RE: In Praise of the DL4

["William Walker" <billwalker@looppool.info>]

Actually I was just implying that with the right amount of force, one could
conceivably crack the pc board, if the cap has come off a DL4 footswitch.
This has not happened to me.  Also, putting your batteries in the wrong way
can kill a DL4. I've seen it done.    Its been talked about at length that
the line 6 switches are noisy, but it does'nt bother me, a little clickety
click is like tiny claves to my ears! I was simply praising the creative
virtues of the DL4.  I also felt rather liberated to know that if the
unthinkable happened and I loose the use of my Repeater or Jamman, and
could'nt afford to replace them, I could still have a lot of creative
possibilities with a pair of DL4s. Its build quality is, relatively
speaking, rugged, from my experience. I'm sorry some of you have'nt had 
good
luck. Regarding the head room, I know, and have seen, several people from
this list use and  overuse the DL4, in many instances to very creative
effect. I also know that when overloading the input of any DSP device, you
can potentially blow the front end.
Bill



From: msottilaro [mailto:sine@zerocrossing.net]
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 2:21 PM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: In Praise of the DL4



On May 24, 2004, at 1:32 PM, William Walker wrote:

> Seriously, one irritating
> thing I've discovered about thye DL4, is that if you happen to break a
> cap
> off of one of the footswitches, you will actually start to drive the
> footswitches plunger harder down on to the PC board, which can
> eventually
> cause problems. (cracked PC board anyone?)

Didn't you say in an email that you never had problems with a DL4....?

Anyway, the DD-20 does have really excellent footswitches IMO.  Quiet
and seemingly well made.  I have to say Rick, that when seeing you
perform live the KA-CHUNK of the DL-4 over some of your quieter
acoustic instruments and toys was a bit of a distraction.

Mark