Best Sellers
Top products on Reverb over the past 90 days
Best Sellers in Effects and Pedals - Preamps
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JHS Colour Box V2
45 available from $313 - 2
Benson Amps Preamp Pedal
21 available from $210Bringing 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. - 3
Chase Bliss Audio Brothers Analog Gain Stage
6 available from $380A 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. - 4
Chase Bliss Audio Automatone MKII Preamp
4 available from $849 - 5
Tech 21 Sansamp Bass Driver D.I.
18 available from $150Built 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. - 6
JHS Clover Preamp
48 available from $159The 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. - 7
Xotic BB Preamp Overdrive Pedal
55 available from $115Like 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. - 8
JHS Colour Box
22 available from $295The 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. - 9
Chase Bliss Audio Condor Analog EQ/Pre/Filter
4 available from $530.78Condor 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. - 10
Dunlop Echoplex EP101 Preamp
52 available from $85Channeling 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. - 11
Origin Effects RevivalDRIVE Compact
32 available from $319 - 12
Aguilar Tone Hammer Preamp/Direct Box
20 available from $200Hammer 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. - 13
Jackson Audio Prism
63 available from $179Jackson 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. - 14
Tech 21 Geddy Lee YYZ Signature SansAmp Bass Drive
36 available from $159.99 - 15
Darkglass Electronics Alpha Omega Ultra
57 available from $300 - 16
Ampeg SCR‑DI Bass DI Preamp with Scrambler Overdrive Pedal
28 available from $170Tap 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. - 17
A/DA MP-1 Guitar Preamp
9 available from $100A/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 - 18
Darkglass Electronics Alpha Omega Bass Distortion
51 available from $250Designed 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. - 19
Origin Effects RevivalDRIVE Ghosting Overdrive
32 available from $415 - 20
Marshall JMP-1 Valve MIDI Preamp
10 available from $540The Marshall JMP-1 is a rack-mount pre-amp that includes the ability to model four different Marshall tones and emulate stereo sound. - 21
Darkglass Electronics Alpha Omicron Preamp
45 available from $169.99Find 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. - 22
Walrus Audio EB-10 Preamp/EQ/Boost
36 available from $170 - 23
Darkglass Electronics Microtubes B7K Ultra V2
30 available from $299 - 24
Darkglass Electronics Microtubes X Ultra
35 available from $330 - 25
Boss AD-2 Acoustic Preamp Pedal
76 available from $70