Hawk HE-2150

Stunning-looking Japanese open reel echo with a great sound that matches the looks (as used by Neil Young among others – see link below).

We’ve sold several of these machines and have had rave reviews from those who bought them – one customer liked his so much he came back to buy a second one! 

Cosmetic condition of this machine is excellent with minor signs of age to the case and one patch of wear on the perspex cover. It is in full working order and guaranteed.

100v machine – see below for more info on voltage.

Mid-seventies Japanese manufacturer Hawk Technical Works Co Ltd put out a range of tape echoes and spring reverbs branded Hawk/Mirano which were aimed squarely at domestic home recordists. We were immediately intrigued on first sighting one of these open reel tape echoes: even if it sounded bad, it was easily one of the coolest tape echoes we’d seen. Classic clean seventies hifi styling and backlit vu meter together with twin aluminium spools spinning behind the translucent smoked (aubergine!) plastic dust-cover – this is a machine with real presence that can add a dose of classic Bond villain lair to any studio…

However, it doesn’t just look cool: serviced and fitted with a new custom tape loop, this five head echo sounds as good as it looks. With three switchable replay heads – Off, Super-Repeat (at 0db), Repeat & Swell (at -6db) – and controls for tape speed, input level (for echo and dry signal), echo level/repeat/tone and master output – this is a full-featured tape echo. The sound is somewhat classier than the contemporary Ace Tone EC-20 – with which it shares a similar feature set – especially when driven into self-oscillation; this is yet another distinct flavour of tape echo – flexible and with a very pleasing sound quality indeed.

VAT: Sales in UK/EU the price will include VAT. VAT-free sales are possible to businesses and individuals in the EU (outside the UK) with a valid VAT Number – please get in touch if you wish to buy this way.

CONDITION: Excellent with minor signs of age to the case and one patch of wear on the perspex cover.

VOLTAGE INFORMATION:

• It is a 100v Japanese model and needs to be run at 100v only.
• A step-down transformer is required for use on North American or European supplies.
• We do not recommend using cheap generic Chinese mains transformers.
• For 220/240v mains we can supply a high quality UK-made unit if required.
• For use on 120v supplies we recommend a converter like this.

We landed a selection of these vintage Japanese machines recently – read all about them in our Hawk/Mirano tape echo and spring reverb blog post.

Here’s another HE-2150 we demo’d on Instagram: