Benson Amps - Germanium Preamp Pedal

Stocking Benson products has truly been a bucket list item for me, one of those brands I have really admired and hoped I could stock one day. I first tried their Pre-Amp pedal courtesy of a friend that owned one and was not one bit disappointed. That playing experience has stuck with me ever since, it's a pedal that's on my personal wish list, and a pedal that I've wanted to stock here too!

Introducing the Germanium version of the iconic Benson Preamp pedal;
This pedal is based on Benson's now famous amp-in-a-box Preamp pedal with one important tweak: the replacement of the first FET transistor with a germanium gain stage - stolen from their servo-biased Germanium Boost pedal which is ideal as a versatile gain stage since it reliably imparts a germanium tonality, mostly doesn’t care about temperature, and doesn’t affect frequency response. The result is an alternate universe take on their flagship pedal that marries the incomparable feel of the germanium with the careful equalization and tone controls of the preamp pedal.

The result is a slightly lower gain, but richer sounding and feeling overdrive/boost/fuzz/whatever we really, really dig. Benson sure hope you like it!

Beware: Germanium stops passing music at 120 Degrees Farenheit (like a very hot stage, but I suspect here in the UK that sort of thing is darned rare)

Power Requirements: 9VDC Boss style adapter or battery 50ma