The Death By Audio Echo Master Black Plate is a Death By Audio delay pedal. Close alternatives include the Dunlop Echoplex All-Analog Dry Path Delay and the Donner White Tape. It pairs well with the Marshall Super Bass and the Fender Deluxe Reverb.

Death By Audio Echo Master Black Plate

Death By Audio · pedal

The Death By Audio Echo Master Black Plate is a limited edition version of the Echo Master analog echo pedal featuring a distinctive black faceplate finish. Delivers warm analog echo repeats in the DBA design character with the unique black plate visual identity. Brooklyn boutique construction from Death By Audio.

What stands out

  • “the death by audio echo master black plate is a limited edition version of the echo master analog echo pedal featuring a distinctive black faceplate finish”

    — from the listing

  • “Delivers warm analog echo repeats in the DBA design character with the unique black plate visual identity”

    — from the listing

  • “Strengths: Limited edition black plate finish provides visual distinctiveness while delivering identical Echo Master analog echo performance”

    — from the reviews

  • “Limitations: Collector-edition finish adds visual distinction”

    — from the reviews

  • “Use-case wise it suits DBA collectors and players who want Echo Master echo character with a unique visual”

    — from the community notes

Trade-offs

  • “In the signal chain delay sits after drive and before reverb”

    — from the community notes

  • echo
  • analog
  • warm
  • delay
  • dba design character
  • visual distinctiveness
  • visual identity
  • visual distinction

Good for

  • Live
  • Studio

Genres the Death By Audio Echo Master Black Plate is commonly used in

  • Lo Fi
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
  • Ambient
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
  • Rockabilly
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.

Amps that pair well with the Death By Audio Echo Master Black Plate

Marshall Super Bass

Marshall

24% match

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (warm → bright)

Where this leans warm, Marshall Super Bass answers back bright

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Fender Deluxe Reverb

Fender

24% match

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (warm → bright)

Fender Deluxe Reverb's bright balances out the warm tone

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Laney Richter

Laney

tonal match

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Laney Richter's bright balances out the warm tone

Mesa Boogie Subway D-350

Mesa Boogie

tonal match
$799via Reverb

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Where this leans warm, Mesa Boogie Subway D-350 answers back bright

PRS DG

PRS

tonal match

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Where this leans warm, PRS DG answers back bright

Vox MV50 Brian May

Vox

tonal match
$221.69via Reverb

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Vox MV50 Brian May leans bright right where the warm tone needs it

Fuchs ODH

Fuchs

tonal match
$1499via Reverb

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Run Fuchs ODH after it and the warm edge settles into something more bright

Soldano SLO-30 2-Channel 30W 1x12 Combo

Soldano

tonal match

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Soldano SLO-30 2-Channel 30W 1x12 Combo leans bright right where the warm tone needs it

Pedals that stack with the Death By Audio Echo Master Black Plate

Tech 21 SansAmp

Tech 21

24% match

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (warm → bright)

Tech 21 SansAmp leans bright right where the warm tone needs it

Comes earlier in the signal chain

EarthQuaker Devices Chelsea

EarthQuaker Devices

24% match
$177.80via Reverb

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (warm → bright)

EarthQuaker Devices Chelsea's bright balances out the warm tone

Comes earlier in the signal chain

IdiotBox Effects End of Line

Idiotbox Effects

19% match
$49via Reverb

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

IdiotBox Effects End of Line's bright voice goes after Death By Audio Echo Master Black Plate in the signal chain — it's not there to compete with Death By Audio Echo Master Black Plate's own analog warmth character

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Walrus Audio Lillian

Walrus Audio

19% match
$219.39via Reverb

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Keep Death By Audio Echo Master Black Plate's analog warmth voice out front: Walrus Audio Lillian goes after Death By Audio Echo Master Black Plate in the signal chain so its bright voice doesn't muddy it

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Alchemy Audio HBE Detox EQ

Alchemy Audio

tonal match

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Alchemy Audio HBE Detox EQ leans bright right where the warm tone needs it

CALIFORNIA WUB Continuum EQ Galaxy Man Edition

California Wub

tonal match

Comes earlier in the signal chain

CALIFORNIA WUB Continuum EQ Galaxy Man Edition leans bright right where the warm tone needs it

Free The Tone ARC-53M Audio Routing Controller

Free The Tone

tonal match
$774.30via Reverb

Free The Tone ARC-53M Audio Routing Controller's bright balances out the warm tone

Friedman Gold-72 Wah

Friedman

tonal match
$169via Reverb

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Friedman Gold-72 Wah belongs in front of Death By Audio Echo Master Black Plate, since a wah tracks picking dynamics best on the raw signal

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Dunlop Echoplex All-Analog Dry Path Delay

Dunlop

70% similarity
$209.99via Reverb

Shared character: delay, reverb, warm

Donner White Tape

Donner

68% similarity

Shared character: delay, reverb, warm

NuX Reissue Series Analog Delay

Nux

62% similarity
$49via Reverb

Shared character: analog, delay, warm

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61% similarity
$55via Reverb

Shared character: analog, delay

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60% similarity
$196via Reverb

Shared character: analog, delay

Lovepedal Echo Baby

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60% similarity
$70via Reverb

Shared character: analog, delay, warm

J. Rockett Alien Echo

J Rockett

59% similarity

Shared character: delay, warm, overdrive

Chandler DDL Delay

Chandler

58% similarity

Shared character: delay, warm

Wampler Metaverse

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57% similarity
$199via Reverb

Shared character: analog, delay, reverb

Caroline Guitar Company Kilobyte

Caroline Guitar Company

56% similarity
$199via Reverb

Shared character: delay, warm, overdrive

Way Huge Aqua-Puss Analog Delay

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Questions people ask

What are good alternatives to the Death By Audio Echo Master Black Plate?+

The closest matches in character are the Dunlop Echoplex All-Analog Dry Path Delay, the Donner White Tape, the NuX Reissue Series Analog Delay.

What pairs well with the Death By Audio Echo Master Black Plate?+

Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Marshall Super Bass, Fender Deluxe Reverb, Laney Richter — Where this leans warm, Marshall Super Bass answers back bright.

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