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This video might end up hurting your wallet... Well, don't blame me. Blame Echo Fix! They're the mad geniuses behind the new EF-P3 Chorus/Vibrato. It's truly one of the best modulation pedals I've played—there, I said it. So proceed with caution. (You've been warned!) Ready? Let's check it out... Products FeaturedEcho Fix Chorus/Vibrato: https://tinyurl.com/2hywfwke Echo Fix Spring Reverb: https://tinyurl.com/2p92j293 J. Rockett HRM: https://amzn.to/3uBeqyw J. Rockett Juice Bar: https://tinyurl.com/z699vnr7 GTRS P800 Guitar: https://amzn.to/3N6OHUX Video TranscriptQuick word of warning: If you're trying to save cash at the moment… Don't watch this video. Just pretend like you never saw it. Don’t put yourself through the pain of knowing that this pedal exists! But if you are in the market for a truly awesome sounding, all analog, vintage-style chorus pedal, then this might just be one of the best modulation pedals I've ever played. Let’s check it out!
Howdy friend, you're here in the studio with Luke from GuitarIQ.com. In the last video, we were taking a look at the brand new EF-P2 Spring Reverb pedal by Echo Fix. We had a good old-fashioned spring reverb shootout. So make sure to check out that video if you haven't seen it—links in the description. But a few days after that video launched, Echo Fix surprised everybody with yet another brand new pedal release! This is the new EF-P3 Chorus Vibrato pedal. The team over at Echo Fix were good enough to send me one to test out and to demo for you. So in today's video, we're going to put this thing through its paces. But before we chat any more about it, let’s just hear this in action. The signal chain for today is my GTRS P800 guitar going into the little pedalboard you see in front of you. From here we're hitting the clean channel on my Series One 50w tube head. And I'm using a kiss of outboard EQ and compression on the way in—just to beef up that clean sound a little bit. And everything together with a splash of spring reverb sounds a little like this: [Music] Okay, so as promised, just a really lovely sounding analog chorus effect. Now, the controls on the EF-P3 are pretty simple. First up, we have the bypass footswitch which toggles the effect on and off. This second footswitch here switches between the Chorus and the Vibrato mode. Up here we have the Rate knob which controls the speed of the modulation. Over here we have the Depth knob which controls the amount of modulation. Now, a lot of analog chorus pedals would leave things there, but Echo Fix goes a step further. Up here they give us an additional control labeled “Resonance.” As we dial this to the left we get more classic chorus-type sounds. As we crank it up to the right our chorus takes on a more kind of flanger-like quality. It’s a really great effect if you're looking for those faux Leslie type sounds. And finally, we have the Waveshape. When we dial this knob all the way to the left we get a really smooth modulation sound. As we crank it up to the right our modulation becomes a little more jagged and more pronounced. So let's just jump straight to these sound samples. What I'll do is… I'll dial in a bunch of different presets you can experiment with using the EF-P3 showcasing everything from slow, to medium, to fast modulation sounds. Then I'll toggle between the Chorus and Vibrato modes so you can compare them directly back-to-back using the same settings. And finally, I’ll show you what this pedal sounds like when we stack it into some overdrive courtesy of the J. Rockett Audio Designs HRM pedal. I’ve done a separate video on this pedal and also the J. Rockett power supply up here, if you're interested in checking them out—links in the description. And, as always, as we go through the sound samples if you like what you're hearing please click on that like button to let me know. And with that let's take a listen: [Music] Okay, so hopefully that was able to showcase what this pedal is capable of. It does everything from those classic modulation sounds, to that beautiful slow, shimmery chorus effect—which is probably my favorite way to dial in this pedal. All the way up to those faux Leslie type sounds that you just heard. And it goes even further into full wacky, seasick, sound effect type territory. If those are the type of sounds that you're into. A couple of things to note if you're looking at purchasing this pedal… First up, this is just a single input single/output type of pedal. It doesn't give you stereo inputs and outputs. It doesn't do the whole wet/dry thing on the output either. Now, that’s not going to matter for a lot of guitar players but it's certainly something to keep in mind. And also, I guess it goes without saying, but if you're the type of player that just uses modulation for that one little bit in that one song—and you're just looking for a small, inexpensive pedal to stick on your board to do the job—this probably isn't the pedal for you. In my opinion, this is really going after the type of player that loves modulation. It’s a premium effect, and as you can imagine, it's priced accordingly. But on the flip-side the build quality on this thing seems absolutely fantastic. The pedal looks really interesting with that great LED display in the middle. And, as I hope you'll agree, this thing sounds absolutely incredible. All up, Echo Fix have been hitting it out of the park lately with these latest two releases in my opinion. I’m really interested to see what they come up with next. So if you're in the market for a really versatile, all analog, fantastic sounding modulation effect, and you like some of the tones that you heard today, then I would wholeheartedly recommend checking this out. That was my look at the new EF-P3 Chorus Vibrato pedal by Echo Fix. Well, we’re almost at the end of the video, thank you for sticking around. As I mentioned at the start, it's important for me to let you know that this pedal was sent to me to check out and to demo by the team at Echo Fix. But this was not a paid promotion or a sponsored advertisement. No money changed hands. All thoughts and opinions are my own, as always. If you did like any of the pedals featured in today's video, then be sure to check out the description for more information. If you like this video and you want to see more content like this, then please consider subscribing to the channel to be notified of future uploads. And finally, I’d love you to head over to the website GuitarIQ.com to check out some of the books and other learning resources we have waiting for you over there. Covering everything from topics like fretboard memorization, to warm-ups and workouts, to chord theory, and a whole lot more… That is GuitarIQ.com. Well, that’s it for me. Thanks for watching and I'll see you in the next video! Comments are closed.
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