Benson Amplifiers
Mass produced amplifiers can get you part of the way, but a hand built heirloom quality amplifier will give you a signature tone that’s all your own. We use the highest quality and best sounding components to implement our meticulously designed circuits that offer unmatched clarity and harmonics when clean, and the smoothest transition into pushed amp sounds you are likely to hear. Our goal is to deliver the last amplifier you will ever want to buy.
Benson Amps grew primarily out of Christopher Benson’s obsession with sound. The products are deceptively simple...but every nudge of the controls of the simple tone controls of the Monarch or the Chimera does something musical...a feat most three band EQs aspire to. The Tall Bird tube reverb unit has the ability to be used completely wet, or conversely, to drive the front end of an amp with a large boost driven by a tube output buffer. Every detail has been scrutinized and obsessed over.
Benson Amps are UNIQUE DESIGNS, not mere clones or near-clones of vintage amps from the 50s and 60s. Armed with ears, knowledge, and taste only an experienced musician and builder can possess, Chris continues to make design choices that produce unmatched sound quality and tone.
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Benson AmplifiersIn Stock$449.00| /
"WOW THE NARRATIVE The design process was characteristically obsessive and often dysfunctional, so we’ll spare you most of it. Lots of bright peo...
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People have asked us for a few years now to make a Vinny Combo. We listened, and then some. We took the basic beloved Vinny circuit, and we added ...
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Limited Edition Benson Preamp in 'Dan Flashes' Complicated Pattern! Benson call this a Preamp because it is! The circuit is based on the Chimera 30...
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Benson call this a Preamp because it is! The circuit is based on the Chimera 30 watt guitar amplifier, but substitutes FET transistors for the vacu...
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“The Monarch was my first design, and largely what my other amps are based on. When I worked at Verellen Amps in the late 2000s, several amps w...
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THE BASICSThe Germanium Fuzz is a fuzz pedal. The knobs change the sounds. IMPORTANT: after plugging it into power (9vdc only), it will take 2-3 mi...
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THE BASICSThe Germanium Fuzz is a fuzz pedal. The knobs change the sounds. IMPORTANT: after plugging it into power (9vdc only), it will take 2-3 mi...
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When designing the temperature controlled fuzz, we tried some weird approaches. One of the things we tried was utilizing a voltage controlled error...
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**LIMITED WOLF SHIRT FINISH** Benson call this a Preamp because it is! The circuit is based on the Chimera 30 watt guitar amplifier, but substitute...
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Benson AmplifiersIn Stock$489.00| /
THE BASICS 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 m...
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Benson AmplifiersIn Stock$449.00| /
The Stonk Box is our second Automatic Thermally Bias fuzz pedal, so after plugging it into power (9vdc only), it will take 2-3 minutes on average t...
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SOLD OUTBenson AmplifiersSold Out$4,349.00| /
Nathan Junior is our long time demo guitarist, a veteran of Portland indie rock, and now a non-profit organizer. Part of the proceeds for every Na...
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This pedal is based on our now famous amp-in-a-box Preamp Pedal with one important tweak: the replace- ment of the first FET transistor with a germ...
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In 2019, we were contacted by the Messthetics and asked to provide backline for a west coast tour. Knowing this was the rhythm section of Fugazi ba...
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Benson AmplifiersIn Stock$3,499.00| /
In 2019, we were contacted by the Messthetics and asked to provide backline for a west coast tour. Knowing this was the rhythm section of Fugazi ba...
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Benson AmplifiersIn Stock$429.00| /
In late 2023 we met Dave Jordan of Non-Human Audio at a pedal event in OKC. We were drooling over his unique Slow Loris modulated slap back effect ...
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NEWBenson AmplifiersIn Stock$479.00| /
The ȘTÖRKN B0kš is a modified/ augmented version of our Stonk Box pedal, created in collaboration with the main inspiration of the Stonk Box, lege...
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USEDSecond Hand AmplifiersIn Stock$5,299.00| /
We hardly EVER get a used Benson Amp in stock and especially not in this condition! These were sold new by us a few years ago (yes we have 2!) to t...
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USEDSecond Hand AmplifiersIn Stock$5,299.00| /
We hardly EVER get a used Benson Amp in stock and especially not in this condition! These were sold new by us a few years ago (yes we have 2!) to t...
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