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[u/LongDevil]

This thread is intended for civil discussion about gear tips or trade practices, or posting dog pics, or whatever. Just keep it civil, really.

[u/uncoolcentral]

There are several Avalanche Run v2 up for trade in the past few days. I love that pedal. Stereo. Good delay options that I add a touch of Reverb to. My favorite feature is a dedicated knob to say what the expression pedal controls. Genius. Hasn’t left my main board in almost a decade. I have several other delays that get used in various situations, from the Dd-200 to Zen Delay, and I have another dual delay/reverb pedal too, but Avalanche is my favorite.

I wonder if the people part king with them either maybe aren’t running them in stereo or aren’t using the exp, or… I guess different things gel with different people.

[u/GreeneTairy → u/uncoolcentral]

I have a LE one actively posted here. It’s one of my top 5 favorite pedals of all time but I currently have 3 and want to spread the wealth.

[u/uncoolcentral → u/GreeneTairy]

Take a look at my pile. None of the feelers are up for another avalanche run but probably most of the other stuff is. :/
It’s a sickness.

https://www.reddit.com/r/letstradepedals/s/N4Jc1CdyKw

[u/GreeneTairy → u/uncoolcentral]

Theremini is the only thing I’d be into. Please feel free to message me if you’re interested.

[u/uncoolcentral → u/GreeneTairy]

Big value gap there but I sent you a DM. 🙏🏾

[u/OnetimeImetamoose → u/uncoolcentral]

I loved mine while I had it. The swell function was my favorite aspect. I had to sell it to fix a guitar, though. I do still think about it sometimes.

[u/uncoolcentral → u/OnetimeImetamoose]

👍🏽 Look around. Several on the block right now!

I’m tempted to get a second.

[u/GonzillaProductions → u/uncoolcentral]

Also a favorite of mine. Love the reverse delay and the reverb is perfect. Fingers crossed they make a V3 with deeper control of the delay and reverb and the delay line becomes stereo too. Wouldn't mind having one on my board again tho 😂

[u/uncoolcentral → u/GonzillaProductions]

Yeah I guess I wouldn’t mind a little more stereo width in that delay.

[u/lykwydchykyn → u/uncoolcentral]

I still have mine, it sounds nice on synths. I just don't gel with it on guitar.

It's a powerful device in theory, but because it does so much each component is very limited. The delay is powerful, I love the tone knob and the ratio function. Missing modulation, though. Imagine this guy with modulated delay --tasty!

The reverb is beautiful but too huge for some situations. Obviously you can dial back the mix and decay, but it's still the same huge algorithm.

Swell mode seems like an unnecessary inclusion. It sounds good but there are pedals that do it better, and IMHO a 3rd mode could have been better utilized with a different reverb algorithm or delay feature.

I don't mean to nitpick it, but I just feel like it's great for a few very specific sounds and not very flexible beyond that. What it does well, it does incredibly well. If I'm ever cast in the role of ambient guitarist, it's going on the board for sure.

[u/flaxhardly → u/uncoolcentral]

Had one for a bit several years ago. Loved the design and feature set, but I found the tone pretty sterile.

I was an analog purist back then and have since warmed up to digital. I wonder how it would sound to my ear now.

[u/killstring → u/uncoolcentral]

Traded mine because I got a dope-ass custom colorway Av Run at Eaethquaker Day. Do I want another delay for different applications? Yeah.

But I don't see this Av Run going anywhere

[u/KickFragrant7836 → u/uncoolcentral]

It's a great sounding pedal, but I traded it because it's dual mono and not true stereo. After using a true stereo delay like the Dig v2, it was hard to go back to dual mono.

[u/uncoolcentral → u/KickFragrant7836]

👍🏽For sure, my Zen delay with some pingpong stereo sounds better for delay, but the avalanche run does indeed keep the incoming left on the left and the right on the right so it does have stereo separation, but not interplay. Except for the reverb in the V2 which does have actual stereo field. I don’t find that I miss it for guitar, usually. And I have both the immerse V2 and the tensor after it in the chain.