Boss RE-202, Strymon Volante, Line 6 DL4 MkII [Likes, Dislikes & Which Should You Buy?]

Two incredible new delays and a much-loved not-so-new one. Which one would you buy?

Life too short for long YouTube videos? See the ‘Interesting bits and go-to sections’ information below.

Welcome to the show! In this episode we pick up from last week’s show where we had a good listen to Boss’s RE-202, RE-2 and RE-20 Space Echoes… against the real-deal RE-201.
While that’s all very interesting and everything, perhaps the bigger question on people’s lips is: Should I buy the RE-202 or the Strymon Volante, given that both units are four-head tape (and drum) simulation echo/delay machines? Aaaaand, seeing as Line 6 has also just dropped the DL4 MkII too, what about that?
Now then, this is not an exhaustive deep dive on features – if you want that please check out the companies’ own demos, or indeed those they’ve had done by demoing third parties. Instead, what we are doing is offering some opinion on some overall likes and dislikes that draw us, or indeed repel us screaming, from each device. Well, not exactly screaming, but you get the idea.

Enjoy the show!

Pedals used in this episode…

• TheGigRig Three2One
https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one

• Sonic Research ST-300 Turbo Tuner
Australia: http://bit.ly/2mR1s8c

• Keeley D&M Drive
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: http://bit.ly/2pUDUAE

• Strymon Volante
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: http://bit.ly/2Ie0UZe
USA Sweetwater: https://imp.i114863.net/MXz5mo

• Line 6 DL4 MkII
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z

• Boss RE-202 Space Echo
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/3OGUdgq

• Boss VB-2w Waza Craft Vibrato
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: http://bit.ly/2zeZWWx

• TheGigRig G3
https://www.thegigrig.com/g3

Interesting bits and go-to sections…
0:00 Intro playing
2:45 What are we doing today?
6:20 All the important things
8:40 Overview of main features
11:08 Volante - things we like
17:45 DL4 MkII - things we like
23:48 RE-202 - things we like
30:30 Volante - things we don’t like
36:25 DL4 MkII - things we don’t like
40:41 RE-202 - things we don’t like
44:15 Which one should you buy?
45:20 RE-202 or Volante?
47:30 Why Mick likes the 202 reverbs
52:05 Dan plays all the pedals
56:05 Closing thoughts

Guitars in this episode:
• Gibson Custom True Historic 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Murphy Aged - no video yet
• Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster – Dan’s video here    • That Pedal Show – Our Guitars & Gear:...  
• 1961 Fender Stratocaster - no video yet

Amps in this episode:
• Fender Custom Shop Bass Breaker with 2 x 12-inch Celestion Vintage 30 speakers
• 1961 Vox AC30 with 2 x 12-inch Celestion Alnico Blue speakers

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