About Delay Pedals

A delay pedal repeats your note after a short gap — slapback, dotted-eighth rhythm, or a long ambient wash. Pedal.ly stocks analog, tape-style, and digital delay, from compact boards to stereo workstations. If you already know you want vintage tape sound, start with our tape echo pedals.

How to Choose

• Slapback / country / rock: short time, one repeat. Analog boxes like the Way Huge Aqua-Puss or the NUX Analog Delay.
• Rhythmic / dotted eighth: tap tempo and a clear digital or hybrid delay — Source Audio Nemesis, Strymon Brig, or the Mooer D7.
• Ambient / post-rock: longer trails and often reverb in the same box — EarthQuaker Avalanche Run or the Source Audio Collider.

In Stock to Start With

• Strymon El Capistan V2 — tape echo benchmark.
• Avalanche Run — stereo delay + reverb, tap tempo.
• Nemesis — deep digital delay if you want presets and MIDI.
• Strymon Brig — dBucket analog-style without boutique-tape money.
• Walrus Fundamental Delay — compact digital, three modes.
• NUX Analog Delay — budget analog.

For time, feedback, mix, and genre settings, see how to dial in a delay pedal.

The grid below is everything we currently list in Delay.