Maestro Echoplex EP-3 Solid State

The best of the best

I lived near Mike Battle and he would service my units and restore them to original factory settings- God rest his soul. The Echoplex is arguably the greatest effects unit of all time on account of (1) the pre-amp (2) the fact that the EP creates not an effect as much as an 'atmosphere' that no clo…lire la suite

Echoplex ... the REAL DEAL !

After having played professionally now for around thirty years and always used some sort of delay (currently Strymon Timeline on my main boards) I just wanted to try the ancestor of all delays, since it was (is) used by some of my greatest heroes (like Eric Johnson etc.) and I learned, that the EP-3…lire la suite

This thing sounds huge!!! Very eery echo tones! It just has that real kind of thing that the digital delays just can’t produce! Love it!!!

Maestro Echoplex EP-3 (Version 3 - Maestro 3 Horns, Silver Face, S/N 22xxx)

My unit came as a surprise as it was serviced with quality Nichicon electrolytics. No hissing or noise at all! Upon arrival, the motor did not start but gave a slight hum. A slight knock on the wooden housing (as advised by the original instruction manual, to line up the bearings) made the motor spi…lire la suite

72' Maestro EP-3 Echoplex

Overall this is my favorite EP-3 era and I am privileged to own a 71' red face EP-3. Holy grail era 1971-1973. These are the "blacktops". Blacktops are over 40 and will go another 40 years if serviced PROPERLY. I have owned over 30 of these and repaired, repaired too many as well as every other mo…lire la suite