Boss dd-7 digital delay pedal - loop (Hold mode) demo

a brief demo about the hold mode. It provides you 40 seconds of recording, which is enough time for home practicing. Great boss pedal in my opinion, i wish there was a way of using delay while recording/playing in hold mode though. Playing in a epiphone dot and a fender super champ xd.
I don't have any tabs for this, sorry people...and thank you all for the kind words!

[@sidfernandez7569]

who needs television when we got nice videos like this. great demo of a great song with a great effects pedal.

[@viktorstanger6228]

Sid Fernandez cheers to that

[@gfmgma]

Sid Fernandez thank you, bro

[@LeviBulger]

This is such a great demo. Wow, you have a great recorded sound. So clean and pristine. And the pedalwork is obviously excellent

[@Kiwi76RamenNoodle]

Mate, thank you for this demo! I only bought this pedal because my new amp has no reverb, and I figured that some delay would be better for adding a little spaciousness to the sound. I never really thought too much about the loop feature (I'm an old guy, so...) I never realized until now just what the "loop" on this thing can do! You just opened a door to another universe for me. Thank you. Oh, and most importantly, that was a brilliant musical performance! Thank you, again Joe, from NZ

[@andysmith8789]

great use of the DD7. very calming and shoe is well placed.

[@TVLTNT]

Excellent job on this tune of Paul Mac's "Silly Love Songs" as well as showing great use of this HOLD function on the DD-7 Boss Pedal.

[@gfmgma]

Thank you!

[@InUterusLimbo]

this is awesome. I've had a DD-7 for about a year I didn't realize you could this lol... NICE!

[@DoctorMcFarlandStudios]

Bob Loblaw same here

[@tidegoesin_tidegoesout]

Same I bought mine in like 2013 and I just figured this out

[@agamarief4602]

This video is the reason I bought DD-7. Been using it for about 9 years and became my signature sound, combine it with Boss Space Echo dan Reverb-3.

[@alexanderjosmith]

You could form an entire channel from these multi layer songs, could be huge!

[@gfmgma]

I'll think about that, my friend

[@JK.Fraser]

Draw a face on the cap of that shoe, make it the avatar of the channel. Better yet, use a marker that will erase and put a different expression on it for every video. It would be great if the camera was straight on the shoe, that way your videos would have better eye contact than 90% of youtube vids LOL.

[@gfmgma]

Now here's a guy I'd hire for strategic marketing director.

[@SaltChroniclesHearthstoneArena]

Such repetitive simple melodies, but all layered together it sounds really cool. Love it.

[@jonsforeman]

this is seriously one of the most beautiful pieces of music i have ever heard.

[@Musicimaker]

I've seen a lot of demos and this is the best, hands down. A brilliant demo of the equipment and the talent, creativity and imagination of this person. A Master's Degree in Musicology. Hopefully Boss sees this and offers you a job and or any equipment you desire. I hope Guitar Player Magazine see this and does a write up on this person. Simple, elegant and a imaginative. I tip my hat to you. This is world class art; you know it when you hear it. Thanks for the joy. Wow!

[@mikemccartneyable]

That was one of the best youtube videos i ever watched .... I hope Paul hears it someday, you really made something special here.

[@henryssurfshowcase]

That's some fancy footwork and guitar playing, great job!

[@aiden329]

Wow! You must have a hundred fingers and at least seven feet! Brilliant! Just bought one of these, and this vid has inspired me to greater heights! Thanks you!

[@alphaskin666]

I always come back to this video to listen to this amazing song :D Love it!

[@gfmgma]

+Unun Septium Always welcome!

[@InUterusLimbo]

I've watched this video multiple times now just for the tune you made with it. :)

[@labbern]

+Bob Loblaw Go listen to Silly Love Songs by Paul McCartney and Wings! I think they covered this loop once!

[@gfmgma]

+Lars Stray They totally did

[@CorveusRain]

Wow, to accomplish this with a pedal whose primary function isn't even for looping, dude you rock! Awesome video! I've seen a lot of videos demoing the delay features of this pedal, but I haven't seen any that focus just on the looping capability- You just convinced me to get this pedal today. Seriously, they should pay you a commission lol. That aside, you're very creative! Man, you could literally sell that recording, or make it into a full song!

[@Maroon9Fifty]

Holy shit this helped me fall asleep. Thank you. So relaxing lol. I came to this video for the pedal but now I'm using it to treat my insomnia

[@AndreMLopes-si4ir]

Forget the pedal bro, you're such a good player dude, what a great song..magnificent!!

[@gfmgma]

@DesirableDin Yes, you can't use any type of delay from this pedal while in 'Hold' mode (which is the loop mode). The thing is, while in this mode, the pedal records only for 40 secs. After this, it starts over from beginning. And, as for the delay settings, it can reach 6.4 seconds. Which means, if you play a note, that note can be repeated from 0 to 6.4 secs after you play it depending on how you set it up. By the way, there's no 'hold' mode in dd-3.

[@MrLuvBass]

I rarely use this pedal's sampling/memory capabilities to their full potential... thanks for demo'ing how it can be tastefully done! Off to play now. :)

[@EatYourOwnBacon]

Well, as if i needed more convincing to buy this pedal, i see this video. I loved how it all came together. Awesome playing and layering.

[@dtchinacat3973]

Right on Dude: Silly Love Songs is one of my all time favorite songs😻

[@marcio_souza007]

This is "Silly Love Songs", by Sir Paul MacCartney. Nice work this guy have done!

[@MitchRossMusician]

That was very well done.

[@bezale]

i...love...this.. .found myself whistling the tune all day. Nice 1!

[@murrayschrader1737]

WOW!!!!! Excellent demo, and great talent...Sir Paul would be proud.

[@pizzolatoBR]

Woww.... such an amazing job! I love it... not only because you played a song that I love, Silly Love Songs, but also because you made me decide what delay pedal to buy :)

[@pidrgu]

This brought such a big smile to my face. Gave me flashbacks of my childhood best friend who has now moved away :( Keep playing man. :)

[@Segarra21]

this pedal is amazing, i spend hours and hours making loops and new melodies, is awesome!!

[@flaggism]

The VERY BEST DEMO YET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheresNoIinTeam4]

I just got this pedal today, cannot wait to try it out now!!

[@SIXSTRINGSMAX]

Beautiful. I've been humming and hah-ing for ages about getting one of these. You've just convinced me and i'm of to my local music shop now :)

[@NormCYF]

this is the best video i have ever watched in my whole life

[@2.25.am_7]

This is absolutely amazing

[@Mist_R]

This is so relaxing 😭

[@gfmgma]

+Mist R glad i could help with your anxiety

[@RogerTeachesMusic]

Great demo, great arrangement & improv, great tune. Seriously, how can people not know this tune? Silly Love Songs by Paul McCartney, one of the greatest living song writers/musicians in the history of music & member of the Beatles, one of the greatest bands of all time.

[@balloonbass]

great demo. i use this pedal all the time with the expression pedal and it is really amazing, but i have never tried the looper. gonna try it right now.... thanks!

[@J1Z06]

Excellent video!! playing and sound with demonstration and detail are superb!!!

[@WTL98]

Great use for such a basic pedal. Fantastic cover!

[@diegohernan82]

this is actually a good use of the pedal, congrats

[@SkeeterMcBeater]

very nice loop man. put me in a good mood. thanks.

[@_peachbeach]

this is wonderful!! helpful and great playing :)

[@SandeepTuladhar]

Amazing melody... it touched my heart.... I use dd7 too; and u just inspired me more to play on this function.... Ill keep on experimenting on this stuff: once again, lovely melody and composition...takecare mate... cheersssss

[@zogamtangval]

Roland - Boss should pay you for doing this instruction video! :)

[@ThisIsDonnieMusic]

Great pedal, and great play also man. I'm a fan of sir paul.

[@brizu15]

Very beautiful impro!!

[@Musicimaker]

You're welcome. The concept of what you thought of is what is amazing. I thought you might enjoy another demo, of sorts. There is a guitar player on you tube called Stephen Peters, His rendition of "Wonderful Land" may inspire you. It is beautiful.

[@directorgtr]

WOW, glad i cam upon this vid cuz I just got the dd7 used off CL and couldn't figure out what HOLD meant from looking at it... sweet deal!

[@OblivionRatula]

Nicely done. I just spent a few hours playing with my DD-7. Nothing as good as thus, though. An expression pedal would be good for the fade-out. You could even silence the loop and then bring it back in - but your timing on the return would have to be perfect.

[@Excitable311est]

awesome cover! i love anything by Paul or the Beatles, every song of theirs is a masterpiece!

[@banham123]

wow ive had one of these for 5months and didn't even know it did that awesome

[@juansantacruz3651]

Very Nice Loop, Congratulations

[@praisewiththestrings]

@gfmgma haha ok thanks, i see what you mean. my friend did have the dl4 and yes you can use delay with the looper, but his broke about two weeks after the warranty expired.....doesn't seem like it's worth the money lol.....and i've heard around that boss's pedals are built like tanks. thanks for your help though, appreciate it.

[@desr2395]

i wanted this and the loop station, just to fool around with, but now i only need this! the loop station does hae more tho...maybe in the future~

[@LucasHormann]

I kind of like the way playing using Delay and Loop seems like time traveling to the future.

[@TheBetterMethod]

Very cool groove! Keep playing that thing! :D

[@JescobarWR80]

Damn this video just sold me on this pedal.

[@fr33rid3r33]

Thank you for that HOLD mode demo.

[@jazztimeMR]

C, Em7,Fmaj7 and c ionian scale. ;)

[@MikeMcLouth13]

I had absolutely no idea my pedal could do this!!! I don't even care what happens the rest of the day :)

[@lpkustom]

Just brilliant man!!! Only thing that pisses me off is I'm gonna be humming that tune all freaking day... o_O lol

[@MrTurkeyStraw]

Wow that was really nice man!

[@fredericfrederic3132]

Excelente el pedal y el guitarrista.

[@jburdsinfuse]

Terrific playing, really good

[@HorticultureShow]

excellent, & great way to show how its done.

[@Lehmann111]

best cover ever

[@sashimisensei]

simple and awesome song

[@gfmgma]

@superflea72 i'm not sure..i believe it has but, as you can hear, it seems to have a large limit for short layers

[@maxdungan8730]

please make more of these!

[@vanskid911]

amazing! sold me.. that was beautiful man

[@Bobozzle]

You did a very great job!

[@gfmgma]

Thank you for your kind words, i really appreciate it!

[@kufijerry]

Great video, was considering buying one of these

[@ukslim]

@Lespaulcoolio It's "Silly Love Songs" by Paul McCartney. Chords at your favourite guitar web site.

[@gfmgma]

@roy10shs actually i have the RC-20...i think it can record 16 minutes but honestly i don't think i'd ever use that much...i'd only use these loop pedals for practice and 3 minutes would be long enough, don't know what would i do with 3 hours of recording

[@dunpendertech]

Hah! Silly Loves Songs. Great demo and playing. Thanks.

[@lutfidana8883]

omg thanks man

[@SergioAugustoMusic]

Wow man, awesome sounds!

[@01hondascott]

this sounds awesome i want one

[@PinkFZeppelin]

You need to tab this out your version is very good of this song.

[@gfmgma]

@praisewiththestrings no, there isn't. i use hold mode just for practice at home and i don't really find it necessary to have delay effects in this mode, althought it would be nice. If you do need it, maybe i'd be better to get yourself a loop pedal and use this one as only a delay pedal.

[@Ailasor]

i must have this pedal... and a very catchy tune.. =) love it

[@nicklarimore1051]

No, as I understand it this is in the place of the hold feature on the DD-3.

[@dweenink]

Now i really need to have one!

[@David.S.]

awesome demo!!

[@pldojrz]

beautiful!

[@lucmaladroit6461]

Great playing sound vers good thanks ✌🏽

[@tabletactics4578]

I didn’t know the dd7 had a looper. I’ll have to think about this.

[@AGVersace100]

40 seconds apply to the lenght of the loop or the total lenght of the overdubs? Nice playing very soothing =)

[@gfmgma]

i'm not sure of how many tracks...but, as you can see, you can do plenty of them! And try to think this way: your first track (the main track) can last up to 40 seconds. After that, you can do a lot of tracks over this 40 second loop, at least with the DD-7. But after all, if you record too many tracks over that, it'll get messy and confusing so what's the point, right? I don't think you need more than, i don't know, 10 tracks...

[@fredsfaction]

Oh, now i see.... Silly Love Songs....great job man...

[@1face]

just cause of this video im actually going to order one right now nice play doe

[@davewood39]

Nice runners

[@zegarizaldi2483]

It's a great demo, Man! You're just like enhancing this pedal to its limit. Are you using several delay type for each loops?

[@gfmgma]

Yep! Sorry about that! But i believe it's a little bit different too, you have to keep your foot on the pedal to hold the delay for a while...i don't think you can record in different tracks!

[@gfmgma]

@NoiceWan No, it doesn't. You have two inputs for stereo

[@chrisgsayshello]

I know you said no tabs but your chords sound much more rich than the available tablature for the song. If you even could point me towards the proper chords I'd thank ye kindly! All the same great video. Such an earworm though, I kind of want it out of my head lol! Been having much more fun with my pedal now, though. Didn't realize it had the looper. The horn riff I can probably figure out... what effect for the horn riff anyway? It sounds so cool... or is it just the layering?

[@gfmgma]

chrisgsayshello it's basically C (x3555x) Em7 (x7978x) Fmaj7 (x810910x) with some simple variations

[@gfmgma]

chrisgsayshello and thank you for your kind words! There are no effects whatsoever. I just palm mute the strings for the horns

[@chrisgsayshello]

Thanks a ton, man! Been playing for like ten years and still can't learn by ear for the life of me. But yeah, the looper gave me a little drive to play again... shit's fun! Dramamine by Modest Mouse and Just Like Heaven by The Cure are probably my favorite looper ditties atm lol. Now I can throw this one in the mix. Prefer this to the Wings version. It's so chill.

[@telldamien]

That was crazy good!

[@jamgarza1]

i recognize that song beautiful thanks.