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View my feedback at www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1201922
Sort of, only you have to spend £500+ on a do-it-all effects processor. I think yer man would like something more like the DL-4, with just the looper and the delays for half as much money.
Of course, you were right the first time- an M5 will do basically everything the DL-4 does apart from the looper (and a load more besides, including the "Echo Platter" Binson Echorec sim), costs about £60 used, stores more presets, and takes up less space.
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
m9 will do 3 of them in about the same footprint. (with a looper)
M5 has the same tuner. The M9 is significantly more expensive than a DL4 too, which might be hard to stomach if all you want are the delays and the functionality of the DL4.
FWIW, I bet most people with a DL-4 budget could find more than their money's worth of extra usable stuff in an M9.
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
You can get an used M9 for £150. Even if you use it as a DL-4 you get 6 delays choices per scene, 3 of which can be used at the same time.
That's actually why I stopped using my DL-4. I don't doubt it was a one-off random thing, but I never trusted it after that...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Not a *lot* more delays- you get "dry thru" versions of the ones that affect the direct sound, and you get the "Echo Platter / Echo Platter Dry Thru" Binson Echorec model.
For me, the biggest advantage of the M-series over the DL4 is that you can have subdivided tap tempo on any mode.
Plus MIDI, if you're in to that...
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
I put a couple of DL4 demos on YouTube as background listening whilst making the tea last night and you just recognise the sound. Quite odd, I wouldn't have thought that with a delay but it's so familiar sounding - I guess because has been on so many things since it came out in 2000. It has been overtaken a bit in many respects though, I'm surprised that Line 6 haven't replaced it. It would be good to see a Helix generation delay in a similar format to the DL4.
Bear in mind it is a very heavy enclosure and you only get four presets. Worth buying used if you can get one for cheap though.
OK, it’s arguable that they should have been threadlocked at the factory... but it really isn’t a difficult fix.
Some people advocate drilling them out and fitting Carling momentary switches, but it’s total overkill and risking damaging the board for no real purpose.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
its been ages since I last played one
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein