Roland/Boss RE-20 Space Echo

Who Ran The Iron Horse? · Post by **Who Ran The Iron Horse?** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:43 am

Australia is in Europe now?

It's good to see it wasn't a mockup. If I wasn't broke I'd probably get one of these.

echobaseone · Post by **echobaseone** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 7:57 am

now available. Well, one is...
I wonder how much they'll cost when they really DO arrive?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Boss-RE-20-Roland-S ... dZViewItem

hound of winter · Post by **hound of winter** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:34 am

they finally popped up at a US dealer

http://www.zzounds.com/item--BOSRE20

250, pretty much what i expected. sucks that they're not coming till august, boss was saying june when they originally announced it :-\

but i placed an order anyway.

HeartfeltDawn · Post by **HeartfeltDawn** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:32 pm

Ha, that probably means they'll hit the UK next year then! I'd like to try one, see how it goes...

Sauerkraut · Post by **Sauerkraut** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 4:57 am

so, anyone bought one yet?

brunning · Post by **brunning** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 8:58 am

anyone know of sound samples of this thing online?

brunning · Post by **brunning** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 5:53 pm

ok, so curiosity got the best of me.

i stopped by GC this afternoon and bought the thing.

i played with it for 15 min in the store and it sounded ok, but it was loud in there, so i took it home for a better evaluation. i played it for about 4 hours this evening.

my opinion is that the sound quality is not great.

the "reverb only" and 1-4 "repeat" settings are good, you can get some cool warp-delay sounds by changing settings while notes decay, and by tweaking the repeat rate and intensity knobs, and holding down the right pedal triggers a delay swell, like turning the repeat rate knob does.

the "reverb echo" settings 5-11 are really lacking, imo. the manual describes how the sound is suppose to mimic the slightly-metallic, warbly sound of recording to tape, but to my ears, it sounds VERY digital - like a cheesy chorus effect.

i own the akai headrush and i think it does a much better straight up tape echo sound. the headrush is not capable of the cool warpy-kind of shit you can do with the RE-20, but that doesn't justify $250 to me.

this thing is getting returned.

glimmertwin · Post by **glimmertwin** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:06 pm

...the first stone has been cast.

Sauerkraut · Post by **Sauerkraut** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 1:16 am

brunning wrote: ok, so curiosity got the best of me.

i stopped by GC this afternoon and bought the thing.

i played with it for 15 min in the store and it sounded ok, but it was loud in there, so i took it home for a better evaluation. i played it for about 4 hours this evening.

my opinion is that the sound quality is not great.

the "reverb only" and 1-4 "repeat" settings are good, you can get some cool warp-delay sounds by changing settings while notes decay, and by tweaking the repeat rate and intensity knobs, and holding down the right pedal triggers a delay swell, like turning the repeat rate knob does.

the "reverb echo" settings 5-11 are really lacking, imo. the manual describes how the sound is suppose to mimic the slightly-metallic, warbly sound of recording to tape, but to my ears, it sounds VERY digital - like a cheesy chorus effect.

i own the akai headrush and i think it does a much better straight up tape echo sound. the headrush is not capable of the cool warpy-kind of shit you can do with the RE-20, but that doesn't justify $250 to me.

this thing is getting returned.

A local music store is going to be selling them for 200 euro's, but they haven't arrived yet. I wanted to compare it to my Headrush (E1) too.

thanks for your review, that was very helpful.

I think I may buy a delay pedal for weird shit the Headrush can't do, but the RE-20 is not a candidate.

Gordon · Post by **Gordon** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:29 pm

chrisjedijane wrote: Johnny DeMarco....

His videos are the only ones worth watching.

FireAarro · Post by **FireAarro** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:17 am

I have one, like it so far, I don't have any analog/tape delays to compare to though... I'll record some sound clips soon.

About the oscillation, it's decent but not very versatile.

chrisjedijane · Post by **chrisjedijane** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:10 am

echobaseone wrote: I'm quite interested in this pedal too.
While I realize that Boss are the Budweiser of pedals, I've got a sh*tload of them and I think the trick is in making them NOT sound like the pedal that everyone owns. It is possible, you know...

Another +1 on this - I'm a confirmed Boss fan, and I like getting noises out of them that most people don't.

aen · Post by **aen** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:13 pm

I read that and iwent to my board, and tried my hardest, but after hours of experimentation I have been unable to squeeze any new tones out of my tuner. DAMN!

chrisjedijane · Post by **chrisjedijane** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:58 pm

man, you're just not trying hard enough!

theian · Post by **theian** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:23 pm

I'm skeptical of this one. I mean…this was probably a great marketing decision on their part, but…

I don't know…I just smell hype.

Don't take the name and and cosmetics too seriously.

I'd say try and compare it with others you know and like or other ones you might be thinking of.

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