The Chase Bliss Habit is a Chase Bliss Audio delay pedal. Close alternatives include the Ibanez Layer Delayer and the JHS 3 Series Delay. It pairs well with the Fender Deluxe Reverb and the Fender Bassman Combo Amp.
Chase Bliss Habit
Chase Bliss Audio · pedal
The Chase Bliss Habit is a compositional delay pedal built around a continuously recording three minute memory buffer, described by its maker as a delay with a memory that stores everything played so it can be revisited later. A Scan knob navigates through that recorded history, a Spread control blends multiple points in time together, and two banks of modifiers reshape the echoes into tape delay emulation, dissolving repeats, and shrinking subdivisions. It offers up to sixty seconds of delay time, two preset slots, tap tempo, MIDI, CV, and expression control, plus a Feed mode that routes output back to input for layering processed sound on itself. Sonically it ranges from conventional, musical echo to never-before-heard, glitchy loops and transitions. It suits ambient, experimental, and compositional players who want to treat a delay line as raw material for building new phrases out of past playing rather than a simple slapback or repeat effect.
What stands out
“Sonically it ranges from conventional, musical echo to never-before-heard, glitchy loops and transitions”
— from the listing
“On the downside, its compositional, scanning-based workflow is a significant departure from how most delay pedals work, so players expecting a straightforward slapback or ambient echo will need real practice time to get useful results”
— from the reviews
“The Chase Bliss Habit is a compositional delay pedal built around a continuously recording three minute memory buffer, described by its maker as a delay with a memory that stores everything played so it can be revisited later”
— from the listing
“In the chain it rewards being fed varied, dynamic playing since the Scan and Spread controls draw on whatever was recently recorded, and its Feed mode lets processed output be routed back into the input for increasingly dense, self-layering…”
— from the community notes
“experimental”
— from the listing
- echo
- ambient
- delay
- experimental
- digital delay
- layering
- mix
- musical
Good for
- Live
- Studio
Genres the Chase Bliss Habit is commonly used in
- Experimental
- Ambient
- Lo Fi
cited
Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Post Rock
cited
Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Rockabilly
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Shoegaze
cited
Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
Amps that pair well with the Chase Bliss Habit
Fender Deluxe Reverb
Fender
13% matchFender Deluxe Reverb leans toward bright, and that's a real, usable character to pair with
Comes earlier in the signal chain
Fender Bassman Combo Amp
amplifier
13% matchFender Bassman Combo Amp leans toward crunchy, and that's a real, usable character to pair with
Comes earlier in the signal chain
Pedals that stack with the Chase Bliss Habit
Electro-Harmonix Small Stone
Electro-Harmonix
9% matchRun Electro-Harmonix Small Stone after Chase Bliss Habit in the signal chain, where it won't crowd Chase Bliss Habit
Comes earlier in the signal chain
ZVEX Fuzz Factory
Zvex
9% matchZVEX Fuzz Factory's own fuzzy character is the real reason this is worth trying
Comes earlier in the signal chain
Tech 21 SansAmp
Tech 21
9% matchWhat Tech 21 SansAmp brings here leans toward bright — that's worth building a pairing around
Comes earlier in the signal chain
Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress
Electro-Harmonix
8% matchKeep Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress after Chase Bliss Habit in the signal chain, where it won't crowd Chase Bliss Habit
Comes earlier in the signal chain
Alternativessee all similar tone character →
Ibanez Layer Delayer
Ibanez
64% similarityShared character: practice, delay, ambient
JHS 3 Series Delay
JHS Pedals
60% similarityShared character: delay, ambient, mix
Caroline Guitar Company Kilobyte 2000
Caroline Guitar Company
60% similarityShared character: delay, ambient
Ernie Ball Expression Series Ambient Delay
Ernie Ball
60% similarityShared character: delay, features tap tempo, ambient
Wampler Faux Tape Echo
Wampler
59% similarityShared character: delay, features tap tempo, ambient
Strymon El Capistan dTape Echo
pedal
59% similarityShared character: delay, features tap tempo, ambient
Fender space delay
Fender
58% similarityShared character: delay, features tap tempo, ambient
Death By Audio Echo Master Mic Stand Clip v3
Death By Audio
58% similarityShared character: performance, delay, ambient
Fender Hammertone Delay
Fender
58% similarityShared character: delay, practice, ambient
T-Rex Replica Delay
T Rex
58% similarityShared character: delay, mix
Dunlop MXR M299 Carbon Copy Mini
Dunlop
57% similarityShared character: delay, ambient, mix
Electro-Harmonix Pico Canyon
Electro-Harmonix
57% similarityShared character: delay, features tap tempo, ambient
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Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Chase Bliss Habit?+
The closest matches in character are the Ibanez Layer Delayer, the JHS 3 Series Delay, the Caroline Guitar Company Kilobyte 2000.
What pairs well with the Chase Bliss Habit?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Fender Deluxe Reverb, Fender Bassman Combo Amp, Electro-Harmonix Small Stone — Fender Deluxe Reverb leans toward bright, and that's a real, usable character to pair with.