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The Latest Iteration of Catalinbread’s Multi-use Classic





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Bigger, fuller, and livelier tone put Catalinbread’s original Epoch Boost pedal on the map? and now the company returns with a fresh iteration, the Epoch Bias pedal! The Epoch Bias models a legendary EP-3 unit’s preamp with all of the Epoch Boost’s reverent sonic detail. Catalinbread then adds new controls: a wide-ranging high-cut filter and a Bias control. The high-cut filter facilitates tasty tone refinements, and Sweetwater guitarists find it an invaluable option when frequently changing guitars or running long signal chains. The Bias control behaves almost like a gain knob, thus remedying the fixed gain structure of the vintage EP-3. Together with familiar Preamp and Boost parameters for skyscraping headroom and pristine buffering, the new controls found on the Epoch Bias deliver ultra-versatile boost and preamp options, not to mention fine-tuned color enhancement that readily takes the sound of any pickup, amplifier, or effects chain from good to great.





Acclaimed controls ? freshly expanded!


Preamp: nuanced and highly interactive, this control mimics the volume control of a vintage tape unit with signature frequency enhancements added to volume at higher settings


Bias: behaves similarly to a gain control with a notable impact on tonal body and heft


Boost: comparable to a volume control while also subtly influencing the circuit’s overall gain


Filter: a smooth high-cut filter that offers significant brightness, useful for sculpting your perfect tone


Catalinbread Epoch Bias Boost, Overdrive, and Preamp Pedal Features:


Retooled and expanded version of the beloved preamp/buffer pedal


Reverent preamp circuit captures the magic of an original EP-3 tape echo preamp while adding new customization options


New bias control expands signal strength range with the ability to tweak the body and gain


New high-cut filter adds ways to exaggerate sounds


Takes 9V power (sold separately) but internally shifts it to 22V for greater dynamics and headroom


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