WEM Copicat Boost Is Based on A Classic Tape Echo Preamp | Tone Report Demo

[@DeadWhiteButterflies]

Tbh, I didn't even know WEM still existed as a company! Hell yeah!

[@custompedalboards]

they dont

[@Hard.Clipping]

Looks amazing, sounds fantastic.

[@watkinscopicat]

the cool thing about the old copicat is that the preamp is always on, even when you turn off the echo, so you have a constant preamp boost going into your amp, this one sounds great 👍

[@keiranbradley3238]

The Klempt Echolette NG-51 has a superb pre-amp, no slouch either in the delay.

[@darwinsaye]

@@keiranbradley3238Those Klempt preamps sound like a 50s Fender Tweed Deluxe when cranked up. Really fantastic. I would take an Echolette over any other tape echo ever made. Mile End Effects makes a pedal version of the NG51 preamp - I have no experience with it, so I can’t say if it’s good or not, but I thought it was really cool that someone was doing a pedal based on such a relatively obscure piece of gear.

[@keiranbradley3238]

@darwinsaye I haven't had a chance to play the Mile End Effects unit, the NG-51 is an amazing piece of kit!. I'm definitely going to what the Behringer 646 clone of the old Grampian reverb 636 unit, it has a great overdrive. I was gutted that they sold out so fast last year but they are releasing more in November.

[@darwinsaye]

@@keiranbradley3238 I had my eye on the Behringer Grampian clone when it came out, but it’s almost impossible to find dealers who sell certain Behringer products here in Canada, so I don’t even bother to get my hopes up anymore. -EDIT: Okay, so I just looked again, and to my shock, Long and McQuade is selling the Behringer 646 now.

[@darwinsaye]

Given the hype and popularity of ‘tape echo preamp’ type boosts lately, I’m really surprised at how little they’re asking for this.

[@solomonsanchez1897]

$80 shipped for the production model is a steal. I just pulled the trigger on one.

[@nahf4m]

Oh man if only someone would make a copikat delay 😢 last one we had was the alter ego so long ago

[@omniboy33]

I love the Copicat. My favorite delay.

[@zx45zx]

No clue where you buy the HW version, but sounds like more of a collector draw. That thing sounds fantastic You're the man, Andy

[@darwinsaye]

Collectors might also be drawn to hand wired stuff, but the real value of handwired gear is that you can work on it yourself and keep it operating forever, even if you’re not an electronics tech. I’ve seen the guts of some of the most modern gear where the components on the board look barely bigger than fleas.

[@archstanton3763]

Sounds great, I’d buy it for the nice understated looks.

[@TUNNELOFREVERB]

Jazzed about this, sounds awesome

[@johngorgis]

Watkins copicat is the most underated tape delay we hear alot about the ep3 and re201 but not much about theese

[@jakerslucky24]

Looks great!

[@Stereostupid]

The tones are phenomenal

[@falconerpdx]

Daniel Ash used a Copicat!

[@FlagadaJohn]

What's the first tune Andy plays? Sounds really good!

[@MaybeHarvey]

How do I buy the hardwired version?

[@northernmonkey8652]

If i didn't have a deco I'd definitely get this

[@nighttimepaul5209]

Looks and sounds great. Does this mean I can send my tube WEM Copicat to Doncaster to get it refurbished correctly at last???????? Please?

[@keiranbradley3238]

No because it's not the same company. It has zero to do with WEM/Watkins. I'm not even sure how they are able to use the name?. Charlie Watkins had lots of scam artists using his name right up until he passed away not too long ago. Particularly pedal outfits!.

[@lurchaudio4075]

​@@keiranbradley3238 it literally is WEM. again, because you're spouting misinformation on multiple comments, the WEM trademark was legally bought a couple years ago. The Watkins family no longer owns the trademark.

[@nighttimepaul5209]

@@lurchaudio4075 interesting.

[@keiranbradley3238]

@lurchaudio4075 Semantics. It's like saying Fender or Gibson are the same companies that Leo and Ted had.

[@MegaChoo2]

Cant find one on reverb 😢

[@solomonsanchez1897]

The Hi-Watt store on Recerb is selling them out of Canada. Its also searchable by the name.

[@humplucker2445]

Are they also bringing their amps back to production?

[@DerpRulesAll]

Boss did something similar with one of their pedals, took the preamps from the Space Echo, and the original Chorus. The WEM sounds better than either setting of the Boss, IMO.

[@marcraygun6290]

Always have my copycat in front of my vox escort lead 50,its a classic 70s British combination

[@rareform6747]

Looks OK

[@michielburger1972]

Sneaking in a little WWRY, aren’t we? 😂

[@matsandersson8857]

My favourit guitar player Brian Robbo Robertson in Thin Lizzy used two different models of this. He used them as preamps aswell as echoes. But i don’t like the sound of these amps used here. I think the distortion sounds raw and like over compressed. Also there is so much plinky plonky and finger picking. I’d liked to hear some real power chords on a great sounding distorted amp like a Marshall. The Fuzz just sounds awful. It’s like a broken speaker from a car.

[@JackPeloquin]

Interesting… my fav, Brian Robertson uses the original. Or so a diagram says. I dig it.

[@JR_Taylor]

but its the valve copicat cats that everyone wants to use for boost

[@keiranbradley3238]

"Black panel amp",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,really?. Is that so people who do "Black face" won't be offended?.

[@nkmcfrln]

w-e-m

[@pensive_]

Sounds absolutely nothing like my actual wem.

[@vincentveasey9389]

It’s a rip off so I’ve heard. It is not WEM and has not been authorised by the owners of the WEM trademark.

[@MichaelJanJoestar]

Where did you find this information?

[@keiranbradley3238]

Is that the same Britampco involved with the Music-Grounds fiasco/rip-off?. Charlie Watkins didn't sell the rights to his company name to these people.

[@lurchaudio4075]

@@keiranbradley3238 I think you're confusing it with British Pedal Company, which is understandable since the names are super similar. Britampco was only created last year or the year before. The Harrison family has any affiliation with the current owner of Britampco (Hiwatt, WEM, and Park). I know because I work there. My boss bought Hiwatt from the Harrison's about 6 or 7 years ago. I told him naming the parent company such a similar name to one of the Harrison's brands was stupid, we've barely even made any public statements to assure people we have no affiliation with Music Ground/the Harrison's. Hopefully soon we'll come out with something explaining the whole ordeal. Anyways Charlie Watkins has been dead for 10 years, his wife, June, was the owner after that, then the trademark expired and they never renewed it, so it was publicly available for purchase.

[@solomonsanchez1897]

The company that's making this actually owns the copyright to the name. The Watkins family sold that off long ago.

[@custompedalboards]

@@solomonsanchez1897 they did not, they just let the copyright elapse in certain parts of the world, this comapny may well have bought those rights. This product has nothing to do with the wem watkins label of old, other than the creator of the pedal bought an old tape echo and recrated the pre amp circuit within, not a bad attempt tbf.

[@christopherdavis8248]

3:34

[@deathmaybeyoursantaclaus]

Funny to hear someone from outside the UK pronounce 'Doncaster'. Not a terrible attempt tbf! 😉