{"product_id":"pettyjohn-predrive-studio","title":"Pettyjohn PreDrive Studio","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003ePettyjohn PreDrive Studio\u003c\/strong\u003e blurs the lines between high-end recording studio gear and guitar pedals, expanding on the popular “studio” features of the original PreDrive, improving it’s usability and flexibility that will make the PreDrive Studio an in-valuable tool for tone in every studio session!\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003ePowered by two Studio Grade Discrete Opamps, the PreDrive Studio builds on the original PreDrive and LIFT pedal offerings, now featuring even more gain on tap, extended filter range, high headroom, dual power rail design with 9 V - 18 V standard pedal power operation and a whole slew of circuit optimizations along with improved, robust construction. Most notably, The PreDrive Studio now offers fully balanced In and Out connections via TRS, along with standard un-balanced connections for instruments, making the PreDrive Studio the ultimate studio Swiss army knife. The PreDrive Studio Input can be selected as standard unbalanced for instruments or switched to a line level balanced input that readily excepts any balanced signal from your interface, patch bay, recording console, or even microphone! The balanced output continuously mirrors the unbalanced output without any tonal change, very handy in a number of creative studio applications.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eWith the PreDrive Studio, you can easily and seamlessly interface between the unbalanced world of instruments and pedals and the balanced world of recording equipment. The PreDrive can be used as a powerful and flexible re-amping tool, however, the options only start there with many more to choose from! You can easily interface a variety of guitar pedals into your mixing path, process line or microphone signals with pedals without quality degradation, re-amp or simply use it as a audiophile grade direct box.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eShape your signal to perfection, in real time with the PreDrive Studio’s two highly musical, fully analog, wide-range, sweepable HP and LP filters. Much care has gone into the design and implementation of the filters and you would be hard-pressed to find more musical or transparent filters on any recording console or rack unit around!\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhat are all the features without an uncompromising commitment to sound quality? Pettyjohn designed the PreDrive Studio to be a serious studio-grade, Tool for Tone with top-shelf 990 style Discrete Opamps, based on the famed John Hardy 990 chip. These discrete opamps are widely regarded as some of the best sounding, most detailed and transparent, yet still musical chips in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on knowledge pioneered by the world's first discrete Opamp based guitar pedal, the Original PreDrive, Pettyjohn have totally re-designed and optimized the buffer and gain circuits in the PreDrive Studio with dual voltage rails for up to 2x the headroom for massive headroom and huge tone. Furthermore, they have utilized only top shelf audiophile parts to help deliver every once of sonic bliss these chips can produce! From the tone capacitors to the resistors, every part has gone under the microscope and has been optimized for maximum fidelity so you can be confident there isn’t a more detailed or musical buffer\/boost preamp or EQ on the market today!\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe PreDrive Studio can run on 9 V - 18 V DC, drawing around 50 mA, while effectively providing 18 V to 36 V of internal voltage swing, rivaling headroom found in most studio rack gear, translating to extra headroom for a truly studio-grade experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe PreDrive Studio is the absolute pinnacle of studio grade guitar pedals, virtually erasing the line between the pro audio gear and guitar pedals.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eTwo Discrete Opamp Gain stages\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eInput Gain: Controls input buffer operation level from a Unity buffer to 6 dB of gain\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eBoost Gain: Foot-switchable boost stage, transparently and musically increases the discrete Opamp based preamp gain up to 30 dB with virtually no distortion or artifacts\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eConsole Style Filter Section:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eLows Control: Wide-range sweep-able low cut filter allows for custom tailoring of the low end going into the drive engines. Go from full bass response to tight with a sweep range from 20 Hz to beyond 1 kHz with a 6dB per octave slope for musical sweetening\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eHighs Control: An audiophile approach to a High Cut Filter using the famed Auricap - clear, defined and sweet through out it’s wide frequency sweep, from 22 kHz down to 1 kHz, with a gentle 6 dB per octave slope\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eLeft Mini-Toggle bypassed EQ section when its not needed\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eHigh Performance Power:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eDual-rail power section with 9 V to 18 V operation range, providing 18 V - 36 V of voltage swing for huge internal headroom while drawing around 50 mA\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eBalanced Input:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eAccepts any balanced signal, microphone or line level via a top shelf Burr-Brown line level converter chip for superior audiophile performance via bottom Right TRS input jack\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eRight mini toggle adjusts between line and mic input levels\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eRight foot switch toggles between the Line input and unbalanced input\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eBalanced Output:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe lower left TRS jack continuously mirrors the unbalanced output including EQ and Gain settings via a USA made steel core Transformer\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eUseful Level controls for flexible gain staging and level matching:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eOutput TRIM control: The top middle knob adjust the level of the output buffer amp, thus trimming the operating level of both outputs a once\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOutput level control: The top left knob controls the level of the unbalanced output, independent of the balanced out level\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eAudiophile, Studio-Grade Performance in a Pedal:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eAudiophile grade, through-hole 1% Metal Film resistors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eTop Shelf WIMA and silver Mica caps used in tone sensitive operations\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eAuricap audiophile high cut tone cap\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eUSA made PCB constructed with audiophile lead-free silver solder\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eExtremely high headroom and low noise\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eBox and circuit handmade in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, USA\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 3 5\/8”W x 5 5\/8”L x 3” H\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Pettyjohn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44450079637607,"sku":"76117","price":359.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/8848\/5479\/files\/pettyjohn-predrive-studio_76117_1_1_b1e822a3-58ed-47ac-b858-d590c7eb9b7a.jpg?v=1787091612","url":"https:\/\/vintageking.mom\/products\/pettyjohn-predrive-studio","provider":"Vintage King","version":"1.0","type":"link"}