Delay

The Silver Spring Reverb guitar effects pedal is a highly musical reverb stomp that is sure to warrant a place on your pedalboard. This digital/analog reverb hybrid from Mad Professor is powered by a purely analog direct signal path, giving you a natural-sounding reverb that doesn’t mess up your original tone. It also has no noise reduction circuits, which means the reverb has a very natural and organic decay. Use it in front of a clean channel or on a distorted tone—the Silver Spring Reverb works well with both.

The Marshall EH-1 Echohead delay guitar effects pedal spits out everything from syncopated, accurately-tracked echoes to vintage, tape machine-style delays. This fully adjustable stomp comes armed with six different delay modes⁠—Hi Fi, analog, tape echo, multi tap, reverse, and mod filter⁠—all accessible via a rotary selector knob. For maximum iron-fisted delay control, the EH-1 Echohead features separate delay time and feedback control knobs. It’s built tough and has a tap tempo feature so you stay locked into the groove when you’re on stage.

The AD-9 Pro Analog Delay advances on one of Maxon’s well-loved models to create the most trustworthy, best-sounding analog delay available. Boasting four of Maxon’s proprietary MC4107D bucket brigade IC’s, the AD-9 Pro gives you 450ms of the most transparent analog delay within a stompbox footprint. Delivering improved headroom, it can accept virtually any input signal and function in an amp’s effects loop and its front end. The AD-9 Pro features crystal clear delay, true bypass, adjustable repeats, and zero clock noise.

The AD999 from Maxon is the sole 900-millisecond, current-production analog delay available. Boasting eight Maxon MN3107D analog BBD ICs, it gives you all the warm, lush, organic tone of its predecessors with stereo outputs, increased delay time, and true bypass switching for transparent, silent operation. Standard Feedback, Delay Level, and Delay Time knobs combine with dry/wet outputs for a range of sounds and signal routing options. If you are up for the ultimate analog experience, grab the AD999.

The Mirror Ball delay pedal by Mojo Hand FX serves up 550ms of luscious analog-voiced delay fine-tuned to sit nicely in the mix with warm overtones but maintain clarity. Incorporate an entirely adjustable modulation section with the flick of a switch to highlight your howls, whispers, and echoes with different amounts of warble. The Mirror Ball consists of controls for Depth, Rate, Repeat, Delay, and Blend, as well as a two-position toggle for modulation on/off.

The Mooer Ana Echo offers the characteristic warmth and musicality of a vintage analog delay guitar effects pedal. Each repetition gently degrades your initial guitar signal for that true analog sound. And like all real analog pedals, you can crank up the Intense knob for pulsating UFO-like feedback pulses. Whatever musical style you play in, when you’re in need of subtle repeats the Ana Echo will be your go-to pedal. It’s tiny, too, which makes finding some space for it on your pedalboard a breeze.

It might be a digital delay pedal, but budget stomp maker Mooer’s Reecho guitar effects pedal absolutely nails the sound of a true analog delay. It features a delay time that ranges from 5ms to 780ms and three distinct effect modes. There’s a throaty, warbly, ambient Tape Echo mode; a Real Echo mode that simulates an echo in a real, natural environment that skips the harsh edges of a digital delay and the grain of an analog one; and a true-to-form bucket brigade device-style Analog mode.

The Moog MF Delay is an all-analog delay delivering 35mS to 700mS of lush, blooming analog repeats. It is articulate and fast at shorter settings. That is suitable for producing classic slap-back sounds with expressive swells as well as plate-verbs. The repeats become darker at medium and long settings, naturally trailing into a unique, beautiful warmth and character. The MF Delay has been built with more than 300 meticulously picked components, including a discrete JFET input stage, four Bucket Brigade Delay chips, and a vintage compander circuit for the ultimate tone and feel.

The Blue Delay from budget guitar effects brand Mosky Audio is based on BJF Design / Mad Professor’s popular Deep Blue Delay, which incidentally is the same ambient delay used as the base for the Mosky Audio Tone Maker’s analog delay section. The Blue Delay pumps out a delay time that ranges from 25ms to 450ms at maximum output. It also comes with a dedicated Repeat knob that controls the number of delay repeats: you get one at minimum and infinite feedback at max.

In the decade since its introduction in 2008, the Carbon Copy Analog Delay from MXR has become a rock ‘n’ roll mainstay. Its elegant simplicity, a healthy reserve of delay time, and lush bucket-brigade warmth have endeared it to guitarists worldwide. The M169A is a special edition of this bestselling analog delay pedal, featuring a lightweight aluminum enclosure dressed in a metallic silver paint job to celebrate its 10th anniversary. It comes complete with all the Carbon Copy goodness that made it legendary.

The Carbon Copy Analog Delay by MXR boasts an all-analog audio path for the utmost in rich, warm delay, thanks to traditional bucket-brigade technology. That design features an incredible 600ms of delay time with selectable modulation through a top-mounted switch and straightforward three-knob design which controls Mix (wet/dry blend), Regen (delay repeats), and Delay time—all within a unit no larger than a Phase 90. With a roll of a knob, the Carbon Copy can take you from crisp bathroom slap echoes to grand Gilmour-style delays.

For the Carbon Copy Deluxe, MXR has taken its legendary analog delay pedal and incorporated a bevy of oft-requested functionalities. It offers new features to fine-tune the warm, natural sound that made the original a bestseller. With tap tempo functionality and an extended delay time of up to 1.2s, you now obtain unprecedented control of your Carbon Copy repeats. The Tap Division function, with a readable status display, provides you with four subdivisions—8ths, dotted 8ths, 16ths, and triplets.

The NUX Konsequent mini pedal is redefining delay. It features a range of internal processors that simulate the sound professional studio engineers had been perfecting in the 80s leveraging pricey rack-mount digital delay systems. The Konsequent does that at a fraction of the price plus the convenience of a compact pedal. It features NUX’s Intelligent Digital Processor devised to minimize unwanted interference resulting from the audio peak. NUX’s Analog Processor and Saturation-Simulator serve up plenty of overdrive range.

The Black Fountain by Old Blood Noise Endeavors reflects the time ere digital delay, simulating the sounds of elusive oil can delay units. These units highlighted a chorus-esque modulation on the effect signal’s repeats as well as a warm and nice repeat cycle. The Modern mode imitates vintage long delay oil can units like the Fender Echo-Reverb, Morley EDL, and Tel-Ray Model 10. Repeat and Time controls mimic the functions of the original units, while the Fluid knob presents modulation according to the electrostatic delay platter’s characteristic “wobble.”

The Mondegreen digital delay by Old Blood Noise Endeavors is hell-bent on providing you with something other than what you put in. It carries Time, Mix, Morph, and Feedback knobs, as well as a three-way toggle switch that lets you choose between three modulated delay modes—Stutter, Whirl, and Sheer. Stutter is a delay with percussive tremolo on the trails, Sheer is a delay with raising octaves on the repeats, while Whirl is a modulated delay that adds chorus on your wet signal.

Optimize your Echolution 2 using the Echolution 2 Remote footswitch from Pigtronix. It is a two-button momentary controller which allows you convenient access to your four preferred presets in every bank of your Echolution 2 Deluxe or Echolution 2 delay pedal. It also activates your Echolution 2’s Freeze feature as well as the innovative Jump function which sends your delays cascading up in octaves on each repeat. The Echolution 2 Remote footswitch will let you get the most out of your effects pedals.