Echoplex back from Pete

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Scott_F

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Back from Pete's "refurb" services. It's a beauty. Scored extra tape cartridge and loaded it up with Petes tape. Very pleased with this EP-2.

I highly recommend him if you ever end up with an EP or a space echo or something in need of repair or cleaned up tweaked.

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https://vimeo.com/167821127
 
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Sounds gorgeous.

Even the best pedals can't do them justice

Congrats. Im jealous.
 
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I've got a 2nd one. Probably going to have Pete clean it up and flip it.
 
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Very cool! Part of me wants one so bad, but most of me doesn't want to find my things in garbage bags on the front lawn. :)
 
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Still in complete adoration mode. I've got a couple of NOS preamp tubes coming in for it today.
 
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That's great. You're inspiring me to ressurect my old Melos unit . The electronics in it died but all the transport works fine. It's a cartdrige tape unit and I have that still too. It's original electronics were based on transistors. I figure I should be able to replace that with an updated chip based circuit. I've thought about doing this for years.I did put new heads in it and I've got the chips, I just need to do it now.

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- http://www.ebay.com.au/gds/MELOS-Echo-Chamber-/10000000002341805/g.html -
 
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I suspect that recording does not even do that justice. Cool vintage unit is cool.

Dude - do you know what kind of triply $h!t you can do with two of those?!?!?!?!?!?!
 
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My thoughts on the second one are to not change anything internal in terms of caps or resistors. Just get the mechanical part cleaned, demagnetized and working well. I have a fresh tape cartridge and drive belt from Pete. On the first one, Pete replaced any cap that had drifted out of spec as well as the metal e can multi cap.

The 69 has a sound on sound feature which gives me a loop to record. Or as Pete was telling me, "time to leave the stage and go get a beer" loop. So one as a looper? That would be cool.
 
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GoldenVulture said:
That's great. You're inspiring me to ressurect my old Melos unit . The electronics in it died but all the transport works fine. It's a cartdrige tape unit and I have that still too. It's original electronics were based on transistors. I figure I should be able to replace that with an updated chip based circuit. I've thought about doing this for years.I did put new heads in it and I've got the chips, I just need to do it now.

$T2eC16FHJHQE9nzEyHGcBQqssh,fBQ%7E%7E_1.JPG


- http://www.ebay.com.au/gds/MELOS-Echo-Chamber-/10000000002341805/g.html -
Click to expand...

If you need advice or help, Pete's number is (323) 313-7458. He is in the Los Angeles area. He's a great resource and he's definitely become a friend.
 
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NOS tubes installed. Output signal went up a bit. Not sure how else to phrase that.
 
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Make sure ya watch the whole thing..

 
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