The Peavey Joshua Homme Decade Preamp is a Peavey preamp pedal. Close alternatives include the Peavey Bandit Supreme Teal Stripe Preamp and the Boss BD-2W Blues Driver Waza Craft. It pairs well with the Walrus Audio EB-10 Black Edition and the Airis Effects 51-Filthy.
Peavey Joshua Homme Decade Preamp
Peavey · pedal
The Peavey Decade Preamp Pedal recreates the sought-after tones of the original 1980 Peavey Decade practice amp, a solid-state circuit made famous by Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age. It delivers rich saturation, punchy EQ, and classic solid-state grit in pedal form, with a three-band EQ, a switchable Saturation mode, and both Pre and Post Gain controls for shaping the drive and output. It can be used to add fuzzy, gritty solid-state character to a clean amp, push the front end of an amplifier, or run into a power amp or speaker emulator. It suits players chasing the distinctive lo-fi, buzzy desert-rock and stoner-rock tones associated with Homme, offering a focused, characterful overdrive and preamp voice rather than a transparent or pristine boost.
What stands out
“It delivers rich saturation, punchy EQ, and classic solid-state grit in pedal form, with a three-band EQ, a switchable Saturation mode, and both Pre and Post Gain controls for shaping the drive and output”
— from the listing
“It is used to add gritty solid-state saturation to clean amps, push an amp's front end, or serve as a preamp into a power amp or emulator, sitting in the gain stage of the chain”
— from the community notes
“It works as an amp front-end push, a standalone preamp, or a character drive into”
— from the reviews
“It suits players chasing the distinctive lo-fi, buzzy desert-rock and stoner-rock tones associated with Homme, offering a focused, characterful overdrive and preamp voice”
— from the listing
“Limitations include a strongly characterful, lo-fi-leaning voice that suits stoner and alternative rock more than clean or transparent applications, making it a flavor pedal”
— from the reviews
- solid state
- eq
- gritty
- grit
- saturation
- stoner rock
- punchy
Good for
- Silent Recording
- Silent Stage
Genres the Peavey Joshua Homme Decade Preamp is commonly used in
- Stoner Rock
- Rock
- Alternative Rock
Pedals that stack with the Peavey Joshua Homme Decade Preamp
Walrus Audio EB-10 Black Edition
Walrus Audio
24% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (saturated → clean boost)
Feed a saturated signal into Walrus Audio EB-10 Black Edition and it comes out closer to clean boost
Comes earlier in the signal chain
Airis Effects 51-Filthy
Airis Effects
23% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (saturated → tight)
Feed a saturated signal into Airis Effects 51-Filthy and it comes out closer to tight
Crazy Tube Circuits Golden Ratio
Crazy Tube Circuits
21% matchshapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain.
Crazy Tube Circuits Golden Ratio leans toward tight, and that's a real, usable character to pair with
Comes earlier in the signal chain
Caroline Guitar Company Parabola State Tremolo
Caroline Guitar Company
16% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Put Caroline Guitar Company Parabola State Tremolo after Peavey Joshua Homme Decade Preamp in the signal chain, clear of Peavey Joshua Homme Decade Preamp's own gain stage
Comes earlier in the signal chain
Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
Boss
10% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Run Boss DD-3 Digital Delay after Peavey Joshua Homme Decade Preamp in the signal chain, clear of Peavey Joshua Homme Decade Preamp's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Comes later in the signal chain
TC Electronic Triple Flashback Delay
TC Electronic
9% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Put TC Electronic Triple Flashback Delay after Peavey Joshua Homme Decade Preamp in the signal chain, clear of Peavey Joshua Homme Decade Preamp's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Comes later in the signal chain
EarthQuaker Devices Swiss Things
EarthQuaker Devices
EarthQuaker Devices Utility Series Buffer Preamp
EarthQuaker Devices
tonal matchFeed a saturated signal into EarthQuaker Devices Utility Series Buffer Preamp and it comes out closer to clean boost
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Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Peavey Joshua Homme Decade Preamp?+
The closest matches in character are the Peavey Bandit Supreme Teal Stripe Preamp, the Boss BD-2W Blues Driver Waza Craft, the MXR M104 Distortion+.
What pairs well with the Peavey Joshua Homme Decade Preamp?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Walrus Audio EB-10 Black Edition, Airis Effects 51-Filthy, Crazy Tube Circuits Golden Ratio — Feed a saturated signal into Walrus Audio EB-10 Black Edition and it comes out closer to clean boost.