Benson Amps V3205 delay

The Benson Amps V3205 delay is a delay pedal built around the classic bucket brigade V3205 chip, announced as a prototype in June 2022 alongside a sibling pedal based on the PT2399 echo processor. At that point it was not yet available to buy: the company said there was still some time to go before release, with the V3205 described as about 10 months out from June 2022¹. For players researching delay pedals, it is worth knowing that the pedal Benson later brought to market was the PT2399-based Benson Amps PT2399 delay, not this V3205 version¹.

What it does

The V3205 delay is a delay effect, the pedal category that repeats what you play to produce echoes. What set the announced version apart from its sibling was the chip at its core: where the PT2399 pedal used a digital echo processor common in karaoke machines, the V3205 was described as the classic bucket brigade type, the analog delay approach associated with vintage echo units¹.

Controls and footswitches

Both pedals in the June 2022 announcement shared the same control layout:

Next to a bypass footswitch, both pedals also featured a Hold foot switch¹.

Prototypes and the final enclosure

The pedals shown in June 2022 were prototypes: dual-footswitch stomp boxes enclosed in a white chassis. Benson indicated the final product would be compact and probably not white, though the company noted it might do runs of the big box ones for fun¹.