Tapeless Tape Echo - yup, you read right !

[SirJackdeFuzz]

Re: Tapeless Tape Echo - yup, you read right !

Xotic makes the Ep Booster, whcih supposedly gets the sound of the old Echoplex preamps. http://www.xotic.us/effects/ep_booster/

If you're of the DIY persuasion, Madbean Pedals sell PC boards for the "Fat Pants" booster. It uses an internal chip to kick up the 9-volt supply to 18 volts, and then has an FET preamp designed after the EP-3's front end. I built one and it sounds great as an always-on tone booster/shaper. Not really enough clean gain to use it as a solo boost, but highly recommended as secret sauce.

http://www.madbeanpedals.com/projects/index.html

Thanks for the links . . . i will deff look into them tonight.