MusicRadar Verdict
Conventional phasing meets off-the-wall funky weirdness in one box. Excellent.
Pros
- +
Nice range of phasing sounds; funky weirdness controlled by playing dynamics.
Cons
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Nothing.
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This second incarnation of the very first Pigtronix pedal is a total redesign, informed by six years of user feedback on the original.
What you get is a phaser in which the motion of the phasing can be controlled by an LFO, an envelope filter or both together.
Sounds
In LFO mode you'll find familiar phaser and Univibe sounds but, with more controls on the EP-2 than your average stompbox phaser, there's a far greater range of sound and subtlety. Switch to envelope mode and things start to get funky as the phase sweep is triggered by playing dynamics, and you can conjure up chewy Mutron or talkbox-y sounds.
Trevor Curwen has played guitar for several decades – he's also mimed it on the UK's Top of the Pops. Much of his working life, though, has been spent behind the mixing desk, during which time he has built up a solid collection of the guitars, amps and pedals needed to cover just about any studio session. He writes pedal reviews for Guitarist and has contributed to Total Guitar, MusicRadar and Future Music among others.
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