Catalinbread Belle Epoch Deluxe
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
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Welcome back to ProGuitarShop and ToneReport.com. This is the Belle Epoch Deluxe, from Catalinbread. The Belle Epoch Deluxe harnesses the sound and feel of an original Maestro Echoplex EP-3 by serving up a faithful, everything-but-the-tape reproduction of the stage and studio classic. The tape cartridge has been replaced by a 24-bit, high-fidelity delay line that is surrounded by a precision-engineered exact copy of the original EP-3 preamp. The analog JFET preamp is constructed from a handful of parts that were selected for tone and part value, and is powered via internal charge pump to an operating voltage of exactly 22 volts, the same as the original. All the original facets of the preamp were kept intact, including the mixer stage and the recording and playback amplifiers, resulting in the most faithful recreation on the market. The Belle Epoch Deluxe also makes the leap from effect pedal to performance tool by adding a versatile expression pedal system, letting you control the delay time, the playback head volume, rotary speed, or the resonant filter sweep hands-free. A separate footswitch gives you control over the pedal’s ability to self-oscillate, along with an internal control to tune the oscillation to your liking. Five additional delay programs transform the Belle Epoch Deluxe into different delay types, featuring rotary, filter and two types of Deluxe Memory Man-style repeats. And just like all Catalinbread pedals, the Belle Epoch Deluxe is lovingly crafted right here in Portland Oregon.
I'm not sure why people are griping so much about the price- it's $25 more than an El Capistan, which is a mostly digital emulation of tape echo, whereas this is an exact recreation of the analog circuitry of an EP3 with a digital delay line. Apparently it takes an hour and a half just to put all the components on the board. The price is for parts and labour, which manifest in the best sounding delay pedal I've ever played.
Parts, labour, and (probably the most expensive part) development. People forget it takes more than just throwing the parts together to make a product, R&D is time consuming and expensive. They were working on this pedal for a long time, I remember them first talking about it a whiiiiiile back.
Excellent points and the price is less than half of an original Echoplex!
Andy
6 years later and I miss Howard era Catalinbread. He is such a great combination of engineer and player with a great ear and eye for detail. Such amazing stuff we got over the years. I have re-housed a bunch of these BED's in to bigger enclosures with the big toe turners and an extra expression pedal socket instead of the switch.
@@cgavin1 Howard is awesome, and releasing what appear to be great pedals as KittycasterFx. In fairness to the current gang at Catalinbread, I recently got a Dirty Little Secret Deluxe which builds upon Howard's design by moving the circuit into a BED enclosure and adding a real output transformer and an extra footswitch for boost. An incredibly versatile and rich sounding overdrive. Your rehoused BEDs sound cool!
This is my delay of choice. Closest to tape without the hassle and all. Just amazing, and that pre-amp is to die for.
This is the video that sold me on it. It comes in the mail today.
pickledblues was it awesome?
Andy, what an excellent demo you have done of this pedal. It is truly one of my new favorites that now lives on my board. I can’t imagine not using it with an expression pedal as you are only taking advantage of maybe 2/3rds of its capabilities. Thank you for showing me some new tricks to try!!
Andy + Catalinbread = SONIC GOLD!!!!!!!
A lot of pedals get some hype, but then a year later there are lots going used on Reverb. I just checked. Not a single one of these is being sold used. I don't do not know how many people bought them, but they obviously are keepers. I generally do not use delay so often except for a bit of space in post, but I want one of these for the tone shaping as well.
We need an Echorec Deluxe!
And a Talisman Deluxe
For some reason their lead designer has an eternal hate-boner against tap tempos.
yeah its kind of an old school mentality thing I think.. a stupid mentality at that.
byebyecali You must be Catalinbread's designer himself. Gotcha!
byebyecali it's okay Howard Gee, the scaaary tap tempos aren't gonna get you ;)
Andy, taking you a step closer to bankruptcy one video at a time.
Haha! F, man. So true.
True 5 years ago, even truer today.
Andy, you cannot hide your pie-eatin' grin; this pedal was made for you!
I think it is no.1 in his top 10
Excellent demo of the versatility this pedal offers & without any bloat!
Andy is literally incapable of making a bad demo lol
I have one, and it´s easily the best delay pedal I have ever played. I keep it always on. Yes, it costs some sweet monay, but as far as delay pedals go, I don´t think there really is anything that can compete with this. It is head and shoulders above other EP-3 emulations. I used to have a regular Belle Epoch, which was great too, but this is a different beast altogether.
bigJohnnybabyboy . What do you like over the standard Belle Epoch ?
When I think my delay pedal is just fine...
It sounds like an exhaling hippie high on tape. I'm in love.
This IS the Pedal - I will be buying - when they release the Next Version ( hopefully ) with a Tap Tempo. It is a Phenomenal Sounding Pedal. For the Music I play, - the Tap Tempo is a Must.
Damn good point!
Definitely. Until then its the memory man 1100tt
Never going to happen and it’s been years.
Howard and his genius had left the building.
Andy, would you do a video on your right hand technique? It's one of the most interesting I've seen across youtube.
Adamnme01 Yea more from Andys corner!,
Yes please!
Check out his guest appearance on That Pedal Show. They discuss his technique there.
Oh Lord, keep this one in production CB....I'm going to sell 90% of my pedals so I can one day afford one of these and a Strymon Mobius.
I see a lot of ahhh no tap tempo. 😂😂😂. This is perfect for building a “time machine”. I’m glad Jimmy Page or Gilmour never used tap tempo.
Tap tempo is useless...
Kevin Parker is going to use that setting at 3:05 that's for sure.
I went to a digital setup (Fractal Audio AX8), and love the freedom from the world of GAS. This is the first pedal that has tempted me to use the effects loop on my unit. KHAAAAN!
The Fractal units are incredible, but there's still something about well-designed stompboxes that makes me crave a giant, impractical rig. It's a damned sickness.
Khaaaaan!!
Damn that's fun! Looks like I need to get another delay pedal.
Resonant frequency control, and, sold.
what les paul is THAT!!! killahhhhh
woulda been good if you did some Dead Kennedy's with this
ruclips.net/video/sXOmQPwKjjs/видео.html
Close enough I hope.
He did Police Truck with the first version of the pedal.
@@johnbarrick80 that's why he said it
I could watch Andy ALL DAY!! Andy's new nickname is A.D.
Killer pedal!
Would love to see this paired with a Phase 90, do some VH 1.
Oh the intro sounds like the living end
So you get an EP booster as well? Nice.
Matt Gilbert it's not a boost its a preamp
slayin it
So is this thing digital emulation with an analog pre amp circuit or is it all analog?
Marginally confused if the DDM setting are running through BBD chips or if it's digital emulation?
Sounds pretty good whatever it is.
No BBD, a digital chip (the Spin FV1 I believe) for repeats and modulation, with analog filtering and saturation.
Cool but, dunno, I’m yet to hear a non tape delay that removes the attack of the notes progressively like some tape units do... yielding a diffused feedback that really is something else.
Holy shit what is that riff in the very beginning??
That's some real purty oscillation you got there.
The epoch sounds great but I would really like to see more features. Tap is important to me, id also like to see in stereo. I just don't think it's worth the price without some of these features.
Agree 100% its Gotta have Tap Tempo
That would be outside the concept of this pedal. It tries to emulate part by part the original EP-3 design. Furthermore I think the rotary knob is completely unnecessary. The expression pedal capabilities to change the delay time on the fly is probably its best addition, together with the echo oscillation switch.
There is a myriad of pedal that already include the features you mention, precisely, another superb tape echo like the Strymon El Capistan offers what you want. This one is a different approach, and its design makes it perfect as an alternative to those units.
All in this pedal is about vintage recreation, a time when the perfect delay timing was not a thing. I have one and I am happy beyond imaginable with it. Oscillating with the expression pedal is an amazing exercise!
I Agree 100%. Tap Tempo is so Important to me, as I am required to frequently play: R&B, and Dance Music and That - would make it: The Absolute Must Have Delay Pedal. It Sounds Fantastic though. Probably the closest thing to an EP-3 with obvious Improvements.
Exactly why I never committed to this pedal. While the oscillation is so amazing on this pedal, tap is a priority for me.
Siavash Massoudi looks like you can tap tempo with external switch
Hi what expression pedal are you using with the Belle Epoch deluxe pedal ? Thanks
That was a Dunlop Volume (X) DVP3.
Thing is butter!
Sounds like East Bay Ray
I wish this was in stereo in and out...
If The Edge doesn't need stereo...
So you gig in stereo or something or do you want stereo because your friend told you it's cool
Considering the original EP-2 had Stereo, I'm surprised the EP-3 didn't
off to sell my kidneys now.
Paul Estevanez good news you'll have like 15.7 G's left over
Andy i love u
We all love him c;
intro song?
Just something I wrote for the demo!
Andy
I L O V E Y O U. It was such inspiring, thank you for share your creativity. Your answer it's a dream, your fan, from México! I get the BED, no for Van Halen or Page, but for you, awesome demo. @@ProGuitarShopDemos
Sounds like WIPERS.
What;s the song he's playing at the beginning?
It's just something that came out as soon as I dialed in the long slapback setting. Thanks,
Andy
the hype machine haha
The Real Deal Machine...
@@jamiemorgan4146 not even close lol
@@Erickchicasthere is no hype..there's no difference in tone between this and an echoplex...I've had mine for a few years along with a few other delay and this stays on the board because it does the shit...
@@jamiemorgan4146agreed,I am never parting with mine...in fact I'm buying another just to be sure lol
@@Danielallanz that's funny. It was a major disappointment for me.
How many mA of consumption??
Ste , 200ma
can the preamp be on alone?...no delay?
Late answer but yes. You turn down the repeat volume to zero and you have just the preamp, which is how I'm currently using the pedal. There is also now a preamp-only version that is $100 cheaper.
George Coller As good as an ep booster?
Love the pedals, but this video really didn't do a good job of explaining the presets and some of the other pedal control details.
Actually heartbroken this doesn’t have a tap tempo, this is my favorite sounding tape delay it has that wow factor that I can’t seem to find in anything else at the moment.
Any other tape delays? I’m thinking the el cap or nemesis but I prefer the sound of this.
Yeah ! Page couldn’t use one either! No tap tempo! LMAO 😆 You kids are wimps.
Is it noisy like people say?
Seems to be rig dependent. Into my clean amp, I don't notice any hiss.
Napkin Shoplifta' it can get pretty noisy
It’s not noisy at all
Maybe if you are a peasant and using a daisy chain and not an upper class vodoo labs power supply with dedicated inputs to power each one of your pedals
@@joshuaanderson1903 if you use a shit power supply. Don’t cheap out, use only quality.
I actually thought Andy said "Belly Pock" at first xD
Got it, Love it. Inspirational piece of kit. Expensive? Sure. That's capitalism man: you want innovation, you gotta pay. Easily worth it to me, can't see it ever leaving my board. Based on cost to build, demand, and lusciousness, you definitely get what you pay for. I have the SA Nemesis for stereo rig, also excellent. I have the MXR CC for my minimalist set up. Also awesome. Got the EHX Canyon, sent that back - was OK, not as easy too use as the others though deep in functions - Just had to bend down a lot. Lots of options, stop your complaining and just enjoy yourselves.
Dude fuckin bad azz.......
Jim Dunlop Hendrix jhm1 Fuzz Face 70th Anniversary Limited Edition. Does anyone, especially Andy, do demos on this pedal -- explaining what the two internal plastic knobs do? I own #1058 of 2300...
Haha that pedal was a waste of your money. Horrible sounding fuzz. There is your review. You bought it for the hendrix artwork and that is sad
John Rowe www.google.com
no tap tempo? :'(
No tap tempo! I’m glad, it’s useless..
@@jamiemorgan4146 I need it for playing in my bands, we don't play to click.
@@SulatronRecordshow did Eddie VanHalen ever even exist without tap tempo?? And Jimmy Page.. yet you require it play cover songs at “slick jimmys wings and strip club” on Saturday nights..
@@fixedgear37 hahaha, you know nothing! but also: they offer a tap tempo in the meantime. ;)
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Andy’s PGS demos were so much better than his reverb ones. They probably don’t let him do it his own way anymore
Incorrect, I still record everything on my own and play whatever I want 👍🏻
@@AndyDemos yea this guy is whack. You are sick on every single pedal and are hands down the best reviewer
Andy + Echo = Drug
Dead Kennedys
:o
I would gladly pay $500 if this thing could just tap in a quarter note.
How about $510? Apparently the Disaster Area Smartclock ($180) will plug into the expression port and facilitate tap tempo.
Omegatheunknown67 it does look like this pedal is not currently supported though..
The BED is a great pedal, but Catalinbread won't get a penny of my money.
Why? What did they do?
@@shawnglass108
There's a whole history online that you can read about. Briefly, Catalinbread is trying to fuck the designer of the pedal--the guy who designed over half of Catalinbread's pedals and is the face and charisma of the company--Howard Gee.
@@profd65 I already bought one of the first BED’s while Howard was there. Mama CB shot herself in the foot. She screwed Howard over and he took his genius with him. What have they produced that’s worthwhile since????
FYI: this pedal is NOISY. It was created to be EXTREMELY authentic and they did a BANG-UP job of it - but I think it was taken TOO far. Yeah, that old vintage equipment sounds great, but back when it was popular, that excess noise wasn't exactly a DESIRABLE thing, it was just a product of the technology of the time. We have better technology now, so take advantage of it. Just know, if you buy this, expect a certain amount of self-noise. If you're playing at full blast, you can't hear it very much. But as soon as you stop, or if you have quiet passages, expect you will be able to hear it. The preamp noise inherent in the original EP was duplicated for this pedal, and if you have an OD channel, or any guitar sound that has gain, this will be AMPLIFIED. I am selling mine. If I had known what I just typed here, I wouldn't have bought it. Both THIS pedal, and the Belle Epoch BOTH have this self-noise. Just FYI.
ATTENTION ⚠️
This pedal is Not Noisy. It’s quiet.
All lies.. Must be a Strymon interloper trying to sully the BED
@@jamiemorgan4146 Nope. The pedal is noisy.
@@scottmartinezguitarandbass do I need this? Have DMM and boss dm2w
@@johnsmith7140 I mean, it's a cool pedal, just don't use it for recording.
@@scottmartinezguitarandbass right on thanks
A few years late with this one, and it's not even stereo, pass. How are you going to charge 320 USD in 2017 for a delay with relatively little features in this market?
I'd hardly say it say 'relatively little features'. It has the exact analog circuitry of an EP3, plus 5 other modes. It has expression control over very practical parameters, and an oscillation switch that can be fine-tuned At any rate, it's been selling out within minutes from their website and other dealers haven't been able to keep it in stock since it was released so obviously there are enough people who don't share your opinion.
Most guitarists don't have stereo rigs. Relatively little features? Wtf are you smoking?
David Babb relatively little compared to it's competitors. this thing is priced fairly steep, it's going against some pretty fancy gadgets. and a lot of them are cheaper than this thing.
I mean, compared to like the Timeline, sure. But this is definitely a niche thing. I haven't heard another pedal that sounds this close to a real EP-3. For less than the price of two DD-7s you can get this. If you look at it that way it doesn't seem like much.
boafewa hserf Couldn't disagree more with your comment.
Krank-O-Plex beats all on tone, and it's all about analog tone. Digital will never be able to match it.
theonemodifier My two cents: digital is a better match for replicating tape echo. A properly set up tape echo has a wider freq range than any BBD. BBD are awesome in their own way but for tape sounds, are too dirty at slower times and have that inherent chirp and clock noise/aliasing.
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