Wem Watkins Copicat trio

These are my three Wem Copicats. One is the classic "Custom" Copicat, model IC-400, and I think it's the oldest of the three; one is the Super IC model with 4 playback heads, and the black cat is the VariSpeed model, the only Copicat with a DC motor capable of changing tape speed, and I think this is the newest. I don't know their ages or the production years precisely, but I suppose it's something between the late 60's and the early 70's. All 3 models are solid state.
I love them, I love tape and analog echo effects in general, the Roland Space Echo is my favourite, but Copicats have something special, not only in their tone. Plus, they were produced by the inventor of the tape echo, Mr. Charlie Watkins.

If you can find one in good conditions, grab it with no esitation! And if you're into computer music and you just wish to have fun with one of these babies without having to buy one, try the free emulation: WatKat. You can download it here: http://www.genuinesoundware.com/?a=showproduct&b=36

Intro music by Psy-T from KvR ;-)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• copicat
• echo
• tape
• analog
• wem
• watkins

[frenzexperiment]

@frenzexperiment sicuramente sarai un appassionato di krautrock!



[frenzexperiment]

ciao Guido, suono la chitarra e dopo un annetto di esperimenti vari con i pedalini ultimamente mi sto interessando ai vecchi tape delay e alle vecchie unità delay analogiche....vorrei trovare qualcosa che abbia un tempo di ripetizione molto lungo, almeno 7-800 millisecondi ...avrei trovato una wem copicat di fine anni settanta (sound-on-sound model) ma temo che lì si arrivi massimo a 400 ...sai consigiarmi qualche modello in particolare?

grazie mille in anticipo, gran bel demo...

Marco

[scotthaslett]

i have the first one shown for sale if anyone is interested. open to offers. cheers.

[guitaneman]

hi there i am lookin to buyin a wem but need some advice ........

is the ic300 i mean the one with 4 inputs model does this do the same as the other copyicats with fewer buttons i am a bit lost ...

there is more ic300 4 input models for sale than any other copicat

any advice would be apreciated thanks in advance

[friendofCHAKA]

King Tubby style!

[0350125]

holy fucking crapshit Batman! KORG MS-20 and ARP Odyssey ASWELL! you win 8D

[caseguit]

real echos analogique NICE !! have other echolette Gibson manifactured at Michigant Kalamazoo

[gtristdan]

NICE...... nothing like those tape echos

[marcoballa]

bellissimo il messaggio:

"clean my head frequently"

:-)))))

ottimo video didattico (non avevo mai visto in funzione questi gioielli)!!!!

[mullema]

cool ;-)