Description
The R1 is AMT’s take on one of modern metal’s defining amps, the Mesa Triple Rectifier*, squeezed into a compact pedal that behaves like a tube preamp rather than a stompbox effect. Chunky, tight rhythm tones stay articulate under palm mutes, while leads cut through a dense mix with the kind of power usually reserved for a full backline. If you run your gain past 10 on the regular, this is the pedal that lets you go further without hauling a 4×12 to every gig.
Because the preamp stage uses passive true bypass, your dry tone passes through unaffected when the pedal is off — no signal degradation, no tone suck, just your rig as if the R1 wasn’t in the chain at all.
Dial in your voice with five hands-on controls: LEVEL, GAIN, LOW, MID, and HIGH. The LEVEL knob has real headroom — up to +10dB at its extreme setting — mirroring the output character of a genuine tube preamp, so you can drive either the front end of an amp or feed a power amp’s direct input with confidence.
- Two independent outputs: a DIRECT AMPLIFIER OUT for use with a guitar amp, and a CAB SIMULATION OUT for mixers or studio recording
- Automatic power-saving mode kicks in when the cab-sim output isn’t connected
- Current draw from a 9V supply stays under 6mA, dropping to 4mA in power-saving mode
Built for players who want Mesa-style gain, dynamics, and note separation without dedicating pedalboard real estate to a full amp head.
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