Aguilar’s AG preamp delivers the high fidelity tone of their AG series amps straight to pedalboards, with its bright and deep voicing. A great pairing with their SL 110 cabs. And their range of pedal offerings got a facelift to match. For pricing and availability, contact your Aguilar dealer.
Westerlund Audio announces its debut preamp, overdrive, and boost pedal, the Westerlund ONE, designed to give musicians a tone-shaping platform that acts much like a vintage mic preamp with plenty of gain/saturation.
The Westerlund ONE is designed to be an extension of the player’s sound. Users can get plenty of gain and volume out of the ONE by pushing it, but it stays true to their original signal while providing a more balanced, fuller, and dynamic tone.
With three unique modes (Clipping ‘Off’ AKA "Amp Mode", Germanium 'GE' Clipping, and Silicon 'SI'Clipping), a gain boost, a musical 3-band EQ, and plenty of headroom, the ONE covers a wide range of sounds (from transparent to full-on tube saturation) that enhance the musicality of the player’s instrument and their unique playing.
Vince Gill was Westerlund Audio’s first official customer. Earlier this month, Westerlund co-founder, Shane Henry, and Maggie McClure from The Imaginaries caught up with the one and only Vince Gill while they were in Nashville. He picked up a Westerlund ONE from Shane and currently has it on his pedalboard. You can hear Vince using the ONE while he’s on tour with the Eagles.
The Westerlund ONE will be available nationwide on April 15, 2023, for $379 (pre-orders are now available).
For more information, please visit westerlundaudio.com.
Introducing the Westerlund ONE
The Solid State Preamplifier features the ‘normal’ and ‘saturated’ channels of the original amp as foot-switchable tone modes, as well as an added ‘thick’ switch that provides heavy low end and added gain.
In a 2021 interview, a relatively overlooked low-wattage practice amp was revealed to be a studio's secret weapon for achieving wiry and aggressive tones for guitar, bass, and even drums and vocals. The latest release from Acorn Amplifiers, the Solid State Preamplifier, is a recreation of the preamp of that highly sought-after amp, which has been packed into a slim pedal enclosure and loaded with features. Also, without the added cost of the power amp circuitry, the Solid State Preamplifier is nearly half of the price of the original Acorn Solid State Amp/Preamp.
Features Include:
- Two foot-switchable tone channels - ‘normal’ for wiry, sparkling clean drive & ‘saturated’ for aggressive gain
- Toggle switch to add ‘thick’ low end, added gain, and a signal boost
- Pedalboard-friendly compact design assembled in a 1590B aluminum enclosure
- True bypass and powered by 9-18VDC pedal power. Consumes less than100mA of current