Description
This is a used Catalinbread Echorec pedal. The item pictured is the one you will receive. It has been tested and gone over by the experts at our shop to ensure it’s working properly and is free of issues, unless otherwise noted in this listing. Please read the description carefully and check over all photos for condition and wear. We do our best to describe all items as best as possible and note any wear we find, but please be considerate that it is a used piece and it won’t be perfect. We pack all items with care when shipping them. If you have any questions about this or any other piece of gear we have, please let us know and we’ll be happy to help!
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Condition Notes:
– Condition: 9.5/10
– Any wear of note: The pedal is in overall amazing shape with no wear to note!
– General notes: Here’s a really stellar sounding delay pedal based on the iconic Binson Echorec unit! Made in the USA with 12 different playback head configurations and so much more!
– Accessories included: Original box and instruction sheet only.
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From Catalinbread:
ECHOREC
The resurrection of the legendary Binson ECHOREC multi-head drum echo
Driving force behind Pink Floyd’s Pompeii performance.
The Binson Echorec was so cool we had no choice but to bring it back. And we wanted to bring it back right. We wanted to take all the goodness of that huge Binson Echorec and squeeze it down into a standard sized stompbox without losing anything. In fact, in addition to not losing any of the qualities that made it such a compelling musical device, we wanted to EXTEND its capabilities because the original Binson hinted at possibilities that it couldn’t realize. We’re talking about variable delay time! We thought, “What if we had the same four playback head concept but could stretch the delay time out beyond the 300mS of the original Binson?” Then the rhythmic patterns suggested by the various combinations of those four playback heads could really come to life!
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CONTROLS
– SWELL: The SWELL knob is essentially the feedback control of the delay. When this control is fully counter-clockwise you will get one repeat (well, 1-4 repeats depending on which playback heads are active.) As you raise the control you’ll get more repeats, giving you that famous Echorec swirl!
– MIX: The MIX control allows you to run the Echorec completely dry (very useful as a bonus boost when run in TRUE BYPASS) or 100% wet (which works great in stereo or multiple amp setups) and anything in between. Please note that the Mix control is still active when the pedal is bypassed if the internal switch is set to “buffer”, but there will be no new wet signal present if you turned the mix to full clockwise. However, if you have a nice long self-oscillation trail going, it will keep going when you hit the bypass footswitch! If the internal switch is set to “true bypass”, then the Mix knob will have no effect when the pedal is bypassed.
– TONE: The TONE knob controls the timbre of the echo repeats. It is a tilt-style tone control. Around 12 o’clock, you’ll get a relatively flat, neutral EQ. Turning the knob counter-clockwise will give you darker, thicker repeats, ranging from a mild burnishing to deep, murky repeats. Turning the control clockwise will result in brighter, thinner repeats. This adjustment is particularly useful for emphasizing the attack on rhythmic repeats or for adding a shimmer without muddying up the fundamental note of your playing.
– DELAY TIME: The original Echorec had a maximum delay time of 300ms. The delay time on the Catalinbread Echorec goes from about 40ms to 1000ms. And the cool thing is you can twist the Delay Time knob in real-time to get speeding-up / slowing-down, spaceship warp landing sounds!
– PROGRAM SELECT: The original Echorec featured a 12-position switch that controlled different playback head configurations. However, due to its mechanical nature and fixed disc speed, not all combinations were usable. The Catalinbread Echorec revolutionizes this aspect. By allowing the delay time to be adjusted for the single playback head, we’ve made all combinations accessible, including rhythmic patterns that were previously unavailable. This innovation extends to Programs 7, 10, and 11, showcasing these novel patterns.
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INTERNAL CONTROLS
– BUFFER / TRUE BYPASS SWITCH: From the factory, we ship the Echorec in “buffered” or “trails” mode. (It’s not really a buffer, it’s a juicy preamp, but non-true bypass mode is commonly called “buffered” mode. You will be able to run long cables without signal loss though in this mode!)
– MODULATION TRIMPOT: This trimpot is at the top left of the circuit board. This pot adjusts the modulation depth. From the factory we ship the trimpot set to 1.00-1.1V DC. This is the optimal setting for the modulation to create a circular illusion of the recording drum without getting too cartoon-like. You may however wish to dial it back or crank it up, depending on taste.
– GAIN TRIMPOT: This trimpot sets the Echorec’s preamp gain. It is factory set at unity gain. But you can dial it up for quite a substantial boost if you want.
