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Recent years have been kind to the analog delay fetishists among us. Not long ago, if you wanted those deliciously dirty delays you had to pay big bucks for vintage BBD (bucket brigade delay) effects such as the iconic Boss DM-2. At one point an original 1990s Way Huge Aqua Puss (a DM-2 clone) could fetch $2,000 on eBay. (Note to self: You should have sold yours then, dumbass.) But now, thanks to both renewed interest in this perfectly imperfect effect and the ready availability of new-production BBD chips, you can snag a great-sounding retro delay for a couple of hundred bucks.
Two traits distinguish analog BBD delays from digital ones: darker-toned echoes and a unique sort of distortion I’ve always thought of as “crumbly.” It’s easy to fake those dark tones digitally, but the quirky distortion is difficult to model (though a few new pedals and plug-ins are finally nailing it). Still, the quickest way to get a BBD sound is with a BBD chip.
Some nouveau BBD effects, like JAM Pedals’ original Delay Llama and the popular Dunlop Carbon Copy, are simple, three-knob affairs in the DM-2 vein. Others introduce new wrinkles. And then there’s JAM’s reimagined Delay Llama Supreme, which has more wrinkles than a litter of Shar-Pei puppies.
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