Condition: Used, Excellent

What do Jeff Beck, Joe Perry, Keith Richards, John Mayer, Robert Plant, Vance Powell, the late great Tom Petty, Buddy Miller, Jack White, Dan Auerbach, and TBone Burnette, all have in common?

They all rely on the Fulltone TTE for part of their sound.

Fulltone Tape echoes are the best sounding and feeling echo devices you will ever play through, and if you buy one I bet that you will own it for the rest of your life. It's not easy or cheap hand-building Tape Echoes in the USA, in California, none the less. It is an intense labor of love and a source of pride because honestly no one else can do it but me...or they would.

The Fulltone TubeTapeEcho is quite literally what would happen if you took a vintage EP-2 Echoplex:

ran the preamp at over 200 volts

put better heads on it

improved the tape transport

gave it 2 tape speeds

put better quality tape on it

installed an intelligent torque (and speed) adjusting DC powered transport motor

got rid of the hum by running the filaments on 12VDC

made it stereo

gave it true bypass

got rid of the Ep-2's sound-robbing Echo Cancel feature and replaced it with a relay-activated cancel function allowing for any cable length to the footswitch with no degradation to the sound of the repeats

gave it a separate Instrument and Echo volume control

and put a tone control on it affecting only the repeats

1 x 12AX7 Tube for Record, 1 x 12AX7 for Playback, 1 x 12Au7 for the erase section

Mono and stereo outputs with three distinct stereo image choices

DC on the tube filaments for no-hum operation

Torroidal transformer for low EMF, quiet operation

Brushless/three-phase DC servo motor for reliable, quiet tape transport

Blushless DC fan to keep the whole thing running cool

Nickel-plated steel with all stainless-steel hardware, every bolt and spacer

Super-Tough Baltic birch-ply cabinet with blonde Tolex covering

Proprietary erase, record and playback heads designed for long life

All handwired point-to-point audio pathway

All handmade in the U.S.

Two-speed operation (with trimmer adjustment) for a choice between hi-fi or warm vintage sounds

Adjustable tube-powered volume control for up to 25dB volume-boost

Tone control affecting the repeats only

Echo Tape Cartridge (ETC-1) loaded with mastering-quality tape and designed to last many months

True-bypass toggle switch for setting the right volume for your rig

1/4" jack for "Echo Cancel" allowing you to keep the TTE's tube preamp in the signal path

Warranty

This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.

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