AMT Legend Amps P2

The AMT Legend Amps P2 is a preamp pedal from AMT Electronics built around the gain structure of the Peavey 5150 and 6505 amplifiers. RockBoard's PedalPedia describes it as representing "the response, characteristics, gain, and tonal nuances similar to that of Peavey 5150 and 6505 Amplifiers"¹. AMT's own product page titles it the AMT Legend Amps P2 Preamp Pedal (EVH 5150), and the maker's demo videos compare it against the EVH 5150²³. AMT lists the pedal as available now⁴.

What it does

The P2 combines an analog preamp with digital convenience blocks. AMT's product page lists an analog preamp with clean, low gain and high gain options, a power amp section with nine types, and an IR cabinet simulator that uses one impulse response for both the left and right channels per preset². The same feature set appears in AMT's demo video for the pedal, which also lists a parametric pre and post EQ, a compressor, and a noise gate as a global setting⁵⁶.

For a player, the layout reads as a full amp-in-a-box approach: the analog front end carries the gain stages, the power amp types and IR loader shape the output, and the EQ, compressor and gate round out the signal before it leaves the pedal².

The blocks break down like this:

Because the noise gate is described as a global setting rather than a per-preset block, it applies across the pedal's presets rather than being dialed in separately for each one². The pre and post parametric EQ gives two places to shape tone: before the gain stages and after them⁵⁶.

Where it sits in AMT's range

AMT's media center places the P2 in the Legend 2 series, alongside the E2, D2, B2 and C2, in a comparison of high and medium gain preamps³. The maker also lists the earlier P1 preamp in its range³.

AMT's demo material for the P2 includes a comparison against the EVH 5150 III³⁶, and the maker's media center carries a Fred Brum video on the Legend 2 series P2³.

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