1969 Fender Dimension IV oilcan effect demo (Tel-Ray)

I couldn't find much info on these on the web so i decided to make a little demo video.
This is the Fender Dimension IV oilcan echo/thing made in the late 60s... that supposedly should "take you to another dimension" - oh well it WAS the 60s (acid NOT included).
Made by the (in)famous Tel-Ray company.

This is the nasty smaller version, which you connect between your reverb tank and amplifier.
Hope it helps somehow, and you enjoy it! These are a quite rare find, and fun to play around with - but saddly they're not very "flexible", as they can't be adjusted or so.

BTW, yes i said "Fender", sorry, the guitar is an '83 SQUIER SQ-series Stratocaster.
Rock on,

Pat.

ps: this is my 1st REAL youtube video, so please be gentil ;) - oh and forgive my sloppy playing!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Fender
• Tel-Ray
• oilcan
• delay
• echo
• Tel
• Ray
• 1968
• 1969

[misternogreco]

Hi there! I am trying to find out what is this particular oil that you use in this Dim IV.

A friend of mine owns one but he doesn't know what oil to put inside. If you could please give some help here! Thanx!

[Pacafeliz]

@misternogreco hello there! look for "echo oil" on ebay, there's a guy who apparently bought a whole barrel of the stuff and he sells it there. also, might be worth signing up (or at least snooping around) on the tel-ray oil-can effects forum, here: telrayoilcanaddicts.yuku (dot) com

i got lotsa good info off there. good luck!

[meandmydevilblues]

are you high?

[Pacafeliz]

@meandmydevilblues ummm... not really, that i'd know... should i be?! ;)

[SOYRAFAGUITARPLAYER]

LSD sound!.

[ChazTexas]

Love to have one of these. Thanks for sharing!

[433music]

I have one of the same units. I made a way to switch it on and off by inserting a 25k (not 250k) Ernie Ball volume pedal in between the "TO REVERB" line and the reverb input. This way, you can set the reverb on the amp for intensity, and use the pedal to slowly ramp it in.

I recently played with the larger model Dimension IV's and was disappointed. Both had ground issues and shocked me badly. I like this model the best for its vibrato. though!

I just got a Fender Echo-Reverb III, sounds good

[Pacafeliz]

@Hellad00d yep that's true, sir! i actually have the "matching" white strat with rosewood board. those SQ-series Squiers are still underrated, but people are slowly realizing how cool they are. JV-series Squiers sell for over 1K already, SQ's will be next... so get yours NOW! ;)

[Hellad00d]

@jaikwillis Squire acutally made very high quality products back in the day, that is an 83'. The newer squires have much less quality. Those older squires are actually sought after by some collecters. Some people preffer those older squires over newer period fenders.

[PrincessOfMushroom]

@meandmydevilblues ha! I was thinking the same ;)

[433music]

There are several D4's. Mine is smaller, with "ON, REVERB, and VIBRATO." Other models have the same options but with more control, I believe. I know I've seen a large d4 unit with maybe a blend knob, or a master volume.

My unit will reach ungodly, resonant volumes if I set it up that way, but it's much more of a stufio tool.

[meandmydevilblues]

@Pacafeliz :D

Great guitar!

Great plaing!