Belcat

I started playing guitar almost about 5 years ago. I dont care too much about the pedal before, but recently after listening to Radiohead 'The Bends' album, sound processing has caught my attention a lot and so, a delay effect has become my first thing to buy. And this is my 1st delay effect. It is an analog delay, with 3 knobs to control time, repeat, and level. Belcat DLY-503 Specitification/Features : * Input Impedance: 1Mand#937; * Output Impedance: 1Kand#937; Less * Rate Control: 130ms - 350ms * Current Draw: 18mA * Connectors: Input (Jack), Output(Jack), DC input * Controls: Time, Repeat, Level * Bypass: Buffer * Power Supply: 9V Alkaline Battery or DC 9V Adapter * Dimensions: W110mm X H 60mm X D 53mm (4.3' X 2.4' X 2.1') I buought this pedal from a local store. This delay effect is not my 1st choice, honestly, because the pedal I really want to buy has sold out, then I try use this after making a comparasion and listen to the sound sample from internet. I paid this for about $31 What i like from this pedal is its is very easy to use and it have a good sound for me. the tone was warm and very bright. Considering the price, it's very accordance with the price we pay. It it can't mod the sound like Artec analog delay. it's only 'delay' the sound, that's it. and of course i wish this one have more longer 'delay'. just like any other stompbox, it's very though. but still, we need to be careful with the electrical circuit, it's looks very fragile for me. it's a good pedal with a cheap price for an analog delay. the bad pont is that it doesnt have much features on it, but we cant expect too much according to the price we pay. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

This is an overdrive pedal that uses analog technology (cheap technology at that). This thing is not capable of being edited with MIDI or Computer controllers, and is not rackable. It can be powered with a 9V adapter. UTILIZATION It is a pretty simple pedal to figure out. It only has three knobs, input, tone, and output. Input can be described in more general terms as drive, while output is basically level. There is a single bypass switch. The manual is almost unnecessary, but it's well-written and easy to follow. This thing is pretty cheaply made, so be careful with it, I've read some horror stories online. Mine hasn't broken yet, but I'm nervous that it will if I mistreat it at all. SOUND QUALITY This pedal sounds great on its own, if you just need a really slight boost in the graininess of your clean tone. Otherwise, it's better used in conjunction with other overdrives and distortions, as a boost for those pedals. It's pretty weak so don't expect to rock out on this guy alone. However, it is a nice, smooth overdrive, and would work well if you are playing leads that are basically clean and just need a bit of a volume and clarity boost to ring out above the rhythm section. I find that using it with a Fuzz Factory or a Big Muff is a great way to basically allow for it to kick those pedals up a notch or two, which is impressive, since those things really kick up quite a storm on their own. OVERALL OPINION This pedal is useful, and can definitely benefit a good amount of players if used properly. I would never suggest that it be used as a single overdrive pedal. I would also advise that while it is cheap, it's likely to break easily, so it's probably not the greatest pedal to use if you're looking for a permanent addition. For short-term use, it's pretty much perfect.

This is a digital chorus pedal. This pedal cannot be edited through a Mac/PC editor utility program. It also is not MIDI-controllable. This pedal is not rackable. UTILIZATION The editing on this pedal is pretty simple for the most part. It doesn't have all the features of some other choruses that I like, but it's still a nice pedal. There are controls for effect depth, rate, and delay time. The first two are a snap to figure out, the delay time effect sort of complicates things a bit. I think that it's really just an overall simple pedal. SOUND QUALITY Since nine times out of ten, I prefer the sound of analog over digital pedals (even though I might have problems with some other issues that come with analog), I was surprised to find that this pedal was surprisingly good. It was almost noiseless, which is what I first noticed about it. I also was surprised that the tone was as natural and restrained as it was. The sound of the actual guitar rang through, which is almost impossible with lesser digital choruses. It doesn't have any really wacky sounds either, which is good, because while those sounds can be fun, they have almost no practical application. This is capable of delivering only good-sounding, practical settings. There is barely any color added to the tone. I think that too much delay time can sometimes make the effect muddy, though, so using it requires a bit of patience and restraint. OVERALL OPINION This is a pretty solid pedal, it is a lot cheaper than some of the analog ones I like, and is far better than the digital choruses I've tried. The price is pretty reasonable, and better than most choruses. I don't know if I prefer it over some of the analog ones, so I think I'd recommend this to someone with less of a budget, who isn't going to use chorus much. Otherwise I'd go with something like the Bi-chorus by Analog Man.