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Catalinbread belle epoch preamp.
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.
Catalinbread epoch pre ep3 preamp buffer guitar effect pedal new catalinbread epoch pre ep3 preamp buffer guitar effect pedal newthe 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.
Pocket sized reproduction of the early ep 3 preamp.
Our first batch is sold out.
Belle epoch deluxe 359 99 exact ep 3 circuitry from the 22 volt power rail to the jfet preamp later spec to the mixer stage to the high gain silicon transistor based record and playback amplifiers to the feedback loop.
You can still find one at a retailer.
Catalinbread designed it to create the same degradation of repeats as the ep 3 and even the sound of the tape head traveling across the tape can be heard.
Catalinbread designs and hand builds high quality industry defining guitar effects pedals in the u s a.
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.
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 has released some of the most beloved pedals in the guitar world in recent years and the belle epoch may be chief among them.