Xotic EP booster? another fishyfinger eyecandy!

If they did follow the EchoPlex's buffer ... then it is probably something different. There's another builder on TGP who made such a thing and many people thought it did what the EP buffer did. Quite a good read.

If this is like that boutique builder's version, I'd love to give this a shot.
 
I'm itching to go try the CAE Line Driver from MXR. It's apparently a level adjuster preamp, that simply just adds volume. The level adjustment is in steps of dB, rather than a smooth analog sweep. If this thing is as clean as they say, then this IS the ultimate clean boost, because that's ALL it is:

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Whitestrat, the EP Pre isn't meant to be a line driver...

And ah, go try a Flying Lizard too - that's a pretty nice clean boost.
 
i want one the size of a fishfinger with a bit of eq adjustment, purely clean wont do it for me in my band. but ahh, i just want something that works because my pocket tells me it isnt worth spending boutique prices on a boost, after all its only during those few seconds of soloing that i will use it for.
 
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I'm sorry, I don't get your rant. Maybe you should start working before even thinking about buying such things?

You can buy this in the mean time:

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the EP booster/Clinch FX pre.. supposedly mimics that magic from the echoplex's preamp.. cant really recall, but its supposed to be magical. :p
 
Shredcow: What does him working have to do with anything? Maybe, like he said, he doesn't feel like investing that much money in something that he would not use often enough to justify the amount spent.
 
Well, it might have something to do with it right? After all, what is pricey and what's not pricey, what's 'justified' and what isn't justifiable has a lot to do with your income/spending-power.

If keithC didn't think that clean boost isn't worth its weight in gold, then there's the good old Dano. No biggie. In fact, the Dano would be more versatile.
 
yup i dont feel justified to spend such money on it. i started this thread just to show that marketing brings out the biggest gases!
and i need a fishfinger sized one like i said, cause my board doesnt have enough space for the dano. rehouse for me?
 
There's more mojo to the echoplex than just the preamp section... There's also stuff going on in the tapeheads...You cant mimic it in a pedal :)

If you want something fishfinger size, you can try the catalinbread serrano picoso, which i sold off second hand for 110 bucks. brand new its probably about 165 though. I think TYMC still stocks them.
 
There's more mojo to the echoplex than just the preamp section... There's also stuff going on in the tapeheads...You cant mimic it in a pedal :)

Which is why... these pedal only claim to mimic the pre-amp section of the EP.

I'm ordering one... would be interesting to hear it. Wonder if the reviews are true.

EDIT: the ClinchFX one of course.
 
haha, at the end of the day, its the whole or rather the sum of parts required to get mojo, so if you only got one part of it, I dont think its quite possible to get this sound which they so claim.

In any case, I believe a good quality booster can do the job just as well if not better than both pedals...but i wouldnt mind trying it out to see if the pedal is substance besides all the mojo talk and marketing hype...ditto langraff anyone?
 
I'm not quite convinced if the EP vibe/mojo actually does include the delay section of it.

Several EP-Pre users have done comparisons and they report that the EP-Pre does the job of emulating the real deal just fine. Many prefer the pedal too because there's no noise and no bulky stuff.

That said, I'm not the tech. I suppose I'll only know when I get an EP-Pre and a/b it.


By the way, the ClinchFX EP-Pre is NOT meant to be a booster. Its just a pedal mimicking the Echoplex's preamp.
However, the Xotic version - since it has 20dB of boost - may be used as one.
If anything, both pedals are more similar to a BBE Sonic Maximizer than a clean boost.
 
Well that sounds cool but whether at the end of the day do we really need something that costs that much to just to simply "enhance" sound, its well a matter of opinion and dollars and cents. Do report back with your findings after you get it and hopefully do a comparison with the real thing - if you can find one.

Speaking of the Sonic Maximiser... I like the Boss EH-2...its like boss's version of the BBE and it really enhances the clarity and definition of notes and chording when I tried it...too bad its already discontinued heh.
 
Well, apparently EVH relied on it... Eric Johnson relied on it... and quite a few other players seem to dig it. I hope its not 'hype'. I wish I could find an echoplex... only tried one before. An EP-Pre really does't cost as much as a real echoplex.

Interestingly, about the EH-2 and Sonic Maximiser - they seem to work on shifting phase or something and that results in 'opening' up the sound. But most people report that it turns the sound sterile and too hi-fi. I thought it made for a great case of ear fatigue.
 
By the way, the ClinchFX EP-Pre is NOT meant to be a booster. Its just a pedal mimicking the Echoplex's preamp.

so what will the clinchfx do to ur tone when its engaged? i've nvr used an echoplex before, so i dont get what the whole ep "vibe" thing is abt.
 
I guess you gotta google for it. ClinchFX has 2 clips on his site.

I've never tried the EP Pre before and when I did try the Echoplex, I never a/b-ed the tone with preamp and without preamp.

I guess I'll buy one to just hear what it does. After the Lizard Leg Flying Dragon, I'm a believer in these things.
 
damn its so subtle if i didnt pay attention i wouldnt even notice it. i guess i really need to play one of them to understand what they're all abt.
 
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