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Hilbish Designs Beta Preamplifier

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The Hilbish Design Beta preamp is a versatile preamplifier for guitar and bass that offers huge tones with two foot switch controlled channels, 5 effects loops, and independent channel level controls all housed in a heavy duty (3 rack space) steel enclosure with an optional headsleeve.

The wide array of patching options allows a traditional mono setup or stereo set up using the individual channel inputs and outputs.

Features:

Drive controls go from clean to over the top fuzz

Independent level controls for each channel for a range of blended tones

Three band active EQ for each channel

Effects loops for each channel accessible from the front and back panel for a wide variety of patching options, and allow delay spillover when switching channels

Channels A and B can be used separately or combined in parallel

Master out on front and rear panels of preamp that can be used at the same time

Universal power supply allows operation anywhere in the world

Included foot switch controls channel switching

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Hilbish Design Beta Preamp Tutorial and Sound Demo

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A Matamp power unit combined with the Hilbish preamp delivers a notably robust and gnarly sound, reminiscent of older Sunn amps.
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The Seymour Duncan Powerstage and Orange Pedal Baby are recommended as alternative power amp pairings for the Hilbish preamp.
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