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12-16-2012, 01:03 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Cave Passive Pedals | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ohio | | | Larry Graham's J-Bass
I was reading the January issue of Premier Guitar and there was a big spread on Larry Graham. And, of course, there is the section that lists his equipment. His J-bass uses a 27-volt preamp. 27 volts! Yowza! |
12-16-2012, 01:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Toronto, ON | | | That's how many volts his thumb needs. |
12-16-2012, 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by caeman  I was reading the January issue of Premier Guitar and there was a big spread on Larry Graham. And, of course, there is the section that lists his equipment. His J-bass uses a 27-volt preamp. 27 volts! Yowza! | Its "9" louder!  |
12-16-2012, 06:54 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Brubaker Guitars | | | | | I saw him playing on a white warwick and he didn't play it with the same AUTHORITY. It looked too small for him and that he was fighting it.
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12-16-2012, 08:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Nashville, TN | | | Love lg but he sounded best passive decades ago |
12-16-2012, 08:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pittsburgh | | | Yeah, his lines & tone on the Sly & The Family Stone stuff was as classic as Motown, Stax & James Brown. |
12-16-2012, 08:48 PM
| | Sonic Experimentation Gone Mild to Non-Existent
Endorsing Artist: Cave Passive Pedals | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ohio | | | 18v preamp basses have a lot of power to them...by what advantage would 27 volts give? |
12-16-2012, 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by caeman I was reading the January issue of Premier Guitar and there was a big spread on Larry Graham. And, of course, there is the section that lists his equipment. His J-bass uses a 27-volt preamp. 27 volts! Yowza! | 3 nine volt batteries or a Alembic like power supply?
That's head room. Don't spill a drink on that pup. |
12-16-2012, 09:08 PM
|  | Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion. | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Ohio | | | Thought my 18v preamp was a monster but 27v man that's some juice.
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12-16-2012, 10:59 PM
|  | Sponsored by Jagermeister | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Seattle / Tacoma | | | I remember back in the 90's visiting a buddy who worked at Seymour Duncan and talking about headroom in their preamps, and him telling me their pre's are well capable of running at 27v. |
12-19-2012, 12:46 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Brubaker Guitars | | | | | I think he sounds better now. anybody can make a bass go boom. Most of us do.
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12-19-2012, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by caeman I was reading the January issue of Premier Guitar and there was a big spread on Larry Graham. And, of course, there is the section that lists his equipment. His J-bass uses a 27-volt preamp. 27 volts! Yowza! | His Moon or his Warwick?
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12-19-2012, 02:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southern California | | | His Moon J is running a Bartolini at 27v.
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12-19-2012, 06:41 PM
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