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Boss DE-200 December 8, 2024

 

Fresh in from Japan and in lovely condition. Converted to 220 Volts for use in the UK / EU and fitted with an IEC power connector to replace the rare 2-pin plug originally fitted

Vintage Digital Delay from Boss / Roland. A partner to the wonderful CE-300 Super Chorus, the DE-200 Digital Delay is a characterful early-digital device similar to the Lexicon PCM-41, and Deltalab Effectron

The DE-200 has the typical X2 button which doubles delay time at the expense of bandwidth. This sounds like a bad idea but, in practice, the resulting low-pass filtering sounds great and is a key part of the attraction of these early digital units. Like the Effectron, the DE-200 has a sampling feature which will loop a section of audio

The DE-200 will go into oscillation at maximum feedback, giving the opportunity for great dub effects. It’s a a bit of a sleeper, the DE-200 – quite rare in the UK – and it sounds awesome

Boss DE-200 Digital Delay #8