Electro-Harmonix reissues Slap-Back Echo analog delay in Pico chassis

February 2, 2023 · 6 sources

Electro-Harmonix released the Slap-Back Echo analog delay reissue, the maker's product page lists the year released as 2023¹. The original first appeared in 1978², and Guitar World reports it was produced for only a short time in the late 1970s³. The reissue is priced at $81¹⁴⁵³⁶².

The pedal is an all-analog, mono design built around bucket-brigade (BBD) circuitry, with true bypass¹. EHX describes it as delivering "subtle doubling effects to intense bathroom reflections"¹. The controls are a Gain knob, a Blend knob and a Time switch¹. EHX says the Gain knob boosts the signal by up to 20dB and sits before the echo circuit, and that the Blend knob sets the wet/dry mix at the output from 100 percent dry to 100 percent echo¹. The Time switch selects 45ms, 65ms or 100ms¹.

Guitar Player reports the reissue follows JHS Pedals founder Josh Scott asking EHX to bring the pedal back on The JHS Show in 2021⁴; MusicRadar likewise ties the reissue to that 2021 request⁵. EHX's page carries a Scott quotation:

Guitar Player describes the original as having a single blend knob and a filter on/off switch⁴. The reissue adds the Gain knob and the three-way Time switch, and Guitar World and MusicRadar both report it is smaller than the 1978 original⁵³. EHX lists the pedal among its delay pedals¹.