Lone Wolf Blues Company Harp Delay Pedal

THE LONE WOLF HARP DELAY®

DELAY DESIGNED FOR HARP

A GUITAR VERSION IS NOW AVAILABLE BY SPECIAL ORDER

To my knowledge this is the first delay designed for harp offered to the public, it is not a tone sucking modded guitar delay but a tone enhancing harp delay. The dry portion of the signal passes through a buffered input and high value coupling capacitors assuring maximum bass response along with slight filtering of the treble frequencies. The echo portion passes through 5 low pass filters to provide maximum warmth. This is a digital delay that has all of the warmth of an analog delay and then some.

The circuit is centered around a chip that has a low noise rating, < -90dbv, low distortion, < 0.5%thd, 44k digital processing and is capable of up to 300ms delay. The input is FET buffered for high impedance to provide proper loading for your favorite crystal or cm mic. The delay has a true bypass; the gain has been reduced to prevent solid-state distortion and is balanced to have an overall gain of 1x so that the level is the same when bypassed. The warmth comes from the superior bass response, distortion free performance and the filtering which reduces the highs more on every repeat providing the effect of a distancing echo. This delay has an even better roll-off in high frequencies than the Boss analog delay. The delay operates off of a 9 volt battery or a 9vdc power supply plus it has added filtering to prevent noise generated from improperly filtered power supplies and reverse polarity protection. The battery is switched off when an external power supply is used and the LED is on when the delay is in and is off when the delay is in bypass. The mic IN jack acts as the on/off switch. The Harp Delay© is guaranteed to please even the most die-hard analog delay fan.

To make it all just a little easier Lone Wolf is now offering a power supply for US and EURO customers to power your Harp Delay. The ac adapter requirements are 9V DC with a minimum 200mA output and a 2.1mm x 5.5mm connector with a negative center and the outer positive. Because of the high current draw that is typical of delay pedals battery life is short (around 12 hours) and to prevent noise from low battery voltage it is recommended to use a power adapter.

Ryan Hartt gives you a rundown on using the Lone Wolf Harp Delay

Thomas AKA "Harpsucker" compares some of the more popular delay pedals

You TUBE

Thomas Schied @ BLUES ALIVE Festival Sumperk CZ and Harp Delay

Check out Dennis Gruenling playing the HarpGear 2 and Harp Delay

Check out James Rossen playing chromatic and Harp Delay

SOUND SAMPLES

The following samples were produced Ryan Hartt of Ryan Hartt & The Blue Hearts using a Silvertone 1482 and a EV 606. Please take a minute to check out his site and some of his music he is a master of West Coast Blues and really swings. Links to their site are on the images.

This sample is with the delay in bypass, diatonic

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This sample is with the on and all effects turned all the way down, diatonic

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This sample is with the delay set to 4, repeat set to 4 and blend set to 10, chromatic

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This sample is with the delay set to 5, repeat set to 7 and blend set to 3, diatonic

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This sample is with the delay set to 7, repeat set to 7 and blend set to 10, diatonic

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This sample is with the delay set to 10, repeat set to 10 and blend set to 5, chromatic

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This sample is with the delay set to 10, repeat set to 10 and blend set to 8, diatonic

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This sample is with the delay set to 10, repeat set to 10 and blend set to 8, chromatic

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FEATURES

1. Delay Control
2. Repeat Control
3. Blend Control
4. Superior Bass Response
5. Analog Warmth
6. 9vdc Input (barrel with negative center)
7. True Bypass
8. Effect ON/OFF LED
9. High Impedence Input
10. Reverse Polarity Protection
11. 5 Year warrantee on parts and labor
12. If not satisfied return within 30 days undamaged for a full refund of the purchase price excluding shipping

The Harp Delay® is priced at $155.00

AC Adapter is priced at $13.00 (recommended)

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REVIEWS

Ryan Hartt of Ryan Hartt and the Blue Hearts writes:
"I think this is a fantastic product! Don't go looking for the sound of your Boss DD-3 or your Dan Echo. This pedal is built from the ground up specifically for harp with its own sound. Its the sound you were looking for when you bought those other pedals and couldn't get because they were made for guitar. From tone fattening slap back, to long Little Walter slow blues delays, to funky phaser/Leslie like doubling the Lone Wold Harp Delay does it to death!. I can't decide if I'm going to use my Boss DD-3 as a paperweight or a door stop."

Ian Collard of Collard Greens and Gravy writes:
"Hi Randy, the pedal arrived Friday and I gigged with it yesterday and loved it, huge improvement on my Maxon AD90, much warmer."

Another review reads:
"YOUR DELAY BOX LAY'S IT DOWN, MAN!
Here's what's cool: I rebuilt a 62' Harmony 305A and added a few components for bigger low end and a Weber 12A100 and now it's actually a pinch brighter with the box, which is just what an old time EchoPlex did to the tone. It still has that big low end with some added bright edge. I will say, though, that this box makes my dynamic mics come alive unlike any delay box I think I've ever heard. It reminded me of my Hohner buddy who has always used a 59 Champ, and a 545 with a Boss DD2, but I do think this was better. The bypass was pretty darn good too! So far? 2 thumbs up!"

Brian Purdy of HARPGEAR
“I like the pedal enough that I am going to start bringing it out with me on the road to demo with my amps. To me, that is the highest endorsement I can give of a product. I want my amps to sound their best when people demo them. I feel comfortable with how this pedal will make my amps sound when people ask to try the amp with delay. I know it won't take anything away from the amp and it will just enhance an already great tone.”
See Brian's review in its entirety at the HARPGEAR site under NEWS and check out the HARPGEAR lineup of great harp amps

Rev. Walter Herleman
Thanks Randy. I LOVE this thing! It's replaced an Ibanez AD-9 that I've used for the last 15 years. It's amazing how MUCH better sounding it is than any delay I've used. Before the AD-9 I had tried many different delay's, from stomp box's to rack mounts. I thought the AD-9 was great till I played through your Lone Wolf. There's really no comparison. It's just so much better sounding. Switched in, It's got a great fat delay tone. Switched out, It's just much more transparent. Great googlie, mooglie, this is the one!

Another review reads:
Randy, Just wanted to let you know how pleased I am with my Harp Delay pedal. What an awesome piece of gear! Talk about fat tone - it does great things for my overall sound. I've been playing harp for 40 years and have played through a lot of mics and amps, but with your pedal and my HarpGear amp I think I've finally found "my sound". It arrived on Fri. afternoon just in time to gig with on the weekend and I had a ball trying different settings in two very different rooms. I've just begun to explore all the possibilities and, so far, it's all good. Thanks for producing such a great effect for the harp community. Thanks Again, Jeff DeLong

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The Harp Delay is now PATENT-PENDING

Questions? Comments? email me at randy@lonewolfblues.com

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