12-11-2019, 01:04 PM
In my experience, VOX amps were built like the proverbial battleship with all components mounted on tag boards.
A very interesting piece of kit was the Klemt Echolette, as used by the Shadows.
This had three record heads, two playback head, an erase head and a twin speed motor and could produce a wide range of effects.
The one thing it couldn't do though, was to make the fascinating range of sounds that the Watkins Copycat could produce.
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These are the noises that introduce the Tornadoes' recording of Telstar.
Note the magnet erase 'head' on the left in the picture!
I've never played with one but I think that there was sufficient gain in the sustain path to generate feedback round the tape loop itself without any input and which could be varied by altering which heads were in use.
A very interesting piece of kit was the Klemt Echolette, as used by the Shadows.
This had three record heads, two playback head, an erase head and a twin speed motor and could produce a wide range of effects.
The one thing it couldn't do though, was to make the fascinating range of sounds that the Watkins Copycat could produce.
These are the noises that introduce the Tornadoes' recording of Telstar.
Note the magnet erase 'head' on the left in the picture!
I've never played with one but I think that there was sufficient gain in the sustain path to generate feedback round the tape loop itself without any input and which could be varied by altering which heads were in use.
