Dunlop EP103 Echoplex Delay Guitar Effects Pedal

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Gress, Jesse (February 2011). "10 Things You Gotta Do To Play Like Steve Miller". Guitar Player. pp.75–88. The Echoplex Preamp runs on standard 9-volt power and contains power management circuitry to guarantee constant headroom performance throughout the normal life of a 9-volt battery. With a heavy-duty Phase 90-sized housing, a replica EP-3 knob, true bypass switching and a status LED, the Echoplex Preamp is built to take a beating on the roadso you can leave your fragile vintage piece at home. The EP-3 is such a hard piece of kit to emulate without using massive analogue circuits just due to how much went into it. Because MXR have worked out how to not only capture the tone but expand on its capability using digital tools this pedal is incredibly small and portable. You can even add that typical aged tape warble with the Age control. modulation with 750ms of delay time and an Age control to shape the sound of your repeats, from clear and shimmering to saturated and distressed. Features stereo and tap tempo capability, with up to 4 seconds of delay time, and a hi-fi all-analog dry path. Specifications

a b Hunter, Dave (2004). Guitar effects pedals: the practical handbook. Hal Leonard. pp.77–78. ISBN 978-0-87930-806-3. That's where the EP103 Echoplex Delay comes in. It's the size of a Phase 90, and it delivers the EP-3's legendary tones with a simple control interface and a hi-fi all-analog dry path. The Delay control sets the time between repeats—from 65ms to 750ms—the Sustain control sets the number of repeats, and the Volume control sets the output level of your repeats.Looping: A talk with Matthias Grob". Gibson News. Gibson Labs, Gibson Guitar Corporation. December 13, 2004. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011 . Retrieved January 7, 2011. The Echoplex is a tape delay effect, first made in 1959. Designed by Mike Battle, [1] the Echoplex set a standard for the effect in the 1960s—it is still regarded as "the standard by which everything else is measured." [2] It was used by some of the most notable guitar players of the era; original Echoplexes are highly sought after.

The optional MXR M199 Tap Tempo switch adds a tap tempo function and increases the maximum delay time from 750ms to four seconds. Gill, Chris (March 2007). "Some Kind of Monster". Guitar World. 28 (3): 56–62, 104. ISSN 1045-6295 . Retrieved 2009-09-28. [ dead link] While the delay sound itself is something to behold, many players equally adored models such as the legendary EP-3 for the sound of its preamp. Adding something extra, famous namessuch as Eddie Van Halen would sometimes rely solely on the preamp section to add moregirth and sparkle to hisguitar sound. Teagle, John (2004). "Roots of Echo Pt4". Vintage Guitar Magazine Online. 1 (1): 1. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008 . Retrieved 7 December 2004. )Original Echoplex units are among some of the most sought after piecesof guitar gear around. Renowned for their magical tones, Echoplexes produce warm, modulated delay repeats that gradually deteriorate over time. Carr, Ian (1999). Miles Davis: the definitive biography. Thunder's Mouth Press. p. 261. ISBN 978-1-56025-241-2 . Retrieved 5 February 2010. Prown, Pete; Lisa Sharken (2003). Gear Secrets of the Guitar Legends: How to Sound Like Your Favorite Players. Hal Leonard. p.10. ISBN 978-0-87930-751-6. Catalinbread's Belle Epoch Deluxe is perhaps the most highly-regarded Echoplex-style pedal out there. With a control-set that is very authentic to the dials found on original units, the thoughtful circuitry within the Belle Epoch Deluxe somehow replicates the distinctive repeats of the EP-3, and produces theunusual effects that couldbe attained when making drastic setting changes. All of that, without any real tape! Tommy Bolin, [22] [23] [24] especially for the "ray-gun" effect heard on Billy Cobham's Spectrum [25]

The original EP-3’s echo effect has a characteristic lush, three-dimensional sound that combines delay and warm, natural-sounding reverb. Most digital emulations of this effect sound comparatively flat, but the EP103 absolutely nails the EP-3’s unique character. The Age control is the key to much of this charm, providing the perception of depth and a distinctive pitch warble that’s similar to chorus. Chords sound rich and lively, while individual notes retain body and punch. The echo effects also sound great in front of a distorted amp and maintain excellent definition and clarity. Prown, Pete; Lisa Sharken (2003). Gear Secrets of the Guitar Legends: How to Sound Like Your Favorite Players. Hal Leonard. p.20. ISBN 978-0-87930-751-6. Prown, Pete; Lisa Sharken (2003). Gear Secrets of the Guitar Legends: How to Sound Like Your Favorite Players. Hal Leonard. p.68. ISBN 978-0-87930-751-6. The EP103's delay signal gets the same tonal conditioning that the EP101 Echoplex Preamp provides, while the dry path is left untouched. For the full EP-3 experience, put that secret sauce on your dry signal by running the EP101 in front of the EP103.The EP103 offers the same echo effects and controls as the original EP-3 Echoplex in a compact pedal format that’s the size of a Phase 90, plus a few new features such as an Age mode, selectable stereo or mono modes, an optional tap tempo control, and more. All that’s missing is the sound-on-sound feature, but that’s what loopers are for. Ross, Michael (1998). Getting great guitar sounds: a non-technical approach to shaping your personal sound. Hal Leonard. p.45. ISBN 978-0-7935-9140-4. The Echoplex wasn't notable just for the delay, but also for the sound; it is "still a classic today, and highly desirable for a range of playing styles... warm, rich, and full-bodied." [8] The delay could be turned off and the unit used as a filter, thanks to the sound of the vacuum tubes. The Age mode replicates the warm sound and chorus-like wow and flutter of aged tape to provide truly accurate analog tape tones.

This article is about the sound effect machine. For the music venue in Los Angeles, see Echoplex (venue). For the concept in computer telecommunications, see echo (computing). For the Nine Inch Nails song, see The Slip (album). Echoplex EP-2 Hunter, Dave (2005). Guitar rigs: classic guitar & amp combinations. Hal Leonard. p.55. ISBN 978-0-87930-851-3. Szwed, John (2004). So What: The Life of Miles Davis. Simon and Schuster. p. 288. ISBN 9780684859835. The EP 101 recreates the magical tone-shaping ability of the original echoplex by recreatingthe samesignal path complete with a Field-effect Transistor (FET) so that you get the same response. The Pedal has a single gain control knob that offers up to +11dB of boost, with light asymmetrical clipping at higher settings for some natural grit when you push it hard.

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