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09-08-2011, 07:50 PM
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09-08-2011, 08:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NC | |  Nice! |
09-08-2011, 08:59 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | Just got one too. Wonderful score!
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09-08-2011, 10:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Austin, TX | | | Nice. What amp and cab are you going to drive with it?
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09-08-2011, 11:01 PM
|  | I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize! | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ottawa, Canada | | Nice! With the manual even! 
I didn't think the manual actually existed.... |
09-08-2011, 11:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Oregon, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Mingo Sanders  Nice. What amp and cab are you going to drive with it? | I'm not a rack-er - this is going into the DAW studio.
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09-08-2011, 11:42 PM
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09-09-2011, 12:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Oregon, USA | | | This thing sounds amazing now that I trained myself that the bass, treble and mid knobs are not active. It really sounds much like the Yamaha B100 head I had in the 70s/80s plus additional parametric that can really bring out the DING in a P Bass. That amp sounded great - later 'good' SS; box was huge and weighed a ton for an amp that open looked like it came from Heathkit.
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09-13-2011, 08:10 AM
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Bass & guitar tech, FOH sound, backline rentals | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Concord, NH | | $50???? Sick Bro! One just sold on ebay at $400.00 !!! Yamaha PB-1 Bass Preamplifier (Rare & Legendary) NR | eBay
YIKES! Possibly these AWESOME pre-amps are being re-discovered...
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09-13-2011, 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Lowbrow This thing sounds amazing now that I trained myself that the bass, treble and mid knobs are not active. It really sounds much like the Yamaha B100 head I had in the 70s/80s plus additional parametric that can really bring out the DING in a P Bass. That amp sounded great - later 'good' SS; box was huge and weighed a ton for an amp that open looked like it came from Heathkit. | Where did you end up on the EQ settings?
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09-13-2011, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by gnjpowell | Ouch! Considering these are probably one of the easiest preamps to find, I don't know how rare they are 
I am not using mine much..... maybe I should sell it for $400. |
09-13-2011, 10:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Oregon, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by gnjpowell |
Holy Heck! Quote:
Originally Posted by JoshuaTSP Where did you end up on the EQ settings? | Treble: 3.5
Mid: 6
Bass: 3
Para level: +2.5
Para Q: 10:30
Para Freq: 3:30
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09-13-2011, 10:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA | | | Color me envious. I have a B100-III, which has most features of the PB1. Basically too heavy to leave home, so I've kept an eye out for deals on a PB1 (like this). That $400 price on eBay is crazy, though. |
09-13-2011, 03:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Oregon, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Lowbrow Treble: 3.5
Mid: 6
Bass: 3
Para level: +2.5
Para Q: 10:30
Para Freq: 3:30 | To be complete, that comes after this: 
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09-13-2011, 03:35 PM
| | I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize! | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ottawa, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Lowbrow To be complete, that comes after this: | Ahh ok. I noticed you had some mid scoop on the preamp, but you seem to have mid boosts in the pedals.... so it all works out. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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