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>At 02:55 PM 10/17/96 -0700, you wrote: >>On Thu, 17 Oct 1996, Victor Fiorillo wrote: >> >>> I just found an analog echoplex in mint condition for $250.00. Is >that a >good price? >> >>I've seen mint Echoplexes for sale around LA for as much as $450. That's >>a very good price, I'd say. However, I'm led to believe that the >>original tape 'plexes needed to have their tapes changed periodically. >>Can anyone back me up on this? > >prices depend on whether it is the original tube echoplex or the slightly >later solid-state version made by Maestro. Try to guess which one is worth >more... > >$250 is probably for the solid state version. You can tell those because >they are in a black case. The tube version was green. The tube one is >highly >prized, probably going for $450 and up if you can even find one. If you >want >to sound like Hendrix or Eric Johnson, you want tubes. Either one will >probably give you that tape hiss/warmth that some people like so much. >This >is all heresy, of course, cause I've never actually use either one. > >You can get tapes form Jim Dunlop. > >kim >_______________________________________________________ >Kim Flint 408-752-9284 >OEM Engineering kflint@chromatic.com >Chromatic Research I've used both ... go tube if you can get it. Paul