Alexander Pedals Oblivion Vintage Delay vs Electro-Harmonix Slap-Back Echo
The Alexander Pedals Oblivion Vintage Delay and the Electro-Harmonix Slap-Back Echo are both pedals sharing analog warmth, modulated, warm. The Alexander Pedals Oblivion Vintage Delay leans ambient. Current prices: $329.99 vs $56.36.
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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.48% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Rock
- Ambient
- Country
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- analog warmth
- modulated
- warm
- transparent
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$329.99via Reverb
$56.36via 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.
The Electro-Harmonix Slap-Back Echo is a dedicated analog slap-back delay pedal offering three fixed delay times — 45ms, 65ms, and 100ms — optimized for rockabilly, country, and early rock and roll single-repeat echo. Controls include Blend (wet/dry mix) and Level (up to 20dB of clean boost), with delay time set by a three-position switch. The 100ms setting delivers classic rockabilly slap; shorter settings produce tighter, drier doubling. A built-in low-pass filter at full wet mix darkens repeats to mimic tape echo rolloff. True bypass.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Blues
- Classic Rock
- Experimental
- Blues Rock
- Rockabilly
- ambient
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Occasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.- Live
- Studio
- Live
- Studio