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Digitech PDS 20/20 any good? - CLIPS

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:04 am
by DarkAxel
Hey guys

is Digitech PDS 20/20 loop/delay/chorus/flanger kind of thing any good? i can get it without the battery door for a few bucks... should i?


edit: in a song - fast vibrato in the first part and in the outro...

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Re: Digitech PDS 20/20 any good?

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:43 am
by jrmy
Define "a few bucks." If the price is low enough, I almost always say go for it. Even if it's not any good in the traditional sense, it can be fun for mucking around / abusing.

Re: Digitech PDS 20/20 any good?

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:45 am
by jrmy
Based on the review over at NoiseFX, I'd say it looks like a good bet if it's cheap: "Featuring stereo outputs, a 13 to 1 sweep ratio and infinite repeat function. This pedal is great for noise. You can 'capture' a loop in infinite repeat mode at a short delay setting and turn the DELAY TIME knob to a longer delay setting for grinding low-end crunching sounds. Extremely versitile and fun pedal. " Sounds like fun to me!

Re: Digitech PDS 20/20 any good?

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:47 am
by DarkAxel
Defining a few bucks as approximately 50 bucks ;)

i think i'm gonna go for it, i spent some time reading reviews and it sounds quite cool

Re: Digitech PDS 20/20 any good?

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 11:10 am
by nightraven
awesome pedal. loads of fun. i got mine NOS for $60 (had an iffy footswitch though). $50 is a great price so definitely jump on it.

Re: Digitech PDS 20/20 any good?

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 11:20 am
by jrmy
DarkAxel wrote:Defining a few bucks as approximately 50 bucks ;)

i think i'm gonna go for it, i spent some time reading reviews and it sounds quite cool


Good lord yes!

And if you don't like it, sell it to me! For fifty bucks...

Re: Digitech PDS 20/20 any good?

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 11:28 am
by DarkAxel
jrmy wrote:
DarkAxel wrote:Defining a few bucks as approximately 50 bucks ;)

i think i'm gonna go for it, i spent some time reading reviews and it sounds quite cool


Good lord yes!

And if you don't like it, sell it to me! For fifty bucks...


plus shipping and it's yours :hug: maybe 60, dollar is getting cheaper...

IF i don't like it

IF I GET IT, THE SELLER IS RESPONDING SO SLOWLY SERIOUSLY WHAT HAPPENED TO SOLID DEALING THESE DAYS

Re: Digitech PDS 20/20 any good?

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 11:38 am
by jrmy
DarkAxel wrote:
jrmy wrote:
DarkAxel wrote:Defining a few bucks as approximately 50 bucks ;)

i think i'm gonna go for it, i spent some time reading reviews and it sounds quite cool


Good lord yes!

And if you don't like it, sell it to me! For fifty bucks...


plus shipping and it's yours :hug: maybe 60, dollar is getting cheaper...

IF i don't like it

IF I GET IT, THE SELLER IS RESPONDING SO SLOWLY SERIOUSLY WHAT HAPPENED TO SOLID DEALING THESE DAYS


You just may have yourself a deal there, good sir. IF you don't like it, and IF the slow seller ever gets back to you to sell you the pedal you want to buy and maybe sell to me if you don't like it... :group:

Re: Digitech PDS 20/20 any good?

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 2:13 pm
by Snowblind
I'll take second dibs on it, if you don't like it :lol:

Re: Digitech PDS 20/20 any good?

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 4:47 pm
by Bellyheart
Do it!

Re: Digitech PDS 20/20 any good?

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 8:31 pm
by mauerkraut
Yes! If you don't like it PM me and I'll take it!

Re: Digitech PDS 20/20 any good?

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:01 pm
by dronemachine
mauerkraut wrote:Yes! If you don't like it PM me and I'll take it!


THIS

I'm in the neighbourhood, btw. :picard:

Re: Digitech PDS 20/20 any good?

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 12:41 pm
by DarkAxel
The deal is done, on monday i shall have it - personal pickup, if it works, it's mine :)

judging from your reaction i really stumbled upon a killer deal/awesome pedal. I'm looking forward to trying it, experimenting with it...

i really miss my dual delay setup

Re: Digitech PDS 20/20 any good?

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 9:26 pm
by rfurtkamp
You should be happy, it's basically one of their old RDS 1900/3600 rackmounts with a couple less knobs and not as much headroom in a pedal.

Insane noises can be had.

Re: Digitech PDS 20/20 any good?

Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:45 am
by DarkAxel
alright, it's here

the delay is purely digital pristine stuff. Bad thing is it's actually quite hard to find the right time on a small pot when you have max 2 seconds of delay, but whatever...

flanger is quite cool

chorus... i don't really care about, but with full wet signal you can get veery nice vibrato :)

i can recommend it to anyone who likes CRAZY MODULATION... Disaster Transport is for pussies, seriously :-D

i'm gonna experiment with it a bit more... when i make my decision, i'll send jrmy a PM