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DaveA wrote: Wed Apr 20, 2022 7:12 pm

Owen wrote: There are so many pedals out there, but I am in the market for something that's a delay that when hold on the pedal causes the circuit to freak out and causes noise & screeches.

Is there anything like that you'd recommend?

Depends how much delay you want, as it's closer to spring-style reverb that can get "out there"/almost delay-ish, but the Mantic Proverb V2 is worth looking into:

https://manticeffects.com/products/proverb

It's a fine pedal either way.

Yes, yes that looks promising.

As a whole, the Proverb V2 really does sound stellar. The oscillations can get loud/cacophonous/trippy rather quickly, but the reverb sounds lived-in, pleasing to the ear, and provides a lot of flexibility..

Owen wrote: Wed Apr 20, 2022 7:04 pm There are so many pedals out there, but I am in the market for something that's a delay that when you hold on the pedal causes the circuit to freak out and causes noise & screeches.

Is there anything like that you'd recommend?

Like something that basically momentarily dimes the feedback knob so the thing gets stuck in a self-perpetuating feedback noise loop till you let up? I've done that on a number of delay pedals i've built. Its quite an easy extra addition.

Owen wrote: Wed Apr 20, 2022 7:04 pm There are so many pedals out there, but I am in the market for something that's a delay that when you hold on the pedal causes the circuit to freak out and causes noise & screeches.

Is there anything like that you'd recommend?

If all you are looking for is a footswitch to max the feedback/repeats, there are a lot of them: Caroline Kilobyte, Catalinbread Belle Epoch Deluxe, Walrus ARP-87, Strymon El Capistan (has a feedback hold but you can also assign any knob to an expression pedal), etc.

BUT, if you want something a little more wacky, the DOD Rubberneck comes to mind but I'm sure there a couple of newer ones out there.

yeah, I know the TC Electronic Flashback 2 has a switch you can hold for feedback swells. Probably pretty easy to find used (I currently have it in a multi modulator package)

I have installed jacks on a few delay pedals that uses a synth sustain pedal to just short the Feedback pot and go full throttle. Usually space to dig in where the battery goes, and I don't use batteries. You can do it to any delay pedal that isn't using some kind of encoder controller. You could also install the same style of jack to feed the out back into the in of any pedal and make it freak out, especially flangers and shit.

Speaking of flangers, if you have a flanger (maybe a chorus too) you don't care about, there are trim pots inside that control the delay and feedback, you can crank those and they will sound like BLUBBABLUBBABLUBBA SKWREEEEEEEEEE! If you ever want it to sound the old way again, mark the original settings or you will never get it back

Here's one - a simple reverb pedal with a "Shimmer" setting that has an expression pedal input that allows you to dial in how much of the "shimmer" mix you want.

Don't say the Astral Destiny, it has too many features.

Kniferide wrote: Thu Apr 21, 2022 10:46 am I have installed jacks on a few delay pedals that uses a synth sustain pedal to just short the Feedback pot and go full throttle. Usually space to dig in where the battery goes, and I don't use batteries.

Did this with a Memory Toy. Inexpensive and very effective.

four_oclocker_2.2 wrote: Thu Apr 21, 2022 11:31 am Here's one - a simple reverb pedal with a "Shimmer" setting that has an expression pedal input that allows you to dial in how much of the "shimmer" mix you want.

Don't say the Astral Destiny, it has too many features.

Only thing I can think of that's even close would be Boss RV-6 - only 4 knobs & one is a selector type. The only thing is that I'm pretty sure the exp controls overall reverb mix/amount and not just singling out the shimmer if that's what you are looking for.

Garth wrote: Thu Apr 21, 2022 2:05 pm

four_oclocker_2.2 wrote: Thu Apr 21, 2022 11:31 am Here's one - a simple reverb pedal with a "Shimmer" setting that has an expression pedal input that allows you to dial in how much of the "shimmer" mix you want.

Don't say the Astral Destiny, it has too many features.

Only thing I can think of that's even close would be Boss RV-6 - only 4 knobs & one is a selector type. The only thing is that I'm pretty sure the exp controls overall reverb mix/amount and not just singling out the shimmer if that's what you are looking for.

Yeah, and I remember the Shimmer mode on the RV-6 was kind of "meh."

I feel like the Catalinbread Cloak is what I'm feeling after sound/function-wise, but damn if only it had the EXP input...