Donner’s White Tape pedal should have been on my radar much earlier. In fact, I probably wouldn’t have gone out and purchased an Echoplex if I had tried this first. This analog delay pedal is based on simulating the classic tape echo sounds we all know and love. Except it not only does that incredibly well, it does it incredibly well in stereo.

The analog delay voice has a pretty decent in range in both the length and number of repeats. It also sounds a lot more authentic than I anticipated as well. The White Tape is also largely devoid of the two perils most cheap delay pedals face: short delay time and low output volume. Both of these problems are well displayed by another cheap analog delay, the Musiclily AD-01 I reviewed. So it was incredible to plug into this Donner box and feel right at home.

Then, just to add more to the fun, the White Tape can even get a little bit weird. With lots of tape echo saturation when you crank the mix and lots of tape echo oscillation when you crank the feedback! So while it isn’t the most beautiful, lush delay I’ve ever owned, it is like 80% of the way there, with a great price tag and unique feature set meant for stereo rigs. And in terms of the actual delay voicing here, there is more than enough quality to have this sit on your board as a go-to delay.