Empress Effects Echosystem Pt.1

[@jacobsanchez6924]

And here we see an Andy in his natural habitat.

[@TheEthug]

This an exciting rarity...never before has a human witnessed the courting ritual of the Andy, you can hear it's mating call echo....Eeeeempreeeeess, Eeeempressss. Lets see if we can get in for a closer look.

[@jamesbailes9783]

Careful, Jim......

[@BrettKingman]

Brilliant demo of a stunning pedal, Andy. Thank you once again. I'll be referring to your benchmark as a base for my own efforts later this month. Cheers ... from Vietnam!

[@ishancooper]

Brett Kingman Can't wait for your one too Brett!

[@T-Hawkeyes]

Nice. We love your demos, Brett!

[@Hawaiiweekend]

Your efforts basically rule bruh. Cheers.

[@hugodemouralima]

That's my new crush right there, what a fantastic machine! This delay is simply mind-blowing, everything I always wanted from top notch delays (dual engines, easy banking) and so, so much more. Hope i can gather money soon to get me one of those ASAP

[@STRATOHOLICRichman]

Empress Effects are just amazing, love it. Right up there with the best

[@evannovitzke]

Awesome playing Andy, as always amazing by your music skills

[@HyBr1dRaNg3r]

Still have mine 7 years later😌Only time it’s out of my chain is if I’m going for analog only!

[@danjack-son4871]

Got mine yesterday.... and wow I'm pretty damn impressed! I definitely don't miss my Timeline... although she served me well for 6 years.

[@mattsb17]

Dan Jack-son wow really ? I went with the echo system and I love it! but in the back of my mind I wonder what the timeline could have been . I never tried it. I want to ask what do you see better or worse about the echo system compared to the timeline in regards to to sound and capabilities ?

[@danjack-son4871]

matthew diaz I find that the sound is very natural and keeps your tone...yours. I kinda miss the screen on the Timeline but it was small anyway. I love the duel delays which Timeline only had one dedicated dual delay. That is a small snapshot of what I like and think about it so far.

[@johnborzini5610]

1965... Shapes of Things, the groundbreaking hit from the Yardbirds... Andy did a nice interpretation of it at the beginning of the demo. This effects combo is the newest "thing" that companys are building. I'll have to save up a bit more to afford this one.

[@arthurveldhoen3932]

Sounds amazing. But I'm still holding out for the Catalinbread Belle Epoch Deluxe. Fantastic playing again Andy!

[@T-Hawkeyes]

Same here... until I heard the analog emulations!!!

[@jandesteen9736]

Because you play it so well, i'm going to buy it !

[@gearzilla4112]

That strat sounds sooooooooo good on that yardbirds. This fx is def the nicest Delay around, it's crazy..reverb,chorus,reverse..its insane. But even so, I'm more interested in listening to the beautiful tone of that strat, that's one of Andy's axes I haven't looked up yet.. he has videos on most of his guitars he uses here.. it's nice. What beautiful music, great job.

[@vvmakovv2689]

Wow amazing pedal and amazing playing!

[@krispatel1]

It would be interesting to hear the difference between running this in the front end of an amp vs the effects loop

[@Agelesslink]

Man and I was so set on the boonar! Gonna have to think on this

[@DNKOTOR]

Interesting version of Shapes Of Things.....

[@Mesa3077Boogie]

You need to start providing tabs with your videos! Your friggin playing is amazing!

[@SoyAlexDM]

Is this better than the ehx canyon?

[@fibretothenode3428]

seems to be able to do wayyy more at a higher quality and with presets plus the option of stacking or running in parallel.. different ball park!

[@funkyfurballs1078]

Canyon is mono but pedalboard friendly... Echo System is more like a smaller Strymon.

[@maidenthe80sla]

Nice to hear you play some Yardbirds (Shapes of Things) at the intro.

[@nickr6294]

Just bought one. Were very hard to find, only now place had.

[@IamtheWV17]

What am amazing release!!! I've been craving a second delay pedal on my board to complement my analogue petal... would love a timeline but just cannot fit it so I was leaning towards the superdelay.... but along comes this beast in the same footprint!!!

[@betweenthelines]

I would die if I won this on free pedal Friday. My dream pedal that I'll never afford.

[@bakstabbath]

$450 is a bit steep. Is it that much better than the Seymour Duncan Andromeda?

[@evannovitzke]

Is this better than the Timeline?

[@samuelpacker2976]

strymon timeline killer?

[@T-Hawkeyes]

indeed! less worship-y as well

[@caesar09]

lol what does worshipy have to do with the pedal? i'm sure the worship dudes will use this, then it won't be cool anymore? lmao

[@T-Hawkeyes]

@Cesar. Sorry. I didn't mean to offend by that comment, but seriously... So many of the worship dudes use Strymon Timeline/Big Sky pedals that it IS the new worship sound. I'm not dissing your timeline.

[@Erickchicas]

There are a loot of those... Do you think timeline is the best delay?

[@Travmann777]

Its a game changer at the very least. Strymon is going to have a good response, and soon, or they'll probably lose a good chunk of their users to Empress.

[@proteusswarm7291]

you had me at drunk ewok...

[@nexvid1232]

I cant figure out what the song at 6:00 is based on, its killing me.

[@JohnEG]

I hear a slight resemblance to the Foo Fighters song The Pretender.

[@mootsym]

So then.. There's this, the Flashback Triple Delay, and the Timeline. Tough to pick.

[@ad6499]

Matthew Maneri currently selling my triple delay to fund this if my opinion means anything to you

[@savanaviolenta]

Aaron Dues mistake,keep the triple and add the echosystem

[@soundknight]

that sounds freaking amazing.

[@cesarrobles6526]

Brian Cullen i

[@joshzorrill6951]

Can it trail tho?

[@DreamRubycon]

Differently on the The Edge"s shopping list

[@mwagliardo]

EMPRESSive.......; )

[@Diamond_Eyes_24]

EMPRENSIVE

[@the5chord]

Sounds great!

[@Jon-sq5dt]

I can't see the brand of that Strato. Can someone tell me?

[@Jon-sq5dt]

Thank you very much!

[@lybardhoppe6961]

] what beautiful playing

[@r.llynch4124]

timeline who?? this thing is amazing next on my list for sure!!

[@jeffb4881]

Sounds great

[@MrKadidle51]

I've always just been a clean and overdrive traditional player. But I've been thinking about getting into more effects lately. Delay seems like a logical one to be next, however my fear is that while this thing is awesome, it seems like a newb wouldn't know what to do with it. Should I stick with just a single MXR carbon? Flashback x4? Or go balls to the walls with something like this or the strymon or pigtronix?

[@ryanwilson5936]

Joe Schmoe Get the best pedals you can realistically afford whether it be $30 or $300. While high-end pedals are awesome and very very appealing, you could spend $150 bucks and any of the multitude of pedals in that price range and be happy with your purchase (after research of course). If you’re new to pedals, there’s no need to spend $500 on any specific pedal to get a sound you’d be satisfied with. Unless you’re made of money then by all means go for it. I would lol. To get the most out of this pedal though you would need a stereo setup consisting of two separate amp/cab rigs or the capabilities to do it on a computer. Lots of options out there, shop around, demo them if you can, watch videos if you can’t and make a sensible affordable choice that works for your needs. Sometimes pedals that look promising end up being a disappointment regardless of price. I would like a handful of Strymons though. My pedals top out at $150-$200. I’m currently considering the Digitech Obscura delay. Sounds good for what I need and doesn’t cost a fortune. My best advice would be to invest in a quality power supply with isolated outputs especially if you plan on getting higher end pedals. I’m looking at getting a Strymon Ojai R30. It’s roughly $200 bucks and for the price of a decent pedal I can comfortably power any pedal I want. And you can daisy chain multiple power supplies together. Did you ever decide on some pedals? If so, what did you get?

[@styleomatic]

Hey Empress this could use a few more lights, knobs, jacks and switches.

[@tomvoigt]

It would take me a year to figure that thing out...

[@asterhogan1]

tomvoigt how long for thing 2?

[@tomvoigt]

That's what she said.

[@Erickchicas]

really?? looks really easy to use.

[@tomvoigt]

It took me a month to get used to my Phase 90 and it only has one control!

[@Paulgarnerband]

good times though eh? :)

[@xabiernovelle6660]

6:00

[@alecboyyes]

Ah, it has things, THINGS!

[@ronj9448]

This box seems too small for easy access to all the options. That foot at 1:47 looks giant. The knobs look like same diameter as the patch cables as well - tiny.

[@IamtheWV17]

Ron R Thats not totally a bad thing... it will fit on a lot of boards where is main competitors won't... for example my board has only got exactly the right hole to accept an empress enclosure.

[@tomvitti2415]

Inspiring

[@Joe-mz6dc]

Why bother buying the pedal? Why not just listen to Andy play it. Super entertaining guitar player.

[@xabiernovelle6660]

6

[@luckyphilster]

Bye bye strymon

[@funkyfurballs1078]

Not at $450...

[@Kaleil]

The Timeline is about that price, though.

[@58974antonio]

Has anyone noticed a big loss of signal when it's on the board?

[@ProGuitarShopDemos]

I don’t see that happening unless the Output level is below noon (unity). You might want to enable the buffer in the adv config mode, it could be due to cable capacitance. Good luck!

[@IbervilleMusic]

as much as I love my Empress VMSD, I F&@* loathe its one way preset selection system and the worst part is that it sometimes skips presets for no reason and there's no way to go back other than cycle through every presets. So what I did is I put tape around and over the preset switch and I just dial my settings as I go.

[@Hawaiiweekend]

They just gave this away and I forgot to sign up. Yeah, it was probably a long shot but f--k me.

[@universalmanchild]

Way too much shit going on at once for my pea brain. I had a hard enough time using the Vintage Modified Super Delay. Just too many sub settings and options.

[@raypolakovic1290]

My El Capistan taxes my on-the-fly configuration skills. I'll stick with that, and a DD-3 for my crisp slappy needs. Simple man, simple needs. But this is a gorgeous sounding pedal.