Benson Amps Chimera Preamp Pedal vs Electronic Audio Experiments Surveyor V2
The Benson Amps Chimera Preamp Pedal and the Electronic Audio Experiments Surveyor V2 are both pedals sharing bright. The Benson Amps Chimera Preamp Pedal 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.47% — 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 Chimera Preamp Pedal is a FET-based preamp pedal based on the Benson Chimera 30-watt guitar amplifier circuit, substituting FET transistors for the original vacuum tubes. Controls include Gain, Volume, Treble, and Bass. The Treble and Bass controls actively shape the type of gain generated rather than passively filtering the output. 9V DC or battery, 50mA. Priced at $249 from Benson Amps, Portland, Oregon. Described by multiple reviewers as the most amp-like gain pedal, hypersensitive to touch and pick attack through both tube amplifiers and amp modeling systems. Stacks well with other drives, fuzzes, and compressors.
The Electronic Audio Experiments Surveyor V2 is a genuine 2021 hardware revision of the original Surveyor Instrument Voicing Preamp, introducing a new enclosure and mechanical format along with a Hi/Lo gain-range toggle for accessing both subtle preamp coloration and more overtly driven tones from a single switch, plus added over-voltage and ESD protection circuitry. It retains the original's transformer-based Tube Voice distortion applied after a 2-band Baxandall EQ, with Level, Gain, Bass, and Treble controls carrying over unchanged.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- alternative
- indie rock
- blues
- Electronic
- Alternative Rock
- dynamic
- transparent
- saturated
- fuzzy
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Occasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.- Live
- Silent Recording
- Studio