SpaceTimeTap £235

The SpaceTimeTap features digital repeats, while the dry signal remains resolutely analogue in a parallel path through the pedal so there’s no messing with your original tone. While the Time, Repeats and Mix knob are standard for any delay pedal, you do get some adjustment of the sound of the repeats via a three-way tone switch that reduces top-end. The Bright setting gives you the most clarity with repeats that naturally mimic your guitar tone, while the Mellow and Dark settings are progressively less bright and melt away really nicely into the ether.

With probably the three most-used time divisions, the tap tempo footswitch is a practical asset and its MagTraB switching works brilliantly in a tap tempo context, delivering what might just be the smoothest we’ve seen in a delay pedal. While you could get a decent multiprogram delay pedal for the same price, this pedal’s virtue is that it just does the essential but does it so very well.

VERDICT Basic facilities for the price, but it scores on sound quality and simplicity of use