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Empress Effects releases dedicated Bass ParaEQ MKII with additional smart detection features
The ParaEQ MKII Deluxe (for Guitar) is my favourite ever EQ pedal - and has pretty much been welded to my board since it very first emerged. And now Bass players can feel the same degree of joy - with their very own dedicated version of ParaEQ - with the frequency clusters changed and fully honed for those killer low-end Bass Tones.
And there are some further enhancements we guitar players don’t have - including Auto sensing / detection of TS and TRS connections and Hi-Impedance sensing too - both with status indicator LEDs.
This is a precision surgical device - which allows you to very specifically and granularly carve out and fully shape your frequency output. And the +30dB Boost is an excellent utility to have onboard - and a real bonus.
Controls - Balanced Out Status LED, Hi-Impedance Status LED, Low Q, Mid Q, High Q, Low Freq : 35 > 100hz, Mid Freq : 100 > 1,6k, High Freq : 375 > 9.7k, Low Gain ±15dB, Mid Gain ±15dB, High Gain ±15dB, High Pass : 10 > 200Hz, ±15dB Low Shelf, ±15dB High Shelf, Low Pass : 215 > 22k, Boost > 30dB, Boost Footswitch, Boost Bypass.
I have extensive experience with the blue deluxe version - and I find it the finest instrument of its type - easy to deploy and effortless to dial in. This can be used as subtle or forcefully as you need - with beautifully tapered and predictable impact.
The ParaEQ MKII Bass is available right now for $374 from the Empress Effects Webstore - it’s an incredibly sophisticated device!
Key Features
- A powerhouse parametric EQ pedal, fine-tuned to excel with electric basses, electrified upright basses, piezo pickups, and beyond
- 3 bands of parametric EQ, each with 15dB of boost/cut
- Per-band Q knobs allow you to fine-tune the width of each band
- Packed with 4 highpass and lowpass filters, all of which are optimized for bass
- Ultra-transparent design shapes your sound without compromising on your instrument’s inherent voice
- Footswitchable clean boost section, granting you up to 30dB of power on tap to heat up your signal
- Squeaky clean design keeps things quiet, even when maxing out the boost
- 27V internal headroom ensures that the pedal is nearly impossible to clip
- Buffered bypass design keeps your signal strong during long cable runs
- 10-Mohm hi-Z input is ideal for electrified upright basses, piezo pickups, and more
- Auto-detecting balanced output makes it a breeze to send clean signals across long runs without losing your tone
- Compact design provides you with studio-grade EQ shaping in a standard stompbox form factor
- MAP / RRP : $374
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