In 2017, Will Galluccio was really enjoying his clean tone and discovered that it was thanks to the Boss CE-1's preamp.
So the idea of re-creating just a standalone CE-1 preamp pedal was born, and so the CE-1 Crunch after some development.
In October 2017 the Ensemble Crunch landed on Josh Klinghoffer's pedalboard.
The CE-1 Crunch is the most faithful recreation in the world of the Boss CE-1's PREAMP, featuring the exact same schematic, a pedalboard friendly power section, and top quality components.
9V center negative
Compact size
Exact same preamp as the CE-1
Level Control, to decide how much signal you want allow to pass/boost
High/Low mode
Normal/Effect switch to go from preamp OFF to preamp ON