Solid State Tape Echo - SSTE

The definitive How to Install a Tape Cart in a Fulltone SSTE (Hi-Res video) is live now on the Official Fulltone YouTube channel.

Jump to EP-3 - This unit offered echo, sound-on-sound, and a number of. About the time of the public introduction of the EP-3, Maestro was.

NEW FEATURE! All SSTEs (serial# 388 and higher) have a small toggle switch allowing you to choose between 'Buffered' or 'Bypassed' output. Why? An SSTE without its output buffer is very much an early EP-3 Echoplex circuit, and EP-3s have a pair of Mix potentiometers on their output that give them a very unhealthily high output impedance, degrading the instrument's treble and the the brightness of the repeats! BUT, some people like this effect, and I've had people ask me 'Can you make yours sound more like an EP-3?' Lol, so the EP-3's sonic degredation is an 'asset' to some people, and I get that. I like the sound of an SSTE with the buffer turned off..sometimes, so now all SSTEs have this 'Buf/Byp' switch, and we can modify your SSTE to have it as well. Thanks, MFuller (see photo below)

In the early 80's I worked in music stores teaching Guitar and selling & repairing gear. One day a guy came in with a 70's Echoplex EP-3 tape delay asking $30 for it!. The owner of the store said he didn't want it so I bought it and thus was born a life-long love affair with tape echo.I used that solid-state Echoplex all through the 80's and early 90's. Everyone else showed up for auditions with a refrigerator rack full of cold, thin sounding gear, and more often than not I'd steal the gig using a pair of Blackface Fenders, a Plexi Marshall Half stack, a couple of homemade pedals and that trusty early version EP-3.

Why do Page, early Van Halen, Brian may, Steve Stevens, etc seem to favor those early EP-3's?Because of the sound and feel of the preamp. It's that TIS58 JFET running on 22 volts, but not just that. The first version EP-3's cut a bit of Bass and boost the highs a little, creating a beautiful sound and feel that no other delay, nor any of the 'EP-3 preamp pedals' can accurately create when running on anything less than 22 volts. That's just what a loud 4x12 Marshall amp needs..less bass, and more clarity.

What is the downside to using an old Echoplex?No one knows how to adjust, optimize, or repair them, AND they produce a massive amount of hum that you just have to get used to. Nowadays no one will put up with that ever-present hum.Back then they had inferior recording-head technology, crappy tape, and didn’t have a clue how to lay out a circuit. There I said it. With all those wires strewn about, all up in the air, acting like antennas, and too many grounding points, instead of tying them all together to one…no wonder Echoplexes are so damned noisy!

Stop with the boring old stories, tell me about this SSTE!

SSTE
$1499 MSRPNow shipping with a max weekly build rate of 3 units.
Available direct from Fulltone

Features:

*1/3 smaller than the original Echoplex (9.5' W x 7.25' D x 5.6' H) Handmade and bullet-proof.

. A flashback in the Shin Koihime anime reveals how Ryuubi's identity and sword were stolen by the fake Ryuubi. Ryuubi's mother threw her into a nearby river whenever she thought about how Ryuubi lost the family heirloom. While she doesn't look any visibly heavier since the Shin Koihime anime, Ryuubi freaks-out over Chouhi saying. Shin Koihime†Musō -Kakumei- (真・恋姫†夢想-革命-) - the trilogy novels, which is a remaster of the second novel Shin Koihime†Musō: Otome Ryōran Sangokushi Engi (真・恋姫†無双 〜乙女繚乱☆三国志演義〜), which includes some changes in the schedule, an updated combat system, as well as new characters and events associated with them. The Gi chapter, titled. Koihime musou crack hongfire harem. See the Hongfire stories or see related: Hongfire Dead and also Hongfire Not Working in 2020. Hongfire.com Troubleshooting Help & Support - Fixya photo Jp/ - Otaku Culture photo. Crack: Description: Improved. 3dcustom gif hentai, 3dh game itazura gokuaku 3d sim uncensored., she, shi, shin koihime musou part55.rar mediafire, shin koihime. Some bosses are dying from a single click, and obviously designed for good jokes, and each remembers harmless and very sad mermaid- ogress, who washed ashore, and only then realized the. Koihime † Musou Doki ☆ Otome Darake no Sangokushi Engi 2014-12-19: 18+ Shin Koihime † Musou - Collector's Box: English: 2010-09-11: 13+ Koihime Musou A Heart-Throbbing, Maidenly Romance of the Three Kingdoms Trial Edition: 2011-02-28: 18+ Koihime Musou A Heart-Throbbing, Maidenly Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

*1/4' tape for FAT sounding delay, using the ball-bearing equipped Fulltone ETC-2 Tape Cartridge.

*None of Hum found in vintage Echoplexes.

*Optimal 1.1 mega ohm Input impedance and super-low 10K output impedance …SSTE has none of the issues that Echoplexes have driving long cables and is not affected by devices coming before or after, either. EP-3’s have a 200K-350K output impedance and no output buffer…that causes interaction issues!

*True-Bypass toggle switch, which you won’t use much because of the SSTE’s low output impedance, but it’s nice to be able to bypass to check your levels.

*2 Tape speeds with a moveable Playback head to achieve everything from super-quick Plate Reverb emulations, to Rockabilly slapbacks, to a full 1 second delays. Manipulating a moveable playback head is the only way to achieve the Jimmy Page-like self-oscillating trick using a tape echo.

*2 Preamp Modes:

1. EP-3 mode is the identical TIS58 JFET circuit of the first version (pre-serial #9451) Echoplex EP-3, offering that slight bass cut and slight treble boost favored by Page, Brian May, Steve Stevens, Tommy Bolin, etc. that works so well in high-volume stage situations.

2. Full mode is dead-on, honest, full-range rich sound, just like your bypassed sound, in case you aren’t craving that unique Ep-3 color. Beautiful.

*Separate Instrument Volume & Echo Volume control knobs - unlike the single “Mix” knob on an EP-3 which gave a fixed Instrument Volume and increased Hum as you turned clockwise.The SSTE’s Instrument Volume knob has a center detente at 12 o’clock denoting “unity gain” and up to 10dB of clean boost available as you turn clockwise.

*Echo Repeats - turn clockwise to add repeats, and easily go into self-oscillation around 1 o’clock depending on Record Level knob setting.

*Echo Highs tone switch: affects only the Echo Repeats, not your guitar tone.

1. Vintage - look, Echoplexes hissed a lot, so instead of fixing the problem, they slapped a capacitor to ground to kill the highs where the hiss resides…primitive but effective. It’s part of the “EP-3 sound” and Vintage mode gets that sound.

2. Brilliant - allows more overtones and highs on the repeats…a subtle difference, not trebly, but (no joke) I find myself checking to see if the reverb is on due to the intoxicating psycho-acoustic imagery this mode imparts. Who needs drugs? A little Green Dot or Maker’s Mark over ice and I’m good for 3 hours on the SSTE.

*Record Level - small mini-knob adjusts how much signal smacks the tape. 3 o’clock is normal, above that and the Echoes get THICKER.

*relay-activated footswitchable Echo Cancel - unlike Echoplexes, the SSTE doesn't route the Echo signal through the echo cancel footswitch…which absolutely kills the delay sound if you use a cable over 6 feet in length. With the SSTE and using the (optional) Fulltone Echo Cancel Footswitch (ECF) you can use any standard guitar cable up to 500ft in length if need-be. And there’s no need to power the footswitch to see its bright Red & Green LED’s because the power is sent through that cable from the SSTE.. Pretty slick, eh?

Different critters.The RC Boost is a very flat response gain pedal with Bass/Treble controls. The EP Boost is a simple pedal that has a specific 'sound' to mimic the front end of an Echoplex.I have an EP Boost that I'm replacing with the new model of the EP Boost that has unity gain. I love the pedal but even when turned to zero, it's got just a hair too much gain. The update gives you the ability to have no gain.just the tonal characteristics of the echoplex. Regardless, the EP Boost is a wonderful one trick pony.I just leave it on all the time.

Think of it as 'You amp.Just Better!' I've never had the RC Boost, so I can't speak to a direct comparison. In general, I'd expect an overdrive pedal without the mid-hump.

The Xotic EP Booster pedal has been one of our best selling pedals to date.We hear constantly how much everyone likes it. However, we have also heard with the gain knob turned all the way down, in some situations there is too much boost.

As of July 2011, beginning from serial number 11012, we've updated the EP Booster with an internal dip switch where users can choose to have true unity gain with the knob turned all the way off. Please note, this update will not be available to EP's prior to serial numbers 11012.

We apologize for this inconvenience. I own both right now. I did a shootout of my drive pedals recently.The EP Boost is a straight gain boost. No added distortion. It boosts a certain lower mid frequency that makes your amp sound bigger and better. When it's off, I get a more percussive attack better for funky rhythms but when I turn it on, some of that is lost and I get a better soloing sound.

Does it compress the tone? But it does make the sound a whole lot more present in the mix making it better for soloing.The RC Booster, on the other hand, is not a flat frequency response. It actually has a very slight mid bump. You just don't here it because it's subtle. (The main difference tone-wise between an RC and Timmy, another one I own, is that the Timmy is scoooped.) The RC Booster has a treble response that makes it clearer than the EP Booster.

Speaking of the funky rhythm playing earlier, the RC makes it even easier to play since the highs are more accentuated (but not piercing).If you watch Kirk Fletcher's demo of the RC then his demo of the EP, that's basically how it sounds. The RC is better for bringing your rhythm parts out in the mix.

It is also a great tool in the studio to make your guitar sound clearer. The EP Boost pushes your sound to the front of the mix for soloing and for fatter rhythm sounds.