Boss is set to release the new DD-7 Digital Delay pedal. The question on every guitar geek’s mind: Why in God’s name do I need 6.4 seconds of delay time? And why do I need my delay pedal to have Mod Delay effects like chorus? And how well does it emulate the classic Boss DM-2 Analog Delay? And is the 40 seconds of sampling/hold really necessary?

I wish I could answer you these important questions. I guess Boss is just going to have to send us one to test out. The last pedal they sent us stood up pretty well to our rigorous field trials.

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From the press release:

Los Angeles, CA- Roland Corporation U.S. is pleased to debut 10 new products at this year’s Summer NAMM Show in Nashville, TN. These latest additions to the Roland, BOSS, and EDIROL lines of products embody the quality, breadth, and depth of offerings from the legendary manufacturer of electronic musical instruments.

BOSS continues to push the envelope in compact pedal innovation with the new DD-7 Digital Delay pedal and SL-20 Slicer. The DD-7 takes the best features from its predecessors and expands creative potential with innovative types of delay, including Modulation Delay, classic modeled Analog Delay, expanded delay time, and more.

The BOSS SL-20 Slicer is a new twin pedal that instantly transforms guitars, keyboards, and vocals into pulsating groove instruments. The SL-20 features 50 onboard slice patterns with adjustable attack and duration, including an innovative Harmonic Slicer feature that generates percussive melodies.

Sometimes people send cool shit to Synthesis for review. A few weeks ago we got to play around with the Centerfold Guitar by DeVillian guitar company out of Sweden.

It’s a hand made guitar that folds in half for easy transport. It’s also a heavy devil and industrial as fukk. VideoMatt took some footage of me giving it the once over.