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Preamp Pedals

Milkman The Amp 50 Pedal Power Amp

The Milkman The Amp 50 is a Class D hybrid tube/solid-state amp that can fit on your desktop (or your pedalboard, although it's not super-compact). It uses a 12ax7 preamp tube that can be pushed or overdriven just like any tube amp. The power stage can be run into a…Click on the title for more

Milkman The Amp 50 Pedal Power Amp

VVco Pedals Dark Father Preamp

From a company that prides itself on releasing unconventional and playful-looking pedals comes the VVco Pedals Dark Father Preamp, a pedal filled with buttons reminiscent of electronic toys from the '80s, that can deliver a wide range of tones thanks to its overdrive, lo-fi fuzz, two boosts, and 3-band eq…Click on the title for more

VVco Pedals Dark Father Preamp

New Pedal: MXR/Third Man Records Double Down

Jack White of The White Stripes' fame continues his intriguing journey in the pedal-manufacturing arena with the release of the Third Man + MXR Double down, a stereo take on MXR Micro Amp preamp. This is a rather simple design compared to other stompboxes released by the Nashville artist, but…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: MXR/Third Man Records Double Down

Anasounds Tape Preamp

Hailing from France, the Anasounds Tape Preamp is a simple 2-knob + 1 toggle device with a wide sonic range, inspired by the preamp stage found in vintage tape echoes like the Echoplex, which imparted a particularly pleasing color to the signal, even when the echo effect was off. The…Click on the title for more

Anasounds Tape Preamp

Orange Guitar Butler Dual Preamp

The Orange Guitar Butler is a two-channel preamp pedal that offers a Clean and a Dirty channel voiced after the UK builder's popular guitar amps, and that can work in conjunction with any amp or PA to provide the unmistakeable character of the Orange amplifiers. The trick in the sleeve…Click on the title for more

Orange Guitar Butler Dual Preamp

Night Owl Parabellum V2 Drive

The Night Owl Parabellum V2 Drive is a tube EF86 preamp with with two parallel germanium distortion circuits designed by Dunwich Amps. One of these amplifies the high mids and highs with hard clipping characteristics, the other is focused on low mids and lows with soft clipping. The combined output…Click on the title for more

Night Owl Parabellum V2 Drive

Upcoming Pedals: Hagerman Thermionic Reinforcer

To be released in the next few weeks, the Hagerman Thermionic Reinforcer is a pedal featuring the entire 2-channel preamp section of the company's Push-Pull 12W Amplifier including the two 12AX7 tubes. The first channel is a rather traditional overdrive, warm and dynamic, while the second one, triggered by the…Click on the title for more

Upcoming Pedals: Hagerman Thermionic Reinforcer

New Pedal: KSR Vesta Preamp

The KSR Vesta Preamp is nothing short of a tweakers' dream pedal for tone seekers, in particular ones with high gain leanings. Entirely manufactured in Cincinnati, OH, the Vesta is a two channel, multi-mode preamp with 12 knobs and 7 toggle switches. The two channels, named Rhythm and Lead, can…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: KSR Vesta Preamp

Lauren Audio Mustang V2 Preamp

Run by a recording engineer, Lauren Audio is a one-man builder based in California that offers custom amplifiers and preamps and, also a bunch of pedals, among which a preamp stompbox emulating the most legendary channel strip, the Neve 1073: enter the Lauren Audio Mustang V2. The Mustang has a…Click on the title for more

Lauren Audio Mustang V2 Preamp

Electronic Audio Experiments Model feT V3

The Electronic Audio Experiments Model feT V3 is a transistor-based preamplifier designed around the Sunn Model T amplifier. While it excels at heavy tones when pushed, it is far more than just an amp for stoner rock and doom metal. On its own, it is a rather clean amplifier with…Click on the title for more

Electronic Audio Experiments Model feT V3

29 Pedals OAMP Output Amp / Boost

29 Pedals makes utility stompboxes that help guitarists preserve and condition their tone. The EUNA was their first "hit," a unity amplifier with an input driver that replaces a conventional buffer and that solves problems related to extra long cables or incompatibility between your wah and fuzz pedals (through an…Click on the title for more

29 Pedals OAMP Output Amp / Boost

New Pedal: Tubesteader Magnezium Dual Tube Preamp

Voiced after the legendary Magnatone Super 59 M80 amp, the Tubesteader Magnezium is the latest dirt box by a Montreal-based small builder who specializes in gain pedals with real tubes in them. Equipped with a pair of 12X7 tubes operating at full 250VDC, this pedal offers two separate gain channels:…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Tubesteader Magnezium Dual Tube Preamp