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Boss RT-20(rotary ensemble) or Boss RE-20 (roland space echo)


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Get a wah pedal. Or a Bad Monkey. I mean, you're kind of comparing apples and oranges. Except that you have a bunch of apples already so I'd say get an orange. Unless you really like delays and there's something the RE20 can do that your current delays can't.

 

I have got more pedals... i just mencioned my delay pedals :)

I have got Jekyll and Hyde for overdrive and for wah a Boss PW-10...

I really want to buy one of this two pedals.

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The RT-20 is kinda gimmicky, in my opinion, and you can get the same basic sounsd out of an Arion SCH-z chorus with the rate cranked up three quarters of the way. Trust me on the arion thing, I have it set to simulate leslies on my board. Or just buy the Danelectro Rocky Road. Same basic pedal without the multitude of modes or the spinning lights.

 

That said, I agree with whoever said to save for a real, tape, space echo. Sure, it breaks down, and the tapes wear out, and the elecrolytic caps need to be replaced every so often, but it's cool.

 

Or buy one of these:http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Hiwatt-CTE-Custom-Tape-Echo?sku=152500

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I just got a RE20 and a PS3. i love the RE. its probably my favorite pedal behind my tweaked PDS20/20. i haven't gotten to play the PS3 because i'm at college but if you want i'll let you know how they compare this weekend when i go home.

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The RT-20 is kinda gimmicky, in my opinion, and you can get the same
basic
sounsd out of an Arion SCH-z chorus with the rate cranked up three quarters of the way. Trust me on the arion thing, I have it set to simulate leslies on my board. Or just buy the Danelectro Rocky Road. Same basic pedal without the multitude of modes or the spinning lights.


That said, I agree with whoever said to save for a real, tape, space echo. Sure, it breaks down, and the tapes wear out, and the elecrolytic caps need to be replaced every so often, but it's cool.


Or buy one of these:

 

 

There is a huge difference in sound, compared to both the Arion and the Rocky road.

 

Huge.

 

I have owned them all, its not a very close comparison.

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There is a huge difference in sound, compared to both the Arion and the Rocky road.


Huge.


I have owned them all, its not a very close comparison.

 

 

Rocky road, I'll agree with.

 

But I could get sounds out of the rotary ensemble that I got out of my Arion when I tried out the Boss at my local Guitar Center.

 

However, I haven't compared them side to side, only what I know from friends' setups.

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I have tried quite a few choruses, and none could do the Leslie simulation even close to the RT-20. My Bi-chorus could get kinda close but it just didn't have the same 3-D sound. The fact that you can ramp and have a brake really give you a ton of options over a standard chorus. The overdrive is pretty bad though and I never use it. I also have a RE-20 and would recommend it over the RT-20 if you can only get one since I like think it's one of my favorite delays ever.

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Rocky road, I'll agree with.


But I could get sounds out of the rotary ensemble that I got out of my Arion when I tried out the Boss at my local Guitar Center.


However, I haven't compared them side to side, only what I know from friends' setups.

 

 

Sure, the Arion can cop one specific setting, pretty closely. But the RT-20 does so many more sounds, that it cant even come near.

 

It's not even a fair comparison.

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You own an echo park? Then buy a rotomachine module and try it out in your tonecore pedal. The rotomachine is an awesome leslie sim. I doubt the RE-20 can be so much better than the echo park that it warrants buying to be honest.

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Sure, the Arion can cop one specific setting, pretty closely. But the RT-20 does so many more sounds, that it cant even come near.


It's not even a fair comparison.

 

Alright, touche.

 

But it's still no real leslie.:)

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