outstanding ambient musical
cloud. The sound of the
subtle delay blooming into
chaotic self-oscillation via
the tap switch is a thing of
beauty that makes it worth
the price to me.
improved dramatically, and
guitarists have a wealth of
options when it comes to
full-featured digital delays
and tape echo emulations.
Those take care of the
need for extra-long delay
times. But in my opinion,
I rarely get excited about
every guitar player needs
slapback delay, but the
Tonal Recall delivers some of an analog delay. There’s
the most satisfying slapback something special about the
warmth and space it adds to
I’ve ever heard. It is rich
a signal, and even the best
and thick, and the short
digital emulations seem to
delay time makes it bright
be lacking just a little bit of
enough to stand out in just
the right way. I found myself that authentic analog mojo.
The Chase Bliss Audio Tonal
playing on that setting for
Recall is an outstanding
the better part of an hour,
analog delay toolbox that
getting lost in a rockabilly
would perfectly compliment
train of thought. I almost
slicked my hair back and got your digital delay, and it
a pinup girl tattoo—almost. will add glorious old school
warmth to your signal chain.
The lack of noise in this
At a street price of $399, it
pedal is evidence of its
is more spendy than many
high quality. There is the
analog delays, but those
slightest bit of clock noise
boxes can’t do what this
at maximum delay times,
one does.
but it is barely noticeable
playing solo guitar, and
not noticeable at all when
played in the context of a
band. This is, after all, an
analog delay, so there’s no
need to be concerned
about that.
WHAT WE LIKE
Analog delay toolbox
with awesome tone.
Options galore. Selfoscillation by holding
down the tap switch.
CONCERNS
May have more options
than some players are
looking for.
Digital delay pedals have
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