Joe Satriani: guitar 9 interview

Joe Satriani:

Let's talk about the Time Machine first. It delivers what every other digital delay pedal delivers. So in that way, it's like every other pedal, it gives you the exact what you play into it and repeat it. It has an EQ Cut and shrinks the bandwith. That means, if you want delay and you play a lot of low notes, it doesn't get muddy. If you want to sit the delay behind what you're playing, that switch, by diminishing the bandwith, it takes just one little step back. Great for ambience! As a model, I used an old tube Echoplex that I had. It was so old that it kept changing speed all the time and created a beautiful warble and tape chorusing and we simulated that digitally. If you use the vintage mode, you get that.

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