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product_id: 2947398
title: "Catalinbread Belle Epoch EP3 Tape Echo Voiced Delay Pedal w/ 3 Cables"
brand: "catalinbread"
price: "€ 408.66"
currency: EUR
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reviews_count: 4
url: https://www.desertcart.sk/products/2947398-catalinbread-belle-epoch-ep3-tape-echo-voiced-delay-pedal-w
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# Preamp magic Quality repeats Wow & flutter control Catalinbread Belle Epoch EP3 Tape Echo Voiced Delay Pedal w/ 3 Cables

**Brand:** catalinbread
**Price:** € 408.66
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🎶 Unleash the Echoes of the Past!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Catalinbread Belle Epoch EP3 Tape Echo Voiced Delay Pedal w/ 3 Cables by catalinbread
- **How much does it cost?** € 408.66 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sk](https://www.desertcart.sk/products/2947398-catalinbread-belle-epoch-ep3-tape-echo-voiced-delay-pedal-w)

## Best For

- catalinbread enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted catalinbread brand quality
- Free international shipping included
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## Key Features

- • **Doppler Delight:** Enjoy a unique delay response with head drag effects.
- • **Vintage Modulation:** Simulate the mechanical quirks of classic Echoplex units.
- • **Dynamic Record Level:** Control how hard your tape is hit for unique effects.
- • **Transform Your Sound:** Elevate your guitar tone even with echoes off.
- • **Authentic Echo Quality:** Experience the vintage charm of degraded repeats.

## Overview

The Catalinbread Belle Epoch EP3 Tape Echo Voiced Delay Pedal is a premium guitar pedal designed to enhance your sound with vintage-inspired echo effects. Featuring a preamp that improves tone even when echoes are off, it offers authentic quality repeats that degrade beautifully, a dynamic record level control, and modulation that mimics the mechanical irregularities of classic units. With its unique head drag feature, this pedal delivers a captivating doppler-like effect, making it a must-have for any serious guitarist.

## Description

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 play the pedal as an instrument unto itself, 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 Belle Epoch was designed to be run in front of your amp in the same way the Echoplex was designed to be run in front of your amp. They share almost identical input and output circuit topologies, including the passive unbuffered mixer circuit of the EP-3. However, we tuned it to have a lower output impedance than the EP-3 to not load down the output as much while still retaining the open non-buffered output interface. A buffer does just what the name implies - it isolates one circuit from the next and can create a "disconnected" feeling that is subtle but a player who relies on touch-sensitive dynamics in his rig will appreciate the difference of not having the buffer. Having said that, the Belle Epoch will perform great in almost any pedal stacking situation. But for the most authentic Echoplex-like experience, we recommend that you run it before any foundation overdrive type pedals and after fuzzes, treble boosters, and the like. For the most awesome experience, try playing it right in line before your cranked up tube amp.Features: Includes 3 Cables! Based on the epic EP-3 tape echo. 80-ms-800ms

## Features

- Preamp - Famous for making your guitar sound better even when the echoes are turned off.
- Quality of repeats - The Echoplex was not necessarily hi-fi. As the echoes repeated, the signal got progressively degraded, losing low end and gaining a shiny, percussive top end with a bit of grit.
- Record level - Theres a control on the EP-3 that sets how hard the tape gets hit.
- Wow and flutter - We designed the Belle Epochs modulation control to simulate the daily mechanical irregularities inherent in original Echoplex units.
- Head drag - The original unit had a unique quality that when moving the delay time slider it took a moment to catch up to the adjustment, creating a doppler like effect

## Images

![Catalinbread Belle Epoch EP3 Tape Echo Voiced Delay Pedal w/ 3 Cables - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71d4bbICB9L.jpg)
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![Catalinbread Belle Epoch EP3 Tape Echo Voiced Delay Pedal w/ 3 Cables - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61gYp5blUAL.jpg)
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Awesome pedal
  

*by A***  on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 16, 2015*

I have to say first of all how much I love this pedal. Far more than just a delay, the repeats this pedal generates off your dry signal have to be heard to be understood. If you are reading reviews of a $200 echo pedal, odds are you aren’t comparing this to other delays but rather other Tape Echo emulators like the Strymon El Capitstan which retails about a $100 more than the Belle Epoch, or the Empress Tape Delay which retails for about $50 more than the Belle Epoch.I listened to quite a few You Tube videos (fortunately there are some out there that A/B the Catalinbread against the Strymon) and read every review I could before deciding on the Belle Epoch. Am I saying it is equivalent? No, but for the smaller footprint (standard 1590B or MXR size enclosure) which is ½ the size of the El Cap and easily 1/3 the size of the Empress and for the price, I am quite satisfied with my decision.For me, the tape echo sound and vibe is there in all it’s warm goodness; Catalinbread nails it as well as any other as far as sound quality goes in my opinion. It’s lush, the repeats are warm but distinct as they seem to bloom and fade back out in a way that’s just different than standard delay.Controls: The MOD knob gets you into weird territory quite fast in terms of randomized “warble” on your repeats if you like, the ECHO SUSTAIN knob is capable of taking your repeats to the point of self-oscillation if you wish, and the ECHO DELAY knob allows a pretty long delay time though I am not sure how many milliseconds precisely. The MIX can easily dial in anything from 100”% dry or your dry signal getting lost in a sea of echo at 100% wet, and everything in between. It other words, the controls are not as extensive as the El Cap or the Empress, but they give you control over quite an extremely wide range of echo capability. Compared to the El Cap, there is no “Tape Age” knob that controls how bright or dark your repeats are for example, and no tap tempo which can be a biggie for some people. I dig the baked-in Echoplex style preamp so much I like this pedal “on” in my chain even for occasions when I don’t need echo. It’s a nice warm tone enhancement without coloring or boosting the signal too much, and it also helps cascade into my drive pedals.On that topic, I find that unlike some delays, this does work well BEFORE your overdrive like Catalinbread claims. Their Youtube channel has a clip of one of their guys playing the Belle Epoch in front of a cranked Marshall; it demonstrates well how the Belle Epoch captures that vibe of those classic players who loaded the overdrive of their amp with an original Echoplex tape unit. I tried it both ways with a moderate drive pedal AFTER and BEOFRE the Belle Epoch, and prefer the echo before drive pedals.How does it compare to other Catalinbread delays? The Echorec is very cool sounding, but its repeats are not linear; rather it has repeat presets that are more rhythmic so for what I need (stacking another delay ahead of the Belle Epoch, lush ambient sounds) it didn’t seem like the right pedal for me. The Catalinbread Montavillian is another fairly lush delay / echo that does linear repeats, but to my ears it sounds like a nicely voiced analog delay, and not quite the “womp womp” of a tape echo.**UPDATE** The more I play this pedal (had it 6 months), the more I love it. Was super happy to realize the internal switch can be switched to "trails" mode which means I can switch the effect on and off while having the EP style preamp ALWAYS on. I was digging the warmth and fullness it gave my guitar, and it's an amazing preamp for electric bass; I use it as a church bassist every Sunday just for the warm boost.I still wish it had tap tempo for live playing, but I realize it's near impossible in this footprint. Rather, combining this with a digital delay that has tap tempo and dotted eighth note capability literally covers all your delay needs plus the option of stacking them for superambient washed out echo.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Fantastic EP-3 Emulator
  

*by J***0 on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 21, 2014*

I have an Echoplex EP-3, EP-4 and a prototype Mike Battle TubePlex. I've had experience with the EP-2 tube version prior to EP-3. I have a pile of delay and looper pedals collected and used over years and I have to say, the Belle Epoch replicates the EP-3 closer than any other emulator I've had the opportunity to try. Comparing to the EP-3 the preamp sonically is about the same, I really can't tell the difference. The record level is a key feature to this pedal. Random modulation is interesting. My EP-3 is a bit ratty but maintained well and has little erratic modulation. The Epoch modulation I prefer to set low at about 8 to 9 o'clock, it's pretty close to the EP-3 there. This pedal just feels right, if you have had experience with an ep-3 you'll know what that means. Word of caution, if you slam the front end of it with a tube driver or other similar overdrive it will push the pedal's preamp into a higher gain. Although I haven't had any clipping issues. This is absolutely the best ep-3 emulator. The HF doesn't roll off like most bucket brigade delays, the repeats are very close how the EP-3 rolls off.I'm very happy with this pedal, I've since moved my tape delays into storage and for studio use. There is a source on a board thread indicating that Eric Johnson may have put the Epoch to use. I'd be interested to see if that is verified. I also have the Catalinbread Echorec. After purchasing this pedal it motivated me to spring for the Echorec. The Echorec is very interesting, a completely different animal than the epoch, although it seems the modulation circuit may be the same for both.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    A Quality Echo'Echo'Echo
  

*by P***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 15, 2017*

Produces a very rich sounding echo with which I am very pleased. I don't get into knocking other echo products or trying to tell someone which is the best, I just know I am as satisfied as a 'musician' can be :). I have owned a lot of echo producing products over the years including and beginning with an Echoplex which was a very addictive addition to my sound but also a great hassle keeping the tape in good condition. In conclusion, I like my Belle Epoch!

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