Best Delay Pedal For Acoustic Guitar (2024 Update)

I use the Carbon Copy on a 4 pedal board – TU-2 CS-2. TS-9 M169 it's a great set-up, quiet and compact with awesome sound quality. The M169 gives great slap back echo's and awesome smooth ghost like repeats.Craig

As a bass player, I haven'tused any pedals before, but I wanted to add a bit of depth to my sound. I have been practicing through a Mackie mixer that has digital delay and it sounds pretty good. BUT, this analog pedal kicks it up a notch and sounds great. The delay sounds more natural and less harsh than the sound of the mixer. Starting with all the controls at their center, the effects sounded so impressive and I felt that my bass sound had new life. The bypass switch is clean and quiet and it does not color my original bass sound when in bypass. Looking forward to learning more about the pedal and the effects it can apply to my sound.turtlebass2000

I love the wonderful analogue delay sound on this pedal. The controls are intuitive and responsive. It is extremely simple. Regardless of what setting you use your notes seem to stand out up front loud and clear while the magic of the delay unfolds behind your playing. And the mod feature is the icing on the cake. I particularly like it on clean sounds. It pains an amazing soundscape behind the notes.muichead

Simply the best delay pedal you could want. (Well, let’s say 12 delay pedals actually!) Sonically superior to anything else I’ve used before. The gain boost function is unique to this pedal, so highly recommend. You really do get what you pay for!Reviewed by guitarguitar custome

I'll make this short and sweet. This thing is packed with sounds and there is a natural delay that seems to be missing with other delay pedals. My only complaint is not the product but Sam Ash the selector knob and mod knob get stuck when I press down. I wish I could take it back but unfortunately I live to far away to take it back and the minor annoyance is not worth my trouble. If I can avoid buying from Sam Ash going forward I probably will.Loco

The Donner Yellow Fall has a good full sound, almost analog in its smoothness. Its tiny, great for fitting on a pedalboard. Only lacks a tap tempo, otherwise perfect.charlesforce

I always have 2 Delays on my board The other Delay retails at $230 The Donner Delay can do the same settings and quality of my other Delay I was impressed. with 8 pedals on a 24 board its size is a bonusrockinronnie1955.2007

Another great effects pedal from BOSS. The DD-7 is quite like a 'Swiss-Army-Knife' in the realm of compact delay pedals. Built with the standard of quality that BOSS is known for. The delay range is amazingly vast from 1ms to 6.4 seconds, plus a 40 second looper, as well as assorted delay types like modulation, analog and reverse. The pedal is quiet and is great for studio or stage. For a closer look check out the DD-7 manual online. Highly recommended!jupiterstrat

I haven't purchased a Boss delay for years. I did buy a DM-2 Waza to retire my vintage unit. I've just always been an analog delay guy. However, I bought the DD-8 on a whim because I needed a delay for a project that required some specific sounds. Namely a stereo reverse delay sound. I figured I'd give this one a try. This is a home run pedal. Every notch on the mode knob yielded usable and inspiring delays. The only part that I haven't used is the looper but if it works like the other modes, I'm sure it's excellent. No regrets here on this one. It might even knock a Strymon delay off of my main board.JV

Really delivers a lot for the price point. I wanted a delay to do nearly everything and do it well, and this does it. I'm more of a digi, tape & analog delay user, and I don't care much for the more "out there" options, but they are fun to mess with. I use this in mono 99% of the time, so my only gripe against the pedal doesn't really matter much at all. I wish it had a wider stereo field and wish it had a ping pong options in settings, but again, I use it in mono mostly, so no big deal. The DD-200 is super easy to dial in and presets work simply. I like that it has a dedicated Manual mode so I can just use it without worrying about presets. Awesome delay.KC

I have been looking for gear which does a great job but which I don’t need to programme or wade through sub menus to change parameters. UA have nailed it with this series of pedals.Reviewed by Andertons Music Co.

The UA Starlight is a fantastic delay. Sounds great through clean and overdriven sounds. Very tape like. I've had basically all the high-end delay pedals and I have to say this pedal is far better than 90% competition. If you enjoy the thick sound of tape but hate the spooling nightmares this is the right pedal for you. 400mA power supply required.Sean H.

Great acoustic pre-amp/DI box with lots of useful things apart from EQ and compressor. I would have liked a tremolo effect, but having delay, reverb, quiet foot switches, a tuner and a looper makes it a winner. Well designed and laid out and easy to use in a solid metal box.Howard H.

Just great piece of kit for the acoustic player everything you need in one box. Easy to use I haven’t gone live with it yet but won’t be long before I do. Well worth the 💰Reviewed by Andertons Music Co.

Legacy but legendary. Great for live performance. I have a Line 6 POD HD400 will all DL4 functions inside, however limited capability for live twicking. POD's looper is basic and useless, DL4's looper allows reverse and 1/5 speed. Very creative instrument.menzib

you can get a nux delay force for 50 bux shipped here on ebay that does pretty much everything this does at an off the hook 250. even USED these are overpriced. the stock unit is nothing particularly special. the fun factor comes with modification, at which point it becomes both useful AND kinda cool…. provided you can obtain one cheap enough to be worth modifying. i know this is sacrilege, but for the money a line 6 costs, you can find a plethora of other pedals with the same or better features for significantly less. these are cool i guess, but not THAT cool for what they ask for them. seriously, the dang nux is a better deal. more models, better sampler with more time etc… do your homework and research. line 6 stuff sounds like line 6. you'll love it or hate it. stock, my vote is "meh". modded so you can access the looper via footswitch, and so you can access both heel down and toe down of the 3 presets and it becomes a bit more palatable. me? i'd buy something else. seriously. don't fall for internet hype written by 12 year olds with daddy's credit card. i've been playing electronic guitar for 48 years. i have played almost every piece of gear out there. this one is good, but not as great as you usually hear.phatjbp

The worst piece of equipment I've ever paid for. Worked for a just a few weeks (sitting on my floor untouched, no gigs) then dropped dead for no reason. Pulled the "chip" out of it, reinserted it, and it worked again for a while (shouldn't have to do that with a brand new piece of equipment anyway). Then it died again, this time for good. Chucked it in the trash where it belongs. This thing is more stress than it's worth. Will NEVER buy another Line6 product again.zjpaul

This analog echo box is amazing. It's echo is warm and musical and so un-like the sterile digital delays of the 80's and 90's. It sounds awesome with my big Gretsch guitar. It truly sounds like the tape echo I had back when I was young. Any combination of settings makes good sounds, slap-back, standard echo, strange Pink Floyd sounds and of course, sound-on-sound feedback. The volume level stays the same engaged or disengaged. If I had paid $100 I'd be happy. Having paid about $27 makes me enjoy it all the more. Buy it, you will not regret this purchase.mega-dada

Nothing negative can really be said about this pedal; a great range of effects can be produced in a pretty simple way with only three controls.The VD400 really is an analogue-esque kind of effect; set the intensity to more than 70% and you will get self oscillation provided the echo isn't at full zero. When oscillating, changing the rate leads to some old school sounds like what you'd hear if you varied the playback speed of a cassette.Put the rate between 85-100% and some compressed reverby sounds can be achieved with various echo/intensity settings – reflective small room sounds to muffled kind of bathroom to public address system type verby-delay.The only thing I could possibly complain about is that the rate will only go as slow as 300ms (roughly three repeats a second). I have Roland cube60 so I'm used to being able to have repeats as slow as about 2 repeats per second (which is a huge difference!) for those really chilled semifunk riffs.Still, this pedal is pretty great, and for $25 I'm pretty glad I made the purchase. I've used it mostly with ma bass and found that the tone has to be set kinda bright or it gets muddy, but that's bass for you!I'll probably never use it but the direct out (dry signal output) is a convenient feature that some may find very handy.DrummerKat

Legacy but legendary. Great for live performance. I have a Line 6 POD HD400 will all DL4 functions inside, however limited capability for live twicking. POD's looper is basic and useless, DL4's looper allows reverse and 1/5 speed. Very creative instrument.menzib

you can get a nux delay force for 50 bux shipped here on ebay that does pretty much everything this does at an off the hook 250. even USED these are overpriced. the stock unit is nothing particularly special. the fun factor comes with modification, at which point it becomes both useful AND kinda cool…. provided you can obtain one cheap enough to be worth modifying. i know this is sacrilege, but for the money a line 6 costs, you can find a plethora of other pedals with the same or better features for significantly less. these are cool i guess, but not THAT cool for what they ask for them. seriously, the dang nux is a better deal. more models, better sampler with more time etc… do your homework and research. line 6 stuff sounds like line 6. you'll love it or hate it. stock, my vote is "meh". modded so you can access the looper via footswitch, and so you can access both heel down and toe down of the 3 presets and it becomes a bit more palatable. me? i'd buy something else. seriously. don't fall for internet hype written by 12 year olds with daddy's credit card. i've been playing electronic guitar for 48 years. i have played almost every piece of gear out there. this one is good, but not as great as you usually hear.phatjbp

The worst piece of equipment I've ever paid for. Worked for a just a few weeks (sitting on my floor untouched, no gigs) then dropped dead for no reason. Pulled the "chip" out of it, reinserted it, and it worked again for a while (shouldn't have to do that with a brand new piece of equipment anyway). Then it died again, this time for good. Chucked it in the trash where it belongs. This thing is more stress than it's worth. Will NEVER buy another Line6 product again.zjpaul

I haven't managed to go through every setting on this, due to me finding a few happy spots quickly and very easily. I really appreciate the mash switch and ability to load presets. This pedal is a lot of bang for your buck.Reviewed by Andertons Music Co.

As far as options and sounds go, it's a fantastic pedal, especially at that price point. The toneprint app isn't the easiest to use, especially through a USB connection to an android device, but then again it is a great option that most pedals don't offer. My issues with this pedal are that it's unreliable; mine turns off, or turns on the effect, without any input from the user. Right in the middle of playing, randomly, it will shut off, or turn on! You can see how this is a problem ! Like I mentioned the problem is pretty random. Sometimes it goes weeks without issuues, other times it will do it several times during the day. In hindsight, I would have purchased something else.MV

Amazing sounds! A pedal chock full of possibilities without even going into its endless Toneprint options. Since I work as a film composer it’s great having this many features in a single pedal. I’m able to cascade a tape into an analog into a digital delay creating these deep and luscious ambiences. Highly recommended! Nothing quite like it in it’s price range.Reviewed by Andertons Music Co.

Great pedal, can create some great ambient washes and stacked delay sounds. It does take a while to explore all the possible options though. But that's down to the user, not the pedal. Don't get this if you just want a basic echo. But if you are into ambient/post rock/shoegaze, it is fantastic.Reviewed by Andertons Music Co.

A seriously powerful delay pedal. Tons of options and can do any type of delay imaginable. The Timefactor also has enough options to do very convincing chorus and reverb effects in addition to ambient delays. I will say this pedal has a steep learning curve, however the benefits outweigh the drawbacks by far. Take the time to learn Timefactors functions and be rewarded with unlimited flexibility. Sound quality or studio quality.Matt

This is just the most complete top-quality multi digidelay you could have on a pedalboard. With an Expression pedal you can do things like lengthen (or shorten) the repeats (and/or modulation, et al), vary the speed your signal ping-pongs between the two outs(!), or whatever it is you'd like to change while you're playing. Yes, it comes with about 50 or so pages of how-to, but it's not really that involved. Keep it handy since it contains the parameters and values for various knob assigns for the different delay-types. For example, one knob changes the tape-delay 'flutter' intensity in the Echo mode; the same knob may be a hi-cut for the repeats in DigitalDelay mode. The delays are studio-quality, lush, and varied. My most-used variety is the gated 'Ducked' delay, that won't start the repeats until you finish your phrase (the sensitivity is, of course, adjustable). Here's the only less-than-amazing things about this unit (I've had mine for about 2 years now, btw): ~~~The bottom is covered with a thick sheet of non-slip rubber that Velcro will just NOT stick to. I'm really surprised such a p-board effect would do that (they certainly could've enclosed the rubber piece and allow the buyer to decide if their delay was going on the floor, or a pedalboard–and use it or not). So, there's that. ~~~The way this unit is designed there are only 2 patches available per Bank, and if you click up one bank, you'll have to scroll all the way around to get back. I was able to lock the scroll at 2 banks, and I assigned the Bank 1/2 switching to a generic one-dimmer-switch 'channel switching' switch (this unit has two pedal-out jacks, for one of these and an expression pedal. So I got around that, and have 4 delay-settings available (2 per bank; 2 banks on) without TOO much tap-dancing, but it's kind of over-sprawled my amp-loop board. I replaced it for a while on my board with a Vox DelayLab; the Vox was slightly bigger than this TimeFactor (they're both real-estate hogs), but it had 3 patches per bank, which cut down on the tap-dancing on stage. Before long, though, I missed the sounds of the 2 separately-adjustable simultaneous delays in my TimeFactor. You've probably figured out by now that this may be a lot more Delay than a lot of folks need or want. I mostly use mine these days for particularly spacey passages in 'Classic Rock'-type stuff (All Along the Watchtower, 1983, A Day in the Life, etc). There are some mighty good digital delays around for about half what this one costs; if you just need a reliable digidelay for slapback, echo, or Cheap Drama Moments, you'd be better off with one of those. If you'll get inspired by the best studio-quality stage delay (of any type) you could have, or want to put those 'Ambient Washes' under your sound, you may need this one.hippiekarl

This is a fantastic delay. I always had a bad impression of digital delays from years of dealing with cheap ones… but this thing sounds great. The repeats are clean without harsh artifacts. The tap tempo is easy to use and a great tool to have. And the ratio knob makes this a Swiss army knife of delay styles. This kicked my carbon copy to the curb.joefordish

I’m not the type to dig too deeply into the technical side of things. All I know is that I gig often, and I love how easy this pedal is to use live. Love the tap tempo and the sounds I can get from this from subtle to spacey. Ease of use is very important to me when I’m on stage, and this one delivers. I also love the slight volume boost I get when the pedal is engaged….I use it for solos quite a bit.Joey

I use one of these pedals through my FX Loop, and one in front of the amp. You can set this pedal as extreme as you like, or dial it back just to add a touch of color to your tone. You cant go wrong… The only thing that I would say is close to bad is the blue light is a little bright and makes it hard to see the controls, but it looks coolslamminred

This thing is fantastic! Yes, it is digital but don't let that put you off. Positives: 1) There is no background noise. 2) The sparkle and snap of the input signal is retained at the output, nice and lively. 3) The extra depth and speed knobs used moderately give a cool 3D sound. 4) You will find simple chords and phrases sound so awesome. 5) It takes OD's and distortion pedals well. 6) You will not want to turn it off, only turn down the level for different songs. 7) It's made in the good-old-USA.James

I REALLY like the sort of left-of-center approach of this pedal, I just found it to be a bit less than user-friendly in a couple ways. Maybe it was just the specific unit I received, but for one thing, the actual rubberneck feature did not adjust its parameters anywhere near as usefully/gradually as I thought, and for another thing, the concentric pots kind of stuck to themselves and would turn together when I didn't want them to. Maybe the latter would be set-and-forget knobs for others, but a sort of third strike I would give the pedal is that sounds which work well clean don't work as well dirty and vice versa, so I found several parameters WOULD need to be tweaked live. I'm definitely tempted to keep it as a studio tool, but I think I'm just going to return it and keep the gear wheel of life turning. The search continues.AnxiousParakeet-60961

Excellent all-round delay with well-defined but not overly percussive repeats, creating a really nice wash in the background on certain settings. Amazing control of the repeats themselves, with a wide range of sounds available from the modulation section. You have to be careful with the gain/tone controls as turning them up allows the repeats to self-oscillate much more easily. The only thing that confused me was a tendency to self-oscillate as delay time was increased, which is the exact opposite of what I normally see in analog delays. I strongly recommend getting the FS3X footswitch for the on/off modulation control, and to allow easier use of the "rubberneck" function.Reviewed by Andertons Music Co.

The pedal sounds incredible, and the price was a major discount. Shipping was fast and free too. There is a learning curve with how interactive the controls are. You have the ability to make weird, unconventional sounds at the extreme settings, and the lush, beautiful sounds are there but take some tweaking and understanding of how the controls work together, specifically with the modulation, but it is all there. The great thing is that the knobs are large, the pedal is well built, and the switches are easily accessible, so you can change settings like true bypass or trails, and it is all easy to read. I am really excited about the pedal and the sounds that it makes, having only played digital delays in the past, none of which can get close to the sound that this has.myersgeneral

I've been very happy with the EH Nano-series pedals I've purchased. They are compact, affordable, rugged, have true bypass switching, and sound excellent. The Memory Toy is no exception. This is a real-deal analog delay with a very useable delay range that will take you from rockabilly slap back to longer, trippier repeats. The tone is old-school analog, with repeats that are dark and lush with some background hiss, just like the vintage BBD units. This pedal will easily self-oscillate, if that's your thing, but I generally prefer to dial back the feedback knob so that the repeats aren't too overpowering. The mod switch is a nice bonus. I had to play with the internal trim pot a bit to get it to where the effect is noticeable but not "seasick" sounding. If you try this adjustment, just make sure you locate and adjust the right trim pot (T8, If I remember correctly) because there are a bunch of them inside. If you are looking for crisp, uncolored, precise repeats, then you really want a good digital delay. This thing is dirty sounding-but in the best possible way.Tubehed

it doesnt work…chorus and delay are not seperate functions as told and it needs battery and power supply to function as delay pedal which i had to fit myself. chorus option doesnt work at all. even now it works intermittently. when working see belowReviewed by Andertons Music Co.

I can get this pedal to do three things: a very subtle reverb that adds a touch of space, a room-like reverb, and a super long-tailed ambient reverb that's so expansive it almost sounds like it's mixed with delay. There are other reverb pedals for a bit more money that have more options built into them-spring, plate, hall, room, shimmer, modulated reverb, and so on. With this pedal I find it difficult to switch between the different sounds since it's a lot of knob fiddling. It does sound absolutely killer, which is why I gave it 4 stars, but I don't recommend it if you want to easily switch between different types of reverb. For me it will be more of a "set and forget" pedal for long ambient reverbs.Andrew

I was recently using one pedal board for all my guitars, and the chorus I had was mainly designed for use with acoustic guitar. Now I'm rearranging things to have one board just for my electric guitars and all I needed was a basic chorus pedal of quality build and tone. I knew from reviews the JHS 3 series was perfect for me. I've been playing for 57 years and have owned pedals in the $100 to $500 range to provide my chorus effects. No matter if I had mulitple options in some stomp boxes I usually settled on a good subtle setting, so I knew there was no need for me to get anything fancier than the JHS. It sounds are good as the little blue Boss Chorus I bought way back in 1980.Jon

With an expression pedal it gives a lot of sounds for the money and the basic sound of the preamp, a copy of the Echoplex preamp, sounds great. I only wish there was an option to turn the delay down to 30ms. 80ms is just a bit to big for ambience.Reviewed by Andertons Music Co.

Overall: This is purely a review on the quality of the product itself not based on the sound. For the price I am beyond disappointed on the quality of this pedal. The knobs are gritty, and make a noise when you twist them. They are so tall that your toes will hit them every time you turn the pedal on and off. The on/off buttons feel fragile, they won’t last very long. One the most infuriating things about this pedals design is the expression switch. It’s a inch away from the on off switch and like with everything else on this pedal feels fragile and will most likely get stepped on and broken off. The box is grey and the labeling is light blue which makes reading the pedal harder than it should have to be. Over all I’m feeling stupid for spending $400 after tax on this pedal.Nick

I was a little skeptical of these cheaper Fender pedals, since I own alot of high end boutique pedals. But I was looking for something simple to use and at a great price. Fender knocked it out of the park with the Hammerone line. Don't let the price fool you they are a high quality good sounding addition to your board. And they actually look pretty cool. For the price and quality you will not be disappointed, I highly recommend them as a matter of fact I got 3 of them.Doc Kimmer