Benson Amps Delay PT2399 Echo vs Walrus Audio Fundamental Delay
The Benson Amps Delay PT2399 Echo and the Walrus Audio Fundamental Delay are both pedals sharing slapback, ambient, modulated. The Benson Amps Delay PT2399 Echo leans analog warmth.
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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.50% — moderately similar
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Ambient
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- slapback
- ambient
- modulated
- tight
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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 Walrus Audio Fundamental Delay is part of the brand's affordable, streamlined Fundamental series, proving how flexible delay can be in a simple, board-ready pedal. Uniquely among the Fundamental pedals, it features a Tap Tempo mode accessed by holding the footswitch, with a three-way switch selecting the musical subdivision, alongside sliders for the core delay controls and a mode switch for different delay voicings. It covers everything from tight slapback and rhythmic tap-synced repeats to longer, ambient trails, with the tonal integrity to sit on a professional board while staying friendly to newcomers. It suits players wanting good-sounding, versatile delay at a budget price, from rhythmic dotted patterns to atmospheric washes, in a compact, easy-to-use enclosure with the practical addition of tap tempo and subdivisions.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Indie
- analog warmth
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Occasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.- Live
- Studio
- Live
- Studio