Old Blood Noise Endeavors

Its range covers delay, reverb, chorus, tremolo, flanger, octave and fuzz pedals, plus utility boxes such as the Signal Blender and an AB/Y switcher, and expression control accessories like the Expression Slider and Expression Ramper³⁴⁵.

The story: founded in Oklahoma

Old Blood Noise Endeavors is based in Oklahoma, and its pedals are hand-made there¹. Press coverage of the Setback release notes the pedal is "Hand-made in Oklahoma, USA"⁶. Beyond its home state and hand-built production, the company's product line tells most of its story: a long-running catalog that has been revised in generations, with V2 and V3 versions of pedals like the Reflector chorus and Black Fountain, and stereo reissues of earlier designs such as Black Fountain Stereo and Dark Star Stereo⁷⁸.

The company also runs a Utility series of supporting boxes, which the Split Meld HK was built to fit alongside¹.

Known for unusual effects and phase repetition

Two threads run through the OBNE catalog: reverse playback and phase repetition.

Phase repetition. The maker states plainly that "Phase repetition is a unique effect to OBNE"². It appears in pedals like the BL-52 Phase Repeater and the Dweller Phase Repeater.

Reverse effects. OBNE has returned to reverse playback repeatedly. Guitar Pedal X described Setback as "its ultimate reverse effect pedal," a reverse delay with stereo output, onboard presets and MIDI control⁶. Earlier reverse designs include the BL-44 Reverse, Rêver Reverse Delay and Reverb and Minim Reverb Delay and Reverse.

The BL series that carried much of this work, including the BL-44 Reverse, BL-37 Reverb, BL-82 Chorus and BL-13 Octave, has been discontinued⁶⁹¹⁰¹¹, and those pedals now show as sold out in the maker's store¹²⁹.

Presets, expression and control

Recent OBNE designs have moved toward deeper control, while older pedals keep simpler layouts.

The company also makes expression accessories. The Expression Slider is a fader for any pedal with an Old Blood style expression input, and the maker has confirmed it works with all Old Blood pedals as well as pedals from Chase Bliss, Meris, Earthquaker Devices, Empress, Montreal Assembly, Red Panda, Strymon and EHX³. The Expression Ramper automates expression control²¹.

Availability: sold out pedals and discontinued lines

A player shopping the maker's own store will find a large share of the catalog listed as Sold Out. As of late October 2026 that includes Minim, Signal Blender, Procession, BL-37 Reverb, BL-13 Octave, Blackcap, Mondegreen, Sunlight, BL-44 Reverse, Whitecap, Dark Light and Black Fountain V3 + Tap Tempo^{12922232425262711}.

Manuals and support

Old Blood Noise publishes instruction manuals for its pedals, linked from each product page. Manuals are available for pedals including the Signal Blender, Blackcap, Expression Slider, BL-37 Reverb and Expression Ramper, and the maker also lists a pedal power supply among its products^9281132114.

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