The Binson Echorec - Catalinbread Echorec Amp Manual

THE BINSON ECHOREC

The Echorec was a tube (later on solid-state) magnetic recording drum echo unit manufactured by the long since defunct Binson.
Binson began making these echo units in the 1950s and stopped production in the 1970s. Over the decades, players as diverse
as David Gilmour to Steven Drozd have been known to use the Echorec thus creating a cult following for the devices. The main
problem with these devices is they were notorious for breaking down or at the very least needing constant TLC.
The Binson was designed back in the glory days of musical electronics, back when things had to be done electro-mechanically to
achieve delay effects. Inventors tried different ways to delay a signal and have it played back. We had tape, we had oil cans, and
in the case of the Binson, we had a rotating platter wrapped in magnetic recording wire. So yeah, that's different than, say, an
Echoplex which used tape but is that all? Well, the unique twist that the Binson added was four separate playback heads! So you
had a rotating platter and a record head and then following the record head around the platter were four playback heads.