncopated picking with the delay time. Saw him do it in his instruction video. Produces a doubling effect. Not difficult if your fretting and picking are synchronized.

Reverb on the amp, with the Echoplex delay, with just 1-2 repeats and that lovely chorus that it adds, always on. The little MXR tap tempo cube is useful as well.

PS delay always on - it can sound a bit wet in isolation, but in a band or recorded mix it adds width.

Stacking delays is fun and interesting. Try running a digital tape into an analog delay with modulation (like a Belle Epoch into a Memory Toy). Lush and a bit shoe-gazey, but you can sculpt and create a lot of space at the same time.

Morello also used a Digitech Space Station on Highway, you can still find them about but there are loads of ‘shimmer type pedals on the market now’ stay safe mate (George) X

Feel and phrasing to spare! Phenomenal.

Noise Code It still works well, even without a fully wet signal? I’ve been curious, but can find only demos of the APE using delays with kill dry/100% Wet delays set at one repeat. I’ve been wondering about the DD-3 in particular, as I’m just wondering how tape like it can get through the loop.

@@CorbCorbin I haven't tried it without a fully wet signal yet. The original DD-3 will actually go %100 percent wet. What you need to do is plug a dummy plug into the direct out jack. once you have done this the signal coming from the output jack is now 100% wet no matter where you set the "E.Level" knob. I don't know if this works in the new DD-3T because I haven't got one here to experiment with. As far as "how tape does it sound?" goes, I would say two things. 1: Watch the episode of That Pedal Show where they use a completely clean Mako D1. The APE really does all the work. I happen to feel it works particularly well with the DD-3 because it has a very slight crunchy compression on the repeats. (I think this is due to the compander circuit and the vintage D to A converters, but what do I know.) To my ears the APE accentuates this quality which just adds to the vibe. 2: I would say "does it sound like tape?" is kind of the wrong question. I have had and have worked with many tape delays and they all sound different. Yes the APE definitely gets in that ballpark and if I heard it on a recording I would find it hard to pick it out from real tape delays. For me the question is "do I like the sound it makes?" and "does it inspire me to write, play and experiment?" and the answer for me is yes! The fun part about this thing to me is that you can experiment with throwing anything in the loop alongside your delay. Chorus, flanger, more delay, fuzz...get crazy! I find, for "real" worn out tape sounds, the Fairfield Circuitry Shallow Water pairs particularly well with the APE but don't go buy one just for that.There are much less expensive ways to get there. Finally I would just say you can already find them used for 150ish( if you watch closely the go fast) and at the price if you don't like it you can turn it around on Reverb or craigslist for exactly what you paid for it. That was probably more information than you asked for haha. Hope that helps and Cheers to the humble DD-3, the Pabst Blue Ribbon of pedals!

Good man Lloyd! John was a big influence on me.

Could I just thank Chris Buck for THAT demo of a 50s Gold top.... Not just blues cliches but ferocious chords and wailing..... Whoa!!!!

Agree completely Robin. Small Hours is a fine example of saturated echo with enough power to transport your thoughts to another world. Very mellow and beautiful. John Martyn covered the spectrum of styles from traditional folk (Spencer the Rover) to nasty-ugly (I Am John Wayne) with equal grace. A very unique talent and a big loss when he passed.

Agreed, and why Yamaha doesn't sell one with p90 styled pickups, nice inlays and wrap around bridge? Chris owns the only one. Not that I would buy a rsp20, but they could put p90s in the rs620.

@@PastelComGini Yes, I have the RS520 with p90's and I love it. I also have the RS820CR and that is my favorite.

I do! It’s in this video 🙂

@@ChrisBuckGuitar would love to see some tutorials on your songs. Cheers👍🏼

Hey. It's a Fender White Blonde Vintera Strat. This one, to be precise :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Kn0p4o1WEYQ.html

@@ChrisBuckGuitar thanks for the answer. Very very nice video, gorgeos sounding. Love your way to play guitar !

Hey Warren. It is! The black one at the start is a stock 502 and the Goldtop at 5 minutes is a 502 Custom Shop 🙂

Thought it could have been an 820CR. Thanks, Chris.

Warren Roddy That one has humbuckers not P-90s. He prefers P-90s.