Walsh's preferred live delay and one of the three pedals he said received the most stage use.
- Preferred live delay
- Exact time not documented
Effect profile /Delay & Echo
Also catalogued as Boss DD-3
Explore the documented settings, signal-chain positions and roles of Boss DD-3 Digital Delay in dated rigs by Adam Jones, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Navarro, and 9 more. Every appearance remains tied to its supporting sources.
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Walsh's preferred live delay and one of the three pedals he said received the most stage use.
Supplies the delay that Springsteen can call from his custom onstage remote.
Supplies repeat textures and rhythmic echoes on the main live board.
Provides the first digital delay stage near the end of the floorboard.
Provides straightforward digital delay.
Two physical DD-3 units provide simple delay independently to Buckingham's electric and acoustic paths.
Runs in the loop of the clean Marshall path rather than in front of the amplifier.
Provides Cline's familiar compact digital delay, with settings recalled from long use.
Supplies Morello's longer repeats after the pitch effects.
Adds a separate short-delay voice without changing the long-delay controls.
Supplies the primary repeats behind the guitar parts.
Holds a second delay time available without changing the first unit.
Adds the clean-path repeats at a different time from the solo delay.
Used for hand-tweaked delay-time sweeps and Hold-mode noise rather than musical repeats.
The solo delay, usually engaged together with the dirty-side chorus.
Adds repeatable digital echo before the final Uni-Vibe and amplifier selector.
The long-serving primary delay, in use since the Knebworth period.