Catalinbread ADINEKO Oil Can Delay Pedal

Catalinbread ADINEKO Oil Can Delay Pedal

The Catalinbread ADINEKO Oil Can Delay Pedal is an echo, reverb, vibrato pedal that faithfully models the sonic experience of the oil can units. It can achieve the authentic oil can sounds but is designed to model the mechanical concept well beyond what was possible in original units. 

Ergonomics

Oil can delay units were manufactured by a company named Tel-Ray who later became better known as Morley. Tel-Ray mostly focused on being the OEM utilizing their oil can technology, branding units for Gibson (GA-RE4), Fender (Dimension IV), Acoustic, etc. They employed an electro-static storage method where the signal is 'recorded' to a spinning disk, a layer of oil (for years rumored to be a mysterious carcinogenic oil) prevented this signal from leaking into the air before a 'pickup' moments later played back the signal recorded to the disk. Compared to the counterparts of the day (tape, drum, wire delay machines), their sound was more low fidelity, murky, often with a more consistent musical vibrato that correlated to the spinning disk speed.