My thought is a combination of #1.
1. SS preamp in a stompbox sized enclosure - because of potential audience (= more unit sales)
2. FET style clean because the vintage roland/Boss FET preamp is ridiculously expensive
3. tone stack for shaping, because it's an absolute requirement due to the input variable...
4. low/high impedance inputs & outputs (balanced?) because DI/DO.
That would make it pretty much the ultimate preamp with the versatility for 500 series guys and for stompboxers or home recording.
If you look at the JHS colourbox as an example of versatile but pricey...... and also a bit heavy duty on the adjustable parameters, you get an idea of why a preamp is in high demand, but the cost of production an implementation of features makes for design compromise or price hike.
So, perhaps a battery amp with a simple tone stack and a single volume knob is the 'way to go' - but you'd need to give (and provide) tone stack shaping components because not everyone likes 'straight through'
Just thoughts. I'm sure also that reverb is a better place to market it than only here on the forum. Maybe it will increase forum traffic?
1. SS preamp in a stompbox sized enclosure - because of potential audience (= more unit sales)
2. FET style clean because the vintage roland/Boss FET preamp is ridiculously expensive
3. tone stack for shaping, because it's an absolute requirement due to the input variable...
4. low/high impedance inputs & outputs (balanced?) because DI/DO.
That would make it pretty much the ultimate preamp with the versatility for 500 series guys and for stompboxers or home recording.
If you look at the JHS colourbox as an example of versatile but pricey...... and also a bit heavy duty on the adjustable parameters, you get an idea of why a preamp is in high demand, but the cost of production an implementation of features makes for design compromise or price hike.
So, perhaps a battery amp with a simple tone stack and a single volume knob is the 'way to go' - but you'd need to give (and provide) tone stack shaping components because not everyone likes 'straight through'
Just thoughts. I'm sure also that reverb is a better place to market it than only here on the forum. Maybe it will increase forum traffic?