Morley Emerald Echo

Very easy to use,three knobs...

I use this pedal with Kraft Custom Stratocaster into a Laney LV200 amp,and another pedals like Boss DD3,Fulltone Ocd,Barber Ltd Silver,EHX Small Clone,and his sound was good for short delays.He sounds like "tape delays"... The one negative point is a little drop on the volume. My pedal isn??t noisy like another rewiewers said...

No problem!

Isn??t necessary until now...

Is a good pedal for the price i paid.Much better than my Boss dd3,sounds more "natural"...

mix, repeat, delay...not too hard to figure out.

one thing that takes somewhat experience, is in how to use the "mix" knob. all the way to the right mixes out the original note. all the way to the left does the opposite. this is a simple concept, really. however, if the mix is over clockwise too far, even by a gnat's hair, a noticible power loss is experienced, and the gain is lower than in standby mode. this kinda sucks, but, it is managable. here is what i like to do. have the mix about at 12:05. this gives it a slight "tape" feel.

this is ANALOG delay all the way! i like to use this along with a dod fx-75 flanger ('84 model!). this combination is a good recipe for a "tape delay" feel!

if you want to do the ty tabor style volume swells, try the mix knob almost to all the way up! this is a beautiful thing! there is a good variety of sounds, for an analog delay pedal! i like to do one to one and 1/2 repeats for soloing!

it is only relyable if you do not use a battery, but a higer milliamp power supply. i dont know what it is about this witha 9volt battery, but it just DIES with one! use a power supply and you will be happy.

never tried it. i know this pedal is no longer made, so who knows.

i love this thing! it is good for all styles of music. blues with a slow repeat, fingerpicking with a fast repeat, swells with lots of mix...all i can say is, i hope this pedal is not popular and most people hate it so i can buy them all up! lol.

pretty easy... 3 knobs - delay time, mix, and number of repeats.

i've had this pedal for about 3-4 years, picked it up used/cheap, since new analog delays are pretty expensive. it's a limited, but fun/usable pedal, as another reviewer said (who i agree with) it has "character". it's a little noisy and does cut your volume abit. as a result, i just leave it on all the time (through an entire song) or off. it wouldn't be good for punching on/off during a song. it's great for short slapback echo, like it alot for that. longer delays have a "vintage", older, darker, messier, tape-echo-like sound. you can get fun, weird sounds by tweaking the knobs in real time. does seem to work better with cleaner or lightly distorted sounds.

has worked fine for me over a 3-4 year timespan. did have to get the battery connector wire replaced when it broke off. figured it was worth it to keep the thing alive.

good for what it does well: short slapback echo. when i run my es-135 into the "american" voiced channel on my rivera chubster 40 with the emerald echo set for slapback and a little amp reverb, it sounds cool.

If only it were possible to get a good sound out of it, three knobs would be perfect. In other words, if it sounded good it would be easy to use.

I tried it mainly with my American Standard Strat (with DiMarzio pickups) into my Fender Blues DeLuxe. I was looking for a warm musical echo, but all it did was screw up the amp's tone (which I happen to love, by the way). The volume drop is very noticeable and very annoying.

Nope.

Returned it to the shop after three days.

Waste of time.

Pretty easy to get a good sound out of it if you are familiar with delay pedals.

If not, the manual has some settings to help you out and get you started.

I use the pedal in the following chain:

1967 CAR Fender Jazzmaster > Krank Cheetah Scream Treble Boost > Frantone Peachfuzz > Frantone HepCat > MXR 6 Band EQ > Voodoo Lab Tremolo > Morley Emerald Echo > Akai Tune Lok tuner > Silverface 70s Fender Musicmaster Bass Amp.

The pedal has a very nice analog sound.

The delay time is 300ms which is fine by me.

The problem with this particular pedal to begin with was the volume drop. I was one of the unlucky ones and got one that had this particular problem which I found ridiculously annoying.

The second problem with this pedal is that it hisses - mostly on the very wet settings. I don't have a massive problem with it, but I'd like it to perform better to be honest without annoying hissing all the time.

It gets a 5 becuase it DOES sound good....but...it has the above problems.

I can definetely depend on it. It's built very solidly.

Here is the good news. I live in London, UK, and I contacted Morley in th eUS via email regarding the volume loss problem.

they answered me VERY promptly, and sent me the needed parts for free!

so I managed to now overcome the volume drop (only at the cost of labour at Andy's guitar shop - I''m useless at soldering)

Thank you Morley!

I play alternative music, and delay is one of my favourite effects.

This particular pedal has loads of potential.

It sounds great, it's built solidly, but the downside is that it's HUGE to begin with (compared to the rest of my pedals), it hisses at wet settings, and it sometimes has the volume drop problem (annoying as hell)

considering all of the above, I don't think that I would buy it again.

I'll hold on to it for now, but I think I'll look for maybe a boss DM-2 or DM-3

anybody can use it without manual

i play my strato trough this pedal to wem westminster and it sounds like honey.theres no hum or lack of sounds.must be something trouble with some other users (or using )

i can depend on it. never failed!

i play mostly blues&rock and this is my box i`ve been playing more than 30 yrs so i don`t play hiphop or rap. on gigs i use my old and trusted wem amp or on bigger gigs vox ac30+cab i`d liked to use my copycat but the tapes are killed!!!if this morley would been gnagged i`ll maybe buy amtech instead.

only 3 knobs and a switch so it is easy to use. The manual is not much but who cares?

I like this delay, it isn't the craziest pedal out there but it has a very good warm delay sound. If it could just do a little longer delay, I would love it. I have owned an EH Memory Man and a DOD FX-90 analog delay so that is analog delay experience so far. I took the Memory man back after a couple of days. The Memory man has a slightly longer delay than this one which I like but it just isn't worth the $200.00 in my opinion. The DOD gets crazy with the runaway feedback stuff which the Emerald Echo doesn't, but the DOD has even shorter delay times. About the volume drop that many have mentioned... CONTACT MORLEY! I won mine off Ebay and they fixed this problem for free within 2 weeks! That is real customer support! The first batch of these pedals they sent out had this problem, when I got mine back from Morley... no volume drop at all! These are not true bypass but I don't notice any tone loss when in bypass.

I love the look and design of this pedal. I prefer the old metal stomp switch that is on this thing over the boss or dod type switches. I don't see how you can destroy it, it is built very well in the USA! I refuse to say it is built like a tank... can we please find another description for pedal reliability? The only problem I have run into is a small audible click when I stomp the switch.

In my experience with music gear makers so far, Morley had the best customer support of any of them. I talked with the tech guy who was fixing my pedal for almost 30 minutes, mostly just about pedals in particular, just shooting the breeze! I have only had one other experience that might be close and that was with Tech 21 in NYC.

If you see one cheap enough, try it out! Particularly, if you don't need real long delay times and have no use for runaway feedback freakouts! Don't let the volume drop problem scare you, that can be and probably will be fixed by the kind folks at Morley. I give it an 8 because it isn't on my pedal board but I won't sell it because it will find some home recording use I am sure.

Like every one else has said 3 knobs; repeat, mix , and echo. Very easy.

The sound quality was very good. It was not hissy like in some other reviews. There was a tiny volume drop off but nothing that was dramatic. I played it first with my George Benson straight into my '68 Fender Band Master. It was like I expected. Very good slapback echo. I was not going for anything with long delay on just a nice quick echo. I liked it best with the mix at about 10 o'clock. Next I tried it with my PRS Custom with a Korg 105od Classic Overdrive. Still very cool sound but the volume drop off was more noticeable, but still very quiet.

Seems very well made but I have not done any giging with it yet just some home studio stuff.

Never delt with the factory or needed to.

I would have to agree with some of the other reviews that it seems more suited for clean or lower gain playing. This is going into my set up to stay and if it were to be lost or stolen I would look for another one for sure. I have been playing for close to 20 years and done gigs in some of the toughest bars around as well as alot of small recording gigs. The Emerald Echo is very cool for the price and sound better than a lot of more expensive echos out there. The only reason I am giving it an 8 is the volume drop when playing dirty.

if you can't figure out how to use this pedal, you're in trouble. Three knobs, just spin them around some!

O.K. This pedal is not incredible, but it kind of grew on me. I like the fact that it's not high tech. It's got some character. Yes, mine is a bit noisy, if you're looking for something to record with that is wicked clean (digital?) don't get it. But it's good for an old slapback kind of delay, cleaner tones sound better, at least for me. I use a mesa, and when i crank the gain the delay gets kind of lost/messy. But it's cool for bluesy, mellower gain settings.

seems O.K. so far. got it used, have no idea how old it is.

no idea, but another fellow gave them a glowing recommendation. fixed his pedal for free with no warranty, pretty cool.

i like the pedal. like i said earlier, not great for everything, but you can't really expect too much, you know? i find myself using it more and more, and even recorded with it abit. got some cool sounds by tweaking knobs in real time, but had to mix it down some cause of the noise. i bought a pretty expensive digital delay pedal awhile back and had to return it cause it really messed with the tone. this relatively cheap green pedal doesn't.

Impossible to get a good sound out of it. Don't be fooled just because it has only 3 knobs... And, the power input was hindered by the metal case so I couldn't power it with my setup.

Very unimpressed. I have a Boss DM-2 and bought this Morley junk thinking maybe there'd be a good comparison, but ahhhh.... Wow, it's hissy! A hissy delay pedal? WTF? The controls are weak. I think they designed it with a limiting rate so that it doesn't 'freak out' like GOOD vintage delays do. Not implying that this one is vintage. Actually, I don't know if it's being sold. Hopefully not, in care of the music community.

I can depend on it to suck 100% of the time.

I don't think stomp boxes are designed with a need for customer support in mind. I don't think companies are designed to give customer support for stomp boxes.

Another crappy pedal out there to fool the fools. Too bad it's built really well. Very solid hunk of poor sound targeted at who knows what kind of musician.

very easy to use. I bought mine used without instructions, and
it still took no time to figure it out.

my setup is epiphone flemekat< pro co rat< george dennis flanger< small clone chorus< emerald echo< zoom 5050 choir< fender Blues deluxe. Unit is very quiet and has terrific tape delay
sound.Works very well with my rat pedal as well as with other distortion and overdrives.Very warm.

Is housed in an all metal casing, with a sturdy mxr style foot switch.I've only had it for three months so time will tell how worthy it is, but it appears very well constructed. Right now
I'm using a backup for it and probably will continue

actually this is the only reason I'm doing this review.I bought the pedal used on ebay, so it came with no warranty. whenever I the pedal was engaged the volume was cut .I contacted morley and asked them if they had any advice.I also told them that I had no warranty.They told me not to worry about it that they would fix it for free. I was really suprised especially since this pedal is discontinued.These guys stand behind their products. I would buy again from them just because of that. Bravo!

great pedal. If it were stolen I would try to get a hold of another one.

Easy setup.

Sonically superb. Closest to a tape echo yet.
However turned on it seems to cut amp volume on line but very little when on effects loop.
I have an AD9 Ibanez too and the Emerald is a little cleaner sounding and quiet and generally richer sounding.Delay is not as exaggerated as some pedals but perfect if you just want quality sound with little gimmicks.

No problems yet

No experience yet.

One of the best analog echo machines I have tried. I can't figure out why it cuts the volume down a notch when on line and not so much when on the effects loop.

It is as easy to get a good sound as with any other delay unit. 3 knobs, Repeat, Mix, and Delay. Metal MXR style bypass footswitch.

It sounds sweet. The echos are like the natural sound you get in a big auditorium or church - the echoes lose their treble as they fade off into the distance. It is analog so it doesn't have that unnatural sound of a digital delay. The Repeat knob goes from 1 repeat to about 8 or 10. The Delay goes up to about 330 ms (1/3 second). Its great for clean rhythm and country slapback effects. It is not noisy at all like most other analog delays.

It is in a metallic green 4"x7" metal box. Its pretty big compared to a BOSS pedal. It has the vintage style metal footswitch, which is smooth and doesn't click in your amp when engaging the effect. It has the metal input and output jacks. It seems very reliable, moreso than a BOSS pedal. I still see guys still using the Morley volume pedals from the 1970s, so they must be very reliable.

It is discountinued, so I don't know if Morley would help. It shouldn't break though.

I've been playing for about 15 years. Right now, I am using a Fender Strat into a Fender Deluxe Reverb RI, with only an overdrive pedal, this echo, and a BOSS delay. I play everything from jazz, blues, rock, to metal. This pedal works well in rhythm and clean leads, but I still use my BOSS DD-5 for heavy rock leads. I set this echo up for clean slapback and use the DD-5 for high gain parts. It is definately better than digital delays for clean to mildly overdriven parts, but for high gain stuff, a digital delay retains more clarity. I really enjoy it. A great sleeper pedal.

Couldn't get any easier. An input, an output, and three knobs.

I think it sounds great. I'm thinking the other reviewer must have gotten a lemon. Not because I like the sound and he didn't (it's just a matter of opinion), but because mine is totally silent. I have two comparisons at the moment. A digital Ibanez delay pedal, and the Electro-Harmonix Memory Man, (analog). Compared to the Ibanez: It sounds much better, tone-wise. The Ibanez, however, has a much longer delay. So I use it for the "big rock solos" and I use the Morley mainly for rythmic purposes (ala Andy Summers). Also, the Ibanez never fully bypasses. I don't mind the slight echo that it leaves even when it's supposed to be deactivated, but I would consider it a shortcoming. The Morley cuts off completely. The Memory Man, to me, is blown out of the water by the Morley. For several reasons. First, the most basic: tone. I like the tone of the Morley much better. Second, the M.M. is SO noisy. I can't even see how people would use it. Also, the only power supply that the M.M. can use is it's short cord. No battery. What a pain that would be in a live situation! And it's stereo, which I don't need. I already run two Marshalls through a Tsumnami stereo chorus, so the chorus and stereo on the M. M. are just uneeded expenses for me. The thing about "volume/gain cutting when the pedal is activated" is totally non-existant with me. That's another reason I must assume that the other reviewer must've gotten a lemon. And finally, though this is not very important to me, the pedal looks great. It's sparkly green and looks great next to my red, Tsunami chorus pedal. The only reason I'm giving it an eight instead of a 10 is that I'm considering one of those million dollar, tape delays as a 10. But in it's price range, I would consider the Morley a 10. One thing that perplexes me is that this was marked at $139 in the store. The other reviewer says that he saw it in several chains for $79. I didn't really shop around, so I don't know. But this was at a mom/pop store that has always given me great deals and treats me right. Hmmmmm. Anyway, I got it for an even trade, so no loss.

It seems sturdy. No problems yet.

Never dealt.

I've been playing for over ten years and have 4 major albums out. I admire everyone from Andy Summers to Trey Azagthoth to Brain May. I can't say I hate anything about it. I love the sound and the look, so what more can you ask from a pedal?
My main guitar is a Hamer studio, but I also have a 12 string ric and a Hamer Eclipse. It sounds great with all of them. I play through Marshall JCM 800's, (the single channel, master volume ones).
'nuff said.

With 3 knobs (repeat, mix, delay) it is very easy to use, but it's impossible to get good sounds out of it.

I could not believe how weak this thing is. With all of the controls maxed, it sounds like a normal delay pedal at about 25% wet signal. Every other analog delay I've used starts going crazy when you max the controls (which I think is good- because you can back off when you have to). Using this pedal is like using an overdrive that when engaged cuts your amps volume in half. It just doesn't make any sense! Plus it hisses!

It looks pretty sturdy and feels tough. Too bad it sucks.

I own a Way Huge Aqua Puss and an Ibanez AD99. Both are great analog delays, but they're expensive. I saw the Emerald Echo for $79 at 3 different retailers. That's a great price for an analog delay, and you can never have too many pedals. Unfortunately - and I thought I'd never say this ? even the DOD is a better value. This thing is so bad, I wouldn't keep it around my house even if you gave it to me, because it would never, ever get used. Could possibly be used as a doorstop or blunt weapon. Musician's Friend, get ready to send my money back!