Catalinbread BELLE EPOCH DELUXE Tape Echo CB-3

Offered for sale:

Used Catalinbread BELLE EPOCH DELUXE Tape Echo CB-3 effects pedal serial number 181114.

This pedal is in excellent condition, power supply not included.

The Catalinbread Belle Epoch Tape Echo, has tape echo sounds so authentic you’d swear there was tape inside the pedal! Inspired by the Maestro Echoplex, EP-3 model, perhaps the most famous tape delay ever, the Belle Epoch features everything we love about the EP-3 in a small, maintenance free pedal format. We felt that a “tape echo” pedal was much more than just a standard digital delay with some “filtering” on the repeats. There are a lot of subtle and not-so-subtle traits of the Echoplex that needed to be implemented in order to be authentic. The preamp, the self-oscillation character, the ability to control the “record level” of the signal hitting “tape”, the wow and flutter, the way the repeats decay, the way the circuit interfaces with the amp and other pedals – all these things were important to get right. The original unit was used as a musical instrument unto itself and this is what we captured with the Belle Epoch.

Exact EP-3 circuitry, from the 22-volt power rail, to the JFET preamp to the mixer stage, to the high gain silicon transistor-based record and playback amplifiers, to the feedback loop. All circuitry is faithfully reproduced and fine-tuned from the original EP-3 specifications. The only thing missing are the record and playback heads, with a 24-bit high-fidelity digital delay line taking the place of the tape.

All-discrete, through-hole construction with orange drop 225P capacitors, carbon composition resistors, germanium diodes, and other premium parts.

"The Catalinbread Belle Epoch is the closest thing to a real EP-3 that I've ever played."

• Eric Johnson

Features:
Power Source 9V DC power supply (sold separately)
Power Usage
200mA
Features Internal tunable repeats trimpot, internal bypass type switch
Max Delay Time 800ms
True Bypass Yes (switchable to buffered mode)
Height 2.4"
Width 4.68"
Depth 3.66"
Weight .93 lbs.
Expression 1/4" TRS expression input

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