A Soundgas Space Echo available now. Overhauled and supplied with 12 months' warranty & ongoing service support. Excellent condition.
Many of our Roland echoes sell on pre-order. Some are listed here, but if you don’t see what you need get in touch now.
Very good cosmetic condition; serviced, guaranteed, sounding great. Will be set up for your voltage (see below).
We’re tape and disc echo specialists with many years’ experience working with and restoring these machines. Our BBC-trained engineer brings our tape delays up to (or better than) factory spec and our testing ensures machines that have superb reliability and – most important – that they sound incredible. Guaranteed to give reliable service and sound superb.
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A great example of the mighty Space Echo, for sale serviced and in excellent working order. Sounding great and running very well following a full service by our tape echo specialists with new parts fitted as required.
NOTE: This unit is serviced and will ship once it passes final testing. Shipping estimate is 10 working days from purchase. If needed voltage will be changed to your requirements during that time (currently set up for 240v).
Heads in excellent condition.
Note that we may have machines in a range of conditions (and prices) coming through – check our other listings or get in touch if this unit here isn’t the right one for you.
REPLACEMENT TAPES: Limited stocks of our replacement loops are available now. Fitting any tapes other than those from us or Echo Fix will invalidate the warranty on our machines. We have sourced unused and dry-stored tape stock which is as close to original RT-1L tape formulation as possible (without conclusive confirmation from Roland themselves we cannot describe it as being an exact match). We’ve written a bit about our journeys in tape, which replacement loops to use in your Roland echo, not to mention the misinformation and poor quality tapes that seem to fill the internet. We may also have a very limited supply of sealed original NOS RT1-L tapes – see our store or get in touch.
There are currently no operational issues with this machine, but please be aware that these units require looking after and that regular use and maintenance are key to keeping this in good working order.
Some crackle is always possible from pots/switches when not used for a while – this can be cleared with use.
In very good overall condition with some wear to the face, the knobs are also a little worn. The case is clean with only minor scuffs to the tolex. Internally, this unit is excellent with some patches of oxidation to the metal areas and chromed surfaces. Please see photos or get in touch if you require more information on condition.
240v unit (100v originally but a new 240 transformer has been fitted).
For sales in UK/EU the price will include 20% VAT. If you have an EU VAT number (outside the UK) you can enter it at check out to have VAT removed.
Roland Space and Chorus Echoes are amazing machines – if you’re only going to have one tape echo, then this is the one (imho): the multi-head echo combinations together with a great spring reverb add up to a classic and incredibly versatile piece of studio gear, the sound of which you’ve heard on countless records.
Visit our in-depth Roland tape echo information pages now for everything you need to know about these machines.
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