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08-11-2010, 10:35 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Little Rock | | | What Do I Have Here? - Old Sadowsky Preamp
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I got this Sadowsky preamp through a local craigslist trade. I thought I was getting the newer one, but instead I got this. It looks old... and the box looks even older. Not sure how old it is... but I figured I would go ahead and see if any of you guys knew anything about this.  
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08-12-2010, 09:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Little Rock | | | Bump to see if I have a treasure??? |
08-12-2010, 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by carsonseelinger  Bump to see if I have a treasure??? | I'm sure someone with more expertise will weigh in soon enough, but I just purchased one of the newer versions of this pre. As I researched before purchasing, I found that the key sound processing components haven't changed much from the earlier version, the newer version just has a few more features (like a mute/on/off switches, XLR, to name a few).
Anyway, if that one sounds like mine, yes, it's a treasure no matter how you slice it. 
P.S.--Before a mod chimes in, if you're selling it, you need to do that at the For Sale forum.
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08-12-2010, 09:31 AM
|  | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | I have one of these - with exactly the same box!!
I got it in a music shop second hand and paid about £60 for it - I love it and use if for boosting the signal on my piezo pickup on my Double Bass!
They are great for passive basses - but if you use them with an active bass - they do absolutely nothing!!
Great bits of kit - indestructible - but quite common and not worth that much.
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08-12-2010, 01:43 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: St. Louis, MO USA | | | That's the old belt clip model. It is essentially the classic Sadowsky premap. The new one isn't going to sound any different.
I have the newer one. All I would add is that the new one has a DI that is GREAT for both live and recording applications. Otherwise, unless you want the footswitch to kick it in and out, I wouldn't see the point in buying the new one.
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08-14-2010, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield I have one of these - with exactly the same box!!
I got it in a music shop second hand and paid about £60 for it - I love it and use if for boosting the signal on my piezo pickup on my Double Bass! They are great for passive basses - but if you use them with an active bass - they do absolutely nothing!!
Great bits of kit - indestructible - but quite common and not worth that much. | Care to elaborate a bit more? This doesnt make sense to me.
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08-14-2010, 09:17 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: NewYork, NY | | | I just got the newer version 2 days ago, all i can say is WOW, my FENDER now really sounds AWESOME. |
08-14-2010, 09:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Logan,W.V.(not up some holler) | | | Oh Yeah!!!
Cha-Ching!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :b assist:
You,my friend have ABSOLUTELY,UNEQUIVOCALLY hit the "Compact" pre-amp Jackpot.
They have the "Mini-Rig of Doom" thread on here..... Well,if the "Mini-Pre of Doom" thread were to exist,this would be K-I-N-G!!!
I've had one for 20 (plus or minus) years. With my '75 J-Bass??? Fugetaboutit!!!!
Great find!!!!!!!!!!
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08-16-2010, 01:54 AM
| | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | Quote:
Originally Posted by LightGroove Care to elaborate a bit more? This doesnt make sense to me. | Well - all this unit is doing, is mimicking the functions of the onboard pre-amp put in active basses. If you have an active bass - then it already has a pre-amp built in!
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08-16-2010, 08:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Vancouver B.C. | | | I have a Fishman ModelB pre amp that looks identical to that, same box etc. it does the the same thing as well, it's meant to be a piezo pre amp for uprights. I use it on my passives and it sounds great. does anyone know how close these things are circuit wise? is the similarity just the box?
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