Yes! I’m pretty sure the beginning credits to every episode of Gerry Anderson’s Joe 90 had a closeup of a tape loop unwinding. I was probably 5 at the time and just thought it was bizarre - I knew it was tape but had no clue what it was...
It is special "Lubricated": tape that is no longer made. They call it a "Bin" I have seen giant 2" tape bins for high speed Cassette duplication running that were taller than me at an angle 7 or 8 feet. the bin reduces capstan problems and is continuous. I always liked watching a new piece of tape load in a Roland. They came in little soft plastic boxes about the size of Tic Tacs
People also forget that Les was one of the first to experiment with DI recording (hence his low impedance pickups) and multi-track recording. Musicians owe so much to this dude that was a monster on the guitar.
popeye Reading about how Les Paul invented multi tracking & re-creating it for myself with 2 cassette decks & a mini Soundcraft mixer was probably one of the most important things in my life as a musician. (I did it exactly once and then bought my first Tascam PortaStudio)
What a wonderful vintage piece! Tommy Bolin used echoplex on sooo many great records from rock to jazz fusion. My favorite that he played on was Billy Cobham Spectrum album. I saw Jeff Beck a few years ago and he played a song from that album Stratus. Tommy Bolin is a long lost wonderful talent taken too early from drug OD.
Honestly I've wondered for a while if technically Hollywood films did multitrack first. The Wizard of Oz has seperate tracks for sfx, music, and dialogue, and Disney's Fantasia is the first movie in surround sound.
Don’t forget his wife. She was also using the multi-tracking to get killer sounds. They sold 5 or 6 million records in just the 50s. I know Les was the tech guy, but she was so open to new technology, and could use it well. I remember in high school when I first came across videos of them performing and talking, and I just thought, “damn, he found the perfect woman. She’s beautiful, can sing beautifully, and is a badass on guitar! What more could I ever want?”
Bruce Morris I used to do that with cassette decks, and plugging straight into cassette deck in stereo, after my other 2 cassette decks that played my pre recorded music, then I played lead on top of them. It was ridiculous. 🤣
In the late ‘60’s I had a Watkins Copycat. We used to let the tape loops wear out before changing them, so the repeats got darker and darker. We also used to deliberately slow down the capstan roller with a finger to get random modulation effects, and I liked playing with a tape that had been caught up in the works at some point and was all crinkled, so it gave random drop-outs and modulation. I also experimented with a tape that I joined in a mobius loop so it would alternate from normal side to back side....
There's gotta be a few $M worth of pedals in that room, to say nothing of the JHS product in stock... I wish he gave public tours; that'd be worth the trip!
I'm probably biased, since I'm old enough to remember hearing Pink Floyd everywhere till I could choke on it. + a lot of the guys aged 21+ who beat me up when I was in jr. High were big fans of theirs
@@carnmarth334 No. Arbitrarily adding U's... that's the British way to spell things. We don't do that here. It's wasteful and un-American and I don't like it. You think those U's just grow on trees? Grow up!
I'm a synth guy, and guitar demos are typically something I just endure when watching videos on effects, but the demos in this video were downright pleasant, especially the Space Echo jam.
These JHS episodes are so well made. I'd love to intern on an episode. This is solidly well made television. There's a lot to learn from this show and it's not all pedals.
The complete history of tape echo: Caveman discovered his voice sounded weird when he walked inside his cave after being outside. Decided he liked it, started banging rocks together, 10,000 years later this is where Josh's story kicks in.
The Shadows did not use the Watkins Copycat. Hank Marvin himself, the lead guitarist, always said he used a Meazzi Echomatic, built in Italy. And there is photographic evidence of him using this unit in live shows from 1960 until probably 1963 ou 1964. Then he changed to a Binson and, later, to a Baby Binson. Great video!
In the early 90's, I saw an NOS Univox tape echo for sale for $75 at a music store closeout. When I got it home, I noticed it didn't come with a tape cassette, and the store didn't have any for sale, so I got my money back. I still kick myself for that. A couple of years later, I found out how easy it was to find tapes for them.
Sean Kerns Hey can you tell me where I can get those cassettes? I've got a Univox tape echo that I bought used in the '80s and I gave up trying to find cassettes for it years ago. It would be awesome to fire it up again!
@@spazimdam I think they were based on the "playtape" format, if I'm thinking of the same effects unit as you. You can find a bunch of old playtapes pretty easily and I think there's a resource online that shows you how to convert any playtape to a loop to use in those old units
0:33 "...in the event that I need some overdrive in the jam sections." The fact that you said this in high-school-science-teacher voice increased the educational value of this video by 74%.
I absolutely adore my EP-3 and have never heard a pedal or plugin that comes close. I was fortunate to get to have a conversation with Mike Battle on the phone about a year before he passed away. It's one of the highlights of my musical life. :)
Wow! I had no idea there were so many different tape echo machines. The stories behind the modern ones deserve more attention. I hope that is coming out in the future.
Another of my tape echo related regrets. A year or two ago, a friend brought me a Roland Chorus Echo that looked brand new, to get the pots cleaned. I asked why it looked so good, and he said the guy he bought it from bought two, and stuck the backup in the closet, where it sat till my friend bought it. Brand. New. My friend had bought it to flip it. Didn't even know how to turn it on. A few months later, he offered it to me for $1000, and I had to pass it up, because I didn't have the cash.
Great episode Josh! I recently purchased a 1965 Gibson GA4-RE Reverb Echo Tel Ray oil can delay w/ foot switch at an estate sale . I didn’t even know these existed but when I saw the motor and the tubes I had to have it. After cleaning it up I plugged it in and the Motor still turned, changed a tube an it works. It’s a little noisy ( needs re-capped) but very cool.
Nothing beats the sound of tape, man. Some of the tunes with EP-style delay have me thinking of great bands like Elliot and Mineral. And the Stage Echo? Sounds straight off a Death Cab record. Awesome stuff.
I love my EP-3. Rescued it from a local music store where it sat non functioning. Got it home cleaned it and it works great now! I also learned that during that long run of ep-3 models there were a few variations based on what they had laying around as parts at the time
Unless you really like playing with and ruining circuits, I'd suggest not bothering. At least not before you try modding an existing pedal, or buying a diy kit to see how you like the process, and find out if you're good at it. It would be the equivalent of brewing your own beer at home: it won't taste as good as what you can buy, and it'll cost more
Phenomenal episode, Josh! Your “history of” episodes are always fascinating and love your sense of humor in everything you do. I was fortunate enough to see Les Paul perform when I was 13 while he still played every Monday night at the Iridium in NYC. He did a meet and greet at the end of the night and signed my pick guard from my Epiphone Les Paul Custom and a CD of his. Hard to pick a favorite tune, but I always start out with “How High the Moon,” “Bye Bye Blues,” or “Meet Mister Callaghan.”
Tape echoes are a nightmare to keep going. Getting the heads and capstan, aligning the tape path, setting up the correct tape bias etc. I can verify Shane is a cool guy.
I consider myself a minimalist when it comes to guitar effects, trying to emulate the sounds of early rock n roll. This information is dangerous and is going to send me down an expensive rabbit hole.
At 20:40 I knew what you were going to play. Stroke to stroke chord to chord. Dan's Echo lectures on TPS got me started. Man, I gotta save up to get one of these! Super awesome episode. And You Two,.... just drums and a guitar are enough! Can't tell if I am held by the knowledge content or the jams! Thanks for keeping me excited to do what we all do! Play!!!
This is my absolute favorite channel on UA-cam. The level of quality, real examples, information, and format is unbelievable. Thanks for putting these out weekly, it is one of the highlights of my week.
Just to get the record straight, The Shadows NEVER used Watkins Copycats. Hank Marvin, who was/is the lead guitarist of the Shadows used an Italian made echo machine called Meazzi, rebadged in England as Vox echo by Jennings Musical Instruments. Hank was the first person to use a Stratocaster with the echo machine in England, and was the major influence for guitarist like Eric Clapton, Ritchie Blackmore, Brian May, Dave Gilmour and many others
I love delay episodes. I don't get bored no matter how many. And it's so lovely now that Dan from That Pedal Show has his Echo Fix. You guys _need_ to make like a list of episodes with them if you get to England. The history of distortion was already amazing, you guys seem to sync so well with gear nerding, aside from being very knowledgeable.
Dude you are my hero. It’s fascinating that you know your history, can explain it and can demonstrate practical applicability. I always wanted to know how the greats got their signature sounds.(another brick in the wall for example. I had zero idea)
Thanks' for covering "tape echo"! I used to play in bands' with these,years' ago and I always' loved the sound.Nothing else sounds' like a true tape echo unit! : )
Josh, first off, I'm a long time watcher, first time commenting ( I'm not shy, just Canadian). You need never apologize for the amount of gear you have, Sir. Your abundance of gear might sound boastful but in reality without your obsession with guitar gear you might never felt the need to mod an existing pedal to improve it, thus making many more people happy to have a new tone, or option to use to create a new tone. Really, isn't that what this is all about? As for Les Paul, I have to go with some of his work with Mary Ford. Legendary of course is "How High the Moon" but closer to my heart is "Goodnight Irene" which was the name of my Wife who passed away two years ago. At 49 she lost her battle with type 1 diabetes and now at 53 to help cope with the loss of her I bought a guitar and an amp and am learning to play because you are never too old to learn. I really like the videos you and Nick put out, I love learning about all the pedals out there and the history of the most popular effects. Please keep up the great work!! Take care - Dave
One of the reasons these vids are made...to show off his gear. If he needs to apologize, don't film yourself with all those pedals and amps in the background !!
Never had any interest in Les Paul and until your video's in delay. Now I'm listening to a spotify compilation of Les Paul and I'm amazed. Thanks! I guess I have to test delay in the fx loop and in front now.
Oh I say talk for days and days mate... I’ve been all over this topic and this is one EPIC video. Will give Rhett some credit as well. Mapping all this to run tape echo emulations across platforms has become an obsession. You just gotta touch these things.
1:37 Are you sure it's 1945? I believe tape machines had not yet been “exported” out of Nazi Germany by 1945. A more likely date is 1949, the year Les Paul got his first Ampex tape machine from Bing Crosby, who had gotten first first reel-to-reel 2 years prior to that. All according to Wiki :)
I've recorded through a Space Echo and it sounded amazing. No digital copy or plug in has came close! it is a highlight of my years playing guitar so far.
@@docwill184 English Rock & Roll session legend who was part of the backing band who performed with the American Rock & Roll singers when they came over to this side of the Atlantic Ocean!! He also had a band "Joe Brown & His Bruvers" who had a huge hit with Pictures Of You. George Harrison was his best man for his third wedding!! Joe Brown is still alive & extremely active in the music business & also has a famous daughter Sam Brown who has had loads of success especially in the 1980's!!
Epic Tape Echo history! The self oscillation at the end of Eruption by Eddie Van Halen is a Univox EC 80a Echo Chamber. Cranks up echo repeat and turns down echo delay at end during fade-out. A classic moment in the history of tape echo!
My Korg SE-300 definitely sounds more "Hi-Fi" than my RE-201... less hum and noise, the spring is darker and less splashy than the Roland. Love them both :)
The other nice thing about the Korg is that since you switch tape heads with a button rather than turning a knob, you can flip back and forth between different delay lengths easily and instantaneously, so it's very easy to make fancy dub moves on it. Although the RE-201 definitely sounds more like the units they used in classic dub songs
Fantastic! Thanks so much JHS - it’s brilliant that you put so much effort into these videos and you often don’t even mention your own products. True altruism!
You're wrong about the Shadows with the Watkins Copycat!!!Hank B Marvin uses an Italian Measi tape echo unit which he got from another mega legend Joe Brown! Hank B Marvin later used Binson's & his final tape echo was a Roland Space Echo.Hank B Marvin then moved on to using a Allesis Quadroverb modified with "Echoes From The Past"! I just thought I'd correct you!!
Josh: Clearly sssooo over tube screamers. Also Josh: builds the ultimate tube screamer to end all tube screamers. Also Josh: picks the ts10 over bonsai for this video. ...who are you?
UNI VOX ECHO-TECH SOUNDED AMAZING !!! Eddie Vanhalen used a particular univox on "Eruption" at the end of that song ( sounds like a dive bomb, but is the pitch dropping from slowing down repeats ) Amazing gear I have never seen for sale in newspaper or local music stores back in the '90s!
In the world of guitar effects, delay--and specifically tape delay--is my Love Language. So, I'm just going to take this whole video as Josh saying he loves me. ...Just a friendly love, nothing weird.
In the studio we would just pull the tape out in between 2 decks and let it wrap around a mic stand. You would just move the stand to different tape marks or later knotches on the floor for delay times. We would even smack the tape as it went around with a ribbon Mic to erase, modulate and degrade the repeats. So much fun!
These are the tastiest jams I have ever seen on this channel (setting aside the running with the devil PG jam as its own amazing thing). the EP3 demo was awesome man. Great groove
So, I see Josh's face in the thumbnail and I read tape echo in the title. So, I says to myself "Hmmm, this might be interesting." And you know what? I enjoyed every millisecond of it of it of it of it of it of it ..................
I'd love it if this video was just a teaser and he went into more detail on each echo in separate videos. More cool topics to cover would be other mechanical effect units like reverb and tremolo.
@@stjames3410 His Ep-2 wasn't an Ep-s, it was actually a Sireko, which was an economy model of the Echoplex. I am lucky enough to own an EP-2 that was serviced by Mike Battle when he owned Tubeplex.
wow, that was a really wonderful trip through history. Thanks for that and all these great videos/lessons, you're really helping a lot of people understand this world of endless tonal possibilities.
I'm sure it's better for views or the UA-cam algorithm, but I really miss when you guys posted on Thursdays. No one posts anything special on Thursdays whereas Fridays are filled with That Pedal Show and other channels doing special videos. JHS was what made Thursdays special. Anyway, love the content as always!
@@circuitsandcigars1278 I've owned a EP-4 for 20 years. Bought it off an old honky-tonk guitar player. He told me he spilled a lot of drinks on it and it looks like it. Works perfectly. Setzer is overstating his opinion.
Now does the Binson Echorec qualify as a “tape” echo? It used a magnetic drum instead of tape. Also, Josh, there are original Binson units available on Reverb all the time. There were even a handful of dead mint units up for sale a few months ago that were brand new, but 100% made out of original NOS parts. They were positively stunning.
That Korg sounds epic! The whole vid was such an education. Stumbled across it as I'm in the market for a tape echo atm. Will be following more of your content fno. many thanks.
how come you ain't got no echorec ? they're amazing ! but my fav tape delay is the dynacord echocord 65. All tube, beautifuly made, best sound i ever heard !
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Josh: owns a piece of gear
Also Josh: “This is quite possibly my favorite piece of gear I own”
He says that in almost every one of these videos doesn't he
He is a salesman what do you want him to say?
“Check out this pedal it’s perfect for throwing over a bridge”
melkon1an he’s a gear lover
When Josh does not have a pedal.
Josh: It's ok, I don't need to have all the pedals. No problem.
*visibly dying inside*
@@guitfidle p0
I put my phone on silent like you said and none of this video made any sense.
I was your 100th like and first comment! 😀
And that made me laugh by the way. I was thinking the same thing when he said turn your phone on silent 😄🤣
Haha
Always an idiot in the bunch!
199th like. Unfortunately not 200th...
I've always found it mesmerizing to watch the tape "puddle" in a Space Echo. You can't imagine that it doesn't just snarl up.
Its snarling back at you daddio!
Yes! I’m pretty sure the beginning credits to every episode of Gerry Anderson’s Joe 90 had a closeup of a tape loop unwinding. I was probably 5 at the time and just thought it was bizarre - I knew it was tape but had no clue what it was...
It is special "Lubricated": tape that is no longer made. They call it a "Bin" I have seen giant 2" tape bins for high speed Cassette duplication running that were taller than me at an angle 7 or 8 feet. the bin reduces capstan problems and is continuous. I always liked watching a new piece of tape load in a Roland. They came in little soft plastic boxes about the size of Tic Tacs
People also forget that Les was one of the first to experiment with DI recording (hence his low impedance pickups) and multi-track recording. Musicians owe so much to this dude that was a monster on the guitar.
popeye Reading about how Les Paul invented multi tracking & re-creating it for myself with 2 cassette decks & a mini Soundcraft mixer was probably one of the most important things in my life as a musician. (I did it exactly once and then bought my first Tascam PortaStudio)
What a wonderful vintage piece! Tommy Bolin used echoplex on sooo many great records from rock to jazz fusion. My favorite that he played on was Billy Cobham Spectrum album. I saw Jeff Beck a few years ago and he played a song from that album Stratus.
Tommy Bolin is a long lost wonderful talent taken too early from drug OD.
Honestly I've wondered for a while if technically Hollywood films did multitrack first. The Wizard of Oz has seperate tracks for sfx, music, and dialogue, and Disney's Fantasia is the first movie in surround sound.
Don’t forget his wife. She was also using the multi-tracking to get killer sounds. They sold 5 or 6 million records in just the 50s.
I know Les was the tech guy, but she was so open to new technology, and could use it well.
I remember in high school when I first came across videos of them performing and talking, and I just thought, “damn, he found the perfect woman. She’s beautiful, can sing beautifully, and is a badass on guitar! What more could I ever want?”
Bruce Morris
I used to do that with cassette decks, and plugging straight into cassette deck in stereo, after my other 2 cassette decks that played my pre recorded music, then I played lead on top of them.
It was ridiculous. 🤣
In the late ‘60’s I had a Watkins Copycat. We used to let the tape loops wear out before changing them, so the repeats got darker and darker. We also used to deliberately slow down the capstan roller with a finger to get random modulation effects, and I liked playing with a tape that had been caught up in the works at some point and was all crinkled, so it gave random drop-outs and modulation. I also experimented with a tape that I joined in a mobius loop so it would alternate from normal side to back side....
Okay, that mobius thing got me ,kudos
Got to see and meet Les Paul three times in my life. First in the mid 70’s then twice in NY shortly before he passed. He was a national treasure!
This video changed my life.
Is this the guy that stole peoples designs?
@@aw8946 Here in the west we make "clones" and "replicas". In China they steal designs......
Everything changes your life
Who are you?
@@aw8946 ?
Never cease to be amazed at how stuff Josh owns!
My band owned a Space Echo in the 80s. Really wish I still had it . . .
There's gotta be a few $M worth of pedals in that room, to say nothing of the JHS product in stock... I wish he gave public tours; that'd be worth the trip!
"When David Gillmore uses something it's cool", I think we can all agree on that.
Only statement to carry more truth is "When Josh mentions something, it becomes more expensive"
Not necessarily
I'm probably biased, since I'm old enough to remember hearing Pink Floyd everywhere till I could choke on it. + a lot of the guys aged 21+ who beat me up when I was in jr. High were big fans of theirs
@@carnmarth334 No. Arbitrarily adding U's... that's the British way to spell things. We don't do that here. It's wasteful and un-American and I don't like it. You think those U's just grow on trees? Grow up!
I agree on that
I'm a synth guy, and guitar demos are typically something I just endure when watching videos on effects, but the demos in this video were downright pleasant, especially the Space Echo jam.
I’ll be honest. I just want to watch the little chamber the tape feeds into and reels out of. So weirdly satisfying.
These JHS episodes are so well made. I'd love to intern on an episode. This is solidly well made television. There's a lot to learn from this show and it's not all pedals.
The complete history of tape echo:
Caveman discovered his voice sounded weird when he walked inside his cave after being outside. Decided he liked it, started banging rocks together, 10,000 years later this is where Josh's story kicks in.
The Shadows did not use the Watkins Copycat. Hank Marvin himself, the lead guitarist, always said he used a Meazzi Echomatic, built in Italy. And there is photographic evidence of him using this unit in live shows from 1960 until probably 1963 ou 1964. Then he changed to a Binson and, later, to a Baby Binson. Great video!
I’m amazed how Josh still finds new ways to express his love.
I'm obsessed with delay, and will say that I enjoyed this history lesson the most of all the JHS videos so far.
In the early 90's, I saw an NOS Univox tape echo for sale for $75 at a music store closeout. When I got it home, I noticed it didn't come with a tape cassette, and the store didn't have any for sale, so I got my money back. I still kick myself for that. A couple of years later, I found out how easy it was to find tapes for them.
Sean Kerns Hey can you tell me where I can get those cassettes? I've got a Univox tape echo that I bought used in the '80s and I gave up trying to find cassettes for it years ago. It would be awesome to fire it up again!
@@spazimdam Unfortunately, I don't know where to get them today. Back then, I used to see ads in the back of the guitar mags for them.
@@SeanKerns OK. Bummer. Maybe I'll just try to reload the cassette shells with fresh tape. Thanks anyway.
Analogman used to sell them. Check there.
@@spazimdam I think they were based on the "playtape" format, if I'm thinking of the same effects unit as you. You can find a bunch of old playtapes pretty easily and I think there's a resource online that shows you how to convert any playtape to a loop to use in those old units
0:33 "...in the event that I need some overdrive in the jam sections." The fact that you said this in high-school-science-teacher voice increased the educational value of this video by 74%.
That EP-3 was vibey as holy heck. wow.
The jam around 9:06 might be my favorite jam in the history of the JHS pedals channel. Great shit, we all love a good tape delay.
I absolutely adore my EP-3 and have never heard a pedal or plugin that comes close. I was fortunate to get to have a conversation with Mike Battle on the phone about a year before he passed away. It's one of the highlights of my musical life. :)
My 1st tape delay was a Klempt ecolette, 4 heads with volume for each and everything labeled in German
crying for the tape machines... but I have to say that something about the recorded sound of those drums... maaaan perfect
I agree. It makes me wish I could play my drums and my guitar at the same time. The sound clips in these videos are very inspiring
It’s getting better and better
Yes, one of the later performance segments features drumming that you'd swear was Ringo Starr...
I bought a Fulltone TTE around 2005, Frisco GC. Great product. Extra special thank you to Josh for all the YT presentations.
Wow! I had no idea there were so many different tape echo machines. The stories behind the modern ones deserve more attention. I hope that is coming out in the future.
Great video Josh & Co., I'm rewatching. I'm a Les Paul fan & lucky enough to have met him even. I think he would have approved of you work!
Another of my tape echo related regrets. A year or two ago, a friend brought me a Roland Chorus Echo that looked brand new, to get the pots cleaned. I asked why it looked so good, and he said the guy he bought it from bought two, and stuck the backup in the closet, where it sat till my friend bought it. Brand. New. My friend had bought it to flip it. Didn't even know how to turn it on. A few months later, he offered it to me for $1000, and I had to pass it up, because I didn't have the cash.
Was it rack mounted?
@@sampolito538 No, this was about the size of a "lunchbox" amp.
Damn... You should have bought it man..
That’s the 301 eh? That one is like the 201 on crack
Great episode Josh! I recently purchased a 1965 Gibson GA4-RE Reverb Echo Tel Ray oil can delay w/ foot switch at an estate sale . I didn’t even know these existed but when I saw the motor and the tubes I had to have it. After cleaning it up I plugged it in and the Motor still turned, changed a tube an it works. It’s a little noisy ( needs re-capped) but very cool.
Nothing beats the sound of tape, man. Some of the tunes with EP-style delay have me thinking of great bands like Elliot and Mineral. And the Stage Echo? Sounds straight off a Death Cab record. Awesome stuff.
I love my EP-3. Rescued it from a local music store where it sat non functioning. Got it home cleaned it and it works great now! I also learned that during that long run of ep-3 models there were a few variations based on what they had laying around as parts at the time
Love this content. This is my favorite channel on UA-cam. Ever gonna do a pedal building 101 video???
That would be an amazing vid
I would love to learn how to build cool shit. PLEASE MAKE THIS VIDEO JOSH!!!!! :)
Unless you really like playing with and ruining circuits, I'd suggest not bothering. At least not before you try modding an existing pedal, or buying a diy kit to see how you like the process, and find out if you're good at it. It would be the equivalent of brewing your own beer at home: it won't taste as good as what you can buy, and it'll cost more
What about a mod 101?
Pleaaaaaase that would be awesomd
Phenomenal episode, Josh! Your “history of” episodes are always fascinating and love your sense of humor in everything you do.
I was fortunate enough to see Les Paul perform when I was 13 while he still played every Monday night at the Iridium in NYC. He did a meet and greet at the end of the night and signed my pick guard from my Epiphone Les Paul Custom and a CD of his. Hard to pick a favorite tune, but I always start out with “How High the Moon,” “Bye Bye Blues,” or “Meet Mister Callaghan.”
I love Mary Ford and Les Paul's take on "On The Sunny Side Of The Street".
"How High the Moon" is good as well
Tape echoes are a nightmare to keep going. Getting the heads and capstan, aligning the tape path, setting up the correct tape bias etc.
I can verify Shane is a cool guy.
I consider myself a minimalist when it comes to guitar effects, trying to emulate the sounds of early rock n roll. This information is dangerous and is going to send me down an expensive rabbit hole.
At 20:40 I knew what you were going to play. Stroke to stroke chord to chord. Dan's Echo lectures on TPS got me started. Man, I gotta save up to get one of these!
Super awesome episode. And You Two,.... just drums and a guitar are enough! Can't tell if I am held by the knowledge content or the jams! Thanks for keeping me excited to do what we all do! Play!!!
Steve Hillages use of tape echo will always reign supreme in my mind. Manuel Göttschhing is absolutely wonderful also.
Those guys are seriously underrated in the USA!
Joseph Wright you’re very right. Here in Texas, the only people who know about them are much older than I. Haha
grant johnson My man! Aftaglid and 77 Slightly Delayed are two of the go-to riffs I always play when messing with a new delay/echo 🤘🤘
Elliot Knapp heck yeah man, I could play around those kinds of licks/ideas endlessly
This is my absolute favorite channel on UA-cam. The level of quality, real examples, information, and format is unbelievable. Thanks for putting these out weekly, it is one of the highlights of my week.
Just to get the record straight, The Shadows NEVER used Watkins Copycats. Hank Marvin, who was/is the lead guitarist of the Shadows used an Italian made echo machine called Meazzi, rebadged in England as Vox echo by Jennings Musical Instruments. Hank was the first person to use a Stratocaster with the echo machine in England, and was the major influence for guitarist like Eric Clapton, Ritchie Blackmore, Brian May, Dave Gilmour and many others
The demo you played for the Fulltone Tube Echo was pure badass. Love that slapback sound and riffing. Very cool vid.
Those jams are so killer
man... these history vids are by far the best thing .. thank you so much for taking the time to do these
Awesome video as always! I’d love to see a video on the history of Maestro!
I love delay episodes. I don't get bored no matter how many. And it's so lovely now that Dan from That Pedal Show has his Echo Fix. You guys _need_ to make like a list of episodes with them if you get to England. The history of distortion was already amazing, you guys seem to sync so well with gear nerding, aside from being very knowledgeable.
That tape on the EP-2 is mesmerizing. It's like a lavalamp for gearheads.
OttoNL I was thinking that myself; I could engage in a little amateur mycology research and noodle on echoey guitar while watching that for hours
Except that’s not an EP2, that’s a Sireko
Dude you are my hero. It’s fascinating that you know your history, can explain it and can demonstrate practical applicability. I always wanted to know how the greats got their signature sounds.(another brick in the wall for example. I had zero idea)
I love your videos. It's like pedal/gear university. Also, Nick is a badass drummer. Great groove. Thanks again, Josh. Awesome stuff.
Thanks' for covering "tape echo"! I used to play in bands' with these,years' ago
and I always' loved the sound.Nothing else sounds' like a true tape echo unit! : )
Josh, first off, I'm a long time watcher, first time commenting ( I'm not shy, just Canadian). You need never apologize for the amount of gear you have, Sir. Your abundance of gear might sound boastful but in reality without your obsession with guitar gear you might never felt the need to mod an existing pedal to improve it, thus making many more people happy to have a new tone, or option to use to create a new tone. Really, isn't that what this is all about? As for Les Paul, I have to go with some of his work with Mary Ford. Legendary of course is "How High the Moon" but closer to my heart is "Goodnight Irene" which was the name of my Wife who passed away two years ago. At 49 she lost her battle with type 1 diabetes and now at 53 to help cope with the loss of her I bought a guitar and an amp and am learning to play because you are never too old to learn. I really like the videos you and Nick put out, I love learning about all the pedals out there and the history of the most popular effects. Please keep up the great work!! Take care - Dave
One of the reasons these vids are made...to show off his gear. If he needs to apologize, don't film yourself with all those pedals and amps in the background !!
You just keep knocking it out of the park.
I watch a lot of guitar and gear channels but I enjoy your vids so much. Probably #1 of them all.
YESSSSS. I'm obsessed with tape delay!
Never had any interest in Les Paul and until your video's in delay. Now I'm listening to a spotify compilation of Les Paul and I'm amazed. Thanks! I guess I have to test delay in the fx loop and in front now.
5:25 I was really hoping to hear this squeaking sound you described, could be fun.
Oh I say talk for days and days mate... I’ve been all over this topic and this is one EPIC video.
Will give Rhett some credit as well. Mapping all this to run tape echo emulations across platforms has become an obsession. You just gotta touch these things.
1:37 Are you sure it's 1945? I believe tape machines had not yet been “exported” out of Nazi Germany by 1945. A more likely date is 1949, the year Les Paul got his first Ampex tape machine from Bing Crosby, who had gotten first first reel-to-reel 2 years prior to that. All according to Wiki :)
Familiar Unknown didn’t Bing put money into Ampex.
really great episode! I use a Tape Echo Pedal, so its cool to see how it started and all the different versions.
*hits pause, gets up to grab a snack*
I've recorded through a Space Echo and it sounded amazing. No digital copy or plug in has came close! it is a highlight of my years playing guitar so far.
You left out Meazzi (Italian). Hank B. Marvin himself, in at least one interview, showed his original; said it was the one he used on Apache.
He got it from Joe Brown!!!
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"Joe Brown"?
@@docwill184 English Rock & Roll session legend who was part of the backing band who performed with the American Rock & Roll singers when they came over to this side of the Atlantic Ocean!!
He also had a band "Joe Brown & His Bruvers" who had a huge hit with Pictures Of You.
George Harrison was his best man for his third wedding!!
Joe Brown is still alive & extremely active in the music business & also has a famous daughter Sam Brown who has had loads of success especially in the 1980's!!
Correct @Doc Will. Hank didn't use the Watkins Copicat for Apache as Josh said in the video; he used a Meazzi Echomatic Model 1J.
@@PhilipHawthorne Hank B Marvin never used a Watkins Copycat.
Epic Tape Echo history! The self oscillation at the end of Eruption by Eddie Van Halen is a Univox EC 80a Echo Chamber. Cranks up echo repeat and turns down echo delay at end during fade-out. A classic moment in the history of tape echo!
My Korg SE-300 definitely sounds more "Hi-Fi" than my RE-201... less hum and noise, the spring is darker and less splashy than the Roland. Love them both :)
The other nice thing about the Korg is that since you switch tape heads with a button rather than turning a knob, you can flip back and forth between different delay lengths easily and instantaneously, so it's very easy to make fancy dub moves on it. Although the RE-201 definitely sounds more like the units they used in classic dub songs
I'm glad these videos are only once a week or I would have no life. Then, again, this is life. Keep 'em coming!
Josh accidentally made a decent mogwai album recording this video.
that Multi Echo part sounded straight up like Envy
Fantastic! Thanks so much JHS - it’s brilliant that you put so much effort into these videos and you often don’t even mention your own products. True altruism!
You're wrong about the Shadows with the Watkins Copycat!!!Hank B Marvin uses an Italian Measi tape echo unit which he got from another mega legend Joe Brown!
Hank B Marvin later used Binson's & his final tape echo was a Roland Space Echo.Hank B Marvin then moved on to using a Allesis Quadroverb modified with "Echoes From The Past"!
I just thought I'd correct you!!
Super cool episode. Nick, your drumming on the EP-3 jam is stupendous!
I tried watching this video once, but it played on repeat 3 times ... All on its own
You gotta turn your repeats down.
I am in LOVE with that guitar's body and color scheme
Josh: Clearly sssooo over tube screamers.
Also Josh: builds the ultimate tube screamer to end all tube screamers.
Also Josh: picks the ts10 over bonsai for this video.
...who are you?
UNI VOX ECHO-TECH SOUNDED AMAZING !!! Eddie Vanhalen used a particular univox on "Eruption" at the end of that song ( sounds like a dive bomb, but is the pitch dropping from slowing down repeats ) Amazing gear I have never seen for sale in newspaper or local music stores back in the '90s!
In the world of guitar effects, delay--and specifically tape delay--is my Love Language. So, I'm just going to take this whole video as Josh saying he loves me. ...Just a friendly love, nothing weird.
In the studio we would just pull the tape out in between 2 decks and let it wrap around a mic stand. You would just move the stand to different tape marks or later knotches on the floor for delay times. We would even smack the tape as it went around with a ribbon Mic to erase, modulate and degrade the repeats.
So much fun!
7:30 Watching the tape is kind of like staring at a lava lamp. Mesmerising.
These are the tastiest jams I have ever seen on this channel (setting aside the running with the devil PG jam as its own amazing thing). the EP3 demo was awesome man. Great groove
I kinda live my life in a delay. The bad stuff keeps repeating.
Change tapes...
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Give your life to Jesus and it will turn around
@@josephwright5921 I'm not sure that's true.
Joseph Wright: Get a new tape and give the old cassette to Jesus for erasing, symbolically, of course.
So, I see Josh's face in the thumbnail and I read tape echo in the title. So, I says to myself "Hmmm, this might be interesting." And you know what? I enjoyed every millisecond of it of it of it of it of it of it ..................
I'm having a burrito while watching this. Can life get any better?
thaaatguy R&M Yes: add cerveza.
Watching now because this episode deserves full attention
Josh: "I would love to talk about it for days but I can't because I'd lose your interest"
Me: "Challenge accepted"
I'd love it if this video was just a teaser and he went into more detail on each echo in separate videos.
More cool topics to cover would be other mechanical effect units like reverb and tremolo.
Everyone is drooling, crying, and wishing they could just have a couple of these units! Thank for this episode! I love all of these videos!
I like the EP-2... Sounds more open to me... 🤷🏻♂️
I agree, I own an EP-2 and had a choice between 1-3. It's all about the tubes for my taste
His ep2 was actually the Echoplex sir, Echo...
@@stjames3410 His Ep-2 wasn't an Ep-s, it was actually a Sireko, which was an economy model of the Echoplex. I am lucky enough to own an EP-2 that was serviced by Mike Battle when he owned Tubeplex.
wow, that was a really wonderful trip through history. Thanks for that and all these great videos/lessons, you're really helping a lot of people understand this world of endless tonal possibilities.
Josh: "Grab a snack--"
Me: "Am I on Isaac Arthur's channel?"
LOL! No slack! Hahahaha.... (PS Isaac is a smart dude & loves all things outer space & rocketry!)
I'm sure it's better for views or the UA-cam algorithm, but I really miss when you guys posted on Thursdays. No one posts anything special on Thursdays whereas Fridays are filled with That Pedal Show and other channels doing special videos. JHS was what made Thursdays special. Anyway, love the content as always!
Gah, that Echoplex just has that fonky chonky. I typically favor copies of the EP. But I also love the Space Echo too.
Brian Setzer said it best of the Echoplex - You look at it, it goes out of tune lol. Why he uses the Roland
@@circuitsandcigars1278 I've owned a EP-4 for 20 years. Bought it off an old honky-tonk guitar player. He told me he spilled a lot of drinks on it and it looks like it. Works perfectly. Setzer is overstating his opinion.
My God all these crazy new delay units that I never heard of! I have a (non tape obvs) Phonic DDU 3000 1u which is kindof special.
Now does the Binson Echorec qualify as a “tape” echo? It used a magnetic drum instead of tape.
Also, Josh, there are original Binson units available on Reverb all the time. There were even a handful of dead mint units up for sale a few months ago that were brand new, but 100% made out of original NOS parts. They were positively stunning.
i was gonna say, binson isn't tape
Josh, you're just great. Thanks for making this.
WAIT!
STOP EVERYTHING!
There's a new JHS video.
And Nick?.... You are stone cold awesome!!! Thank you so very much for backing Josh up. So, yeah, jus' sayin'.
No doubt the guitar tone is wonderful, but Nick, how did you get that snare sound? Sounds really smooth! Great video, btw.
They use the Colourbox on it.
Always sound amazing!
There is a video where Nick explains how he records his drums - FYI
Love it! I feel like I'm taking a class, I've learned so much and your jam session are awesome. Hello from Puerto Rico!
was waiting for the klon episode
Brazil! and not just the tape delay but multitrack tape recording. also the "chester and Lester" reckid he made with chet atkins is a must have.
I wish I still had my EP-3. A music store was blowing them out as I remember, and I bought a few. I lost interest and sold them. :(
That Korg sounds epic! The whole vid was such an education. Stumbled across it as I'm in the market for a tape echo atm. Will be following more of your content fno. many thanks.
Don't be sorry for having too much gear.
It's ok. We understand and still love you!
XD
Josh, I can hear in your playing how passionate you are about these tape echo devices ! Best jams so far :-)
Les Paul & Mary Ford have entered the chat...
how high da moon, silverpairaducks?
@@meadish about 230,000 miles
Dead meme
How ded da meme, @@Maodjrodnd ?
how come you ain't got no echorec ? they're amazing !
but my fav tape delay is the dynacord echocord 65. All tube, beautifuly made, best sound i ever heard !