A request for a temporary loan of a few pedals (mostly preamps)

[Quatschmacher]

Hi folks,

 

I have put wanted ads up for some of these things but was wondering if there’s anyone who might be willing to loan me any of the following pedals for a few days. I’m more than happy to reciprocate with loans of a few interesting pedals I have or to cover all postage in the case that I have nothing that interests you. I have already had some great experiences doing this from a couple of very kind BC members. I’ve also been loaning out my Artifakt to a list of people for the past few months as a way for them to try one out with having to stump up big sums. 
 

Thanks in anticipation.

 

The things I’d like to try are:

 

Aguilar Tonehammer v2

Markbass Vintage Pre

Arkham Oracle

Noble

Audio Kitchen Fake Plastic Trees

Chase Bliss/ZVEX Bliss Factory

Warm Audio Pedal76

Origin DCX Bass

 

(Origin Bass Compressor - sorted)

(Origin BassRig Super Vintage - sorted)

(Shift Line Olympic MKIIIS - sorted)

(Jad Freer Capo - sorted)

(Sushibox Grand Slampegg - sorted)

Edited February 7 by Quatschmacher

[Quatschmacher]

Have found a SLO to buy now. 

[Owen]

I have loads of preamp pedals and was ready to send. Sadly, none of those. 

[Quatschmacher]

  On 18/01/2025 at 20:32, Owen said:

I have loads of preamp pedals and was ready to send. Sadly, none of those. 

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I’m all ears; there are a few more that I didn’t list. 

[Owen]

PM

[Quatschmacher]

A few more down due to a combination of loans and purchases. 

[Quatschmacher]

I think I’ll probably take a bit of a break from doing this for a bit as I’ve got through most of the ones I wanted to try most. Would still love to try a Grand Slampegg if possible though.

[Quatschmacher]

Another Basschat win - kindly getting a loan of the GS for a bit. Such a great community!

[bobbass4k]

I have a sushi box DIY clone of the noble if that's of any interest?

[Quatschmacher]

  On 04/02/2025 at 10:03, bobbass4k said:

I have a sushi box DIY clone of the noble if that's of any interest?

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Is that their Neptunium or Nobellium? That would be interesting to try, thanks. 

[Owen]

  On 04/02/2025 at 10:03, bobbass4k said:

I have a sushi box DIY clone of the noble if that's of any interest?

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Uh oh.

[bobbass4k]

  On 04/02/2025 at 12:46, Quatschmacher said:

Is that their Neptunium or Nobellium? That would be interesting to try, thanks. 

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The Nobellium - don't know how true it is to the original but sounds pretty good to my ears. Not used it in a while so let me fire it up tonight and give it a check.

[bobbass4k]

  On 04/02/2025 at 12:50, Owen said:

Uh oh.

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True to form it's the most of expensive DIY clone I've ever built, by a fairly long way.

[LukeFRC]

  On 04/02/2025 at 13:04, bobbass4k said:

True to form it's the most of expensive DIY clone I've ever built, by a fairly long way.

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It’s the transformer that pushes the price up isn’t it?

[bobbass4k]

  On 04/02/2025 at 17:14, LukeFRC said:

It’s the transformer that pushes the price up isn’t it?

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Transformer + valves. I got the lightning bit direct so US shipping too. I did run it without the transformer for a while but I was curious.

[Quatschmacher]

Really enjoying the Grand Slampegg. 

[Quatschmacher]

  On 07/02/2025 at 10:25, Quatschmacher said:

Really enjoying the Grand Slampegg. 

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Decided to get one for myself after shifting a few things. 

Edited February 8 by Quatschmacher

[thebob]

Hey Quatschmacher

 

could you tell me anything about how the shift line olympic and the Grand Slampegg compare ?

I got the olympic /as well as the Capo as a reference but that's a differetn beast) and I enjoy to me it distorsts too esily / too much when I fee it with compressed bussy fat tone ith fuzz overtones. hence I'm very intringued by the Slampegg spec and its tube.

 

thanks for any feedback !

[Quatschmacher]

  On 20/03/2025 at 16:40, thebob said:

Hey Quatschmacher

 

could you tell me anything about how the shift line olympic and the Grand Slampegg compare ?

I got the olympic /as well as the Capo as a reference but that's a differetn beast) and I enjoy to me it distorsts too esily / too much when I fee it with compressed bussy fat tone ith fuzz overtones. hence I'm very intringued by the Slampegg spec and its tube.

 

thanks for any feedback !

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Slampegg doesn’t break up much unless you push the front end hard. I set my Olympic gain really low. I wonder if would be possible to put a 12AU7 in it instead for much lower gain. 

[thebob]

  On 20/03/2025 at 16:52, Quatschmacher said:

Slampegg doesn’t break up much unless you push the front end hard. I set my Olympic gain really low. I wonder if would be possible to put a 12AU7 in it instead for much lower gain. 

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this statement keeps making it attractive.. (my bank account makes it less so)

Would you say that it performs equally in shaping a nice tone and providing nice tube compression & harmonics ?

 

I thought the same about the olympic and 12AU7, but I keep reading the guy from shift line advises against it (and that in th mkIIIs I have it is a difficult operation; very tiny real estate and I'm not very handy when it comes to this)

 

 

 

 

[Quatschmacher]

  On 20/03/2025 at 20:29, thebob said:

Would you say that it performs equally in shaping a nice tone and providing nice tube compression & harmonics ?

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Yes I would. No mid control but it sounds lovely.

[thebob]

Thanks a lot for your feedback. this is getting straight on my radar !

 

  On 20/03/2025 at 20:33, Quatschmacher said:

Yes I would. No mid control but it sounds lovely.

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[Quatschmacher]

  On 21/03/2025 at 08:50, thebob said:

Thanks a lot for your feedback. this is getting straight on my radar !

 

 

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One thing to bear in mind is how different strings affect the sound. I think my tube preamps sound pants with my P bass with Chromes but sound glorious with the P bass with Labellas.