Topic: Digitech Hardwire pedals

Heard mucho good things about them- woindering if anyone has tried? Specifically thinking of the rotary jobbie- which has a lot in one pedal.

"Who wants an orange whip? Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips...."

JB LP Goldtop No. 290- Aged...rather like me.

Re: Digitech Hardwire pedals

I own a few of the Hardwire series pedal.  The Delay, Reverb, and 2 of the Tube Overdrives..I liked it so much and paid around 50 a piece for them both at GC.

The delay pedal has a lot of options, and types of delays it will produce.  And the "tails" switch allowing your delays to roll off naturally when you switch off the pedal is also very cool.  However, the tone of the delay is a bit metallic, slightly harsh.  I never really noticed it at first, but you will notice it when you are using distortion,  Don't get me wrong, the pedal is not a piece of S, that is it's only drawback.

Reverb pedal is excellent!  There is NO tonal change when you switch it on or back off.  I have an older digitech reverb pedal and when it's on, you notice a not so great mid range spike.  With the Hardwire, your original guitar tone stays completely the same.  The reverbs it offers are very Very nice sounding.

Finally the CM-2 Tube OD.  As I've stated before, I think a lot of ODs do pretty much the same.  They shouldn't really give you a specific sound, other than driving YOUR amp's sound more, and distorting it.  I like that it allows you to tweak Low and High frequencies, instead of just a Tone knob.  This pedal will also help beef up your strat, and gives great overall sustain to any guitar into any amp.  The modify switch is also great if you're into a bit more distortion.  Its not a HUGE difference but noticeable.  VERY COOL PEDAL.  VERY SMOOTH OVERDRIVE.  -Seth