skidder652003 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 This bad boy dropped on the doormat today. Will give it a whirl at tomorrows rehearsal. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudewheresmybass Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Ilook forward to hearing an in context report 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocTrucker Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Nice! I've been waiting for a price from my local music school for one of them. I'm a newcomer to performing but liked the idea of getting my tone sorted on my pedal board making use of the fx loop on the pre amp and leaving the rest to largely just volume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumOne Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 I had one for a while and thought it was decent: good EQ, drive, DI, fx loop, Aux in and headphone out, and very good value. If I was being picky then ideally I'd like the headphone output to have an individual volume control, and the dials look cool but are a bit hard to read, and I never found much use for the tilt eq (it'd be great if that was a HPF instead). Can't have everything though! Overall I thought it was good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloppyChops Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Got one a few weeks ago and absolutely love it. Managed to get the tone in my head out of the pedal which is all I could have asked for! Agree with the dials, might see if they can be swapped out for some more 'traditional' as they're easy to bump with your foot and almost impossible to read at certain angles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocTrucker Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Mine's on order now. Maybe I'll see it next week. Boss pedals on the loop at the moment; overdrive (odb3), octaver (oc3), and limiter (lmb3). The Digbeth pedals look great but can't justify what I'm guessing is around ~£360 at the moment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 2 hours ago, DocTrucker said: Mine's on order now. Maybe I'll see it next week. Boss pedals on the loop at the moment; overdrive (odb3), octaver (oc3), and limiter (lmb3). The Digbeth pedals look great but can't justify what I'm guessing is around ~£360 at the moment! 150ish if you shop around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidder652003 Posted February 2, 2022 Author Share Posted February 2, 2022 15 minutes ago, Thunderbird said: 150ish if you shop around £125 at GAK https://www.gak.co.uk/en/laney-db-pre-digbeth-bass-preamp-pedal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybone Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Beat me to it. Just ordered one myself. 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocTrucker Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Thunderbird said: 150ish if you shop around Sorry, bad writing on my behalf. I was guessing the cost of the pedals together. I have the DB-Pre on order for a bit under 150. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidder652003 Posted February 2, 2022 Author Share Posted February 2, 2022 Just got back, sounded F@ckin' brilliant, The Mosfet input is especially nice and The Tube breaks up lovely. That tilt function is very useful. Very happy and it's silent when not in use as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petetexas Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 (edited) Got one two weeks ago , love it . Aux in was very quiet ( play along tracks ) shot email to Laney , they said it should not be , they arranged pick up ( UPS ) to check it out . Awaiting result , what more do you want from a UK company . EXCELLENT ! Overall l recon they are onto a winner here . By the way, changed the dials for some Boss ones - can see them better now . Edited February 3, 2022 by petetexas 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 17 hours ago, skidder652003 said: Just got back, sounded F@ckin' brilliant, The Mosfet input is especially nice and The Tube breaks up lovely. That tilt function is very useful. Very happy and it's silent when not in use as well. What does tilt do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 I see there's an fx loop on the pedal what is that for exactly (sorry for a silly question) but I just though you would chain the pedal as normal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 9 hours ago, petetexas said: Got one two weeks ago , love it . Aux in was very quiet ( play along tracks ) shot email to Laney , they said it should not be , they arranged pick up ( UPS ) to check it out . Awaiting result , what more do you want from a UK company . EXCELLENT ! Overall l recon they are onto a winner here . By the way, changed the dials for some Boss ones - can see them better now . Pic with the Boss dials please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petetexas Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 As soon as I get it back from Laney , I will post a couple of pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, petetexas said: As soon as I get it back from Laney , I will post a couple of pics Cheers fella! They're going to be amused to find Boss dials on their preamp, wonder if they will take the hint - haha! Edited February 3, 2022 by Al Krow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 (edited) There was quite a bit of discussion about the preamp on the amps and cabs forum about the new Laney Digbeth range. This marvellous chap (who happens to be a regular on the Yamaha mega thread) posted an excellent little video review: New Laney Digbeth Preamp (link to thread) New Laney Digbeth Preamp - Short Video Review (link to dropbox clip) Edited February 3, 2022 by Al Krow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidder652003 Posted February 3, 2022 Author Share Posted February 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Cosmo Valdemar said: What does tilt do? This apparently Tilt is a dynamic, powerful SEE SAW EQ control. This control has a central neutral position. Turning the control clockwise increases the overall mid to high frequencies and decreases the lows thereby giving your sound more presence, which can be useful for cutting through live band situations. Turning the control anti clockwise reduces the overall mid to high frequencies and increases the lows making your overall sound rounder. I turned it a little more to the mid lows, just a smidge, gave me a nicer smoother low end, not too much though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petetexas Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Cant wait to get mine back , just got an old (1990 ) Yamaha Magicstomp to use the effects with the Digbeth . What a game tryiing to sort out the software . Fortunately , there is a Facebook Page , dedicated to the Magicstomp , with all the old software files etc With the help of the users on this site , , the Magistomp is now an Acoustic , Electric or BASS pedal . pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumOne Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 18 hours ago, Thunderbird said: I see there's an fx loop on the pedal what is that for exactly (sorry for a silly question) but I just though you would chain the pedal as normal It means the signal can go: Bass > Digbeth (adding EQ and drive) > FX loop (e.g. Delay pedal) > Digbeth outputs (DI and line output). Without it you'd only be able to have your delay placed in the chain before it goes through the Digbeth (a delay feeding into EQ & drive sounds different to having it after) or placed after the Digbeth (so it wouldn't be affecting what goes out of the Digbeth outputs like the XLR). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petetexas Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 (edited) Chased up Laney this afternoon , regarding my Digbeth that has ben returned to them - possible Aux in problem ( UPS picked up 09:30 Monday ) Laney have not received it yet ! Being that I live in Coventry and Laney are in Birmingham , maybe it would have been quicker and safer for me to take it over there myself . Pete Edited February 5, 2022 by petetexas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybone Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Oh dear. Turns out I obviously didn't read the GAK advert right, they can't deliver to Scotland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Skybone said: Oh dear. Turns out I obviously didn't read the GAK advert right, they can't deliver to Scotland. What?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidder652003 Posted February 7, 2022 Author Share Posted February 7, 2022 37 minutes ago, Cosmo Valdemar said: What?! yeah really???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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