Pre-Owned Chase Bliss Habit

The Chase Bliss Habit: A Delay with a Memory

Experimental Delay Effects for Creative Exploration

The Chase Bliss Habit is not your everyday delay pedal. It's a time-bending echo machine with a built-in memory that continuously records the last three minutes of your playing. Whether you're crafting ambient textures, looping rhythmic motifs, or rediscovering moments you played minutes ago, Habit offers a truly novel approach to delay. With its blend of traditional controls and deep exploratory features, this pedal serves as both a performance tool and a creative sketchpad.

Intuitive Control with Deep Customization

Habit’s control interface strikes a rare balance between ease of use and advanced functionality. The SIZE knob acts like a standard delay time control, ranging from 50ms to 60 seconds without pitch warping. REPEATS offers infinite looping potential, while LEVEL balances your wet signal. SCAN and SPREAD interact with the pedal’s memory, allowing you to play from different moments in your recorded loop. A suite of modifier effects, ranging from tape-like degradation to granular glitches, are available for sculpting echoes in ways both musical and surreal.

Layered Memory and Self-Generating Sound

Unlike typical delays, Habit stores everything you play and allows you to recall it spontaneously or systematically. In MANUAL mode, you control the playback point like a tape machine with pre-delay. AUTO mode enables Habit to periodically recall moments from its buffer, blending the past with the present. Combine this with the SPREAD function and you’re effectively playing alongside a delayed version of yourself, one minute in the past.

Songwriting and Performance in a Pedal

With the COLLECT function engaged, Habit begins to overdub audio, letting you build lush compositions that evolve over time. Switch into FEED mode and your output gets re-recorded into the input, adding further depth and transformation to your loops. Whether you're building ambient passages or structured songs, Habit’s layered memory and feedback pathways invite continuous reinvention.

MIDI, CV, and Expression Ready

Habit’s back panel opens up even more potential for studio or live use. It accepts MIDI control for every parameter and responds to expression and CV for hands-free modulation. Pair it with external gear and Habit becomes a responsive, performance-grade instrument in its own right.

Specifications

• Power Requirement: 9VDC Center Negative (~150mA)

• Delay Time Range: 50ms to 60 seconds

• Memory Length: 3 minutes

• Modifier Effects: 6 unique modifiers, each with dual behavior

• MIDI Compatibility: Full parameter control and 122 preset slots (via Chase Bliss MIDIBox, not included)

• Input/Output: Mono ¼" jacks

• Accessories Included: Original box

• Power Supply: Not included

• Cosmetic Condition: Light scuffing and some dirt on bottom

This item is a pre-owned guitar effects pedal and ships fully insured with signature required.