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Catalinbread belle epoch vs deluxe.
The extent to which the belle epoch deluxe nails vintage ep 3 sounds is due in no small part to catalinbread s exacting i might venture obsessive focus on vintage correct specification details.
Howard goes over three of his favorite belle epoch deluxe settings including sounds inspired by my bloody valentine and swervedriver in a setting we call.
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It s fuller and warmer and you can hear and feel the headroom.
The second tip.
The 9v dc power for instance is converted to 22v via a voltage tripler and shunt regulator.
The belle epoch deluxe ha.
It s a hair darker than on my ep 3 but every ep 3 sounds a little different anyway.
The preamp on the deluxe is fantastic probably the best reason alone to get it over the standard belle epoch.
Catalinbread has done loads of research in producing the belle epoch deluxe tape echo pedal and the result is a user friendly digital incarnation that perfectly honors the well loved maestro echoplex ep 3 tape delay.