Members elsupermanny14 Posted August 21, 2012 Members Share Posted August 21, 2012 I hate you guys! I knew nothing about this pedal before this thread other than Noel Gallagher played one a long time ago. Now I spent some time watching videos and demos of it and I want one! It's total pink floyd/radiohead all the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Texas Noise Factory Posted August 21, 2012 Members Share Posted August 21, 2012 I don't miss my chorus echo since mine arrived. It went on my pedalboard, and hasn't moved since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitardustin Posted August 21, 2012 Members Share Posted August 21, 2012 I used an RE-20 for a long time. I got rid of it for 2 reasons: 1. It's big as {censored} for a reverb pedlol2. I bought an amp with delicious reverb Other than that, it's an awesome pedal with cool spacey sounds. Actually come to think of it I dug all the boss dual series except for the distortion one. That thing was pretty meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thegumbootman Posted August 21, 2012 Members Share Posted August 21, 2012 I'd love to get one at some point. If they made a single pedal version, I'd be all over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echodeluxe Posted August 21, 2012 Members Share Posted August 21, 2012 I used an RE-20 for a long time. I got rid of it for 2 reasons:1. It's big as {censored} for a reverb pedlol2. I bought an amp with delicious reverbOther than that, it's an awesome pedal with cool spacey sounds. Actually come to think of it I dug all the boss dual series except for the distortion one. That thing was pretty meh. It's a delay pedal....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spoonie g Posted August 21, 2012 Members Share Posted August 21, 2012 Granted, the original's reverb kind of sucked anyways. I'm curious about trying one, but them "recreating" the bypass of the original does seem pretty stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitardustin Posted August 21, 2012 Members Share Posted August 21, 2012 It's a delay pedal....? Space echo/delay/reverb whatevs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members imbuedblue Posted August 21, 2012 Members Share Posted August 21, 2012 Granted, the original's reverb kind of sucked anyways. I'm curious about trying one, but them "recreating" the bypass of the original does seem pretty stupid. I dunno. If they didn't recreate the bypass, everyone would be bitching that it wasn't authentic. I always preferred the sound of the Echoplex for guitar stuff, but I don't miss taking mine out with the RE-20 on my pedalboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spoonie g Posted August 21, 2012 Members Share Posted August 21, 2012 I dunno. If they didn't recreate the bypass, everyone would be bitching that it wasn't authentic.I always preferred the sound of the Echoplex for guitar stuff, but I don't miss taking mine out with the RE-20 on my pedalboard. ....was the bypass useful? All it was was a limitation. Kowtowing to extremist purists like that is foolish (they'd be a minority anyways). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members imbuedblue Posted August 21, 2012 Members Share Posted August 21, 2012 ....was the bypass useful? All it was was a limitation. Kowtowing to extremist purists like that is foolish (they'd be a minority anyways). It is useful. If you want dubby echoes you need to be able to drive the front-end with the input volume control. If the control were bypassed, there would be a volume change when you disengaged the pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsupermanny14 Posted August 21, 2012 Members Share Posted August 21, 2012 It is useful. If you want dubby echoes you need to be able to drive the front-end with the input volume control. If the control were bypassed, there would be a volume change when you disengaged the pedal. Other than the keeping the volume level while the pedal is disengaged does the RC20 color the tone of your guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members imbuedblue Posted August 21, 2012 Members Share Posted August 21, 2012 Other than the keeping the volume level while the pedal is disengaged does the RC20 color the tone of your guitar? Yeah. It smooths out or dulls your tone--depending on your tastes/perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zinzin Posted August 23, 2012 Members Share Posted August 23, 2012 my boss RE-20 arrived today per post, it's heavy and big, i gotta slim down my pedalboard now otherwise it will be to heavy for me ... i am gonna try it out tonight and see if/how it effects my guitartone. hope it won't dull it like mentioned above ^^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Texas Noise Factory Posted August 23, 2012 Members Share Posted August 23, 2012 I don't find it to dim the tone. Just make sure you're not clipping the input. That smooths out your tone a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spoonie g Posted August 23, 2012 Members Share Posted August 23, 2012 It is useful. If you want dubby echoes you need to be able to drive the front-end with the input volume control. If the control were bypassed, there would be a volume change when you disengaged the pedal. Ah, I never really used mine in that application, but couldn't they have done a trails on/off switch to remedy that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsupermanny14 Posted August 23, 2012 Members Share Posted August 23, 2012 I don't find it to dim the tone. Just make sure you're not clipping the input. That smooths out your tone a bit. What does "clipping the input" mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cirrus Posted August 23, 2012 Members Share Posted August 23, 2012 What does "clipping the input" mean? It means putting too much volume INTO the pedal - like if you have a clean boost before the RE-20 turned up, there will be more volume going into the RE-20 than it can actually deal with, so the tone will change, the signal won't make it through the pedal cleanly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Texas Noise Factory Posted August 23, 2012 Members Share Posted August 23, 2012 It means putting too much volume INTO the pedal - like if you have a clean boost before the RE-20 turned up, there will be more volume going into the RE-20 than it can actually deal with, so the tone will change, the signal won't make it through the pedal cleanly. Yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echodeluxe Posted August 23, 2012 Members Share Posted August 23, 2012 if you think your signal is too dull, turn up the treble. you guys make me roll my eyes. im gonna visit each and every one of you and steal the treble knobs on your amps. you guys dont use them, so you dont deserve them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsupermanny14 Posted August 23, 2012 Members Share Posted August 23, 2012 if you think your signal is too dull, turn up the treble.you guys make me roll my eyes. im gonna visit each and every one of you and steal the treble knobs on our amps. you guys dont use them, so you dont deserve them. haha made me laugh! since my amp does not have a treble control may keep my EQ pedal? haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Texas Noise Factory Posted August 23, 2012 Members Share Posted August 23, 2012 If you were to put the pedal in an effects loop would it mitigate that potential issue or not? Also, just how much extra boost do we need to take away tone? When the input light comes on, you are affecting your tone. Its not really tone loss so much as tone smoosh. If you notice a loss of yer tonez, put the boost after the RE-20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members turnstylepoet Posted August 23, 2012 Members Share Posted August 23, 2012 if you think your signal is too dull, turn up the treble.you guys make me roll my eyes. im gonna visit each and every one of you and steal the treble knobs on your amps. you guys dont use them, so you dont deserve them. This. tonesuckinglossofhighend{censored} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr Wilson Posted August 23, 2012 Members Share Posted August 23, 2012 if you think your signal is too dull, turn up the treble.you guys make me roll my eyes. im gonna visit each and every one of you and steal the treble knobs on your amps. you guys dont use them, so you dont deserve them. Pointless. The treble knob adds treble. Not dynamics. This is especially true with the RE-20. This pedal has been on my board for ages now, and it's still my main delay, but the color/saturation/clipping is not subtle at all, and tends to "dull" your sound, indeed. And these are not TGP-ish considerations. I don't care about "tone sucking", since anyone knows that in most gigs situation, nobody gives a {censored}. BTW, the trails are NOT switchable on that thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members houseofglass21 Posted August 24, 2012 Members Share Posted August 24, 2012 I recorded this a few months back, all the echo on the guitars is the RE-20, slow shoegazey tune, there's some cool oscillation from the RE-20 towards the end:http://soundcloud.com/empty-shells/empty-shells-into-the-sea-of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members evets618 Posted August 24, 2012 Members Share Posted August 24, 2012 "... the color/saturation/clipping is not subtle at all, and tends to "dull" your sound... "Yup, and so will a real Roland Space Echo, upon which the RE-20 is based. The RE-20 is a modeling pedal, not a new, modern, hi-fi design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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