The Windmiller Preamp

Way back in the 1960s and early 70s, long before pedals became the huge thing they are these days, guitarists had to look at other ways to inject a little more life into their amps and squeeze more excitement, drive and distortion out of them. Now, while purpose-built units of the Rangemaster ilk were designed to do just that – and definitely did the business for Rory Gallagher, Tony Iommi and others – certain players relied on more conventional equipment, using it in a role perhaps beyond that for