Mr. Foxen Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Have my eye on a big valve slave amp and I'll need some sort of preamp for it. It has XLR ins in the front. Right now I have the XLR out on my Sansamp programmable BDDI which I think should do it fnie. But what other options do I have? All the valve amp/cab sim of the BDDI seems a bit wasted. I don't need vast amounts of effects/tone shaping, and am not determined to have an all valve path. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexclaber Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Fire-damaged Avalon U5. Doom-heavy and if some of the innards are burnt out so should be the tone. Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 That would cost me the same as the amp; overdraft Doom. Seems a lot of scratch for a small box with few knobs. Not like light weigh/portablility is a factor. What does it actually do? No noise and super duper squeaky clean? I suspect the pennies would be better spend on a beasty cab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escholl Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 pick up a [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/saville-stereo-valve-preamp-for-restoration_W0QQitemZ270287027720QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Consumer_VintageAudio_RL?hash=item3eee5cbe08&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1690|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50"]wreck of a preamp[/url] on ebay. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-VALVE-MIC-MICROPHONE-PRE-AMP-PREAMP-UNITS_W0QQitemZ380129984086QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Consumer_Professional_RL?hash=item5881833e56&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1690|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50"]or this one[/url]. give it a power supply, a little rewiring here and there -- sorted. or do what i did, pull one of the valve channels out of a 1960's era reel to reel tape deck -- lose the power amp stage (if you want, i quite like it) and there you go, nice little valve preamp. of course, that really only works if you can do the whole electronics thing. for something a bit easier, [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Germanium-Mike-Preamp-Vintage-Philips-1967-85-dB_W0QQitemZ110401505417QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item19b4714889&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1688|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50"]give this a try?[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Ampeg SVP Bass Pod Tech 21 PSA1 All good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 [quote name='fretmeister' post='516127' date='Jun 17 2009, 09:16 AM']Ampeg SVP Bass Pod Tech 21 PSA1 All good![/quote] Do you mean the Tech 21 RBI? PSI is the guitar one. I think it would be pretty much the same as using my pedal sansamp wouldn't it? Looking out for an SVP, but also considering cloning some simple classic valve head preamp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escholl Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 [url="http://www.davehallamps.co.uk/Products,%20VT2-Dual%20Bass%20RM.html"]should have thought of this one earlier[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 [quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='516279' date='Jun 17 2009, 11:36 AM']Do you mean the Tech 21 RBI? PSI is the guitar one. I think it would be pretty much the same as using my pedal sansamp wouldn't it? Looking out for an SVP, but also considering cloning some simple classic valve head preamp.[/quote] Nope - plenty of bassists use the original "guitar" one - the EQ on it is very powerful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorbass Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 or do what i did, pull one of the valve channels out of a 1960's era reel to reel tape deck -- Ha! I had this set up as a teenager on top of a homemade 2x15 - happy days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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