What should I replace my DE-7 with?

JamesSGBrown · Post by **JamesSGBrown** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 8:50 pm

Dudes. Srsrly. The Red Witch Violetta.

TheTransient · Post by **TheTransient** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 10:30 pm

Surely with the separate boards it shouldn't be too hard to rehouse in a bigger enclosure if a smaller enclosure doesn't end up working out. Like a 1790 or something? Fair bit of space to work with in there.

Jero · Post by **Jero** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:18 am

ancientbones wrote:
solewheelin wrote:Hell yeah. I'd love a custom rehouse for my DE7.
I'd go with top jacks, TB switch, momentary oscillation button, a GOOD mode switch... but please no push in knobs I beg of you.
Just big ass knobs.
I imagine the look of it being somewhat of a tribute to the original.
<Kind of in similar regard to my Fender blender clone.
Cool that this thread ended up here.
I agree with this post.

Noted

TheTransient wrote:Surely with the separate boards it shouldn't be too hard to rehouse in a bigger enclosure if a smaller enclosure doesn't end up working out. Like a 1790 or something? Fair bit of space to work with in there.

If everyone is ok with a 1790 then this is wayyy easier. I just assumed most would want them as small as possible.

solewheelin · Post by **solewheelin** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 3:33 am

I mean the momentary oscillation button added to the DE7 is wishful thinking. I know it probably isn't an easy modification.
How should the knobs be? More functional?
Delay time and feedback knobs closer to the edge so I can roll them with my foot?

ancientbones · Post by **ancientbones** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 11:23 am

solewheelin wrote:I mean the momentary oscillation button added to the DE7 is wishful thinking. I know it probably isn't an easy modification.
How should the knobs be? More functional?
Delay time and feedback knobs closer to the edge so I can roll them with my foot?

I think delay and feedback towards the edges and volume in the middle would work well for that. I'd be ok with a 1790 case too, but I don't really care about real estate.

frigid midget · Post by **frigid midget** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:21 pm

As great of a bang for the buck the DE7 is, I'm not sure its worth going through the trouble of rehousing it

Value for money whise its great and all, but imo there's just too many sweet delay pedlols out there to spend 20 bucks or whatever on having a de7 rehoused

Im not sure what a memory boy or es2 wouldb cost used, but its worth checking imo...

aholidayatthesea · Post by **aholidayatthesea** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:40 pm

JamesSGBrown wrote:Dudes. Srsrly. The Red Witch Violetta.

I've been curious about these pedals because the idea of chargeable pedals would be sweet to have on a small grab and go board.

But I haven't read a single person talk about them. Are they good?

ancientbones · Post by **ancientbones** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 1:30 pm

frigid midget wrote:As great of a bang for the buck the DE7 is, I'm not sure its worth going through the trouble of rehousing it
Value for money whise its great and all, but imo there's just too many sweet delay pedlols oiut there to spend 20 bucks or whatever on having a de7 rehoused

Im not sure what a memory boy or es2 wouldb cost used, but its worth checking imo...

From what I've heard, the ES2 is very shoddy. An old bandmate of mine had one for a minute and said to avoid them. His quit working for no reason at all.

Memory boy seems ok. I don't really keep up with EHX stuff. I don't really care for modulated delays either. The DE7 just has a certain sound that I really enjoy. Maybe I'm just an idiot haha.

frigid midget · Post by **frigid midget** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 1:45 pm

ancientbones wrote:
frigid midget wrote:As great of a bang for the buck the DE7 is, I'm not sure its worth going through the trouble of rehousing it
Value for money whise its great and all, but imo there's just too many sweet delay pedlols oiut there to spend 20 bucks or whatever on having a de7 rehoused

Im not sure what a memory boy or es2 wouldb cost used, but its worth checking imo...
From what I've heard, the ES2 is very shoddy. An old bandmate of mine had one for a minute and said to avoid them. His quit working for no reason at all.

Memory boy seems ok. I don't really keep up with EHX stuff. I don't really care for modulated delays either. The DE7 just has a certain sound that I really enjoy. Maybe I'm just an idiot haha.

Shoddy? No shit. I should've mensioned this is my short raving review: I bought a brand new one, and it crapped the bed the second time I tried using it

BLOOD EAGLE · Post by **BLOOD EAGLE** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 1:54 pm

frigid midget wrote:As great of a bang for the buck the DE7 is, I'm not sure its worth going through the trouble of rehousing it
Value for money whise its great and all, but imo there's just too many sweet delay pedlols oiut there to spend 20 bucks or whatever on having a de7 rehoused

Im not sure what a memory boy or es2 wouldb cost used, but its worth checking imo...

I think you misunderstand this thread.

The de7 is a REALLY good basic delay that just happens to be affordable.
Im assuming most of us who want a rehouse don't mind putting the money into upgrading the parts to last a bit longer...

Snufkino · Post by **Snufkino** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 2:11 pm

BLOOD EAGLE wrote:
And the pot board (followed by where it connects to the main pcb):

This looks like the only section that might need redoing from scratch unless you could de-solder and pull out those pots easily. Do you have a pic of the footswitch section?

Jero · Post by **Jero** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 3:17 pm

I would just pull the pots and attach new ones to that daughter board. There's no way to keep this cheap if I have to make new boards and rewire every little thing.

frigid midget wrote:As great of a bang for the buck the DE7 is, I'm not sure its worth going through the trouble of rehousing it
Value for money whise its great and all, but imo there's just too many sweet delay pedlols oiut there to spend 20 bucks or whatever on having a de7 rehoused

Surely you meant to say $200, not $20?
$20 would be a steal to rehouse this, considering parts/enclosure alone cost more than that.

frigid midget · Post by **frigid midget** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 3:53 pm

BLOOD EAGLE wrote:
frigid midget wrote:As great of a bang for the buck the DE7 is, I'm not sure its worth going through the trouble of rehousing it
Value for money whise its great and all, but imo there's just too many sweet delay pedlols oiut there to spend 20 bucks or whatever on having a de7 rehoused

Im not sure what a memory boy or es2 wouldb cost used, but its worth checking imo...
I think you misunderstand this thread.

The de7 is a REALLY good basic delay that just happens to be affordable.
Im assuming most of us who want a rehouse don't mind putting the money into upgrading the parts to last a bit longer...

Didnt misunderstand anything, the title/op asked about replacing the de7. Which again, is an awesome pedal, but I dont see the harm in suggesting it might make more sense to just look for something else rather than going for a pricey upgrade operation that costs more than...well, two fresh de7's

Which doesnt mean you guys cant investigate the best way to rehouse the pedal, its all the same to me

TheTransient · Post by **TheTransient** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 11:11 pm

I am kinda wishing I held onto my first beat up DE7 so I could try this myself. Certainly not going to be hacking up my nice pristine DE7, that's for sure!

I reckon someone savvy will need to bite the bullet and just do one as a proof of concept to see whats involved. Have at it!

BLOOD EAGLE · Post by **BLOOD EAGLE** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 10:44 am

Snufkino wrote: This looks like the only section that might need redoing from scratch unless you could de-solder and pull out those pots easily. Do you have a pic of the footswitch section?

It's this one:

That tiny black thing to the right is the foot switch

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