East Bay Ray
East Bay Ray's Studio Equipment
East Bay Ray's Echoplex is one of the key components of the sound. He comments:
If you look there is an Echoplex tape echo and it’s usually sitting on top of the amp. It had a foot pedal—just an on/off switch—which would be out onstage where I would be. As I remember, I found this foot pedal that was die-cast iron. It was very heavy, but it was easy to pull out of the way. Actually, sometimes somebody landed on it and broke it, but not very often. It was too small.
The Echoplex was once again mentioned in the 2022 Premier Guitar rig rundown:
In the band’s heyday, Ray traveled everywhere with his beloved Maestro Echoplex. He comments in the Rundown that while it was a key component to his sound, it was a pain to maintain with its tape cartridges and the need for a bottle of tape cleaner. Plus, in Europe power runs at 50 Hz so the unit would run slower. (The U.S. standard power is 60 Hz.)
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Roland Space Echo RE-201 can be seen on top of his amp in this video.
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You can see him using it in the studio around 2:58
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