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- Page 1 Welcome to your new Epoch Pre by Catalinbread! We’ve worked hard to get this into your hands so we hope you’ll enjoy using it as much as we enjoyed making it.
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Page 2: Let's Get Started
Let’s Get Started The preamp is an exacting replica of the EP-3 preamp, from the 22v power supply, to the JFET preamp, to the circuit loading contributed by the echo function (we made a filtering circuit that mimics the loading), to the mixer output circuit. The buffer also runs off of 22v and is a discrete silicon transistor based buffer. - Page 3 POWER YOUR EPOCH PRE The Epoch Pre was designed to be used with a 9V DC power supply with center- negative polarity. Make sure that the power supply you are using has the following logo printed on it: Using a center-positive power supply will damage your Pre, so please be sure that you are using a power supply with the correct polarity.
- Page 4 BIAS At its core BIAS controls the gain of the pedal. As you turn it, it will crackle. We assure you, this is okay! Set to minimum, the pedal will be around unity gain and will get the general response of the EP-3. (Remember, the Echoplex was not designed to boost signal.
- Page 5 The Later voicing has a bigger, looser bass and more of a flat frequency response. It’s overall vibe is thick and creamy. The Early/Later button on the Epoch Pre reconfigures the preamp to both of those specs in exacting detail, down to the type of input/output/bypass capacitors. EPOCH PRE BOOST ON BUFFER OFF...
- Page 6 PURPOSE OF THE EPOCH PRE? While you could use it anyway you want to, our design intention is for the Epoch Pre to be the very last pedal in the chain. Not only does it provide boost, it acts like a mastering plug-in on the master fader - your whole pedalboard sounds bigger, lusher, wider.