Telecaster Tone from a Plugin?! Benson Chimera Collection Plugin (Mixwave)

Killer Telecaster tone from a plugin — and 16 free EoB presets to download. Welcome back to Edge of Breakup.

Download my 16 free Edge of Breakup presets for the Benson Amps Chimera Collection plugins here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6kiapwgesh3ne51/Benson%20Mixwave%20Chimera%20Plugins%20-%20Edge%20of%20Breakup%20Presets.zip?dl=0

This is the second video in my Benson Chimera Collection Plugin series — this time with the Nash T63 Telecaster with Lollar Pickups and Emerson Custom Treble Bleed. The first video featured the Frank Brothers Arcade with P90s.

This video is a rare departure from the channel's usual real mic'd cab recordings — but the Benson Chimera Collection earned the exception. Here's why: I own a Benson Vincent 2x12", a Monarch head, an Earhart Head and 1x12", a Vinny Reverb Combo, the original Vinny with 1x10", and a Tall Bird. I know what Benson amps sound like better than almost anyone outside of Portland. This plugin does the Benson thing. Chris Benson himself has stated publicly that he was fooled during a listening comparison between the plugin and the real amp.

Five Telecaster-specific presets from my pack in this video: Tele Beautiful Clean, Boostin the Bird, Juicy Breakup, Velcro Cleanup, and Velcro. All 16 presets in the download cover Strat, Tele, 335, and P90 contexts.

The Chimera Collection is a component-modeled plugin suite covering the full Benson signal chain: Germanium Boost, Germanium Fuzz, Preamp, the Chimera Amplifier, and the Tall Bird Spring Reverb. Built on Kontakt Player, available as VST3, AU, AAX, and standalone.

Plugin: https://mixwave.com/products/benson-chimera-collection

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🎸 Nash T63 Telecaster | Lollar Pickups | Emerson Custom Treble Bleed
🎛️ Benson Amps x MixWave Chimera Collection Plugin

Note: This video is a rare direct/plugin exception — all other Edge of Breakup videos are real mic'd cab, no IR, no digital.