Meazzi Factotum tape echo

[Graham S]

Very nice, but I honestly don't need one, the eTap2 does it all for me.

Hi guys,
Is there anywhere I can see some pics of Ecca's eTap2 unit.
Graham.

[Nick Allan]

Hi Graham,

Look in the e-Tap section - there are lots of photos in the various threads, both of the unit Ecca built and modifications done by others - brilliant unit excellently enhanced by Ecca's valve mod.

All the best,

Nick

[keithmantle]

Very nice, but I honestly don't need one, the eTap2 does it all for me.

Hi guys,
Is there anywhere I can see some pics of Ecca's eTap2 unit.
Graham.

Hi Graham, Email keithinalpsAThotmail.com replace AT with @ i'll send photos of my twin valve eTap2hw Eccamatic

[dave robinson]

Karl, I would prefer not to have to answer every time you post, but it's obvious to me that you are brainwashed by someone.
You talk nonsense, as on a Meazzi unit used by Hank there was no 'wow and futter' , that is a term used for a tape based machine or a tape recorder. The word 'flutter' refers to the tape only, it's something to do with it's movement over the heads and is not desirable. The word 'wow' does however come onto play, as it refers to the random slowing and speeding of the motor on the echo machine or tape recorder. This is however minimal and although musical, would be horrendous if applied too strongly. So . . . Why do you want a control for wow & flutter when half of it doesn't exist?
I have no interest in your efforts to justify buying whatever product, it's your choice, but my interest lies in letting folks know that for a small sum of money (i.e. £200 as opposed to £650) the eTap2 will emulate very closely the old Meazzi machines that Hank once used, as does the very expensive TVS3 that you mentioned.
The eTap2 also has the required amount of wow for each machine represented.

[petercreasey]

Hi Dave

just a short reply to your comment about being at the helm for the echopatterns and not the programmer of patches.
With the H/C last version the programmer Charlie Hall and Joan Collins did just the basics, according to the precise measurements taken from the record. (like you can also see at Echotappers homepage) To do that all by good ears is a bit difficult and tricky. (And I do have good ears trained at a conservatorium in Salzburg and with the absolute pitch) If you read the lengthy explanation in Charlies thread about that unit now, you are the one to change intensity of wet (echo) to balance the dry channel to your liking, can define even the wow and flutter effect and a lot of other things I cannot remember at the moment. (and to copy the thread would be too lengthy also without the confirmation of Charlie);
and if still not satisfied can easily programme more regen, reverb and other aspects in a new patch. Fairly the same than with the twiddling and tweaking of old tuned Meazzi`s like Phil Kelly did on Shadowmania, but more easily repeatable.
So as Keith said, for a change of all my other gear and for gigs I will prefer with my money the new H/C pedal with all its possibilities.
Shadowkarl

I think anything that had input from Joan Collins would do it for me especially if she looked like she did in 'The Stud' she could tweek my settings anytime

[ecca]

The Stud......
Did it have a bit of a hot scene in a lift ?

[roger bayliss]

The Stud......
Did it have a bit of a hot scene in a lift ?

Going up or going down ?

[ecca]

Erm..... going up, I think.

[shadowkarl]

Hi Dave

keep your preference not to answer anytime I post on your replies! Not necessary; especially when you think I am talking nonsense.
First I am not brainwashed by anybody and I do know exactly, that Hank never used a tape Meazzi! Although I do know, that on one of his machines there was a misalignment of heads.
I was only citing Charlie Halls expert description of the possibilites of his new pedal. And... if on half of the tunes there was a wow and flutter as you admit, I still can decide if I want to turn the knob! Basta.
Here again the original comment of Charlie Hall:
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Five rotary controls can be adjusted at any time by the user, ....... These controls are for dry level, echo drive level, echo output level, feedback, and wow and flutter. Setting all the controls to a single suggested setting will give the basic intended sound from each program patch so it is possible to use the unit and never have to touch the controls other than to ensure that they are set as required to begin with. Control settings to tailor the sound in real time to suit the player, the guitar, and the acoustics of the hall or room will affect all patches continually as the controls are never over-ridden by patch settings. The controls provide sufficient user adjustment to customise the sound in much the same way as the original echo units being replicated."

And as you probably not any longer have to search - as you seem to have found your holy grail for That Sound (Nirwana), at best value for price - I also intend to tell members here of what I think and believe: also to help them in their search.
Not everybody (as me from the Continent) can play frequently in an english Shadowsclub and exchange continuously ideas and experiences.
So that said, no more posts...
Shadowkarl

[shadowkarl]

Hi to all the Joan Collins fans,
that was a typo, as I meant and everybody knows that the C in H/C stands for the venerable John Collins from Australia. Sorry when this typo triggered some fantasies...
Shadowkarl