Ray Butts EchoSonic

Also catalogued as Built-in tape-loop echo amp

Explore the documented settings, signal-chain positions and roles of Ray Butts EchoSonic in dated rigs by Chet Atkins. Every appearance remains tied to its supporting sources.

Pedalboards: 1
Artists: 1
Archive records: 1

Controls in the archive

Echo decayEcho input levelEcho levelEcho on/offInstrument levelTone

How this pedal appears in the archive

These are not generic specifications. Every entry is tied to a dated artist rig and preserves what the sources support: its job in that rig, known settings and its place in the signal path.

How the archive verifies pedalboards

1954Dated coverage

3Cited sources

1954

Chet Atkins

EchoSonic integrated tape-echo path

Role in this rig

Made Atkins' studio-style slapback available onstage and supplied the echo heard on recordings including Mister Sandman.

Documented setup

Shallow slapback blend
Fixed delay time
Exact Mister Sandman control values not documented