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STOMPBOX FEVER – GUYATONE MD-3 MICRO DIGITAL DELAY
By Kent Carmichael
So you’ve built the ultimate pedalboard only to realize that you forgot to include space for a digital delay pedal? Well, the super-teeny MD-3 Micro Digital Delay ($140 retail, $99 Street) might still be perfect fit.
With knobs for Delay Time, Level, and Feedback – along with a 3-position delay range switch – the MD-3 won’t be accused of having too complicated a user interface, but it does pump out a cool range of clean-sounding delay textures. In Short mode, the MD-3 produces delay times from 16 mS to 160 mS (great for dialing in Sun Studios-style slapback echo), Medium mode offers delay times from 80 mS to 650 mS – enough to cover the entire U2 catalog, while Long mode goes from 330 mS to 2600 mS for very long echoes and quasi-looping effects.
The sound is precise and non-mushy, though extreme feedback settings in the Short and Medium modes cause the circuit to self-oscillate and produce distorted, industrial-sounding effects (which can be cool if that’s what you’re looking for).
The MD-3 may be small, but it’s a tough little sucker that sounds great and won’t disintegrate under your foot.
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