What Is A Guitar Preamp Anyway? – That Pedal Show

English - September 18, 2020 10:00 - 45 minutes - 43.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 224 ratings
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There are overdrive pedals and there are guitar preamps… and maybe there are both. The next question is, ‘why?’

This is the audio to our video here: https://youtu.be/wj-d5h8E9YU

- Intro playing: 00:00

- What are we doing today? 02:55

- What is a preamp? 03:45

- Line level? 04:35

- Soldano 30: main input vs FX loop return: 05:25

- Why an FX loop is useful: 06:50 - D&M Drive: front end vs loop return: 07:52

- Preamp or OD pedal? Gladio: 11:45

- Let’s add a Kingsley preamp: 14:55

- Preamp or OD pedal? Benson Pre: 18:56

- Preamp or OD pedal?Hudson Broadcast: 21:58

- Output impedance?: 25:35

- Line level & instrument level?:27:00

- Why have a preamp pedal at all?: 29:00

- Stereo power amp

- Boogie: 32:00

- Why a power amp?: 33:28

- Clean tones?: 35:15

- And overdrive: 38:40

- Closing thoughts: 42:20