![]() If you play lightly and sparsely, it all sits in this wide ambient bed of beauty. It essentially "holds" the delayed note of the guitar and puts it through this infinite cycle of repeats. This is a super cool addition and allows for all sorts of new creative ideas and soundscapes. This allows you to create a huge swash of sound via infinite repeats by just tapping the new switch. ![]() XTS have also included a HOLD/Repeat feature on their pedal. These are are all very worthy modifications that merit sending in your EM5 as is, but the buck doesn't stop there. Greg Walton, partner/mastermind at XTS, also remarked that they fixed a slight volume drop that can happen when the original circuit is actuated. Sturdy new true bypass foot switches are added, making sure the EM5 can sound the best in your chain regardless of the rig being used. From the top notch rehousing work, down to the very cool graphics (that look just like the original pedal) on the face of the rehoused full metal and extremely sturdy enclosure. Well, now there's a much better option available. Many of us who love the EM5 just deal with the issue, as it's worth the tone. The original Echomachine suffers a plastic fate, being enclosed in a cheap almost toy-like enclosure, and almost always, the on/off latching-style foot switch never works quite right. The fine folks over at Xact Tone Solutions have come up with a modification and rehousing of the EM5 circuit that takes the already incredible sounding delay pedal and knocks it out of the park. If you'd like to read more about the circuit and it's supreme coolness, please take a look at Hidden Gems /// Ibanez EM5 Echomachine Delay. I tend to leave my EM5 on all the time, creating a subtle bed as to which the guitar's voice can lay upon. ![]() It's a fantastic emulation of a tape style delay that is perfectly voiced and never seems to "get in the way" of your playing. Hello Gearheads far and wide! I'm excited to share with you an incredibly cool modification available for one of my ALL time favorite pedals - the Ibanez EM Echomachine! As many of you know, the EM5 holds a very warm place in my heart as it's one of my all time favorite delay pedals.
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