Why do I love bucket brigades so much?

Ever since I started playing my harp through pedals, the delay and chorus pedals that I loved the most all had something in common. Today we're going to play through pedals like the Asheville Music Tools AFG-1 and investigate what they all have in common (and what sounds so good!)
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⤑ AFG-1 BBD Flanger: bit.ly/4641nEf
Here’s my no talking deeper dive into the AFG-1 -
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[@electronicaudioexperiments]

Thanks for having me on Emily! That was fun. For those curious there's one tidbit about BBDs vs digital systems which is really special. BBDs are sort of in the middle of analog and digital. The signal in a BBD isn't quantized in amplitude, but it is sampled. Changing that sample rate changes the delay time. Fast sample rate = short delay, slow sample rate = long delay. For digital systems, signals are quantized in both time and amplitude and it's common to change the delay time by setting the length of a memory buffer. When you're making a chorus, vibrato, flanger, or other effects based on modulating the time of a delay line, you run into this concept called "fractional delay." This means basically delaying for less than one sample, which you need to do if you want a smooth change of sample rates or delay times. This is really hard to do unless you can change the clock in steps of less than a billionth of a second! It's also possible if you do some sophisticated DSP trickery (google "subsample interpolation" for more). A BBD with an analog clock doesn't have to worry about this because the sample rate clock is continuously variable. So it's a lot easier to get very smooth, continuous modulation without a lot of complex hardware. TL;DR analog good, digital good too but it's harder to do right

[@ashevillemusictools]

For me the incredibly profound and important part is where you said "The stuff that is trying to get around that (the in perfections) but then contributes its on character" and "the sound of BBDs is the sound of all the stuff that you have to use to make them behave properly" BINGO!

[@soveriegn777]

COOOOL!!

[@conmanyoda]

Small world John. Crazy to see you pop up in my feed lmao

[@kaitlyn__L]

That’s a great point. Analogue sample and hold circuits definitely have their own character

[@CorbCorbin]

Bucket Brigade delay and mods like chorus and flanger, can sound excellent, but they are also limited. I’ve owned enough analog and digital pedals, to know that there are digital ones that are just better. Then there’s the karaoke chips, that so many builders use. When done correctly, they sound great. I kept a BBD on my board for awhile. I also had a Boss DD-3, for the pristine delays, combining the two is where the great tones come. But, I replaced that analog delay, with the Caroline Guitar Company Kilobyte, because I just liked the sound better. It has more of an analog tape delay thing going, than a BBD sound. Now, we have builders coming up with these multi function, true stereo BBD delays. These usually have some type of digital control. There’s just so many great analog and digital pedals out there.

[@evanlee93]

There needs to be a bucket brigade pedal that is super analog. Inside there are just a bunch of little guys with buckets

[@soveriegn777]

☝️🧐 *THIS*

[@annother3350]

How much will you pay me? I have a bucket

[@ericm8811]

Hey Emily Hopkins and Russ! Thanks for boldly harping where no Emily has harped before! Ahead Russ factor 7! Ride ride ride!

[@emilyharpist]

Ride ride ride!

[@BugsBunns]

I'm building my own pedals for the sake of learning electronics engineering (and also for fun) and I'm getting into the realm of the BBDs. I find it crazy how I can use technical knowledge and apply it creatively to build a device that changes how I use my instruments. Your channel is great, a lot of material for inspiration!

[@janbam1778]

If you can get your hands on a tape echo like the Roland Space Echo, give it a try! IMHO it's even more magical than bucket brigades.

[@emilyharpist]

I actually have an Echo Fix tape delay on the way! I can’t wait! Stay tuned for a video on that!

[@aaronl3460]

Someone call the bucket brigade!🪣🧑‍🚒🚒 Because this video is 🔥

[@emilyharpist]

Haha yesss! Hope you’re doing well Aaron!

[@davedavem]

The digital processing on the zoom call was ironically imperfect. I love that attention to detail.

[@alexfletcher9915]

AFG-1 + ADG-1 is stunning! Great demo!

[@samuellopez-je9nw]

Love The Return to Analog and ur harp solo is hypnotic 😵‍💫🤩

[@basementlyle]

That ADG-1 is magic. I don't need another delay but I guess I do need another delay. John is such a legend too. Nice episode!

[@MargaretHarmer]

Great sounds! Both pedals together - really nice!

[@cameddy4081]

Really great review-and a great ‘history’ lesson on the development of the bucket brigade process and the great sound we all love . It is eye opening for me how these pedals and their amazing sounds are also all tied directly into the ‘history’ of electricity itself and how we have channeled what electricity does - from a simple incandescent bulb to a complex modern synthesizer ( or the hologram/ microcosm pedal etc ) and the crazy sounds . Your harp playing is beautiful as usual and shines through with or without all the effects ! 🙏

[@davidcunningham5485]

There's something about 5:07 and onwards with the ADG1 alone that makes you feel as if you were sitting in a corner inside of the harp Pretty cool, sawcy stuff ❤

[@noyd4172]

So many good bits in this one, loved the history lesson full of deep lore, and I had no idea that EAE was linked to Asheville and Asheville to Moog, but that makes so much sense and explains why they're all so good at taking the innate characteristics of analog component and building a tool around them. In a way, it matches with old recollections of fine stonecarvers who spoke of freeing the sculpture out of the natural rock instead of breaking a rock until it was the shape they wanted. Emmas 2023: OOPS! All Flangers edition. is that the sixth street fighter on the third monitor while mentioning the second channel

[@emilyharpist]

Lmfao OOPS ALL FLANGERS! I’m dying 😂 I love spreading the word about AMpT because of the amazing history of the team and the incredible knowledge and devices! Yes! That was Dunkey’s video on Street Fighter 6 lmao I was watching while editing!

[@soveriegn777]

[@parkerazz4385]

Had no idea you were lovely and making unique music for so long. Keep going.

[@haydenfletcher4007]

Lovely content, as always! You are a very warm and charming video personality! Congratulations on all of your successes and here's to many more!

[@mesientogut6701]

Such an inspiration. Keep on keeping on!

[@MEGAMIGA]

You keep on coaxing great sounds out of the myriad pedals you use! Well done!

[@pongtrometer]

Superb velvety tones with grains of dirt in the layers of time within time )))))) lushness that wobbles without wobbling 🌌soul good .🎆

[@ANTheWhizkid]

Just checking back in here. Great content as always! 💯

[@ryanbaptiste249]

5:05 I could listen to this gorgeous, dreamy passage on loop forever!

[@MME....]

Great video Emily really enjoyed that. Your harp playing is amazing, was getting some lovely Vangelis vibes which I love :) all the best

[@Whydyoucare]

The thing that you were playing for the chorus was stunning, amazing.

[@emilyharpist]

Thanks so much!

[@KibatsuMusic]

Really insightful conversation with the engineer from EAE. Always wondered what gave analog pedals their magic. Also editing while watching dunkey? Emily is so cool 😂

[@omgitsbees]

I was just thinking about you the other day, Emily! It felt like there hasn't been much in the way of updates from you lately, so I was happy to see a notification for this video.

[@tonepilot]

Super interesting vid. Learned a lot. Also love the lo-fi sounds these give you.

[@ambienttrash5234]

omg the ADG-1 + AFG-1 sounds 😍

[@ashevillemusictools]

Thank you again Emily for a great video. Loved seeing your interpretation and thanx for inviting John to chat. And of course with the blank Emma Flanger category we knew we had a slam dunk this year. It's all your fault ;-)

[@soveriegn777]

You've got my vote!🫡👍

[@dreplaysharp]

This is so interesting. Thank you for this!!

[@toolzshed]

It sounds so lovely ❤

[@ricktheexplorer]

When I was a sophomore, junior and senior in high school, my only classes were music theory, and recording studio. I had full run of the famous Hillsboro High School Recording Studio with Vic Gabani as my teacher in studio, and Bobby Gene Frost as our cig smoking music theory teacher. If I had the money, I would never open my daw again; I would just use all analog equipment for recording, including pedals instead of plugins. One of the main reasons is latency in daws, but also, as Jimmy Church once stated, "Here is a high hat in digital - 'Tss', here is a high hat in analog - 'Tsssssssss'. He's right; much better, deeper sound. Use analog whenever you can!

[@janikauta2275]

ACV-1 sounds absolutely magical. It's definitely my favorite out of all featured on this video. Though AFG-1 is nothing to scoff at, either!

[@collisiondevices]

I love EAE and AMT so much! thanks for this video

[@flutechannel]

tech jargon makes me nappy as well. but it's so glorious. love ya Em ❤❤❤

[@Iskimoi]

Thank you for your lovely & interesting music videos. I like your evolution over the years & the fact that you getting more and more interactive in your last videos. How about a new original music arrangement? 💚

[@annother3350]

3:30 I like the way you're really playing into the effect -- that works well.

[@karlvanbeckum9029]

Wow! The 6 minute mark. Very cool!

[@emilyharpist]

Thanks so much! They sound so good haha

[@odesseus]

I always know that when I click on Emily's videos I'll hear something I never thought I'd hear a harp do, and it's always mind blowing. And I don't even play the harp.

[@chinmeysway]

oooh that is sounding lovely 😊 the playing / effects. i agree the bbd is classic. i do like digital too bc can get really long delay times. the flanger sounds great.. never heard of these makers

[@kaitlyn__L]

Okay tuning the LFO rate to the piece so as to make the effect be gone in the intro and outro is just perfect

[@Bobert-Rob]

You respect the grind because you ARE the grind. The work you put into your art is stellar! The music, the videos, all that jazz. Mmm, jazz harp. With some FLANGER. Flanger danger. Or something, I dunno.

[@emilyharpist]

Thank you SO much!! ❤️

[@boringgearreviews]

This was really awesome! 🎉

[@emilyharpist]

Thanks so much! Loved your video on the Benson Germanium Fuzz!

[@boringgearreviews]

@@emilyharpist ☺️☺️☺️

[@christmas83]

that lil piece with the acv1 is so damn nice! the afg1 also seems like a versatile flange/notflanger! #JusticeForUncleEm

[@soveriegn777]

🫡#JusticeForUncleEm

[@Inquiring_Together]

Great stuff, analog rocks!

[@calilil]

Awesome video!! Loved John’s context and this pedal is gorgeous on harp. Totally curious about it on bass, since you mentioned how it was reactive to the different registers you played in. 🤩

[@emilyharpist]

I think it would be amazing on bass, especially with the envelope! It should be pretty easy to dial in! The difference in resonance across the harp makes it so weird for the instrument in a good way!

[@Valery0p5]

Glad I found your notes

[@DocPop]

So many hair styles in this video! I never realized your hair changed so often, now I'm hella jealous.

[@dinopanda_sql]

Dagnabbit. Here I thought I’d finally figured out flangers, you come shilling some BBDs. Dope vibes as always. Peace.

[@emilyharpist]

😂

[@nunoalexandre6408]

Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@danbaker90]

more of this content i like you interviewing people in the music and gear industries

[@rwsfwifi]

Emily and Russ always great stuff - I haven’t posted in awhile- I had to take of that thing.

[@matts1246]

There are some really neat audio signal circuits ive learned about in school -- I wonder how some would work as effects. The Lorentz attractor, for example, is a way to create an encrypted signal.

[@soveriegn777]

Oh heck yes! Encrypted harp track👍✨

[@BKandtheUnderstanding]

I love it: "The beauty of analog is all the imperfections." Absolutely, John! That’s my problem with today’s music production: it lacks the imperfections that create beauty and instead create superficiality. Humans are imperfect, and the greatest art celebrates, embraces, or contains those imperfections.

[@Eden_Laika]

What do you mean, "today's music production"? Seems like you're taking a very narrow view of contemporary music.

[@BKandtheUnderstanding]

@@Eden_Laika (It’s called using simplified language to effectively communicate a thought, not to be interpreted literally as an absolute.)

[@bornach]

​@@Eden_Laika Perhaps by "today's music" the commenter is refering to Venus Theory's latest video on Playlistification.

[@Eden_Laika]

@@bornach I went and watched that video, and it's not relevent to OP's point. Venus Theory never talks about the problems with digital production, or the lack of imperfections in music, he talks about music becoming shorter and more commercialised.

[@MaTTheWish]

Yes! Same with this AI art, it is too polished and doesn't show the character (human imperfections) of the artist.

[@AlanW]

I love analog time effects, have an older JHS Panther Cub, and it's just so chewy and dirty, almost grindy, it gives a wonderful character to the sound.

[@emilyharpist]

I’ve always wanted to try that one!!

[@DTZinatbakhsh]

respect! I have the special edition of that delay. It's got such a chewy sound... I want to sink my teef into some bucket brigade flanger tones now.

[@emilyharpist]

The special edition looks SO good!

[@DTZinatbakhsh]

@@emilyharpist i keep forgetting to get a cable to try the breakout effect loop on it, but just having more range in delay is fun 😊

[@jimhoman4415]

I like a good BBD too.... and I like the pedals too.

[@BrandonOutside]

That hair montage tho! Good stuff 😄

[@avectorgaming]

Great sounds 🙌 BUT @electronicaudioexperiments is that a Dungeons & Dragons TShirt you've got on? Yes one of us!

[@jsimes1]

That was just 🤯 or 😶‍🌫 I don't know how analog works but then again I don't know how my car works either! I'm just glad that they both do what they do! 🙂

[@RemitheDreamfox]

NEW EMILY VIDEO LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@emilyharpist]

Awww yiss

[@petercheney8316]

omigod, "All the technical jargon made me sleepy." that was every math class I ever had to sit through

[@lasagnahog7695]

Oh hell yeah. What a cool video.

[@lordofgonzo]

I'm from a town not far from Asheville, so this is super awesome on multiple levels. Good ol' MOOG and Asheville!

[@felipegrandy5738]

Loved how AFG-1 + ADG-1 sounds. btw you have a typo in the description link of the AFG

[@AndrewWukusick]

I'm working on designing some pedals, one of which is an eerie sounding bucket brigade modulated delay called The Epitaph. If I can get it working right and have enough parts for an extra build, I'll send one your way to have some fun with

[@emrob31]

That chorus at 3:27 was instant goosebumps wow

[@Oteyo]

😍Amazing

[@FantasticExplorers]

401th like! The Empire approves!!! These sounds will be heard through out The Galaxy!

[@toolzshed]

Yayyy the Emmas ❤️🎉

[@ThaDeucesWild13]

You rock Emily🤘

[@sunahura]

Love it

[@TopperMIDI]

Oh my, the sound you're getting at 4:32!

[@RocketinExile]

Love this channel

[@dacomputernerd4096]

"If you're going through the process of putting a big giant processor in your pedal" I already feel mildly called out, but it's also a really interesting video

[@emilyharpist]

😂

[@richardsaffle]

The flanger + delay sounds a little like the Rainbow Machine… Those pedals all def sounds rad!

[@stuffnuns]

This is interesting to me because I’m a harmonica player,and I know that most pedals are EQ’d for guitars. Most pedals end up being way too hot in the high mids for harpoon(yes, we do call it that), resulting in ear shattering tone. I like hear how a different instrument works with all the stompers out there. There are some very good digital emulations of analog effects, but, especially with delay, the ol’ bucket brigade pedals have that degrading fidelity built in that makes them so niiiiiice.

[@emilyharpist]

Hey! This is so interesting! I’m sure there’s something you can add to your chain to deal with the level or the high mids that can make them more palatable with your instrument! Thanks for being here, I hope you can get more pedals working out with your harmonica!

[@michaelfowler3187]

I enjoyed the tribute to stings fields of barley with the two analogers stacked. Since you're getting so into BBD you should check into pastfx and Verlie reviving the buffalo fx reticon flanger along with many other Panasonic mn3007 equipped builds that have a slicker and more sibilant frequency response than the cool audio chips used in similar devices. You also should look at the new Loke by Fjord Fuzz, that's some of the most amazing digital Delay and flanging I've heard, they made a very tape sounding program and I'm a chip snob but love it love it. Lastly I'll mention the 550-tt deluxe memory man, these usually can be found with Panasonic chips still and analogman does some nifty mods to allow better signal flow than the stock version and the ability to overclock the chips so the clock noise becomes overbearing but awesome. I have a video of the 550 if interested.

[@CVinyl]

"Music is the healing force of the universe" - Albert Ayler 🎷

[@markhammer643]

In Dave Hunter's book "Guitar Effects Pedals: The Practical Handbook", he has interviews with a number of prominent and well-respected designers/builders. One of them is effects legend Roger Mayer. One of the interesting things Mayer says is that the differences between digital and analog delays become most audible in the decay. His hypothesis is that, where the resolution of digital converters is fixed, and results in fewer bits being used to encode the soft fade-outs, analog sampling in BBDs is effectively infinite resolution, no matter how quiet and subtle the delay repeats may be, since what each bucket gets handed is the exact voltage of the signal at each sampled moment, not the nearest "rounded-off" value that the encoding recognizes. It is probably worth noting that, when the interview was recorded (published in 2013), 16-bit resolution, and 48khz sampling was the likely state of things, so the digital-vs-analog differences in soft passages may have been more audible, in comparison to current 24-bit/96khz technology. Still, an interesting proposition to account for why some folks prefer analog delay over digital. Of course, disentangling it from near-ideological faith in this or that technology is no easy task. Worth noting that earliest attempts at digital flanging were stymied by the inability to sweep very wide. My old blue rackmount MXR Digital Delay was able to flange, but it could only cover a 4:1 range of delay times. So, if you set it to the .63 msec range, it could sweep from around .36 msec (.63/2) to around just under 1.7 msec (.63 x 2). More impressive flanging generally requires a sweep range of at least 30:1 (e.g., .25 msec to 7.5msec). My analog PAiA Hyperflange will do 88:1 and the legendary A/DA Flanger has a 40:1 ratio. Not all analog flangers are that capable (Boss BF-2 is 13:1), but for many years, analog flangers kicked digital flangers' collective hineys. John is quite correct in noting that much of what makes analog BBD effects sound the way they do is a result of all the things you have to do to make them behave themselves. But it is not necessarily impossible to emulate all of that in the digital domain.

[@electronicaudioexperiments]

Mark, thanks so much for chiming in. I have enormous respect for your work and have read many of your articles over the years. I think Roger Mayer's hypothesis is spot on with low level behavior of early converters. You can see signs pointing to this with the nonlinearization/relinearization circuits found in early Lexicon units, or even the prevalence of companding systems in pedals like the old Digitech PDS series. That "hybrid" era sounds gorgeous. I think that as state space modeling continues to improve, emulating all the nonlinearities of filtering/companding behavior is absolutely possible in a DSP system. If you look at pedals like the Strymon Brigadier, I'd say it's already achieved in most respects. Not to mention whatever AI profiling is doing these days. (Though, that's pretty far from my core competency!) Digital clocking limitations are absolutely the biggest factor, IMO. My understanding is that, barring proprietary magic I'm not privy to, sub-sample interpolation is always going to sound different compared to true fractional delay with a continuously variable analog clock. I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on that. The limitation is also applicable to BBD delays with a clock generated by a processor. The resolution of a typical hardware PWM peripheral is rather poor, and if you want exponential control of a clock frequency over a wide range it's going to take resolution on the order of hundreds of picoseconds to get a smooth sweep over several octaves.

[@markhammer643]

@@electronicaudioexperiments Well now you're talking well above my pay grade! But many thanks for the nod. Deeply appreciated. That said, we should be mindful of the quirks inherent to BBD-based effects, that are asked to operate in different delay-time ranges. Those itty-bitty capacitors in each stage will leak, as all caps do, so asking them to hang onto samples too long will likely result in an imperfect sample passed on to the next stage. Longer delay times CAN be achieved by use of multiple cascaded BBDs, such that samples can be passed along quickly enough to avoid that leakage IF you have lots and lots of stages. But for chorus and flanging, where we're talking only a tiny fraction of the delay time, those concerns don't apply. Equally, the filtering needed to reduce audible clock noise, when aiming for longer analog delay, imparts much of the "warmth" people associate with analog over digital. And while perhaps never deliberately intended to do so, it comes closer to the treble-eating qualities of real-world reflective surfaces than early digital delay did with its maximum bandwidth. Again, wet-bandwidth concerns tend not to apply in the context of ultra-short delay effects. Heck, the Electric Mistress and A/DA flangers had barely any lowpass filtering, because the clock was always operating at a frequency well above hearing range. In contrast, many delays will require clocks to slow down considerably, increasing the risk of audible clock noise, and the requirement for lots of filtering to *make* it inaudible.

[@Daphoid]

Lovely stuff from lovely people. I will say though the one comment I noticed around these being simpler thus less pricey. While they're not at say EHX H90 multi effect territory, they're still in the "more premium / small batch" price range I'd say. Which given that small batch nature is expected. Not a gripe - just wanted to point it out for folks.

[@MAZZI100]

Amazing!.

[@sparkyprojects]

What is a bucket brigade ? Imagine you want to transfer water from source to destination (putting out a fire0 Get a line of people with buckets to pass the water along Imagine in your case it's sound that's passing along, but you can also sample that sound at any bucket or a mix of buckets to pass to the output, you get differing delays Also look into tape delay machines, like the 'copycat' The most basic delay is a long length of cables (there's video on this) Compare a digital delay with being in a big building that echoes (search 'tom scott echo' ) for a demo

[@stefansynths]

I resonated with what John said about once you put a computer in there, it tends to bring with it more features and complexity. I run into the same thing with my synth module designs. Microcontrollers are so cheap these days that there's hardly anything that it makes sense to do without one. But it bothers me from an aesthetic standpoint when we use them for simple stuff. It's like using a multitool as a screwdriver. I won't deny the convenience of having a screwdriver in your pocket when you need it, but the experience is just... not as good. So when I build things, I like to design them for their specific purpose, and nothing more.

[@dustinmcfarland2441]

Hey, this sounds like i'm floating i like it

[@glassmaw_]

Also, Strymon needs to send you ALL of their delays. I'd like to hear what you can with their stuff.

[@emilyharpist]

Haha that would be cool! They’ve never reached out before

[@danielsimaz2768]

Have you ever experimented with a "prepared harp" style piece using the effects pedals? I think that would produce some interesting sounds for sure

[@flamindigo]

Looks great, love the science, can't afford the price tag. - Keep on rockin' in the "never to be free again" world.

[@bills4915]

I know zero about harps, so forgive the potential dumb question but does the color of some of the strings mean anything (notes, etc)?

[@emilyharpist]

that's a great question!! all of the red strings are C notes, and all of the black strings are F! they're color-coded in this way so that you know where your hands are landing while playing. harpists would get lost very easily otherwise!

[@bills4915]

@@emilyharpist Thank you!

[@urvfhu1431]

Ok yeah now I want that analogue bucket brigade goodness. Incredible sounding units, and that super low lfo rate on the flanger is something special wow 🫨

[@dillipphunbar7924]

Respek tha grind

[@josiethompson5739]

Woah I love that outfit with the colorful sweater! I wanna sweater like that now lol

[@chris_gardner]

So, I've been following for awhile, and you constantly talk about bit crushers. Even though I've been playing guitar for decades and have a modest collection to effect pedals, I've still never really heard of bit crushers outside of you. Can you do a video that kinda dives into that a bit?

[@marcdinsmore8690]

So why does the afg-1 have airplane mode on the phase switch? That feature seems pretty niche...

[@CtDawG77]

What delay was John using on his mic?

[@justinroeder5315]

until seeing this video, i had no idea how many different sisters you have .... AND you all play harp ...

[@marcfruchtman9473]

I think the issue with demonstrating Analog devices, is similar to demonstrating the Vibrancy of a new color television ... the person hearing and seeing it, can only see/hear it thru the crappy TV they own, and thru the compressed audio of YT. Ultimately the warmth of Analog is almost always compressed down to digital these days, and isn't something someone can experience unless its played with Analog equipment or in a live event.

[@samday6621]

😄 Hi Emily & Co, I’m a visual artist, not musical, but love music and lived with musicians. I’m also a gen X, so grew up amongst analogue stuff and saw the transition to digital thru my teens. So I’m in that two worlds, where I can appreciate the hard sharp digital, as well as the warmth and soul of analogue. To me analogue amps etc feel alive. You can feel them warm up n hum. Where digital is just cold fact. When I practised fine art, I would try to push the medium, so as not to express it’s obvious traits. - screenprinting or wood cut printing can lack tonal fade or look blocky, so you’d work to mess with that. But sometimes you embrace what the medium delivers because it expresses what you want to say. 😄 …I have no answers or directions for you. ✊🏻 more you being you. p.s I saw a 1 second of your hair untied. I thought it looked good, relaxed. We may need a “release the hair - Wild Hair” clip, for fun.

[@emilyharpist]

Wow thanks so much for this comment! I really appreciate you being here, always great to get some insight from another artist. Have a great day :)

[@Sadsoft]

But what delay does bucket head use

[@andybungert]

😳 I must know

[@noyd4172]

Boss DD-3 or Line 6 DL4; Buckethead, oddly enough, not a bucket (brigade device) head.

[@blehhhh]

Buckethead runs his signal through a Reverb into a USPS to get his delay

[@CathodeRayNipplez]

KFC

[@andmo90]

Hey Emily, love your videos! Am also a videogamedunkey enjoyer 🤣

[@emilyharpist]

Dunkey is the BEST!

[@patrickjordan2233]

I've had pedals (and keyboards) that I consider "aged out"...IE the decay of the transistor performance...? Granted, it takes (normally) decades, but the longer and frequency of device use seems to accelerate it slightly? When I first noticed this (early 2000's) I thought I was craZy (LOL 🤣😂👍), until I found some DOD & NASA papers discussing this phenomena? And mind you, our devices/effects DON'T have military/NASA grade components inside (they'd be HUGELY unprofitable AND unaffordable..) Moral? Don't be afraid to "freshen" up the signal path... (Dang aging, I guess it affects Everything? ROFL 😂😂) Love your channel, BTW..