EarthQuaker Devices releases Parra Disaster Transport limited edition via Reverb

June 2, 2023 · 2 sources

EarthQuaker Devices and Reverb teamed up with the artist, skater and guitar player Pieter "Parra" Janssen for a special limited edition version of the Disaster Transport delay pedal, limited to 500 units and available now via Reverb, priced $249¹. Guitar World reported the release on May 17, 2023, and MusicRadar on June 2, 2023¹².

The pedal carries Janssen's enclosure art and the same features as the standard version¹. It has five dials: Speed, Intensity, Mix, Repeats and Time¹. The Time dial sets delay time from 30ms fully counterclockwise to 600ms at maximum¹². Repeats sets the delay feedback, from no repeats to self-oscillation, and Mix controls the volume level for the delay¹. Intensity controls how much modulation is in the repeats¹. The Speed dial works with a three-position Mod Speed toggle for slow, fast or medium rates, and a Mod Mode switch toggles between "Bend" and "Stretch" modulation voicings¹. There are two footswitches, one to activate or bypass the effect and one to bring the modulation online¹. Guitar World reports the footswitches use Flexi-Switch technology, which allows momentary and latch-style switching². The jacks are top-mounted¹.

MusicRadar describes the delay as improved, with a lower noise floor and a boosted output, and says it now sounds more like an analog delay than it did before¹. Guitar World describes the pedal as analog-voiced and digital, upgraded and filtered to "sound more like an analog delay than any of the previous iterations"².

The two reports differ on the price of the standard Disaster Transport Delay Modulation Machine Legacy Reissue. MusicRadar gives it as $219, with 3,500 units being made¹.