ECHO 600

Review:

Below is a little review, which I hope you enjoy.

Many thanks again, James

The sound of this pedal is off-the-charts! The voicing of the repeats is just perfect.

The repeats are bright enough to be useful for slapback echoes on the short settings, but also for that 3/4 beat delay trick used by Gilmour, Edge et al on the longer settings.

What is also notable is the way the repeats gradually evolve, getting nicely blurry by the 4th and 5th repeats; you hear them becoming hazy, dreamy, atmospheric.

The chorus / vibrato section is a nice way to add flavour to the repeats, and with deeper settings it can take the place of another modulation pedal.

The sound of the dry signal through whatever preamp circuitry you are using is great too; when setting the input / output levels, I had Blend set to zero, and when level matched, there’s an additional “depth” to the sound, for want of a better word.

Meanwhile I find the pedal adds no detectable noise to my chain whatsoever. (Unlike all the other boutique pedals on my board!)

The layout of the pedal is fun, and the tactile experience is intuitive.

By way of reference, I have had just four dedicated delay pedals since I started my guitar journey in 1988. Echo 600, Benson Delay, a Maxon AD999, and Seymour Duncan Vapour Trails.

The Maxon I had to sell, which was a pity; it was lovely.

Seymour Duncan is nice, but a bit dark.

Benson is excellent, but again it’s a bit dark sounding for some of things I enjoy doing with delays. It's a keeper, nonetheless.

So, I think PastFx Echo 600 wins on balance! It has the nicest voicing, and I am able to get what I need from it quickly.

In summary, what you have produced here is magical.

Well done!