Benson Amps Tall Bird Plus vs Laney Secret Path
The Benson Amps Tall Bird Plus and the Laney Secret Path are both pedals. The Benson Amps Tall Bird Plus leans harmonically rich. The Laney Secret Path leans ambient and shimmer. Current prices: $2386.31 vs $150.31.
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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
Laney Secret Path
Laney · pedal
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$2386.31via Reverb
$150.31via Reverb
The Benson Amps Tall Bird Plus is an all-tube-driven spring reverb and tremolo unit from Benson Amps, Portland, Oregon. The reverb section uses an EL84 power tube driving a spring tank capable of sounds from classy shimmer to wild chaos and self-oscillation. The tremolo circuit offers both harmonic and conventional optical tremolo modes with hand-tuned LDRs and an ultra-wide sweep range via a custom three-pole oscillator. Front panel controls include Dry, Dwell, Wet, Size, Depth, and Speed. Described by GuitarPlayer as producing rich and evocative reverb and tremolo comparable to excellent vintage amps. Priced near two thousand dollars. Not a standard stomp box; a floor-format tube unit.
The Laney Black Country Customs Secret Path is a hand-built British reverb pedal with three voices: a bright, springy Spring reverb, a smooth Plate reverb, and the Secret Path mode, a dark, brooding reverb suited to ambient and deep atmospheric soundscapes. Mix, tone, pre-delay and size controls shape each voice. Holding the footswitch engages an enhanced mode that adds modulation to the Plate and Spring settings and an ethereal shimmer to the Secret Path voice. Stereo outputs widen the sense of space and the pedal accepts an expression pedal. Ultra-quiet switching and a tri-colour mode indicator suit dark stages.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- country
- Ambient
- Country
- harmonically rich
- ambient
- shimmer
- modulated
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Occasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.- Live
- Studio
- Live
- Studio