Would YOU buy a Delay for circa 900 $ and higher..??

Fulltone sell these as fast as they can make 'em, I can tell you that.

I've never used it, but from everything I've heard it really is the bees knees.

 

Haha...no. Why would I spend the equivilant of £400 on something that's going to make the drummer want to hit me?

 

they were making delays in the first millenium?

gorsh

 

$900 for an effect, likely not, but if that's the sounded I needed/craved, then yes I would. It's just another tool, just like a $900 bass would be.

 

man thats crazy. i saw someone asking $1100 for a lovetone... what exactly is so great about tape echo ?

 

Here's a good thread to start with:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=176881

 

I would, and in fact have (but not the Fulltone).

xan wrote: " what exactly is so great about tape echo ?"

There's no way I can say this without it sounding flippant: it's the sound.

A Roland Space Echo is probably a better choice for bassists that want to get into it, they're more flexible and cheaper.

 

sorry i didnt mean to sound dismissive. but it would want to be damned good for that kinda money!

 

Last time I checked these things where fetching as much used as they are new... Mike made a real good unit... And for the people who don't know (seems, most of you) - its a clone of the Maestro Echoplex EP-1, which sell for MUCH more than a TTE. And was pretty much the first real tape echo... If you go to "The Gear Page", "Musictoyz Forums", or "Harmony Central Effects Forums" and do a search for Tube Tape Echo - you will see who is buying them... And truth be told, its not that expensive for what you are getting - at all...

Yes, yes... And YES!..

I have a few friends with them, and they love them to death. Infact they never turn them off...

Alex

 

Tape echoes are very different from your typical delay.
This said, they are easy to emulate, most models are perfect and save the hassle of dealing with tape and all..

 

yeah... any thoughts on the akai headrush? its supposed to be decent.

 

did you do a search? about 90 threads.
Not trying to be unhelpful, but there's just so much useful info in the archives

 

Tru Dat Cornbread!

 

anyone ever try one of these?

Has a tube, and a tape simulation mode. Looks pretty radical...I wonder how it sounds? Its pricey, but a fraction of the price of the real thing.
Guyatone TD-X Tube Echo

 

Sorry I must admit I didnt search. I guess I was really asking, "how does a headrush stand up to something like a fulltone tape echo?". N/m its not that important

 

I've spent thousands of dollars on compressors and microphones/mic preamps for my reocrding studio... because they had "that sound". I suppose if i was playing guitar every day and needed "that sound", i'd get one. Depends on the level of importance it contains. I'm trying to convince my guitarist to find an old tape echo and leave it on all the time, lightly (he does this with an analog delay pedal now). Sounds great.

 

Nice.. Yeah, thats what my friends do with their TTE's (nice bit of ambience/space), but it even makes you sound better when its off - it has a full tube bypass!!!

Alex