Foxgear Echosex Baby

The Foxgear Echosex Baby is a compact delay pedal that reimagines the vintage Binson Echorec, the Italian drum echo machine whose swirling, worn repeats shaped countless records. It is a shrunk and stylized version of the Gurus Echosex delay pedal, built by Foxgear as a smaller, more affordable entry in the Echosex line¹. MusicRadar describes it as an Echorec-inspired delay without tap tempo, made at a third of the price of the Echosex 3º, and notes that Steve Lukather has used it in the past².

From the Gurus Echosex to the Baby

The Echosex line began with Gurus Amps' Echosex2, a pedal that Pedal of the Day describes as reimagining the famous Binson Echorec³. Delicious Audio calls the Baby "a shrunk and stylized version of the Guru Amps Echosex delay pedal, which was inspired by the vintage Binson Echorec"¹. When Gurus teamed up with FoxGear, the two companies began creating a line of smaller, more affordable pedals, and the Baby is the result³.

One difference from the original matters to Echorec fans. Tone Island notes that the main change is that there are not multiple playback heads, the feature that gave the original machine its characteristic overlapping rhythms⁴. The Baby trades that for size and price: Tone Island points out that you can now get Binson Echorec tones for less than a third of some of the other drum echo pedals on its list⁴.

Controls

The Baby carries five knobs, and Pedal of the Day lays out what each does³:

Tone Island adds that playing with the tone and age controls yields some interesting tones, with control over repeats, delay time and level⁴.

The Age knob is the one that gives the pedal its vintage flavor. Delicious Audio says it "adds vintage character to the repeats"¹, and Pedal of the Day describes it as setting the age of damage, adding some modulation and random pitch shifting, much like the wear on a real drum echo machine³.

No tube, no tap tempo

Two practical points set the Baby apart. First, the price: MusicRadar notes that you can now get Binson Echorec tones for less than a third of some of the other drum echo pedals on its list⁴. Second, the enclosure: the pedal comes in a pedalboard-friendly, space-saving package, though Guitar World's reviewer points out that the stompbox enclosure is molded, so getting inside the pedal isn't that easy³. On the sound itself, the same reviewer's verdict was simple: "And most importantly, the pedal sounds fantastic," describing a lush and warm sound⁴.

What reviewers said

Pedal of the Day found classic, vintage echoes coming out of a seemingly simple effect, with the same warm sounds you would expect from a delay like this, and called it possibly the last delay you'll ever need³. Tone Island's verdict was blunt: "And most importantly, the pedal sounds fantastic," with a lush and warm sound⁴.

One practical note from Tone Island: the stompbox enclosure is molded, so getting inside the pedal is not that easy, something to know if you like to open up and modify your pedals⁴. On the other side of the ledger, Pedal of the Day praises the pedalboard-friendly enclosure and space-saving size³.

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