The Trickfish External Pre Amp EPA brings the sound and feel of Trickfish’s acclaimed Internal Pre Amp into a compact pedal format - giving bass players the benefit of a high-quality onboard-style preamp without needing to modify their instrument.

Designed for both passive and active basses, the EPA works beautifully as a clean tone-shaping stage for your existing instrument. It can be placed before your pedal chain for front-end EQ control, after your effects for final tone shaping, or used as a simple always-on preamp to add clarity, punch, and musical EQ response.

The EPA features a highly musical 3-band EQ with Bass, Mid, and Treble controls. Each band offers selectable frequency points via internal DIP switches, allowing you to fine-tune the pedal’s response to suit your instrument, playing style, and rig.

For players who love the idea of an onboard preamp but do not want to alter their bass, the EPA is a practical and flexible solution. It delivers the Trickfish preamp character in a pedalboard-friendly steel chassis, with simple controls and a clean signal path designed to enhance your tone rather than overpower it.

Compact, efficient, and easy to integrate, the EPA is ideal for players who want extra tonal control from a studio-quality bass preamp without committing to a permanent instrument modification.

• External version of the Trickfish Internal Pre Amp
• Designed for passive or active basses
• Compact bass preamp and EQ pedal
• 3-band EQ with Bass, Mid, and Treble controls
• Bass shelving boost/cut: 12dB at 40Hz or 80Hz
• Mid boost/cut: selectable at 330Hz, 375Hz, 430Hz, or 500Hz
• Treble boost/cut: 15dB at 4kHz or 8kHz
• Frequency points selectable via internal DIP switches
• Ideal before or after an effects chain
• Great option for onboard-style preamp tone without modifying your bass
• 1/4” input and output
• On/bypass footswitch
• Steel chassis
• Adhesive-backed removable rubber feet
• Power requirement: 9V DC, centre negative
• Size: 58.2mm top height / 49.9mm bottom height x 69mm x 129.7mm
• Weight: 0.45 kg