BINSON ECHOREC PE 603T
Soundgas are vintage echo experts - we specialise in Binsons, Copicats, Rolands, and Echoplexes.We\'ve sold many excellent Echorecs over the past twelve years to very satisfied customers (see response examples below); we understand how they should sound and function. In our experience, most Binsons sold as being in working condition (even ones that are sold as serviced or rewired) are not up to scratch. Echorecs require a technician with a rare combination of technological skills: tape/recording, valves, mechanics and electronics.We guarantee that this machine will not disappoint - our buyers have the added protection of dealing with an established business - see our website for further details.
If some of the wording below seems familiar, it\'s because other sellers have taken to copying our descriptions verbatim for their own listings.This description is relevant to this machine only: PE-603 T serial number 698.
Please get in touch before buying with any questions - we offer discount for payment by bank transfer, but also accept credit/debit cards.
Offered for sale here is a Binson PE-603 T valve disc echo in excellent cosmetic condition (see detailed photos below) and superb working order.
The PE 603 series were the most rugged and advanced machines Binson ever produced - housedin a very robust and heavy metal case.
This one\'s just back from a complete mechanical and electrical refurbishment/rebuild, including a full rewire and has been fitted with a brand new recording disc. The heads have been relapped and aligned for optimum performance: operationally this machine is in superb order.
Many different effects can be had by selecting combinations of the 4 replay heads via the individual head selector switches - either for single repeat echoes, or complex multi-tap repeats via the 4 response switches in Repeat or Swell modes. The combination of valve preamp, well-engineered \'tape\' stages and a subtle dose of true analogue \'warble\' create a mesmerising sound that\'s utterly-addictive and unmistakably-Binson. Add the Swell setting with its unique reverb-like Binson \'bloom\', and it\'s no wonder that a well set-up Binson is a go-to recording and mix effect for top engineers and producers. The Echo/Repeat buttons switch between a single echo or multiple repeats, with the Length Of Swell pot controlling the amount of response - from minimal subtlety to frenzied cosmic mayhem...
It sounds wonderful and inspires creativity when you play through it - whoever buys this will be getting a great machine in top operational condition which should give many years good service.
The YouTube demos below give an idea of what this machine can do - first is a guitar demo, followed by the Funkbox 808 for some more serious abuse…
The demos are of the machine offered for sale here.
The motor starts well and spins happily and without issue. It will go into self-oscillation very swiftly on certain settings if required (this can be adjusted via the internal trimpot for more subtle or extreme effects, but it\'s been set-up for optimum performance) and it\'s capable of all sorts of cosmic noises - Binsons do tend to encourage experimental noise-mongering. The repeats are not hifi - this is after all 50 year-old technology - if you want perfect repeats, buy a digital delay.
It\'s a 100v/240v only machine so can be used worlwide without a transformer.
These machines need regular use and maintenance to remain in good working order.
There are currently no operational issues with this unit at all, but please be aware that these units require looking after and that regular maintenance is the key to keeping this in good working order. They are very delicate: minute adjustments are made to the heads\' positions for optimum performance, so it is possible that this machine will need to be calibrated again after shipping (most withstand shipping with careful packing, but the buyer should be prepared to have this done if required).
(Please note: it is always possible with vintage equipment that some crackly pots/sliders may develop over time when equipment has not been used - even during shipping - this can usually be easily rectified either by use or judicious application of suitable switch-cleaning spray).
Binson Echorecs are amazingly-engineered machines: where a tape echo\'s (ie Copicat) input sound is recorded to tape, on a Binson it is recorded onto a circular spinning disc which has replay heads poisitioned around it. It is possible to select single and repeating echoes - these units have a sound all of their own. They look fantastic at night (or on a darkened stage) with the magic eye valve gowing green and the backlit plexiglass fascia.
Binsons were one of the must-have pieces of equipment for bands in the early sixties, alongside the Fender Stratocaster and Vox AC30.Famously-used and abused by Barrett, Gilmour, Waters and Wright of Pink Floyd in the 60s and early 70s (Echorec 2s are very much in evidence on Live at Pompeii and can be seen on photos from many Floyd live shows), Binsons are increasingly sought-after today by studios, mix engineers and producers for their unique sound: Michael Brauer (Stones, McCartney, Coldplay) famously has an Echorec 2 in his arsenal of vintage delays.
This is a vintage unit and may not take kindly to being shipped. It will be well-packed, but if it\'s not behaving as it should on receipt, please get in touch. Please be aware that to own a machine such as this, you must be prepared to have it regularly checked over and maintained by a competent technician: it should withstand being shipped, but further calibration may be necessary.
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Please see our other listings for a wide range of vintage instruments, effects and recording gear from the 50s-80s, including Fender/Marshall/Vox/Watkins amps, Moog/Roland synths, and our speciality tape/disc echoes, spring reverbs and effects (Binson, Roland, Copicat, Grampian, Evans, Dynacord, Telefunken etc), plus a whole bunch of pedals, effects and other weird and wonderful gear.
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