Power Baby - Tube Output Stage
POWER BABY is a complete push-pull guitar and bass power amplifier stage in a box using miniature tubes. It can drive an 8 or 16 ohm speaker, but not very loud. Instead, use it with headphones or into an IR cabinet simulator and DI. Think of all the weight you will save! This pedal doesn't just mimic a power amplifier pushed into overdrive, it is one. Get that Randy Rhodes "Crazy Train" tone without damaging anyone's hearing, full of real pentode tube sag, compression, and phase inverter distortion. POWER BABY can be placed anywhere in the chain, as signal levels are akin to other pedals. Place a reverb after it! This cutting-edge flexibility opens up new possibilities for creative musicians. It does however, need a loud pedal in front of it to achieve full saturation. Many decent preamplifier pedals can do this, with my OVERDRIVE CLIPPER being an ideal match. Together they make a full-blown tube amplifier!
There are emulators, and then there's the real thing.
Specifications
- 1 x 12AX7, 2 x 12AU6, all analog circuit
- 20mW into 8 Ohms
- Headphone output
- 35Hz - 10kHz
- 100mV, onset of clipping
- 160V tube supply
- +12V @600mA (supply included)
- 4.7" x 5.8" x 2.3"
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Testimonials
- "The punch, detail, and definition with the PB valve setup is another thing entirely. My Strat hasn't sounded this fat since I stopped using real amps and went direct. This is an out of the park home run. Thanks Jim, everyone should sell their B+ grade digital power amp sims and put one of these on their board."
- "The takeaway last night was that it's by far the most amp-like experience of any DI solution I've ever tried."
- "This pedal is outstanding. Has great dynamic response and also is super quiet in operation. It sounds like its a full tube power amp section and really completes the sound on the JCM800. Congratulations on this thing! It is also super dynamic. I will get a ton of use from it and I think they will rise in demand quickly, so I’m really glad to get in on the project early. You’ve really outdone yourself on this build!"