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Another Echoplex incoming - EP-2 Content
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2023 9:33 am
by mortatone
Found this one on reverb. Seller says the delay effect works but that it's scratchy and noisy. Also it's been modded to have an on/off switch (I'm guessing it's a bypass switch and an echo/loop switch, which might be sound on sound added to it? The seller doesn't know and I'm guessing he was just flipping it.
We talked a little about trading and that didn't go anywhere but he did reduce the price quite a bit so now it's on the way and should be here Friday
You can tell it definitely needs a good cleaning especially around that pinch roller
Re: Another Echoplex incoming - EP-2 Content
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2023 12:16 pm
by RaceU4her
werent dudes boosting with these things in the 60s?
Re: Another Echoplex incoming - EP-2 Content
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2023 8:11 pm
by mortatone
RaceU4her wrote:werent dudes boosting with these things in the 60s?
That's what I've always heard.
And can be accomplished by using a standard footswitch to turn off the echo. Not sure why someone would add a panel switch for that but I guess it's not surprising. We'll see what the modifications actually do when it gets here. Who knows, maybe they'll be useful
Re: Another Echoplex incoming - EP-2 Content
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2023 1:00 pm
by fretless
Crusty
Re: Another Echoplex incoming - EP-2 Content
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2023 3:48 pm
by mortatone
The EP-2 is here.
It IS crusty.
It operates about like the seller said. The delay works but it needs a good goin’ through. New tape and a very thorough ball washin’ will probably accomplish alot.
On the side of that added on switch housing it says “MEWPLEXFX LOOP MOD”. At least it’s labelled so I can find out exactly what it is, but I’m suspecting sound on sound like the EP-3 has.
Re: Another Echoplex incoming - EP-2 Content
Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2023 3:18 pm
by Mike Oxhuge
RaceU4her wrote:werent dudes boosting with these things in the 60s?
MXR sells a pedal that is just the boost part. I want to try it.
Re: Another Echoplex incoming - EP-2 Content
Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2023 6:51 pm
by mortatone
RaceU4her wrote:werent dudes boosting with these things in the 60s?
So I just attempted to use an EP-3 as a boost and it doesn’t boost. It colors the sound for sure, with perhaps a bit less volume and no way to control it. It’s a great sound though, perhaps more accurately described as a fixed preamp. I just learned a little something by trying it and thought you’d be interested.
Now I gotta get the MXR Echoplex Preamp and compare it!