The Keeley Eccos Neo-Vintage Tape Delay is a Keeley delay pedal. Close alternatives include the Keeley Magnetic Echo Delay v2 and the Dunlop EP103 Echoplex Delay. It pairs well with the Peavey MiniMAX and the Hiwatt Custom DR20H.

Keeley Eccos Neo-Vintage Tape Delay

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The Keeley ECCOS is a neo-vintage tape delay pedal from Keeley Electronics (Edmond, Oklahoma), delivering multi-head tape echo emulation with the warmth, modulation, and character of vintage tape echo machines. The ECCOS provides classic tape echo tones from short slapback through long, evolving repeats with wow, flutter, and tape saturation character. Multiple head configurations replicate different vintage tape echo formats at Keeley quality.

What stands out

  • “The ECCOS provides classic tape echo tones from short slapback through long, evolving repeats with wow, flutter, and tape saturation character”

    — from the listing

  • “Multiple head configurations replicate different vintage tape echo formats at Keeley quality”

    — from the listing

  • “Its standout strength is the multi-head tape echo with vintage wow, flutter, and saturation at Keeley quality”

    — from the community notes

  • “The Keeley ECCOS is a neo-vintage tape delay pedal from Keeley Electronics (Edmond, Oklahoma), delivering multi-head tape echo emulation with the warmth, modulation, and character of vintage tape echo machines”

    — from the listing

  • “Strengths: Multi-head tape echo emulation with vintage wow, flutter, and saturation delivers the character of classic tape echo machines in a reliable Keeley pedal format”

    — from the reviews

Trade-offs

  • “In the signal chain delay sits after drive”

    — from the community notes

  • tape echo
  • echo
  • delay
  • studio
  • slapback
  • tape delay
  • modulation
  • saturation

Good for

  • Live
  • Studio
  • Worship

Genres the Keeley Eccos Neo-Vintage Tape Delay is commonly used in

  • Country
  • Classic Rock
  • Electronic
  • Rockabilly
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
  • Lo Fi
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
  • Ambient
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.

Amps that pair well with the Keeley Eccos Neo-Vintage Tape Delay

Peavey MiniMAX

Peavey

28% match

Peavey MiniMAX leans toward tight, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Hiwatt Custom DR20H

Hiwatt

27% match

Hiwatt Custom DR20H leans toward tight, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Peavey MiniMAX II Bass Head

Peavey

tonal match

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Put Peavey MiniMAX II Bass Head in front of Keeley Eccos Neo-Vintage Tape Delay

Hiwatt Leeds AC60

Hiwatt

tonal match

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Hiwatt Leeds AC60 goes in front of Keeley Eccos Neo-Vintage Tape Delay in the chain

Mesa Boogie Stiletto Deuce 50/100W Tube Head

Mesa Boogie

tonal match

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Mesa Boogie Stiletto Deuce 50/100W Tube Head leans bright right where the warm tone needs it

Blackstar HTV-212 Bronco TAN

Blackstar

tonal match
$250via Reverb

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Blackstar HTV-212 Bronco TAN goes in front of Keeley Eccos Neo-Vintage Tape Delay in the chain

Gallien-Krueger MB115MK2

Gallien Krueger

tonal match

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Put Gallien-Krueger MB115MK2 in front of Keeley Eccos Neo-Vintage Tape Delay

Hiwatt Leeds GO40

Hiwatt

tonal match

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Hiwatt Leeds GO40's bright balances out the warm tone

Pedals that stack with the Keeley Eccos Neo-Vintage Tape Delay

Browne Amplification Carbon

Browne Amplification

24% match
$339via Reverb

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (warm → bright)

Run Browne Amplification Carbon after it and the warm edge settles into something more bright

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Paul Cochrane Timmy

Paul Cochrane

23% match

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (warm → bright)

Paul Cochrane Timmy leans bright right where the warm tone needs it

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Walrus Audio Lillian

Walrus Audio

16% match
$219.39via Reverb

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Keep Keeley Eccos Neo-Vintage Tape Delay's analog warmth voice out front: Walrus Audio Lillian goes after Keeley Eccos Neo-Vintage Tape Delay in the signal chain so its bright voice doesn't muddy it

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Maestro PS-1A Phase Shifter

Maestro

16% match

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Put Maestro PS-1A Phase Shifter after Keeley Eccos Neo-Vintage Tape Delay in the signal chain, where it won't crowd Keeley Eccos Neo-Vintage Tape Delay

Comes earlier in the signal chain

TC Electronic Spark Booster

TC Electronic

tonal match
$75.05via Reverb

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Put TC Electronic Spark Booster in front of Keeley Eccos Neo-Vintage Tape Delay

Boss GEB-7 Bass Graphic EQ

Roland

tonal match

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Boss GEB-7 Bass Graphic EQ leans bright right where the warm tone needs it

Suhr Eclipse

Suhr

tonal match

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Suhr Eclipse's bright balances out the warm tone

Amptweaker Tight Drive

Amptweaker

tonal match
$199via Reverb

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Put Amptweaker Tight Drive in front of Keeley Eccos Neo-Vintage Tape Delay

Alternativessee all similar tone character →

Keeley Magnetic Echo Delay v2

Keeley

82% similarity
$127.49via Reverb

Shared character: delay, modulation, warm

Dunlop EP103 Echoplex Delay

Dunlop

75% similarity
$170via Reverb

Shared character: delay, warm, classic rock

TC Electronic Gauss Tape Echo

TC Electronic

75% similarity

Shared character: delay, warm, classic rock

J. Rockett Immortal Echo

J Rockett

73% similarity

Shared character: delay, modulation, warm

Donner White Tape

Donner

72% similarity

Shared character: delay, warm, classic rock

Strymon Magneto Four Head dTape Echo

Strymon

71% similarity

Shared character: delay, studio, overdrive

EarthQuaker Devices Time Shadows V2

EarthQuaker Devices

70% similarity
$219via Reverb

Shared character: delay, warm, classic rock

Carl Martin DeLayla XL

Carl Martin

69% similarity
$371.96via Reverb

Shared character: delay, warm, classic rock

T-Rex Replicator D'luxe

T Rex

67% similarity
$483.52via Reverb

Shared character: delay, warm, classic rock

Dunlop Echoplex All-Analog Dry Path Delay

Dunlop

67% similarity
$209.99via Reverb

Shared character: delay, warm, classic rock

T-Rex Echorec Delay

T Rex

66% similarity

Shared character: delay, overdrive

Echoplex EP-3

Echoplex

65% similarity

Shared character: delay, warm, classic rock

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Questions people ask

What are good alternatives to the Keeley Eccos Neo-Vintage Tape Delay?+

The closest matches in character are the Keeley Magnetic Echo Delay v2, the Dunlop EP103 Echoplex Delay, the TC Electronic Gauss Tape Echo.

What pairs well with the Keeley Eccos Neo-Vintage Tape Delay?+

Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Peavey MiniMAX, Hiwatt Custom DR20H, Peavey MiniMAX II Bass Head — Peavey MiniMAX leans toward tight, and that's a real, usable character to pair with.

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