New Old Pedal Day

[dystrust]

I was at BrianS's shop in Red Wing, MN last weekend to pick up a couple guitars he worked on when I saw this sitting in the case:

The serial dates to March '85 and it's really clean with the original box and all of the paperwork. For $100 I really couldn't say 'no'. Sound-wise it's identical to my long chip DD-3 as I'd expected, but now I no longer have to pick between the long and short delay sounds I like.

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: New Old Pedal Day

I love the styling on that pdal.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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The long chip DD-3 is just rebadged DD-2
Nice score, got a DD-3 longchip as well....love it!
(Gainstage is going to get mad again)

 

[Shooter.556]

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Nice!

 

[dystrust]

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The long chip DD-3 is just rebadged DD-2
Nice score, got a DD-3 longchip as well....love it!
(Gainstage is going to get mad again)

I was aware of the re-badge and it's what drew me to the long chip DD-3 in the first place. I don't know if it's a collector thing or just being "vintage", but DD-2s tend to go a bit higher than I'm willing to pay. I got this one for a great deal IMO.

As far as gain stage, I'm sure he's near having a seizure with all of the Boss threads lately...

 

[PFDarkside]

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What's the difference tonally between the DD-2/DD-3 mentioned and later versions?

 

[dystrust]

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What's the difference tonally between the DD-2/DD-3 mentioned and later versions?

The DD-2 and long chip DD-3 don't sound all that similar to the later version(s). The later and current DD-3 are very digital sounding; I'd describe them as hard and bright. The DD-2 and long chip DD-3 use 12-bit converters which are quite low-res by today's standards. As a result they roll off quite a bit of treble in the initial conversion which gives them a very warm, almost analog sound. Unlike an analog delay, the repeats don't degrade so it's a best-of-both-worlds in a way. I like to run mine in front of a cranked Marshall, so not having the repeats turn into blurry mush is a huge plus. They're also quite a bit less expensive than most analog delays.

The end result is that these pedals sound very similar to the Keeley and Analog Man high cut mods out of the box.

 

[Aceman]

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Sweet! That would be prefect for my 80's metal stylings….not that my old DD-3 doesn't do it…

 

[PFDarkside]

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Interesting!

 

[devastone]

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I had an old Boss DE-200 rack delay which sounds like what you are describing too, very warm sounding delay.

 

[Kais]

Re: New Old Pedal Day

funnnnnnnnnnnnnnn