Fulltone Tube Tape Echo Guitar Effects

Dead quiet, no change in your original EQ, Tons of Headroom (You couldn't clip this thing with a Keyboard!). When's the last time your delay-pedal made your hair stand up? And any of you who haven't experienced a great Tape Delay. . . your pedal doesn't come close!

1. This thing's ((STEREO)).....but not your typical stereo. It's got 3 stereo modes:

setting#1: Left Output = Guitar <----------->Right Output = Guitar+Echo
setting#2: Left Output = Guitar <------------> Right Output = Echo
setting#3: Left Output = Guitar+Echo <---->Right Output = Guitar + Echo
 

2. The big AC motors of yesteryear were noisy and inefficient so Fulltone replaced it with a servo-controlled hi-torque DC motor. Not only is this more quiet, but it is more stable and is 1/4 the size, allowing for a smaller overall housing as well.
    
3. The TTE uses 2 x 12AX7 tubes (for the Record and Playback sections) with @245 volts DC and supply the filaments with 12 volts DC to reduce the hum further. The erase function uses one more 12AX7, this one just needs to be glowing to function properly, so it also serves as a spare tube...Example: A tube in your amp goes microphonic during a session so you could just swap it with the TTE Erase Section 12AX7 because, again, any condition 12AX7 works here....not a major woopee! But just one of the reasons Fulltone opted to use a tube in this spot instead of a cheaper solid-state alternative.
    
4. Handwired audio path, and world-famous Fulltone Made-in-USA Craftsmanship. No PCB-mounted Tubes, Pots, or Jacks in this thing... No way!
    
5. Stereo outs! Yep, how many times have you longed for a slight slap or long bounce between 2 amps in the studio or on stage?
    
6. Better Tape Heads. The TTE has proprietary Fulltone Erase, Record, and Playback heads that not only have better frequency response, but are designed to last well into your retirement.
    
7. Fulltone ETC-1 Tape cartridge...if you can't find it, make it yerself! The ETC-1 not only is a direct replacement for all Tube and solid state Echoplexes ever made, but it's loaded it with a vastly superior tape loop made with polyester backing and a higher bias Tape formulation. The ETC-1 not only sounds MUCH better, but is not prone to the shedding of the replacement tape (made by another company) you've been using. This is a big deal when you've been paying almost $30 for a tape that only lasts a month, if you're lucky. Who's tape do you think is going to last longer when you run theirs for 10 minutes and a residue of brown dust appears all over the heads, rollers, and top of the chassis! That "build-up" is what creates distance between the tape and tape heads causing degradation of the echo-repeats and also causing the pinch-roller to slip against the Capstain, which leads to wildly out-of-tune echo-repeats. That brown dust accumulating is your tape (and your echo tone) disintegrating before your very eyes.
    
8. Stainless Steel Parts. Fulltone isn't into pot-metal, and he wants the stuff he makes to outlast him.
    
9. Dual Speed Operation. You like a little less highs and a warbley ~--~-~vintage echo sound? You got it...run it in Slow-Mode. You want pristine fidelity and in-tune repeats? Run it Hi-Speed.
    
10. Smaller. Old Echoplex EP-2 models have that cool little side compartment for storing stuff. I put that storage place into a Cordura Nylon Gig-Bag. (included) This, along with some downsizing, due in part to the use of a DC motor, allows for a very compact, stout unit that can sit on your amp, in your pedalboard, or off to the side without taking up too much precious real estate.

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