DESCRIPTION

The Trickfish EPA (External Preamp) is the pedal format of their fantastic sounding onboard IPA circuit. When you are looking at Trickfish gear, it is critical to understand their core engineering philosophy. They do not want to heavily color or drastically alter the natural tone of your instrument. Instead, their designs enhance and polish the voice of your bass. Think of the EPA as having immediate, stage-ready access to the kind of high-end treatment your signal would receive when running through a chain of outboard gear in a recording studio.

The beauty of the EPA lies in its straightforward, player-focused operation. Instead of overwhelming you with highly complex, sweeping parametric mid-bands, this pedal features super simple, intuitive controls. It gives you precise command over three carefully selected, highly musical EQ bands. These frequency centers were specifically chosen because they perfectly complement the bass guitar. No matter where you set the knobs, the pedal sounds good. It makes any bass you plug into it sound completely natural, but you can choose to make it sound bigger, punchier, or more articulate.

You can use the EPA as an "always-on" tone sweetener to buffer your signal and provide a subtle sounding polish to everything you play. Alternatively, it serves as an exceptional clean boost to push forward the exact frequencies you need without a massive bump in overall volume. Because the circuit is so transparent, it stacks flawlessly with your favorite overdrive or fuzz pedals. Definitely a pedal you can experiment with in different spots of your signal chain.

The EPA is the perfect utility pedal for the gigging bassist who already has an instrument they love and wants to elevate its core tone. If you are looking for an external preamp that will respect your instrument's fundamental character and give you more of what you already love about your bass tone, consider giving the Trickfish EPA a spot on your pedalboard.

From Trickfish:

Trickfish's iconic Internal Pre Amp (IPA) in a box.

Perfect for passive or active instruments, their External Pre Amp (EPA) is designed to seamlessly dovetail with your existing sound, while offering the exceptionally voiced 3 band EQ that their IPA preamp users have come to find indispensable.

Get the Trickfish onboard preamp sound without modifying your passive bass or add a studio quality preamp/EQ stage to your pedalboard before or after your FX chain for added tonal control. Like the IPA, users can choose from two frequency points per band. This is done via dip switches on the back of the circuit board. Shelving bass boost/cut can be configured at 40Hz or 80Hz, mid boost/cut at 330Hz, 375Hz, 430Hz, or 500Hz and shelving treble boost/cut at 4kHz or 8kHz.