Electro-Harmonix Pico ReRun vs Mad Professor Deep Blue Delay

The Electro-Harmonix Pico ReRun and the Mad Professor Deep Blue Delay are both pedals sharing analog warmth, warm, slapback. Current prices: $114.37 vs $174.92.

Similarity
citedBlended 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.

51% — moderately similar

Shared genres
citedGenres both listings are associated with.
  • Rock
  • Ambient
  • Indie
Shared tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • analog warmth
  • warm
  • slapback
  • ambient
  • transparent
Citation fame
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Price

$114.37via Reverb

$174.92via Reverb

Description

The Electro-Harmonix Pico Rerun is a compact tape delay based on the tape algorithm from the Canyon Delay and Looper, recreating the warm sound and behavior of vintage tape echo with modern convenience. It offers up to three seconds of delay, tap tempo, three Flutter modes for tape style pitch wobble, and Blend, Decay, Saturation and Feedback controls to dial in warm, saturated, characterful repeats. From clean slapback to warm, fluttery, degrading echoes, it captures vintage tape vibe in a tiny enclosure. It suits rock, indie, ambient and roots players who want warm, tape flavored delay with flutter and saturation in a space saving pedal, as the tape voiced counterpart to the cleaner Pico Canyon Echo.

The Mad Professor Deep Blue Delay is a boutique delay designed to capture the warm, natural sound of classic 1960s tape echo units while using a hybrid digital delay line with a fully analog, unfiltered dry path. Its bandwidth roughly matches vintage tape echoes, and the repeats are carefully tuned around the first critical reflection and how each echo decays, giving an organic, vintage-oriented character that blends beautifully with an amp. Crucially, it is engineered to work well with distorted tones, an application where many delays fail, keeping the dry signal uncolored and clear. Compact with a simple control set, it suits players wanting musical, tape-flavored repeats for slapback, rhythmic delay, and ambient trails without tone loss, equally at home with clean and overdriven rigs.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
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  • Blues Rock
  • Blues
Good for
citedOccasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.
  • Live
  • Practice
  • Busking
  • Live
  • Studio

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