The D-Type Preamp Pedal is a fully hand-wired D-style preamp circuit, not an overdrive pedal. The D-Type can be used in front of your favorite amp (or whatever they give you in the back line!) to give you the tone you’re used to anywhere. It can also be used to drive the Power Amp In (Effects Loop Return) of any amp. The D-Type Preamp Pedal takes other pedals well, and works well with your pedal board in front of it (just as you would the preamp section of your amp). It is small, powerful and versatile, but most importantly, it IS a D-style circuit – no corners cut, no printed circuit boards, no wave soldered caps, no transistors, no op-amps – this is a real hand-wired point-to-point preamp in a small package!
Every Malin Preamp Pedal is hand built individually, one at a time. The build cycle is roughly 1 per month. A deposit of $200.00 will reserve the next available build month, with the balance plus shipping due when your preamp is complete. Each one is carefully crafted by hand, point to point construction, each component is chosen specifically, and every amp is tested thoroughly. No amplifier will leave the bench until it is tone tweaked, tested, and sounding right!
“…the preamp sounded amazing. It’s like a work of art.” — Phil (equipment reviewer)
I’ve had this idea for years – why mess around with solid state pedals if you can have your entire D tone stack, preamp and controls in a small package – all tube – all point to point! The Malin D-Type Preamp Pedal is a fully hand wired point-to-point boutique preamp that embodies all the D-style tone, because it has all the real circuitry. Being hand build, each component is chosen, measured and correctly oriented and care is taken to route wires the way they should be in a D-style amp.
“…WOW, the harmonics are stunning...” — D.K. (customer)
Just like any “ODS” style amp, the D-Type Preamp Pedal has the controls you’d expect. Jazz/Rock, 3-way Bright Switch, Mid-Boost, and the full tone stack (Treb, Mid, Bass). Pre-amp Volume and Master operate as they should, both in Clean or O/D settings, and the Overdrive “Drive” and “Level” controls are just as they should be.
“…an absolute home run as far as I'm concerned...” — Robert (customer)
The D-Type Preamp Pedal can be used in front of your favorite amp (or whatever they give you in the back line!) to give you the tone you’re used to anywhere. It can also be used to drive the Power Amp In (Effects Loop Return) of any amp. The D-Type Preamp Pedal takes other pedals well, and works well with your pedal board in front of it (just as you would the preamp section of your amp). It is small, powerful and versatile, but most importantly, it IS a D-style circuit – no corners cut, no printed circuit boards, no wave soldered caps, no transistors, no op-amps – this is a real hand-wired point-to-point circuit in a small package!
What if you could fit an entire hand-wired Plexi, JMP and JCM preamp into your carry-on luggage, plug it in to any backline they give you and have the legendary M British tube tone anywhere you go? Not transistorized, “simulated” M-tone. The read deal!! The Malin Amplification M-Type Preamp Pedal is not an overdrive pedal, it’s not an effect, it is a fully hand-wired point to point M-style preamp in a small package! No corners cut, no printed circuit boards, but the real deal, from the correct components down to the plate voltages – this is the real deal. Plug in to the front end of any amp, or the power amp input (effects loop return) and you have historic British M tone!
Every Malin Preamp Pedal is hand built individually, one at a time. The build cycle is roughly 1 per month. A deposit of $200.00 will reserve the next available build month, with the balance plus shipping due when your preamp is complete. Each one is carefully crafted by hand, point to point construction, each component is chosen specifically, and every amp is tested thoroughly. No amplifier will leave the bench until it is tone tweaked, tested, and sounding right!
The idea for this preamp came from a restoration I did on a vintage Marshall JCM amp several years ago. When I got the JCM up and running, plugged in my Les Paul and played a big fat chord, it hit me. Nothing sounds like a Marshall! The more research I did on the vintage Marshall preamp sections, the more I realized the similarities between the original Plexi, the JMP I used in the 70's, and the JCM 800/900. More research and tweaking and I came up with a way to toggle between these 3 "voicings" in a single preamp platform. That was the birth of the Malin Amplification M-Type Preamp Pedal.
Ken Fisher was a brilliant designer. In his Trainwreck amplifiers he came up a with a way to build a clean preamp that drives the heck out of the Phase Inverter in front of the power amp section. The cool thing is, you can get this sparkly clean when you back off your guitar volume, but dial up the volume and the TW explodes with crazy beautiful overdrive. Ken's true design relies heavily on the Phase Inverter, and that's something you only find in a Class AB amplifier (because it splits the signal into 2, one half goes to one tube, the other half to the other power tube). Be cautious when someone says they have built a "Trainwreck Overdrive Pedal". It may simulate that sound of but it can't be the real deal - there's no Phase Inverter! What I've done in the Malin T-Type is come up with a way to take the original design and add an all tube section to behave like the Phase Inverter - problem solved!
Every Malin Preamp Pedal is hand built individually, one at a time. The build cycle is roughly 1 per month. A deposit of $200.00 will reserve the next available build month, with the balance plus shipping due when your preamp is complete. Each one is carefully crafted by hand, point to point construction, each component is chosen specifically, and every amp is tested thoroughly. No amplifier will leave the bench until it is tone tweaked, tested, and sounding right!
Can I plug my D-Type Preamp into any Amplifier?
Yes, the D-Type Preamp can be plugged directly into the front end of any amp, or the Power Amp In (Effects Loop Return) .
Can I use my D-Type plugged into a recording interface?
Yes, you can plug the D-Type into a recording interface like a Universal Audio Apollo, into a mixing board, or a power amp like the Fryette Power Station.
Can I mount my Malin Preamp pedal on a pedal board?
Absolutely! Generally speaking, the Malin D-Type Preamp will behave like your amplifiers' preamp, so for example, place your pedals first in the chain, then the Malin Preamp, then your amplifier.
Do I need a special power supply for the Malin D-Type Preamp?
Nope. The Malin Preamp Pedals use standard mains (117-120VAC), so a regular IEC power cable is used, directly into your mains outlet, just like your amp.
How is this any different from any other amp-in-a-box pedal?
Where do I even begin... At 55 MPH a Honda Civic may behave exactly like a Ferrari for way less money, but step on the gas and take that next corner at 100 and you'll realize quickly there is no comparison! Malin Preamp Pedals are full blown preamp sections running real 12AX7 tube plates at over 200 VDC, using real 600V caps just like your hand-wired boutique amp. You get the amplifier's entire range of tone, responsive feel and dynamics across the entire spectrum because the whole thing really is there. Not just a transistor or op amp designed so it acts like that amp at some specific setting, but you get the entire palette. All of it!
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