What Is A Guitar Preamp Anyway? – That Pedal Show
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