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(More customer reviews)I like allot of Blackstar's products. Well the HT-5 and HT-1 low wattage amps really. I purchased the delay hoping to capture lightning in a blackstar logo-ed bottle once again. Their ht-1 amp is amazing.
Its been 15 years since I last bought a delay pedal. I wondered what has the newest technology been able to improve in a delay? Well, after playing it for awhile it really just reminded me of the 15 year old pedal I've been playing upon. The 12ax7 tube didn't distill any x-factor qualities that microchip processing had robbed me of through tube amps. The tape setting is not an echoplex emulator. If I could have had that, then that alone would justify a five star rating and the cost would have been negligible. But that didn't happen.
The delay is really nothing special. It will not go down as a classic must have in the effects chain. I feel like a victim of marketing. I'm the second owner of this pedal paying half price from another guitarist who felt the same. Blackstar may really have some epic pedals in their lineup but this is not one of them.
Why three stars? It does do delay in 8 different settings. Only 7 or 8 seconds of sampling. But for the advertised price the expectation is so much more. I think a person could get the same features in a delay at a much better value(50-60 USD).
I hate to rip on Blackstar when they are just getting going here in the states, but come on guys. If they knew it wouldn't turn heads why release it at that price, with their trademark moniker, and compromise their newfound reputation? In all its disappointing. 2011 technology hasn't reinvented the delay.
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