Catalinbread Airstrip Console Pre

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Effect Pedal for Electric Guitar

Console preamp based on the Trident A-Range console, providing everything from rich clean sounds to fuzz sounds
LED: Effect On
Footswitch: Effect bypass
Input: 6.3 mm jack
Output: 6.3 mm jack
Power supply connector: Barrel connector 5.5 x 2.1 mm, centre negative
Power consumption: 20 mA
Power supply with a 9 V DC mains adapter (not included)
Suitable separately available power supply: Art. 409939 (not included)
Dimensions (W x D x H): 60 x 110 x 50 mm
Weight: 180 g
Made in USA

Note: Battery operation is not supported

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Available since February 2025
Item number 609573
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Design Floor Effect
Tube(s) No
Amp Modeling No
Effects No
Headphone Output No
Direct Out No
MIDI Interface No
Integrated Expression Pedal No
Connections for Pedals or Switches No
Aux-Input No
Integrated Tuner No
USB-Port No
Drum-Computer No
Overdrive Yes
Fuzz Yes

£179

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Very nice console pre-amp

I want Keith Richards to live forever. 22.07.2026

This is a really very nice sounding console pre-amp. The gain range spans clean boost to blown-out console sound (think Beatles, Revolution). I bought this as an alternative to my Hudson Broadcast, to put in a signal chain going into a Tone King Falcon Grande. It's possible to dial-in the Airstrip to sound very similar to the Broadcast, and it would be a good substitute for many applications. Not for use with the Tone King though, because the amp is mid-heavy and the Airstrip emphasizes mids far more than the Broadcast (so I have to return it). The Airstrip cleans up well with guitar volume, is very quiet and if you want the full blown-out console sound, it achieves that without needing to put a boost before it (which both the Broadcast and Walrus 385 require). The sag and saturation are very cool. Great pedal.

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Great pedal for several sounds

Gianluca Ariotti 05.01.2026

The airstrip is wonderful in giving that gritty console preamp sound but can get into fuzz territory quite easily. The dual power option (9/18 volts), as well as the tone shaping possibilities offered by the filter, allow for even more sonic palettes. As always catalibread delivers

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boring guy 10.11.2026

The distortio doesn't sound amazing when push the gain to high, but at lower gain setting this is marvilous. Use it mainly as a direct to console kind of sound.

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Bellissimo!

Montu 21.02.2025

Ero attirato dai simulatori di pre di banchi (sullo stile colour box Jhs) perchè volevo qualcosa di diverso dai soliti overdrive, ero stanco delle ennesime copie delle copie delle copie dei soliti pedali, inoltre amo i pedali fuzz e questo è anche un bellissimo fuzz!
Il pedale va da un clean boost, al fuzz splat, all'overdive con il suo unico suono che potete sentire nei video youtube. La qualità costruttiva è top, i potenziometri sono precisissimi e di qualità.
E un pedale che ispira nuova musica, nuove composizioni, nuovi suoni.
Lo consiglio vivamente a chi vorrebbe sperimentare colori nuovi, fuori dagli schemi dei soliti overdrive.

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