# Custom D.A.V. preamp / EQ

> This gain entry consolidates documented Custom D.A.V. preamp / EQ variants, controls, settings and roles across dated guitarist pedalboards.

- Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/custom-d-a-v-preamp-eq/
- Machine-readable index of the archive: https://pedalboardarchive.com/llms.txt
- Evidence and reconstruction conventions: https://pedalboardarchive.com/methodology/

- **Category:** Gain
- **Types:** Equalizer, Preamp, Rack effect
- **Also known as:** Custom rack preamp, D.A.V. rack preamp
- **Controls:** Equalizer, Input gain, Output
- **Identification:** The model is identified.
- **Documented appearances:** 1 board, 2015

A black single-rack-space custom preamp and equalizer at the input of Knopfler's offstage switching system.

## Documented boards

Each row is an observed appearance on a dated board. A position is only an observed one where that board's order evidence says so.

| Artist | Board | Date | Positions | Order evidence | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mark Knopfler | Tracker Tour switched rack and board | 2015-06-01 | 1 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/mark-knopfler/tracker-tour-rig-2015/ |