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So lately I've been going down the preamp pedal black hole. And oddly, it started with me getting sick of my Strymon Iridium. It's not the pedal's fault though. It's actually really good. I guess I'm just not as excited about amp modeling as I once was. The whole "Fender/Vox/Marshall" thing is getting kind of stale to me, if I'm being honest.
So I recently picked up a Two Notes Torpedo Cab M+. What a fantastic unit. So many options. I'm very impressed by it. Now the trick is finding a better preamp to use with it. It gets confusing though. As some of you many know, some pedals labeled as preamps really aren't, like the DOD250. And some pedals can work as preamps, but aren't labeled as such, like the Metal Zone.
Despite these challenges, I've been on the hunt for more units that might serve my purposes. I keep seeing praise for high end tube units like the Electrode Blackbird. Not sure if I want to spend that kind of money though. Then there are non-tube units like the Benson Preamp, which seems to be popular. Another company called Tubesteader makes tube based preamps that are supposed to be really good. So there are definitely some options out there.
How about y'all? Anyone familiar with preamp pedals that can give me any recommendations for things to try? A tube based one would be ideal, but I guess the FET based ones can be just as good. I would prefer one that's tries to do it's own thing and be more versatile, rather that one that tries to mimic an existing amp. And the end goal is to marry it to my Cab M+ so I can use impulses responses for direct recording purposes.
Any advice is welcome. Thanks.
So I recently picked up a Two Notes Torpedo Cab M+. What a fantastic unit. So many options. I'm very impressed by it. Now the trick is finding a better preamp to use with it. It gets confusing though. As some of you many know, some pedals labeled as preamps really aren't, like the DOD250. And some pedals can work as preamps, but aren't labeled as such, like the Metal Zone.
Despite these challenges, I've been on the hunt for more units that might serve my purposes. I keep seeing praise for high end tube units like the Electrode Blackbird. Not sure if I want to spend that kind of money though. Then there are non-tube units like the Benson Preamp, which seems to be popular. Another company called Tubesteader makes tube based preamps that are supposed to be really good. So there are definitely some options out there.
How about y'all? Anyone familiar with preamp pedals that can give me any recommendations for things to try? A tube based one would be ideal, but I guess the FET based ones can be just as good. I would prefer one that's tries to do it's own thing and be more versatile, rather that one that tries to mimic an existing amp. And the end goal is to marry it to my Cab M+ so I can use impulses responses for direct recording purposes.
Any advice is welcome. Thanks.
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