tonymckenziecom | 8 months ago

Boss EVH SD 3000 dual delay pedal. The truth. Find out everything in this inside and out review.

EVH was one of the best guitar players in history and his use of the SDE-3000 is legendary... but is this Boss SDE-3000 EVH really like Eddies setup? Is it really that good?

Contents:

00:00 Start
00:23 Intro & preamble
01:44 Whats the cost?
02:33 Whats in the box?
03:13 SDE-3000 original
03:55 EVH & SDE-3000
04:35 Two versions
05:32 Inside the unit
06:13 Closeup inside
13:44 Factory fix?
14:52 Top controls
20:32 Side I/O
21:38 Rear I/O
26:18 Std & EVH compared
28:41 Important Note
29:32 Choice and price
30:05 Power Supply
31:06 Solving hum
31:44 Reference manual
32:27 Tone Central downloads
33:13 General thoughts
37:04 Section about chips
40:42 More thoughts
41:47 Summing up
43:14 Review score
44:06 Playing


What you will learn:
Is this really a good delay?
What's wet, dry, wet?
What will one of these cost me now?
Is this Roland quality?
Which model do I choose?

Related links:

My website: https://tonymckenzie.com
Original SDE-3000 for sale: https://reverb.com/uk/item/78753918-roland-sde-3000a-vintage-digital-delay-80s-1u-rackmount
Boss SDE-3000 EVH Reference Manual: https://www.boss.info/us/support/by_product/sde-3000evh/owners_manuals/
Boss SDE-3000 EVH updates and drivers: https://www.boss.info/global/support/by_product/sde-3000evh/updates_drivers/

Well not too long ago the Boss SDE-3000 EVH delay pedal and standard delay pedals were released. I was drawn to the EVH version as it offers the elusive wet, dry, wet setup (you will hear int in the review) but I did wonder whether Eddie himself signed off this Roland Boss SDE-3000 delay pedal or whether others used Eddie's association to launch the unit. So after a short while I bought the Roland Boss SDE-3000 EVH pedal and decided to review the pedal really close up to see exactly what is on offer.

Find out about the insides of the delay pedal and whether I saw anything untoward inside the one I bought, and of course was I happy with the SDE-3000 EVH delay pedal. I did also consider the SDE-3000 Standard Delay pedal and in the review I confirm why this might be a better choice.

Overall, the pedal is OK and I did score in the review what I feel is a fair score for what I found.

The Roland Boss SDE-3000 EVH pedal is an interesting device of course, and it replicates two SDE-3000 originals just as the Roland Boss people said, but unless you really are Eddie (you're not!) then while some players can use them extensively, others like myself might have a more limited use experience... its all a matter of preference.

You CAN play any style you want of course on the boss sde 3000 evh delay and this unit is not just limited to 'Eddie Van Halen'. But using this pedal 'all the time' might prove to lock some players in to a particular style that could sound a sort of same over and over sound longer term so do consider that won't you.

In this review I used a Kemper Player in to the Boss SDE-3000 EVH and then through to the recording desk - the demo never saw a real amp at all.

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