LEGENDARY DELAY and MODULATION TONES! TC ELECTRONIC 2290P

The TC Electronic 2290 P Dynamic Digital Delay is a faithful recreation of the original rack unit, in a pedal! For more info: www.tcelectronic.com/product....
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[@jcwear89]

The difference between no headphones and headphones listening to this demo is night and day. You need headphones to listen to it! Sounds big and full!

[@coldacre]

I'm happy with studio monitors.

[@kenjiwhe]

@@coldacre More happy with my Klipsch the Fives, perfect PC speakers

[@jcwear89]

I mean mono phone speaker Vs headphones 🎧 🤓

[@Gitfiddle]

I can’t think of another YT’er that works as hard as you on demos. It’s always a pleasure to listen to your demo vids!

[@Margilio5150]

Geez sir, that solo at the beginning was pure🔥

[@PeteThorn]

Thanks!

[@AudioAtmos]

I own a fully maxed out TC2290 that I bought new many years ago and it has never been out of the same room/studio. A few times I almost had a momentary lapse of reason and thought about selling it. Never did…there’s few pieces of gear I have come across that makes everything sound better.

[@alguitarchristie]

I bought a TC Nova delay years ago, which was based on this! And I love it. When I came in to some money I was like " I have to get the Strymon timeline" so I did. And it's a great delay with all you need. But, it doesn't sound better than my Nova delay. To the point that, someone was selling one in the box for 100 bucks a year ago so I bought it and put it on my acoustic board and my Strymon is just for home use now! TC are awesome, really underrated company!

[@Pstaines439]

I love my nova delay. I don't feel any need to replace it, especially as nothing has the same features for a reasonable price. I might buy a 2290 pedal one day

[@tel5690]

Right on Pete Giving us some beautiful music with this treasure of a unit. Love those 2290 delays

[@SFolkes97]

So I'm listening with headphones because it's very late/early and this pedal seems to have what I have always chased - 3D. In about 1978, in a music store (remember those?) the store guy had a Roland JC-120 with a Space Echo tape unit. He handed me the guitar and said, "just hit a C chord." Fortunately one of the 4 or 5 chords i knew at the time. But it was stunning. And I never forgot it. Could not afford/justify gear like that of course. Nowadays, you can get some great sounds relatively easily and cheaply, but this unit seems to have the elusive quality. Thanks for breaking it down and getting to the essentials of it Pete. It seems very tweakable in an intuitive way, which is very cool. I like it a lot.

[@lanesumner2293]

Pete, great solo on the demo. I used a 2290 in the 80's and 90's. Beautiful delay.

[@RikJSmith]

Holy Hell , Pete !! That is an Amazing piece of Music you composed for this Delay Unit !! And that's another perfect example of why you're my Favorite Guitarist on the Planet ! Your Skills are Amazing . I truly wish that you would break down some of the more complicated parts of this piece and show exactly what you're doing . But anyway , this will be my next Delay Unit as soon as I can afford it . I hope everything is going great with you and you're staying safe . 🎸

[@victorbeebe8372]

Back in the late'80 I had a Digitech DSP 256. It was fun. My wife at time got mad at me. She didn't know I was using headphones most of time to check it out.

[@glennquader7389]

Always love your demos and of course killer musicianship and playing.

[@jlbaxe]

I had the 2290 rack maxed ver. and sold it when I bought an AxeFX 2…..big mistake. I bought the pedal and super happy. With all the technology we have now it is easier to replace the older gear like Boss did with the SDE3000 EVH, Eventide with the 9 series pedals etc. I’d like to see a TC 1210 spacial pedal and maybe the parametric eq in pedals. Seems like good timing for the old rack gear to be refreshed and brought back to the masses. 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻 Thanks for another amazing review vid… I enjoyed watching even though I already had it. Keep Rock’n Pete🤘🏻

[@johngraves2185]

Sounds awesome! Great demo! Cheers!

[@JockeLundgrenTV]

Delicious playing! Great job. Thank you very much! 🔥

[@prakashkrishnan9646]

Lovely playing as always Pete! And the sound is just brilliant!

[@the5chord]

My favorite delay in pedal format. Thanks Pete

[@efisch]

Love it - thanks Pete!

[@elimilliman8722]

Great demo, as always. I’ve been loving this pedal. Picked it up right at release and have been using it for guitar, synth, and even as an effects insert when mixing. Absolutely fabulous unit.

[@evenstephen2000]

Great review and instructions/examples/comparisons! I just love TC for what they did to the fantastic 80s music, and players like Luke, Landau, Huff and Pierce just used them in such a classic way…it’s just burned in my brain now. So glad they’ve made this. Stellar company and - again - presentation, Pete!

[@paulpapandrea]

Sounds really really good!

[@Wileylikethehawk]

I’ve used the rack unit in my rack system for years. Absolutely adore it. I’d love to get one of these new ones!!

[@MesaGuitarGuy]

wow Pete! I had the headphones and had to rewatch the beginning a few times! Coolest thing heard in a long time

[@MrSpike7590]

Fantastic Demo Pete!! I dig this pedal so much I have two of them!! 👍👍

[@mikecorey8370]

Those units were just awsome.

[@tranquilitybase6417]

I love my old original 2290

[@Ryan-Hall]

Very much enjoyed this Delay brings back the early days My Brother Pete! Thanks for the wonderful Song too 😎 God Bless, your Music-In-Law 🤘🎸🤠

[@mantashaft]

I demand you headline an annual show called Suhrfest at the Lake Elsinore Storm stadium but only in the cooler months!

[@niqbal81]

came for the Pete intro, and ended up learning a truck load

[@NINEWALKING]

Listening to this demo all I can think of are the sounds of 80-ies. You just understand on how many records from that time period you have had this sounds. Sure it's first delay effect but to my ears it's chorus first. Definitely modulation effect. Delay just comes as nice supplement to the tone you get. Pretty much poster child of the digital delays of back then. No tone roll off just pristine but modulated repeats. We often forget how gear "limitation" was shaping music in a way that great musician's were working around it and finding a way to make art with gear on hands. It took some some until delays could do long delays. Though people found the way to use what they had in great manner. As always it's fascinating that Pete makes practically a real song for every demo and incorporate best use of the peace of equipment that he demos. No reusing of the same phrases over and over again. Epic stuff.

[@kevinmorris7722]

So nice to hear what comes from your brain to play Pete. Oh, great effects too. 😁

[@GeauxSaints121]

I have one and they are great. Very close to the Rack

[@stilllifewithguitar184]

Come freakin on with that opening track. I could listen to that all day.

[@Fl4ppers]

One of the best delays for that late 80s icy chorus

[@conscious4895]

Another banger, Pete! Gonna channel my inner Edge. By the way, thanks for telling us the other day, that you wished you had told Chris that you wanted to write with him. Reminds me to remember to chase my dreams. He would have loved the music you are creating!

[@Relayer6a]

Wow! You're pretty good playing a delay!

[@robbramwell512]

Can’t wait to hear this pedal! I hope it’s as great as the rack unit once was? That’s a sentence!

[@sbrave]

That thing was the top processor of the 80's none of us could afford, lol.

[@lostinpa-dadenduro7555]

100% true lol.

[@calebriley7611]

This ROCKS!!!!!!!! 🎧

[@duanemcknight3895]

Cool effect.

[@harleyhexxe9806]

HA! That's funny Pete, I had the older version of the Digitech DSP128! (blackface) I sold it when I got the H3000 in 1988. On that program 33, it's panning both the direct and delayed signal with the modulation in the delay side. That's why there's so much movement. This is in my humble opinion, is the best of the digital delays that ever came out in the 80s. I'm glad TC Electronic did this in a pedal. ...Now if they would just reissue the 1210 in a pedal or even in rack form, I'll be first in line to get one!

[@billdean8714]

Yes a 1210 pedal!

[@Robstafarian]

Absolutely! If the pedal is digital, then I will still buy an SCF to have analog in front.

[@harleyhexxe9806]

@@Robstafarian I have that pedal too. It's a great combination with the SCF in front, the SCF also does a great stereo wide image. That's what I'll be using it for when I get the next 2290P. I'll use one 2290 for the chorus/flange effects and feed that into the second one for the delays. That should be a glorious combination.

[@georgeoffenberger1262]

Nice. Shockingly nice. I love how people doubt these brands (behringer/tc electronics). These companies are more “for the artist” than most companies. They understand affordability. They understand their market. Starving artists, lol. Patents have expired… the brand names need to wake up and realize other companies can now replicate their products at a much cheaper cost and at times make major improvements. I dont need a gucci hand bag to look good… i always look good.

[@user-uw9nt9fy2d]

That was some really great arena style rock! Full on concert music and sounds. As always..

[@PeteThorn]

Thanks!

[@user-uw9nt9fy2d]

@@PeteThorn You’re very welcome!

[@andyracksthecams]

Great video. Watched Coldplay at Rock Palast last night AGAIN. Jonny Bucklands Line 6 Delay sounds amazing. I should have kept the one I had after doing all the repairs to it. Delay is great buty the hold feature on the Line 6 is so good in the right hands.

[@Mickcotton]

I indeed own the Korg SDD 3000 Pedal format Delay. I live in Netherlands. 🇳🇱

[@nycshelbygt500]

After the BOSS SDE-3000EVH Dual Digital Delay pedal came out last tear, I did my homework and scored three #HolyGrail 1980s Digital Delay Rack Units. The more buttons and LED displays the better!!! Roland SDE-3000A (Same Delay Chip is in the BOSS DD-2/3 Digital Delay Pedal) TC Electronics 2290 KORG SDD-3000 (Yes they had a pedal version too) Then BOOM TC Electronics releases the TC 2290P pedal. BONUS: BOSS released the RE-202 Space Echo Pedal in 2023 Too!!! It is based on the Legendary Roland Space Echo Unit.

[@Mickcotton]

I indeed have the Korg SDD 3000 Pedal

[@thisperfectworld]

If only something could do everything these do!

[@mantashaft]

Do you have any idea how sick your intro sounded on my monitors in stereo? I guess you do dayum!

[@srwaite7]

I have the plugin and love it 😍

[@boomerbendingblueslawyer]

Pure Awesomeness Pete 🤟🎶That modulated sound is much like "Purple Rain" and makes me wonder if Prince used that and not chorus!? Hmm... and yes if you had one "back in the day" you were either a studio owner or a session player/touring musician as they were expensive!! I had a Digitech PDS 1002 which was amazing for its time, no pun intended LOL

[@MrKentheken]

Lovin the camera placement, if you have a large monitor its like sitting beside you.

[@AdamGotheridge]

It always amazes me when I see these and put the monitor in mono that the delay completely is gone. Try it!

[@Severin-Reed]

Listening on the Galaxy Fold (which has Stereo speakers), the pedal vs rack is discernable. The phase thing (in both units) pops pretty notably in these Fold speakers for some reason. Interesting.

[@chrissguitarshow206]

When you first came in with the lead guitar it sounded like david gilmour on terminal frost from momentary lapse of reason. Sounds killer.

[@william7108]

Yes seems like it would be kind of fun to mess around with this and you know digging out some interesting quantum soundscapes

[@richardgarcia406]

Sounds great. Wonder how the Flashback compares?

[@DANWRIGHTITIS]

Great review as always Pete!! How do you like this in comparison to the BOSS SDE 3000 EVH delay ?? Saludos de MADRIDDDD

[@noctilux7799]

My favourite Rack Effekt in my "Refrigerator" Times. (well, beneath PCM70 and the Roland Dimension D)

[@ArvidWamSolvang]

One important reason for using the rack model in the ninetys was the 5 effektloops on the back. They could be used for ekstra pedals that you switched on/off with presets, but you also used them for channel swithcing on the Mesa Boogie pre-amps. The floor controller was also great,, not to mention all the blinking lights :D I really miss mine!

[@ArvidWamSolvang]

And of course it had midi, so all other rack units also changed presets by midi program change

[@ozarkpipertony8396]

May I ask Pete what model single cut quilted top you use in this video sir? Great video as always!

[@cdvh5150]

Pete your videos are always amazing and you really explain the gear good, i noticed Eddie Van Halen always had one in his studio and it was always on 1023 delay time or 102.3 how did he use it setup wise, cause i always knew he ran two dmx 15’s one at 21 n other at 28.

[@ericvinson4628]

Brilliant per usual, Pete! Serious question about your songwriting - your chord progressions are always fresh and magical sounding. Are you using theory to come up with these or do you start playing a chord and just hearing what should come next? I'm really trying to be able to develop nice progressions and feeling stuck. Thanks for any input you can give!

[@Gitfiddle]

TC Ec are the og masters of mod and echo.

[@joostdevries6859]

Jesis H Kerrist, finally someone who understands that people buy a delay for getting killer '80's lead sounds a la Lukather! Not to get some half assed Police or U2 type of sounds....

[@cs83]

Still my all time favorite. I love the pedal as well, to me it doesn't sound quite the same as my 2 rack units - the repeats are very close, but the modulation always seems a bit richer on the originals. Still totally worth it though, especially with how expensive the OG units have gotten.

[@MrMan_47]

Really needed to open with "Purple Rain" with that sound! 😢

[@musicmann1967]

One of my Achilles Heels on guitar is I have no natural ability to play "against" an echo to get a rhythm going, like Pete does here for the bed track. My brain tries (and succeeds!) to make me play right in time with the echo. I've gotta work on that!! lol This delay is a beast! Sounds fantastic! I wasn't really familiar with the TC 2290 either, even though I had TC pedals back in the day. .

[@BiggSteve777]

This sounds huge… but it IS huge! How’s about an updated Nova Delay?

[@GUITARRIFIED]

I will listen to this demo again with headphones... without them I didn't get ANY repeats at all

[@PharaohHowell-mb6bo]

The best parts are when you stop playing and just kinda smile while listening to the fadeout... lol Nothing needs to be said at that point. 😎

[@gregdavis9376]

I'm on headphones and in the comparison I don't think they sound exactly the same at all. The pedal trails are a lot more dirty than the rack. The rack sounds very clean in the repeats!

[@charliesox5397]

The sound of floating 😁

[@3dsman]

Isn't it funny how many manufacturers are latching on to what Behringer has been doing lately.... releasing modern (and cheaper) versions of classics from their past stable of legendary fx/synths? Love the price point.. love the sounds! That solo at the beginning... put it on your next album, don't change a thing!! Nuf Said.

[@sinnertrain7405]

FOOTBALL CHORDS!!!

[@Matthew25662]

Do you think it does the analog sound well? Or is it too digital?

[@ronaldjosephweech2444]

nice.

[@pauldaskal9510]

Sexy Sig Guitars in this one!! Plus a rare Suhr Aura!!

[@MrUltraworld]

It's actually reasonably priced for what you get. This replaces a lot of pedals.

[@markinthemix6055]

Can ya achieve that tristereo chorus?

[@michaelwade379]

Would comparing it to the Boss SDE-3000 be an apples to oranges comparison as far as delays go, modulation seems to be the centerpiece of this delay unit. Sounds killer

[@PeteThorn]

Well they do different things really. The SDE has the 2 separate delay engines, this one's more about one delay but with panning and splitting/mixing options that are unique

[@ziukito2837]

Hi ​@@PeteThorn, I just bought the Boss SDE-3000EVH after watching your videos about it and I'm very happy with it. Right now just enjoying the out of the box EVH presets which are fantastic. I really enjoy watching your videos. Any plans to tour in Australia soon? Cheers.

[@christopherjbutler]

Wow you ain't kiddin about the out of phase thing, I am listening to this on a tablet with only one speaker ( previewing it really, normally I would be listening on good headphones) and the initial part delay is COMPLETELY inaudible, I mean zero repeats / tails are heard until you tweaked the pan control and took it out of stereo mode. It is 180 degrees out of phase left to right and it cancels completely except for some of the mp4 / mp3 audio compression leaving tiny aliasing style artifacts in the trails where the lossy audio data compression algorithm leaves slight differences in the left and right channels compared to the source right and left signals. The effect is not mono compatible at all apparently . That's wild.

[@christopherjbutler]

Same thing with a common bluetooth speaker like a JBL Clip 2 etc.

[@Mossy5150]

Why do you have the dashboard out of a DeLoean in your studio?

[@PeteThorn]

That's every studio! 😂

[@otfan522botjournalismisdea2]

Anyone know if it has an analog dry signal path?

[@chb8037]

original is analog but has a pre that can boost and fatten the dry signal.

[@JanKloseNielsen]

HEY ! NICE HERE ! KIND REGARDS YAN

[@Indiscriminance]

OK, so the thing obviously sounds awesome, but here's my question. With TC's modern-day less-than-stellar reputation for reliability/longevity, and even worse customer service, is this delay still that much of a shiny must-have?

[@c22880]

This should of been done years ago...lol

[@william7108]

I thought I was the king of delays but maybe it's because I've been sleeping a little bit more than usual but once I get rested look out

[@jonholland6067]

Good stuff this morning eh!

[@william7108]

I'm glad my car has a gas pedal and a brake pedal otherwise maybe just maybe I can fly above all the cars and look down and go haha look at me but I guess I would I have to learn all those allegory isms because who knows I might fly upside down and if I didn't have my seatbelt on have a little trouble trying to spin around but maybe just maybe I could hook up this unit and with a little rehearsal be able to do just that

[@DarrellMeador-gm6ck]

How to play a g string

[@william7108]

Well well well well well well well well l l l l l

[@braddenyar3641]

I’m unfollowing you, you cost me way too much money…. This pedal is amazing though. Legend

[@cvidal2702]

You should be playing with Michael Anthony and Alex Van Halen. Oh I WISH I COULD HEAR THE ORIGINALS

[@ccaputa]

Sounds great. Hey Pete, have you ever hit the head of your guitar on your work station? Tell the truth...

[@PeteThorn]

YES

[@ccaputa]

@@PeteThorn Me too!

[@mantashaft]

May you please AB it with my TC Electronic Alter Ego using the 2290 mod preset? 🥸

[@patrickhernandez7091]

that galaxy black guitar is beautiful , been looking for a guitar with a routed section for the evh d-tuna! can I get the name of the model @petethorn

[@PeteThorn]

New version of my sig model- all info will be out soon like within one week but it's called the Pete Thorn Custom HSS