Dawner Prince opens pre-orders for Boonar Tube Deluxe delay

June 24, 2024 · 2 sources

Dawner Prince announced pre-orders for the Boonar Tube Deluxe on June 24, 2024, five years after a prototype of the pedal appeared in October 2019¹. The maker lists the pedal at $1,199.95²; pre-orders require a $200 deposit, with delivery aimed between late July and late September¹.

The Boonar Tube Deluxe is a mono in, mono out delay pedal with an additional balanced, transformer-isolated wet output¹. Dawner Prince describes it as a replication of the Binson Echorec 2 model T7E, the four-tap tube magnetic echo made in Italy in the 1960s². The maker says it updated its DSP virtual magnetic drum concept and added a dual-triode vacuum tube in the signal path and an EM81 Magic Eye tube level indicator, powered by high plate voltage². Delay time runs from 12ms on the first playback head to 950ms on the fourth². Four playback heads have separate switches for a maximum of 16 combinations, and each head has its own feedback button². Controls include Input, Bass/Treble, Echo Volume, Length of Swell, Drum Age and Drum Speed². A graphical interface screen handles presets, and MIDI program change messages recall up to 127 presets². The pedal has relay true bypass or tube buffer bypass, selectable from the main menu². A Clicker remote controller is included².

Dawner Prince says the device will be a limited run because of scarce NOS parts and will be available in batches². The maker's page showed the pedal sold out at the time of the announcement².

The two sources differ on current draw: Dawner Prince lists 800 mA², while Guitar Pedal X gives approximately 760 mA and a 1.5A adapter¹.