roger bayliss wrote:I always thought that the head volumes on the F and J were different to the Meazzi Echomatic 2 ?
On the Meazzi Echomatic 2, I think the last head (longest delay) is loudest whilst the F and the J had the first head the loudest producing a kind of slap echo at the start of the repeats. The F and J would produce this first echo then the remaining heads would halo on after it, where as the EM2 would produce the loudest echo last and the halo would come before it. Two different types of sound and operation. Wonderful Land clearly has EM2 delay sound. The very early stuff had the slap echo type of sound (with halo) .
Regarding the echo on the records prior to Hank getting his first echo units I believe that is reel to reel slap tape echo done by studio engineers by using two tape reels and setting up a delay between the two. This was a popular way to obtain slap echo in the early days.
Might be wrong but that is what I believe a present.
The head volumes on the Echomatic 1 F and J machines were pretty much the same but differed from the model 2.
On the F and J the first heads in the chain were the highest in level decreasing in volume as you moved away from the record head with the last being the quietest. With the meazzis dependant on their design you would have the main regen heads, on the model F being 4 and 5 , i think maybe head 2 as well perhaps , the J being 2, 5 and 6, the model 2 being head 4,
On the model 2 the first two heads were high in level , the 3rd head at a slightly less volume then an increase in vol for the 4th head ( regen ) , as is known the first 3 preset playback heads could be variable in volume via the 10 k pot affixed to the speed control.
Prior to Hank using the echomatics i think it was reveb and not slap echo from the abbey road chamber.
Phil.
