Alexander Pedals Rewind Programmable Echo vs Benson Amps Tap Tempo
The Alexander Pedals Rewind Programmable Echo and the Benson Amps Tap Tempo are both pedals sharing ambient, modulated, dynamic. The Benson Amps Tap Tempo leans shimmer and slapback. Current prices: $229 vs $279.
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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.47% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Ambient
- Post-Rock
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- ambient
- modulated
- dynamic
- analog warmth
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$229via Reverb
$279via Reverb
The Alexander Pedals Rewind Programmable Echo is a ten-mode stereo delay in the Leap Series with an OLED display, 32 presets across four banks, USB MIDI, and approximately eight times the DSP of the NEO Series. Ten modes: TAPE (Echoplex and Space Echo magnetic emulation), ANALOG (1970s BBD with optional modulation), DIGITAL (1980s rack-unit style with bit reduction), PITCH (delay with pitch transposer and arpeggio patterns), DUAL (parallel delay lines in mono, stereo, or ping-pong), DIFFUSE (echo plus reverb-style diffusion for ambient washes), REVERSE (up to 2.5 seconds of reverse playback), DYNAMIC (gate, bloom, or swell envelope modes), FILTER (resonant low-pass filter on repeats with LFO or envelope), and LO-FI (bitcrushed degraded delay with distortion). Street price 249 USD.
The Benson Amps Tap Tempo Delay is a boutique delay pedal from Benson Amps, a hand-built amplifier and effects company based in Portland, Oregon. It covers a 30 to 1250ms delay range with tap tempo synchronisation powered by the open-source Bontempo calibration technology, which eliminates the pitch-warping commonly associated with adjusting delay time while notes are ringing. An LFO section with three selectable waveforms — sine, square, and random — adds modulation to the repeats, ranging from subtle chorus-style movement to unpredictable, crumbling decay. Repeats degrade with an analog-style bloom and flutter character.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Experimental
- shimmer
- slapback
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Occasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.- Live
- Studio
- Worship
- Live