(lost in) space echo - now with demo
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Re: (lost in) space echo - now with demo
Damn this thread for making me look at the RE-202….
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Re: (lost in) space echo - now with demo
Oh yea do that then we can have a put them in series and cause a bridge to collapse
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Re: (lost in) space echo - now with demo
Its ok, they don't really sound like the original, seem to generally be regarded as a disappointment
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Re: (lost in) space echo - now with demo
Excellent score there, good sir. If you like the sound of drunk, seasick ghosts haunting your rig, the Space Echoes will be the medium’s choice.
I have a RE 501 and played in a band with it and another (excellent) guitarist who had a SRE 555 (the rack mountable version) and can confirm that when used in wide stereo spread, to their combined full powers, audience levitation and earth axis, spin pattern distortions are possible.
I have a RE 501 and played in a band with it and another (excellent) guitarist who had a SRE 555 (the rack mountable version) and can confirm that when used in wide stereo spread, to their combined full powers, audience levitation and earth axis, spin pattern distortions are possible.
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Re: (lost in) space echo (Re-201 content)
Dang... That is sweet listening.StrummersOfThunder wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 5:25 pmHere you go
https://youtu.be/oOxOflan7P4?si=7Mgh8uOEh7tQKE6_
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Re: (lost in) space echo (Re-201 content)
ThanksCdog wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 4:05 pmDang... That is sweet listening.StrummersOfThunder wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 5:25 pmHere you go
https://youtu.be/oOxOflan7P4?si=7Mgh8uOEh7tQKE6_
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I’ll do a few more recordings this week with some different guitars / amps too I think
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SO some interesting (and reassuring) info from Echo Fix in aussie...
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Re: (lost in) space echo - now with demo
Hey Anthony,
Your unit appears to be a very early 201. I can see this was originally fitted with a brushed motor, and probably modded by Roland to fit the brushless DC motor.
Have you owned a 201 before? If not, they generally need a buffer between the guitar and echo to get a decent sound. It could be that contributing to the tone suck.
I would recommend at least the full service kit. Using the correct tape is very important in these machines, and I can only guarantee the tape we sell is the correct type. It's possible you will require the ultimate service kit and a recap to get the unit functioning optimally again, but you might need a tech to take a look at it to determine the full scope of what it needs.
Very cool find having such an early unit!
Best,
Jarrin
Your unit appears to be a very early 201. I can see this was originally fitted with a brushed motor, and probably modded by Roland to fit the brushless DC motor.
Have you owned a 201 before? If not, they generally need a buffer between the guitar and echo to get a decent sound. It could be that contributing to the tone suck.
I would recommend at least the full service kit. Using the correct tape is very important in these machines, and I can only guarantee the tape we sell is the correct type. It's possible you will require the ultimate service kit and a recap to get the unit functioning optimally again, but you might need a tech to take a look at it to determine the full scope of what it needs.
Very cool find having such an early unit!
Best,
Jarrin
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Re: (lost in) space echo - now with demo
And this post has some very interesting stuff about the input impedence, buffering and using long guitar leads! Including brian etzers 50ft stage lead!
https://www.gretsch-talk.com/threads/ro ... ues.72499/
https://www.gretsch-talk.com/threads/ro ... ues.72499/
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Re: (lost in) space echo - now with demo
50ft lead is one way of dealing with too bright pickupsStrummersOfThunder wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 6:52 pm And this post has some very interesting stuff about the input impedence, buffering and using long guitar leads! Including brian etzers 50ft stage lead!
https://www.gretsch-talk.com/threads/ro ... ues.72499/
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Re: (lost in) space echo - now with demo
Interestingly it results in the opposite!jeremyb wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 8:28 pm50ft lead is one way of dealing with too bright pickupsStrummersOfThunder wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 6:52 pm And this post has some very interesting stuff about the input impedence, buffering and using long guitar leads! Including brian etzers 50ft stage lead!
https://www.gretsch-talk.com/threads/ro ... ues.72499/
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Re: (lost in) space echo - now with demo
RobRoyMcCoy did a demo for NZG members a long, long time ago, when he owned Freedom Cables. It was really well done and he talked through a lot of stuff, short version of the demo was the guitar cable makes fuck all difference but the amp to cab cable makes a difference.StrummersOfThunder wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 8:52 pmInterestingly it results in the opposite!jeremyb wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 8:28 pm50ft lead is one way of dealing with too bright pickupsStrummersOfThunder wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 6:52 pm And this post has some very interesting stuff about the input impedence, buffering and using long guitar leads! Including brian etzers 50ft stage lead!
https://www.gretsch-talk.com/threads/ro ... ues.72499/
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Re: (lost in) space echo - now with demo
A longer cable has higher capacitance, therefore reduced treble, I dare say any increase is coming from pedals after it.StrummersOfThunder wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 8:52 pmInterestingly it results in the opposite!jeremyb wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 8:28 pm50ft lead is one way of dealing with too bright pickupsStrummersOfThunder wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 6:52 pm And this post has some very interesting stuff about the input impedence, buffering and using long guitar leads! Including brian etzers 50ft stage lead!
https://www.gretsch-talk.com/threads/ro ... ues.72499/
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Re: (lost in) space echo - now with demo
Well I don’t know the exact workings of it but it’s an input impedance matching thing as to e space echo was for keyboards or similar and not guitars, but the length of cable does something to accomodate for this, and this I haven’t tested it, this results in less treble cut. At least that’s what the Gretsch article infers. Different to the long cable into guitar amp (which is impedance matched for a guitar).
Could be codswhallop, will test
Could be codswhallop, will test