Anybody grab a RE-202 yet? (I did, and review inside)

[qersty]

Ever since I got a first run of the carbon copy and got a doa one I never buy until 2nd or later gens so the bugs and production issues are a bit smoothed out

As someone who works on used pedals a lot (I do repairs on the side for a guitar shop now)...This is the MOST common broken pedal I see

/OT is it worth fixing? I busted mine long time ago and its just sat now

[MechaGodzilla]

i've been meaning to go to a shop and try to compare CC/aqua puss/dm2w coz the only delays i have are huge units (and if i get a 202, that'll be another big boy)

[echorec]

i've been meaning to go to a shop and try to compare CC/aqua puss/dm2w coz the only delays i have are huge units (and if i get a 202, that'll be another big boy)

I have a Supa Puss and a DM-2W. The DM-2W might be the best of those three for guitars, if you just want something straightforward with some warmth.

[MechaGodzilla]

i know the way huge pussies all sound different to each other coz i compared them when i bought a supa puss years ago!

[Jero]

Ever since I got a first run of the carbon copy and got a doa one I never buy until 2nd or later gens so the bugs and production issues are a bit smoothed out

As someone who works on used pedals a lot (I do repairs on the side for a guitar shop now)...This is the MOST common broken pedal I see

/OT is it worth fixing? I busted mine long time ago and its just sat now

Depends on if it's basic maintenance stuff or CC specific. But generally I'd say no, unless you do it yourself. They can regularly be found used for $75-80 last I checked. You'll pay most repair places a minimum of $40 (some whether it gets fixed or not).

[rfurtkamp]

RE-202 arrived earlier, looks nice and powers up, haven't had time to play yet and it's 101º.

Wait for dark!

[qersty]

Ever since I got a first run of the carbon copy and got a doa one I never buy until 2nd or later gens so the bugs and production issues are a bit smoothed out

As someone who works on used pedals a lot (I do repairs on the side for a guitar shop now)...This is the MOST common broken pedal I see

/OT is it worth fixing? I busted mine long time ago and its just sat now

Depends on if it's basic maintenance stuff or CC specific. But generally I'd say no, unless you do it yourself. They can regularly be found used for $75-80 last I checked. You'll pay most repair places a minimum of $40 (some whether it gets fixed or not).

eh at that point i might as well stuff something else in the case. Didn't really dig it other than that the modulation could get kinda nutty. Way too much anti aliasing for my taste (which has been VERY crunchy lately).

[rfurtkamp]

Boss RE-202 range report.

One of the new features sort of is meh - the only verb that sounds right is the original trashy spring in moderate amounts. All the rest get a bit washier than I'd like and there's no sub-adjustments.

A *big* plus though is you can preview the changes to the settings when you have to jump through the boot up options. It's a VAST improvement over the old one, especially when there's LEDs showing what mode is on or not. It's not unplug/guess/repeat/pray like the older model.

That goes double for the LEDs showing which head is active in which mode on the 12 dial switch. OK, I have the positions memorized on my units, but...it's nice to glance down and be sure.

Out of box it ships with the "short" delay initialized, i.e. the standard 201 1s length, tails on (which isn't true of the original unit, when you hit the bypass, it bypasses the echoes period, they stop BUTT cold with no fade).

Preamp is a pleasant little "just sounds better" and I'm happier with it on than off, as expected. Saturation control just adds "more" - it won't ever get to overdrive on its own unless you hit it REALLY hard, and even then it's mild - just like the original units in that regard.

The "tape age" switch is interesting - it doesn't sound quite "right" on "new" and gets the proper melt into the background on "worn." I've always been ambivalent on the Space Echo loops myself - if the heads are clean, the transport is running right, as long as the tape is good still, I'm happy. Changing tapes isn't a radical swap providing everything is clear and maintained on the OG units and you haven't been running the loop for 5000 hours.

EQ controls are more active than the OG units or the RE-20 - it *will* get a LOT brighter if you want that.

Wow & flutter adjustment will NOT get you into chorus-land like most modern takes on it. It's within what you CAN get on a vintage unit, not seasick warbling. The control is MUCH more pronounced on the longer delay time setting (past 1s) as would be expected on an actual tape going bad.

The fourth tape head option is grand, it's something I always meant to do with my 301 but never got around to modding it for an extra head.

The biggest kudos, I suppose is that once I had settled on the reverb being the standard trashy spring is it was just use the thing. Twist the knobs, make it go, boom, it sounds like me and a Space Echo.

Is it a radical upgrade to the RE-20? It's an incremental one, but if you LOVE the Space Echo family, I doubt you'd be disappointed.

I'm not selling my RE-20s, this won't replace them.

The warp and twist modes are slightly different-sounding between the two. The 202 sounds closer to manually twisting the tape settings, but I've grown fond of the RE-20s's reliable chaos too.

[Chankgeez]

[qersty]

i had theorized that about the new reverbs

[friendship]

Thanks for the review! Garbage can reverb forever <3

[rfurtkamp]

I haven't used the verb on one since I got rid of my Bassmans 15+ years ago now.

Everything has amp reverb that's vastly better anyway.