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I recently watched a youtube video where John 5 was going over his rig. They turned to his pedal board and he talked about how he is not over reliant on pedals and that he likes to produce effects himself.
The interviewer asked him about not even having a delay pedal to which John 5 replied that if he needed a delay he would use his hands.
My question is how exactly is this possible to create a delay effect yourself?
I'm assuming he's talking about playing the same note, chord, or phrase more than once, possibly playing the second and subsequent repeats more and more quietly. Some kinds of delay sound can't be replicated this way, but you can definitely sound like a ducker (where the delayed notes automatically are lowered in volume behind any new notes that are played). So you would only play "delay" notes when you're not busy playing anything else.
Look at the Boss RC-505 - it's hand-driven, has to be given it's 5 consynchronous channels. You can add a foot pedal, if you're that old school.
The old picker trick for that one was Bob Marley's, using the fret hand while plucking ahead with the main driver hand.
