Artec Parametric EQ

Professional Parametric Equalizer

Artec is THE Korean pickup specialist for acoustic guitars and solid bodies The team around mastermind Byoung-Yul Lim has been in the last two years very busy developing an independent range of analogue pedals and combo amplifiers. The result is excellent and it does not need to shy away from international comparison. Published test reports in professional journals make a clear statement on the quality.

Again and again, effects makers are trying a Parametric EQ, but somehow guitarists (…are we too stupid?) can’t seem to get their heads around the devices. There is no more effective sound processing if you really want to change your sound specifically. It’s not that hard. Raise the frequency with the gain control and turn the freq knob until you find what’s annoying you. Now lower this frequency until it does not annoy anymore and use the width control to tailor how wide the cut should be. This can be simply decided by ear. It is even easier if you want to boost something; e.g. nice mids for the lead sound. Also here: raise, pick out frequency and determine width. And use the level control so that the EQ sound is about the same volume as the unprocessed one. Or turn up the level and heat up the amp when wanting to conjure a lead sound from a single channel amp.

The Artec Parametric EQ can do it all for very little money.

• Controls: FREQ / WIDTH / GAIN / LEVEL
• True Bypass
• Power supply: 9-volt battery or power supply (both optionally available)
• Heavy zinc die-cast housing
• Dimensions (W x D x H): 75.5 x 116 x 49 mm
• Weight: 340 grams