{"product_id":"channel-a-preamp","title":"Channel A Preamp","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the early '90s, Ampeg — a company known for bass amps — accidentally built the most brutal solid state guitar amplifier of the decade. The VH-140C's patented \"Variable Harmonics\" distortion circuit became the sound of hardcore and death metal, and thirty years later the amps are heavy, scarce, and still amusingly stereo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Channel A is exactly what the name says: a true 1:1 replica of the VH-140C's Channel A — the distortion channel — component for component, value for value. No \"improvements,\" just the monstrous spirit of the original.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere most 9V pedals starve this circuit, the Channel A runs it the way it was meant to run: an in-house, custom-designed power supply generates a full ±15V bipolar supply internally, regulated to clean, stable ±12V rails. Amp-level headroom\/function and dead-quiet operation from a standard center-negative 9V pedalboard supply — no special adapters, no wall warts to lose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eControls: \u003cstrong\u003eGain, Master, Treble, Ultramid, and Bass\u003c\/strong\u003e — identical to the amp's Channel A panel, including the Ultramid that defines the VH's scooped chunk and searing lead voicings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRun it three ways:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInto the front of your amp as a distortion pedal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInto your amp's effects return, replacing the preamp entirely\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInto a power amp or straight into your DAW with a cab IR\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Slayer-grade thrash to scooped 90s chug to full Suffocation, this is the panic chord machine — without hauling a 70 lb solid state head to load-in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHandmade in Connecticut\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmpeg is a registered trademark of Yamaha Guitar Group, Inc. DSA is not affiliated with Ampeg or Yamaha.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dual Stage Amplification","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47957451178214,"sku":"SQ4471853","price":184.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0767\/3226\/8774\/files\/front-channel-a_14bd67c8-6e08-4035-bd39-9dc336c68e8b.jpg?v=1783443307","url":"https:\/\/www.dualstageamps.com\/products\/channel-a-preamp","provider":"Dual Stage Amplification","version":"1.0","type":"link"}