flyingace
Active member
Found a great looking unit locally for $2k. Heads look new, new capstan belt, all VUs working and lit (only #7's plastic is broken out!), watched video of it working, recording and playback. Comes with owners blank tape, unsure what brand. I have some 1800ft 7" reels of unopened Scotch 1/4" tape, unsure of quality and some other 1/4" pre-recorded 2-track tapes that I found at a flea market... likely not in good shape, but i'll try, then clean the machine, right? ha ha
Wishing for the best as I am building my music shed now, as soon as I'm done, I hope to have the 388 as my centerpiece for project fun, nothing serious.
As said, am I crazy? is it a hole in the ground to throw money into? or am I joining a select brotherhood of people that absolutely love these machines? I do, I used one back in 1993 when I was working at a recording studio. We had a big 2" MCI 24 track recorder and board for the big projects, but we had the 388 for voice over work and small freebies we'd give bands for demos. Our main engineer would relegate those smaller jobs to me. Loved working on it!
Thanks all!
Wishing for the best as I am building my music shed now, as soon as I'm done, I hope to have the 388 as my centerpiece for project fun, nothing serious.
As said, am I crazy? is it a hole in the ground to throw money into? or am I joining a select brotherhood of people that absolutely love these machines? I do, I used one back in 1993 when I was working at a recording studio. We had a big 2" MCI 24 track recorder and board for the big projects, but we had the 388 for voice over work and small freebies we'd give bands for demos. Our main engineer would relegate those smaller jobs to me. Loved working on it!
Thanks all!