Old Blood Noise Endeavors releases Black Fountain Stereo oil can delay

March 25, 2025 · 3 sources

Old Blood Noise Endeavors announced the Black Fountain Stereo on March 25, 2025, a reprised version of its oil can delay that expands the original mono pedal to stereo operation¹². Guitar World reported the pedal builds on "the inimitable Black Fountain, a pedal that put OBNE on the map"¹, and Guitar Pedal X described it as evolving the compact Black Fountain Oil Can Delay in the manner of the company's Dark Star Stereo³.

The pedal is a delay that emulates the sound of a mechanical oil can delay². It offers stereo input and output, with mono or mono-in-stereo-out routing³. Controls include Rate and Depth for modulation, Tone for the warmth of the repeats, Grit for overdrive in the repeats, Feedback, Dry and Wet level, and a Space control that sets mono operation or stereo width and adds diffusion past noon¹². Each channel has its own Time control, with six subdivisions selectable by holding the tap tempo footswitch³¹². Holding the tap/aux footswitch also engages infinite feedback¹².

The Black Fountain Stereo has analog dry through, onboard presets, MIDI control over all parameters, MIDI clock input and output, and expression control, with any knob assignable to an external expression pedal³². It offers selectable buffered trails or true bypass modes, top-mounted jacks and soft-touch switching, and is hand-made in Oklahoma, USA³¹. It runs on an optional 9V DC power supply drawing about 350mA, not included³².

The pedal lists at $299 and is available now in Cream, Terracotta and Slate³¹². Guitar World reported no explicit mention of how many preset slots are available¹.