That Pedal Show - Tape Echo: New Echoplex, Belle Epoch & El Capistan vs Fulltone SS
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In this episode Daniel and Mick follow up to a show from February 2016 where we put a genuine vintage Echoplex EP-3 up against some more modern delay pedals.
For this instalment we’ve swapped out the Echoplex for the modern production equivalent - a Fulltone Solid State Tape Echo - and selected the three new pedals for comparison for which we’ve had most requests. As you’ll hear, there are some spectacular performers in today’s video.
Pedals in this episode
• Strymon El Capistan
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• Catalinbread Belle Epoch
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• Dunlop EP103 Echoplex Delay
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• Fulltone Solid State Tape Echo
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• Kingsley Page Tube Boost
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Interesting bits and go-to sections…
• Fulltone Solid State Tape Echo explanation: 1:20 - 2:30
• Fulltone Solid State Tape Echo sounds: 3:00
• Strymon El Capistan explanation and sounds: 5:24
• Tape age / wow and flutter 8:15
• Reverb as well in the El Capistan! 10:48
• Catalinbread Belle Epoch explanation and sounds: 13:53
• Echoplex EP103 Delay explanation and sounds: 23:01, then 24:25 (sounds)
• A/B comparisons with all pedals: 30:31
Guitars in this episode
• PRS DGT Model 2008 - watch Mick’s video at bit.ly/2d8Xo2I
• Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster- watch Dan’s video at bit.ly/2dlZJ6K
• Fender American Vintage ’62 Stratocaster - watch Mick’s video at bit.ly/2cQv3yT
Amps this episode
• Fender Super Reverb Reissue with 4x10 Jensen P10R speakers
• 1964 Vox AC30 (normal channel) into 2x12 Celestion Alnico Blue speakers
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The EP103 can be run in stereo as well with TRS and a mode switch inside. Also can do WET or DRY plus Trails bypass
17:11 - 17:45 followed by Mick saying "that's a VERY inspiring sound" made me invest into the Belle Epoch because I was truly blown away by the grandeur and character of that sound!
The Belle sounds amazing - it's close, but I'd say it's the best of the bunch (of the 3 to the left of the Fulltone SS). It does such an incredible job at mimicking real tape echo.
I love my Belle Epoch so much that I considered upgrading to the Deluxe, mainly for tap tempo until I learned the Deluxe isn't quite the same pedal and is typically a little harsher. Even if you minimize the "tape" effects and run it clean, it's a very warm sounding delay but has a very natural sound - most warm ones don't sound natural to me. The Strymon is a great full featured pedal but if you run it clean, it sounds just like a Carbon Copy (great pedal, but not really warm)
I really like the Wampler Tape Echo too.
Hey Guys... this show is pretty much the only reason I ever plug my headphones into my laptop. Your sound production is always so great! Thats for setting such a high standard for guitar videos on CZcams.
Yep!
I prefer the El Cap, I actually like it more then real tale echo, i know crazy but true, the spring reverb is the icing on the cake, nothing better then a spring at end of the signal chain especially after taoe delay, the El Cap is a modern day classic.
Jesus, I thought i was sold on the El Cap with spring tank emu. Then the Belle Epoch blew my mind with proper tails. Then the devil came in - the Echoplex is a BEAST. Choices....
Dunlop Echoplex Delay is my pick.
With the Strymon Favorite switch (add-on), you can toggle between two sounds. So you could have a tight echo + reverb, then switch to a long delay with modulation. Not many pedals can offer that (without resorting to a huge box with presets and banks.) I wish more builders would add a "Favorite" feature - it's like having two pedals in one.
Wow the Dunlop is impressive though...
The catalinbread stuff is really great, I use the topanga and talisman reverbs, can't recommend them enough..
Eric Johnson has 3 Belle Epoch's on his Pedalboard for sometime now. That says something right there! 👍
Funny : my first EP-3 was 1973 and owned (3) since 1993 . Never had one problem with those old tape drives !
Bought the Echoplex.
Love it!
They’re all incredible. I’ve never felt this indecisive before.
El Capistan ! 🎛 been using mine for nearly two years will be using it again tomorow night at gig and continues to make me smile 😆 hoorah !!!
"It really does sound spectacular... shall I turn it off?" - Mick
JYelton Monty Python-esque
TPS is one of the few CZcams channels I put headphones on for.
SS sounds so alive, amazing. Just so different that it is at another level, in its own space outside of all the pedals in the video.
Update on the El Capistan reverb trick. Settings are both switches up, Time at 11:00, Mix anywhere between 11:00 & 2:00. You can use Tape Age, Repeats, and Wow & Flutter, but it will pull delays in... especially the Repeats knob. However, switches both up, and both Time and Mix knobs (in the suggested settings) turn the El Capistan into a useable spring reverb.
Compand is quite correct. Compression and Expantion. Companding is one of the functions of a DBX noise reduction unit.
With the Echoplex delay, only the delay signal has the pre-amp effect. You can run the seperate pre-amp pedal in front to affect your dry signal too. I would have liked the pre-amp in the delay to be switchable all on or off, but I prefer it the way it is to having the pre-amp always on colouring the whole signal.
With the belle epoch you can choose having the pre-amp always on, this allows the delay trails to keep running after the effect is disengaged . I use it as a buffer in the middle of my pedal chain, I'm so happy with it. I bough a Zero point Tape flanger from Catalinbread as well, quite happy with Them. Both work better with 18V.
But with the Belle Epoch you can achieve the dry signal is coloured by the preamp?
Speaking of preamps, I hope you guys get your hands on a Korg SSD-3000 (new pedal release?) for your Part 2 of the digital delay series... I chose the Boss DD500 because the Korg needed 600mA but I loved it, I should have kept it and used batteries...
Love love LOVE my El Capistan. I leave it on all the time - it's part of my tone.
simply no comparison whatsoever...the real tape delay is a rich musical instrument, the rest are road-worthy approximations. Binson Echorec is also the real deal...a totally awesome musical instrument you play with a guitar or keyboard... Thanks guys for these reviews...amazing to watch and hear!!
The Dunlop Echoplex tape Delay is the very best hands down
Once a week is not enough. I need more of this amazing show! x
Spot on Mick! The compander is exactly compression and Expander, the signal is compressed before recording and expanded during playback. It is a commonly used technique in telecommunication to minimize signal to noise ratio, and to transmit signals over a limited dynamic range :p
The preamp on the Maestro echoplex EP3 has a magical sound that the Fulltone can’t duplicate. While the Fulltone is a good tape delay the EP3 has that elusive sound that I have never been able to find with anything else and God knows I’ve tried. Even the EP4 did not possess this preamp sound. I love your show, keep up the great work.
Add the Xotic EP booster to your pedalboard and you’ll have it. It has the EchoPlex preamp and I leave it always on.
@@jammer777 I own one. It’s not the same. However I do think it’s a very good pedal.
I have an Ep-2 in perfect working order. It's an amazing sounding tape delay, but it never leaves my home studio. I tried a lot of tape style pedals and The Belle Epoch won out. I have Catalinbread's Echorec also, no pedal board should be without them. They make wonderful pedals.
Am I the only one who checks out what you guys do and try to repeat it on my modeller?
I guess it's like all the guys checking my jazz lessons and try to play metal with what I cover 😀
Hope you don't mind, I am really digging your videos!
Sneaky plug. Well done!
+Nick paflas Haha thanks! Well actually it is also real question as well, because I do wonder what people do with the info, and for me this is a really fun way to put it to use. Figuring out what amps go well with fuzz pedals and placement of the effects before the amp etc. has been really cool to mess around with.
Yeah, I do that all the time! The first tone that I heard and HAD to recreate was their Muffroom Cloud + delay from the quick delay times video.
Gabriel F Yeah, I though so! What modeller do you use?
Recently downgraded to an Yamaha THR10, and its small, but sounds amazing! For home playing, I think its one of the best options.
Thanks for listening to the request for more options. This follow up helped settled many of the questions the first video raised.
Do we live in the Golden Age or what?!? Being able to chill with these beautiful dudes and the most amazing gear is simply incredible!
+john tone ah, cheers John :)
+1 for El Cap. I love the double head setting for Edge type delays. I save that sound as a favorite and use a long delay with the built in spring reverb for the 'live' sound. I run El Cap thru the effects loop of my Mesa Maverick so I can use the gain channel, it's nice.
+Shawn T. Bell yes, the favourite feature is so cool
I've had the Strymon El Capistan for almost 3 years and I can certainly tell you that it achieves all the sounds that all the other pedals in this demo do... save emulate the EchoPlex preamp.
You guys should do an echorec episode. Catalinbread makes a clone and there are a few other cool ones out there plus the effectrode echorec 3 that's in development. Vintage echorecs still show up on occasion.
I second that. There's a handful of companies making Binson emulating delays now. Nothing touches the Binson sound. I have two pristine Echorecs and will never part with them!
Perhaps when the T-Rex Echorec comes out...?
I've owned all three of the pedals in this video, Plus have some (very limited) experience with a Real EP-3..
First of all the El CAP is a great pedal beyond the point.. I love all of strymon's stuff.. The flint being one of my all time favorite pedals..
But honestly the Belle is the closest thing to tape that i’ve found in pedal format.. in particular the tape machine that it was designed to model, I mean it literally nails the sound..
The el cap to me sounds off.. It always sounded like it was missing something.. Maybe it’s the lack of a preamp circuit, the fact that it’s not going for a particular sound.. It’s more or less just the general idea of tape machines in general, or it could be just how clean the repeats sound. I don’t know It just doesn’t have whatever it is that made these machines so special..
The so called “echoplex” pedal sounded decent but it honestly did not have the character of a real tape machine..Sure it sounds good but it doesn’t have the same feel like a real EP-3 does if that makes any since Not to mention the pre amp isn’t always on like it is in the Belle..
Edit: I just want to add to this. The Belle really leaves nothing out. including all of the bad features of EP-3.. (gritty repeats, unpredictable modulation, artifacts in the background) if you want a authentic EP-3 experience i really don't think anything comes as close, unless you go out and buy a real tape machine.
I too own the Belle and love the character of the repeats. However I find the preamp lops off a fair amount of treble, so if you have a fuzz ahead of the pedal it looses a lot of the bite from the fuzz. If there were a way to switch the preamp on or off independent of the repeats it would be amazing. Or even just a dip switch to allow a bit more highs through
Ya just gotta put it in the loop, if you have it😉
Hi Guys, I wanted to thank you for this video comparison. I've recently been downsizing all of my pedals but Delay is the one effect that I MUST have in my rig. I've been using the Strymon El Cap for years and it's a fantastic pedal, but I've been looking for something a bit simpler (and smaller) that I can set and forget. I ended up buying the Echoplex (pedal) based on this review and within a few seconds of playing it, I knew I had made the right decision. In fact, I ordered a second one for my rig this morning. Thank you again for this great video. You saved me a lot of time and money! Brilliant!
Awesome! Nice one Mike, glad you’re digging it. :0)
Ahhh Hello. Friday is now complete...
Just bought myself a tee in celebration of PedalShowDay (as Friday will hence forth be known... ;oD)
I always love Mick's face every time he hears a tone he is just sure won't (and probably shouldn't) work, but then it does and blows his socks off. It's a mixture of pure shock and excitement whilst Dan is just staring deeply with a solid 'i know right?' gaze towards Mick hahahah. This is definitely one of my fav channels of all time.
25:54 that sounded amazing
You should compare these with the Boss (Roland) Space Echo. The real one and the boss pedal remake. Great episode!
Owned an El Capistan because most seemed to like it, I didn't. Just got myself a Belle Epoch Deluxe and frankly nothing comes remotely close if genuine 70's tape echo is your goal. All of the extra features such as tap tempo and (digital) spring reverb are just unnecessary fluff. The El Cap is a great digital delay, but it just didn't satisfy my craving for vintage tape like the Belle Epoch preamp and spaceship sounds did.
Love your channel and the enthusiasm you have on every review or demo!
I own the CatalinBread and was curious on how it performed compared to the el capistan and echoplex onde but I’m pretty happy with my choice thanks to you! We appreciate your help on deciding or reassuring our choices!
Two details you didn’t mention about the belle epoch is that it also has a vibrato you must activate by removing power then turning mod knob to max and then reconnecting power. After that you can adjust your modulation at your likes. Cycling power without turning mod to max will deactivate it. It affects only the echoes as well. It’s neat and gives a different ambience to the sound.
The second is that you can switch between true bypass or buffered bypass using an internal switch under the cover, close by the preamp gain trimpot.
Cheers guys!
Hello Edson. Thanks for that! More BED on this Friday’s show.....
Honourable mention to the Wampler Faux Tape Echo V2. Love that delay
Had one, returned it and got the El Capistan. The Faux sounds great, but it has a white noise that is just a bit too distracting at lower volumes or with delicate playing. I've heard several, played three, owned one... they all do it.
haven't heard the white noise with mine. it's pretty good, except it clips pretty early. However I would like to know what the Pedal Show guys think of it
Yeah I had no noise issues either
It clips if you hit the front end at medium volume, and the clipping isnt even that nice, a pain in the ass if you dont use ir through the effects loop
LOVE my El Capistan! And I'm looking forward to getting the new Catalinbread Belle Epoch Deluxe and Epoch Pre when I can! I'd like to point out, however, that the narrowing bandwidth and repeats getting "thinner" instead of "darker" (as per what is brought up around 15.32 in this vid) heard from the Belle Epoch here is easily dialed-in on the El Capistan via combination settings of its Low End Contour, Tape Bias, and Tape Age controls. Throw in some heavy amounts of Repeats, Wow & Flutter, and Tape Crinkle for an even more delicious effect! See the El Cap's manual for suggested settings as starting points for your own echoscapes. Extreme brightening, crispy sounding settings really turn this into a downright elicit Dub/Reggae echo machine.
For more dynamic range, 'fidelity', and headroom on the El Capistan, and to more closely match the SSTE:
Set the Tape Bias ("hidden" function under the Repeats) to about 9:00 O'Clock. Then-
Turn the Tape Crinkle ("hidden" function under the Wow & Flutter knob) all the way off (fully counter-clockwise); adjust Wow & Flutter to taste. Then-
Dial the El Cap's Low End Contour ("hidden" function under the Tape Age knob) counter-clockwise; fully counter-clockwise for maximum low-end in the repeats, up from there to thin them out with less and less lows per repeat. Then-
Rotate the Tape Age control all the way down, counter-clockwise, for brightest, clearest, cleanest, freshest tape-tone. Alternately, roll Tape Age back a little to taste for a warmer echo tone that better balances the lows and low-mids in the repeats for more emphasis on the full range.
Set the Repeats fairly high, and the Mix low-to-medium, so that you can hear many repeats flowing away like a river underneath your 'straight' signal; Tape Age turned up for brighter tone and clarity at lower Mix levels can enhance this.
You may also want to deploy the El Capistan's available +3db Boost via the secondary-function of the Mix knob, which, depending on the rest of your rig, might yield even more perceived headroom. The virtual Spring Reverb, faithful to a fault at replicating the Roland Space Echo's spring-reverb, would probably best be left off or very minimally dialed-in for our purposes here.
Absolutely nailed every reason why I love my Belle Epoch.
Gonna be interesting to see what you think of the Replicator when you get it. I've tried it against both the Fulltone Tube Tape and the Solid State Echos in the store I work at and actually prefer it. I think I'm in the minority though, but I adore darker/noisier delays.
You can dial out the delay by turning off the Tape Age, Repeats, Wow & Flutter, and setting both toggle switches to Multi (if memory serves me correctly) when using the spring reverb effect on the El Capistan. The Mix control then controls the amount of springiness. I'm pretty sure that's how I worked it on mine. It's 3 am here now, so I'm going strictly on memory. I'll mess with it later and report back. I do know, however, that the spring reverb feature can be used on it's own if that's all that's needed in certain situations.
It’s too bad you didn’t use the Dunlop EP-1 Preamp with the Dunlop EP-3 Echoplex pedal. It makes a sonic difference.
I love this show! I look forward to it every Friday.
Watching from Canada so by the time u uplaod its morning. Thanks for getting me playing so early before Im off to work . Great playing guys
I have the El Cap and love it. They all sounded glorious though.
It makes so much of a difference hearing the tape repeats by their own than on a context. It is just amazing like a repeat could sound wrong by itself but in context be just so right... Man we owe you so much guys... Thanks for teaching us how to use our gear
Friday night in with That Pedal Show is becoming the new norm.
Gotta get a Belle Epoch.
The El Capistan sounds a wee bit too perfect.
I had to buy a TC Alter Ego v2 from watching their first analog and tape vids, especially their Analog Man amazeo one. Wanted something that emulated all their videos. lol. I absolutely love it.
Get the el cap in not at all sterile
The El Capistan is awesome. I'm a delay nut, even own a '79 Space Echo. It's not too perfect, unless you want that sound. There are tons of secondary controls to dirty it up, in terms of age/wow/flutter/crinkle/etc. Great pedal. It's I hi-fi, in that it is a 24 bit 96kHz conversation, but again, ways to grunge it up. Plus, unlike other delays, it has an analog dry path, so it never converts your signal. Can't say enough good things about it. The Catlinbread Echo Rec is fucking sweet, though.
Randall Yeager
Tap tempo with flashing tempo led, wasn't mentioned. Also the sound on sound looping mode.
'Plus, unlike other delays, it has an analog dry path, so it never converts your signal.' None of these other delays convert the dry signal to digital, in fact its rare for any to do so these days. Ironically the only one I can think of off hand is the Strymon Deco, which uses digital modelling for its drive section and thereby eliminates the analog dry thru.
You guys rock, so cool that you two will have a pedal in your style, can't wait to get it.... You guys should try the T-rex replicator, this fulltone SS and the EP 3... that would be the ultimate shoot out!!!!
+David Munoz We will do that. Wonderful!
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The dunlop Echoplex does not have the pre-amp built in. Dunlop sells another pedal, " Echoplex preamp EP101''. Which as the names states.....
The wet signal has the EP-3 preamp, the dry path is left unchanged. The ep101 is so you can have the preamp on the dry path.
I’d be grateful for an episode on Pedals vs Real Spring Reverb. I think you once stated something along the lines of that there were not any decent digital pedals with spring reverb sounds, still true?
I’d like you to put the pedals up against both a spring reverb in an amp like a Deluxe Reverb or Twin, and an outboard 63' Fender Valve Reverb (with 3 knobs) or similar (let me know if you need to borrow one). I think its more interesting to compare with digital pedals than pedals that have actual springs in. Thanks!
Check out their Six Awesome Reverbs episode from May 20th.
Well, I like the Boss '63 Fender Reverb really much. However, that unit can be very intense with high Mix and Dwell values and just like the real unit, it can distort. So, it can provide those surf sounds.
But with low Dwell, Mix values it reminds me on the sound of a Fender amp's reverb.
I'd like to see the Fulltone Tube Tape Echo vs. the Echoplex 3
One of my favorite (Favourite?) things about this channel is when Mick and/or Dan play something that sounds like a song I haven't heard in millenia.
+L2112Lifz That's because we're so old!
Fantastic vid! Just got an Echoplex used for $80. Total steal, love the pedal! You guys are right, they all do their own thing and sound great.
The El Capistan isn’t trying to be an EP-3. It’s trying to be a unit that imparts tape echo on your sound, which it does beautifully. It’s very thorough in that. It’s almost its own thing.
Yeah, in it's description it says it's emulating 3 different machines.
blah blah blah with the negative comments. The main reason I love Fridays is that I get to see a new episode. Thanks Pedal Show. The only regret i have is that you don"t have multiple episodes per week
I had an original tube Echoplex in the green/gray box (sold it and am sorry) and ti was as great as everyone says it is. Of course, it was unreliable and quirky and all that, but oh, the sound. Dan, I';m with you - tape echo rules. Well, I still needed a good "tape echo" so I tried the EL Cap and it was very good and very versatile, but I found it to be a bit sterile. Then I tried the Belle Epoch (yes, Catalinbread's stuff is always fab) and I was just blown away. It really does sound like my old tube EP, but no quirks (unless you want to dial them in) and it always works the same every time, no good days and bad days like a tape echo. I also really love the pre-amp which I regularly use the same way as on the tube EP,, even with the delay feature is off . It's so buttery smooth and adds so much harmonic content to my sound While I still have fever dreams about a real tape echo, I am more than satisfied with my Belle Epoch. BTW, it has a nice tremolo effect in it as well. Read the manual. Great show as always.
My nano board has become a thorpyfx fuzz, a boost, and an El Cap delay w/fav switch. Haven't looked back, the strymon has so many useful tones and with the favorite switch it's two delays in one. The reverb is also perfectly serviceable for non verb amps. Highly recommend
I'd go for the Strymon, mainly for the different modes and tap tempo built in
1:17 - Dan talking to the people writing the “review cheaper stuff” comments haha
Oh dear, now I want a multi-tap delay show: Binson, Copicat, Space Echo, etc.
+Luke Hannington on the way :)
Superb.
I love the spring reverb function in the capistan especially with a bit of tape age
I have the echoplex pedal. you could have dialed in some less distorted sounds. the age knob is tuned then set then you increase the level of it. you weren't even setting it half the time.
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As allways, Dan's Tele sound mighty... love it!
Belle Epoch lo tengo y me encanta totalmente, con su preamp y buffer son una belleza... De hecho cuando probaron todos los pedales escuché el preamp del Belle Epoch presente.....
If the Belle Epoch had a ( 3 presets with global tap tempo ) it would be Too Perfect. The Sound is Incredible. - Michael Caz - NYC -
+Michael Caz agreed, surely it must be on the cards
Yeah. Wishful Thinking. I am Waiting ( holding out hope ), for the Near Perfect Delay Pedal. P.S. - I Love the Show. Very Unbiased, Realworld advice, & Informative. You guys are Fantastic. Appreciate all that you do. - Michael Caz - NYC -
Great video. My EP-3 sounds incredible, but it's too unreliable to gig with. For YEARS I have tried to find a pedal that could do THAT sound, and none have gotten it right. A Moog MF-104M set to sample & hold modulation will get the pitch drift in the ballpark, but the repeats are too dark. The Belle Epoch and El Cap, while sounding great, don't get the mechanical character of the modulation right for me; the El Cap is too sine wave-y and the Belle Epoch's random glitches are too large.
The Echoplex pedal sounds very, VERY close to the sound of my EP-3, and as such I'm excited to get one. Thanks for the in-depth look!
a great and super flexible tape delay is the Empress tape delay! Three programmable presets, tap tempo and modulation. Pretty compact too!
My favorite episode yet. Love the tones of the Kingsley and the MXR sounds VERY impressive.
El Cap seemed darkest, Belle Epoch most watery, but Echoplex was probably most usable in most situations. Obviously a bit of tweaking can rectify everything I've just said, but that's what I got from the A/Bing. The Echoplex with the tape age turned up sounds fantastic, though.
Bought the El Cap because it sounded closest to me and because of the analog dry through signal. I use it with mostly with acoustic and a little electric. Awesome. Highly recommend.
That Pedal Show - makes my Friday's Awesome!
Side note, I've linked my two amps together as you do and my golly it sounds epic! Fender Hot Rod Deluxe III and a Marshal DSL40c, spiffing stuff. Thanks for teaching us so much.
Just been playing with an old Digitech X-Series delay and being pleasantly surprised at how flexible the old thing is. Amazing what you can find in the bottom of the spares cupboard sometimes.
Great comparison TPS....The new Echoplex sounds great, but when i tried it out i didn't love the way the knobs interacted. Definitely useful in a two echo "set it and forget it" live board, and let's not forget the convenience for keyboard players!! Even cooler if they had made it bigger, added the preamp and tap tempo, etc. Strymon seems more universal, but i'm sure many players will jump on the Echoplex.
You guys are ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! Brilliant coverage of these pedals!
Owned EP3's, Space Echo's... the Dunlop was the clear winner IMO. The only one that has the vibe. I had an El Cap for a while. Great pedal that worked well but a miss compared to tape. Haven't played the Dunlop but it sounds a good step closer. Nice fellas. Thnx!
Great video but you guys didn't include the best tape echo simaulator pedal: the Boss RE-20 space echo. May not be a "boutique" one, but beats the El Cap, Belle and the new Echoplex. It nails the real RE-201 tape machine pretty much. The ramp up feature makes it stand out.
Re 20 does not beat anything. El Cap is far superior than Re 20.
Thanks guys. No duffers at all. What a cool comment. 😃
Still waiting for the Nemesis to get an outing
Gorgeous sounds! 🤤 I immediately bought an Echoplex after watching this.. What kind of patch cables are being used in this set up?
It’ll be the evidence audio sis, check Dan’s gig rig website for them 👍
Jeorge Tripps would be an epic guest.
HI guys! Just revisited this vid and remember why I love my Echoplex so much and use it regularly. Also have to mention the ECT- 2 sounded awesome!
Damned! Nothing sound like the real thing...I've just ordered an el capistan V2 that just sound great and better than the first one to my taste. And with my synths it's awesome too, but I also considering to get a belle epoch paired with an epoch booster for my guitar pedal board...
I use old Multivox tape echo's. Both the 201 and 312, these are great echo units and after 30 years of using them, I never had a moisture problem. Also, I usually judge echo's using distortion with them. These units trail amazingly and they have reverb with the 201 being more like a weak fender reverb type sound and the 312 having a more lush and fuller reverb. The echo features are the same. I had to change tape only a few times over the years and demagnetize the heads. There are 4 heads in the Multivox. If you want to hear the 203, go to my "grindinglicks" page and watch the voodoo child video's. I suck in them but in either the 2, 3 or 4th part, I use the echo.
I don't know how I missed this Pick n Mix, but it came up as I'm getting more into echo units. All the examples on this show are of such a high quality, but I feel the Belle Epoch sounds the closest to all the idiosyncrosies of the SS Tape Echo. I'm blown away, in such a small unit too! Damn, another one to go on my shopping list!
Dan if you haven't had a chance yet you should try the Source Audio Nemesis delay! It knocked both a Carbon Copy and an El Cap off my main board because it 'did' tape just as well as the El Cap and the analog sound in it is absolutely beautiful. It even simulates the input filtering of analog delays so your base tone gets a little warmer and darker when you turn it on in Analog mode. I think you'd be a fan.
Exactly. Such a shame it's not in hear. It's the best of the bunch.
Is it weird that I recognise your username only because you've made about a third of the presets in the Neuro App? :P
Not weird at all :) Try "Eeyore" if you haven't already.
I have the nemesis stuck with echoplex just waw
Thank you, Dan and Mick. Can't get enough delay pedals. I've just ordered one of the least expensive and smallest delays I've ever seen - the Echo Bandit. It's a tape emulated delay with simple controls. It seems too good to be true, so we'll see when it finally arrives. All three of those pedals sounded great and slightly different from each other. I think the Strymon would be the most useful on stage as you can quickly change from the "short" head to the "long" head and have a subdivision for the tap tempo, which is built into the pedal.
Hey, did you end up liking this Echo Bandit pedal? Been looking for a tape echo sound without having to drop £1,500 on a Fulltone.
Just to add to previous comments that a multi head explanation/ show down would be the natural extension of this and the El Cap sounds less wack than the others which may or may not be good depending on your perspective. Using expression pedals, self oscillation , dub effects and general delay wackiness would be fun too.
The Catalinbread has the pre amp but it is buried in an internal trimpot, unless it's a micro pedal then internal trimpots should be banned!
Could you guys make a video about micing your amps?
+Ishaan Kapoor Yes, we're going to do that, although there's not much to say. Sennheiser e906 on the cab, positioned to wherever it sounds balanced. Then we also have a stereo condenser on the audio recorder we use (Zoom H6), and a bit of that gets mixed in. Cheers!
The return of the Super Reverb : YAY! Awesome as always guys :)
For it's size and functionality, that El Capistan belongs on my PT-Mini! Also, it has that sweet, sweet analog through which will sit perfectly in the effects loop of my Mark IV.
+TechMetalRules nice! Yes, the El Cap is really special
This is quickly becoming my favourite channel on CZcams. I've been applying some of the concepts to my own gear and my tone has gotten so much better! I even find myself rewatching old videos to tie me over 'till the next one is released. Thanks for making such quality content guys, You're the best!
Your view to subscriber ratio is incredible. In just a week more than 3 of 5 subscribers (including me) watched this episode (doesn't count repeat views). Incredible engagement...and for good reason.
Guys wonderful episode. How about a comparison between Echoplex EP3, T rex Replicator and Fulltone SS Tape Echo. Should be a fun comparison.
this video came out the day after I ordered my MXR and I was holding my breath a bit until I could really watch this. Glad I had nothing to worry about!
+Crispin Cotton-Kinch fab sounding pedal, you're going to love it :)