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japmn wrote:Has anyone used the little Boss pedal that claims to sound like a space echo?

Yes, it makes echo sounds.

japmn wrote:Not crap in the slightest. The Univox echo is total fucking crap though.

Has anyone used the little Boss pedal that claims to sound like a space echo?

I would rather take a pedal on the road than a big clunky box.

I use one sometimes.. not bad at all.

japmn wrote: The Univox echo is total fucking crap though.

really? that sucks. I was hoping someday to get one for cheap. it looked ok on ebay... what exactly sucks about it?

Marsupialized wrote:

japmn wrote:Has anyone used the little Boss pedal that claims to sound like a space echo?

Yes, it makes echo sounds.

I searched high and low and then high again and found a pre-Maestro echoplex that works well and sounds great. Very little warble at the highest delay times.

Here's the rub: a lot of hiss when I turn it past 50% wet. Does it need new tape? I guess. Maybe the heads need to be cleaned.

It sounds perfect with guitar, keys, sax, vox....

For coming out of an interface, should I use a reamp box? I want to put some piano through it.

SecondEdition wrote:

japmn wrote: The Univox echo is total fucking crap though.

really? that sucks. I was hoping someday to get one for cheap. it looked ok on ebay... what exactly sucks about it?

It uses small 8-track style tape cartridges similar to old dictophones. They fuck up fast, rarely make good contact with the heads and are very hard to find. A company makes a similar cartridge that can work with some alteration but last time I tried to get in contact with then I got no reply.

I have gone through 3 of these machines just to try to get 1 to work in the last 2 years with only a little luck that never lasts.

They are cheap because they hardly ever work.

Marsupialized wrote:

japmn wrote:Has anyone used the little Boss pedal that claims to sound like a space echo?

Yes, it makes echo sounds.

You know, I had a feeling it might make echo sounds. I don't know exactly why. I just had a hunch . Does it in any way fake the over-saturated/too old tape type of grit you get from the real deal or is it just a digital delay. I guess what I'm asking is how does it compare to the Space Echo.

japmn wrote:

Marsupialized wrote:

japmn wrote:Has anyone used the little Boss pedal that claims to sound like a space echo?

Yes, it makes echo sounds.

You know, I had a feeling it might make echo sounds. I don't know exactly why. I just had a hunch . Does it in any way fake the over-saturated/too old tape type of grit you get from the real deal or is it just a digital delay. I guess what I'm asking is how does it compare to the Space Echo.

I dunno, just kinda makes echo sounds.

Isabelle Gall wrote:The musical equivalent of a Polaroid camera. You're never really sure what it's going to do, most of what it does is terrible, but occasionally it'll do something incredible.

I imagine this is how my peers will eulogize me.

SecondEdition wrote:A company makes a similar cartridge that can work with some alteration but last time I tried to get in contact with then I got no reply.


They are cheap because they hardly ever work.

Yeah, don't even bother with these pieces of shits. That company everyone brings up when referring to the Univox Tape Echo has stopped making those tape cartridges a long time ago, so don't even bother.

I bought one for $20, thinking I could fix it and it would be a great deal. Sold the fucker for $15.