AboveGroundFX Rebote Delay

The AboveGroundFX Rebote Delay is a delay pedal whose circuit takes the dry signal to the output while maintaining its bandwidth integrity, then filters each repeat to resemble tape technology. Pedal of the Day, reviewing it in February 2020, called it "a deceptively simple-looking delay that conjures up vintage tape delay tones from decades gone by with ease."¹

What it does

The Rebote Delay sits in the tape echo tradition of delay pedals: instead of a modern digital delay voice, it aims at the darker, worn character of old tape machines. Its control section is deliberately simple, without what the review called "a fancy control section," and the reviewer suggested hearing it rather than judging it by its knob count.¹

The circuit splits the job between the dry and delayed signals. The dry signal passes straight to the output with its bandwidth integrity maintained, so your underlying tone stays full, while each repeat is filtered to resemble tape technology. That filtering of the repeats is what gives the echoes their tape-like quality as they decay.¹

With a maximum delay time of around 560 milliseconds, the pedal is aimed at classic analog-style delay sounds rather than long ambient repeats. The reviewer's verdict was that you are "sure to be able to dial in a killer analog tone in no time."¹

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