Boss DD7

weeping_moon · Post by **weeping_moon** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 5:38 pm

Just bought a dd7 and really impressed.
Great clean tones with alot of style.

The only thig i wasnt that impressed of was the price for just one pedal.

But fuuuuuz its great.

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 5:46 pm

I have one, it's great. I got mine for 85 quid used - which I think is a great price for such a splendid pedal! It's even better if you get an external tap tempo switch.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Tue Jun 18, 2013 6:03 pm

I'm currently borrowing J7s, and it's really awesome. I had no idea that it did as much as it did. I was all geared up to blow Â£300+ on a Strymon Timeline but honestly I can't see the point now.

Concretebadger · Post by **Concretebadger** » Tue Jun 18, 2013 6:15 pm

They're expensive at first glance, but if you're playing live so need the tap tempo feature, or are short of board space, it's a good value for money investment.

My only reservation would be on the 'analogue' simulation but again, in a live setting it's not something that most people are likely to notice above the crowd noise and acoustics of the venue.

I don't actually know how Boss could improve on it really...I can't see how a DD8 could improve on it (unless they made a DD-3 with tap tempo...in which case I'd be all over it).

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 9:27 am

I would like to see a DD8 that has the digital delay features of the DD7, with perhaps 1 or 2 less time range options, together with a simplified selection of the features on the space echo double pedal.

luciguci · Post by **luciguci** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:13 am

i'd rather buy a used TC Electronic Nova Repeater for $100. It has more parameters and options and shit and just hella quality shit

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:29 am

I know it's a different pedal but had a DD7, sold it to buy a TC Flashback and sold that to buy another DD7. I much preferred the sounds of the DD7 and I wasn't sure if the switch on the Flashback would last.

Concretebadger · Post by **Concretebadger** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:19 pm

johnnyseven wrote:I would like to see a DD8 that has the digital delay features of the DD7, with perhaps 1 or 2 less time range options, together with a simplified selection of the features on the space echo double pedal.

The Space Echo pedal rules...I love mine! I use it for pretty much all delay stuff apart from pristine digital repeats, which is where my DD3 comes in. Tap tempo, simulated analogue warbles, long or short repeats, multi-head duplicated echoes, crashing UFO noise-fests...I can't wait to get an expression pedal for it. I dunno how they'd fit all that into a Boss compact enclosure though, because I'm not sure which of all those features I wouldn't miss. Probably the just the reverb actually because that sounds a bit pants. Everything else about it absolutely kicks though.

Odd as it sounds, simplifying the modes is one area where the modern Boss digidelays could be improved. I remember owning a DD5 which was nice but the mode knob was overly complicated.

weeping_moon · Post by **weeping_moon** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 3:21 pm

Concretebadger wrote:
johnnyseven wrote:I would like to see a DD8 that has the digital delay features of the DD7, with perhaps 1 or 2 less time range options, together with a simplified selection of the features on the space echo double pedal.
The Space Echo pedal rules...I love mine! I use it for pretty much all delay stuff apart from pristine digital repeats, which is where my DD3 comes in. Tap tempo, simulated analogue warbles, long or short repeats, multi-head duplicated echoes, crashing UFO noise-fests...I can't wait to get an expression pedal for it. I dunno how they'd fit all that into a Boss compact enclosure though, because I'm not sure which of all those features I wouldn't miss. Probably the just the reverb actually because that sounds a bit pants. Everything else about it absolutely kicks though.

Odd as it sounds, simplifying the modes is one area where the modern Boss digidelays could be improved. I remember owning a DD5 which was nice but the mode knob was overly complicated.

Okay. Pedal users always want a pedal to do more sounds than it offers.
Played around with my dd7 last evening and it does all sounds i want.
Even came up with a new song.

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 4:54 pm

Nice contradiction.

Concretebadger · Post by **Concretebadger** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:15 pm

johnnyseven wrote:Nice contradiction.

*sigh* I was actually agreeing with you. Namely this:

johnnyseven wrote:perhaps 1 or 2 less time range options [on the DD7]

There were a load of modes on the DD5 that they could've done without, at no expense to the usability and range of sounds. Having four 'tap tempo' modes seemed a bit excessive to me.

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:27 pm

Concretebadger wrote:
johnnyseven wrote:Nice contradiction.
*sigh* I was actually agreeing with you. Namely this:

johnnyseven wrote:perhaps 1 or 2 less time range options [on the DD7]
There were a load of modes on the DD5 that they could've done without, at no expense to the usability and range of sounds. Having four 'tap tempo' modes seemed a bit excessive to me.

I wasn't referring to your comment.

weeping_moon · Post by **weeping_moon** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 12:30 pm

johnnyseven wrote:Nice contradiction.

Yeah.