Re: New/old toys!

[matthias@bahianet.com.br (Matthias)]

>Dave said:
>>I went to a guitar show in eastern Iowa yesterday and horse-traded a
>>couple of *great* pieces.  :}  First, I traded my old Boss Pitch
>>Shifter/Delay (my first awful looping device), a fuzz box, and $15 for
>>an ADA expression pedal, an ADA quad footswitch, and... a DeltaLabs
>>Echotron.
>
>I've seen these in Black Market music in SF, but never tried it. Seems to
>me a friend of mine actually knew something about it. If I remember who it
>was, I'll ask him....
>
>>The Echotron is just *gorgeous*.  It's an early-80s long
>>(250ms-4096ms) delay line, with infinite repeat capability.
...
>
>Sounds like a score! Mind if I lift your text and use it for a little 
>blurb
>on the web page? Some day we may manage to get a fairly complete history 
>of
>all these funky toys....
>
>If you find any more info on it, let me know and I'll put that up there 
>too.

I think Andreas Vollenweider started his solo career with a drummer, two
percussionists, his harp and a Deltalab for loops. That was in Montreux,
probably around '82.