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Preamp Pedals

Balaguer Fission Drive V2 Overdrive/Distortion

V2 of the Balaguer Fission Drive is a pre-amp-overdrive that offers two voices (Modern and Vintage) in one stompbox, selectable through a toggle switch. The new circuit delivers improved clarity and attack and features top-mounted jacks. Thanks to its three gain knobs (Pre, Post and Master) Fission can deliver…Click on the title for more

Balaguer Fission Drive V2 Overdrive/Distortion

Foxgear Tweed 55 Amp in a Pedal

The Foxgear Tweed 55 is not a regular overdrive simulating a Tweed amp, but an actual miniature, 55w poweramp + preamp in pedal format that mimics the behavior and harmonic content of the tube preamps like the American clean classic amps and the classic British tones. This means that you…Click on the title for more

Foxgear Tweed 55 Amp in a Pedal

AMT Electronics B-Lead Tube Preamp

The Brick Preamp Series by Russian pedal builder AMT Electronics has been around since early 2019, but we stumbled upon it for the first time at Believe in Music 2021. These pedals feature a tube embedded in a digital circuit. The tube can be, at the discretion of the manufacturer,…Click on the title for more

AMT Electronics B-Lead Tube Preamp

FFX Pedals Sir Reel Preamp

The FFX Pedals Sir Reel is a subtle tape-style drive based on the preamp of a German echo/reverb made by Dynacord Tape Machine from the '70s. Many players grew fond of the unit's color and output section - more so than its actual effect - using it to saturate their…Click on the title for more

FFX Pedals Sir Reel Preamp

New Pedals: Shotmaker The Heroine Deluxe

Guitarists who enjoy complex and unusual gain circuits should take a look at the Heroine Deluxe, by Canadian/Polish builder Shotmaker Industries. This is a high gain distortion that, through its three gain stages, can deliver a wide range of dirty tones. Here's a quick look at the controls: Pre controls…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Shotmaker The Heroine Deluxe

Tonewave FX Preset Preamp+Overdrive

Hand-built in Portugal, the Tonewave FX Preset is a 5-knob pedal that gives you the double function of working both as an overdrive and a preamp. Here's how it sounds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzMRcVsWFFU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV79-iMNQpU Tonewave's Preset is a preamp but also an overdrive... Your choice! Mainly designed to be an "always on…Click on the title for more

Tonewave FX Preset Preamp+Overdrive

J. Rockett Audio Designs A.P.E. Echoplex EP3 Preamp

J. Rockett Audio Designs has long been a builder catering to the tone connoisseurs, and their new pedal, the APE (an acronym for Analog Preamp Experiment) reinforces that role by delivering a device with a very specific, ultra-niche but also very unique function: the APE is a preamp circuit whose…Click on the title for more

J. Rockett Audio Designs A.P.E. Echoplex EP3 Preamp

New Pedals: Fuzzrocious Typhon V2 Preamp/Distortion

The Typhon is a limited edition FOUR gain stage "anything gain" kind of device fruit of a collaboration between PA's Fuzzrocious Pedals and Blake Wyland of The Tone Mob. The first version came out in 2018 The four knobs on the top control separate gains, and depending on how you…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Fuzzrocious Typhon V2 Preamp/Distortion

Vertex Effects Nyle Compressor Preamp

The Vertex Effects Nyle Compressor is the perfect stompbox for musicians looking to replicate the vibrant sounds produced by classic '70s and '80s studio compressor racks. The compressor-preamp hybrid is equipped with a vintage Mic Pre that produces the unconventional tones associated with '70s funk. The Mic Pre can be…Click on the title for more

Vertex Effects Nyle Compressor Preamp

Alexander Pedals RIFF Instant Tone Sanitizer Preamp/Boost

I guess we have the first COVID-19 inspired guitar pedal, people! The RIFF Instant Tone Sanitizer is Alexander Pedal's limited edition Class A boost/preamp. The three knobs (Kills, Most, Germs) control output, highs and voicing - turn the latter to the left for a more mellow tone and to the…Click on the title for more

Alexander Pedals RIFF Instant Tone Sanitizer Preamp/Boost

Diezel VH4-2 Two-Channel Preamp/Overdrive

The first version of the Diezel VH4 Preamp/Overdrive pedal (based on the company's high-gain VH4 tube amplifier' Mega channel) was launched in 1994 and became an instant classic for metal guitarists. Recently, the German company has unveiled a 2nd version of the pedal, called VH4-2, featuring two separate channels of that same circuit…Click on the title for more

Diezel VH4-2 Two-Channel Preamp/Overdrive

New for NAMM 2020: IK Multiedia Z-Tone DI/Preamp

The IK Multiedia Z-Tone is a DI/Preamp/Boost pedal with advanced tone shaping capabilities, active/passive input selector, two selectable channels (PURE and the warmer JFET) and a variable impedance control knob (Z-Tone). It features the input circuit of the Italian company's AXE I/O interface. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifVTl0Ksl4oClick on the title for more

New for NAMM 2020: IK Multiedia Z-Tone DI/Preamp