Tape Delay Shootout - Dunlop v Catalinbread v Wampler v Strymon v T Rex

[@XiyuYang]

5:08 Dunlop 6:04 Catalinbread 8:52 Wampler 11:35 Strymon 16:12 T-Rex Man that T-rex sound...

[@jingxiyan5565]

杨希雨？

[@Varone26]

I had an El Capistan. It was great and still stands as one of the best out there. But too many options get us players lost sometimes. I switched to the Dunlop Echoplex and based on function is why I think it’s the best one you can buy.

[@johncruz1811]

Belle epoch has a ep preamp that’s always on. So, it’s coloring all the other pedals in line.

[@JHKNVY02]

Yep, you can't string the pedals in series and get independent results.....100%

[@satchrules101]

@@JHKNVY02 even when it’s off? I don’t want it to change the sound on other pedals that I might have on like a phase or something.

[@thepatriot4355]

Dunlop Echoplex Delay is the very best Authentic sounding Echoplex tape Delay

[@dagreatspacecowboy]

I use and own two different echoplex units, ep3 and ep4. The Dunlop in this video sounds the most like them. The wampler sounded more like an original DMM

[@jeffreyziemba5588]

I agree. Ive had an ep3 and fulltone tte as well as el capistan original memory man, dm-2 and more. The mxr does sound to capture the vibe. The el cap sounds good but to me its not like an ep3.

[@user-vm8qv9su3h]

I love tape delay pedals. Great demo guys, thanks

[@Binbonbunn]

At the 7:00 mark so I may just be uninformed but the echoplex has a hidden feature to induce modulation and cracking

[@IamMusicNerd]

They all sound very similar to me, but I think I prefer the Wampler.

[@shred5]

I really liked the Wampler in this demo the best too. I’m a Belle Epoch owner myself and while I wish it had a tap tempo it’s a fantastic sounding pedal

[@nsc217]

I like the Wampler the best.. The replicator would be my favorite if it didn’t have that weird continuous sound at the end

[@126wfer]

dude put a booster before a tape echo pedal and boom thats pretty close to a real thing

[@javiceres]

What do you mean by a real thing?

[@stanislavmigra]

@@javiceres tape echo delay, that is not emulation, but thing with physicall magnetic tape inside.

[@jamesbarros950]

Totally with you on liking the modulation on the reverb or delay, not on the dry signal.

[@Maharani1991]

Nick Offerman does pedal reviews now? :)

[@robotrobotmainmain1013]

Dunlop Echoplex!!.... wow!!

[@HooksBill]

What set it apart form the others enough for you to say, "wow!" Did you own it at the time and that's why you promoted it?

[@muse-mech-moda]

This is a lovely video. As a Replicator owner, I think the other pedals made some wonderful tones - but I think I will stick with my T-Rex. I am getting a lot out of this newly found channel - Well done!

[@paulsguitarstudio126]

The El capistan does so much more and has a huge processing snark chip overtly designed to reproduce variant mod and real crinkle spliced up tape weirdness. The deep editing adds all manner of params the real tape delay would do, by accident and warn parts. Strymon can go from pristine tape biased machine to one falling apart with the twist of a knob and back again. Also self oscillation into infinite

[@andivax]

The one problem. Even El Capistan doesn't skins like real tape. If you are need and don't afraid to maintain tape - go for the real deal. Ahh. And a price tag ))😊

[@thetoneranger1017]

Really surprising how different they all sound. Not subtle as all

[@sid35gb]

Echoplex simple and to the point.

[@jmacc9876]

The replicator is the best...until the tape mechamism fails mid performance, then you have no tape delay, then you have to send it in for repairs.

[@nsc217]

They sell replacement tapes

[@redseadiver43]

Can anyone please tell me the difference between an echo and a delay pedal? Thks

[@EllisAnimalDefender]

They are used interchangeably but “echo” refers specifically to tape ... aka tape delay or tape echo, so it means the same thing really but it usually specifies tape

[@mattgilbert7347]

Dunlop (if you can't afford the $ and pedalboard real estate for the real thang). I got mine for $150AUD w/box! on Ebay I sold my El Cap. Didn't like my gain, and had that "Strymon sheen" over the sound which, idk, makes me think of P&W church bads. I love the T-Rex Replica (or TC Vintage) - it's like a perfect delay. It's digital, but has a filter control and sounds sorta analog-y and tape-y and has that digital clarity as well.

[@oig40203]

My church band is all Nashville studio musicians. They are pretty amazing.

[@mattgilbert7347]

We have separation of Church and State, we need Separation of Church and Rock. I'm not saying that church bands can't feature great musicians, btw. I was referring to a generic sound one associates with "Praise and Worship" music (like Hillsong).

[@mattgilbert7347]

I'm sure that all you guys who go to church and play in church bands have a lot of fun and play great music and don't fall into the cheesy Hillsong camp. I wasn't trying to bash religion, just stating my feelings about the El Cap. Btw the Lovepedal Echophonic is also really good. Btw analog dry-thru applies when the pedal is on. It's not the same as true bypass. It means that your signal isn't being converted into digital and modelled into an analog sound. A/DA. The Nemesis Delay from Source Audio is an example of a delay with no analog dry-thru. I have one, sounds pretty good to me!

[@oig40203]

I wasn't trying to defend anything either and I get what you are saying. The ambient delay thing gets overused or at least it did. Like other genres, contemporary worship goes through phases. Personally, I use the Chase Bliss Tonal Recall (Red Knob) and Alexander History Lesson II.

[@mouthmw]

@@mattgilbert7347 Never ever played in a church (I'm anti church and anti religion - ALL religion) and I use El Cap (first it was v1 and now v2). I'm a bass player first and foremost, so I like the clarity and the fact that it doesn't have a preamp. It's pure rock and roll when I go apeshit with it during psychedelic moments and there's not a drop of "church" or "worship" in my filthy, chewed up tape repeats that oscillate like a mofo. Nemesis is great too (had it), and they have an ADT version out now. I still go for El Cap as I prefer tape delay the most, and I still haven't heard a better tape delay in a pedal form.

[@SuperReverbious]

Does anyone make a high quality mini pedal tape delay yet?

[@BlueberryStinkFinger62]

The best tape delay is the Dunlop Echoplex

[@MoreMeRecording]

The Wampler isn't a "digital emulation". Its all analog circuitry, just sayin.

[@TheEjuiceReviews]

I want that t-rex tape delay bad but i'm holding off untill T-rex release their Binson echorec i think that will be killer

[@NuZTheRockerOFFICIAL]

When has it been announced?

[@javiceres]

Brummie Comedy T-Rex are having trouble to keep themselves in business, I seriously doubt the Binson project will ever get accomplished

[@noahchasinguitar5831]

They just came out with that! It’s aweful!

[@ericcartman8354]

Thank you, I think I will get the Strymon

[@Deeplycloseted435]

The Replicator is a cool idea, but every demo I’ve seen comparing it to a real tape machine (vintage or modern like Fulltone).....it sounds terrible. Then all of these digital tape machine emulations, are wobbly-smeary sounding, when in fact, tape machines have very clean repeats, with preserved transients. Sure, if the tape is beat to hell its scratchy, and there can be wow/flutter, but the degraded sound is really more of a BBD thing. Go listen to a shootout of an Echoplex EP-3 compared to the pedals. Its not even close. I feel like the Replicator is an analog version of the digital faux tape sound.

[@Deeplycloseted435]

For the money, Wampler wins for me.

[@paulsguitarstudio126]

Messing with my new El Capistan has only made me appreciate more the Voodoo Strymon put in this pedal. Needs to be made very clear outside this video rendering. This pedal sounds like tape recording the sound not like your basic delay pedal that adds chorus or whatever to its digital circuit. Strymon has made this thing not mimic a real tape machine but clearly sounds and "feels" exactly like behavior and tone of real tape. All a real tape unit does is begin to degrade right from first use and yes it is this degrade that gives the tape delay units their cool sounds, but when you have to replace the heads and motor drive much less eating tapes from trying to do any sort of time changes. And there is the beauty of the El Capistan, from pristine tuned new tape unit to one falling apart with the twist of a few knobs and back again w no wear to the unit! Try one out, you will be amazed how this is not your same old delay pedal.

[@kellymarie3197]

This guy pronounced almost each pedal wrong hahaha

[@vespass225]

I found the Dunlop Echoplex and the Wampler best sounding. Actually I think the El Capistan can't stand a chance against the Echoplex, which I find being best sounding of the whole bunch here...! People who own both the Dunlop Echoplex and a real EP3, seem to agree...

[@kirabarsmith9353]

Not too hard to tell which one you guys like most, can't beat the real thing. Cheers!

[@fon267]

That’s some massive tone

[@TheEjuiceReviews]

Great video btw subbed

[@PombaAbusada]

7:05

[@jeanpat8946]

You guys so cooooool !!!! Great demo !!!!

[@mrmcclock]

The most useless waste of my time..97%poser blah blah blah - 10-14 seconds spinster like barely audible every now and then with practicalluy NO pedal option demosnstration

[@garystackhouse5787]

Boss RE-20 ftw.... oh.... what? You left it out? Your loss.

[@wcm5150]

Wow, the guitar player in this video is totally related to Henry Cavill, also known as Superman.

[@shawnshipstad2184]

I love the Belleepoch. I tried to adjust mine and fried it. Please do not do the stupid thing I did. NEVER make an adjustment when the power is pluged into anything. It is like pouring gasoline on money. You gear will get torched. When I say any gear I mean any gear.-Best of luck. I have always felt that your dely pedal is the most personal effect you van own and need at least 2.

[@KDATalkie]

This statement is pure nonsense...you obviously dont know what you are doing...in fact, in order to judge what you are adjusting, the pedal would need to be on...stop spreading misinformation based off your own incompetence...

[@dafxtone]

Worst shoot out ever, the signal is eat by the amp or the mic whatever. Awful...

[@burrencrawler]

God, stop the talking and get on with it, didnt even get to hear a thing....

[@Gummmibaer]

Interesting comparison. Its quite unfair how much better the TRex sounds compared to the digital emulations. Must be incredible hard to emulate if builders like wampler or catalinbread cant come closer to "the real thing".

[@hoover728]

Try the Catalinbread Belle Epoch Deluxe, it's amazingly close.

[@hoover728]

Plus in a blind test I think people would be surprised at what was digital and what was 'real'.

[@8sigreg]

Get your hands on the El Capistan and try it live. It sounds just as good as a regular tape unit. I sold mine to help fund my modeler, and now am looking to buy one again because nothing touches it, not even a modeler.

[@HarvilloDotCom]

Why is this so annoying? It would be nice to hear them without modulation. The real tape against the others seems out of place unless you also put a real echoplex in. The digital pedals are fox representations. I like the simplicity of the echoplex.

[@rammusic4387]

Demoed only one tone for each pedal, dreadful!!

[@rypetkypar]

This whole video is extremely awkward and made me very uncomfortable countless times.. fire that guy

[@MAV4Soul]

How dare they assault my ears with beautiful tones and knowledge of all the products...#mygeartoo

[@asmahism]

Fire him because you don’t like him? Sure.