The Benson Amps Delay PT2399 Echo is a Benson Amps delay pedal. Close alternatives include the Electro-Harmonix Nano Deluxe MM and the Dunlop MXR M299 Carbon Copy Mini. It pairs well with the Port City Merino Head and the Port City Pearl 50.

Benson Amps Delay PT2399 Echo

Benson Amps · pedal

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.

  • delay
  • slapback
  • echo
  • ambient
  • modulation
  • chorus
  • analog
  • boutique

Good for

  • Live
  • Studio

Genres the Benson Amps Delay PT2399 Echo is commonly used in

  • Indie
  • Ambient
  • Lo Fi
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  • Post Rock
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  • Rockabilly
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  • Shoegaze
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Amps that pair well with the Benson Amps Delay PT2399 Echo

Port City Merino Head

Port City

32% match
$1899via Reverb

Run Port City Merino Head after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm

Port City Pearl 50

Port City

32% match

Where this leans bright, Port City Pearl 50 answers back warm

Dumble Steel String Singer

Dumble

tonal match

Where this leans bright, Dumble Steel String Singer answers back smooth

Fender Prosonic

amplifier

tonal match

Where this leans bright, Fender Prosonic answers back warm

Gibson GA-50

Gibson

tonal match

Gibson GA-50's warm balances out the bright tone

Orange BT1000H Terror Bass 1000-Watt Bass Amp

Orange

tonal match
$747.19via Reverb

Orange BT1000H Terror Bass 1000-Watt Bass Amp's warm balances out the bright tone

Orange Terror Bass

Orange

tonal match
$782.78via Reverb

Run Orange Terror Bass after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm

Orange Little Bass Thing

Orange

tonal match
$708.76via Reverb

Where this leans bright, Orange Little Bass Thing answers back warm

Pedals that stack with the Benson Amps Delay PT2399 Echo

Catalinbread SFT

Catalinbread

9% match

Catalinbread SFT leans warm right where the bright tone needs it

Artec RSV-3 Resovibe

Artec

9% match

Run the Resovibe's optical, vintage-voiced swirl after the PT2399's slapback echo settles, so the modulation moves a defined delay tail.

ZVEX Fuzz Factory

Zvex

9% match
$199via Reverb

Where this leans bright, ZVEX Fuzz Factory answers back smooth

Catalinbread StarCrash Valcoder

Catalinbread

9% match
$111.99via Reverb

Keep Benson Amps Delay PT2399 Echo's slapback voice out front: Catalinbread StarCrash Valcoder goes after Benson Amps Delay PT2399 Echo in the signal chain so its spring voice doesn't muddy it

Orange - Vintage Distortion

Orange

tonal match

Run Orange - Vintage Distortion after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm

SolidGoldFX Commodore Breaker Overdrive

Solidgoldfx

tonal match
$159via Reverb

SolidGoldFX Commodore Breaker Overdrive's smooth balances out the bright tone

Behringer Chorus Symphony

Behringer

tonal match
$90.90via Reverb

Run Behringer Chorus Symphony after it and the bright edge settles into something more smooth

Dunlop Blue Hippo Optical Tremolo

Dunlop

tonal match

Dunlop Blue Hippo Optical Tremolo leans warm right where the bright tone needs it

Alternativessee all similar tone character →

Electro-Harmonix Nano Deluxe MM

Electro-Harmonix

77% similarity
$186.03via Reverb

Shared character: dark, repeats, clean_amp

Dunlop MXR M299 Carbon Copy Mini

Dunlop

76% similarity
$152.85via Reverb

Shared character: dark, repeats, clean_amp

MXR Analog Delay

MXR

73% similarity

Shared character: dark, repeats, chorus

J. Rockett Clockwork Echo

J Rockett

72% similarity

Shared character: dark, repeats, delay

Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man

Electro-Harmonix

72% similarity
$188.50via Reverb

Shared character: vibrato, chorus, delay

Strymon El Capistan

Strymon

72% similarity

Shared character: dark, repeats, delay

MXR M169 Carbon Copy Analog Delay

MXR

70% similarity
$140via Reverb

Shared character: dark, repeats, delay

Pigtronix Constellator

Pigtronix

70% similarity
$109via Reverb

Shared character: dark, chorus, delay

JHS Pedals JHS 3 Series Tape Delay

JHS Pedals

96% similarity
$99via Reverb

similar tone character

Malekko Electro-Harmonix Memory Toy Analog Delay

Electro-Harmonix

96% similarity

similar tone character

Walrus Audio Meraki

Walrus Audio

96% similarity
$599.99via Reverb

similar tone character

Red Witch Binary Star

Red Witch

96% similarity

similar tone character

See all alternatives to the Benson Amps Delay PT2399 Echo (cheaper + boutique) →

Questions people ask

What are good alternatives to the Benson Amps Delay PT2399 Echo?+

The closest matches in character are the Electro-Harmonix Nano Deluxe MM, the Dunlop MXR M299 Carbon Copy Mini, the MXR Analog Delay.

What pairs well with the Benson Amps Delay PT2399 Echo?+

Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Port City Merino Head, Port City Pearl 50, Dumble Steel String Singer — Run Port City Merino Head after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm.

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