sk8 Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Was unsure where to put this as it can be a preamp too amongst many other things. Received my Big Trees yesterday and had a very quick play. Initial thoughts are it sounds really good. I’ve previously owned the noble and was after an interface that could also overdrive itself. I’ve only used it for five minutes but I’m thinking this will meet my expectations. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naxos10 Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 That looks a nice pedal, I hope it sounds as good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwan Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Feature list looks great. Aesthetically not so much. Not a cheap unit either! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8 Posted September 14, 2022 Author Share Posted September 14, 2022 55 minutes ago, Bigwan said: Feature list looks great. Aesthetically not so much. Not a cheap unit either! It is a bit marmite! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8 Posted September 14, 2022 Author Share Posted September 14, 2022 1 hour ago, naxos10 said: That looks a nice pedal, I hope it sounds as good. Sounds good so far. Need to put it through its paces 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumOne Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 They have an impressive list of users https://www.audiokitchen.co.uk/users/?product=the-big-trees 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8 Posted September 15, 2022 Author Share Posted September 15, 2022 Using this tonight at church practice. Straight to the board via an orchid electronics micro DI. looking forward to seeing how it does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8 Posted September 16, 2022 Author Share Posted September 16, 2022 Used it last night. Sounded great in the mix and as a bonus I was able to use the clean channel as a mute by turning it down 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brucegill Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 Are you using this for Bass? I had one a while ago but used it for Guitar. Sounded great! Great with synths too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brucegill Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 Great guys to deal with too. Really helpful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosi Y'Anarchy Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 I’ve got my eye on a Fake Plastic Trees at the moment….at some I’ll get one, saw a great comparison between that and the Benson Preamp (which I’ve owned before). The FPT seems brighter and less compressed than the Benson, which is a plus in my book. I’d love to have their whole range of pedals but frankly they cost too much for me to afford but I’ve not heard a bad word said about any of their line and the fact that they seem to be as at home on guitar as bass means there’s some a lot of value there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8 Posted September 25, 2022 Author Share Posted September 25, 2022 On 19/09/2022 at 08:51, Brucegill said: Are you using this for Bass? I had one a while ago but used it for Guitar. Sounded great! Great with synths too. Yep. That was the primary purchase reason. put my acoustic through the clean channel and it was unbelievable. Don’t think this can make anything sound bad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8 Posted September 25, 2022 Author Share Posted September 25, 2022 On 20/09/2022 at 15:12, Dosi Y'Anarchy said: I’ve got my eye on a Fake Plastic Trees at the moment….at some I’ll get one, saw a great comparison between that and the Benson Preamp (which I’ve owned before). The FPT seems brighter and less compressed than the Benson, which is a plus in my book. I’d love to have their whole range of pedals but frankly they cost too much for me to afford but I’ve not heard a bad word said about any of their line and the fact that they seem to be as at home on guitar as bass means there’s some a lot of value there I had my eye on one too but settled on the TBT to try and cover all bases….. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Ooooh Ooooh. A preamp I have not tried! <scoots off to read up on it> 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8 Posted October 3, 2022 Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 Interesting use of this last night. Played a pub with two acoustic guitars and cajon. Everything through the PA but no monitoring. Used the amp out on the TBT to power a small speaker. Worked a treat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8 Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 Pairs nicely with the sumo monster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekomatic Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 À propos of nothing, part of Audio Kitchen is Kendra Jane Frost who played bass for Lonelady on her last tour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 On 15/09/2022 at 09:26, sk8 said: Using this tonight at church practice. Straight to the board via an orchid electronics micro DI. looking forward to seeing how it does I’m not sure we can call it a like-for-like comparison with the Noble if you need a 3rd party DI to go straight to board haha (good call on the Orchid though). I think they’re just very different beasts, this is a general use Pre, the Noble is a B-15 soundalike. I’d say the Noble is way more pedalboard friendly, it looks smaller than TBT and also powers 6 other pedals. But I’ve certainly heard good things tonally from TBT. Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8 Posted October 12, 2022 Author Share Posted October 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Sibob said: I’m not sure we can call it a like-for-like comparison with the Noble if you need a 3rd party DI to go straight to board haha (good call on the Orchid though). I think they’re just very different beasts, this is a general use Pre, the Noble is a B-15 soundalike. I’d say the Noble is way more pedalboard friendly, it looks smaller than TBT and also powers 6 other pedals. But I’ve certainly heard good things tonally from TBT. Si Having owned both the TBT is better suited to what I want out of a preamp and the clean channel is to die for. it has more flexibility than the noble IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brucegill Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Would love to try a Noble, but likelihood of me finding one is pretty slim. I do wish I still had the Big Tree to try with bass though.... This threads not helping my GAS levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8 Posted October 13, 2022 Author Share Posted October 13, 2022 I think the clean channel of TBT is as good as Noble 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8 Posted November 5, 2022 Author Share Posted November 5, 2022 On 12/10/2022 at 07:38, Sibob said: I’m not sure we can call it a like-for-like comparison with the Noble if you need a 3rd party DI to go straight to board haha (good call on the Orchid though). I think they’re just very different beasts, this is a general use Pre, the Noble is a B-15 soundalike. I’d say the Noble is way more pedalboard friendly, it looks smaller than TBT and also powers 6 other pedals. But I’ve certainly heard good things tonally from TBT. Si The time I spend with the big trees the more I like it over the noble. The noble was a one trick pony, a fantastic trick but one only. the big trees can do clean, gritty, overdriven, fuzzy and synthy and if that’s too much you can just switch to the beautiful clean channel. I can buy (and have bought) a great DI cheaply (orchid) and an isolated power supply (the noble outputs aren’t isolated) to complement the big trees and the total including the TBT will be less than importing a noble. I did miss my noble but not anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunion Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 5 minutes ago, sk8 said: The time I spend with the big trees the more I like it over the noble. The noble was a one trick pony, a fantastic trick but one only. the big trees can do clean, gritty, overdriven, fuzzy and synthy and if that’s too much you can just switch to the beautiful clean channel. I can buy (and have bought) a great DI cheaply (orchid) and an isolated power supply (the noble outputs aren’t isolated) to complement the big trees and the total including the TBT will be less than importing a noble. I did miss my noble but not anymore. Hmm I still don’t know why your comparing this to a Noble you’d be better comparing to an ampeg B15, SVT IIP, or an ashdown ‘lil bastard’, The Noble is a tube DI, it’s not an amp designed to get gritty, overdriven fuzzy or synthy(sic) The Noble is a one trick pony because it’s meant to be just that. It’s warms the tone with the tubes and allows clean boost of the bass and treble without distorting. The fact you had to buy a separate DI puts the TBT in a different class of box and indeed it was designed for and is a guitar class A 2.5 watt power amp/preamp in stomp box format, although it has found other niches in studios. Im sure it’s a great piece of kit and I’d sure like to try one. However take the Noble for its purpose of a tube DI and compare the BTB In the same parameters and then the Noble wins. TLDR: TBT is a 2.5watt guitar amp/preamp, the Noble is a clean Tube DI, no comparison. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8 Posted November 5, 2022 Author Share Posted November 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Bunion said: Hmm I still don’t know why your comparing this to a Noble you’d be better comparing to an ampeg B15, SVT IIP, or an ashdown ‘lil bastard’, The Noble is a tube DI, it’s not an amp designed to get gritty, overdriven fuzzy or synthy(sic) The Noble is a one trick pony because it’s meant to be just that. It’s warms the tone with the tubes and allows clean boost of the bass and treble without distorting. The fact you had to buy a separate DI puts the TBT in a different class of box and indeed it was designed for and is a guitar class A 2.5 watt power amp/preamp in stomp box format, although it has found other niches in studios. Im sure it’s a great piece of kit and I’d sure like to try one. However take the Noble for its purpose of a tube DI and compare the BTB In the same parameters and then the Noble wins. TLDR: TBT is a 2.5watt guitar amp/preamp, the Noble is a clean Tube DI, no comparison. I’ll agree to disagree! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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