Yep, Fulltone calls it the "2B Boost with Limiter" . I'm assuming the 10K resistor (R5) + Dynamics pot prevent any significant clipping and softly reduces gain with stronger signals.
Yep, Fulltone calls it the "2B Boost with Limiter" . I'm assuming the 10K resistor (R5) + Dynamics pot prevent any significant clipping and softly reduces gain with stronger signals.
I just finished making a wooden enclosure for my tube preamp, using some birch hardwood with very nice figure in it.
At home, I feed my guitar into this preamp (with effects before & after), and then into a low-power class-D amp, and finally into some smaller moderate efficiency speakers. That way I can play at reasonable volumes (I'm old and deaf enough already), and still enjoy a great sound. But just like it's fun to dress up my stompboxes, it seemed appropriate to make something nice for my preamp.
I just finished making a wooden enclosure for my tube preamp, using some birch hardwood with very nice figure in it.
At home, I feed my guitar into this preamp (with effects before & after), and then into a low-power class-D amp, and finally into some smaller moderate efficiency speakers. That way I can play at reasonable volumes (I'm old and deaf enough already), and still enjoy a great sound. But just like it's fun to dress up my stompboxes, it seemed appropriate to make something nice for my preamp.
I'm definitely not as amp-aware as you and many others clearly are, so it's frankly a challenge for me to properly describe its voice with confidence - my apologies for that. It's the Frenzel FM-DP1 which is a 12AX-7 tubed preamp with a Fender 3-band tone stack and 2 inputs, one more clean/Fender-ish and the other more aggressive/Marshall-like (with separate gain controls). I just received it, so I'm still very much playing around with it. To my ears, the preamp seems pretty flexible, and it definitely can provide good tube warmth as well as gainier rock attitude. But give me some more time with it + finish getting it properly integrated into my setup, and then I'll try to capture some sounds and post them. [My original amp is a THD Univalve, which definitely can provide bucketloads of attitude - I run NOS 6K6-GT's in it for indoor-friendly volumes, and it can really growl.]
The FRENZEL FM - DP1 "Deluxe Plexi" dual channel guitar/bass tube preamp is part of our "INSPIRED" line of products and will give you the classic vintage tones of our Type F(Fender Deluxe) and Type M (Marshall Plexi) tube amps...and much more.
I just finished making a wooden enclosure for my tube preamp, using some birch hardwood with very nice figure in it.
At home, I feed my guitar into this preamp (with effects before & after), and then into a low-power class-D amp, and finally into some smaller moderate efficiency speakers. That way I can play at reasonable volumes (I'm old and deaf enough already), and still enjoy a great sound. But just like it's fun to dress up my stompboxes, it seemed appropriate to make something nice for my preamp.
@darwin999 Hey, we're all human. It was a running gag for me is all — but, now I wish I'd kept my yap shut. I think the running gag has run its course.
I do love the joinery, that's some thick, tight fingers. Beautiful amp.
My cheap shot denigrated the sincerity of my complement, which wasn't my intention.
Okay, better to shut up and be thought a fool than to open my mouth and remove all doubt. I'm going to shut up now.
I'm definitely not as amp-aware as you and many others clearly are, so it's frankly a challenge for me to properly describe its voice with confidence - my apologies for that. It's the Frenzel FM-DP1 which is a 12AX-7 tubed preamp with a Fender 3-band tone stack and 2 inputs, one more clean/Fender-ish and the other more aggressive/Marshall-like (with separate gain controls). I just received it, so I'm still very much playing around with it. To my ears, the preamp seems pretty flexible, and it definitely can provide good tube warmth as well as gainier rock attitude. But give me some more time with it + finish getting it properly integrated into my setup, and then I'll try to capture some sounds and post them. [My original amp is a THD Univalve, which definitely can provide bucketloads of attitude - I run NOS 6K6-GT's in it for indoor-friendly volumes, and it can really growl.]
The FRENZEL FM - DP1 "Deluxe Plexi" dual channel guitar/bass tube preamp is part of our "INSPIRED" line of products and will give you the classic vintage tones of our Type F(Fender Deluxe) and Type M (Marshall Plexi) tube amps...and much more.