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Soundclip+Review Pigtronix Echolution

Sep 3, 2003
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www.bongripper.com
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Endorsing Artist: Fuzzrocious Pedals
Finally back somewhere with a good internet connection so it was time to post up a review and soundclip for you guys

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Freaking AMAZING pedal it's everything I hoped it could be and more. I absolutely love delay and this is the best I've ever had (out of around 15 or so) it can do anything I want it to and more. It easily can produce any sound I've been able to make with my old delay pedals and a whole bunch of sounds I never have heard before. It can make traditional digital delay sounds with crystal clear repeats and vintage analog dark repeating delays, but also get super long delay times you cannot accomplish with analog delays but still have that musical analog sound. Outside accomplishing the more standard areas of delay with great stride where this pedal really shines is the extra features. I'll start with the Modulation delay. Both the chorus and Tremolo sound incredible and add a lot of great possibilities I prefer the trem but I was never a fan of chorus to begin with. the only problem is that the chorus and trem share the same LFO speed knob so you cant have a fast cutting trem with slow swooshy chorus. This may be a big deal to you but not even a remote problem for me. The Tap tempo mode is great it is incredibly accurate and easy to use and works as a second preset delay so you can switch between a modulated delay and clean delay. The Flip switches are what makes this pedal completely different from any other delays out there. If you need to learn more about what they do you gotta go to the pigtronix site and look it up but trust me they are sweet. Essentially they make more interesting rhythmic patterns for the delay and can sound like you are running multiple delay pedals together (which I have been known to do in the past) but this makes these sounds available within one box with limitless options. I can keep going on and on, but if you want to know more I can answer more questions if you got them. As it stands I feel like this post is already getting too long

The sound clip is about 4 minutes long and I try to show as many sounds out of the pedal as I can in such a short amount of time. But trust me I do it no justice in all the things it can accomplish. I switch between playing melodies and just tapping the strings so you can hear how the various switches interact together. It was recorded with an Fostex MR-8 and Shure SM58. Played with a Dean Razor NTB 5 string tuned C F Bb Eb Db through a Fender 75 head and a homemade 1x15 cab.
 
I forgot to mention I had mine modded with a second expression pedal jack to control the feedback and in the process Dave found another mod that made the feedback knob more sensitive and made the run away oscillation even more awesome. I should note I didn't even touch the feedback control in the clip
 
Damn... that looks amazing. Also can't wait to see whatthis guy looks like, but wow... I hadn't even really wanted a delay, but look at all those switches.

Engaging the PHI switch realigns all of these fractions to values based on the Golden Ratio. The Golden Ratio creates a spiral rhythm that is found throughout the universe. It is observed in the shapes of galaxies, sea shells, DNA, the Egyptian Pyramids as well as in the work of many great musicians.

Seriously... holy crap, that sounds like it'd get pretty crazy.