Toneczar Echoczar
If there’s one company on this list that
begs the brand “boutique,” its California’s
Toneczar, whose product line contains no
pedal cheaper than $345. This line contains
several types of effects, but it’s the Echoczar
we’re talking about here. If one were to pay
for the full Echoczar experience, it would
set them back a cool $1,260 (Echoczar
in a polished enclosure, plus Angel Baby
foot controller in a polished enclosure).
Devotees of the brand claim that this steep
price is absolutely worth it, and the feature
set backs this up. With the Angel Baby,
users have access to three delay channels
and three different chorus settings. The core
unit also contains controls for bypassing the
onboard effects loop, Vintage and Modern
modes, a Phase switch, a Multi-Head switch
that does both Slapback and Reverb, and
a Safety knob, which controls how hard
players want the feedback to introduce
itself into the signal. Three footswitches
adorn the unit: the requisite Bypass, channel
selector and Feedback switch, which sends
the delay spiraling out of control.
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