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We still sell tape loops for our older
Copicats : £25 for a tube of 20 tape loops. Phone for details or Email
to : watkins@wemwatkins.co.uk |
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If you want to know the history of
the Copicat®, go to the WEM History page, if you want to know the
Future of the Copicat®, see below because..... |
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Copicat® is
back - to celebrate 50 golden years of service to music. |
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The Watkins Copicat® is a multi-tap echo & Fx unit
with delay modulation for guitars and all music signal sources. It has 6
variable controls for live 'hands-on' editing. Now with performance
'patch' memories and other effects. |
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Caution ! Only Copicats® made in London by
Watkins at WEM® are the genuine article
- beware of imitations !............... |
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The
 new
Copicat® Gold is more versatile and useful than
ever before. |
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Phone
Charlie Now 020 8679 5575
[0044 (0)20 8679 5575] Phone for details
or Email to : watkins@wemwatkins.co.uk |
| The perfected sounds
of Binson - Space Echo - Meazzi etc. PLUS the
product of 2 original Watkins Copicats®. Enquiries welcomed
from all and Music Shops, Producers etc. |
| Offering unrivalled
live music features to Shadows enthusiasts, creative
sound men and producers, with patchable, editable
settings - incorporating variable volumes of 'rippling'
and 'tripping' echoes and repeats. |
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This unit is now available. Price £975
inc Vat. We can ship to any part of the world - contact
us for details. Introductory discount
offer - phone or email for details.
We do not have any other brochures on this unit. All
information is in the Documentation section below. |
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The Copicat is as simple and straight forward as it
always has been. We have several levels of documentation
here in PDF for you to look at, each from a different
perspective. |
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Documentation
For all customers, the latest documentation for
the Copicat® Gold will be available here:
Quick Start-up sheet - How to plug it in.
Old & New Copicat
comparisons - Features comparisons.
Basic
Copicat Gold - a general introduction.
Copicat Gold
Operations Overview. - A summary of all main
control operations in pictures.
Controls used for all the different effects
- Diagrams for the digital effects controls.
Full
detailed text instructions. - Detailed
explanations.
Pre-set settings-
effects set-up in the preset memories.
Song lists. - Memory numbers for various songs. |
Endorsements &
Reviews OK, we have only
just launched our 'new fangled' Copicat,
so some of you may be wondering whether it lives
up to our claims. Here is what one customer
thought (used with permission) : " I have now had my Copicat
Gold for 2 days and I really love this machine.
I own or have owned a whole arsenal of tape echo
machines dating as far back as the mid 60's. I
have also bought a variety of digital machines in
recent years. In fact without really intending
it I seem to have become somewhat of a collector
of these devices. So, including other machines
I've borrowed along the way I've pretty well
heard them all . All of these machines have
their strengths and weaknesses. Some are very
difficult to maintain, some are very finicky to
adjust and others just don't have the magic in
their sound. Well the Copicat Gold just has all
the wonderful attributes of the finest machines
around without any of the common disadvantages.
It does nothing less than faithfully reproduce
the echoes of the best machines ever made. It
just does them all and does them well. For tape
machine die-hards ( like me) it's wonderful to
find that all that vintage analogue sound is
there. It's easy to use right out of the box
using the presets and it's just as easy to
change settings or head selection if you want. I
think my lifetime quest for the perfect echo
machine has just ended. On top of all of this it
certainly doesn't hurt to have the bank of
special non echo effects. Thank you so much for
putting your 50 years of experience as well as
that of all your major competitors so cleverly
and elegantly into this small box.
Kevin Ball,
Canada." |
Don't think that the unit is
complex - because it's not ! If in doubt contact us for
clarification.
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Demonstrations Some demonstration
files are here at last as mp3s for you to download. They are the Copicat being used with guitar to play some
Shadows' and other songs. All demos by Dave Robinson
with settings by Alan Jackson.
These demos show
that the Copicat can be used to accurately
imitate vintage echo machines which is a useful
performance benchmark even if you are planning
to use it on something a little more
way-out there...............and remember, the
exact sound that you get depends on how you
set up the Copicat. Either click
on the names or right-click and 'save as' to
play later. |
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Wonderful Land |
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The Savage |
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Apache (with fades). |
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My Resistance is low |
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Midnight |
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Blue Star |
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The Breeze and I |
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Atlantis |
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Flingel Bunt |
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Foot Tapper |
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The Copicat Gold comes with Power unit,
single foot-switch and output lead. |
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Contains 10 basic tape echoes
and effects including reverb,
flanging, phasing, tremolo
which may then be edited and stored in any of the 12
working users patch memories. 72 archive memories. Now all
effects in mono or stereo. |
| Each echo unit has 5 heads
with 2 sets of 5 head spacings - these set the basic echo
pattern of 10 classic echo machines. Each head has editable volume
and repeats level and may be
panned across the stereo image. In echo modes, separate variable signal paths
for outputs and repeats. The echoes have a variable 'Wobble' control to
simulate tape fluctuations and movement - it gives a modulated delay. |
| All standard quarter inch jack
connectors. Single input switchable from High impedance
for guitar or line inputs to low impedance high
sensitivity for low impedance microphones. Direct signal
cancel for series/parallel/mixer effects loops. Mono/Stereo
mode switch - mono in , stereo effects out. Effect on off button. |
| Jacks for 4 footswitches which
are assignable to any of the patch or control buttons
for easy foot operated changes. |
| 6 real rotary editing controls which
you turn until the sound you want is there, then store it forever,
instantly accessible when you need it.
A unique boutique pedal unit with sounds you
won't forget. |
.................and it is still designed and built by us, here
in London UK.
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