DESCRIPTION:
Demo of the “In Limbo analog echo and chorus” pedal by New Zealand company Skeleton-Prince FX. The In Limbo is a analog delay in the ballpark of the EHX Deluxe Memory Man Tap Tempo 550. With this, it shares the concept of a digitally controlled analog delay with full analog signal path; with tap tempo including subdivisions, modulation and expression pedal control. Also, both use four Panasonic MN 3008 bucket brigade chips to generate the delay.

The demo also features a Rittenhouse Guitars ’62 strat, a Buffalo FX Power Booster (replica of the 18v Colorsound Powerbooster) and a Vintage Sound VS112P / Vintage 15 amp (Blackface Princeton clone with 12" speaker).

Jonny from Skeleton-Prince FX (appearantly now renamed to “Eightytape”) is currently working on a follow-up version, called the “Limbo II”. This will bring several improvements, like allowing 9V operation and 100% wet mix. Check this thread: http://ilovefuzz.com/viewtopic.php?f=263&t=47007

Strengths of the Electro Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man Tap Tempo 550 (and the very similar EHX Deluxe Memory Boy that uses cheaper bucket brigade chips):
– Can be operated with standard 9 V pedal power supplies (In Limbo needs 15 to 24 V)
– Tap tempo subdivisions can be easier selected, current selection is clearly visible (on the in Limbo, it's “press tap footswitch and turn delay time knob”, with no visual indicator)
– Subdivisions include 4th triplets and 8th triplets (in addition to the subdivisions offered by In Limbo: 4th, dotted 8th, 8th and 16th)
– external send/return loop
– (Only Memory Man:) Expression pedal can also control delay mix (in addition to delay time, feedback, modulation speed and depth, as available on the In Limbo and on the Deluxe Memory Boy)
– (Only Memory Man:) external Tap Tempo input jack

Strengths of the Skeleton-Prince In Limbo:
– small pedal board friendly size of 117 x 92 mm (EHX boxes are 146 x 121 mm)
– cheaper than Deluxe Memory Man Tap Tempo 550, though using the same chips (yet still more expensive than the Deluxe Memory Boy)
– great “hold tap footswitch to increase feedback level” function (I just heard that the DMMTT can do this, too; the Deluxe Memory Boy can't)
– more modulation waveforms (Sine, Sawtooth, Square; unfortunately no triangle)
– unique “ARP” modulation of the delay time, see video
– looks great

I didn’t have the chance to do A/B comparisons yet, so I can’t comment on sound quality comparisons or quality of tap tempo detection. However, the In Limbo sounds great IMHO.

Recorded with a Zoom H1 recorder in front of the amp, a Canon 650D and a Sony RX100 photo camera. Audio from all three devices mixed in Adobe premiere, with no effects / postprocessing other than cuts, fades and mixing volume levels.