Benson Amps grew primarily out of Christopher Benson’s fascination with sound. As a producing guitarist himself, most of the designs stem directly from chasing his own dragons. Imagine for a moment, as a guitarist, being able to create the perfect instrument with zero compromises whatsoever for your own music.
A germanium clean boost that can utilize a germanium transistor WITHOUT the weird artifacts that were previously accepted as part of the deal...temperature sensitivity, drift, and suboptimal input impedance and headroom.
Based on the famous amp-in-a-box Preamp pedal with one important tweak: the replacement of the first FET transistor with a germanium gain stage - stolen from Benson servo-biased Germanium Boost pedal which is ideal as a versatile gain stage since it reliably imparts a germanium tonality. The result is an alternate universe take on our flagship pedal that...
The Germanium Fuzz is a fuzz pedal. The knobs change the sounds. IMPORTANT: after plugging it into power (9vdc only), it will take 2-3 minutes on average to sound correct. Good time to tune your guitar and grab a beverage. The color of the LED indicator light might change. Don’t turn the internal trimmer. THAT’S IT. Read on only if you want some excellent...
The Stonk Box is an Automatic Thermally Bias fuzz pedal, so after plugging it into power (9vdc only), it will take 2-3 minutes on average to sound correct. The color of the LED indicator light might change. Don’t turn the internal trimmer. THAT’S IT.
" Drawing inspiration from our history in tape and bucket brigade echo servicing, our design goal was creating floaty and colorful repeats with a chaotic yet musical degradation. That’s the heart of the thing, the whole point. "
Benson Preamp Pedal is a Benson Chimera 30 Watt amp-in-a-box. It captures the sound and feel of the original Chimera amplifier. Because it uses FET transistors in stead of tubes it clips harder than its amp counterpart would. The pedal adds thickness to your tone and it will give you a smooth Bluesy drive sound without going to (heavy) metal territory. It...