Re: Any work done with the Boss DD-20?

[ArsOcarina@aol.com]

Carl,

I played at last years Y2K4 fest in Santa Cruz with a pair of them and have done a couple of other gigs with them as well. While I was not happy with my own performance at Y2K4 I was fairly happy with the Boss pedals themselves. Unless someone has recorded my set I have no MP3s to refer you to (I'm not sure they'd help anyway). Sorry. At one point I owned 3 of these things. I ordinarily use a pair of Oberheim Echoplexes in a large rack setup. I started using multiple DD-20s to simulate some of the complex layering and multiplying and "glitching" you can do with the EDP when I didn't want to tote my whole rack to a venue. 

The pedals are lightweight, convenient and tough as nails. Plus, the programmable timing settings on them are amazingly accurate (hardly any drift between them when you are running more than one). Essentially I had one set for short delays, another for long delays and another for reverse and some of the other weird "modes" it has. They all synched perfectly -- to my ears at least. Just set up the long delays so that they are mathematical multiples of the shorter ones in the LED display. Anywho, I am back down to just one DD-20 now. I've figured out more convenient ways to take my EDPs "on the road" so I sold off two of them to buy other "toys."

I've not touched the DD-20 in over six months. I haven't decided if the last remaining one is something I should hang on to (for it's convenience and portability) or sell off to acquire some other gadget I'd use more often. Since it's battery operable it might be a kick to take it (and a pignose amp or something) camping in the woods this summer. I dunno.

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