“Shadows Echoes and Amps From Then to Now”

[Charlie Hall]

Hi Paul,
OK, I accept that the RE-3 is not capable of the sound used on The Snowman. I couldn't find reviews on Harmony Central so do you have a link please?
I have looked at the 501. The 3 heads are fairly evenly spaced, similar to the 201 as far as I remember. There is a sound on sound head further along after the 3rd head, whereas the sound on sound head of the 301 is before the erase head. It is possible to get similar delay times to the 301 mode 5 sound by selecting the 3rd head and the SOS head, turning the speed control to the fastest setting, but there is no feedback from the SOS head. So you can definitely rule out the 501/555 as being used on The Snowman.
Does anyone know if Roland made another solid state echo other than the RE-3 and around the same time? I seem to remember being told that there were 2 different ones.
Regards,
Charlie

[fenderplucker]

Hi Charlie,

Some RE-3 user reviews on:
acapella.harmony-central.com/showthread.php?t=1948302
www.interruptor.ch/Php5/dubboard/viewtopic.php?t=325
(though you need to filter the nonsense!)

I checked the other Roland solid state delays (the SDE series and DEP series) that were available by 1987 but none had multitap capability. So I'm still in the dark!

Regards,

paul.

[fenderplucker]

Hi Again,

another good resource for the history of Roland and all its products is: www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov04/articles/roland.htm

The history is in 5 parts and you can select them from a side bar on the right hand side.

Regards,

paul.

[fenderplucker]

Here's a better review of the RE-3:

blog.sound-o-mat.com/archives/2007_11.html

Regards,

Paul.

[fenderplucker]

Hi again,

Operator (and sometimes service) manuals for many products, including Roland RE-3, are available at no charge from:
safemanuals.com/

Regards,

paul.

[Charlie Hall]

Hi Paul,
Thanks, I read the reviews and the story of Roland, which I found quite interesting.
Regards,
Charlie

[Charlie Hall]

Hi Paul,
I have to make a correction to a comment I made earlier about Alan Jackson re. Shadsfax. Apparently there was no disagreement, it was more a case that the publisher of Shadsfax was a bit fed up at the time with the magazine.
There may be more articles after Alan has his Echomatic 2 back fully restored.
Regards,
Charlie

[fenderplucker]

Hi Charlie,

Let's hope that Alan does so, it would be very interesting to hear more about the drum Meazzi's.

Best Regards,

paul.

[erikMAMS]

Excuse my ignorance (I've been way too busy with other things for too long), who is Alan jackson and what's the story with his Echomatic 2

best regards
Erik

[Charlie Hall]

Hi Erik,
Alan Jackson is from the Manchester area and grew up with some of the players from that area who later became famous. I have known him for about 13 years. For many years he did not have a computer but I think now he has been using one for about 3 years.
He aquired a Meazzi Echomatic 2 echo unit about 6 years ago and has been having it restored to original condition. I believe it is nearing completion.
Regards,
Charlie

[erikMAMS]

Thanks Charlie
I know there's some tape Meazzi's around, but how many of the early versions do we know of - this is the first one I've heard of from trustable source.

Erik

[Charlie Hall]

Hi Erik,
I have heard about a number of players who had these Meazzis in the 60s but Alan is the only one I know who has one now.
Regards,
Charlie