Reverse Delay: The Hardest Guitar Effect to Control

[@MusicisWin]

What's your favorite guitar effect? I'll give away a pedal of the most popular choice.

[@doctorrobm]

fuzzzzzzz

[@bepis9634]

overdrive, definitely

[@manuelgomezdemembrillerape300]

Delay!!!

[@12monkeys95]

Distortion

[@burpandblow380]

Has to be overdrive

[@gruggerduggerhoose]

That sounds like the notes are being sucked back into the pickups. Trippy.

[@randomdude6361]

TIHI

[@commentfreely5443]

sounds cool

[@dannydorito9815]

Nice profile pic

[@colgatelasaga428]

Well the pickups do suck in the vibration

[@phxnigtmare]

@@colgatelasaga428 right, its be more like spitting the notes out

[@goransinadinovic865]

Not Hendrix, it was George Harrison who first used it. 1966 album Revolver, "I'm Only Sleeping". It was a shocker. Jimi studied it and applied.

[@aidan7195]

I just listened to revolver in study hall, so this was the perfect video to see when I got home

[@klemensimanuel4435]

Yeah! I just realized that. Eve tho I always listened to that song

[@evanelgart5449]

Goran Sinadinovic did he also use it on tomorrow never knows?? Wondering so that I can play it properly

[@Ayyem93]

@@evanelgart5449 yep

[@dysenterydud]

That wasn’t reverse delay. George recorded the solo, then he reversed it and played the riff backwards. Dream theater did the same thing in Six Degrees.

[@Giggiyygoo]

Not knowing what reverse delay is, I briefly thought the notes were going to come from the future.

[@brendanswords4659]

Lmao same

[@pabalanleonardbsce-1213]

Hahaha same, i was like "how does that work?"

[@richarddeem6169]

Bro same. I was like “🤔”

[@quag1481]

giggity

[@Fostt7]

Felt stupid when I realised how it actually works

[@SumedhVaishampayan]

Up next "Inverse Delay" Plays notes even before you play them....

[@HomebrewHorsepower]

Yeah but it really puts a lot of pressure on the player. If you miss a note you break the space time continuum.

[@pastorkev777]

Inception Delay is the ultimate delay.

[@theshevanel]

pastorkev777 Inception Delay: Delay within a delay, within a delay, within a delay...

[@穆德远-z1g]

guys TENET delay beats you all

[@francescaval7314]

Woah

[@sampacker6547]

This sounds like it would be good soundtrack to a movie montage where person is really confused.

[@sonitrana1165]

Doctor Strange ?

[@GuyWhoLikesTheSnarkies1435]

How about Tenet?

[@dorshaki9637]

I own th Boss DD-20, and after a lot of fiddeling around i now use the reverse delay exclusively, in a very specific set up: I dial in the next song's tempo, set the delay on 8th notes, one (sometimes two, tops) repeats, and around 25% mix. it gives this huge sound, and because it's reversed the delay's attack doesn't interfere with the "dry" tone so my own playing still comes out through it. I absolutely love it.

[@victo1010]

Pretty sure I've heard "sweet Satan" at some point...

[@nehemiahzo_]

Victorien Riebert Actually, I heard “I love sanTaaaaa! hE iS mYY cHRiStMas KiiiiiIiNNNNGGGG”

[@rangka-ESAF]

Is this reference to "stairway to heaven" weird theory? Lol

[@victo1010]

Yes sir

[@melonxo]

its fun to smoke marihuana

[@xavierwalker3645]

He'll give you 666

[@teamyordle23]

Drown the reverse delay in distortion and reverb and you'll get shoegaze. The song 'To Here Knows When' is a great example of reverse delay.

[@sitdowndrank3077]

Laughed when I first read this because it’s nothing but fax 😂 currently using an Earthquaker Afterneath V3 into a Walrus Audio Warhorn. It’s really cool for jamming but kind of a pain in the ass for recording but I manage.

[@olafminnich]

I personally love the phaser. It adds such a nice texture to rhythm guitar parts and makes solos swell to new heights. Phasers rock man 🤘🤘

[@maxf6879]

I love the effect of when you add reverb to a reversed recording and then you reverse it again. Therefore the reverb comes before the actual sound

[@thegreyjones]

such a fun effect. I call it "preverb."

[@schawing4216]

My brain hurts

[@pahwraith]

Early reflections on the alesia midiverb tries to emulate this.

[@2510LuL]

Like the very start of The Pot by Tool?

[@botreetv3150]

yes i use this in producing a lot

[@delilahgray9169]

OMG WHERE HAS THIS EFFECT BEEN MY WHOLE LIFE. I'VE WANTING THAT EXACT SOUND FOR YEARS!

[@killslay]

Love the reverse setting on my delay. There's hours of fun to be had just plucking notes and making trippy ambient stuff

[@hugopena7140]

You are the definition of "content creator" keep going, *sends love*

[@egoandy1188]

I have been using reverse delay just recently with my fender gt 100 , I play a lot of John frusciante covers so that’s why , I love this while covering give it away as well as time tonight etc etc

[@chaz_noize]

Awesome video as always, bro. Reverse delay is definitely one of favorite effects. That uniquely dreamy, ethereal tone can indeed evoke some very intimate moments between the player and listener.

[@thora8470]

Oh man, a pedal made out of Shoegaze! My guitar would love it. In fact, the first sound my guitar ever made was "DUR DUR DUR DUR VROOOOOOOOOW VREEEEEEE VROOOOOOOOW VREEEEEEEEEEEW"

[@pixussb7524]

that’s reverse reverb

[@thora8470]

@@pixussb7524 I know :)

[@nishantak911]

Dig is my favourite Incubus song and it never gets enough love! Thanks for the video

[@Hokd_diver]

Definitely should do the blackened intro

[@rtomas47]

Also Damage Inc.

[@benparsons4979]

that's not actually reverse delay; the tape is literally just played backwards

[@rtomas47]

@@benparsons4979 ur right, it would sound kinda different with RD... but I think on Damage Inc. They used it

[@Hokd_diver]

Ben Parsons eh... it’s the closest thing he has to actually playing backwards

[@Alexlennox24v]

@@rtomas47 damage in intro is bass. Theres no rd it's just cliff using an Ibanez hd1500, wah, and volume swells

[@Stretch09]

You made a great point about how pedals spur a guy's creativity.. I've experienced that when buying some new toys. Ended up playing things I probably wouldn't have done had I not played with that pedal (TC Electronic's "Hall of Fame 2").

[@a.w.820]

Jimi Hendrix with Castles made of sand - Hold my beer

[@a.w.820]

@Philip Schlaepfer all Hendrix-Solos are nice

[@TheJackKnite]

Athanasios Walther Jimi was so ahead of his time

[@CieranPhillipsNZ]

Also Drifting by Jimi has an awesome reverse delay part in the start of the song

[@SwingCritic141]

Philip Schlaepfer you should look up Eric Johnson’s cover of this, he does the reverse solo some serious justice, with his own flair

[@angadgianirogers1844]

@@TheJackKnite no doubt he was. But, imo George Harrison was the first one to do it on I'm Only Sleeping on the Revolver album. There could be people before Harrison who might've done it but I don't know em. So, Harrison was the first guitarist that came into my mind.

[@bbwibb02]

This reminds me of a pedal I was shown 20+ years ago that I can't remember the name of but that I desperately wanted (yet it was too expensive for me at the time). I had shown my guitar teacher the intro of "Within" by KISS (which was produced by reversing the tape) and he brought out this pedal that would make the notes you were playing sound just like the tape was being reversed and reproduced that intro right in front of me. It was very cool. I had been writing some neat stuff that involved reversing the recording, but it was often difficult to get it to sound just right, but with this pedal I could make sure it sounded exactly how I wanted. Maybe one of these days I'll find out what that pedal was and track one down.

[@crashlag420]

0:25 Wow thats just a beautiful set of notes

[@baldeagle4225]

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[@patricksommer3971]

(: !thguoht I tahw yltcaxe s'tahT

[@joandrumz3176]

...nam sdrow esiW

[@squidward9747]

sinep

[@alexisthibodeau1300]

Hurb

[@Defrap22]

What?

[@triledink]

Its like a more expensive dd-7, you know since the boss dd-7 got reverse delay on it.

[@versnellingspookie]

A lot of people say Danelectro makes the best reverse delay though. The originals were going for +300 dollars, probably for a reason other than rarity

[@HooksBill]

One of my favorite pedals. DD-7

[@cafesociety8525]

I've just ordered an old Marshall echohead on Ebay solely for the reverse delay having fallen in love with castles made of sand as a kid. Can't wait to try it out.

[@jack8998]

0:16 sounds like a save room theme for an old PS2 game

[@sidgar1]

Oddly specific but ok 👌

[@gitv2987]

The Hackers Soundtrack had a song with guitar and digital reverse delay.. Something about those high guitar notes and the delay following it up that gives such a good feeling, to me personally..

[@mauradr]

The only pedal I have is a DigiTech RP-255, and I love the punkz setting. It’s great for playing blink-182 songs. It also has this one setting that makes the guitar sound like what I can only describe as a dying space cat

[@georgemathew7182]

Which setting is that ?

[@mauradr]

George Mathew it reads “jis2ar” on the screen. It might be an abbreviation, but I don’t know what for

[@indeepbullshit3589]

Got a BP 50 bass guitar effect pedal

[@SamuelBoxold]

I remember using reverse delay for some guitar tracks on MAKEOUT's Ride It Out. Was a SUPER fun time using it! Really cool to get a history lesson and watch you mess around with it :)

[@unoriginal_name7091]

I could totally see Plini or Sarah Longfield playing with this! Trippy af!

[@jerm6539]

Gonna get blasted for it, (I know there was ALOT of studio magic going on during the recordings) but Boston/Def Leppard tones from the old Rockman. Hard to reproduce live because of the studio magic, but they both did a pretty dang good job

[@tommarquet8271]

That intro was amazing wow 😯

[@98RudolphXmas]

Man, I can't stop focusing on the guitar...it's so beautiful.

[@putridabomination]

I created an Instagram account just to enter this giveaway. I never thought I'd create one. I'll delete it afterwards.

[@reaganharder1480]

Just the other day I decided to play around a bit with all the various settings of my DD7 delay pedal, and I found the reverse delay really really nice for making the guitar sound more ambient, better than just a standard delay would do.

[@RC32Smiths01]

It took me about 5 minutes to try to decipher that it said delay in the thumbnail lmao

[@franciscoj.887]

Are you on drugs?

[@RC32Smiths01]

@@franciscoj.887 Perhaps

[@franciscoj.887]

@@RC32Smiths01 Spahrep

[@Jack-bz6nj]

RC32 Damn bro that’s crazy and all, but i don’t remember asking

[@jinxcube8463]

@@Jack-bz6nj you must be some buzz at parties

[@lucasargandona4658]

I don't know about you but I just recently found out that some reverse guitar sounds can sound so beautiful. Like memories of the past when you were little.

[@its_tunezz]

I think slow chordal work will work the best especially for a intro to a song

[@nejiman12]

Finding this in a recommended video at 2 in the morning, it was beautiful the sound that was coming out. Simply amazing. Now I just need to up my game and get something like this

[@KrisFjord]

The perfect delay if you're into Post rock like Hammock :)

[@thetribalist6923]

The best reverse delay pedal is the Stereo Memory Man w/Hazarai. Not just the tonal quality, or the feature to go full-wet signal, but the momentary reverse. That feature alone is so versatile. I use that setting as a standard lead delay, and then when I want a phrase reversed, I hit the tap switch for up to 6 seconds of reverse. So easy to use, unlike the very nature of reverse delay, and it's very creatively inspiring.

[@sergioespitiaochoa7577]

I bet all the audience with this automatically starts to listen subliminal messages

[@ernestmiramontes5807]

One of my favorite bands “Bloc Party” uses the reverse delay like the into of the song “Like eating glass” and some other songs. “Positive Tension” on the solo does a really cool effect with the delay.

[@zachs6231]

Someone please help, what is the song he plays at 4:07 I’ve heard it or something like it before I think in one of the rocksmith games

[@manuiglesias9022]

Imo, one of the coolest effects out there

[@stevesoldwedel]

I thought you might do Peter Buck's solo from "What's the Frequency Kenneth?"; played backwards, and upside-down and backwards on Kurt Cobain's Jag-stang.

[@chromaticstatic568]

Using Reverse Delay on my TC Electronic Flashback for a few years now, I’ve learned using a tap tempo is the #1 most important aspect to making this effect musical. If what you play on it is even slightly out of time with the song, it won’t make any musical sense. I love reverse delay, personally, but it can be very difficult to sound good unless you know what you’re doing.

[@theknifesedge57]

"I want to be a part of TesseracT so f***ing much" -kmac

[@drummerjosh901]

I do love seeing your "knob adjustments"

[@billmozart7288]

I thought George Harrison invented the backwards sounding guitar solo

[@chrisr7419]

He did and Hendrix studied it

[@josh44026]

How did he do it

[@billmozart7288]

@@josh44026 drugs

[@saidhruv7018]

@@billmozart7288 my guy 😂😂😂😂

[@nickgerow]

@@josh44026 first he recorded himself playing the solo normally, then he played that tape backwards and learned to play the solo backwards, then he recorded the backwards version, then reversed the tape of that recording to get the notes he wanted but with a backwards sound

[@mikemiller4838]

Delay with distortion was pretty sweet. Thanks for the great videos

[@Jopeymessmusic]

Tyler needs to be introduced to bands like "god is an astronaut" and "long distance calling" if he likes crazy delay walls of sound.

[@gdraxil2312]

4:47 to 5:14 This is by far my favorite moment in this video EVER! It makes me think of 1960s (the year of the hippie)

[@theraven6264]

This pedal makes me feel like when you scratch your teeth accidentally whilst eating

[@zacharymorin5696]

Book of Saturday by King Crimson is by far the best use of reverse guitar

[@srakenpierdaken5683]

Buy another one and pług both. Will it sound normal?

[@CiggyRat]

I have this effect in a boss gt effect processor and its dope as hell Gives me a "I'm only sleeping-harrison solo" feel

[@cuzthatshoweyroll]

This is just great, now I want a reverse delay pedal. You ass!

[@MGM261]

My Favourite is FUZZ! Hi from South Africa 🇿🇦

[@SEBBY_SHREDZ_BOI]

The intro riffs for “I Walk Alone” and “Within”, both by KISS have a pretty cool reverse effect

[@mikebledsoe2315]

*WinIsMusic to get the Hendrix reverse effect try two Slapback pedals with one reverse pedal being quicker reversing and the other one being slower reversing. Placing one in front or behind the other with minute adjustments will give the reverse tape effect in real time. Frank Marino did this (I don't know what effects he was using) to get that Hendrix reverse tape effect in real time live during his performances. I really like your guitar playing and tone. ✌❤ & Happiness from Atlanta.*

[@manuelgomezdemembrillerape300]

1 million subs worldwide giveaway?

[@mareky505]

I knew this effect only from solos in Give It Away (RHCP) and it was amazing

[@josephgrant757]

It’s an interesting delay pedal and that tone towards the end was good, but I still prefer a simple analog delay pedal mainly either a Boss DD-2 or a Aqua Puss Delay. Slapback is a good delay if you set the knobs in the right way to balance it out.

[@meddle333]

What's interesting is even with original "analog" reverse guitar it's extremely difficult to place the notes exactly where you want them to go... so that's how the reverse pedal is able to create a similar outcome. I was playing with a band around 2009 and one of the songs had a reverse guitar intro, but it was a steady rythmic reversed acoustic, so what I would do is put the DL4 on the loop setting, cut my output, strum a d chord in the proper tempo and loop a couple bars, then quickly double tap the 4th switch to reverse it, turn the pedal volume all the way down, turn my output back on, and slowly turn the pedal volume back up and presto - fade in the reverse guitar! 😁 The cool part is we closed with that song on our first show, and after all the chaos died down and we all had left the stage I realized I could hear that loop still going... lmao what happened was I accidentally layed my guitar down half on my pedal board and it had clicked the loop back on! It sounded awesome, so every show after that I would just leave the loop running through he whole song so when everything else faded out at the end of the show you could still hear the backwards guitar playing. I'm sure theres a video on youtube somewhere... audio is almost definitely trash, but I'll link it below.

[@sssnarkalive]

where’s the link? I still wanna know!

[@meddle333]

@@sssnarkalive LMFAO hahah totally forgot about this comment, but thanks for the interest! I cant find this particular show online, but there are other versions up that you can search for. 😁 The band was called "Jacob and the House of Fire" and the song was called "Peace Comes" I kinda acted as an "auxiliary" member of the band, so for pretty much every song I came up with different cool, interesting little effects for atmosphere. I used to describe the band something like "Dylan backed by Pink Floyd" lmfao We were basically only together for the summer, and it was probably the best time I've ever had, tbh.

[@iikaruga]

My Bloody Valentine has joined the chat:

[@faigmoreno]

Best Reverse delay solo: Soda Stereo - Terapia de Amor Intensiva (MTV Unplugged) That moment blew my mind. It's just perfect

[@FabulousKilljoy]

I wonder if he ever found that pick again

[@vortex3013]

I think a good way of doing a hendrix style reverse pedal would be having the volume be super low and as the signal gets played for longer, the volume increases

[@ultimadum7785]

AND NOW IS THE TIME TO GET EVERYONE IN THE COMENTS SECTION TO LISTEN TO MY BLOODY VALENTINE!!!

[@nehemiahzo_]

ultimadum Good Charlotte?

[@ultimadum7785]

@@nehemiahzo_ no my amigo it's a band they use the effect a lot

[@nehemiahzo_]

ultimadum ah, I thought you were talking about the Good Charlotte song. I’ll check em out!

[@synsyko]

I could see some cool uses for this pedal within contemporary Christian music side note, I dig the TB12 hat

[@magdalenazwieböck]

HEAVY, HEAVY John Fruciante vibes.

[@GlennMarshallRocks]

That Paul Reed Smith MT 15 amp sounds great...! really nice sound...

[@buttersbeans6929]

This is that George Harrison Revolver sound is like

[@AnonyJon2023]

best part about this is the TB12 hat. Much love from the 508

[@DimiLeventis]

1 Tip: Study Bach's counterpoint techniques, in order to use this pedal.

[@nickgerow]

by running some recordings of his works through this pedal?

[@CantbeJJ]

Dude it sounds beautiful

[@resisaputra269]

It would be great if an un-reversed delay pedal does exist.

[@investigate711]

Resi Saputra dude you should make it!

[@nickgerow]

just use two reverse delay pedals and you'll get a normal forwards delay effect ;)

[@Bryant.Defiant]

This might be my new favorite pedal

[@TheUnmitigatedDawn]

Habits of Andres Segovia

[@matthewlazo66]

Schismatic Temperament that would be awesome!!! But I don’t think he’s into classical like that

[@mosesfrog802]

Slow / simple / stretched out melodic patterns ,with a droning top note ,it's a great effect.,just slow down is the key ✌️

[@spacejaime]

Repeats sounds backwards - AWESOME, this is what I need to communicate with my wife!

[@TobeyFairre7861]

I think this is my new favorite guitar effect

[@astrallixr6605]

I'm something. At the time I'm typing, nobody commented, but that has prob changed while I'm typing. So... first?

[@hesch-tag]

Who cares?

[@astrallixr6605]

@@hesch-tag There's a question mark for a reason. This is a question. I'm trying to figure out if I'm first or not.

[@hesch-tag]

@@astrallixr6605 Yes and I say who cares? 1st or 28th or 6587th.

[@astrallixr6605]

@@hesch-tag I do because I was asking

[@hesch-tag]

@@astrallixr6605 🤪

[@cookiesrawesomee]

Major Kingdom Hearts vibes I love it!

[@lord_Errykson]

I think Metallica uses this pedal live to play the intro for The day that never comes

[@mikeboodry2391]

Dude I love your videos. And my favorite guitar effect is Delay.

[@JuxtaCrucem]

Saw this vid years ago and now only just got Digidelay!! Difficult to control reverse delay but it also has Glitch hold, tape and modulated options to increase its useability. Strange how I cannot find my comment from 3 years ago here tho.

[@slayerx2000]

It sounds like its backwards but still forwards if that makes sense. Really cool.

[@matthewhale9831]

My favorite reverse delay moment is “The Ides Of March” by Silverstein intro

[@jakekeys88music]

Definitely sounds like something Jimi Hendrix would have had in his arsenal. I love this. I'm still a bit of a newbie, but I'd love to get one of these pedals.

[@StephenOshea]

it's a crazy sound yet i kinda like it .

[@Dr.Zoidberg087]

that's pretty f'in rad especially the "straight into the amp can't do this" part cuz damn that was cool.

[@khalifeddie3718]

Sounds really like Buckethead’s Animal Behaviour outro. Digging it 🤜🏼⚡️🤛🏼

[@raceface_m2579]

Definitely needs a lot of control. I don’t think it’s made much for fast rhythm. It’d have to be a solo kind of space thing. Reverse is pretty cool. Had a DD7 that had it and it was fun to use.

[@oscarseverinsen2659]

A song called Benjamin square by the sound lemon uses reverse delay in the rhythm.

[@jp2503]

Would probably be great for math rock tapping and natural harmonics.

[@DookieSh0es]

So awesome. Dig is probably my all time favorite by Incubus too.

[@thatguytobyplayz4841]

I’m in love with this pedal, I wanna buy it so bad