The PRE85 is a tube preamp pedal that features a NOS 5879 preamp tube, running at high voltage courtesy of a Hammond power transformer inside the pedal. The pedal runs on 120 volts via a fused IEC socket mounted at the top of the pedal. The controls are straight forward: Volume and Tone. True bypass footswitching, with Switchcraft jacks, Alpha pots, and Gorva switches for on/off, ground lift and bypass/run. The white LED indicates that the pedal is on, and the orange LED indicates the effect is engaged. 

I came up with the idea for the PRE85 after building a number of Filmosound 385s for people. It was evident that there was something magical about the pentode preamp tube that the guitar signal encounters first upon entering the amp. So, I designed the preamp based on that particular circuit. All the clarity and detailed information from when your fingers or pick touches the strings of your instrument are captured by a pentode tube. Slightly microphonic, slightly resonant. Oftentimes those two things can wreak havoc in a combo amp with a speaker nearby, but in a pedal format, those issues are mitigated by distance and can be leveraged into unique character and additional expressiveness, giving your tone that extra something that it might have otherwise lacked.

The PRE85 is made to order. Please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery.