Re: Echoplex Pedal Needed

[improv@peak.org (Dave Trenkel)]

At 4:04 PM 1/26/97, James Reynolds wrote:
>>>A friend is wanting to buy an Echoplex from Washington Music Center, 
>but in
>>>the past month they have been unable to produce the pedal to go with it.
>>>They say it is on back order. Is this generally a production issue? Any
>>>suggestions where he might find both? Or just the pedal?
>>
>>Make your own. Its really simple and for a lower price you can do it
>>better, and according to your taste and needs, easily.
>>
>>Kim gave a lot of explanations on the site, if its not enough, keep 
>asking.
>>
>
>if anyone else is planning on or has actually made a pedal, i'm planning 
>on
>making a combo floor pedal for my jamperson and vortex (my plex pedal 
>works
>fine but the lexicon pedals are flimsy).  i'm trying to track down some
>solid, reasonably priced, industrial momentary pushbutton switches to use 
>in
>the thing.  since they need to be used for tapping tempos and such, the
>action can't be too stiff.  if anyone has had any success in this endeavor
>or can offer recommendations, let me know!
>
This is probably not quite what you're looking for, but I've been using a
double sustain pedal setup that came with one of my keyboards to control
the J-Man, 2 piano-style pedals with a stereo cord. It seems to be easier
to engage the loop in rhythm using this instead of the standard cheapo
switch that comes from lexicon.

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