Clinch FX EP Pre demo, w/Suhr SL68, by Pete Thorn

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I gotta say, I hear no discernable difference in the tone, except where the boost is up high, and then it just sounds like a typical boost.

But in person, I know exactly what you're talking about, because I've got a Badgerplex and even set for no boost, I love what it does for the tone. I just think it is tough to demonstrate the nice, but subtle change in a clip, regardless of how well recorded. Also as you say, it just feels better...

Steve
 
Cool pedal! I've had an EP-Pre for about a year now and it's always on my pedal board and it's 'on' pretty well the whole time I'm playing (except when I want a cleaner clean I turn it off).
It's hard to demo the EP-Pre, because what it does most importantly, is give the whole rig a much better 'feel' to play on.
I find I like it best with my pedal setup first in line., as I like the EP-Pre with a buffer after it or it loses some high end due to it's high impedance....
EP-Pre -> S.I.B. Varidrive -> EVH Phase 90 -> into amp
(with a Nova System in the loop for mostly just delay and lead volume boosting).

It's a magic box. :thumbsup:
 
Thanks Pete for a great review that has boosted our orders for the EP-PRE and the EP+

Peter Clinch.
 
I hear alot of difference when the EP-PRE is switched on in the demo. Where you really experience the EP-PRE effect is when you play with either an actual EP-3 or EP-PRE the feel of the tone as the player and how it interacts with the guitar and amp tone.

I used to be a naysayer as well, until I got an EP-3 echoplex then picked up two EP-PRE's from Peter Clinch when they first came out. My EP-PRE's stay on all the time like Mr. Thorn says in the vid.

A Great pedal that does what it says! :rock:

Great Demo Pete I think it showcased the EP-PRE nicely. :thumbsup:
 
sah5150":1u349809 said:
I gotta say, I hear no discernable difference in the tone, except where the boost is up high, and then it just sounds like a typical boost.

But in person, I know exactly what you're talking about, because I've got a Badgerplex and even set for no boost, I love what it does for the tone. I just think it is tough to demonstrate the nice, but subtle change in a clip, regardless of how well recorded. Also as you say, it just feels better...

Steve
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Its subtle for sure but when the pedal is engaged, it sounds like hes digging in harde with a touch more harmonic content I can definitely see the benefits of using it with the Strymon...

Kage
 
Wow not sure how you can't hear the difference. It's fairly big. I have the Exotic version of this. I really like it, but I don't keep it on all the time. It breaks my cleans up too much sometimes.

Great video as always Pete. :rock:
 
Shark Diver":261a4h2u said:
Wow not sure how you can't hear the difference. It's fairly big.
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Really? When he's not using it as a boost you hear a "big" difference? Your ears do things mine do not...

Steve
 
Damn, I had successfully forgotten about the SL68...me want.
 
I like it. Seems like it changes the attack, and like Pete said there's more lower mid girth.
 
I like how it gets darker outside your house as the video goes on... oh and the pedal sounds nice too
 
sah5150":3rphmg50 said:
Shark Diver":3rphmg50 said:
Wow not sure how you can't hear the difference. It's fairly big.
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Really? When he's not using it as a boost you hear a "big" difference? Your ears do things mine do not...

Steve
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Sometimes it's the other way around. People are telling me how something sounds dramatically different and I don't hear a thing. :confused: Maybe because I have been experimenting with my Xotic EP and been listening to a billion Klon clips I'm just really sensitive to this right now. But it's pretty noticeable to me and I would imagine more so in the room.
 
I had the ep-pre it was nice but didn't sound like the way my echoplex colored my sound!
 
Randy Van Sykes":3pz9slb8 said:
as I like the EP-Pre with a buffer after it or it loses some high end due to it's high impedance....
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The new ones are now low impedance. I just got one. Pretty sweet.
 
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