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08-16-2009, 01:32 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Mojohand, Tone Factor, Subdecay, Overwater, Matamp | | Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Manchester, UK | | | New Xotic EP3 Boost
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See I do still have my finger on the pulse  http://xotic.us/effects/ep_booster/
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Originally Posted by Toasted It's really easy to post quickly up here from my pedestal. | Brand New Music Video |
08-16-2009, 01:35 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Diego, California | | | might be cool, but the narrow enclosure is the pits and the blue LED? just awful |
08-16-2009, 01:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Athens, Greece | | | Nice knob.
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Originally Posted by bassteban  Strings on; pants off | |
08-16-2009, 01:47 PM
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Beta Tester: Source Audio. Hacker: Heavy Drone FX | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Spokane, WA. | | I wish I could find an elaboration of this. Quote:
What do the tones of renowned guitarist such as Paige, Halen and Johnson have in common? They all used the legendary echo machine EP-3 as a pre-amp.
We've captured that magic in a new Xotic Effects pedal, the EP Booster.
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08-16-2009, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by RCCollins the blue LED? just awful | Blasphemy.
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Originally Posted by nad My biggest pedal is on my tiny board though, mostly because I enjoy the overwhelming dichotomy that is life. | I play rock music.
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08-16-2009, 03:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Wausau, WI | | | Anyone know how much these are gonna cost?
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08-16-2009, 03:31 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Mojohand, Tone Factor, Subdecay, Overwater, Matamp | | Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Manchester, UK | | | $149 I believe, Tonefactor just ordered 10 of them
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Originally Posted by Toasted It's really easy to post quickly up here from my pedestal. | Brand New Music Video |
08-16-2009, 04:09 PM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | | I have a doubtache. They say on the one hand it provides "multidimensional, magical tone, with shimmering highs and lows", yet they also say it is a "simple, unadulterated, pure boost".
Reeks of BS marketing fluff over a plain vanilla FET boost. |
08-16-2009, 04:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Diego, California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bongomania I have a doubtache. They say on the one hand it provides "multidimensional, magical tone, with shimmering highs and lows", yet they also say it is a "simple, unadulterated, pure boost".
Reeks of BS marketing fluff over a plain vanilla FET boost. | plain vanilla? but dude, the see-thru knob LIGHTS UP! |
08-16-2009, 04:22 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Spector Basses/Genz Benz Amplification/Mojo Hand FX | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Dallas, TX | | | My experience so far with Xotic effects has been pretty good, so I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt until I get a chance to hear the EP boost for myself...
I do agree with RCCollins though on the narrow form factor. I have a Serrano Picaso and although I think it's a great pedal, it wobbles a bit on my board and just doesn't feel as stable or solid as a standard enclosure pedal. |
08-16-2009, 04:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Leeds, UK | | | I don't understand this pedal. What is it supposed to do? Is it a preamp? Is it a boost? I don't get it. Someone please explain.
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08-16-2009, 04:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Guildford / Exeter | | Quote:
Originally Posted by fishtx My experience so far with Xotic effects has been pretty good, so I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt until I get a chance to hear the EP boost for myself...
I do agree with RCCollins though on the narrow form factor. I have a Serrano Picaso and although I think it's a great pedal, it wobbles a bit on my board and just doesn't feel as stable or solid as a standard enclosure pedal. | Maybe they'll start selling stabilisers? 
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08-16-2009, 04:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Guildford / Exeter | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Happynoj I don't understand this pedal. What is it supposed to do? Is it a preamp? Is it a boost? I don't get it. Someone please explain. | It's a boost. Raises your volume.
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08-16-2009, 05:47 PM
|  | Lookout! Here comes the Fuzz! Moderator | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Columbia, MO | | Someone else has been making these for awhile. http://www.clinchfx.com/ep-pre |
08-16-2009, 11:44 PM
|  | I hate. | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: The state of denial. | | | That is a much better explanation than the "magic elves and fairy dust" version on the Xotic page.
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08-18-2009, 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Smurf-o-Deth (...) "magic elves and fairy dust" (...) |  lol
I must remember to put in the description of the next [sfx] device. Actually... I think I will call my next pedal "magic elves". (For some reason it reminds me Spinal Tap)
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08-18-2009, 09:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Diego, California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by grygrx | yeah, xotic stole that idea that clinch stole!  |
08-18-2009, 09:14 AM
| | Lookout! Here comes the Fuzz! Moderator | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Columbia, MO | | Quote:
Originally Posted by RCCollins yeah, xotic stole that idea that clinch stole! | Just mentioning it wasn't a unique new product. |
08-19-2009, 10:51 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Spector Basses/Genz Benz Amplification/Mojo Hand FX | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Dallas, TX | | | As a little more info, I spoke to a buddy of mine that's a pretty well know guitar player in the industry...these were built with the old echoplex EP-3 preamp circuit in mind to try and capture what the EP-3 did/does. There was an EP-1 version (tube I believe), and the EP-3 version (Transister). A lot of guys (guitar players) use the Echoplex EP-3 as a preamp because it gives you this kind of compressed "thing" that's hard to describe. Eric Johnson has the prototype for testing, and my friend is supposed to get one to test soon when it's available. These won't be generally available to the public until sometime in October.
Even though it states there are DIP switches for setting boost freqs and EQ, I don't know what the points are. This may be a very cool thing for guitar, but dunno about Bass. I'm interested in playing with it though. |
08-19-2009, 12:16 PM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | | I'm curious to know more about the overall EQ profile, because the clinchfx site mentions that it has "a small amount of top and bottom cut". Inquiring minds want to know "how much is a small amount, and what range of bottom are we talking here?" | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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