Paradox04 Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 I want a preamp for inside my guitar so i can make it louder... but I just can't seem to find a preamp that wont make my guitar go into overdrive. does ne 1 know of a preamp schematic or one i could buy that would work for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 I want a preamp that will overdrive my guitar. I dont want it as an onboard distortion/overdrive unit but as something that will enhance the distortion coming off the effects line. Since as you said tryied others which one do you suggest? As for clean boost from all I know this is the one: http://www.muzique.com/schem/mosfet.htm http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/v2/dia..._amz_mosfet.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 I want a preamp for inside my guitar so i can make it louder... but I just can't seem to find a preamp that wont make my guitar go into overdrive. does ne 1 know of a preamp schematic or one i could buy that would work for meWhat kind of amp are you using?What kind of pickups do you have?Do you have any effects hooked up between the guitar and the amp?What have you tried that didn't work?There are all kinds of preamps out there, but without a little information it's really hard to recommend anything specific. Generally, the EH LPB1, the Stratoblaster and the EMG Afterburner are all fairly clean boosters, and the homebrews like the AMZ MOSFet booster, Don Tillman's preamp and the Runoff Groove Fetzer Valve are also very useful. The final result depends on how hot your pickups are, which booster you use, how much headroom the connected device chain has, and how hot you run the boost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradox04 Posted July 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 what i need is simply to boost the output of my Humbucker from Hell to match the output of my X2N without throwing my axe into overdrive ...and at the moment i dont have an amp i just sold the one i had to get a better one but... everything that can go wrong has Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 Have you tried the Seymour Duncan pickup booster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 So you want to solve a balance problem between the two pickups? It would be easier to pad down the output of the X2N with a 2 Meg trimmer shunted to ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ansil Posted July 5, 2004 Report Share Posted July 5, 2004 hmm if you have a good shielded guitar you could get away with parrallel wiring with the x2n as it sounds good too. like this. and is a little quieter. and put it on a switch as to make it get louder in series mode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Posted July 5, 2004 Report Share Posted July 5, 2004 EMG makes the PA-2 preamp booster. Then I suppose you'd wire it to the Humbucker From Hell only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema Posted July 23, 2004 Report Share Posted July 23, 2004 sorry im still new. anyways i tried looking and coulndt find anything so.. i just wanted to know what preamp is. what is it used for and all those sorts of things. damn i know im gonna feel stupid when you guys answer this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted July 23, 2004 Report Share Posted July 23, 2004 A preamp is just a small voltage amplifier that boosts the output signal of your guitar, and usually lowers its output impedance. If that's completely confusing, it just makes your existing pickups louder and less prone to lose high end. A preamp is the simplest form of "active electronics". And the only time you should feel foolish is when you didn't ask the question (or if somebody else asked it yesterday and got 3 pages of replies that you haven't read yet). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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