Line 6 DL4 - Any Good ? Anyone Still Use One ?

guitarcookie1

Out of interest, can the DL4 be powered by a standard 9v power supply?

tbc

guitarcookie1 said:

Out of interest, can the DL4 be powered by a standard 9v power supply?

With something like this it can be:

https://www.andertons.co.uk/guitar-dept/guitar-pedals/pedal-power-supplies/diago-ps03-green-adaptor-centre-positive-25mm-barrel

guitarcookie1

tbc said:

guitarcookie1 said:

Out of interest, can the DL4 be powered by a standard 9v power supply?

With something like this it can be:

https://www.andertons.co.uk/guitar-dept/guitar-pedals/pedal-power-supplies/diago-ps03-green-adaptor-centre-positive-25mm-barrel

Cheers

DrJazzTap

I had an Echopark sold it and bought a few analogue delay pedals, but never connected with any of them. I ended up buying another Echopark about a year ago. I was nearly going to buy a DL4, it was just the size issue for me.

steamabacus

guitarcookie1 said:

Out of interest, can the DL4 be powered by a standard 9v power supply?

It needs 12v dc, centre POSITIVE with a 2.5mm barrel plug with something around 200mA current draw (I've seen 175mA - 250mA quoted around the web)

I knew someone who was running one at 9v dc and it did work but it may be a bit less noisy (?) with the full 12v.

Have a read of the sixth post down here (heyniceguy)...

https://line6.com/supportarchivenew/thread/55666/

Wazmeister

meltedbuzzbox said:

sgosden said:

Hx stomp has exactly the same delay engines as the DL4

Wazmeister said:

@Lebarque (oh, and I forgot the HX Stomp...) 

It doesn't sound the same.
I think the dl4 has a pre amp in it

@impmann knows his dl4 pretty well

Jack is right here... I’ve just bought a new one and the pre amp setting on some delays is very good - the Stomp does sound different 

shrinkwrap

Where's the Ed O'Brien thing you lot keep referring to? (please!)

EricTheWeary

shrinkwrap said:

Where's the Ed O'Brien thing you lot keep referring to? (please!)

That Pedal Show. Not last Friday, week before. 

stickyfiddle

shrinkwrap said:

Where's the Ed O'Brien thing you lot keep referring to? (please!)

rossyamaha

guitarcookie1 said:

Out of interest, can the DL4 be powered by a standard 9v power supply?

As above but if you’re running with other pedals it needs to be isolated otherwise you’re gonna get some seriously funky things happening and I’m not talking about good Vulfpeck funky. Like old homeless haven’t seen a bar of soap or fresh socks for a while kinda funky. 

shrinkwrap

What a great interview chat - inspiring!

ICBM

I had one which I liked the sounds on and the looper, but it had a software glitch at a gig - it got stuck on the loop from the previous song and wouldn’t turn off until I unplugged the power cable - and I never trusted it after that and quickly stopped using it. It did also affect the tone a bit when it was in the amp’s FX loop, but that was most likely as much to do with the crap Mesa loop (even after series mod). I ended up replacing it with two Boss delays and an Akai Headrush, which is an even better looper and not a bad delay, and runs on a standard 9V supply.

WiresDreamDisasters

One of the best delay pedals in history, but I do think there are plenty of options around these days that are just as good.

impmann

ICBM said:

I had one which I liked the sounds on and the looper, but it had a software glitch at a gig - it got stuck on the loop from the previous song and wouldn’t turn off until I unplugged the power cable - and I never trusted it after that and quickly stopped using it. It did also affect the tone a bit when it was in the amp’s FX loop, but that was most likely as much to do with the crap Mesa loop (even after series mod). I ended up replacing it with two Boss delays and an Akai Headrush, which is an even better looper and not a bad delay, and runs on a standard 9V supply.

That fault is a new one on me! We saw a few oddities with the DL4 through the old Line6 Service dept. Most of them are caused by the main chip, which is fitted on the underside of the main board either coming loose or tarnish on the pins. I wonder if your issue was caused by that, @ICBM ? 

ICBM

impmann said:

That fault is a new one on me! We saw a few oddities with the DL4 through the old Line6 Service dept. Most of them are caused by the main chip, which is fitted on the underside of the main board either coming loose or tarnish on the pins. I wonder if your issue was caused by that, @ICBM ? 

No idea! It never did it again. I had used it for one song where it worked fine, but when I pressed the footswitch to record the loop for the next song, it started playing the old loop and wouldn't stop no matter what footswitches I pressed or knobs I turned - eventually I just bent down and pulled the power plug out and there was a blessed silence . Plugged back in after a few seconds and all was fine, so it had clearly got itself into a software hang of some sort.

It was very lucky that the second song's loop was the intro part, so it didn't actually happen in the middle of a song. The rest of the band just looked daggers at me until I'd sorted it out .

Musicman20

Odd that they are £170 and a Stomp is like £405 or something now. If they did another batch at £120 I'd snap one up. 

meltedbuzzbox

Musicman20 said:

Odd that they are £170 and a Stomp is like £405 or something now. If they did another batch at £120 I'd snap one up. 

they are 100 quid used or less all day long

Wazmeister

meltedbuzzbox said:

Musicman20 said:

Odd that they are £170 and a Stomp is like £405 or something now. If they did another batch at £120 I'd snap one up. 

they are 100 quid used or less all day long

Not quite mate - seem to fetching up to £150

meltedbuzzbox

Wazmeister said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

Musicman20 said:

Odd that they are £170 and a Stomp is like £405 or something now. If they did another batch at £120 I'd snap one up. 

they are 100 quid used or less all day long

Not quite mate - seem to fetching up to £150

really? It has been a while since I last owned one. 

And to think 2 years ago you couldn't give them away. Funny what one TPS video can do

Musicman20

It'll become a classic that everyone wants like an old Boss....and surge in price. 

How close is the HX Stomp?!