SiB Mr Echo
It’s not really a “new” pedal—it’s sort of
a reissue and a return to production—
but the SiB Mr. Echo Plus has been on
my dream list for years. When it was rereleased, I was quick to track one down. At
face value, the Mr. Echo Plus is just another
pedal that emulates tape delay. Sure,
it comes in a beautiful, red, heavy-duty
enclosure, and it’s made in the US. But its
550 milliseconds of delay, nine-volt power
supply, and controls for Delay, Repeat, Mix,
and Volume are relatively standard. What
sets it (and its little brother, the Mr. Echo),
apart from other delays is the Slam feature.
The Slam drops the delay time down to 30
milliseconds and extends the feedback,
creating a wash of runaway oscillation.
The Mr. Echo Plus has an extra knob which
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controls feedback from very few repeats
to infinite. The standard version of the
pedal is great, but the selling point of
this pedal is the Slam feature and for my
money it pays to buy the Deluxe and have
the added flexibility. It’s worth adding
that the Mr. Echo Deluxe can serve as an
“echo booster” with up to 20 decibels of
gain on tap and it can also do 100 percent
wet. But trust me, you want this pedal for
the Slam mode.