EP101 Echoplex Preamp Pedal Review

Tone sweetener

I'm sure there are many like this pedal, but for me it's simple and reliable and just adds a little more mojo to your tone. No fuss, no none sense so you can focus on expressing what you want. Perfect service from Sweetwater as always!

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Missing Link

I mainly play clean a clean Ibanez AS53 and and Yamaha LL6. While I obsess over good tone I don't always want a pristine sound. Sometimes, most of the time I want just a touch of grit. I have tried Timmy, Soul Food, Cinders, Belle and watched countless reviews just not found what I was chasing in my head and ears. I picked this up this week - actually tried to cancel the order… read more because I was still unsure. Too late, already on its way. Not a problem. Plugged it into my intentionally limited board (5 pedals) and played my Ibanez and Yamaha through it. On and off A / B comparisons. It's staying on my board! I watched a lot of videos on YT demoing this and other EP3 style preamps. The videos don't do a great job of capturing what this does, in my opinion. It just sounds thin without it and adds just an ever so slight bit of frayed edge to the sound. Exactly what I wanted. A shout out to Josh Dillon for his patience, professionalism and fast responses.

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Believe the hype

Everything they have been saying is true. It adds something special to your tone. In between a compressor and a mild boost I think ... I use it along with a BBE Sonic Stomp and am very happy with the results. By the way Sweetwater I like the addition of root beer in the candy.

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I Don't know, but i love it

I got this EP-101 to go with the EP-103 I've been using for about 2 yrs (Vry nice delay pedal btw). I've used it for about a week for many hrs and in the end I don't know exactly what it does or doesn't do. But it makes everything on my board sound "Better" and that's all I can say I know that could sound Hookie but it adds some kind of "Richness" to my Guitars and pedals. I'll… read more recommend this.

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Goodbye TS...

I was using a Maxon OD808 forever and liked my tone...Until I tried this Echoplex. It gives all the boost and bite and makes the drive channel super juicy, but I can also leave it on dimed for clean tone and it drastically improves BOTH channels. Try it out Jean! Does not add a super significant amount of gain to the cleans if thats a worry, just rolled back the gain a touch on… read more the amp and increased the volume. I will not be letting this little guy go anytime soon! Fernandes Bari Drop G#_PRS MT15_2x12 w/ Cream 75 and Redback

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