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Jude James Shiels

 

From:
near Dublin, Ireland
Post  Posted 21 Apr 2000 4:20 pm    
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Are 2nd hand WEM Copicat tape echoes available in the US? Has anyone ever come across them?? I would be interested in knowing thank you.
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Max Laine

 

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Pori, Finland
Post  Posted 21 Apr 2000 10:35 pm    
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Jude,

Copicats like the one in the picture were sold under the name Kent (Hagström) in Sweden, and I have seen one for sale on eBay, it was labeled Guild. I don't know if they ever were sold under Watkins/WEM -name over there in the US but the Guild echo is the same thing...hope this helps!


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Jude James Shiels

 

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near Dublin, Ireland
Post  Posted 22 Apr 2000 12:43 am    
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Thanks Max, that is a great help, I cannot live without a tape echo tone for my steel or my guitar, Jude.
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Tele

 

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Andy W. - Wolfenbuettel, Germany
Post  Posted 24 Apr 2000 1:25 pm    
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Hi

I once owned a WEM copycat and I must say I was quite dissapointed, same with an Echoplex. The WEM uses quite strange tubes...
try an Binson Echorec, a Echolette or the German Dynachord "Echochord" Super !! If you can't find one, I might part with mine.
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Cairo Zoots

 

From:
Moville, Iowa ,next to the west fork of the Little Sioux River
Post  Posted 24 Apr 2000 2:59 pm    
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I've had a couple of 'em and wore the heads off em haha. The used ones I've seen have all had a lotta head wear. Don't see them much anymore what with all the newer digital devices out there........

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[This message was edited by Cairo Zoots on 24 April 2000 at 04:00 PM.]

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Jerry Hedge

 

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Norwood Ohio U.S.A.
Post  Posted 24 Apr 2000 6:12 pm    
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Guild was the U.S. distributor for the WEM Copycat in the 60's and early 70's.At that time they also handled the Binson Echorec from Italy. In the mid 70's they imported H-H products.
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Tele

 

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Andy W. - Wolfenbuettel, Germany
Post  Posted 25 Apr 2000 2:11 am    
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I once had a solid-state H-H echo....I trade it for 2 sets of new strings. Do I have to say more .....
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John Macy

 

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Rockport TX/Denver CO
Post  Posted 25 Apr 2000 7:59 am    
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The new Line 6 Modeling Delay Pedal has a couple of echoplex settings, both tube and solid-state, that are pretty scary.

It's a great box, and reasonably priced,too.
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Jude James Shiels

 

From:
near Dublin, Ireland
Post  Posted 25 Apr 2000 4:56 pm    
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This is interesting, I wonder, are H-H Electronics amps available too in the US? You see I am thinking of heading over for a few months this year and would like to try get my current setup over there for when I need it if possible.
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