Epiphone launches Power Players Multi-Effects Pedal for beginners
October 18, 2023 · 2 sources
Epiphone has launched the Power Players Multi-Effects Pedal, a three-effect stompbox aimed at beginners, Guitar World reported on October 18, 20231. The pedal was not yet listed on Epiphone's website at that date but had appeared on retailer sites1.
The unit offers Overdrive, Distortion and Delay, with a footswitch and three parameters per effect1. Delay has Mix, Feedback and Time controls; Overdrive has Drive, Level and Tone; Distortion has Gain, Level, Tone and a Hi/Lo toggle switch1. A tap tempo footswitch for the delay doubles as a tuner1.
| Effect | Controls |
|---|---|
| Overdrive | Drive, Level, Tone |
| Distortion | Gain, Level, Tone, Hi/Lo toggle |
| Delay | Mix, Feedback, Time |
Retailer listings priced the pedal between $159 and $199, and no release date had been set1. A Sweetwater listing quoted by Guitar World described it as "not just a one-trick pony" and "a winner for beginners because it offers three main effects that nearly every guitarist uses"1.
"This multi-effects unit is a winner for beginners because it offers three main effects that nearly every guitarist uses."
Guitar.com reported on October 25, 2023 that the pedal's casing, effects, input and output layout and knobs appeared identical to those of the Joyo TC-1 Tone Chain, a unit Joyo launched in 2020, with a different paintjob2. Guitar.com said it could not confirm similarities beyond the cosmetic and that updated internals might justify a higher price, and that Gibson did not respond to its query on whether there are technical differences between the two units2. Guitar.com also reported that some dealer listings priced the Epiphone at $70 more than the Joyo when the Joyo launched in 2020, a price that dropped over the product's lifetime2.
The pedal shares its name with Epiphone's Power Players range of Les Paul and SG electric guitars, 22.73-inch scale instruments the company launched the previous year for young players1.