Various · Time

Analog Delay

The TGP take

Dark, degrading repeats that sit behind the note instead of on top of it. Set short for slapback thickness, long for atmosphere, and never louder than the dry signal.

Best for

Lead toneAtmosphereSlapback

Tone character

WarmDegradedSpacious

Players associated with it

Often used alongside

The standard

Fender Stratocaster

The most adaptable electric guitar ever designed. Three single coils, a five-way switch and a vibrato that rewards a light touch — it covers Hendrix, Gilmour, SRV and Mayer without ever pretending to be more than a plank, a neck and some wire.

GlassyArticulateVintage

More from the Pedal Case

Overdrive

Ibanez Tube Screamer

Not really a distortion — a midrange lens. Set the drive low, the level high, and it turns a decent amp into a focused one. Half the blues and metal tones you love have one in front of the amp.

Mid-forwardCompressedFocused
Modulation

MXR Phase 90

One knob, one job, instantly recognisable. Sitting after the gain it adds that swirling movement to a rhythm part that flat DI-style tones never get.

SwirlingVintageAnimated