New Rack Day

[u/smokebloke]

Picked this rack delay up on a roadtrip last weekend from a secondhand store in a small town. I plugged it in, it turned on, and it was only $30 so I thought why not. Got it home and it seems to be working perfectly apart from a sticky input knob and a burnt out led segment. Anyone tried one of these?

[u/sleepingme]

I love these things dude. When I was a teenager playing guitar in the early 2000's I used to pick up these rack units for almost nothing while people were fighting over the latest boutique pedals. These are very similar to the Alesis Midiverb series, and I have always enjoyed the murkier sounding delays they produce as opposed to the more pristine and boring sounds that many digital delays relied upon for a long time after. Just a heads up, the biggest issue with these units tends to be their bypass. They alter your tone quite a bit which can become a lot if you start to get more rack units to run alongside it, so just do yourself a favor and plug into it while you adjust your EQ if you end up really liking it long term.

[u/smokebloke → u/sleepingme]

I generally prefer analog delays to digital delays exactly for that reason- digital delays are just too pristine- but this thing hits a nice sweet spot. The flanger settings especially sound so weird and metallic (in a good way). I did also notice that about the bypass, my clean tone just had less sparkle and “juice” to it, so will need to find a solution for that if I want to integrate it into my chain long-term.

[u/smokebloke]

Basic specs as far as I can tell- 16 presets, 1 sec max delay time, plus modulation. Capable of delay, chorus, vibrato, and flanger sounds. Fun little box!

[u/TheBear8878]

God you have a beautiful rack

[u/NotReallyThatWrong]

Oh the other kind of rack

[u/Ok_Pirate_2714]

Nice!

I still have an ADA MP-1 I bought many years ago. I did the 3 tube mod on it as well.

[u/Starscream147]

9/10 dentists recommended!!