Alexander Pedals Oblivion Vintage Delay vs Chase Bliss Thermae
The Alexander Pedals Oblivion Vintage Delay and the Chase Bliss Thermae are both pedals sharing ambient, analog warmth. The Alexander Pedals Oblivion Vintage Delay leans modulated. The Chase Bliss Thermae leans dark.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.45% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Ambient
- Experimental
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- ambient
- analog warmth
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$329.99via Reverb
The Alexander Pedals Oblivion Vintage Delay is a four-mode DSP delay emulating distinct vintage archetypes: TAPE delivers warm magnetic tape echo with progressive treble and bass rolloff per repeat, ANALOG BBD provides warm murky bucket-brigade character with optional modulation closest to vintage BBD units, OILCAN produces dark dirty repeats based on 1960s electrostatic delay lines for psychedelic textures, and MULTI delivers clean multi-head delay with eight playback-head combinations for complex rhythmic echo patterns. Delay range is 10ms to 900ms. Features tap tempo, expression pedal morphing between two stored settings, MIDI, and four preset slots.
Chase Bliss Thermae is an analog delay pedal built around four reissued MN3005 bucket-brigade chips that can be sequenced and modulated to generate melodies, reveal hidden textures, and push delay times out to 32 seconds. Short, simple echoes stay warmly musical, while longer echoes and high feedback settings devolve into dark, drenched-in-wobble analog chaos more felt than heard, aided by a low-pass filter that can turn feedback into a drone. It is aimed at experimental and ambient guitarists and sound designers who want an analog delay capable of far more than repeats, at the cost of a steeper learning curve than most delay pedals. Its bucket-brigade heritage gives every echo a woolier, warmer decay than digital delays typically produce.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Rock
- Blues
- Country
- Classic Rock
- Electronic
- modulated
- dark
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Occasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.- Live
- Studio
- Live
- Studio