基于BinsonEchorec，这个有趣的踏板Foxgearisn’t your typical vintage echo unit. The original Binson Echorec has a much-hallowed rock history, originally finding favour withHank Marvin在将其推向众人瞩目之前Dave Gilmour的Pink Floyd。It wasn’t just the electric guitar it was used on either,Roger Waterswas a fan and to further prove its versatility, the Binson Echorec also adorned the much-adored drum sound fromWhen The Levee Breaks在Led ZeppelinIV.
With this kind of storied history, it’s a bit of a surprise that more pedal manufacturers haven’t tried to recreate the classic tones of this vintage echo unit – some impressive efforts from Catalinbread and Dawner Prince aside. Perhaps it’s because the Binson used a completely different mechanism to the other analogue units of the time, opting for a magnetic drum recorder rather than a tape loop, the resulting algorithm of which may have proved too complex for pedal companies to invest in. Whatever the reason, the Foxgear T7E Baby aims to redress the balance, putting this unique tonality well within the price point of the average musician.
首次查看亮起的控制面板，控件感到奇怪地陌生，需要潜入手册才能进一步理解。在拆开延迟踏板时，代表音调，电动机调整和损坏年龄肯定比通常要遇到的术语要少。但这并没有使我们失望，事实上，这使我们更加兴奋地陷入困境。
Taking pride of place in the centre of the unit, the Heads Combination knob allows you to control the different iterations of the Echorec’s four-playback-head array, offering a wealth of delay-shaping options from a subtle slapback to both offbeat and dotted delays. This knob has a combined functionality with the Motor Adj knob, which despite its unusual moniker is actually a delay time setting. It differs from a typical delay time setting in that it affects the delay times of each playback head individually, all whilst retaining the relative spacing between them.
In use
Experimenting with the different array of sounds available from this pedal led us to some very interesting results. It can do everything from a quick slapback delay all the way to speaker destroying self-oscillation, as we discovered when we cranked the Rep Tone knob alongside the Length of Swell. Finding a sweet spot took some time, but once we did it enabled you to play over a bedrock of unearthly sounding reverb/delay tones that hovered in the background of our riffing and chord work.
The Mode Selector switch offers three slightly different settings to play with, the first being Echo for the classic tape-style delay, delivering a single repeat of each playback head. The Rep setting applies feedback to the playback heads, getting you closer to self-oscillation when used in combination with the Length of Swell control. Finally, the Swell setting applies feedback to all four of the playback tape heads, bypassing the Head Combination knob in the centre and giving a more reverb like effect, the one that was famously used on Pink Floyd’s时间。
伤害旋钮的年龄为T7E婴儿的声音提供了一次引人入胜的修改，复制了旧的损坏的Echorec单元的效果，该单元在该单元中磨损并变成非线性。当将旋钮拨号到最大值时，这会导致类似合唱的摇摆，并随机变化，这在宽敞的大气吉他宽敞通道中特别有效。
实验绝对是通过此踏板找到中间立场的关键。这不是您可以拿起并立即找到可用音调的东西，但这是其难以理解的魅力的一部分。Set some time aside to find the sounds in this unit, and you’re just as likely to discover lush tones that put a cosy blanket around your ears, as you are the screaming of a thousand distorted guitar notes, blasting your auditory system into oblivion with the clamouring of infinite self-oscillation.
Key Features
- PRICE£179.00
- DESCRIPTION立体声复古回声踏板，中国制造
- CONTROLSRep. Tone, Length of Swell, Age of Damage, Motor Adj., Mode Selector, Volume, Head Combination, Bypass and Swell Knobs
- FEATURESStereo Ins and Outs, Backlit display
- DIMENSIONS90mm x 127mm x 30mm
- CONTACTfoxgeardistribution.com
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