Fans of tape style delays.. Which pedal is your favourite?

equalsql

Looking to pick up one myself soon so... what one rocks your world?

WiresDreamDisasters

Real ones, or modelled ones???

I like the Volante.

Vintage-T

Volante is probably the clear winner here but it's expensive.

The Disaster Transport Sr by Earthquaker does some great Tape delay noises, as does the DD200, all available 2nd hand at considerably less than the Volante.

If you're not 100% on which delay type you really like, the DD200 would be my choice as it covers a lot of ground for the money.

joetele

DOD Rubberneck

monquixote

The MXR Echoplex is nice because it's very simple if you just want a basic tape delay.

It does get quite hot though.

LastMantra

The only thing I have is an old headrush e2 looper/delay pedal. You can do interesting things with the 4 output sockets. 

ThePrettyDamned

The only time I heard a real tape delay it didn't really sound anything like the modern emulations of tape delays.

Actually, it was quite a bit cleaner - more like an analog or even slightly older digital delay. Maybe it had recently been serviced or something.

I wasn't playing it at the time, someone was noodling on it in a store. Such a cool thing! 

brojangles

El Capistan. You can dial in a massive range of sounds with the tone control and record level options etc, the modulation is really good, and the hold tap for oscillation thing is awesome. Plus the weird degrading looping, and you can make messed up chorus and vibrato sounds with it too. And the spring reverb is icing on the cake. If you can live with just one preset it's really good. 

skunkwerx

For cheap I really liked the Tone City Tape Machine.

JanekLubanski

Watkins CopyCat. Retro but going for £200-£300 used on the Bay.

jellybelly

El Cap is best I've tried. The Spring Reverb really makes it. It's better than the one on the Flint IMO. Looper is fun too. 

Not tried the Volante and the Keeley Eccos gets good reviews - if I were looking for a change I'd start there. 

Nod to the humble TC flashback too. Some great tape sounds. Troy Van Llewellyn's 'warble tape' tomeprint in particular. 

Majorscale

Skreddy Echo

noisepolluter

I love my El Capistan. Sounds great, lots of features and control over the sound but also really easy to use. 

Cols

+1 for the WEM Copicat.  It’s big though, about the size of a briefcase.  And it may need to be modified to meet current electrical safety standards.

For a more pedal sized solution, the Catalinbread Belle Epoch is a brilliant take on the Echoplex.  And unlike Dunlop’s offering, it actually includes the preamp circuit.

Gassage

I found the Volante very very digital.

The Boonar is excellent

clarkefan

Cols said:

For a more pedal sized solution, the Catalinbread Belle Epoch is a brilliant take on the Echoplex.  And unlike Dunlop’s offering, it actually includes the preamp circuit.

I prefer the Dunlop Echoplex for the same reason   Not a fan of the preamp sound personally, and you can't turn it off in the Belle Epoch if you don't like it (well, the Deluxe version I had anyway).

If cost is a consideration I'd look into the Nux Tape Core Deluxe, which has three "tape heads", seven presets (not footswitchable), and reverb, bass, treble, wow and flutter available via software and a laptop.  Pretty decent for 50ish quid.

personalnadir

I've loved the T-Rex Replicator Junior. There was a bizarre moment a while ago where the new price for them tanked. I'm sure the modellers are great, but I love the sound and simplicity of it.

chrisj1602

El Capistan is great. I’ve been tempted by the Belle Epoch too but not tried it yet.

meltedbuzzbox

Gassage said:

I found the Volante very very digital.

The Boonar is excellent

It's not tape delay though?
It's a binson copy

Amazing pedal though

Keefy

My favourite for tape-style delay is the EHX DMM 1100-TT with a graphic EQ in the loop to cut the bass and boost the treble, tilt-EQ-stylee. I tried an Empress Tape Delay once but it sounded thin after analog.

vasselmeyer

I really love the Tape engine in the Source Audio Nemesis. If you dig into it with the app,  it can get really close.