The expression pedal on modulation control is really cool. Love it! :clap:

Here is a picture of the new Watkins Copicat “Gold” with some quotes from the WEM Digital Copicat web page:

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“The perfected sounds of Binson – Space Echo – Meazzi etc. PLUS the product of 3 original Watkins Copicats®.

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.

This unit will be available mid 2009. – Current estimate end August.

A draft of the Copicat Gold Instructions as a PDF will be available at the final product launch.

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 patch memories. 60 archive memories. Now all effects in mono or stereo.

Each echo unit has 5 heads with 2 sets of head spacings – these set the basic echo pattern of a classic echo machine. Each head has editable volume level and may be panned across the stereo image. Separate signal paths for outputs and repeats.

All 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 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.”

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All sounds good, but maybe a little expensive!

I find phasers do influence one’s playing, the Small Stone originally had me experimenting with a whole lot of new musical expressions, I loved the way the harmonics would catch and crystallise within the sound of a chord or arpeggio.
My fav phaser was a Maestro Mini Phase, not to mention the Mutron Bi-Phase. However, I then met the Electric Mistress, Dr.Q and the Y-Triggered Filter and they became permanent members of my pedal board.
This said, I very often used the Small Stone with the Electravibe, getting a warm, deep ringing bell-like timbre from the bottom octave of the instrument, and I went on to buy a Polyphase which opened up the Electravibe even more. I so love it when the music catches the phase cycle and starts to oscillate with the sweep.
I still have this vintage Polyphase and it is at present being refurbished before getting back into action.
The EHX Stereo Polyphase is on my list of must-haves. And my personal preference is slow to medium settings which give me room to move.

Slight update for ghost regarding name suggestions:-

Freezers:

Nano: Ice Cube
XO: Freezer
CT: Big Chill

and

Drones:

Nano: Bee
XO: Drone
CT: Omega

and maybe it would be possible to integrate a virtual spliced tape loop selector, up to a few seconds, with a wavy Mellotron-type sound to follow smilindan’s idea on another topic thread.

Let us hope that EHX are already at work!

And as I posted before, I saw Sweetwater advertising the Drop Tune for 199,99 USD :

http://www.sweetwater.com/c974–Morpheus–Reverbs_and_Delays

Yes, well, I must admit that as much as I liked the idea of owning such a cool pedal as it was when it was released I never really used it on a regular basis, in fact I hardly used it at all. However, it did have the virtue of eliminating the attack of the keys being struck on my electric vibes. That was interesting. As I said before, my AD is in bad nick and will have to wait a bit before being put back in working order.

So, check out this pedal! OK, it is not an EHX, but if Morpheus can bring one out, then EHX can certainly go one half-step better!!

There is one way to find out for sure……