DELAY- STRYMON EC-1 tape echo ___ NEW ___ EchoPlex EP-2 clone

$280.00 USD

strymon  EC-1

This is not their first try. They still sell the $380.00 USD 10 year old El Capistan version. 

Strymon still hold top spot with digital Verbs and Delays but many others have caught up and with even better specs. Add 

to that if Strymon is a 10 out of 10 for their sound then a few others 5 times cheaper get 9 out of 10. Yes, the cheapies have less feature's but Star Wars, Shoegaze features are all but useless playing what an audience calls a tune. 

CONCLUSION __ 

I have the UAFX Orion a clone of the same EchoPlex I bought for $99.00 USD!!!! It too gets a 10 out of 10 for sound. In fact the pedal runs on software developed years ago for studio's to use. There are tenfold more recordings with the UA software then the real EchoPlex EP-2 tape echo machine.

So the Strymon is a nice enough average sounding delay pedal 

but it is not even close to the real machine. I should know 

I had a v.1 in 1971. The MXR EchoPlex analog pedal is closer! 

Strymon make some killer pedals but this one sucks!!!  

If you want a basic Strymon delay but infinitely better 

get their Brig dBucket Delay for the same price.