Guitar Gear

Usually I wait to do a gig report after I’ve done a review of the pedal, but I used it yesterday at my church gig and had to talk about it.

First of all, it was as if my Mad Professor Deep Blue Delay had never gotten fried! All that smooth, dark analog delay goodness that I had become so accustomed to with my DBD was there with the DM-2w!

And the best thing about it was that it was SO easy to dial it in. Normally, I take a few days to get used to new gear of any kind because all gear has its own quirks. But I was able to get it set up at home on Saturday and even recorded with it that I felt confident enough with it to bring it to my gig.

The DM-2w is not without its quirks; for example, setting the Echo knob past 2pm gets into an infinite loop. But I’d never go that high and kept it around 9:30.

With the Intensity set just short of noon and Delay set at about 2pm and Echo around 9:30, I got this gorgeous, spacious, and ambient tone that worked incredibly well for the songs that I played fingerstyle and claw hammer.

When I used it for songs that I was strumming, I set it to Standard mode and got a subtle slap-back going on. It created an almost 12-string guitar effect that combined with some subtle chorus really filled the spaces in my playing. And being Super Bowl Sunday, I was the ONLY musician yesterday, so having that extra dimension helped a lot!

At this point, I can’t be happier with the DM-2w. It’s simply a great pedal. And with the 800ms of delay time, there are lots of possibilities with this pedal. I’m SO glad I got it!