Morley Echo Volume EVO-1 Oil Can Delay 1970's

Up for sale is a vintage 1970's Morley Echo Volume EVO-1 Oil Can Delay, this pedal is in excellent condition for its age and is one of the last remaining pedals that are super unique to find still in original WORKING order. This is a deal not to miss if your after an unmodified, original and operational rare pedal.
The “oilcan delay” was invented by Ray Lubow. Ray and his brother had a company called Tel-Ray, and they supplied their oilcan delay module— which was originally called the “Adineko Memory System”—to other companies, including Fender and Gibson. Eventually Ray and his brother started producing their own standalone units under the name Morley.

At the heart of the EVO-1 lies the oilcan unit. This is a drum containing a spinning, anodized metallic disc with rubber “read” and “write” heads pushed against its side. And there’s a little magic oil in the bottom—just enough to coat the metal disc and keep the oxygen out. The oil and anodized disc work as a dielectric (which means it can store a charge or signal). So, as the disc spins around past the write head, a thin layer of oil coats the disc and the signal is stored electrostatically. When the disc passes by the read head, the slightly delayed signal is relayed to the circuitry and sent to the EVO-1’s output.

The beauty of this oilcan technology is actually a result of its failure to work as a straightforward delay unit. Rather than providing crisp, accurate repeats, the oil can offers up watery, warbly, vibrato sounds that are unpredictable and oh-so gorgeous. The fact that the medium carrying the audio information is constantly fighting gravity and doing its very best to drip off the metallic disc is only the start of the hijinks. The AC mains-powered motor is notoriously inconsistent. This, coupled with a rubber drive belt and pulley arrangement, yields significant wow-and-flutter. It’s a design truly worthy of Heath Robinson.
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