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Bringing together features like the organic warmth of onboard vacuum tubes, hand-wired construction, and streamlined gain/volume/two-band EQ interface that affords a surprising wealth of tonal versatility, the Benson Preamp Overdrive/Distortion is a do-it-all dirt box that adds premium grit to your rig. Built with a circuit based on Benson's much-loved Chimera 30W amp endorsed by players like Ryan Adams, the Preamp is marked by its effortless ability to dial in pristine boost, bluesy overdrive, and even toe the line of throwback fuzz and distortion. A no-nonsense approach to a staple effect using the finest ingredients.

A pairing of JFET and IC analog channels sits at the center of the Chase Bliss Audio Brothers, a mile-high tone stack packing six individual overdrive, boost, and fuzz circuits. Created in tandem with Resonant Electronic, the Brothers' A and B channels can operate independently, feed into one another, or run in parallel to color and adjust unique circuit pairings along with 16 side-mounted expression switches to produce gated fuzzes, pristine boosts, Tejas-style overdrives, and plenty more. Pair with the Faves preset pedal to recall your favorites on the fly while keeping your signal all analog.

Built to offer the maximum spectrum of bass tone in a compact unit, the Bass Driver D.I. offers endless amounts of customization for dialing in that perfect tone. The pedal features a full EQ attenuated to 12dB of cut/boost specifically for bass, Sansamp Tube Amplifier Emulation Circuitry, and presence, level, and blend knobs.

The Clover is a reimagining of the short-lived FA-1 FET Boost/Preamp/EQ that Boss released as part of its pocket series in the '80s. The Clover promises to deliver the rich tone the original is known for, featuring controls for cutting or boosting bass and treble as well as a mid-range control for matching the pedal more easily with your guitar. It also features a global low-cut switch and a balanced XLR output for bassists and acoustic guitarists.

Like other Xotic pedals, the BB Preamp is a true tone enhancer for your whole rig. This flexible preamp gives you amp-in-a-box style control with a 2-band EQ, and separate volume and gain controls to dial in ample cleans or smooth overdrive tones.

The JHS Colour Box is a stompbox preamp like no other. By accurately replicating the gain stages and circuitry of an authentic Neve recording console, the Colour Box puts the classic guitars and bass tones of no less than the Beatles at your feet. This pedal makes a fantastic addition to any home recording setup, and features XLR ins and outs for easy use with any audio source.

Condor is an analog multi-effect that allows sophisticated control over a wide range of effects including EQ, overdrive, boost, tremolo and filter tones. The pedal has a powerful parametric mids control that ranges from 150Hz to 4kHz along with a three separate low pass filter or bass boost/cut modes. Along with expansive frequency controls, Condor has gain and volume knobs and a switchable overdrive circuit for sculpting your ideal guitar tone. Like all Chase Bliss Audio pedals, all of these settings can be stored in presets, ramped, or controlled via expression pedal. Every knob and switch is connected to a little digital brain while your guitar signal stays 100% analog and never gets digitally processed.

Channeling the legendary tone shaping power of the original EP-3 into a modern pedal with a much more reasonable price tag, the Dunlop Echoplex EP101 Preamp brings out the best in any guitar. Built on a foundation of FET transistors, this compact unit pumps your signal with up to 11 decibels of gain boost for an immediately felt presence that will make you wonder how you ever got along without it. Easy to use and housed in a rough and tumble enclosure, this is one pedal you want in your corner for achieving tone nirvana.

Hammer out your tone with the Aguilar Tone Hammer Preamp/Direct Box,m based on the OBP-3 preamp. Bend the rules and blur the lines between pedal and direct box with the Tone Hammer's EQ knobs, Gain and Master controls. 18v of power give you tons of headroom to play with, giving you the freedom to experiment dynamically. The Tone Hammer's unique Adaptive Gain Shaping circuitry even gives you an extra gain structure, so hold on tight.

Jackson Audio—the collaborative project of Brad Jackson, Juan Kyle, and Nigel Hendroff—present its first pedal: an all-in-one buffer, boost, preamp, EQ, and overdrive called the Prism. Packed into the sleek stainless steel enclosure, players will find three circuits accessible via the toggle switch on the right. Further shape your tone with the tone, body, and boost knobs, and even affect how much of a boost your signal gets with the gain switch on the left. Flip it into the first setting for a transparent, almost totally clean tone, into the second position for tube amp-like breakup, and into the final setting—the "color mode"—for the most affected and boosted signal.

Tap into the iconic Ampeg tone bass players have been seeking for decades with the Ampeg SCR-DI Bass DI Preamp with Scrambler Overdrive. Essentially everything you could ever need for fantastic Ampeg sound in one small box, the SCR-DI is a direct box that provides overdrive via the Scrambler for that classic Ampeg grit, EQ capability, and the ability to send your tone directly to a PA or mixer, the SCR-DI is everything your bass needs to sound great on stage or in the studio.

A/DA MP-1 Guitar Preamp is a MIDI-controlled rack-mountable effects unit featuring overdrive, chorus and EQ functionality. It was often paired with the A/DA MC-1 MIDI foot controller. 

Years of Production: late 1980s-late 1990s

Notable Users: Nuno Bettencourt, Paul Gilbert

Designed in collaboration with bassist Jon Stockman, the Alpha Omega is an excellent DI, a pedal-sized preamp, and a roaring bass distortion all in one. It features two distinct distortion circuits (Alpha and Omega) that can be independently selected or blended together using the Mod knob. This knob, along with the three-band EQ and growl and bite switches for controlling the low- and high-frequency saturation, make this design one of Darkglass' most flexible.

The Marshall JMP-1 is a rack-mount pre-amp that includes the ability to model four different Marshall tones and emulate stereo sound.

Find that one distortion just isn't enough for you? Double up on vicious tone in a meticulously-built effect with the Darkglass Electronics Alpha Omicron Preamp. Combining the company's Alpha and Omega distortion engines in one chassis, the Omicron dials in sweet bone-crunching saturation right out of the gate with signature Darkglass tweaks like Bite and Growl buttons for High Mids and Bass boosts.