R2R Electric are on another level when it comes to boutique pedal building! Using the most sought after parts, hand building and making incredible recreations of classic effects.
Built with a combination of recycled vintage components and new old stock parts from the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's. Each part is carefully tested and matched to the individual pedal as it is built. Because each component is hand selected and tested it means every unit is unique, while still maintaining R2R's signature tones!
This germanium Pre-Amp boost is a reproduction of a rare 1950's Hofner Preamp unit. It was designed to be used in the auxiliary input of the typical 1950's home's stereo hifi console or tape recorder (all which would be vacuum tube based) and allow a guitar to be plugged in and amplified. Effectively making your home radio into a guitar amplifier. The only modifications to the circuit are a volume control and to remove the shock protection capacitor. That capacitor was in place to eliminate the possibility of being shocked by a "hot chassis" radio. In pedal form it is not needed, so we bypassed that section. the Volume control allows you to dial in the amount of boost this circuit provides.
As a pedal this circuit is a fantastic clean or dirty boost. Into a clean amp and lower volumes, it is a germanium loud button! It just takes your signal and makes it quite a bit louder and sweeter. Into a dirty amp, it pushes the signal into further overdrive. With the volume control ay max into a dirty amp, it sounds like a vintage tweed amp on the verge of imploding into itself.
Each Pre-Amp features
Point-to-point thru-hole construction
Vintage OC59 or OC79 transistor
Vintage CTS, Stackpole, Clarostat potentiometer
NOS Philips electrolytic capacitors
1960's Wima TFF capacitor
NOS Allen-Bradley carbon comp resistors
Housed in a hammertone gray 125b enclosure with Fairchild reproduction knob and dial plate
Warranty & Returns
All New products are covered by the manufacturers new warranty. Please check their website for the length of warranty and warranty conditions. If an item you receive is faulty get in touch with us ASAP. Second Hand products come with a 4 week warranty from us. If there is an issue let us know ASAP! This covers normal use and does not cover accidental damage, misuse, wrong power plugged into it, modding, water damage or any other damage caused by mistreatment. Just treat it nice and all will be good!
Shipping
We send A LOT of packages every week so don't worry about the shipping side of things!
We've never lost a thing and your awesome new gear will be packed up really well to avoid any damage in transit.
If your order comes in before 2pm we will ship it same day. Most of the time we pack things up all the way to 4pm so just call if you need it to leave same day after 2pm.
We ship mainly with Australia Post but may use a courier depending on location and size of the package.
Free Post ships with Australia Post standard and expected shipping times are between 4-6 business days depending on location. It will be longer to outside of metro and rural areas.
Express Post will usually be with you next business day in metro areas of QLD, NSW, SA, VIC and TAS. WA will take 2 days to metro and extra days after that to out side metro and rural areas.
Everything we ship has a tracking number with the exception of some power cables and smaller envelope packages. You will be emailed tracking once your order has been shipped!
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R2R Electric are on another level when it comes to boutique pedal building! Using the most sought after parts, hand building and making incredible recreations of classic effects.
Built with a combination of recycled vintage components and new old stock parts from the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's. Each part is carefully tested and matched to the individual pedal as it is built. Because each component is hand selected and tested it means every unit is unique, while still maintaining R2R's signature tones!
This germanium Pre-Amp boost is a reproduction of a rare 1950's Hofner Preamp unit. It was designed to be used in the auxiliary input of the typical 1950's home's stereo hifi console or tape recorder (all which would be vacuum tube based) and allow a guitar to be plugged in and amplified. Effectively making your home radio into a guitar amplifier. The only modifications to the circuit are a volume control and to remove the shock protection capacitor. That capacitor was in place to eliminate the possibility of being shocked by a "hot chassis" radio. In pedal form it is not needed, so we bypassed that section. the Volume control allows you to dial in the amount of boost this circuit provides.
As a pedal this circuit is a fantastic clean or dirty boost. Into a clean amp and lower volumes, it is a germanium loud button! It just takes your signal and makes it quite a bit louder and sweeter. Into a dirty amp, it pushes the signal into further overdrive. With the volume control ay max into a dirty amp, it sounds like a vintage tweed amp on the verge of imploding into itself.
Each Pre-Amp features
Point-to-point thru-hole construction
Vintage OC59 or OC79 transistor
Vintage CTS, Stackpole, Clarostat potentiometer
NOS Philips electrolytic capacitors
1960's Wima TFF capacitor
NOS Allen-Bradley carbon comp resistors
Housed in a hammertone gray 125b enclosure with Fairchild reproduction knob and dial plate
Warranty & Returns
All New products are covered by the manufacturers new warranty. Please check their website for the length of warranty and warranty conditions. If an item you receive is faulty get in touch with us ASAP. Second Hand products come with a 4 week warranty from us. If there is an issue let us know ASAP! This covers normal use and does not cover accidental damage, misuse, wrong power plugged into it, modding, water damage or any other damage caused by mistreatment. Just treat it nice and all will be good!
Shipping
We send A LOT of packages every week so don't worry about the shipping side of things!
We've never lost a thing and your awesome new gear will be packed up really well to avoid any damage in transit.
If your order comes in before 2pm we will ship it same day. Most of the time we pack things up all the way to 4pm so just call if you need it to leave same day after 2pm.
We ship mainly with Australia Post but may use a courier depending on location and size of the package.
Free Post ships with Australia Post standard and expected shipping times are between 4-6 business days depending on location. It will be longer to outside of metro and rural areas.
Express Post will usually be with you next business day in metro areas of QLD, NSW, SA, VIC and TAS. WA will take 2 days to metro and extra days after that to out side metro and rural areas.
Everything we ship has a tracking number with the exception of some power cables and smaller envelope packages. You will be emailed tracking once your order has been shipped!
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