Empress Effects Bass ParaEQ

Having long considered, and resisted the ‘standard’ Deluxe Empress Para EQ for sometime, I purchased this Bass version as soon as I saw it.

I really only ‘needed’ something to add active eq slap tone - bass and treble boost and mid cut - to a passive Jazz bass, but I could not resist.

This does so much more. There is so much versatility on offer. Check out the suggested settings in the manual ( you get a paper copy and it’s also online). They are a good starting point to get a great ‘Marcus’ slap tone, a great ‘’Jaco tone, and a nice smooth jazz tone, that can be rolled off in Ashton Barratt reggae territory. What more could you want?

Strangely the pedal doesn’t have an adjustable output level, but I just adjust the input gain on my amp. I could use the ‘boost’ control for changing the output anyway if needed.
It is a pity it does have presets, as it offers so much total variety…but then it wouldn’t be an analog pedal I guess.

In short, a 10/10 product, it’s not cheap, but if you can afford it, buy it, you won’t regret it.