DD-2

An excellent sounding pedal. I'm a fan of digital delay and this is one of the nicest I've heard from a pedal. I will rate this in comparison to other digital delays I have used in the past, rather then in comparison to all delays I have used. Beautifully clear and crisp sound from the higher range setting (200-800ms). Some surprisingly good slap-back sounds from the medium settings. Interesting but not so useful flanger-type sounds from the lowest setting. I generally use the higher range most often. I've never heard self-oscillation from a digital delay pedal before. This one does but it's a much, much quieter effect than its analogue cousins and will not explode either your eardrums or the speaker cone when left alone. What I really like about the sound (in the higher range) is that it is very musical. I love playing through this pedal for certain things and it always brings a smile to my face. I use it with a boss PSA into the front of my amp and there is no noise from the pedal.

Boss is well known for the reliability of its pedals. Pity this site is littered with tales of woe about their appalling so-called customer service. This pedal has a blue made-in-Japan label. Early eighties, I understand, and this pedal works like new.

The usual array of switches found on a digital pedal, including a hold function that loops the last note played in a phrase when the footswitch is held down. Easy to use if you're already familiar with digital delay.

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I'm really pleased with the sound of this pedal. It's very musical and a lot of fun to use. I understand that the DD2 and early DD3 pedals used the Roland SDE3000 chip in them because it just happened to fit across the width of the pedal. Several months were spent designing the other components around the chip. Later DD3 pedals (I think those that were not Japanese-made) used and still use an entirely different chip. I think this accounts for the differences in sound as experienced by other users between the older dd2/dd3 and the newer versions.

I use this in the effects loop of my Marshall 3203. I use it with a variety of guitars. Rickenbacker, Ibanez SZ320, Fender Fat Strat, Gibson ES-330, Gibson "The Paul". The pedal does not color the sound of these guitars at all. What you put in is what you get out. I used it in a old Kustom 200 PA head and it sounded good there too!!!

It's a Boss. Yes you can depend on it.

This is a very pristine and natural sounding delay pedal. It has plenty of delay on tap (800ms) for 99% of your guitar delay needs. Very clean and predictable. Easy to use and works very well with other brands of pedals.. (Electro Harmonix, Ibanez,etc) BossArea.com says this pedal is exactly the same as the DD-3 that was realeased after the DD-2. The only thing I noticed about this pedal that is diffent is that my old DD-3 would compress slightly when driven hard in an effects loop or with a distortion or overdrive pedal. This could've been a malfunction in the DD-3. Either way both pedals sound exactly alike. Mine is a Made in Japan one. The label on the bottom is missing, but the cover plate is notched for the AC adapter and the Roland Japan sticker is in the battery compartment just like my other black label pedal. So I assume it's Japanese as well.

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If it was stolen or lost I would be upset. I paid $130.00 + tax for this used pedal because I wanted a made in Japan delay and I wanted to have something that's different than what everyone else was using even though it sounds the same. I love it cuz it's different. This is a great pedal. A great value. I was not dissapointed when I bought it. Well worth the money.

After owning the DD2 for 10+ years and using it in the effects loop of an old mixer for vocal echo, I recently (2008) gave it a try with guitar. I'm very picky about my tone, I've had the Digitech Digidelay..sold that, I have the Line 6 DL-4 Delay modeler keeping it for the looper, but after trying this I realized that I can use this thing with so many songs, its a very clear and transpart delay. When on the DD2 does not colour or change your sound in the slightest. My Rig consists of a 2004 Fender US Deluxe Strat (S-1 switching) or a 1988 Gibson Les Paul Custom, into  =>Dunlop 535Q Wah >Ibanez TS808 >Boss CE2 Chorus > sometimes a MXR Phase 90 > Boss DD2 > Radial AB/Y > Fender 65 Twin Reverb RI + Mesa Nomad 45. I gave it a 9.5 because the delay is very crystal clear, I tryed a Ibanez AD-9, being analog I thought I'd love it but the AD-9 colours the tone, your echo repeats become more muddy as the repeat, the DD2 stays crystal clear.

The only issue I've had with this is the switch sometimes dosn't engage when you first power the unit on, but after hit it 10 times it comes on. I'd still gig with this without a back up. Never failed me as a vocal echo. I gave it a 8 for working when I step on it, but loss of 2 for not working right away on power up.

Well lets see....4 Labeled dials, turn them to perfered settings plug in a guitar and press the foot pedal down, fairly easy!

Never had to deal with boss.

For a basic delay pedal, no tap tempo, just basic controls you get a great little package. It has a Stereo output, I tryed getting the same delay sound on my line 6 DL-4 since the DL-4 has tap tempo, and always came up thin, I tryed for hours, the Line6 Digital Delay dosn't come close to the DD2. I listen to many styles of music from Zeppelin to Hendrix to SRV, Pink Floyd to Chili Peppers and Tool, get this if you want a transparent crystal clear delay. I have not compared the DD2 to the DD3, but keep in mind that many electric guitar effect makers have gone to super small components for PCB mounting and cost, I've always found that th ebigger components used the better the sound. So if you see the old Boss, Ibanez Pedals for sale for a good deal pick them up. They are all solid, effects are going way too digital lately to save costs and many companys are selling pedals that do everything and more, if you buy effects pedals; buy based on quality not quantity, then you won't kick your self for spending so much money in the past.