ROLAND SRE - 555 CHORUS ECHO Soundgas Serviced Vintage Tape Echo - Inc. 20 VAT
Item History & Price
ROLAND SRE-555 CHORUS ECHOThe ultimate incarnation of Roland’s RE tape echo series for sale serviced, sounding superb and covered by our one year warranty.We're tape and disc echo specialists with many years' experience working with and restoring these machines. Our BBC-trained engineer brings our tape delays up to (or better than) factory spec and our testing ensures machines that have superb reliability and - most important - that they sound incredible. We guarantee our tape echoes... will not disappoint. Check out our store or site for more tape delays and other vintage effects.• We’ve supplied Roland and Boss with Space Echoes for exhibitions and shows.• Dan and Mick of That Pedal Show chose one of our RE-201s for their own studio collection.• The BBC hired six of our RE-201s for the Proms’ television performance of Daphne Oram’s ‘Still Point’ featuring turntablist Shiva Fesharaki at the Royal Albert Hall.• We’ve serviced and supplied machines for many top artists and bands including Red Hot Chili Peppers, Arctic Monkeys and Sunn O))).Roland Space and Chorus Echoes are amazing machines – and this is their ultimate development in tape echoes – quieter than the others – but with the multi-head echo combinations, spring reverb, superb Roland chorus and Sound On Sound. It is a Chorus Echo RE-501 in a rack case – we don’t see them very often and they are always quick to be snapped up.It will be supplied freshly serviced and soak-tested and it won’t go out until it meets our standards. This will include a full service with our tape echo specialist with various new parts as required; including new tape. Set up so it will go into self-oscillation. Ready to give reliable service.There are currently no operational issues with this machine, but please be aware that these units require looking after and that regular use and maintenance are key to keeping this in good working order.As is immediately obvious, someone has scrubbed off a lot of the printing on the front panel of this unit. Obviously this doesn’t affect the sound or functioning, however the price reflects the condition. We have added stickers for most of the controls. See photos for more information on cosmetic condition.THE PRICE INCLUDES 20% VAT - CUSTOMERS OUTSIDE THE EUROPEAN UNION PLEASE USE BEST OFFER TO BUY AT TAX-FREE PRICE OF £1300. VAT-free sales possible to businesses and individuals in the EU (outside UK) with a valid VAT Number - please contact us before making an offer if you have any questions about this. Please note that this is separate to any import duty which you may be charged - please contact your local tax authorities if you need more information about possible charges.The voltage of this unit will be set up to your requirements with a new transformer fitted - either 120v or 240v. This means that the unit will ship within 10 days of purchase (please ask if you need it sooner and we will do our best!).Soundgas Ltd (ebay ID: SoundgasLtd) are established business sellers: reliably delivering great gear worldwide via ebay for over a decade - see our ebay store here. Please contact me - Antony - if you have any questions about this or any other Ebay item. See below for more about who we are & what we do."Your list is one of the best, it really is. I just want everything on it" - Pete TownshendWe list new gear every week - visit our store & add us to your favourites list nowThanks for looking.
More about who we are & what we do:
Soundgas developed from my interest in sourcing vintage instruments and recording gear for my own studio into a thriving international business. With over 12 years' trading on Ebay and 100% positive feedback over 800 transactions worldwide, our client list reflects our commitment to good old-fashioned customer care and attention to detail (and a love of cool, strange and oddball vintage gear). We have many years' experience sourcing, servicing and sending delicate vintage items worldwide: customer satisfaction is guaranteed.
We find interesting, rare and classic gear and ensure that our customers receive them in as perfect working order as possible. First and foremost we ourselves are customers, musicians, engineers and collectors; we love fine, unusual, quirky and well-engineered recording equipment and instruments and that appreciation shines through in everything we do.
Please see our other listings for a wide range of vintage instruments, effects and recording gear from the 50s-80s, including Fender/Marshall/Vox/Watkins amps, Moog/Roland/Korg synths, and our speciality tape/disc echoes, spring reverbs and effects (Binson, Roland, Copicat, Grampian, Evans, Dynacord, Telefunken etc), plus a whole bunch of pedals, effects and other weird and wonderful gear.
We are honest and thorough in our descriptions: see our flawless feedback and buy with confidence.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask before bidding.Please read our conditions of sale in full as they form part of the contract of sale. Photographs are of actual item for sale.
More about who we are & what we do:
Soundgas developed from my interest in sourcing vintage instruments and recording gear for my own studio into a thriving international business. With over 12 years' trading on Ebay and 100% positive feedback over 800 transactions worldwide, our client list reflects our commitment to good old-fashioned customer care and attention to detail (and a love of cool, strange and oddball vintage gear). We have many years' experience sourcing, servicing and sending delicate vintage items worldwide: customer satisfaction is guaranteed.
We find interesting, rare and classic gear and ensure that our customers receive them in as perfect working order as possible. First and foremost we ourselves are customers, musicians, engineers and collectors; we love fine, unusual, quirky and well-engineered recording equipment and instruments and that appreciation shines through in everything we do.
Please see our other listings for a wide range of vintage instruments, effects and recording gear from the 50s-80s, including Fender/Marshall/Vox/Watkins amps, Moog/Roland/Korg synths, and our speciality tape/disc echoes, spring reverbs and effects (Binson, Roland, Copicat, Grampian, Evans, Dynacord, Telefunken etc), plus a whole bunch of pedals, effects and other weird and wonderful gear.
We are honest and thorough in our descriptions: see our flawless feedback and buy with confidence.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask before bidding.Please read our conditions of sale in full as they form part of the contract of sale. Photographs are of actual item for sale.
