Benson Amps Delay PT2399 Echo vs JHS Pedals JHS 3 Series Tape Delay
The Benson Amps Delay PT2399 Echo and the JHS Pedals JHS 3 Series Tape Delay are both pedals sharing slapback, ambient, analog warmth. The Benson Amps Delay PT2399 Echo leans modulated. The JHS Pedals JHS 3 Series Tape Delay 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.46% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Indie
- Ambient
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- slapback
- ambient
- analog warmth
- dynamic
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The Benson Amps Delay is a boutique analog voiced echo built around the PT2399 chip but carefully conditioned to sound warmer and more musical than typical PT2399 designs. Delay times span roughly 30 milliseconds to over 1.2 seconds, covering everything from tight slapback and chorus like doubling to long, decaying repeats. Drawing on Benson's background servicing tape and bucket brigade echoes, it produces ethereal, slightly unpredictable repeats that darken and degrade as they fade. A flexible LFO with sine, square and random waveforms adds chorus, vibrato and seasick warble or flutter to the repeats. It suits ambient, indie, psychedelic and roots players who want vintage tape style echo with modern reliability and creative modulation.
The JHS 3 Series Tape Delay is an affordable analog-voiced delay pedal that recreates the warm, vintage character of classic tape echo machines. It offers short slapback for rockabilly and country rhythm, rhythmic dotted-eighth repeats for U2-style atmospherics, and long cascading repeats for ambient soundscapes. The repeats are dark and organic, gently degrading like real tape, which keeps the delay sitting behind the guitar rather than cluttering the mix. Part of JHS's stripped-down 3 Series line with one knob per function, it is favored by gigging players who want authentic tape warmth without boutique cost or menu diving. It pairs naturally with both clean and crunch amp tones and feels musical across blues, indie, country, and ambient styles.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Rockabilly
- Blues
- Country
- 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