Owen Posted October 9, 2018 Posted October 9, 2018 Just for fun. I used to be up on these but am slipping. What are the tone monsters out there these days? Quote
la bam Posted October 9, 2018 Posted October 9, 2018 Rack wise I love my tech 21 vtrm. All the sounds I need in one 1u rack. Couple it with a big heavy power amp for big gigs, and small lighter one for small gigs without losing much tone. Quote
jay-syncro Posted October 9, 2018 Posted October 9, 2018 (edited) 👀 Edited October 9, 2018 by jay-syncro 1 Quote
Owen Posted October 9, 2018 Author Posted October 9, 2018 4 hours ago, HazBeen said: Onboard, pedal, rack or any? Any really. I am not even in the market. I was just wondering what is out there since I stopped being obsessed with preamps. Quote
Owen Posted October 9, 2018 Author Posted October 9, 2018 (edited) Sorry, not onboard. Edited October 9, 2018 by owen Quote
Happy Jack Posted October 9, 2018 Posted October 9, 2018 @bassace will be along in a minute. There's something he wants to show you. Quote
HazBeen Posted October 9, 2018 Posted October 9, 2018 The list is as long as your arm, I will give my favourite, the Mesa Boogie Subway Pre/DI I could not live without. Quote
bassace Posted October 10, 2018 Posted October 10, 2018 9 hours ago, Happy Jack said: @bassace will be along in a minute. There's something he wants to show you. No he won’t. He’s sold it. So he won’t be able to torment HJ anymore 😂 Quote
Frank Blank Posted October 10, 2018 Posted October 10, 2018 10 hours ago, Happy Jack said: @bassace will be along in a minute. There's something he wants to show you. I saw @bassace‘s preamp at the Bass Bash and now I really want one despite having no idea what they do or if I need one. Quote
NancyJohnson Posted October 10, 2018 Posted October 10, 2018 I'm somewhat of a @Tech21NYC slut. Pretty much any if their stomps or racked gear will do the trick. Racked RBI and GED2112 have been great, but I didn't get on with the VTBASS one (tonally just didn't work for me). Of the stomps, BDDI (which is essentially an RBI in different clothes) and the recent dUg. Even the Sansamp GT2 worked. If Tech21 would do the dUg in a 19" rack version my life woukd be complete. Interestingly, the old Bass POD I ran for a while was fantastic. I know it picked up flack from these purists who would say it sounds nothing like the amps it's supposed to be modelling from, but it was a very versatile piece of kit, great for live and recording. 1 Quote
Owen Posted October 10, 2018 Author Posted October 10, 2018 11 hours ago, Happy Jack said: @bassace will be along in a minute. There's something he wants to show you. His work was done with me 3 years ago. Quote
Lozz196 Posted October 10, 2018 Posted October 10, 2018 2 hours ago, NancyJohnson said: I'm somewhat of a @Tech21NYC slut. Pretty much any if their stomps or racked gear will do the trick. Same here, my fave is the Para Driver but I can use pretty much any of their stomp-boxes and get very the sound I want. The Para Driver nails it exactly for me, and of course each has their own flavour so they can`t all do what the other does exactly but on the hoof I can get a workable sound from all those I`ve tried so far. Quote
Graham Posted October 10, 2018 Posted October 10, 2018 16 hours ago, jay-syncro said: 👀 I use one of these, I'm very fond of it - it's the key part of my live tone Quote
Bigwan Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 (edited) If we're talking valve pres the Jule Monique seems to be very highly thought of. Arkham Sound make nice looking B15-based preamps. If I were buying it'd be one of those 2 I'd be going for. Edited October 11, 2018 by Bigwan Quote
cattytown Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 Twonotes Le Bass is quite nice. Also hearing lots of good stuff about the Tech 21 DP-3X Dug Pinnick Quote
JimBobTTD Posted October 13, 2018 Posted October 13, 2018 On 09/10/2018 at 23:39, HazBeen said: The list is as long as your arm, I will give my favourite, the Mesa Boogie Subway Pre/DI I could not live without. I keep looking at the Subway Pre. It ticks a lot of boxes. They have an acoustic preamp with a few more features; I might hang on until Namm to see if they launch a bass version of it. If not, the Subway will probably be joining the fold. Quote
HazBeen Posted October 13, 2018 Posted October 13, 2018 1 hour ago, JimBobTTD said: I keep looking at the Subway Pre. It ticks a lot of boxes. They have an acoustic preamp with a few more features; I might hang on until Namm to see if they launch a bass version of it. If not, the Subway will probably be joining the fold. The Acoustic works well on bass too btw. 1 Quote
three Posted October 13, 2018 Posted October 13, 2018 (edited) Pleased the OP’s obsession is reduced - it was his previous posts that part fuelled my own. I’ve reined things in but currently enjoying (a) a Noble - contemporary twin valve but works best for me with Fender style basses (that I don’t have or favour); (b) Hellborg - err...favourite - very responsive; (c) Millennia - brutally transparent but requires technical expertise (not my amateur fumbling); (d) Alembic SF2 - nuts and see (c) above; and, Avalon U5 - simple and lush on preset 2 with more modern and active basses. Not sure there’s anything new here - the OPs selection was possibly broader Edited October 13, 2018 by three Quote
Owen Posted October 13, 2018 Author Posted October 13, 2018 I feel guilty for having enabled you "three". Quote
three Posted October 13, 2018 Posted October 13, 2018 9 hours ago, owen said: I feel guilty for having enabled you "three". Not at all - a fabulously entertaining, fruitful and ongoing adventure! Thank you! Quote
Owen Posted October 13, 2018 Author Posted October 13, 2018 (edited) One of those Hellborg rigs went for peanuts on Ebay. I was gutted. Poweramp and all. Edited October 13, 2018 by owen Quote
three Posted October 13, 2018 Posted October 13, 2018 Aaargh...wish I’d seen that! Didn’t get in with the power amp but there’s room for another pre - winderful things Quote
indabass Posted October 20, 2018 Posted October 20, 2018 1)Noble + 2)Tab Funkenwerk + 3)Acme Audio Motown Quote
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