Which is the the best echo pedal for rockabilly? 

Feel free to add any recommendations in the comment section. Thank you very much!

I’m an American and it makes me happy and proud to see that the music that I love has spread all over the world and you do it justice brother! Best wishes from California!

Always a treat to learn some guitar from this German rocker

Bravo Randy for ignoring the haters. I'm an American guitarist(for 39 yrs now) and it's simple... ALL music is for the whole world. (Afterall, we Americans sure embraced the British Invasion didn't we?) Anyway, you're doing a great service to those wanting to learn Rockabilly guitar. And FWIW, this American says, "Rock on my Brother!". Cheers Randy!

I'm American, and I love your videos. Keep at it.

A 23 year old playing a Jimmy Bryant tune!! How awesome!!

The Soul of music is universal. Keep on teaching.

Love the channel, Randy! Thanks for continually posting quality content! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Thanks, as always Randy. Stunned to hear the nature of the feedback you mentioned up front. You are the consummate professional, generous, dedicated and a great teacher.

Europeans kept the Rockabilly sound going when it about died at home and what goes around comes around, they are now helping teach the revived interest here in the U.S.. It’s a small world and we are all in this sound together. Thank you! By the way I went to the same Jr High School as Buddy, frequented the Cotton Club and went to concerts at the Fair Park Coliseum in Lubbock. It was a hub of activity to the sound. The sound died out in the region in the late 60’s as far as a concert and club goer went. There may have still been some recording going on at some of the small studios that popped up on 19th Street and in other areas of West Texas, but for the listener the mainstream sound had moved on from what was once a hotbed for it. So thanks Randy for keeping the sound safe no matter where in the world you are, you are doing more to bring it back and spread the sound than anyone near me. I left Lubbock in the rear view mirror and spent 30 years in the military and found rockabilly in small venue clubs all over England and Germany in the late 70s and early 80s. Hardly any when I returned to the States in the late 80s. So if it was here it was hiding damn well in pockets somewhere far from me. It was the early 2000s before we started seeing a sprinkling of Rockabilly and Surf in small clubs around Tulsa where I retired from the Air Force. Very, very few groups still here, but lots of people gaining interest again. So thank’s again Randy, I missed the sound so much I’m trying to transition from a listener to a player and you really help fulfill the gap local instruction that went MIA years ago here.

Randy! From Australia love your work! You are an inspiration ! Keep rockin’ brother!

thanks, very informative demos.

Thank you for a very interesting video , and to see the huge vintage units in action . Really good sounding too . I like that old liquid tank one . Amazing to hear .

I have an MXR Carbon Copy as well and this video was just what I was looking for. Thanks!👍

This American appreciates and loves the work you do preserving American music history and culture and I haven't seen a better source for rockabilly music lessons out there! Rockabilly is loved everywhere from Mexico to Germany, Japan to the US, to the Ukraine and so on. What a unifying force of peace and love great music is!

A fantastic video as ever Randy!

God bless you.this is fabulous. You are such a brilliant teacher and resource for the rockabilly/guitar/music world. Thank you for being generous enough to reach out to other artists and letting them share what they do. I hope to one day be good enough to feature on your brilliant channel.

Thank you Randy! Great informative video!

Wow! You guys can play!! Sounds great.

oh, Sean Mencher! I saw him live in Senigallia, Italy, at the Summer Jamboree 2009! A real guitar virtuoso! He was in my same hotel with his band, we spoke a little bit the day after the show! I remember the huge neck of his vintage Telecaster and his big hands!!! old Teles are impossible to play with normal sized hands...!!! Greetings Sean!

Netherlands 🇳🇱 rock n roll & rhythm and blues player here. Love the way how you handled this video by inviting others. 👏 Have used a number of delays through the years, along with my '64 tank. Sound I got the best comments on was the Roland re20. Now using a ghs milkman, smaller and also does the job when gigging. Keep up your great authentic approach, wishing you the best with your band and YTchannel. Hope to watch you play live someday 🙂

I have to say I next to nothing about all that reverb stuff . Having said that , I really enjoyed watching this ! Thanks for all the effort you took in piecing together this video Randy !

Keep on keeping on brother,so talented.

Cool video man, it’s good to see many passionate Rock and Rollers around sharing their pedal and effect things. I use a Mooer Reecho & Ana Echo. They are good for the slapback effects. Both do them very well, but I like one to be rolled up to the max for some spaceship sound when we do the UFO song and crank it to the max. It’s funny and it sounds good.

Thanks from an American that appreciates you sharing your knowledge ❤

Opinions are like toes. Most of us have more than one. Who cares where you eat your breakfast. This American appreciates your lessons and passion you share. Thank you sir. If you’re ever in Kentucky I’d be glad to share some of our bourbon. Oh wait you can have Whiskey there as well. Small minded people give me a headache. Stay safe and keep ‘em coming sir.

Superb videos and channel! So glad i have found this! Keep rocking good buddy :)

Thanks Randy! Cool video. I use a 1983 red boss analog delay pedal with the 3005 chip that was recommended to me by Jim Heath of the Reverend Horton Heat that he used on Smoke em you got em and was also used to make all the crazy sounds in that song Pychobilly Freakout

Improving beginner acoustic player here (2 years in) but found this quite interesting as have been gravitating to learning 50s era songs. An amazing time in history indeed.

Thank you Randy from Canada, I learn so much from you.

Hi! Randy, I like so much Rockabilly I'm trying to learn to play with your tutorial. From Brazil 🇧🇷🤘🎸

Cool! Thanks Randy!

Thanks for this great vídeo! best regards from Brazil

Hey Randy, I'm watching this for the first time 2 years after you uploaded it. I'm a UK rockabilly guitarist and also play in a 50s style R&B band. I've played with Dylan Kirk a few times, I mention this as I know you've recently put out his record etc.... I started out in my own band The Runawayz, now playing with Toto & The Raw Deals and King Joe & The Atlantics.... I've used a cheap and cheerful Behringer Vintage Delay for (almost) my whole playing career (so far). My first Fender Deluxe VM amp had built in Echo, but when I changed amps I brought the Behringer Pedal for around £20 brand new when I was around 15 years old and I still use it on every gig today. It's been stomped on thousands of times and have never had any issues. It sounds great. I would recommend it to any Advance or Beginner player. The price makes it affordable for anyone at all, and it sounds better than some pedals in the £50 - £150 range that I've played over the years. I hope this might help someone who's looking in these comments. Take care, keep rockin' 🎶

Oldie but Goldie 😎 I tried the JHS Milkman pedal now, this is definitv a keeper for Slapback, followed directly by Way Huge Aqua Puss and EHX Memory Boy.

Fantastic job, sir! 👍🏻😎. Cheers from the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky USA 🇺🇸

Thanks a lot for your great job! That's amazin! Big respect!

Love the vintage Fender equipment!

Thanks pal yes I think the carbon copy is awesome I ordered one last week

Great video! My favorite is the old Danelectro Dan-Echo for the Cliff Gallup echo

Surf Rider III Deluxe gets that Rev Horton Heat kind of sound. Thanks for the video and I love the playing. Also GFS makes a cheap delay based on the Echoplex. Solid steel construction and I payed $40 for one about six years ago.

Great Channel with very intersting videos ! 🙌TOP

I'm glad to see the Tone City Tiny Spring getting some love. It's a damn good pedal, I've had mine for 5-6 years now and it's just got something to it that makes an amp sound better. Currently, my fav slapback is a the Boss DM-2w.

I like the MXR Carbon Copy Bright. It has bright repeats that I associate with 1950s rockabilly.

Came for pedal advice and ended up just spacing out and enjoying the music. So much fun to listen to.

Analog Alien's Rumble Seat is a great 3 in 1 pedal. Plexi overdrive + Fender Blackface Reverb + Analog delay. Great tutorial!

Great topic Randy, I use a Danelectro Dan Echo for playing live and have a guitar amp emulator a Line 6 guitar port for practicing using the Scotty Moore setting.

ok now a lesson on what you're playing at the beginning .... love this !!1

Great video, thank you

Hey buddy! Love your channel. Can you tell us more about your amp? Maybe a short vid? I would love to get one/have one made like that.

I absolutely love the Catalinbread Belle Epoch. Fantastic tape echo sound and sounds great when used as a preamp to hit the front end of the amp a little harder. As an aside, I would love to see you gather more players to guest on your channel.

Randy, thanks for this video. The DanElectro sounded the best to my ear. Well, after your tape delay unit, that is. I found a reel echo on Ebay, so I look forward to playing with it. BTW, your passion for Rockabilly is all that is necessary. I don't care where you might be from. It's all about the passion, and you've got it! : )

Hi Randy. I have a pink Ibanez Analog Delay from the 80's which works well for me. Thanks for the great videos. Stay well.

very good randy take care !

Ok Shuan sounds amazing. Good stuff, and love that Pee Wee Craton style strat.

Great video. What brand tape echo amps did you used to build?

Very interesting video Randy. Thanks for this. I've been using a Rockburn delay (also trades as Bellcat Delay I think) with American Joyo since I started playing with Rocka Hillbillies in 2014. Bought more expensive and well recommended gear to upgrade but sold it because it wasn't as good a sound to my ears. Of course, I would never have started playing rockabilly if it wasn't for your brilliant guitar lessons - thanks again and see you down the line once the lock down is over.

Hello, from Québec, Randy, cool intro, shure would like to get more then a glimps at that amp. Any pointer on how I would go about to build one ? Great review, Thanks you. I liked the fender echi reverb ,very warm natural sounding. I got a mxr analog delay, does a great job, would like to afford a Roland RE 201 space echo, looking at the Boss RE 202 space echo

The Nocturne Brain’s Mystery Brain pedal shouldn’t be left out of the discussion. Slightly pricey perhaps (hand made) but as well as having a dead eye copy of the Roland 301 space echo sound, it has a beautiful built in pre-amp that just sings. As a friend said recently, (asking me to turn it on) “hit the ‘50s switch” it truly is a beautiful tool. Peace Randy and thanks for another great video- stay safe.

I like that last pedal the best. Lots of good pedals out there, so I can't really recommend one, but the best Rockabilly pedal I had was an 80's Guyatone Analog Echo PS 006 made in Japan with the Malaysian 4558 chip. That thing nailed down the Sun slapback thing amazingly well. I stopped playing Rockabilly for awhile, and then I made the mistake of including it with an amp that I had traded for a different one (headslap!) For years I regretted it, but then I saw one for sale on Kijiji for about $120, considerably more than I paid for the other one, but I gladly paid the seller the asking price. Those things are worth latching onto for the right price.

the EHX Memory Toy is an analog delay, and does a nice sounding slap echo in a very compact case.

those making such ridiculous comments about yourself and rockabilly music most likely cannot play rockabilly, you Mr Richter keep doing the great work you do on your channel, its sounds so authentic, as for delay pedal i use an echoplex, i get a decent authentic 50's sound using that.

Real nice compilation of pedals for rockabilly guitar. Strangely, although I play too I've never needed any pedal because the Fender amp I have has adequate reverb and slapback echo controls to adjust to your requirement.

Nocturne Mystery Brain

I use the TC Electronics Echobrain Analog Delay - works nice for that old school sound and you can play around with it to make some pretty crazy noises.

I'm lucky enough to have a few delays digital and analogue, some high end, some not so much. The one I use for slap back ( it's virtually on all the time) is a cheap Daphon analogue delay, pedals come and go but that's been used for decades. Very informative and enjoyable post 😎🎙🎸✅

Hi Randy, I have had a Watkins copycat for some years they are good when working, but hell if something goes wrong as it's nigh impossible to find anyone who can fix it & spares are a problem too, I bought a Marshall Echohead after that & would not recommend it, it eats batteries at an alarming rate & if you lose your settings it takes ages trying to adjust back right(the last thing you need on stage) I then bought a Boss Space Echo RE20 for £205, what a brilliant piece of kit very strongly made, batteries last at least 2 months(alkaline) at home even stage use will give you good service & is easy to adjust to set up for Shadows, Elvis, Rockabilly .

Ibanez AD80 or Boss DM3 for me, depending on the amp or guitar. Both have that vintage vibe like no other. The AD80 is warmer and maybe has a tad more vibe, but the DM3 has phenomenal clarity but not in the digital delay sort of way.

Hi randy I use a boss RE 201 space echo I get some pritty good sounds with it keep on rocking mate

Boss DM2w delays are very good and if you want a combined reverb/delay then the Earthquaker Despatch Master is special.

Hi Randy my name is Manfred....I am originally from Freiburg. Believe it or not! I am just blown away by your clarity, efficiency and ability to be so clean and accurate.......with everything that you do. You just blow the hell out of anybody else with your demonstrations. I want that German booklet, and more stuff from you as I am currently 'doing Holly'........help. I will continue to keep in touch with you. please look me up on you tube facebook, whatever.... Manfred Harter, Vernon, British Columbia. Canada

An Amp with built in tape echo? Wow! Sounds great!

4:46 that train whistle was awesome.... worth watching just for that! Edit PS regarding Germans... or any non Americans for that matter... teaching the Yanks. Let's remember pretty much all of us are too young to remember the original American 50s rockers the first time and thanks to records and now the internet we all have access to the same musical library to draw from. So it really doesn't matter where you are born now. But as an Englishman, we gave the world football, it is fair to say once the bloody Germans do it they usually do it better!!! :) Keep rockin Randy, you are probably the most authentic purest rockabilly teacher on youtube.

Hi! Great video. Can you explain more about the tape echo you have in your amp? Looks fantastic!

I always enjoy your lessons Randy! I use the Boss Waza Craft DM-2W through my Fender blues Junior. I have a few delay pedals but this is the only one that I like for slap-back and rockabilly, and I like it a lot!

Great video you got here Randy. I saw Sean Mencher play 2 nights ago he was doing it all with a Rumble Seat. Amazing player. Stuart is right the sound comes from the fingers the pedals just are the icing on the cake. I had the Boss DD3 and sold it thinking i wanted analog instead of digital. I enjoyed thr Keeley Memphis Sun pedal sold it for a JHS Milkman. I liked the Memphis Sun better. Not sure what ill get next lots of great ideas in this video.

Slapback/echo has always been a big part of my sound-- i go back and forth with EQD Dispatch master or Champion Leccy Swan Hunter

I wish Sean was playing the TK Smith next to him!

Randy, I love your playing. Had a question. Who made your amp with the tape echo built in? I would love to buy one!

Thanks Randy Im old and love echo and reverb. I use a roland space echo re201 tape machine and I have a Morely stereo echo pedal that uses the oil can technology (its chrome plated and as big as a Cadillac hehehe).

I prefer the Boss delays, digital or analog, but most anything will work if you dial it in right.

Thx for these insights. It's great to see the range of options. Frankly speaking, a lot of pedals will do the job for slap back echo. My personal favourites are: Strymon DIG Dual Delay and the Nux Tape Core Deluxe. The Strymon I use for a studio setting. Awesome pedal with zillions of possibilities. In a live situation, I prefer an easiier pedal. The Nux Tape Core Deluxe is an ECHOPLEX clone. :)

From all the comment in this thread one can use any delay/echo pedal. Dialled in right it'll sound rockabilly. I mostly use a Carl Martin Red Repeat and Ibanez AD9. But a Keeley Memphis Sun is also nice and a Boss DD3.

Stuart Taylor ripped out amazing licks with such simple gear. Wow.

Love this video! I get a kick out of the Strymon ElCapistan. It let’s you dial in the amount of tape wow & flutter as well as the tape age. Those are the sound characteristics that Sean gets from his Ampex machines and that Axel‘s pedals have as a switchable option. I think there could have been a little more mention of specific settings. Slapback is in the 65 - 95 ms range, right? Just my 2cts and I‘m a drummer.

Good music has no borders , its only determinant should be love of sound and appreciation of those types of music you enjoy. American music is truly a mix of all nations sounds enjoyed by anyone. I think YOU are as rockabilly as anyone here. I grew up with listening to the Beatles and the Stones, their early music was heavily influenced by country western,, blues, and rockabilly stuff. So Englishmen gave me my first real exposure and appreciation of American style music . So rock on daddy O,! No matter where you are from....I liked your lesson and will check out more. Thanks. Mike from Boston

Keeley Memphis Sun. Wonderful.

Funny: I have standardized with the Carbon Copy and before I used the Boss DD3!

Man you play real good!

I recommend the Mooer Ana Echo. It's analog and has a great slapback sound. I also use a Catalinbread Echorec. In addition, Catalinbread makes the Belle Epoch, basically, their pedals are based on old tape delays where the original slapback came from. However, on a budget, you cannot beat the Mooer. For a spring reverb, you cannot beat the Electro Harmonix Holy Grail. Sounds superb.

That was great Danelectro BLT and Corned Beef Reverb Multi tap Delays Very nice

P.S. Many thanks to all other artists that contributed .

I’m trying to learn the 50’s style guitar and i think your lessons are the best on youtube. No matter you are german or whatever. I’m from Chile. Should i stop trying to learn? Delays? I switched from a carbon copy to a boss re 20. Greetings from Iquique, Chile!

Good video, especially the 60s effects and amps. I'll never sell my Ibanez pink Analog Delay I bought new. Find one!

The thing is we all grew up hearing American music both in Europe and the States Some people like Eddie Chocran and Gene Vincent were bigger in the U K than they were at home

P.s also an american who just happened to live in Germany for a while. Do you know what type/brand/size of speaker Shaun uses in his homemade speaker cabinet?

Randy, to answer the first question, you are a Rockabilly artist teaching anyone with an interest in here Rockabilly. Some of the best Rockabilly I have heard in the last 20 years has come from outside the US. Keep in mind that Blues musicians had great careers in the 40s and 50s when it was passed in the States. Also bands like the Rolling Stones and Cream are heavily influenced by American Blues and the Beatles were influenced by early American Rock and Roll. So someone who wants to play Rockabilly, do the best you can and strive to play better. I like the Danelectro Dan Echo, I've owned about five of them at various times. Right now I have three. I also have a Danelectro Reel Echo which works well too. Keep this in mind when you are playing live, you have to compete with every other noise source in the place. People, other instruments, clunking glasses and dishes depending on tge venue. A price friendly pedal works fine. Dragging out a tape echo machine exposes it to possible damage and the ambient noise can drown out the sparkle thise have. Also if the sound system is not great that will degrade the special sparkle of the pedal or echo unit.

hi mr richter i use a big old boss pitch shifter/delay rps-10 wich also i use for vocals as well & slap bass .

I really love the Strymon Deco for slapback echo - it's a "tape deck simulation", and therefore is much closer to the original Sun Studio echo sound, than an analog delay. Sure, it's pricey - but you also get a second effect, "tape saturation", which actually is great for adding very amp-like compression & a little bit of dirt - without sounding like a typical overdrive pedal.

I like the danectro the most,i have the danelectro dan-echo machine for manny years and works perfect.