Taurus Pedals Acid Reflux Delay

The Taurus Pedals Acid Reflux Delay is a delay pedal and the maker's first offering in the world of delay. Pedal of the Day's reviewer, Mike B, described it as "a powerful and very analog-ish delay, with warm tones and gorgeous echoes around every turn"¹. It sits in the delay pedals family, using three straightforward controls rather than presets, tap tempo or extra features.

Controls

The pedal keeps things simple with three knobs, each covering one part of the delay effect. The Feedback knob controls the number of the repeats, the Delay knob adjusts how long the delay signal will be, and the Mix controls how affected your original tone will be¹.

The Mix control matters especially with delay, since it lets you decide how much of your dry guitar tone comes through against the echoed signal¹.

Sounds it can cover

With the Delay and Feedback knobs rolled back a bit, the reviewer found the pedal gives off "a very cool, retro, surf-rock style sound, a chime-y but bold reverb-type sound"¹. Pushed the other way, with the controls cranked up, "the delays are warm and rich, and the trails filter off nicely into the unknown"¹.

It also covers ambient playing. Turning up the delay and fading in the delayed signal with your guitar's volume knob, or a volume pedal, produces ambient swells¹. For that use, a volume pedals unit in front of the delay is one way to do it.

Package and verdict

The pedal comes in a small package with what the reviewer called killer graphics¹. His overall view was that "this delay will be able to find room on any pedalboard and compete with any other delay as well"¹.

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