Benson Amplifiers

When designing the temperature controlled fuzz, we tried some weird approaches. One of the things we tried was utilizing a voltage controlled error...

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...

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...

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...

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...

“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...

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...

**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...

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...

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...

"WOW THE NARRATIVE The design process was characteristically obsessive and often dysfunctional, so we’ll spare you most of it. Lots of bright peo...

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...

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 ...