The Sexiest Guitar Pedal of All Time (EHX LPB-3)

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Video Chapters
00:00 What is the LPB-3?
01:05 Signal Chain
02:05 Gain Controls
06:17 Bass and Treble Controls
07:56 The Magical Midrange Controls
17:36 One of My Favorite Settings

[edgararias]

3:30 "Let's recalibrate our ears"
Thanks, Bill. Everyone should do that much more often.

[guitardave]

I’ve had one of these for a month or so and have barely scratched the surface of what it can do. Great tone shaping drive, and exceptional value for money. Great demo, thank you!

[TheZooropaBaby]

I saw interview of Joe Barresi, the producer/mixer/engineer who did Weezer and Tool records and so forth, and he said for Pinkerton, he put room mic sound thru leftover LPB-1 he got from Eddie Martinez to distort the ambient sound of the room, I thought that was interesting use

[HamerCruisebass]

Bill, kudos for demonstrating how many ways this pedal can shape your sound. I’m totally engrossed in the process… for a booster. You’re the professor of pedals.

[karlboman]

Wow. To begin: superb demo! Congratulations. I've never seen a boost/eq tool demonstrated this well before and I've been online for decades now. Informative and inspiring.

Secondly: I kind of want one now... both for performance as an additional gain stage (possibly reducing the amount of dirt pedals I "need", de-cluttering the rig) and especially for recording - imagine layering guitars with a tool like this?! Just set a good base tone, then do a few takes with different EQ and boost settings and you're gold. You'd barely need to change guitars.

[fartaignelives]

I built a clone of the LPB-1 a while ago and I love it! It adds such a magical element to the dynamics in the signal. I use it at the front of a fairly complicated home pedalboard running through a mixer in stereo, and have a Boss IR-2 as my ‘amp’. I’d be very interested to try this ‘steroided’ version… Much love to you Bill ❤

[robertdonosobuchner]

It's a very interesting pedal for tone shaping. Thank you for this video!

[Bebopopotamus]

Wow, that's an amazing sounding drive. Thanks for making me aware of this.

[DagdaMadoc]

Great breakdown; I would not have thought it was so versatile.

[visog]

Wow! You've played a very compelling case for this pedal.

[bluemtoo]

I'm in the early stages of building out the basics of my tone. When they announced this pedal last year, I knew I had to have it. It just adds that "something extra" to my tone. It's now a permanent part of my setup

[yamkingdom]

Love the idea of this pedal, also big fan of your ambient style and wealth of knowledge on the style. I am not horny for gear as so many others appear to be, but hey I also never thought I'd be into ambient guitar either. Rock on!

[tonyevans]

Nice pedal, that mid control is super sexy

[LousReview]

Yea baby, sounds pretty rad. Has a EHX "sound" if I might say. Love EHX.

[mattc]

Definitely a tool one should have in the box in some form. I would personally cover this with Boss GE7 plus overdrive of choice. I think the LPB-3 can cover a lot in one box plus it offers some extremes that can be interesting. It’s not one for me personally but I think you did a tremendous job of demonstrating how to approach shaping the front end of your tone. Thanks!

[deadgrafixcom]

Holy midtones! That EQ boost trick alone is great, but the toneshaping possibilities seem a lot wider than that. Oooh - suit you, sir!

[genepozniak]

Wow! That pedal really brought out the guitar power on my laptop speakers! 😵 Impressive!

[BANGKOKJUNGLE]

Very cool..if looking for your own sound across the board. Fine fine demo…thanks🎶🎸🙏

[agerven]

Wow indeed. Very good demo Bill, even though sponsored. You let the pedal do it's things and let sound speak for itself, while explaining what's going on.
And cudos also for EHX. Sometimes they seem like a dormant vague relic from the 20th century, but every now and then they bring out an awesome pedal like this. Very wide range and very broad usable. Wouldn't call it sexy, but exciting is an understatement.

[willdenham]

I wonder what this would do with a hot amp. I'm guessing similar to what an eq pedal does, which is great. My only reference aside of this is Ace Frehley. He used the original on those live albums. A lot of pro's use 'line boosters' live. I've seen a Boss version in a black enclosure. These were kept backstage in a rig rundown I saw with one stadium act.