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Tape Delay Pedals

New at NAMM ’22: Cusack Music Prototype Delay

This year at NAMM, Cusack music teased their upcoming delay pedal, which will replace their current flagship Tap-a-Delay model. The new delay will use the same format as their Resound reverb pedal, meaning that it will have 8 different digital delay programs and 8 different presets, all recallable through the…Click on the title for more

New at NAMM ’22: Cusack Music Prototype Delay

Flamma FC03 Mini Digital Delay

Flamma Innovation is a new, solid Chinese player in the digital pedal realm and they have been churning out new pedals as if there's no tomorrow. The Flamma FC03 is the first pedal in mini format, offering three delay flavors at just about $40. Analog: Warm and smooth classic analog…Click on the title for more

Flamma FC03 Mini Digital Delay

Pedal Update: Mattoverse Warble Swell Echo MkII

An original design, the Mattoverse Warble Swell Echo MkII is an unusual take on the lo-fi, modulated echo by a manufacturer who has demonstrated a special and consistent interest in creative and quirky circuits. It's a vintage-voiced echo/delay with a dynamic foot-controllable Swell feature and gooey tape-like modulation. It provides…Click on the title for more

Pedal Update: Mattoverse Warble Swell Echo MkII

Mojo Hand FX Dream Mender Echo/Chorus/Vibrato

Introduced at NAMM 2020, the Mojo Hand FX Dream Mender is an Echo / Chorus / Vibrato based on the classic late ’70s DMM - but much smaller and with many other improvements: twice the delay time, blend knob, clearer repeats, longer feedback, and a more pronounced vibrato effect. It…Click on the title for more

Mojo Hand FX Dream Mender Echo/Chorus/Vibrato

Eventide UltraTap Delay

After the BlackHole and the MicroPitch, the Eventide | UltraTap delay is the third pedal in a new series of Stereo effects based on improved algorithms that made the fortune of the NYC company, being feautred in all their most successful products from pro audio (rack effects, plugins) to guitar pedals…Click on the title for more

Eventide UltraTap Delay

New Pedal: Side Effects Mocking Bird Delay V3

The Side Effects Mocking Bird Delay has been around since 2017 but the builder kept improving the circuit and this is the 2022 version, which we will call V3 to differentiate it from the videos of it shot around 2020 (which we'll call V2) and the ones shot when the…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Side Effects Mocking Bird Delay V3

Mile End Effects MTHRFCKR=RPTR Cassette Tape Delay/Pre-Amp

Based in Montreal, Canada (just like us) Mile End Effects is a one-dude company making some really interesting pedals. The dude in question doesn't share his name in the company's "about us page" but he tells us that he plays in a band called Yoo Doo Right, which sounds very…Click on the title for more

Mile End Effects MTHRFCKR=RPTR Cassette Tape Delay/Pre-Amp

Donner White Tape Stereo Analog Dual Echo

Chinese builder Donner has made a name for itself for its super affordable, no-frills guitar pedals, but a few recent releases seem to show a little more ambition - including art on the case! Their new White Tape stereo echo belongs to this new series and, in case you are…Click on the title for more

Donner White Tape Stereo Analog Dual Echo

SolidGoldFX EM-III Multi-Head Octave Echo

Montreal's SolidGoldFX has been on a tear recently, and if there was an award for the "most prolific pedal builder of the '20s" they would be up there with Walrus Audio and a few other ones. Their latest release is the EM-III, a compact Multi-Head Octave Echo. Building on SGFX’s…Click on the title for more

SolidGoldFX EM-III Multi-Head Octave Echo

Maestro Discoverer Delay

Belonging to the Gibson family of Maestro Effects, modern reissues of the company's very first pedals from the early '60s, the Maestro Discoverer Delay is a 3-knob BBD based analog delay with added modulation. Like the other pedals in the 2022 Maestro line, the Discoverer is intuitive, with its three…Click on the title for more

Maestro Discoverer Delay

Adventure Audio Again Modulated Delay with CV

Upstate NY pedal builder Adventure Audio unveiled (and shot a video of) a fuzz at our 2019 Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit, but, on their board, also had a prototype of another new pedal which is now ready and shipping: the Again Delay/Modulation. The circuit itself is not as mind-bending as other…Click on the title for more

Adventure Audio Again Modulated Delay with CV

Retroactive Pedals Dot Chaser Cassette-Style Echo with Modulation

The PT2399 chip is found in a lot of modulated delay pedals inspired by old tape machines - you can find a list of the most popular in this section about the Best Creative PT2399-Based Echo Pedals. Nashville's Retroactive Pedals has an intriguing stompbox that fits this profile called Dot…Click on the title for more

Retroactive Pedals Dot Chaser Cassette-Style Echo with Modulation