Chase Bliss Audio unveils Warped Vinyl HiFi vibrato/chorus pedal

December 27, 2023 · 2 sources

Chase Bliss Audio has updated its Warped Vinyl analog vibrato/chorus pedal with a new HiFi version¹. MusicRadar reported the pedal on July 17, 2020, and said it was available from December 29 and up for preorder at that time¹. Delicious Audio's page carries an updated date of December 27, 2023².

The pedal is a "true pitch" analog vibrato/chorus with an all-analog signal path, according to the manufacturer². Chase Bliss says every knob and switch is connected to a little digital brain while the guitar signal stays 100% analog and never gets digitally processed². MusicRadar describes it as an analog/digital hybrid and says it offers the original's analog chorus/vibrato tones with digital control¹. Delicious Audio calls it an analog vibrato/chorus with an unthinkable amount of switches, including dip, toggle and button types².

Chase Bliss lists several changes from previous versions: a lag knob for chorus tones, reduced noise, and more transparent and brighter tones². MusicRadar lists a lag control for more "lush" chorus tones, a tone control for more HiFi/shimmery sounds, a hold feature for on-the-fly control of ramping and LFO, and a more transparent tone with lower noise and more headroom¹. MusicRadar reported that Chase Bliss considered the differences enough to warrant the HiFi name rather than a mk3 label, and that the mk2 was being discontinued regardless¹.

Delicious Audio gives the price as $379². MusicRadar did not give a price¹.

The pedal sits among vibrato pedals.