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MAESTRO ECHOPLEX EP-3

the guitar universe dictates that tubes are always better than solid state. However, when it comes to the differences between the tube-driven Maestro Echoplex EP-2 tape echo produced in the Sixties and the solid-state EP-3 model introduced in 1970, it’s really more a matter of preference than any blatantly obvious sonic superiority. While the EP-2’s tube-driven preamp delivers

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