Kodex Audio's GFX-91w 10-Second Modulated Digital Delay comes with a really intriguing and easy-to-deploy form factor

I first glimpsed this pedal on my friend Andy Ebsen’s Effect Boutique site - while the image there wasn’t suitable for my use. I always intended to do an article on said very interesting looking pedal - which for me is kind of a pedal equivalent to a Casio G-Shock watch. In fact it really just needs those hexagonal corner bumpers to complete that look. In fact I’m surprised that a pedal brand hasn’t properly borrowed more from the G-Shock style by now.

In any case this is a pretty neat and actually quite potent digital delay with really smart parameters and controls - and that really cool form factor. It’s a Mono delay pedal - so not really perfect for my stereo rig - but it has a lot going for it. Including that useful screen and those handy slider controls - the same type as is seemingly used by my good friend Vitalii over at Drunk Beaver on a couple of this Pedal Drop pedals too.

Controls - Time (up to 10 seconds), F.Back, Mix, Damp (LPF Filter), Age (Degree % Random Modulation), Range button : 10-400ms / 100-1000ms / 500-9999ms, Presets button : 1-4 (0 is Manual mode)[Hold to Save], Subdivisions button : Quarter / Half / Eighth / Dotted Eighth / Quarter Triplets / Eighth Triplets, Tails button : On / Off [Hold to change BPM<>MS on display], Tap Tempo Footswitch, Bypass Footswitch.

There’s really quite a lot going on here and there are very few compact digital delays that carry it off with quite this much flair. If I had a mono rig and was in the market for a versatile digital delay - then this would surely be one of the top candidates.

Kodex was formerly Ground FX - as can be seen in the residual naming convention of the pedal, this business is based in Germany as far as I’m aware.

The GFX-91w is available from the Kodex Audio Webstore and Effekt Boutique - where it goes for  €299 / $278 / £219. It comes in several different colourways - including a glow-in-the-dark edition.