Handily combining reverb and delay, the Boss Digital Reverb / Delay RV-3 effects pedal is a great addition to one’s chain for a wide range of players. Whilst the delay isn’t quite at the level of the sound you can get with a decent analog tape reverb unit and the reverb of course wont take you to the heights a spring reverb will, this beast does provide a wide range of sounds and pro-quality audio output.
The Boss Digital Reverb /Delay RV-3 stomp box is used by a wide range of guitarists from Incubus’ Mike Einziger and Korn’s Munki all the way through to Tom Petty.
a great all around reverb and delay unit with a ton of options to suit most styles. 11 modes offer various modes of standard delay, delay plus reverb, and straight reverb. Up to 2 seconds of delay and four useful types of reverb (Room 1, Room 2, Hall, and Plate) are fully tweakable. Like most Boss delays, the repeats are crisp & pronounced with a dependable decay. All four reverbs bordered a little on the bright side and we constantly found ourselves rolling a bit of high-end off with the tone knob just to keep things warm. It’s not shrill in any sort of way, we just happen to like our reverb a little darker sounding. The Reverb/Delay combination modes knocked the delay time down to around 1 second but created a thick and washy spaciousness that should send most ambient types and space rockers into the stratosphere.
With so many options it can take a bit of playing around with to get just the right sound you are after and you might even want to take notes while doing so, but with a bit of sweat and shredding the RV-3 is a mighty fine piece of equipment.
We have one up for sale on ebay. It is in almost new condition, with just some sticker residue on the plastic parts and is working fine. US$129 $119, plus $20 dollars shipping world wide. We only have one, and these sell faster than Led Zeppelin tickets (well not really but pretty quick). The ebay page is here: Boss Digital Reverb / Delay @ ebay from Aquaeffector.
Used by such musical luminaries as Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters and Peter Holmstrom from the Dandy Warhols, Boss’ DM-2 delay stomp box is a classic made in Japan early 80’s analog delay pedal.
With a pretty standard three knob set-up, the DM-2 is easy to use (once you get your settings sorted out) and offers a great range of delay effects that can really help build up the mood of your guitar work.
These pedals have become quite hard to find in recent years, and as a result have become more expensive. $100 US is a really great price, so if you can find one grab it!
There are a couple of Boss DM-2 effectors up for auction at Yahoo auction. The one pictured above is going for 15,000 yen (about US $150) while a second Boss DM-2 (in nicer condition) is going for a bit over $200.
There is a Pearl Double Analogue Delay Effects Pedal AD-33 up for sale on Yahoo auctions. We had one up for sale a little while ago, but before we sold it, we had a lot of fun playing around on it.
The Pearl Double Analogue Delay Effects Pedal AD-33 is a very rare distortion pedal with an hysterical, sweet tone which conjures up images of 70’s rock legends 10 Years After or The Grateful Dead.
It has a really useful separate delay setting selector allowing you to have 2 different delay setting at the same time.
This pedal is great for performing live.
Played through single pick ups it produces a wide, bright tone with low noise. But matched with humbacker pickups is where it really shines – producing really fat and strong sounds.
Made in Japan.
DC in 18V. 2 x 9v battery.
This one looks to be in pretty good condition. With 3 days to go bids are at 5000 yen (about US$50!) and there is a buy it now price of 16,000 yen. That is a great price for such a great guitar stomp box. You can check out the auction here: Pearl Double Analogue Delay Effects Pedal AD-33 auction.
Here is a Boss DD-2 Digital Delay effects pedal. 21 hours left to go on the auction at Yahoo Japan and the current price is under 3000 yen (less than $30 US). How high will it go? This is a Japan manufactured Boss digital delay. Yahoo Japan is one of the best places to find stomp boxes like this – especially if you are looking for old made in Japan boss pedals.
The Maxon AD-80 Analog Delay effects pedal is a very famous 1970’s analog delay with a wonderfully warm sound. It oscillates enormously!
AD-80’s come up for sale quite regularly in Japan and usually fetch around $300 US here. The stomp box pictured above is one such example – you can check out the Ad-80 here.
Just in case you are wondering, the effects pedals for sale that we feature on this blog are not ours unless mentioned. We don’t make money from telling you about them, we just post them to give you an idea of what stomp boxes are available in Japan. Hope you enjoy seeing them, or as they say in Japan “Let’s to enjoy!”
