Harley Benton Custom Line Acoustic Preamp Reviews

just not for me

i tried to use it as a premamp for my violin but did not get good results. Dont think is a good option for bow players. finishing is amazing the handling also proper, soundwise it did not gave me enough range for equalizing, and its gain and volume knobs are 1000 times weaker then just the Fishman's Platinum Stage volume knob

Really nice product for my acoustic parts in a live setting. The reverb on this is very good

Great little preamp!

I bought this as I have decided to do a few acoustic live sets. It’s really cool and great value. I love the lush tones you can get out of this little box. Not a big issue, but a battery option would be useful!

Nice pedal!

I'm satisfied with my purchase. I use it for small gigs and at home. It does what's made for, and it sounds good. It is also well made and robust. Would recommend!

headphone "echo" and sounds

Works nice with XLR and 1/4" output.

The headphone output makes a kind of echo and annoying sounds (not a hum or static). Obviously the headphone amp inside is defective.

I do not use the headphone output of the item but another one behind the XLR. But this is a stopgap.

Great devise for the money.

Sounds good. Didn't cost much.

Geweldige klank, ideaal op een podium

Gaat rechtstreeks in de PA, je kan zelf je geluidskwaliteit regelen.

fair for the money

silent pedal with a fair and balanced equalization but with a very poor quality chorus and distorts the sound when used. the reverb works ok but with a low quality sound. a very good construction pedal with good extras included. I use this pedal with an acoustic guitar and the reverb too connecting later to the front house using DI

Great bit of gear

I wanted something to hook my acoustic guitar up to at gigs and have a bit more control over the sound I send to front of house or P.A.

I am very happy with this pre amp/DI box.

Pros: Great tone control, solid build, the ability to kick on some reverb and/or chorus is a nice touch, and great value for money

Cons: None

This is always in my gig bag now, even if an amp is provided at the gig.

Five stars from me

Good product

It's a good preamp. Sounds great and does everything I expected of it. Nice and strong case.

Home performance

Pros: small, nice, easy to operate, robust

Cons: easily overloaded

good product for home usage with acoustic guitar

My review on the HB Acoustic Pre.

I needed something to raise the volume on my newly installed passive inexpensive shadow double piezo pickups on all my Gypsy Jazz guitars for a seamless non-intrusive no mod amplification solution for these instruments. Also I wanted it in pedal form for my portable pedalboard.

Piezos are generally very quiet, my Headrush pedalboard has some amplification at the input but it was not enough.

I decided to go for the HB Pre since it packs all the features I would need such as Gain, Tone, Volume plus DI balanced out and it has chorus and verb, which I won't be using much but is nice to have.

The quality of the pedal is good, the knobs feel very good, they have a bit of resistance when you move them. The box itself is metal, very sturdy pedal, as any other from Boss etc...

The sound quality is very good. Only if you raise the High tone all the way up you hear some noticeable hiss, but at 3/4 or less is silent (I have it at 3 o clock)

The unit's signal (tested with studio headphones) is very clean, is certainly usable. Every Pre amp in general will introduce a tad of hiss and I would say this unit is certainly clean enough to use Live and even in the studio.

The verb sound is not "the best" but it can be a fun FX if you're creative. Would work wonders in reggae since is kinda grainy.

The Chorus is VERY usable. Quite cool to use with an acoustic when set slow and almost not there.

The phase switch works, is just a phase switch.

I like you can switch everything in and out of the signal, in that way you can be sure the sound is clean and unprocessed if you need.

So, there you go. Give it a try if you are wondering. I will keep mine.