Caroline Guitar Company Kilobyte 2000

The Caroline KILOBYTE 2000 is Based on the original Kilobyte delay from 2013, described by many customers as their “gateway drug to boutique” because there was nothing else out there quite like it.

While the sound is still familiar and beautiful, the features have been expanded from the original and include special edition mods offered on the MEGABYTE release from 2020.

• Delay time up to one full second.

• Trails bypass and tap tempo control.

• A new sharpness control lets the user set the preamp’s gain range and its voicing from “bark” to “bite”

• A havoc control adjusts the intensity of the runaway effect when held down.

• An external FX loop allows you to put other effects just on the repeats of the delay, or to get a 100% wet signal for other applications.

Calling CGC's Kilobyte a “Lo-Fi Delay” was always more than just marketing. They deliberately compromised the dynamic range and frequency response to be different not only from other digital delays of the era, but also from other popular devices that used the PT-2399 “karaoke echo” chip. They didn’t smother it to make it sound “analog”, but they also didn’t try to clean it up. In fact, with a dedicated drive preamp just for the wet side, CGC wanted players to clip the repeater circuit and make it even nastier.