T-Rex Binson Echorec Vs Vintage Baby Rec, Volante, Boonar, Catalinbread Echorec & Boss DD-200

We LOVE the Binson Echorec-style drum echo. And T-Rex has brought it back to life! Welcome to the show! Let’s just say it: this is THE most anticipated effects device of the last few years… according to me and Dan anyway. No super computers nor mega processors here; no easy portability nor Swiss-Army-knife functionality. Nope, it’s reborn old tech, it does one thing, it’s noisy, cumbersome and of course, comes with a reassuringly, erm, confident price tag. People of tone, welcome the all-new Binson Echorec, a genuine multi-head magnetic drum echo made by the laudable people at T-Rex in Denmark. If you want to know more about Echorecs, watch this: And indeed this: Today we’re firing it up for the first time at TPS alongside a handful of the other leading drum echo simulators from Strymon, Dawner Prince, Catalinbread and Boss. And of course a genuine old one. Are we left spinning or does it get drummed out of the studio? Before this copy gets any worse… please enjoy the show! And please visit That Pedal Shop Mick’s note on the Boonar phase issue… No doubt there will be lots of comments telling me I’m wrong, so I tested this thoroughly after filming. I set up two amps, got them in phase with no effects, and used TheGigRig G3 for true, true bypass! All my other effects play in phase in this rig. Here are my results from this particular Boonar, serial number 355-16. ’OUT’ means phase flipped in relation to the original signal. ’IN’ means the phase stays the same. Trails bypass, pedal off: OUT Trails bypass, pedal on: OUT True bypass, pedal off: IN True bypass, pedal on: OUT As you can see, no matter what the bypass mode, in this particular Boonar the effected signal is always flipped phase. To double check, I did the same test with the Catalinbread Echorec, and for all states (buffered bypass, true bypass, effect on and off) the phase result was IN. Hope that explains it clearly! Pedals & stuff in this episode • TheGigRig Three2One • TC Electronics Polytune Noir Mini 3 UK & Europe: Australia: USA: • JAM Pedals Pink Flow UK & Europe: Australia: USA: • Catalinbread Echorec UK & Europe: Australia: USA: • Dawner Prince Boonar UK & Europe: Australia: • Boss DD-200 UK & Europe: Australia: USA: • T-Rex Binson Echorec UK & Europe: USA: • Strymon Volante UK & Europe: Australia: USA: • Binson Echorec Baby - no longer available • TheGigRig G3 Interesting bits and go-to sections 0:00 Intro playing 2:25 Why we love the Binson Echorec 3:15 Some of our faves 4:03 The New Echorec from T-Rex 5:12 OG Binson Echorec Baby 7:20 This is swell baby! 8:30 Changing heads 9:56 Boonar heads 12:15 Preamp level on the Boonar 14:00 Echorec vs analog delay 14:56 T-Rex Echorec sounds 17:30 T-Rex vs Boonar 18:20 Short vs long delay 21:30 Catalinbread Echorec 27:19 Tone control for repeats 28:30 Boss DD-200 32:30 Strymon Volante 36:00 Volante stereo gloriousness 36:30 What is Mick hearing? 40:00 Turning down the T-Rex with G3 41:00 Such an inspiring sound to play 42:20 Noise floor? 43:00 Which one would you choose? 45:00 Seagull Noises? Guitars in today’s episode • Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster - Dan’s video here: • Epiphone Casino - Mick’s video here: • 1961 Fender Stratocaster - Mick’s video here: Amps in today’s episode • Matchless C-30 & 212 ESD with one Celestion G12M Greenback and one Celestion G12H Anniversary • Two Rock Classic Reverb Signature 100/50 & 112 Cab with EVM12L speaker We hope you enjoy this episode. Please subscribe to our channel. You can buy TPS merch to support our efforts We are on Patreon – crowdfunding for creatives Please visit our preferred retailers! UK & Europe: Andertons Music Australia: Pedal Empire