Echo Fix EF-P2 Spring Reverb
Real springs in a pedalboard enclosure, and the most glassy silicon fuzz cleanup I've ever heard. Two channel debuts on the same day. Welcome back to Edge of Breakup.
In this episode the Echo Fix EF-P2 Spring Reverb and R2R Electric Si Distorter TFK take center stage together — featuring the Giordano Guitars '60s S-Model, into the Benson Amps Monarch and Benson 2x12" via the Boss Waza Tube Amp Expander. Also debuting today: the Echo Fix EF-X3 Tape Echo, used here only as a preamp — the delay, reverb, and chorus are bypassed to keep the sonic focus on the EF-P2.
The Echo Fix EF-P2 is a genuine three-spring reverb tank in a pedalboard-format enclosure — not a digital simulation, not a bucket-brigade approximation. Real springs. The three-spring tank is visible through a clear acrylic window with a blue LED glow that intensifies as the Spring Drive is pushed harder. A VU meter shows exactly how hard the signal is hitting the springs — keep it at 0 for clean reverb, push past 0 for spring breakup and harmonic distortion in the wet signal. The Bass and Treble controls boost or cut from flat at noon — effective and wide-ranging, enough to take the EF-P2 from bright and splashy surf territory to deep, dark, washy ambience. A Kill Dry footswitch removes the direct signal entirely for wet-only use on a studio aux send or parallel FX loop. Hidden function: hold the bypass switch to engage tremolo on the reverb. Internally boosted voltage for studio-grade headroom. 9VDC 200mA.
The R2R Electric Si Distorter TFK is a special limited edition of Chris Vincent's (@djlavalamp) silicon fuzz built around NOS Telefunken transistors — not the standard 1972 Siemens BC109B silicon transistors used in the regular Si Distorter. The circuit is Chris's blend of the 1970s silicon Fuzz Face and the 1970s Schaller Distorter — two circuits similar in topology but with meaningfully different tonal characters that he has merged into a unique voice that sounds like both and neither. Silicon transistors are temperature-stable — no warm-up ritual, no bias drift between the studio and a cold stage — while still achieving the glassy, harmonically rich cleanup that defines the best silicon fuzz. Roll back the guitar volume for crystal clean tones; push it up for full-range fuzz. The TFK Telefunken transistors give this version a slightly different upper-midrange character compared to the BC109B standard version.
Note: as with all R2R vintage fuzz builds, the Si Distorter TFK works best placed first in the signal chain before any buffered pedals.
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🎛️ Echo Fix EF-P2 Spring Reverb: https://echofix.com/products/echo-fix-ef-p2-spring-reverb-pedal
🎸 Giordano Guitars: https://www.instagram.com/_giordanoguitars_/
🔊 Benson Amps: https://www.bensonamps.com/guitar-amplifiers
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🎸 Giordano Guitars '60s S-Model
🎛️ R2R Electric Si Distorter TFK | NOS Telefunken | Silicon Fuzz Face + Schaller Distorter | Temperature Stable
🎛️ Echo Fix EF-P2 | Real 3-Spring Reverb Tank | Spring Drive | Bass/Treble EQ | Kill Dry | VU Meter
🎛️ Echo Fix EF-X3 (preamp only)
🔊 Benson Amps Monarch | Benson 2x12" | Boss Waza TAE
Recording: Universal Audio Apollo x4 | Lauten Audio LS-208 | Royer R10 & R121 | Sennheiser E906 | Ableton Live 11
