Neurocyton Preamp - Greer Soma

[almondcity]

I didn't snap a gutshot but wanted to post a successful build on this one. This pedal is absolutely sick, 10x better than the Benson Preamp in my opinion. Biased the trimmers to 4.5v and it sounds beautiful! BUILD THIS

 

[rbottoms]

Looks great. What did you use for the lettering?

 

[almondcity]

I used some rubber stamps I have and StazOn ink

 

[Preverb]

How does it differ from the Broadcast? I really wanted to build this one but Have a Benson and Broadcast halfway done on the back bench.

 

[almondcity]

This is a jfet overdrive type pedal with full EQ. It's quite different sounding than the Broadcast which to me has kind of a "guitar plugged straight into the console" sound and only the low cut control. All 3 are good pedals but I like this the best, the EQ is more powerful than on the Benson I think

 

[bhcarpenter]

10x better than the Benson Preamp in my opinion.

That’s one hell of an endorsement! What’s your rig like?

 

[almondcity]

Admittedly just a Blues Jr at fairly low volume. Your mileage may vary

 

[smithcircuits]

Building this right now and stupidly soldered in the transformer without checking the orientation. Not sure I can pull it without destroying the pads... I don't suppose it'll work backwards? Anybody got an idea?

 

[lrgaraujo]

I think I've read somewhere (but please don't quote me on that) that the 42tm018 (which is pretty similar to the 141P) can be installed backwards, and that makes sense since it's a 1:1 transformer

 

[smithcircuits]

I got lucky - It works fine with the transformer backwards. Labelled my master & gain backwards too... Terrible hobby for someone with ADHD. Sounds great though!

 

[Svenson007]

I got lucky - It works fine with the transformer backwards. Labelled my master & gain backwards too... Terrible hobby for someone with ADHD. Sounds great though!

Cool build! I’ll defiantly be ordering one next. How do you do your labels?