DELAY- MXR M309JOSHUA Ambient Echo ___NEW___ first new pedal for 2024

MXR| M309 

 joshua 

ambient echo

$240.00 USD

I have a really big pet hate about these units. It is simple. I believe a guy should be able to plug in a pedal and pick a few tunes he knows how to play and instantly hear something  bordering on usable on at least one out of every few tunes. What the guy gets is red and yellow stripped beer farts swamping his dry guitar sound. WTF. 

Yes I am being facetious but there is literally a new ambient Delay on offer every week. Disney only needs a new Star Wars soundtrack every year or two. What are they needed for ...I underline ...NEEDED.

So what is this one all about. Well I am hopeful. The sounds are from the best of those from the last century. The Joshua does no have the word tree added but we all get the hint. As such they tend to be, dare I say it? Usable. 

CONCLUSION ___

Well for a start MXR have had the go to analog Delay for years although reissues and gourmet builders using NOS parts have 

grabbed much of that. MXR do as a rule just like Boss make a 

usable pedal. This appears to be one. It does for one thing a 

few basic very good vanilla sounds. So after a  week of 

making Sci Fi sounds in your bedroom and the novelty 

wore off you will still have a usable pedal. 

the fine print

Back when Noah got off the Ark and most of the EchoPlex pedals got water damage he invented the  

Electro Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man.

There are now 4 variations on offer. The big but is  Movall just brought out a very impressive

clone. So for $32.00 USD with free shiping on AliExpress you getcha-self an ambience delay.

No, like the original there there isn't any tap tempo.

I will not digress into why but in my opinion I never use one even if it comes on a unit. 

 I have one on order so if you can wait. I will do a 'Hands On' when I get it. 

 

UPDATE 

It arrived!!! If  instead of Movall it said JHS, Wampler or Gourmet Pedal U.S.A. etc. 

and cost me a couple of hundred and a bit I would not be more impressed!!!!  

The pedal is beautifully made and sounds killer. The damn thing 

is a total steal!!!!