Anyone run an MXR Carbon Copy?

[Musician78]

I just bought one but through my Marshall, the cleans sound killer. But with distortion, the echoes seem to be lacking the highs. This happens no matter where in the chain I put it and even if I run it through the effects loop. Anyone else have this problem?

[chrisolson]

I felt the same way about mine. It's more of a "vintage/analog" type delay to my ears. Sell it and get a TC Flashback if you want something a bit more transparent.

[warlok]

Yep, normal with analog delays as far as I've seen. The sound degenerate as it echoes. I like it myself..

[Larz]

Yeah, something digital might give you more of the sound you describe with heavy distortion

[Chad]

The charm of analog is the degradation in the tone of the repeats. If you didn't want that, you bought the wrong pedal. I find it ironic that Dunlop calls an analog delay pedal "Carbon Copy". If you want delay repeats that are a "carbon copy" of the played notes, then you'd be better off with a digital delay.

[Musician78]

The charm of analog is the degradation in the tone of the repeats. If you didn't want that, you bought the wrong pedal. I find it ironic that Dunlop calls an analog delay pedal "Carbon Copy". If you want delay repeats that are a "carbon copy" of the played notes, then you'd be better off with a digital delay.

It should have been called VCR copy. I will say though, the more I mess with it the more I think I like it.

[Hellbat]

The charm of analog is the degradation in the tone of the repeats. If you didn't want that, you bought the wrong pedal. I find it ironic that Dunlop calls an analog delay pedal "Carbon Copy". If you want delay repeats that are a "carbon copy" of the played notes, then you'd be better off with a digital delay.

Ah, but if you think back to the days of using carbon paper to make copies of documents, they were very "lo-fi" copies of the original, kind of faded and missing bits here and there..

[Chief_CrazyTalk]

I had one and used it for a few minutes. I did notice it didn't work so well with gain, but I'm just not a delay kind of player. Sold it.

[warlok]

Ah, but if you think back to the days of using carbon paper to make copies of documents, they were very "lo-fi" copies of the original, kind of faded and missing bits here and there..

Just like the movie Multiplicity with Michael Keaton. "She touched my pee-pee Steve.."

[Musician78]

Ah, but if you think back to the days of using carbon paper to make copies of documents, they were very "lo-fi" copies of the original, kind of faded and missing bits here and there..

This is actually a very good point. No a days we, or at least I think of it as an ax act replica sine when we CC someone on an email, it is a true duplication.

[Chad]

This is actually a very good point. No a days we, or at least I think of it as an ax act replica sine when we CC someone on an email, it is a true duplication.

+1. Yep, my brain is so used to thinking of email carbon copies that I forgot about traditional carbon copy paper when I typed that reply. With that in mind, I reckon Dunlop's name choice for the pedal wasn't so bad after all.