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Home 2010 September Danelectro Reel Echo Tape Simulator

Danelectro Reel Echo Tape Simulator

Danelectro Reel Echo Tape Simulator Guitar Effects PedalToday I saw @BrooksCS mention that he picked up a Danelectro Reel Echo Tape Simulator and was loving it. I’ve never been too impressed with Danelectro stuff in the past (I think mostly related to durability – I have to say some sound great though), so I was surprised by this tweet, so I wanted to take a closer look. Right off the bat.. I was pretty impressed with some of the sounds I was listening to on YouTube and for the price… I think it’s worth a closer look.

Here is the official description of this pedal:

The Danelectro Reel Echo Tape Simulator Pedal reproduces the sound of those ’50s tape echo units perfectly and it will hold up a lot longer than they will. The Reel Echo from Dano simulates the sound perfectly and adds a Warble switch to replicate tape pitch deviations. A lo-fi control rolls off high frequencies of successive repeats just like tape while a Tube/Solid State toggle lets you pick your vintage. The Sound on Sound button works just like the original so you can play over the lick you just recorded. The Danelectro Reel Echo gives you up to 1-1/2 seconds of delay.

Danelectro Reel Echo Tape Simulator Guitar Effects Pedal Features:

* Simulates the sound of tape-based echo delay perfectly
* Warble switch simulates tape pitch deviations
* Lo-fi control rolls off high frequencies of successive repeats just like tape
* Tube/Solid State toggle lets you pick your vintage
* Sound on Sound button lets you play over the lick you just recorded
* Up to 1-1/2 seconds of delay

I found an interesting video by burntumber, things get interesting towards the end:

You can pick up the Danelectro Reel Echo Tape Simulator for $149.99 at Musician’s Friend.

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Comments: 5
  1. Chad
    12 years ago

    Durability aside-some of the Danelectro stuff is really good. I worked at a Danelectro dealer when the first started re-issuing things, and loved the guitars.

    Some of the mini-pedals are horrible, but others are great (the tremolo comes to mind). Yes-they had some nasty pracitices surrounding the whole Transparent Overdrive/Timmy issue…and they took care of that.

    In the DIY community, rehousing Danelectro stuff is a big sub-culture. Thanks for the mention and I will update you more if I think this pedal needs more attention. So far- it’s excellent.

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  2. ian sherwen
    12 years ago

    these are ok for the money (i picked one up for £25 used!), however they seem prone to strange unexplained glitching now and again in my experience, i have only used one for recording, don’t think i would trust it live.

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  3. John Bgron
    12 years ago

    This pedal is crap, sounds nothing like a real Echoplex and cannot self oscillate at all. Save up your cash for a real tape echo, you wont be disappointed.

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  4. clopy
    12 years ago

    this pedal is my favourite one.Great delay and unique sound.you can do many many things and the sound on sound button just wit and awesome.i haven’t regret buying it 🙂

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  5. SteveD
    11 years ago

    I have a couple, plus a tube and SS Echoplex. It’s a great pedal except for the low input impedance, which can suck tone and volume. A simple buffer added to the input takes care of that.

    I’ve had no glitching, noise, or problems with either unit I have. The warble is nice, but could be more subtle or adjustable.

    There are special effects (sliding the head while playing, self oscillation etc) that the Echoplex can do that the RE can’t, but for a versatile delay/echo, it’s hard to beat.

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