U2 & Guitar Gear: Q & A

Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:I don't really understand the love for analog delay, it sounds so muddy. I think I read an article from like 1984 when he started using the SDD when he said how he hated the old delays he used and the digital ones are so much clearer.

Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:These lil piggies - are pretty darn cool. Check `em out!


Pigtronics Class A Boost. ($119) - Might be the one to go to for 20db clean boost. Probably a good one to use instead of the crazy priced old Boss FA-1. Cheaper than a Durham Sex Drive.

Pushes amps and/or dirt pedals nicely.

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And in the Pigtronics Philosophers Rock. ($149) - Great compressor/sustainer. Not noisy like the some of the Boss and MXR compressors...

...+ it's got a 'grit' switch for Germanium Distortion. Sort of a three in one. Compressor. Sustain and Germanium Distortion.

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Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:I don't think that your assertion of Edge's view on analog delays is correct. What article are you referring too?

I don't think his beginning to use other delays, than the EH Deluxe Memory Man were due to not liking the tone. In fact he loves the warmth.

In fact, the rack units that he's gone to are due to the fact that they do have that warmth, similar to analog units. That and he liked the pre-amp in the Korg SDD-3000.

He's still used analog delays in the studio.

The issue was the old EH Deluxe Memory Man were unreliable. He liked the sound and the warmth of them.

He began using the SDD-3000 in 1983 (along with the EH DMM). What he liked then, and now about the Korg SDD-3000 is that it has that warmth, similar to and analog delay. This is also one of the selling points for the TC Electronics 2290 - It's pretty warm for a digital unit.


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Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:I don't think that your assertion of Edge's view on analog delays is correct. What article are you referring too?

I don't think his beginning to use other delays, than the EH Deluxe Memory Man were due to not liking the tone. In fact he loves the warmth.

In fact, the rack units that he's gone to are due to the fact that they do have that warmth, similar to analog units. That and he liked the pre-amp in the Korg SDD-3000.

He's still used analog delays in the studio.

The issue was the old EH Deluxe Memory Man were unreliable. He liked the sound and the warmth of them.

He began using the SDD-3000 in 1983 (along with the EH DMM). What he liked then, and now about the Korg SDD-3000 is that it has that warmth, similar to and analog delay. This is also one of the selling points for the TC Electronics 2290 - It's pretty warm for a digital unit.


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Originally posted by thebonodrums:how much alex? just curious