PG contributor Tom Butwin walks us through a rugged, pedal‑board‑friendly delay that lets you shape time, feedback, and blend entirely with your foot. The Roto Echo features warm, gritty analog‑style echoes, intuitive real‑time control, and a design tough enough for full body weight. It sounds great on its own, but this wheel‐driven innovation opens up worlds of expressive possibilities.
Third Man Hardware and Black Mountain are excited to announce the innovative Roto-Echo delay pedal. Instead of tweaking delay parameters with your fingers, the pedal’s Freewheel® Technology allows players to change them with their feet in real-time as they play – a small change that leads to tons of creative possibilities. The Roto-Echo is built tough and players can put their full weight onto the pedal with no problem. It’s the same size as a regular Boss-style guitar pedal, and fits on any pedal board.
Key Features ● Foot-Controlled Adjustments: Change Time, Feedback, or Blend while you play. ● Analog-Style Delay: Warm, gritty echoes up to 600ms. ● Rugged Build: Built to handle full body weight on stage. ● True Bypass: Keeps your tone pure when switched off. ● Play Sitting or Standing: Built for performance. ● 9V, Center Negative Power ● Morph feedback from short to infinite repeats ● Ramp wet/dry mix for dramatic effect ● Sweep delay time to bend and warble pitch, and so much more
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Jack White’s Third Man Hardware and Black Mountain Designs have teamed up to release the Roto-Echo, a new delay pedal designed to give guitarists hands-free control over their delay parameters, in real time, while they perform.
At first glance, the Roto-Echo looks like a familiar-sized delay stompbox. It’s a foot-controlled delay pedal built for the stage and easily fits on a standard pedalboard. On top of the pedal, there’s a roller wheel—smooth, weighted, and spring-loaded. The player can assign that wheel to control blend, feedback, and delay time via a three-way toggle switch. The core delay circuit is based on the PT2399 chip, offering warm, gritty echoes from 60MS a slapback to roughly 588MS repeats.
What makes the Roto-Echo different is how those parameters can be shaped in the moment. The roller wheel responds to foot motion, and with practice, players can perform swells, shifts, or rhythmic changes in their delay sound as they play—no need to crouch down or dial knobs mid-song or rely on presets. Sound manipulation typically reserved for the studio is now easy to perform live.
Specs at a glance:
• Delay Time: 30ms to ~600ms (PT2399-based)
• Roller Wheel: Assignable to Time, Feedback, or Blend. Rated for full body weight.
• Power: 9V DC (center negative)
• Current Draw: <100mA
• True Bypass
• Compact design, pedalboard friendly
The new Roto-Echo pedal carries a street price of $279. For more information visit blackmountainpicks.com.
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