Teac Tascam Series 80-8 reel tape recorder with Willie Nelson tape & Star Wars R2D2's recorder

[shadowshop1]

hi i have a unit like you have. teac made some with glass heads some have head like the tascam 38 units the glass ones are far better. note they are very heavy so if you buy one

you will need a car to pick it up

[whotaughtyou]

KNOCKOUT

ROLF HARRIS

[danceofthedruids]

Cool story and great machine ... rock on Willie!

[whotaughtyou]

NEIGHBOURS ALGERIAN SHAFT UP TO YOU

[mannstudio]

I love your video. It brought back memories with the track sheet having SMPTE on one track to lock it up to sequencer. The Willie Nelson recordings are great . I remember owning a used 80-8 I used with the Teac model 5 mixer back in the 1990's.

[dentunes]

My dad still has a 3440 and an 80-8. We did some recording when I was younger on them. Sounded really nice.

[DESUBICA]

great presentation Martin, I hope you'll take good care of those recording wonders. And a long life to our pioneer engineers around the globe. Cheers

[jaredcjensen]

Great story, great video. Thanks!

[Aguirrecords]

Hello there!! I hope that you can help me, I have one of this beatiful machine, but, i don``t know how put the tape across the heads, please tell me how is the correct position, thank`s a lot. have a nice day,

saludos desde Mexico.

[ultimateguitar553]

Analogue is the best recording device. No auto tune or pitch correction in the analogue years. You actually had to have talent before you got a record deal

[DonJuanDeMarco2]

Awesome to see again, great video, thanks.

[jgk381]

got the 3440

[MartinTheophilus]

7.5 & 15

[turntablesrock]

hey

Does the 70-8 shown at the end of the video record in 7.5ips/15ips or 15/30ips?

[wado1942]

@turntablesrock It's 15 I/S only, like the 80-8.

[douglas787]

It seems very odd that anyone would record over Willie Nelson original recordings. I can understand reusing tapes, but not when the material on the tape greatly exceeds the cost of new tape. Even a complete bonehead should know better than that, but then again, NASA did record over the original slow scan TV tapes from the Apollo 11 landing.

[wado1942]

@douglas787 I NEVER reuse tapes. When I'm done with a project, I hand it to my client and tell them how to store it. There's been a couple of tapes that were left with me and I don't have a problem cutting off the blank short end and using THAT, but never rerecord over an old project. It bit me in the butt too many times when I was first starting.

[checkabreak]

so awesome i got one !

[DonJuanDeMarco2]

@checkabreak

I have one too ! How much is it worth ?

[Catagator]

@DonJuanDeMarco2 I paid $300.00 for my 80-8 a few years ago. I put a NOS pinch roller on it and it works great. Love collecting the old machines.