Third Man Hardware and Black Mountain launch the Roto-Echo delay pedal

August 27, 2025 · 6 sources

Third Man Hardware and Black Mountain announced the Roto-Echo delay pedal on August 27, 2025¹. The pedal is a compact delay with an integrated roller wheel that lets players change delay parameters with their feet while playing²¹.

The Roto-Echo has three knobs, Time, Blend and Feedback, and a slider switch that selects which of the three the roller wheel controls¹. Black Mountain calls the wheel mechanism Freewheel Technology²³. MusicRadar describes the circuit as built around a PT2399 echo/delay chip¹; Pedal of the Day says the signal path combines digital delay processing with analog circuitry⁴, while RockBoard's PedalPedia lists the circuit type as analog². MusicRadar gives a delay range from a 30ms slapback setting up to about 600ms¹; Pedal of the Day states 60ms to 588ms⁴. The pedal is true bypass¹⁵, takes 9V DC center-negative power at 100mA²⁵, and is built to take a player's full body weight²¹. It is the same size as a regular Boss-style pedal²⁵; Guitar Pedal X describes the enclosure as 1590-BB-sized with side-mounted input, output and power sockets⁶.

MusicRadar reports a price of $279 and says the pedal comes in black or limited edition yellow¹. Guitar Pedal X lists the standard pedal at $279 and the Third Man yellow edition at $299, available exclusively from the Third Man Hardware store⁶. Gearnews gives an MSRP of $279³.

MusicRadar reports that Jack White has already used the Roto-Echo when recording No Name and that it was on his touring pedalboard¹. Pedal of the Day attributes the Freewheel wheel system to Black Mountain founder Cole McBride⁴.