图文好读版：http://haiaku-k.blogspot.com/2011/01/xotic-ep-booster.html 之前都是用SD1当booster 不过一直想要弄一颗专职的booster，这样SD1就可以专心当Overdrive使用 所以昨天下午打电话去金蚂蚁订了一颗 没想到今天早上九点多就收到了，原来对方寄的是限时挂号 这样的效率让我非常的满意 介绍一下这颗EP booster 以下节录自EP Booster官网：http://www.xotic.us/effects/ep_booster/ What do the tones of renowned guitarist such as Page, EVH and Johnson have in common? They all used the legendary echo machine EP-3 as a pre-amp. We've captured that magic in a new Xotic Effects pedal, the EP Booster. 好，这段是什麽意思呢？ 意思就是Jimmy Page、Eddie Van Halen、Eric Johnson都有用那颗EP3 但主要用是拿来当pre-amp 这pre-amp的意思我想应该不是当前级插Poweramp in 而是串在amp之前，利用EP3本身的特性去改变音色 EP booster就是撷取EP3改变音色的部分制成的一颗pre-amp booster 让我们先看看Eddie本人在访谈里怎麽说： http://azdz.tripod.com/articles/intdz-evh1995.htm It was that first homemade guitar with a cable going through an MXR flanger, then a Phase 90, and then an Echoplex, and straight into the Marshall head. 好，所以他在这颗EP3之前是没有挂其他破音的 也就是说EP3它的使用方法是串在主破音之前 然後下面这网站详细的介绍了Eddie在第一张专辑用的器材 http://wwwc.dcns.ne.jp/~epi/english.html 节录其中一段： One of the keys of the early EVH guitar sound, I believe, is this Echoplex. Guitar tone becomes slightly fat, smooth and quite a little bit boosted through an Echoplex. Brian May commented that Eddie had come to the studio only with an old Marshall head and an echoplex for the "Starfleet" session. And that as for the guitar solo of Michel Jackson's "Beat it", VH official home page says "An old Marshall amplifier and cabinet were used, (though not his trusty Super Lead) and the solos were played on Edward's now-retired Charvel Frankenstrat along with an Echoplex." By listening to the two solos, you will notice that the echoplex did not play a role of a tape delay so much. 这颗甚至在Beat it里面的录制都有出现 而这颗EP3也是早期EVH的吉他音色的关键之一 今天一早收到後迫不及待的开始试玩 由於我目前的主要破音是使用Suhr Riot儿不是音箱破音 所以我将EP booster串在Riot之前 "slightly fat, smooth and quite a little bit boosted" 果然如同上面的网站所说，声音会稍微变肥，平滑，然後推出来一点点 如果要用我自己的形容方法那就是 声音变得更宽，频率听起来更自然，中频感觉变多，Gain也会变多 不过音量部分乍听之下没甚麽大变化 这样的声音让我在solo时更加轻松 搭配Riot可以轻松调出80'多汁tone 试用到目前非常满意 也常会让我一打开就不想关起来 虽然Eddie把这颗串在破音前面 但拿到手後还是会想找出最适合自己的摆放位置 所以当然也有试着放在Riot後，也就是 GT -> Riot -> EP -> Amp EP不踩还好，一踩下去音量就爆冲了 高频钝掉，Gain也有缩住的感觉 相较之下我比较喜欢EP booster串在破音前面的音色表现 值得一提的是背盖打开後有两个小开关 一个是bright boost一个是bass boost 出厂设定是bright on + bass off 试过所有组合後我还是维持原厂的设定 bright boost on会比较有穿透力 但是bass boost on的话感觉低频量会过多 另外有人提到渲染的问题 EP booster个人觉得算渲染的有点大 毕竟这颗原本的卖点就是渲染音色 不过如果渲染後的音色是你所喜欢的 那不正是一种加分吗？ -- "Dave wants girl, Dave can't have girl, Dave kills people!" (Mustaine, 1998) --

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