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New Pedal: Tubesteader Sunstead Dual Tube Preamp

Can a stompbox truly capture the sweeping, atmospheric weight of modern post-rock right at your feet? Developed in close collaboration with Torsten Kinsella of God Is an Astronaut, the Tubesteader SUNSTEAD is a dual-channel, high-voltage tube preamp and overdrive engineered specifically for the sprawling dynamics of indie, post-rock, and shoegaze.…... Click for more

New Pedal: Tubesteader Sunstead Dual Tube Preamp

Westerlund One Preamp

[caption id="attachment_215718" align="aligncenter" width="612"] https://www.westerlundaudio.com/product/westerlund-one[/caption] Designed less like a traditional stompbox and more like a high-end studio preamp for your instrument, the Westerlund ONE treats your core tone as something to elevate rather than replace. Built around three unique FET-based op-amp gain stages and a FET tone recovery stage, it…... Click for more

Westerlund One Preamp

Sushi Box More V2 Preamp

Building on the original design in collaboration with guitarist Doug Weiand, the MORE v2 Harmonic Enhancer is a fully tube-driven box designed to elevate your entire rig without altering its core identity. Rather than serving as an overdrive or distortion, it functions as a genuine thermionic preamp stage. Running…... Click for more

Sushi Box More V2 Preamp

Seward Park Maravilla Germanium Preamp/Overdrive

Bridging the gap between a transparent preamp and a fuzzy-drive machine, the Seward Park Maravilla delivers a rich blend of touch-sensitive clarity and fuzzy-drive weight. Dual pre and post-gain controls allow players to easily dial in everything from open, low-gain preamp boost to harmonically dense, saturated clipping without muddying the…... Click for more

Seward Park Maravilla Germanium Preamp/Overdrive

Updated Pedal: Gamechanger Audio Plus Pedal II

The original Plus Pedal was one of those things that felt like a secret weapon — piano-style sustain for any instrument, wrapped in a brass footpedal that made you feel like you were doing something physical. It wasn't a freeze pedal. It was smarter. It grabbed the tail end of…... Click for more

Updated Pedal: Gamechanger Audio Plus Pedal II

JHS Fumble JFET Preamp

Here's the thing about mistakes: some of them you bury. Some of them you put in a box and sell for eighty-nine dollars. JHS dropped the NOTADÜMBLË in May 2025—a solderless DIY kit with two circuits. One was an overdrive based on the Dumble lead sound. The other was supposed…... Click for more

JHS Fumble JFET Preamp

Benson Portable Distortion 424 MkII

The Benson Portable Distortion 424 MkII is a masterclass in nostalgic tone design, distilling the famously imperfect sound of a 424 cassette 4-track recorder into a portable, pedalboard-friendly format. More than a simple distortion, it functions as a full preamp and tonal management system, offering a remarkably versatile gain range…... Click for more

Benson Portable Distortion 424 MkII

Tone King Royalist Preamp

Following the success of last year's Imperial preamp, Tone King has unveiled the Royalist: a high-voltage tube preamp pedal that distills the sound of their Royalist MKIII amplifier into a compact, pedalboard-friendly format. Where the Imperial covered American cleans, the Royalist is a full-throated tribute to the golden age of…... Click for more

Tone King Royalist Preamp

Hudson Electronics Broadcast AP-II

The Broadcast preamp pedal from UK builder Hudson Electronics has a stellar reputation and made several best-of lists when it came out a few years ago. The AP version of it, recently updated to the dual version, named Broadcast AP-II, is an evolution of the original design engineered in collaboration…... Click for more

Hudson Electronics Broadcast AP-II

Tone King Imperial Tube Preamp Pedal

One of the most talked-about pedals to emerge from the 2025 NAMM Show was the Tone King Imperial Tube Preamp, a two-channel stereo preamp with tremolo and reverb voiced after the company's namesake amp, and based on a circuit featuring not one but three 12AX7 tubes. Just like in the…... Click for more

Tone King Imperial Tube Preamp Pedal

New Pedal: EarthQuaker Devices ZEQD-Pre

The EarthQuaker Devices ZEQD-Pre is a collaborative tube preamplifier that successfully translates the elusive feel and response of a boutique Dr. Z amplifier into a pedalboard-friendly unit. More than a simple overdrive, it’s a complete, all-analog amplifier system designed for flexible modern use. At its core is a genuine EF86 pentode…... Click for more

New Pedal: EarthQuaker Devices ZEQD-Pre

DryBell The Engine Dual Preamp

Our Croatian friends at DryBell, who have built a super-solid reputation with their Uni-Vibe emulations and the more recent utility pedal Unit67, unveiled at our NAMM 2020 Stompbox Booth a prototype of their first preamp/overdrive, and it looked right away like something special. Sporting a "Foundation Preamp" subtitle, the DryBell…... Click for more

DryBell The Engine Dual Preamp