Analog Delay; MXR Carbon Copy or Way Huge Aqua Puss

Batman · 12-25-2011, 05:23 PM

I've decided to add an analog delay to my pedal board. The Music Store here has both the MXR M169 Carbon Copy and the Way Huge Aqua Puss in stock.

Any recommendations on either pedal?

st.bede · 12-25-2011, 05:36 PM

I have played both but am not familiar enough to be able to recommend one over the other... try both with your amp and guitar to find the one that sounds best given those parameters... also I really dig my EH deluxe memoryman, people tend to love or hate those... I love mine

kboman · 12-25-2011, 06:14 PM

I'd check out EHX as an alternative too. The Memory Boy Deluxe is really being insistent on my attention... Tap tempo, subdivisions, actually useful modulation, effects loop - yeah, I can dig that.

tazzboy · 12-25-2011, 07:18 PM

The Aqua Puss MK 2 has 300ms and CC has 600ms. The CC also has modulation aka Chorus. The Aqua Puss Doesn't have modulation. The Aqua Puss is big in size the CC is slim in size.

So that's what it comes down too.

gibsonguitar1988 · 12-26-2011, 09:20 AM

I just got the CC and love it. That said I'm a big Way Huge fan and love that line too. The Aqua Puss is very warm and perfect for slapback. I would have got that one but didn't have the space. The CC is a little more versatile and can do much longer delays. I use mine for slapback though.

GitFiddle · 12-26-2011, 10:07 AM

I have no experience with the Aqua Puss, but I just added a CC to my pedals. I also have a Boss CE-5 Chorus and a Boss DD-3 Delay. I have found that the modulation in the CC is just enough to fill in where I had been using the CE-5. Now I find myself using the CC much more in place of both the CE-5 and DD-3.

I currently still have them all on the same board just so I can A/B them for taste purposes. My recommendation would be to get them both and A/B them for a while.

2009LPGT · 12-26-2011, 10:14 AM

The Aqua Puss is probably the best rockabilly/country slapback sound out there short of a tape machine or a ridiculously expensive Strymon. However, this is really the only thing it excels at and in fact is quite noisy/lo-fi at anything longer than about 200ms.

If you want your delay to do anything other than what I mentioned above, the Carbon Copy will rule the roost any day of the week! It does OK at the sound mentioned above, but the beauty of the CC is how well the repeats sit in the mix and create musical space just about anywhere you put it.

The two side by side would be ideal for me but I would recommend the CC first.

Batman · 12-26-2011, 12:04 PM

Thanks to all who posted!

I'm leaning towards the Carbon Copy as it seems like it will provide more versatility. I will A/B them tomorrow and let you know which one comes home with me.

bluesguitar65 · 12-26-2011, 01:30 PM

I made a comparison vidoe awhile ago. Check it out.

Carbon Copy vs Aqua Puss - YouTube

Guitar Freak · 12-26-2011, 03:14 PM

Old, but lots of good info, videos, etc.

Carbon Copy Vs. Aqua Puss

Archtop 13 · 12-26-2011, 03:18 PM

I was looking at the Carbon Copy & The Echo Baby. Echo baby sounded so much better than CC that I paid the Ransom. But that's just the kind of tone Junkie I am.

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st.bede V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Fresno Ca Posts: 7,195 Thanks: 245 Thanked 203 Times in 80 Posts	Re: Analog Delay; MXR Carbon Copy or Way Huge Aqua Puss I have played both but am not familiar enough to be able to recommend one over the other... try both with your amp and guitar to find the one that sounds best given those parameters... also I really dig my EH deluxe memoryman, people tend to love or hate those... I love mine __________________ "The economy is a system of interdependence." “Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.” ― Jean-Jacques Rousseau I have slowly morphed into a space alien trying to communicate enigmatic messages to my home world. "to criticize without vision is to be complicitious with dominance" Carolyn Casey "There is no hierarchy of goodness" *Des*

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tazzboy Bartlett Retrospec Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Oregon Posts: 11,997 Thanks: 399 Thanked 235 Times in 91 Posts	Re: Analog Delay; MXR Carbon Copy or Way Huge Aqua Puss The Aqua Puss MK 2 has 300ms and CC has 600ms. The CC also has modulation aka Chorus. The Aqua Puss Doesn't have modulation. The Aqua Puss is big in size the CC is slim in size. So that's what it comes down too. __________________

12-26-2011, 09:20 AM	#5 (permalink)
gibsonguitar1988 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 7,806 Thanks: 30 Thanked 87 Times in 24 Posts	Re: Analog Delay; MXR Carbon Copy or Way Huge Aqua Puss I just got the CC and love it. That said I'm a big Way Huge fan and love that line too. The Aqua Puss is very warm and perfect for slapback. I would have got that one but didn't have the space. The CC is a little more versatile and can do much longer delays. I use mine for slapback though. __________________ *Resident Dirtbox Junkie and PAS Group Co-Founder* Guitars: Gibson Les Pauls, Fender Stratocasters, Fender Telecasters, Gibson SG, PRS Custom 24 and 22, Ernie Ball Music Man Benji, Carvin CT6M, Epiphone Dot, Epiphone Explorer, Epiphone G-1275 Amps: 1968 Fender Super Reverb, 1978 Fender Vibro Champ, 1955 Fender Deluxe, 1965 Fender Twin Reverb Reissue (modern amp), 65amps Ventura head Pedals: Too damn many to list. Pickups: Seymour Duncan, DiMarzio, Lindy Fralin, Wilde, Fender

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GitFiddle Bartlett Retrospec Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 5,993 Thanks: 648 Thanked 142 Times in 39 Posts	Re: Analog Delay; MXR Carbon Copy or Way Huge Aqua Puss I have no experience with the Aqua Puss, but I just added a CC to my pedals. I also have a Boss CE-5 Chorus and a Boss DD-3 Delay. I have found that the modulation in the CC is just enough to fill in where I had been using the CE-5. Now I find myself using the CC much more in place of both the CE-5 and DD-3. I currently still have them all on the same board just so I can A/B them for taste purposes. My recommendation would be to get them both and A/B them for a while.

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2009LPGT Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Anchorage, AK Posts: 2,329 Thanks: 37 Thanked 106 Times in 31 Posts	Re: Analog Delay; MXR Carbon Copy or Way Huge Aqua Puss The Aqua Puss is probably the best rockabilly/country slapback sound out there short of a tape machine or a ridiculously expensive Strymon. However, this is really the only thing it excels at and in fact is quite noisy/lo-fi at anything longer than about 200ms. If you want your delay to do anything other than what I mentioned above, the Carbon Copy will rule the roost any day of the week! It does OK at the sound mentioned above, but the beauty of the CC is how well the repeats sit in the mix and create musical space just about anywhere you put it. The two side by side would be ideal for me but I would recommend the CC first.

12-26-2011, 12:04 PM	#8 (permalink)
Batman Dark Knight Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Halifax, Canada Posts: 2,813 Thanks: 63 Thanked 23 Times in 10 Posts	Re: Analog Delay; MXR Carbon Copy or Way Huge Aqua Puss Thanks to all who posted! I'm leaning towards the Carbon Copy as it seems like it will provide more versatility. I will A/B them tomorrow and let you know which one comes home with me. __________________ Rock and Roll. . .Guitars, Bass, Drums and Voice at high volume

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Guitar Freak Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: United States Posts: 1,542 Thanks: 130 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Analog Delay; MXR Carbon Copy or Way Huge Aqua Puss Old, but lots of good info, videos, etc. Carbon Copy Vs. Aqua Puss

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Archtop 13 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Vermont USA Posts: 1,232 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Analog Delay; MXR Carbon Copy or Way Huge Aqua Puss I was looking at the Carbon Copy & The Echo Baby. Echo baby sounded so much better than CC that I paid the Ransom. But that's just the kind of tone Junkie I am. __________________ ------------------------------------------- http://www.bluebellyguitars.com FACEBOOK Link http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blue-B...66137280086032

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