Analog

2021 UPDATE: The Best Analog Delay Pedals

This article is exclusively focused on the best analog delay pedals. For coverage about all kinds of delays see our Best Delay Pedals article. Updated on 10.13.2021 Delay has become one of the most common effects on guitarists' pedalboards, even if it is available in an uncommonly diverse number of…Click on the title for more

2021 UPDATE: The Best Analog Delay Pedals

J. Rockett Clockwork Analog Stereo Echo

Designed in conjunction with Howard Davis (Creator of the original Deluxe Memory Man) the J. Rockett | Clockwork Analog Echo is a classic BBD delay with modulation featuring a true stereo output (i.e. one side out of phase) and Tap Tempo function (which is a digital function, but doesn't affect…Click on the title for more

J. Rockett Clockwork Analog Stereo Echo

Seymour Duncan Vapor Trail Deluxe

The original Vapor Trail delay+modulation was one of the most popular pedals by Seymour Duncan, a company mostly known for their electric guitar pickups. The new Deluxe version of that design adds several features to the original design through extensive digital controls, maintaining a fully analog signal path. The most…Click on the title for more

Seymour Duncan Vapor Trail Deluxe

Now Shipping: Suhr Discovery Analog Delay

Analog delay pedals where the signal id controlled and affected through digital means have been around for some time, but, until today, no pedal builder has created an analog echo with functionality as deep as the one found in digital delay workstations offered by companies like Strymon, Eventide or BOSS.…Click on the title for more

Now Shipping: Suhr Discovery Analog Delay

New Pedals: Mythos Oracle Analog Echo

Nashville's Mythos released its first non-dirt pedal with a live video stream: it's the Oracle Analog Echo, a Bucket Brigade analog delay with Tap Tempo designed in collaboration with John Snyder of Electronic Audio Experiments. Inspired by the somewhat dark, warm sound of vintage Japanese echo pedals, the Mythos Oracle…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Mythos Oracle Analog Echo

New Pedal: NUX Analog Delay

In the past couple of years, Chinese pedal maker NUX has been releasing some not too subtle (and incredibly affordable) clones of several best-selling classic stompboxes under the rather misleadingly named "Reissue Series" (uhm, reissues of pedals... made by other builders?). Nothing wrong with cloning (almost everyone does it) we…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: NUX Analog Delay

Dophix Michelangelo Overdrive Plus

One of the best aspects of our Stompbox Exhibits is that they allow us to get acquainted with new and often "emerging" boutique pedal brands. At our recent Montreal event Sonic Circuit (co-organized with MUTEK), we hosted a board by Italian builder Dophix, a company that echoes its country's artistic…Click on the title for more

Dophix Michelangelo Overdrive Plus

Tech21 Steve Harris SH1 Signature SansAmp

NYC's Tech21 SansAmp line is welcoming today a new, sleek member to its family: the Steve Harris SH1 Signature SansAmp. The release of the first SansAmp stompbox, which started the amp modeling pedal frenzy, actually dates back to exactly 30 years ago: 1989. The legendary Iron Maiden singer/guitarist - who…Click on the title for more

Tech21 Steve Harris SH1 Signature SansAmp

OBNE WhiteCap Tremolo

You may have caught the Old Blood Noise Endeavors WhiteCap Asynchronous Dual Tremolo at Summer NAMM 2017, and, if you were wondering if it was ever going to be released, now you got your answer. The effect consists of two tremolo circuits interacting with each other: a three-control analog tremolo…Click on the title for more

OBNE WhiteCap Tremolo

New Pedals: MXR Carbon Copy MINI Analog Delay

When it was released at the end of the aughts, the MXR Carbon Copy quickly became an industry standard within the Bucket Brigade-style analog delays, so its many fans will be thrilled to have the opportunity to get this classic delay on their board at a fraction of the footprint.…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: MXR Carbon Copy MINI Analog Delay