[sdiy] digital delay, was ...

[eq927 at freenet.carleton.ca]

Aw, c'mon Harry - I've repaired around 80 to 100 BBD-based commercial fx 
units  over the past 10 years and in only ONE was the BBD fried...the 
rest of the parts were fried as well. Bad solder joints, 
broken-off connectors the usual culprits - and the occasional bad op 
amp. I've even seen BBD's quite happily survive reverse voltage. Now be 
nice to these little "bundles of diy-fun"... when BBD's were 
introduced in the early 70's, people were enjoying listening to 
those hissy cassette decks...and who knows... some of your favorite 
records might even have guitar processed through these little gems. To 
be fair, there are alternatives available nowadays to BBD's and hissy 
tapes.... but some still like doing it the old way.
Regards, Mike



> 
> well ihmo... most of them do not need execution, they commit suicide
> (seppuku, hari-kiri...etc) rather easily all by themselves....   ;^P
>