MAGESTERIA Handmade Delay

The Embodiment of Tape Delay Glory  I have always loved tape delays. Forever woven into the most iconic music: Jimmy Page, Edward Van Halen, Hank Marvin, Brian May, Robert Fripp, Rory Gallagher, Bob Marley and Johnny Greenwood, to name a few.  An invitation to a form of time travel, in real time. The precursor to every other form of extended delay in the world of guitar effects.  Often named as guitar players favourite effect (in no small part due to the myriad of ways it can change the sound of the guitar – from short slap back echos, to self-oscillating soundscapes disappearing into a chaos of regeneration upon regeneration) delay opens the door to a sonic canvas, inaccessible by any other means. Whilst many delay options have appeared since the advent of the tape echo, nothing quite captures the gorgeous frequency shift in repeats and the delicate wobble of the tape over the heads like a tape machine. My personal top three tape echos are the Maestro Echoplex EP3, the Roland Space Ec