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Hi All

Does anyone know anything about the PB Box from Patrice Bastien? I have just seen one advertised on ebay, never heard of them before but looks like they emulate the pre amp of a meazzi?

The PB box comes highly recommended from those who have heard it.

Allegedly - It's made of powdered unicorn horn and sprinkled with fairy dust and has been seen less often than the Loch Ness monster

Hank2k wrote:Hi All

Does anyone know anything about the PB Box from Patrice Bastien? I have just seen one advertised on ebay, never heard of them before but looks like they emulate the pre amp of a meazzi?

The PB Box was the first available unit intended to give a vintage Shadows' Meazzi sound when used with a modern echo unit, the first version was designed in 2000, and an improved version with an ECC83 valve was introduced in 2004.



They were designed and built by Patrice himself to order only, hence the high price. As far as I know, he doesn't make them anymore. Instructions were available in french only, but I made a translation in English which I still have in my files.

I have once heard a comparative listening test of a PB Box + Q20 compared to a TVS3, and the results were very similar, of course the TVS3 is much more practical to use, but is also much more expensive.

Didier

Hi Jim, Is your PB box the one with the EC83 valve? If so, are you willing to sell?