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DELAY PEDALS
OUR SHOPPING GUIDES:
• The Ultimate Guide to Delay Pedals (3 Best Delays by Type)
• Best Analog Delay Pedals
• Best Tape-Style Delay Pedals
• Best Delay + Reverb Combo Pedals
• Best Creative Delay Pedals
• Best Mini Delay Pedals
• Best Binson Echorech-Inspired Pedals

Below, the latest news about delay pedals

Catalinbread Adineko oil can delay

Have you ever wondered why many audiophiles or top engineers still don't seem able to admit that digital - in the audio realm - sounds better than analog? The answer is "character": digital is pristine, boring precision, while analog - like a familiar-looking, slightly unpredictable, cigarette-puffing actor of the '50s…Click on the title for more

Catalinbread Adineko oil can delay

Montréal Assembly Count to 5 Granular Delay

The Montréal Assembly Count to 5 is a unique delay/sampler with three modes that can create sped-up and slowed-down—as well as forward and backward—tape effects, audio slicing, looping and overdubbing. Quantized pitch-shifting makes it possible to create tones that are harmonized chromatically or in perfect fifths and octaves, or you…Click on the title for more

Montréal Assembly Count to 5 Granular Delay

Glou Glou Loupe` Creative Stereo Looper

Those who like imaginative pedals and have no problem with complexity and seriously BIG stompboxes, should already be familiar with French builder Glou Glou, a company that has embraced the idea that pedals can be full-fledged synths (without keys). They just announced a new pedal and, once again, it's an…Click on the title for more

Glou Glou Loupe` Creative Stereo Looper

Champion Leccy The Swan Hunter LoFi Echo+Reverb

Blending layers of delay and reverb is the favorite hobby of a fair slice of guitarists into stompboxes, and - as you can see from our article about the Best Delay + Reverb Combo Pedals article - effects makers are fully aware of that. Philly's boutique builder Champion Leccy, run…Click on the title for more

Champion Leccy The Swan Hunter LoFi Echo+Reverb

BOSS SDE-3 Digital Delay

A rack unit launched in 1983, the Roland SDE3000 was one of the the first delays to feature dual delays and a modulation section. Van Halen famously used it, and in 2023 the Japanese brand already released a non-compact pedal version with a signature variant inspired by the star guitarist.…Click on the title for more

BOSS SDE-3 Digital Delay

MXR Joshua Ambient Echo

The MXR Joshua Ambient Echo bears that name for a particular reason: it aims to offer, in a compact case, the legendary sound of U2's The Edge as heard in The Joshua Tree, a 1987 album that featured a signature guitar sound drenched in a rhythmic yet ambient delay. Extremely…Click on the title for more

MXR Joshua Ambient Echo

Strymon El Capistan V2 Tape Delay

The Strymon El Capistan is a lush stereo emulation of a vintage Tape Echo device, in a cleverly simple box. It offers three Tape modes emulating different reading head configurations (Fixed, Multi and Single) and three ways to slightly tweak each one of them. Separate controls for Tape Age and…Click on the title for more

Strymon El Capistan V2 Tape Delay

Meris MercuryX Modular Stereo Reverb

*You'll be able to play with this pedal at the upcoming Brooklyn Synth and Pedal Expo. The Meris MercuryX represents a modular evolution of reverb by California-based company Meris, drawing inspiration from two of their most popular pedals: the Blade Runner soundtrack-inspired Mercury7, and their first forey into the digital/modular…Click on the title for more

Meris MercuryX Modular Stereo Reverb

Keeley Eccos Stereo Delay/Looper

We first saw a prototype of the Keeley Eccos Delay-Looper at Winter NAMM 2019. The pedal took a while to be finalized for shipping, probably because of the complex digital algorythms that comprise the core of the circuit. The company has finally unveiled the first two official videos of it,…Click on the title for more

Keeley Eccos Stereo Delay/Looper

New Pedal: Spruce Kenai Fjords Oil Can Delay

The Spruce Kenai Fjords is a pedal celebration of Alaska's National Park, and part of the company's Junior Ranger Series, all inspired by North American wilderness resorts. It's a digital delay pedal housed in a 1590BBS enclosure reproducing the viscous sound of the vintage oil can delays, an ephemeral technology…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Spruce Kenai Fjords Oil Can Delay

New Pedal: Caroline Kilobyte 2000 Lo-Fi Delay

The Caroline KILOBYTE-2000 is the ultimate evolution of the company's lo-fi delay pedal, initially introduced as the Kilobyte in 2013. In the pedal's circuit, which is based on the infamous yet awesome PT-2399 chip, the usual Drive, Level, Time and Feedback knobs are joint by three new controls in the…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Caroline Kilobyte 2000 Lo-Fi Delay

New Pedal: Summer School Spring Break Reverb

The Spring Break by Syracuse's Summer School Electronics takes the simplicity of a one-knob reverb and elevates it with a hidden twist—a delay circuit that only affects the reverb tails. In its standard mode (delay off), the silver knob adds spring-style reverb to any signal, making it intuitive and versatile for…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Summer School Spring Break Reverb