Scully 280 Tape Machine

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The Scully 280 Series Recorder/Reproducer is a professional magnetic tape recorder of the highest quality, designed primarily for use in recording studios, broadcast stations and other applications requiring exacting performance specifications.


The complete unit consists of a tape transport mechanism and amplifier assembly. The equipment may be mounted in a standard 19-lnch equipment rack and is also supplied in a console or in a portable carrying case.

The head configurations available include monophonic full or half-track and two-track stereo for quarter-inch tape width.

The 280 is also available for half-inch tape widths in two, three and four-channel configurations.

Tape speeds available are 3 3/4 - 7 1/2 ips, 7 1/2 - 15 ips. Tape speeds of 15 - 30 ips can be supplied on special order.

The electronics assembly of the 280 is mounted on a 3 1/2 x 19 panel, and the systemis fully transistorized. CCIR equalization maybe obtained when ordering.

Foundational text courtesy of the Scully 280 operations/service manual.


Scully 280 Tape Machine

Scully 280-8, 8-Track 1" Recorder/Reproducer, with Skip Juried. Peer Southern Publishing Studios, NYC. Photo courtesy of Chris and Phyllis Juried.


Scully 280-8

Scully 280-8, 8-Track 1" Recorder/Reproducer. Photo courtesy of Steve Puntolillo and the Scully Group.

Jimi Hendrix with Scully 280 Tape Machines

Jimi Hendrix with Scully 280 Tape Machines. Photo courtesy of Steve Puntolillo and the Scully Group.

Jimi Hendrix at Electric Lady Land Studios with a Datamix Console and Scully 280 series Tape Machines

Jimi Hendrix at Electric Lady Land Studios - with a Datamix Console and Scully 280 series Tape Machines.

Rolling Stones with Scully 280-8

Rolling Stones with Scully 280-8 Tape Machine. Recording session on December 4th, 1969 at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios (Thanks to Luke Pacholski for the session information). Photo courtesy of JimmyJohnsonMusic.com

Mick Jagger with Scully 280 Tape Machines

Mick Jagger with an assortment of Scully 280 Tape Machines. Photo courtesy of Steve Puntolillo and the Scully Group.

Scully 280 Tape Machines at Stax Records

Scully 280 Tape Machines at Stax Records. Photo courtesy of Steve Puntolillo and the Scully Group.

Scully 280 Tape Machines at Record Plant Studios

Scully 280 Tape Machines at Record Plant Studios. Photo courtesy of Steve Puntolillo and the Scully Group.

Scully 280 Tape Machines at Nemo Studios

Scully 280 Tape Machines at Nemo Studios. Photo courtesy of Steve Puntolillo and the Scully Group.

Tera Shirma Studios - Control Room B with Scully 280 Tape Machines

Tera Shirma Studios - Control Room B with Scully 280 Tape Machines. Photo courtesy of Steve Puntolillo and the Scully Group.


Scully 280-2 1/4" Recorder/Reproducer
Scully 280-2 1/4" Recorder/Reproducer
Scully 280-2 1/4" Recorder/Reproducer
Scully 280-2 1/4" Recorder/Reproducer

Scully 280-2, 2-Track 1/4" Recorder/Reproducer. Photos courtesy of Steve Puntolillo and the Scully Group.


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I have a Skully 280 1" 8 track machine that originally was used at A&M records. It still has a label with their name on it. The machine does still work …

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My experience with this tape deck is at the electronic music studio at Harvard University in the mid 1980s. They had two of the two track Scullys side …

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Hi. I can shed some light on this wonderful recorder; I own one. Two things you are missing in this article is that the most popular (believe it or not) …

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I have just cleared a space in my small converted home garage studio to provide for the arrival of my father's Scully 280 4 track (15/30ips). I recorded …

Steven Kahn, PD 
I worked at a station, WAGR/WJSK Lumberton, NC which had a Scully 280 the likes of which I've never seen. I'm a member of the Yahoo Scully group and once …

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I owned a Scully 280-2 recorder originally purchased by Connecticut Recording in Bridgeport, CT. Serial number 3098. I was told that this machine was used …

Owner operator BRT STUDIO FL. Not rated yet
Bought 12 track Scully from Odessa studio in Ft. LAUDERDALE Paid around $6000 and was a great investment. I didn't realise when I bought I bought a buisness …

Dominick Costanzo Not rated yet
Photo of Jimi Hendrix at console is at Record Plant Studios, not Electric Lady Studio

Dominick Costanzo Not rated yet
Pictures of Hendrix are at Record Plant NYC during the making of Electric Lady Land, It is not Electric Lady Studio. There is no such thing as Electric …

Michael Echart Not rated yet
In the picture of Stax (Museum) Studio . I own the 280 2 track in the picture. It was found in the back of a local Memphis studio at which Bobby Manuel …

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In 1971 I built a control room for Straight Time Productions in Pittsburgh, PA. Included was a Scully M-100 which we got thru Martin Audio, NYC. When it …

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