Hardwire DL-8 Delay
I have been borrowing an Ibanez DE-7 (Tone-Lok) delay from Phil at church, and that’s a pretty reasonable pedal too. I have always liked it, but it’s also a simpler standard digital delay. I haven’t been totally happy with it, but I’m a borrower. I started looking around to see what pedal I would like to have and at what price-point. I decided that I really like both analog and tape-style delay. I would really like to have tap tempo. True bypass would be a big bonus.
There are a lot of great pedals with all the features I want and more, but many of them are well over $300.00. If I were out making my living by playing, that might make a lot of sense. For a church guitarist, though, it seems a little over the top. I only play on Sunday mornings, and I am not part of the accompaniment for the congregation’s singing, not a solo act at a coliseum. It doesn’t make much sense for me to overplay my role, or overspend on gear.
I think I found the right answer. Pop over to Pro Guitar Shop and check out the video of the Hardwire DL8 Delay pedal If your mouth doesn’t water, then you’re maybe not into delay quite like I am. When the money comes round, I may have to look into getting one of these. With true bypass, great clarity, such lush sounds, nice looping, tap-tempo… this is really a Cadillac delay pedal at Camry prices.
I could certainly be happy with this pedal, though I would rather have some kind of remote midi pedal to choose between modes. I don’t want to be squatting at the floor to change effects between songs any more than I have to. Not that I wouldn’t be happy to do that if I could have the DL8. Nice stuff.
Kudos to Digitech on their Hardwire series.
