Experience with Boss DD-200?

[velorush]

After years of discussion, kicking cans and general directionless what-iffing it appears we are, in a manner of speaking, getting the band back together.

With that, and with the sell-off that took place some years back, I find myself in need of an all-purpose delay pedal. My favorite BITD was the Boss DD-20, which I of course sold and 'upgraded' to the TC Novadelay which I used until we stopped gigging (P&W music). Sometime in there I bought the TC Flashback and found the 'Analog Dry Through' to be more than just marketing - I could hear tremendous difference in the unaffected signal between the two TC delays. That led me to sell the Novadelay and so I am left with the Flashback. The Flashback sounds great, but the tap tempo configuration won't work for me in a live situation. 

I've been looking over the ridiculous number of choices and am now focused on the Boss DD-200. What I like is no menu diving (since there are no menus) and each function has a knob. About the only thing I see missing is the Modulation Rate is fixed (not a deal killer). 

Sweetwater has them marked down to $259.50 (regularly $274.99). I filtered the choices on Sweetwater to the $200 to $500 price range and didn't see anything I thought would work better for me (tap tempo and ability to save a couple of presets).  

All that to say, anyone have any experience with the DD-200?

[Dave Scepter]

No experience but Boss makes excellent pedals... plus Sweetwater has a really good return policy, so you won't be out anything "but time" if it doesn't work out... good luck 👍 

[Victor (Fret Friend)]

Maybe get a used DD-20 😄 I love mine 👍

[velorush]

19 minutes ago, Victor (Fret Friend) said:

Maybe get a used DD-20 😄 I love mine 👍

I loved everything about the DD-20 except the size and the footswitches. I cabled in a Boss FS-6 for tap tempo, but all that made for quite a footprint.

I have seen where some are offering rehoused DD-20's but the rehousing costs more than the DD-20.

[veatch]

Diamond Memory Lane Jr.  Thank me later. 

[veatch]

I had a DD-20 that I used for a loooong time. Thought it was fine/great until I got the Diamond. No presets, but it does everything I need it to, tap tempo, dotted 8th, etc. The modulation gives it a more realistic "tape" feel. Overall sounds more transparent. Smaller footprint and similar price point (I buy them used)  Every board I have has one on it. 

[velorush]

I remember watching Andy demo those BITD, so I went looking online for discussion.

Apparently SolidGoldFX bought / started manufacturing Diamond Pedals (2023 and later) and the consensus was the SGFX pedals are inferior to the original versions. Then I ran across discussion of a V1 and a V2 of the original pedals (somewhere around serial number 600) and how V2 has this and that whereas V1 does not. That's when my eyes just glazed over and... 

[veatch]

The V1 was reported to sound "better" or "warmer", at least if you're looking for that. But it is 24v AC instead of DC, which was a deal breaker for me at the time. Mine are all V2 (which I think has a smaller footprint)

^- I'm thinking of Memory Lane vs Jr. here - disregard and see below...

Edited December 6, 2025 by veatch

[veatch]

I think the above was about a different pedal. Don't drink and type, kids...

V2 adds an additional mode to allow the delay time to be used in real time like an analog pedal.  There might be other differences a well, but all changes were software. I think you're fine with either,  unless you *really* want that feature. You can check with having the seller cycle through the modes with the toggle switch and see if you get a red/green flashing mode...