Boss SDE3000EVH vs TC2290 Pedals?

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If you could only own one, which one and why?

I’m leaning more towards the Boss SDE because it has a dual SDE capability and in general imparts that 80’s badass lead tone that can only be had with an SDE. But the 2290 is enticing but I’m not familiar with all that it can do and I don’t have a great understanding of artists or albums that used them?
 
I can't speak for the TC, but the EVH is probably my favorite pedal I've ever bought in my life. It changed my man cave amp setup to stereo from mono for jamming. I run both of my EVH 5150-III amps into it and sounds phenomenal. So fun hearing those sounds and is so lush and open.
 
Shouldn’t Eventide H90 be added in this group for comparison? I’d love to try the SDE. Certainly an easier price point vs the eventide stuff
 
GreatRedDragon said:
I'm curious about the 2290 but the SDE-3000 just fuckin' rules.
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Same thing I feel. Every single clip of the 3000 just gives that wow factor. Eddy Lentz has two real SDE3000’s in his rack and if you compare his amp clips with the 3000’s to clips of the pedal it’s pretty fucking impressive.

The 2290 clips and examples are cool but I’m not hearing anything shocking or all that amazing that my damage control or PCM81 cant impart. A part of the Boss SDE pedal is that it gives the color of the old racks. The 2290 pedal just sounds like another delay pedal to me but then again there’s just clips and not a lot to go by for some reason. I really don’t know for sure and don’t want to pass judgement not owning one so I was hoping RT had a definitive answer to the 2290 pedal compared to the boss pedal.
 
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I really have liked my Boss DD500 and it was a noticeable step up in quality of delays/echo from my Boss DD-5's and Ibanez EM5 pedals. I feel for the price they are rack quality or damn close. If you want even more options and a bit cheaper the DD-500 has the SDE3000 algorithm and it also has echoplex and other vintage delay algorithms and a bunch of other stuff.

Does the SDE3000EVH only have the SDE3000 option?

Some guys luv the TC2290 but for myself the I use the SDE3000 for my VanHagar stuff and the echoplex delays for my other settings and it is very good as well.

The DD500 does stereo/mono and you can assign and route parallel and other configurations but I never got into that deep, I set mine up for W/D/W and it was pretty easy to navigate for settings and delay selections. I would imagine Boss improved/tweaked the SDE3000 algorithm for the EVHSDE3000 unit so it's as exact as one can get. I think for the prices either would give you what you want IMHO.:2thumbsup:
 
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The SDE3000EVH is fun to play. It really does make you feel inspired when playing.
 
harddriver said:
I really have liked my Boss DD500 and it was a noticeable step up in quality of delays/echo from my Boss DD-5's and Ibanez EM5 pedals. I feel for the price they are rack quality or damn close. If you want even more options and a bit cheaper the DD-500 has the SDE3000 algorithm and it also has echoplex and other vintage delay algorithms and a bunch of other stuff.

Does the SDE3000EVH only have the SDE3000 option?

Some guys luv the TC2290 but for myself the I use the SDE3000 for my VanHagar stuff and the echoplex delays for my other settings and it is very good as well.

The DD500 does stereo/mono and you can assign and route parallel and other configurations but I never got into that deep, I set mine up for W/D/W and it was pretty easy to navigate for settings and delay selections. I would imagine Boss improved/tweaked the SDE3000 algorithm for the EVHSDE3000 unit so it's as exact as one can get. I think for the prices either would give you what you want IMHO.:2thumbsup:
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The Boss pedal only does the SDE3000, but it expands on it quite a bit. Each DDL in a patch can be run in stereo, for four taps total, and they can be blended together in different ways. The filter, modulation and preamp are replicated, but there's also options for EQ, different wave patterns and analog dry-thru.

One thing it can do that (I think - correct me if I'm wrong) the DD-500 can't do is control both delays with one footswitch. Like the DD-500, each bank is two patches, but on the DD-500 you need to use both patches to use dual SDE-3000s whereas on the dedicated pedal there are two on each patch. So with one press you can switch from, for example, a 250/500ms stereo delay to a 400/800ms for solos, or bypass all the delays.

Naturally the EVH model is ideal for a W/D/W rig, since it has the mixer/splitter built in. A simple Harley Benton Thunder 99 on the board would make a full EVH W/D/W rig totally possible without a rack!

Using my non-EVH model in the effects loop of my IR-200, I've been toying with the idea of getting a third monitor, outputting the dry from my IR-200 into the middle and outputting the wet stereo outputs into the left and right monitors. ?
 
GreatRedDragon said:
The Boss pedal only does the SDE3000, but it expands on it quite a bit. Each DDL in a patch can be run in stereo, for four taps total, and they can be blended together in different ways. The filter, modulation and preamp are replicated, but there's also options for EQ, different wave patterns and analog dry-thru.

One thing it can do that (I think - correct me if I'm wrong) the DD-500 can't do is control both delays with one footswitch. Like the DD-500, each bank is two patches, but on the DD-500 you need to use both patches to use dual SDE-3000s whereas on the dedicated pedal there are two on each patch. So with one press you can switch from, for example, a 250/500ms stereo delay to a 400/800ms for solos, or bypass all the delays.

Naturally the EVH model is ideal for a W/D/W rig, since it has the mixer/splitter built in. A simple Harley Benton Thunder 99 on the board would make a full EVH W/D/W rig totally possible without a rack!

Using my non-EVH model in the effects loop of my IR-200, I've been toying with the idea of getting a third monitor, outputting the dry from my IR-200 into the middle and outputting the wet stereo outputs into the left and right monitors. ?
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I have been curious if either the Boss or TC were analog dry through.
 
Shask said:
I have been curious if either the Boss or TC were analog dry through.
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There is a very troubling dearth of information about the TC out there though. For a pedal touted as being so powerful and feature rich there isn't even a proper manual. Between that and the price tag I wonder how much of it is just a repackaged Flashback.
 
It's posible ,in the sde ,add dry signal to wet cabs without phasing issues?
 
glpg80 said:
If you could only own one, which one and why?

I’m leaning more towards the Boss SDE because it has a dual SDE capability and in general imparts that 80’s badass lead tone that can only be had with an SDE. But the 2290 is enticing but I’m not familiar with all that it can do and I don’t have a great understanding of artists or albums that used them?
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I believe John Petrucci had been a long- time 2290 user; not sure how far the use goes back, but most, if not all, if the Dream Theater and Liquid Tension Experiment records use the 2290.
 
The SDE is EVH in a box. The 2290P is Petrucci/Luke/Edge in a box. Pick your poison.

I'll take both, because I use my 2290 as a chorus ?‍♂️
 
romanianreaper said:
I can't speak for the TC, but the EVH is probably my favorite pedal I've ever bought in my life. It changed my man cave amp setup to stereo from mono for jamming. I run both of my EVH 5150-III amps into it and sounds phenomenal. So fun hearing those sounds and is so lush and open.
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Hey brother are you able to dip the delay wetness to like 8% so its tucked underneath real nice for the stereo heavies left and right? Im also looking at the evh sde im just looking for tiny tiny bit of wet to my main chuggs then of course more for my leads. But not looking for vanhalen wet if im making sense.
 
JR-OZ said:
Hey brother are you able to dip the delay wetness to like 8% so its tucked underneath real nice for the stereo heavies left and right? Im also looking at the evh sde im just looking for tiny tiny bit of wet to my main chuggs then of course more for my leads. But not looking for vanhalen wet if im making sense.
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You can set both the delayed and dry signals anywhere between 0 and 100%.

It's very good at filling out a sound without trampling over it.
 
Longo said:
It's posible ,in the sde ,add dry signal to wet cabs without phasing issues?
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Oh yeah, as mentioned, it is in the manual. Sounds amazing! I decided to not do wdw and just do stereo because it sounded so awesome without even needing that third amp. I might do it in the future but love it.

I have my primary amp as my 6l6 50w EVH Stealth and then I have my other 6l6 50w EVH effects loop out to the pedal.
 
GreatRedDragon said:
You're in for a treat, it's a perfect delay for metal because it's so flexible. You can also use it as a chorus and a doubler.
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Yea I’m reading this manual now wow. More options than I thought. That’s great cause I’m more of a modern player with a thrown in zakk. But I really love the new Jason book flat black sound he has and going for a modified version of that. Saw him live and was like wow heavy as *uck
 
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