Phantom Limb – Discomfort Designs official store

Phantom Limb is a compact pedal that’s a combination delay and looper. The looper side is actually nine separate loopers with individual random playback triggers. Their probability of triggering is controlled by one knob called ‘Chance’.  A ‘Length’ knob determines the length of the loops. It’s a beautiful mess.

Since all kinds of unexpected things can happen with random loopers, the loop buffer can be locked, replaying portions of the last few moments. When locked, the ‘Length’ and ‘Chance’ knobs will scan through the buffer and dynamically change the length. This is definitely my favorite part.

All of that loopy madness goes into the delay side of the pedal. The delay has three modes: clean, drifting modulation, and pitch shifted. It’s weird, but that’s what we’re here for.