Following up the belle epoch a faithful recreation of the maestro echoplex ep 3 catalinbread has announced the epoch boost a preamp buffer pedal modeled on the classic tape delay unit s highly regarded preamp.
Catalinbread belle epoch schematic.
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Belle epoch faithful sonic recreation of the ep 3 tape echo.
The catalinbread belle epoch tape echo has tape echo sounds so authentic you d swear there was tape inside the pedal.
Inspired by the maestro echoplex ep 3 model perhaps the most famous tape delay ever the belle epoch features everything we love about the ep 3 in a small maintenance free pedal format.
The catalinbread belle epoch is the closest thing to a real ep 3 that i ve ever played eric johnson.
Catalinbread belle epoch the catalinbread epoch pre was modeled after the exact preamp circuit from the original ep 3 from the 22v power supply to the jfet preamp to the circuit loading contributed by the echo function.
Employing the same circuitry as the ep 3 itself from its nos orange drop capacitors to the output mixer stage that acts as a.
The catalinbread belle epoch tape echo has tape echo sounds so authentic you d swear there was tape inside the pedal.