Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
chaseblissaudio.com/shop-pedals/preamp-mkii - What happens when you combine the DNA of Benson Amps’ Chimera in a box Preamp with a little fuzz, some of Condor’s resonant parametric mids, and full blown preset control from your friends at Chase Bliss Audio? The Preamp MKII. Built in collaboration with Chris Benson from Benson Amps, and known around here as the first Automatone.
This baby has variable diode clipping control (transistor only, silicon, and asymmetrical germanium), fuzz you can swap from open to gated, three mids resonance settings with variable routing you can place before or after the preamp, and three banks of ten presets each that give you thirty presets to set at your leisure.
But what’s an Automatone, you ask? It’s a pedal built with motorized faders that adjust automatically – and a little magically – as you cycle through presets. Check out the video below to learn more and see it in action.
You have something for me to review or just a question?
Just drop me a line on Facebook or Instagram:
facebook.com/dennis.kayzer
instagram.com/dkayzer/?hl=en
Gear used:
PRS Custom 22 w/ Humbucker
Blackstar Artisan 30
ZOOM Q8
Shure SM58
Monster Cable
Ibanez Power Supply
Sony Alpha a5000
apple imovie for imac
chaseblissaudio.com/shop-pedals/preamp-mkii - What happens when you combine the DNA of Benson Amps’ Chimera in a box Preamp with a little fuzz, some of Condor’s resonant parametric mids, and full blown preset control from your friends at Chase Bliss Audio? The Preamp MKII. Built in collaboration with Chris Benson from Benson Amps, and known around here as the first Automatone.
This baby has variable diode clipping control (transistor only, silicon, and asymmetrical germanium), fuzz you can swap from open to gated, three mids resonance settings with variable routing you can place before or after the preamp, and three banks of ten presets each that give you thirty presets to set at your leisure.
But what’s an Automatone, you ask? It’s a pedal built with motorized faders that adjust automatically – and a little magically – as you cycle through presets. Check out the video below to learn more and see it in action.
You have something for me to review or just a question?
Just drop me a line on Facebook or Instagram:
facebook.com/dennis.kayzer
instagram.com/dkayzer/?hl=en
Gear used:
PRS Custom 22 w/ Humbucker
Blackstar Artisan 30
ZOOM Q8
Shure SM58
Monster Cable
Ibanez Power Supply
Sony Alpha a5000
apple imovie for imac
