Electro-Harmonix Grand Canyon Delay and Looper Effects Pedal

This is a fantastic pedal. I bought it just for the loop feature because it has pitch-speed. Manual says it goes from half speed to double but in my language it simply means the pitch range goes from -50% to +50%. Everything else is crazy delightful. Delays are strong and many settings to choose from. You can even record a loop with the delay on it or apply after. Really creates some far out stuff with this pedal when you combine the delays with the loop reverse, can be a powerful tool for those that dabble in the ambient scene with its droning and zoning out capabilities. Like I said, the looper is what attracted me with its pitch-speed knob. How old school loopers were made back in the day. I enjoy roaming around the sound spectrum of my own playing and invent something new I couldn't before without the feature. Awesome pedal indeed. Is it worth the $275? Not really, unless it had a loop edit feature, then price is justifiable. But is expensive for a delay/loop pedal. However, there is no other pedal like this, unless its a form of two seperate pedals. So you can't go wrong with this.

Plenty of incredible delay, reverb and mod effects. Slight learning curve but well worth the time to dig into to find your sound. Great looper that can be used with or without the felt effects.

The original Canyon is pretty awesome (even the famed JHS pedal builder expressed "jelousy" as he listed it as one of his top delays under $100 on Reverb). This deluxe edition expands on the already great features. Now you get stereo outs, the looper function is more accessible, as well as what were secondary functions on the compact version. The price feels a tad steep. Is it worth $120 more than the original? You decide.

The first thing I noticed is that this thing is tiny. You literally need a magnifying glass to read the settings. The second thing I notices is that only 3 of the possible delay types sounded good. The echo, the deluxe memory man, and the shimmer sounded great...the rest of the delays were junk. The third thing I noticed is that this pedal hisses while engaged. NO, it is not my rig...my rig is dead quiet, it is this pedal. The fourth thing I noticed is that the setting knobs were super sensitive...You may have delay at 200ms and then you simply breathe on the rate knob and it turns to 1.2 seconds of delay (I am exaggerating, but you know what I am saying). This pedal is worth $100...for this price you are WAY better off with TC electronics flashback. There is no purpose for this pedal, it is garbage.