Catalinbread Limited Edition Epoch Box Set (USED)

'Demo' condition. Like new! Includes original box and lanyard.

Ever since Catalinbread put out the Epoch Boost, many fans started buying it with the Belle Epoch Tape Echo. In response to this, Catalinbread has decided to release the pair in a Limited Edition Box Set.

The Belle Epoch was modeled after the EP-3 and the preamp is an approximation of the Echoplex preamp and it sounds really really close. The Belle Epoch Deluxe, however, is not an approximation; it has the exact EP-3 specs in it-using the "later" mode preamp circuit. The Epoch Boost also has the exact EP-3 specs, but uses the "early" mode pre. The "early" and "later" mode differences are slight but they are noticeable, one with a flat frequency response and the other a brighter one.

So why are some people buying the Epoch Boost and the regular Belle Epoch instead of just the Belle Epoch Deluxe? It boils down to specific needs and modularity. One of the awesome things about the Belle Epoch Deluxe is that you can pop it into trails mode and have the preamp on all of the time, sweetening up your tone even when the delay is bypassed, but wherever the Belle Epoch Deluxe lives in your chain, the delay and the preamp live together and cannot be separated. That's where the idea for this box set comes in. Let's say you want the Belle Epoch delay but want the option to put the EP-3 style preamp (Epoch Boost) somewhere in the chain that isn't tied to your delay. Maybe you want it at the beginning with the boost cranked to make everything after it sing, or at the end; always-on to refine your entire sound. Some people like using the pre to fatten up their signal before stacking with their dirt section. In this configuration, your options are only limited by your other gear.

EPOCH BOOST

The legendary Maestro EP-3 Echoplex unit was employed by some of rock 'n' roll's most significant guitar players, notably Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page and Brian May. While these game-changing guitar icons used the EP-3's warm analogue tape echo sound to great effect (no pun intended), they also relied on its magical "always-on" preamp to enhance the sounds of their amplifiers. Catalinbread's Epoch Boost pedal accurately reproduces the tone of the EP-3's highly sought-after preamp section - in compact stompbox form! Using some of the same components fitted in original EP-3 units, including NOS Sprague Orange Drop capacitors, the Epoch Boost is arguably the most realistic-sounding Echoplex preamp pedal on the market.

BELLE EPOCH

The Belle Epoch pedal is inspired by the Maestro Echoplex, EP-3 model. Perhaps the most famous tape delay ever, it helped define the sound of 70's rock guitar and was used by almost everyone - Jimmy Page, Brian May, KK Downing, Van Halen, etc!