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secret preamp pedal Chase Tone Secret Preamp

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secret preamp pedal Chase Tone Secret Preamp"Possibly the most faithful [early and late 1970s] Echoplex preamp circuit reproduction in a pedal sweetens your tone, adding complex harmonics and touch sensitivity. Chase Tone nailed this effect." Collectible Guitar Magazine May June 2016 "The Vintage Secret Preamp is a remarkably well built EP 3 preamp that goes beyond other, similar pedals in several ways. Firstly, it runs at 22 volts internally, which is the same voltage as the actual EP 3.

"Possibly the most faithful [early and late 1970s] Echoplex preamp circuit reproduction in a pedal– sweetens your tone, adding complex harmonics and touch sensitivity. Chase Tone™ nailed this effect." – Collectible Guitar Magazine May/June 2016

"The Vintage Secret Preamp™ is a remarkably well built EP-3 preamp that goes beyond other, similar pedals in several ways. Firstly, it runs at 22 volts internally, which is the same voltage as the actual EP-3. Secondly, it offers two switchable modes for both the brighter, early EP-3 sounds, and the darker, later-era tones. Thirdly, it is built with the same NOS capacitors and resistors found in EP-2 and EP-3 Echoplexes. [August 2016 and later feature NEW components.] These features add up for a truly realistic EP-3 preamp feel and sound that is unlikely to be matched by similar designs. Like many Chase Tone creations, the Vintage Secret Preamp™ is a limited production item, so get one while you can." – Tone Report Magazine November 2015

“… ideal at unity gain or slight boost with increased harmonic complexity and touch sensitivity.”

“When it comes to hardcore authenticity in vintage gear replicas, no one tops Chase Tone™ – Kyle Chase is possibly the world’s most OCD builder of new-old-stock amps and effects.” – Premier Guitar Magazine

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. The Chase Tone Golden 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.

A mini-toggle external switch offers amazing versatility; ‘Later Dark EP3 Mode’ is transparent with even order harmonics smoothing the top end of bright amplifiers while ‘Early Bright EP3 Mode’ adds a musically rich harmonic complexity to otherwise dull and dark sounding tube amplifiers – allowing harmonics to leap out into the air!

Toggle Backwards = Later Dark EP3 Toggle Forwards = Early Bright EP3

The Secret Preamp can be used as a tone enhancement, a slight boost to a tube amplifier, or placed before an analog delay pedal to bring vintage Echoplex tone to the signal-no need to lug that big and often unreliable/noisy Echoplex around just to have it alter the tone! Engaging the Secret Preamp after a vintage Fuzz Face will replicate the “cranked tube amp combined with Fuzz” tones – without cranking the tube amplifier!

Features include:

* Automatic 22Volts of Vintage Echoplex Power from a 9 Volt Battery or 9 Volt Power Supply. Polarity protection and dual noise filtering for noise free performance. Internally regulated with accurate vintage voltages for consistent performance.
* Unity Gain / Slight Boost Control – Unit Gain @ 11 o’clock with maximum boost @ 2 o’clock. Higher settings emulate an Echoplex that’s “not quite up to snuff.” The control stays true to the original unit design, but offers a little more versatility in pedal format.
* Limited Edition GOLDEN VEIN durable powder coat finish (zero ozone emissions) (Small enclosure footprint: 4.625″ x 2.5″ x 1.5″)
* Old School Exact Vintage Replica Echoplex Chickhead Black Pointer Knob. Made for Chase Tone™ in U.S.A.
* Impact Resistant CHERRY RED LED Bezel Offers Wide Viewing Angle.
* True-Bypass via 3PDT with Epoxy reinforced lugs and upgraded internal contacts.
* High Quality & Reliable Switchcraft Open Jacks with Anti-Slip Star Washers
* Fine-Tuned Aged-Value Carbon Film Resistors.
* Orange Drop 225P Film & Foil Polyester capacitors for the original, distinctive-yet-transparent tone.

* Thick Circuit Board with plated through holes and silkscreen protected traces. Pure Ground Plane = Increased Noise Rejection.

* Built with passion and individually fine-tuned and tested one at a time in the USA.

"Hello Kyle, I got the Secret Preamp™ today and used it at rehearsal. In an A/B it’s very close! You’re the only one and I’ll let people know you got this so close without ever hearing my Echoplex. So far this is the closest. Good ears!!"

-Jim Weider. Update: "I’ve been using it on all shows, just leave it on all the time!"

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I do not understand how the authors got so much information so comprehensibly into such a short book. It's 272 pages but it felt so short because the information is jam-packed in there and presented so well. It's one thing to know your stuff, it's a whole other ballgame to present it so people (without the level of training the author's have) can dive deep and really understand what you're saying and these authors nailed it. Great book, so interesting and easy to read.
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John M. Ford
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"Don't Practice on Your Significant Other"
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This book's authors have many years of experience interviewing CIA assets, CIA employees, and a variety of ordinary people in non-CIA settings. Their specialty is in determining when someone is lying. And they are good at it. This skill in detecting deception has done a lot of good, helping their clients make better decisions about hiring the right new employee, trusting the right baby sitter, and prosecuting the person who really "did it." Sometimes the skills bring pain, making clear that the waiting doctor's politeness covers bad news or that a spouse isn't really joking about "her boyfriend." Still, it's better to know, isn't it? Detecting deception isn't magic and it isn't infallible. But it is possible to become better at it than most of us are now. The book identifies several barriers to accurately detecting deception. We expect most people to tell the truth, we ask the wrong questions, and we look for the wrong "tells" in other people's behavior. And we try to watch everything they do instead of focusing on a small number of reliable indicators. Such reliable indicators of deception include certain kinds of verbal hesitations and evasions as well as specific body movements of which a deceiver is largely unaware. Readers learn to ask questions that require different mental processing from guilty versus innocent suspects. One technique is to ask questions a good guy will answer with an immediate--and perhaps angry--"No!" while the bad guy will need to give a longer, more carefully worded response. We watch for deception indicators that begin in the first five seconds after a question. And we look for clusters of indicators rather than for single actions. There is more to it, of course, but this is the core methodology the book presents. It's good stuff. And it's learnable. I attended a training session conducted by the authors' company (QVerity, in partnership with hemsleyfraser) this week. I had listened to roughly three-quarters of the audiobook during a long car ride the day before. Based on what I learned from the book I was able to do well in the video pre-test, successfully distinguishing a lying suspect from the four who told the truth. Almost everyone was also able to do this after two hours of training. So it seems to me that the book is nearly as valuable as being taught these skills by the authors themselves. It is a well-written, fascinating book on a very useful topic. I highly recommend it. A final comment. The book closes with a warning to use these skills only for good. And to not practice them on our significant others. Apparently catching your spouse in all of those little white lies can put unnecessary stress on the relationship. I may have made a variation of this error by giving my wife a copy of the book and inviting her along to the training. Not sure that was such a good idea. We'll see.
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My honest review of the book . Spy The Lie
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Spy the Lie" by Philip Houston is a practical and fascinating guide that teaches you how to spot deception using the same proven techniques developed by the CIA. Instead of looking for unreliable body language "clues," it focuses on identifying specific verbal and non-verbal behaviors that people show when they are feeling the stress of a lie. It’s written in very clear, everyday language with plenty of real-world examples, making it a great tool for anyone who wants to communicate more effectively and know who they can really trust.
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