The Crazy Tube Circuits Echotopia is a Crazy Tube Circuits delay pedal. Close alternatives include the MXR M309 Joshua Ambient Echo and the Strymon El Capistan dTape Echo. It pairs well with the Park P50 Classic and the Marshall Plexi 1959SLP.

Crazy Tube Circuits Echotopia

Crazy Tube Circuits · pedal

The Crazy Tube Circuits Echotopia is a four-head retro tape echo delay pedal offering mono input to stereo output. Delay times range from 40ms for head I through up to 1200ms for head IV. Features Echo Feedback, Mood (tone shaping of the repeats), and Rate and Depth controls for sine wave modulation of the delay. The four-head architecture replicates vintage multi-head tape echo machines where different heads could be used for varying echo textures. Made in Greece by Crazy Tube Circuits.

  • echo
  • delay
  • tape echo
  • stereo
  • modulation
  • boutique
  • complex
  • mood tone

Good for

  • Live
  • Studio
  • Worship

Genres the Crazy Tube Circuits Echotopia is commonly used in

  • Ambient
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  • Lo Fi
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  • Rockabilly
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  • Post Rock
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  • Experimental
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  • Shoegaze
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Amps that pair well with the Crazy Tube Circuits Echotopia

Park P50 Classic

Park

70% match

Keep the Echotopia in the P50's loop — tape-style echo and modulation without loading down the amp's own compression and crunch.

Marshall Plexi 1959SLP

amplifier

41% match

The Plexi's aggressive, saturated tube breakup gives the Echotopia's boutique tape echo a genuinely raw amp voice to trail off against.

Marshall Superlead Guitar Amplifier Head

Marshall

30% match

Run the Echotopia in the Superlead's loop and its stereo, tape-flavored delay trails the amp's classic British crunch without muddying it.

Marshall Jmp Super Lead 50w

Marshall

25% match

Crazy Tube Circuits Echotopia's analog warmth voice goes in Marshall Jmp Super Lead 50w's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Marshall Jmp Super Lead 50w's own edge of breakup character

Mojotone British 18-Watt Style 1x12 Combo Cabinet

Mojotone

25% match
$543.99via Reverb

Into Mojotone British 18-Watt Style 1x12 Combo Cabinet, Crazy Tube Circuits Echotopia is right at home: it's built around Marshall-style amps

Orange Rockerverb 50 MkIII Neo Combo

Orange

24% match
$2991.15via Reverb

Crazy Tube Circuits Echotopia's own voicing points at Marshall-style amps, and Orange Rockerverb 50 MkIII Neo Combo delivers it

Park P18H

Hiwatt

23% match

In the P18H's loop, the Echotopia's warm tape echo keeps its complexity clear of the amp's own sweet breakup.

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Pedals that stack with the Crazy Tube Circuits Echotopia

Crazy Tube Circuits Memphis

Crazy Tube Circuits

34% match

“Made in Greece by Crazy Tube Circuits as part of their boutique modulation lineup alongside the Cyclone phaser and Echotopia delay”

Klon Centaur

Klon

17% match
$4000via Reverb

The Klon's clear midrange boost feeds the Echotopia's boutique tape echo a driven signal instead of a clean one, not really stacking gain with it.

Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster

Dallas

14% match
$3558.02via Reverb

The Rangemaster's warm germanium treble boost feeds the Echotopia's boutique, stereo tape echo a brighter signal to trail off, not stacking gain with it.

MXR Phase 90

MXR

12% match
$89.99via Reverb

Run the Phase 90's classic sweep after the Echotopia's boutique tape echo and the modulation colors the repeats directly.

Electro-Harmonix Small Stone

Electro-Harmonix

11% match
$239.58via Reverb

Put the Small Stone's vowel-y analog sweep after the Echotopia's tape-style echoes so the phasing colors the repeats instead of the dry signal.

Pigtronix Aria Disnortion

Pigtronix

8% match
$109.95via Reverb

Keep Crazy Tube Circuits Echotopia after Pigtronix Aria Disnortion in the signal chain, clear of Pigtronix Aria Disnortion's own gain stage

Death By Audio Soundwave Breakdown

Death By Audio

7% match
$180via Reverb

Keep Death By Audio Soundwave Breakdown's aggressive voice out front: Crazy Tube Circuits Echotopia goes after Death By Audio Soundwave Breakdown in the signal chain so its analog warmth voice doesn't muddy it

Death By Audio Interstellar Overdrive

Death By Audio

7% match

Keep Crazy Tube Circuits Echotopia after Death By Audio Interstellar Overdrive in the signal chain, clear of Death By Audio Interstellar Overdrive's own gain stage

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Alternativessee all similar tone character →

MXR M309 Joshua Ambient Echo

MXR

72% similarity
$150.68via Reverb

Shared character: modulation, stereo_output, repeats

Strymon El Capistan dTape Echo

pedal

70% similarity

Shared character: repeats, delay, simple

Dunlop Way Huge WHE702 Echo Puss Analog

Dunlop

69% similarity

Shared character: repeats, delay, reverb

Strymon Volante

Strymon

69% similarity

Shared character: stereo, delay, studio

Dunlop EP103 Echoplex Delay

Dunlop

69% similarity
$199.99via Reverb

Shared character: delay, reverb, overdrive

Red Witch Binary Star

Red Witch

69% similarity

Shared character: mono, stereo, delay

Pigtronix PHI Echolution Delay

Pigtronix

69% similarity
$448.95via Reverb

Shared character: stereo_output, stereo, delay

Strymon El Capistan

Strymon

69% similarity

Shared character: repeats, delay

T-Rex Reptile Delay

T Rex

68% similarity
$258.12via Reverb

Shared character: repeats, delay, modulation

EarthQuaker Devices Space Spiral

EarthQuaker Devices

68% similarity
$112via Reverb

Shared character: repeats, delay, simple

Keeley Eccos Neo-Vintage Tape Delay

Keeley

96% similarity
$211.65via Reverb

similar tone character

Strymon Magneto Four Head dTape Echo

Strymon

95% similarity

similar tone character

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Questions people ask

What are good alternatives to the Crazy Tube Circuits Echotopia?+

The closest matches in character are the MXR M309 Joshua Ambient Echo, the Strymon El Capistan dTape Echo, the Dunlop Way Huge WHE702 Echo Puss Analog.

What pairs well with the Crazy Tube Circuits Echotopia?+

Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Park P50 Classic, Marshall Plexi 1959SLP, Marshall Superlead Guitar Amplifier Head — Keep the Echotopia in the P50's loop — tape-style echo and modulation without loading down the amp's own compression and crunch..

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