Delay Pedals

Think of the kind of sounds you want to achieve. Standard digital delays will give you a straightforward sound, analogue delays offer vintage warmth, and those who want in-depth control should look at digital multi-delays.

Analogue delay pedals use 'Bucket Brigade Device' (BBD) chips and digital delays use 'Digital Signal Processing' (DSP) chips. With digital delay pedals, you get potentially-endless crystal-clear repeats while analogue has shorter delays with warm organic-sounding decay.

Delays are usually placed after distortion, overdrive and boost pedals but before reverbs. However, you can experiment with pedal order to achieve unique and interesting tones.

For achieving big and ambient delay sounds, you can run multiple delay pedals into each other - which is called "stacking". The interaction between different delay lengths and types opens up complex and atmospheric sounds.