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TAPE ECHO
Based on* the Maestro EP-3.
After the tube-based EP-1 and EP-2, Maestro introduced the solid-state EP-3, with transistors instead of tubes for its preamp electronics. The EP-3 uses the
same basic mechanical design as the original Echoplex, including the looped 1/4" tape, but does not have the tube distortion sound of the EP-1.
EP-3s contributed to many classic recordings of the 70s. Eddie Van Halen and Jimmy Page were both avid EP-3 users. Unlike the Tube Echo model based on
the EP-1, which gives you control of wow, flutter and distortion, our EP-3 emulation is designed to give you a tape saturation emulation with adjustable tone
controls.
TWEAK adjusts Bass response. Range: –15.2dB to +8.8dB.
TWEEZ adjusts Treble. Range: –15.2dB to +8.8dB.
MULTI-HEAD
Based on* the Roland RE-101 Space Echo.
Long before Boss
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pedals, the Space Echo was Roland’s first venture into the world of effects processing. Instead of having one movable play-
back head (like the Echoplex) this machine has multiple stationary heads. You change delay times by switching amongst these heads, and then
fine-tune delay time with a motor speed control. The groovy part is that you can play back on multiple heads at the same time to get multi-tap
delay effects.
The Multi-Head model has a maximum delay length of 2.57 seconds, with the delay time divided evenly between the 4 heads.
TWEAK turns Heads 1 & 2 off and on.
TWEEZ turns Heads 3 & 4 off and on.
SWEEP
A Line 6 Original.
Starting with the basic tone of our "TUBE ECHO" EP-1 tape delay emulation, we added a sweeping filter effect to the delay repeats to give you unique new
creative possibilities for adjusting the tone of your delays. In technical terms, the TWEAK and TWEEZ knobs adjust the speed and depth of a sine wave used to modulate the tone of
the tape emulation. You can use these controls to create and explore your own shifting landscape of tonal possibilities. .
Things get really interesting when you play with the sweep’s depth (via the TWEEZ knob, or even better, via an expression pedal!) where you can go from zero to extreme.
TWEAK adjusts the Sweep Speed from 0.1 to 20 Hz.
TWEEZ adjusts the Sweep Depth from 0% to 100%.
*See "U.S. Registered Trademarks" on page 42. All product names used in this document are trademarks of their respective owners and neither Yamaha Guitar Group nor Line 6 are associated or affiliated with
them. These trademarks appear solely to identify products whose tones and sounds were studied by Line 6 during sound model development.