At 9:27 AM -0500 12/7/06, Tom Fine wrote:
I think another factor is that few Scully machines survived. I've never
used one so I can't comment on their reliability or durability. I've only
seen two working, and one of them is Steve's.
Not very many were in service in the first place. I don't remember any
reliability problems.
At Motown we had four 1" 8 tracks that were replaced by Ampex MM-1000s
within weeks of their installation. We also had the prototype that we used
for remotes and 4 pairs of mono and 1/4" 2 tracks that we continued using.
The Scully 8-track was THE machine to have for only a couple years and the
Scully 4 track only had its heyday .for maybe 3 years before that.
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