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I’m not that far away 😉

Id love to try one out beside the Simone preamp as it does that wonderful thing of making the perceived 'bandwidth' open up compared to playing via the amp alone. I love preamps and this Caveman one really appeals but I just couldn't justify one right now unless someone buys my Colourbox v.2 preamp to free up funds!

UA just released a stand alone LA-2A pedal as well 😀

The price comparison to a Stomp is fair but as mentioned how many ‘boutique’, single application pedals are over£200 these days. I had to catch myself the other day looking at the new UA 1176 pedal thinking it was affordable because it’s under £200 then I did a quick wait it’s nearly £200!! I had the old M5 years ago and it’s handy. Phaser for a Lizzy track, tube drive for Clash song, chorus for an intro, fuzz etc you get the idea. In an ‘average set’ in my pub band I can easily get by with no fx but this type of unit makes it a fun tool but it’s up to the player to judge if it sounds better than the many compact multi fx boxes out there or is worth the money. It looks the part!

GuitarGuitar have bumped their delivery date back a week. I’ll pop in and play one when it eventually arrives.

I have the Bass Juice too but set very low gain with just a touch of drive but the tone wide open. What about pairing the TRex with another drive pedal. If you like what it does then gain staging with another box might just be the ticket. My mate has been very impressed with the EBS unit mentioned above and I see one on here for £70

If you want a killer preamp and you want to spend some dough you have to consider the Simone preamp by Jule Amps. If you can find one to demo you’ll appreciate the quality it brings and it’s versatility. Tubes, great eq, drive and boost. It’s a very complete package (but on fx loop) and I think it surpasses the Noble in terms of what it can do. If it’s a Neve style preamp you’re after, something transformer based, then a Hudson Broadcast or JHS Colourbox v.2 would be a great option. Both do the preamp colour but the JHS has added eq options and transformers on both the di out and the 1/4” signal path. - you can hear what it does - but again no fx loop. I’m selling a Colourbox v.2 btw 😉

I read on some posts that the 610 preamp section of the Max was too hot with some basses but not seen and YT with it really showing its bass application. The video I posted sounds good. Be great to hear some more demos.

If it sounds good it sounds good. Might do a trade in with a pedal at Andertons and try one.

Anyone took the plunge yet? Saw a decent sounding video from Philip Conrad on You Tibe but not much else on bass yet or that I’ve stumbled across.

We all wanna hear about that Caveman Audio gear!

Well if it’s positive look out for a NBD post 😀

I’m just waiting to demo one as soon as my local GuitarGuitar get it in stock.

It’s like dropped d only the B goes down to A for maximum metal 😀… is my guess.

So good to hear stuff in context. Thanks!

This is the fuzz I use and it’s really good. Super versatile and I concur it does sound great with an octave. Only I like to change my setting I’d have gone for the compact version but yeah great fuzz unit.