Chandler Germanium

Fantastic tone for guitar! Really opens up space in mixes. Would highly recommend for any home studio engineers!

Where have you been my whole life....

After auditioning many mic/pre combinations I decided to try the Germanium out with my singer. She fell in love with the Germanium instantly! Although this isn't the Abbey Road series, it does remind me of the sound of the Beatles vocals. It's just smooth and full, and when you dig in it takes it well. After we tracked vocals I plugged in my bass and I knew it wasn't going back. Then we tracked DI'ed electric guitar - and it made a huge difference when we fed that signal to the amp sim! I've gone from "well, let's try it..." to "...maybe I should get a second one"!

My only wishes are very small: the rackmount option for the power supply (which you have to call the company for) is not simple and the faceplate doesn't match. And I always prefer detents in pots - I go back and forth between projects almost daily, and recall is an issue...

The Color Comes Standard

The sounds you can get from these preamps are impressive. I'm always looking to color my guitars, keyboards and bass, to give them a signature sound, and these babies certainly do the trick. The "Thick" button is flat out great!

great!

My favorite pre for "troubled" rock vocalists and an amazing bass DI. The feedback circuit and Thick button are very useful.