AcouPre

Developed for acoustic guitars, but just as at home with an electric plugged in. Or a violin. Or a DIY thingumaplonk.

Simple but effective preamp with nicely banded bass, mid and treble controls. The original has an internal gain trimmer but what's the deal? That babe is on the outside here, where it belongs.

With +/-20dB on the bass and mids, and 16dB on the treble you have a lot of space for shaping your tone to perfection.

The kit is supplied with vertical-mount pots which have round shafts, so you'll need set-screw fitting knobs.

If you want the PCB without parts there's a link for that at the bottom of the page.

Partial kit: PCB, all board-mounted components, pots.

Full kit: As above, plus footswitch and appropriate daughterboard/components for your selected bypass type (see Downloads section for details of those), jack sockets, DC socket, battery snap, hook-up wire, LED.

Enclosure (pre-drilled) is available as an option with full kits, and will not take a battery. Knobs are not included.

Builds are only available with full kits including enclosures and vertical-mount pots. Please choose appropriate knobs.

Inspired by: Pure Acoustic Preamp

Difficulty: Medium

PCB size: 50 x 33mm

Knobs required: 5

Enclosure: 1590B

Direct-Connect compatible (4-way)

Download the INSTRUCTION PDF