Catalinbread Belle Epoch Schematic

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.

Catalinbread designs and hand builds high quality industry defining guitar effects pedals in the u s a. Belle epoch faithful sonic recreation of the ep 3 tape echo. The catalinbread belle epoch is the closest thing to a real ep 3 that i ve ever played eric johnson. Yes including the preamp.

Not only does it provide boost it acts like a mastering plug in on the master fader making your whole pedalboard. 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. Employing the same circuitry as the ep 3 itself from its nos orange drop capacitors to the output mixer stage that acts as 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.