Now this is something a little bit special. Kyle Chase makes what's been acclaimed to be the best EP3 preamp in a pedal circuit. These things just add a warmth and 3D tone to your rig.

An amazing pedal rarely available it can liven up a dull sounding distortion/overdrive or offer more touch sensitivity from your rig, a subtle effect that is a secret sauce to a number of top players through the years (Walsh, EVH, Page to name a few).

BNIB, only taken out to photograph.

Manufacturers Description
“Vintage-Accurate, 1970s Solid State Maestro Echoplex Preamp with ‘Bright’ early EP3, ‘Dark’ later EP3 and ‘MID’ hybrid-capture EQ… Ideal at unity gain or slight boost with increased harmonic complexity and touch sensitivity.”

New Cool 70s Retro ROADSTER™ Box Style with Rear Mount Jacks takes half the pedal board space in comparison to our previous side jack bigger box versions.

A little history…
In the 1960s and 1970s, Echoplex tape echo delay units evolved from tube based designs into solid-state designs. Notably, the EP3 model was a solid-state model and had a few variations and revisions to the circuit. A select number of EP-3 models are highly sought after by musicians for their unique musical tone.

Famous musicians of the era and later realized having the EP-3 in their signal altered their tone, even when the echo was bypassed. An internal secret preamp was at work here, boosting and fattening the signal, along with a slight phase shift that alters mid and high frequency harmonic content providing a transparent warm boost – a truly secret preamp boost in the arsenal of the great guitarists of yesteryear!

But not all vintage EP-3s boosted, some dropped in signal due to the wrong TIS58 JFETs, and some were mediocre in tone being a different circuit revision. So, over a decade ago I did something about it! The Chase Tone® Secret Preamp™ Effects Pedal uses fine-tuned circuit components to ensure proper results. It is currently the only authentic replica of the most sought-after, musically transparent signal-boosting Echoplex units.