Am I a candidate to own a Tape Echo?

You should not buy a Tape Echo unless you have past Tape echo experience.

You should not buy a Tape Echo as your "gig echo" unless you have experience with tape echos as your "gig echo."

You most likely do not understand how to operate it, how to maintain it, and most importantly, what to do when something goes wrong... it's like someone saying: "I want a real Tape recorder in my studio"' and then they buy a tape machine and soon the reality sets in that you have to adjust it, align it, clean it, maintain it, understand how it works, etc.

We make between 4 & 7 TTE's per week, it is not my bread & butter, I do not want it to be my bread & butter, it is a low profit item for me. 

Why do I make the TTE?

Because I can, because I use and love them, because many people "get it." But I absolutely HATE selling them to a newbie and going through all the time/drama that unfolds when they inevitably start complaining about things that do not (and should not) bother true tape devotees.

How do you know if a TTE is for you?

Have you ever complained about a wah wah making a "hissing noise when you sweep through the range? Yes? Then the TTE's not for you.

Ever emailed someone that your "Fuzz is too noisy?" Then for sure you are NOT a candidate for a Tube Tape echo.

If you answer "Yes" to either of the above questions, then save $1200 & stick with one of the many useful, friendly, safe, boring digital and analog delays available to you at this wonderful time in effects history.

If you are still reading this and chuckling...You might be a candidate for a TTE. If you are pissed off, I have eliminated that segment of the forum-addicted, wait-list hypnotised population that I would really rather not have to service.