Actually, I have to say that I prefered to use the Boss unit with the reverb turned off and just as an echo unit - with the reverb engaged it just didn't sound right to me. A separate reverb works best with this unit in my opinion - although, as you say, it still doesn't actually recreate that early Hank sound in the same way that perhaps good vintage valved equipment would do. Still, I suppose it is really only an approximation after all, which is the lot it seems of these foot pedal digital boxes anyway. Unfortunately, I'll also have to admit that I can't quite get it all together with tweaking the controls on the Line 6 DL4 Delay Pedal in trying to attempt to get that early Hank sound - perhaps I'm probably expecting too much from these digital boxes - would you agree?
As I'm rather, sort of, newish (or is it 'reborn' into guitars again after a 30 years break?) - I was wondering what picks/plectrums I should now be using. At the moment I'm finding that the .60 Dunlops give me a good approximation - although I bet I'm probably a long way off the mark with these - any advice I can get there will be more than gratefully accepted.
I'm also a little concerned about my Strat' - as it is one of the first of those CBS three screw neck jobs. Would this guitar ever really produce an authentic HBM sound I wonder? Again, any advice would be very helpful.
Thanks ever so much for sharing your Shad's knowledge - it makes my rather out of date (time delayed preferably!) enthusiasm worth all the effort.
All the very best,
Alan.