Dunlop EP103 Echoplex Delay
Vložit
- čas přidán 31. 08. 2016
- Buy Now: goo.gl/Du3GYP
Welcome back to ProGuitarShop and ToneReport, today we're checking out Dunlop's Echoplex Delay. The Echoplex Delay is engineered to sound like a perfectly calibrated Echoplex, fresh off the Maestro assembly line in the 1970s, but with some hidden features to adapt to the modern players. In its default mode, the Echoplex Delay offers a carefully-tweaked version of the EP-3, with a dynamic delay range from four milliseconds all the way to 750. When connected to the MXR Tap Tempo pedal, the delay time stretches to an amazing four second 'tape loop'. The default mode offers the same gentle EQing and subtle modulation of the original, while the Sustain control changes the number of repeats. When you press the Volume knob, the mode shifts to Age mode, and the Volume control now lets you adjust the virtual age of the unit, adding wear and tear to the belt and roller for that familiar wow and flutter that the EP-3 is prized for. As the age increases, so do the age-induced artifacts, such as extra tape saturation and more intense modulation. By exploring the guts further, you'll find the option to operate in buffered or true bypass mode, along with a full-wet mode. Both input and output jacks turn into stereo ins and outs with a TRS cable, giving players with stereo rigs plenty of routing options. The dry path of the Echoplex is 100 percent analog, featuring a super high-fidelity signal path due to MXR's constant headroom technology which internally increases the operating voltage to 20V. This feature provides the Echoplex with supreme headroom that eliminates unmusical clipping caused by stacking several pedals. Plus, the Echoplex Delay is optimized for the Dunlop Echoplex Preamp for the ultimate EP-3 experience. Like all Dunlop products, the Echoplex Delay is made right here in the USA. - Hudba
Sounds like an intro for a cool 1990's Kids show about how tough high school is.
It's Rush!
I think Hank and bobby it's the same person on youtube
Bobby Hill God damnit Bobby. Wait till you get a REAL job. Then you'll learn what "tough" is. I'll tell you what.
+Hank Hill b
But Hank, I though working for Strickland Propane was worth the hardship
*Hwat
A pleasure listening to your creative playing, Andy. A great demonstration of the pedal. Thank you.
The first of many epics from the second album. Great playing Andy, and I appreciate the review. I used to own an actual Echoplex years ago.
Wonderful, very close to the original Echoplex EP- 3, one of the best I've seen. In a blind test it is hard to know who's who. It really is a great pedal that brings all the magic of the Echoplex EP- 3. Simply great and fantastic!!!😍👏👏
I love Andy's work.. Doing By-Tor for this demo.... priceless!
Bought one after watching this.
Love it, the Echo sound I've been chasing for years.
Did you buy their preamp pedal to put in front of it?
Thanks for the Rush intro! It's been a while, but now I'll go through all the Rush vinyl I've got, which is the better part of their discography.
Andy.......You knocked it out of the park with this demo !!!!!!!
The Dunlop Echoplex is #1 on my "must have" list.......
Setting the delay at 2 seconds sounded like Alan's psychedelic breakfast!!! So awesome!!!
Eggs, sausages...
Marmalade... I like marmalade...
I was literally thinking the exact same thing. Very reminiscent of Gilmour’s layered guitars
I could listen to your playing all day Mister !! Thanks for the great revues.
Bought the Dunlop Echoplex Delay last month (Apr '17). It's everything I hoped for in replacing the Maestro Classic analog tape delay. Definitely a Buy Item.
BY-TOR!!!! AND THE SNOW DOG!!!!! Square for BATTLE!!!!!! Let the fray begin!!! 🤘
UNEXPECTED RUSH OH DAMN
I'd like to find the wah that Ged used on By-Tor.
By-Tor! I was so ready for the Battle sequence Andy ahaha. Great as always
AWESOME PEDAL. I CAN'T STOP PLAYING IT,!!...
holy crap! by-tor and the snow dog! one of rush's best tunes
Always worth watching your videos ♥️
Thank you 🙏
This rush cover has made andy my favorite person
Definitely! Andy is already up there as my go to demo guy and playing that song just reinforces it more. Andy understands tone!
Yes!
Right on he was playing in the end in one of the others
After Covered Digital & Analog Delays you gotta have a good Tape Delay. Excellent demo of what the pedal is capable of.
You do the Rush fans proud, sir! What a joy to hear that be the opening playtest.
Thank you! I learned a lot in my early guitar days playing along to All The World's a Stage!
Andy
@@ProGuitarShopDemos awesome! Alex is one of the greats, I've learned a lot from listening to him as well.
BY-TOR! AND THE SNOW DOG!
Benster Ellis Rush FTW!
Yeah.. Right?!
Classssssic black keys, Andy. Always killing it. Loved all the playing on this one.
What Song was that?
@@djfedezaza Black Door
@@BearBryan thanks man
Bytor and the Snowdog awesomeness!!! Yes!
If you lived here in western MA I would take lessons, and thanks for the Rush! Seems like a nice pedal.
And the snow dog!!!! PREPARE FOR BATTLE!
The overdriven part you did - wow…. That was awesome.
Thanks Peter That’s an old Black Keys tune called Black Door! Thanks for reminding me 👍🏻
always enjoy Andy's playing and the pedal is cool too this time .
Masterful execution of delay!
By-tor and the Snow Dog! I Love RUSH!
Bytor and the Snowdog! that was awesome!
I hope Dunlop combines the EP-101 and EP-103 into one pedal. It would be interesting to contrast said pedal with the Belle Epoch.
This is a clip 'n paste from another thread but it might be useful here as well (apologies if you read this there already)
For those considering between this and the Belle Epoch and even the MXR Carbon Copy (like I was) there are a few things in favour of the Echoplex you might want to keep in mind:
First: Tap tempo option. Yes, it's a pain to have to pay extra for a tap switch but at least it's possible. Delays are a rhythm-based effect after all and while any delay pedal in isolation can sound great, it's a hassle trying to sit it in a densely rhythmic track. Tap tempo is a lifesaver in real world situations like that. The Belle Epoch and Carbon Copy don't have this option at all to my knowledge.
Second: LACK of a preamp. Yes, I know, the Belle Epoch's preamp is hailed as one of its strengths but it cannot be turned off. If you are already sorted for your core sound (preamp, amps, overdrives, boosters etc) this can negatively affect your delay sound depending on what else you have on in the chain. I would rather have the choice what is on and off.
Third: Between the Echoplex and the Carbon Copy, I found the Echoplex had much 'creamier and dreamier' sounding delays. The Carbon Copy sounded a little harsher and rawer by comparison (some may like that of course). Also the Carbon Copy was hard to control and while great for analogue delay distortion FX was not nearly as easy to dial in a desired setting compared to the Echoplex. In fact, with the Echoplex it was hard NOT to find a musically useful sound with any knob twist.
So, not criticizing anyone's choices. The two competitors I mentioned are great too. However, if musicality, controllability, smooth sound and tap tempo control are important to you, well, Echoplex all the way. Hope that helps if you're feeling stuck.
Show less
REPLY
"Wow and flutter" always cracks me up.
the second song was beautiful. great demo
3:40 how inspiring is that tune... I love it
Your listing to classic rock radio all day long.
Man.. If it only had the head selections that the Catalinbread Echoroec has. Love the tap/stereo features!!!
Some good advice for anyone thinking of getting this or that has this pedal. Know that it has some special power requirements. You cannot use a 9 volt battery to operate this pedal. You open up the back and there is no battery hookup. It's chalk full of components taking up the space that the battery normally resides in this sized pedal, you know the regular boss, MXR's of the World. The Echoplex was designed for high headroom. While it does operate at 9 volts DC power, not 18 mind you, it runs at 250mA, not 100mA, I repeat not 100maA! This means you must use the cheap adapter that comes with the pedal, or another power supply that has this power rating.
I have the Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2 plus and I spent an hour today figuring out why it wasn't working when I was plugging it in. First it got no power from the Voodoo, but weird it did from the supplied power adapter. I was getting pissed. I was thinking something was wrong with my Voodoo or the pedal. Then I recalled reading the Echoplex manual and there was some weirdness regarding the power requirements. I got the Voodoo manual out and re-read the Echoplex user manual and also did an online search as well, on the Voodoo chatboards. What I discovered today is that you have to use either output 5 or 6 on the Voodoo as these outputs run at 9 volts 250mA, while outputs 1-4 run at 9 volts 100mA. This with the dipswitches in the normal positions.
100mA is normal and sufficient to power most pedals, all of my other pedals as matter of fact, but not the bitchin Echoplex. It runs at 250mA and has higher headroom. I read somewhere that internal components in it actually bump up the 9 volts you supply to 20 volts for high headroom to preserve and keep artifacts from clipping. Nice!. Once I plugged it into output 5 it worked like a charm! Stoked. Pedal sounds so fucking good and I'm ripping up Bytor and the Snowdog and other Rush songs with it.
So just to recap, remember if you can't get the fucker to work it's because you most likely have a power supply running at 100mA and you need 250mA. If you are trying the pedal out at GC or another store, make sure you are using the correct power or it won't get any lights going and or it'll have blinking lights and make a weird pulsating noise basically telling you something is wrong.
Man forget the Voodoo its old fashioned ,better do like I did and get Strymon Zuma or Ojai (better Zuma) 10 ins at 500ma is all you need,no need to worry about.
so if it doesn't take 9v what battery does it take??
It doesn't take any batteries (it technically can, but not in a way that's practical). 9v batteries have a maximum current draw of about 500mAH. Which means that you can draw 500mA from the battery for 1 hour before it completely dies. 2 hours of battery life before you need to change it isn't practical. So use an iso power supply instead. Anything like an MXR ISO brick will easily supply isolated power to it.
The use of batteries to power pedals has never been a reliable way to do it. Don't be a cheap ass and get proper mains power.
Wyatt Scott cheers for this!
A 1-Spot should do it? It'll handle up to 1700ma
good demo. what they forgot to tell you was the age mode set to say 60% is done by holding down the age knob till it blinks then turning it to desired level, then pushing knob again. then you can set the level of output for that age saturation setting. So if it says 60% age setting and the knob appears to be on 30% this is why. All the demo's seem to not explain this. this demo at least is accurate if not explaining in full.
Love it ....everything..playing..echo plex and Rush
Diggin the Rush :)
Big smile from 1:00 :)
Nice Bytor and the Snowdog!
this thing is beautiful. Oh my
Best equipment reviews on the web.
John smith These are not reviews, these are demonstrations. He never has anything critical to say, and that's because they want to sell these things.
Wow! you remind me of my wife, are you a English teacher? lol
Love the slide playing at the end.
Thanks that’s a little Black Keys - Black Door from when they were a blues band 😁✌️
That slide was awesome
Just a fantastic sound.
that little riff scheme is unbelievable
Andrew is a friggin wizard. You should be rich and famous, dude.
I wanna A/B it against my El Capistan. I picked it up for $250 a while ago and love it. Internal DIP switches drive me crazy. You either need 2 of them if you move between settings or need to modify the enclosures. I drilled a hole in the bottom of my EP booster; most of the time I used it in standard mode. Sometimes I'd boost the bass when I was playing through my 112 or open back 212. However it was always all over the place because I couldn't fasten it down securely. I stopped using the switches so now I have zip ties holding it fast to the board.
I like what I'm hearing, but for expediency I think I have to stay with the Strymon. For the love of God, put the switches on the side or something.
Oh my god it's By-Tor!!
I like this guy.
Where'd you get the backing track for B&TSD Andy? Since the mid '70s, I've always played along with the "All The World's A Stage" version. Would love to have the BT.
Let the fray begin!
like the Black Keys riff with the slide!
it sounds very well wow
Man I would like to hear you play By-Tor and the snow dog all the way through.That sound's great.👍
You had me at By Tor.
Andy you should be touring professionally. You are an amazing musician.
You may be my favorite non Page, Gilmour etc player.
3:44 is incredible
Sick, want one!
bloody guitar effects adverts have me learning Bytor And The Snowdog lol, ironically enough learned the end solo today lol, but never got into the chord stuff. Andy seemed to make it interesting ive got a Roland RE-201 Space Echo, but i thinks i'll be getting this Dunlop Echoplex with the Dunlop MXR Tap Tempo etc, nice little setup, im currently using a buddys Violetta RedWitch as my DanaElectro Reel Echos getting fixed but , i think the Echopex will be my delay of choice soon...
You could get some great John Martyn things going with this baby!
Nice black keys demo at the end!
I always wonder what the DRRI knob settings are for these videos? Is there a go to setting (and if so what is it) or does it change a lot?
Nice Rush Bytor The Snow Dog.😊
I have a carbon copy and Afterneath. But I'm looking for an extra delay on board. Hmmm. Obscura looks good too. Need the stereo. I'm leaning obscura.
BY - TOR! AND THE SNOW DAWG!!!
Dang it just scrolled down somebody already did this.
sweet pedal!
Tobes of Hades lit by flickering TORCH LIGHT!
Great use of live Rush....Alex slapback...sounds cool
sounds great, would like to see more rock with it.
What's the song in the background when he's explaining the pedal?
Sold!!! Gonna grab one.
here because of the narduar interview with nirvana where they talked about echoplex
MUY BUEN PEDAL. HERMOSO.
sounds great, though we still need a shootout between this one, the Belle Epoch and a real Echoplex.
Must be a pleasure going to work
Can this hold it's own against the Belle Epoch for the pre-dirt Dead Kennedys' "Police Truck" sound?
When you say the dry signal is 100 percent altogether, does that mean tge pedal is analog always? Also, what do you mean by trails in true bypass?
Still want to hear the various degrees of weathered tape - they always pick one sound. Better than nothing.
By-Tor!!!! 🙌
eric johnson's gonna dig it
tonelocrian he already uses belle epochs
andy havin fun
Hahaha...Always love when someone tries replicating Brighton Rock solo from Queen's Live Killers
Hey Andy what tuning is black door in? is that open g?
and Andy does it again =)
Echoplex Delay Vs Mf Delay?
Any feedback on these?
OMG you played By Tor!!
In stereo, will it ping pong? or is it just dry/wet?
Just bought the pedal...a mini plexi 20 watt...Gibson lp classic...an sum slides. I will be doing my best version of u sir.. 😊
All my other gear be getting dusty for a minute 😮
Can anyone please tell me what song is playing in the background at 1:22? Also, Andy you really gotta stop making me feel like I need every pedal! Keep up the great work :)
I NEED SOME HELP plz. Has anyone ever had issues with using an external tap tempo pedal, as far as the Echoplex switching between the tempo set by its delay nob and the tempo set by the external tap pedal??? I set the Delay nob at 0, but it's been glitching a lot lately. It doesn't know whether to follow my tap or do a slapback delay. Ah. It's a mess. I think I need a new tap tempo pedal. ..I hope that's it.
TAP TEMPO! YAY!
What Is the name of the slide piece he plays at 7:05?
Does the pedal offer true bypass when off?
Got my El Cap yea!
What does the sustain do? I know that the question sounds stupid but it's weird to see that control on a Delay
Why wouldn't you have the tap temp on the switch thats already on the pedal?
Very Vintage Eddie, 1st album type of delay