Master Effects Marauder Black peavey bandit bluestripe preamp

The Marauder has a new look for 2022!  The overwhelming message from you was "make it smaller. make it with top mount jacks!"  you asked, we listened!

We reconfigured the PCB layout to get it to fit into a 125B enclosure!  same tone, smaller package!  We also added top mount jacks to make it more pedalboard friendly.

The Marauder pedal is based on the preamp found in the classic Peavey Bandit Blue/Teal stripe amplifier from the late 1980s and 1990s.

Check out this demo of the Marauder by Gord Olson playing some classic Scorpions on a Schecter Nick Johnson strat!

/watch?v=RoR1dFFCI5oThe pedal uses a standard boss-style 9V power supply. There is internal circuitry to generate a ±15V power supply, just like the original amplifiers used.

Controls include: Pre (gain), Post ("volume"), Master, Bottom, Body, and Edge. The Bottom, Body and Edge controls are an active boost/cut EQ as on the original amp. The Pre control acts like the "Supersat" control on the original amp. The Post control is the volume control. During the design of the pedal, we noticed that changing the post control to make the pedal output higher also resulted in a change in the tone and character of the distortion, so we added a Master volume control to help keep the tone you like with the post control but be able adjust the output volume.

​We adapted the Bright switch to work with the gain channel - on the original amp it was only functional on the clean channel. There is also a low/hi gain switch and a shift switch that adjusts the mid frequency for the active EQ.

​Each pedal uses a professionally assembled PCB and is proudly assembled by hand in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Shipping within Canada and the US is $20US. Shipping to the UK, Western Europe, Australia, and Japan is approximately $60US. For other regions, please inquire for shipping rates.

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