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Not sure if this is the best place to post this. I honestly looked around for a SALE area.
This felt good, cuz Tascam are my peeps!
All that aside, I am wanting to sell my 388. I have the original box, original User Manual and Service Manual and hard-wire remote. [15' or 25' cannot remember length].
This unit is in great condition. I've had it for a little over 10 years. I bought it from Sam Ash in Florida, 'sight unseen' and had them ship it to Indianapolis. That was in the early nineties.
The only blemish to mention is one partly-melted knob. Some bonehead in its past life needs to be smacked for that. [I'm a non-smoker, if that helps].
This unit is well maintained. Upon receipt of the 388, I paid to have it examined at Indianapolis' IRC Audio. The heads were in excellent shape and in alignment. No need for service then or now. I personally cleaned the heads & tape path before each session and degaussed the heads at regular intervals.
The unit was used only for home projects, but spawned 2 CD releases. One of which was a project that I produced on my label, Poetic Wax Records, called "The Unbreakable Chain - A Tribute to Daniel Lanois". If you want to hear the output of this recorder, listen to "Fisherman's Daughter" (64kHz flash).
There is no crosstalk/bleedthrough to speak of. I was trained to never align a bass or kick track next to a vocal track, because the energy from lower frequencies would occasionally cause the audio to bleed to the next track. This is a general fear because the heads are stacked so closely + 1/4" tape is teeny. I can tell you that I NEVER had that problem with the 388.
I hate to part with this unit, but I feel that it would suit you well. I've not used it for 2 years now *hanging head in shame*.
I'm located in central Indiana. I could ship it, but this dude is very heavy. It would do you best to pick it up.
If you want to stick with analog and want to saturate the hell out of your tape, then the 388 will do you proud.
This felt good, cuz Tascam are my peeps!
All that aside, I am wanting to sell my 388. I have the original box, original User Manual and Service Manual and hard-wire remote. [15' or 25' cannot remember length].
This unit is in great condition. I've had it for a little over 10 years. I bought it from Sam Ash in Florida, 'sight unseen' and had them ship it to Indianapolis. That was in the early nineties.
The only blemish to mention is one partly-melted knob. Some bonehead in its past life needs to be smacked for that. [I'm a non-smoker, if that helps].
This unit is well maintained. Upon receipt of the 388, I paid to have it examined at Indianapolis' IRC Audio. The heads were in excellent shape and in alignment. No need for service then or now. I personally cleaned the heads & tape path before each session and degaussed the heads at regular intervals.
The unit was used only for home projects, but spawned 2 CD releases. One of which was a project that I produced on my label, Poetic Wax Records, called "The Unbreakable Chain - A Tribute to Daniel Lanois". If you want to hear the output of this recorder, listen to "Fisherman's Daughter" (64kHz flash).
There is no crosstalk/bleedthrough to speak of. I was trained to never align a bass or kick track next to a vocal track, because the energy from lower frequencies would occasionally cause the audio to bleed to the next track. This is a general fear because the heads are stacked so closely + 1/4" tape is teeny. I can tell you that I NEVER had that problem with the 388.
I hate to part with this unit, but I feel that it would suit you well. I've not used it for 2 years now *hanging head in shame*.
I'm located in central Indiana. I could ship it, but this dude is very heavy. It would do you best to pick it up.
If you want to stick with analog and want to saturate the hell out of your tape, then the 388 will do you proud.
