Benson Amps BA-Pre vs Electronic Audio Experiments Surveyor V2.5
The Benson Amps BA-Pre and the Electronic Audio Experiments Surveyor V2.5 are both pedals sharing bright. The Benson Amps BA-Pre leans dynamic and transparent.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.32% — somewhat different
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- bright
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$249via Reverb
The Benson Amps Preamp Pedal is a FET-based preamp pedal based on the circuit of the Benson Chimera 30-watt guitar amplifier, substituting FET transistors for the original vacuum tubes. Controls include Gain, Volume, Treble, and Bass. The Treble and Bass controls significantly affect the type of gain generated, producing more tonal versatility than typical passive EQ sections. 9V DC or battery, 50mA. Priced at $249 from Benson Amps, Portland, Oregon. Described by multiple reviewers as the most amp-like gain pedal, with hypersensitive response to touch and pick attack through both tube amplifiers and amp modeling systems.
The Electronic Audio Experiments Surveyor V2.5 keeps the same circuit topology, Hi/Lo gain-range toggle, and transformer-based Tube Voice distortion introduced in V2, refining rather than redesigning it: the bypass circuit was simplified by removing a microcontroller, alongside minor electrical and cosmetic tweaks. It's a polish pass on the 2021 V2 hardware revision rather than a new redesign, retaining the same Level, Gain, Bass, and Treble control layout and pre-clipping Baxandall EQ placement.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- alternative
- indie rock
- blues
- Alternative Rock
- Electronic
- dynamic
- transparent
- saturated
- fuzzy