“A hugely creative tool with the power to unleash spooky, ethereal sounds, or take you on a full-on psychedelic hippie freakout”: Electro-Harmonix Pico Attack Decay review

The transient shaper you've needed all your life – but just didn't know it yet

Electro-Harmonix Pico Attack Decay
(Image: © Future / Phil Barker)

Guitar World Verdict

On the face of it, the Pico Attack Delay is a pretty unassuming pedal, but delve deeper and it’s got dozens of possibilities – plus it’s small enough to take up very little space. We like it!

Pros

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    Capable of dialing in some interesting variations in attack.

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    Compact and affordable.

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    Something different entirely.

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    Slow fade setting is very cool.

Cons

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    A little niche for some, but you've got to try it.

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There are some effects that fill us with excitement, and others that instantly sound like the pedal equivalent of your sensible keyboard-player mate who doesn’t like fun. 

The Attack Decay’s name might fool you into thinking it lives in that ‘utility’ category, and in all honesty, once we tell you that it is a transient shaper – modifying the envelope of your input signal’s sound wave – that perception probably won’t change. 

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