1959 Doubledecker

Name: 1959 Doubledecker
Brand: Gurus
Availability: OnlineOnly

Overdrive

Preamp

Hi-voltage tube preamp dual overdrive with Jose Mod voicing. From edge-of-breakup to Marshall stack territory.

The Gurus 1959 Doubledecker is an innovative tube-powered dual overdrive designed to sound like a real overdriven amplifier. Named after the legendary Marshall year and featuring dual channels with a glowing preamp valve.

Each channel has independent Gain, Volume, and full tone stack (Bass, Middle, Treble, Presence). Floor 1 uses germanium diodes for soft overdrive mimicking tube amp breakup. Floor 2 uses LED diodes for smoother, compressed lead tones.

DI output with 2x12 speaker emulation. Solo boost footswitch with dedicated volume. Voicing developed with artists who had Jose Arredondo-modified amps (used by EVH, Vai, Aldrich, Frampton, Metallica, Lynch).

Compact 3.5" x 5" enclosure despite tube circuitry. Made in Italy.