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Audere classic 4-band

bradjonesbass

bradjonesbass

Mar 6, 2005
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#1
I'm going to be putting one of these in every bass I buy from here on out! The Conklin GT7 is a terrific playing bass and sounds pretty darn good out of the box, but when the stock preamp went out I did a bunch of research and ended up ordering the Audere. This bass now sounds like a $5000 custom!
 
#5
I've just put a classic 4 band in a Yamaha 765A after shielding the pre-amp cavity. The purpose of the exercise was to get rid of the noisy Yamaha electronics. Now the noise is gone, the bass sounds better than ever and I even get better string-to-string tone and volume balance.
 
#6
Agreed on all the above. :cool:

Audere Audio is sort of the Acme Sound of onboard preamps: innovative original design, superior performance, at a shockingly reasonable price - relative to the value.

Or is it that Acme Sound is the Audere Audio of bass cabinets? :hmm: :smug:

MM
 
#7
Hey....I'm actually in the process of pulling a stock fender jazz preamp out of a custom bass I have. In the past I haved used seymour duncan pres with kind of disappointing results. Maybe a change is in order?
 
#10
I ordered a new Audere JZ3 about 6 weeks ago for the bass I'm going to be surprised with for Christmas. I got this response from Audere.
Hi
We are introducing a new version of the jazz preamps and I want to see if you want to upgrade (no price change).
The products are ready but the documentation is usable but still a bit of work in process.
The new version offers a reprogrammable Z-Mode switch - each position can be set to 1 of 9 internal Z-Modes (the switch defaults are the same as the current jazz preamps).

It comes in 6 different configurations:
2 bands: vol, vol, treble/bass OR vol, bal, treble/bass
3 bands: vol, vol/mid, treble/bass OR vol, mid/bal, treble/bass
4 bands vol/vol, high mid/low mid, treble/bass OR vol/bal, high mid/low mid, treble/bass

Would you like to upgrade to the new version and if so which version?
We can also ship the older version that you ordered if desired.

Thanks
David
Click to expand...

I got the V,B/HM,LM/T,B.

I've been tempted to put it my HWY 1 Jazz, but I've been good. Waiting for Christmas.....
 
#11
2cooltoolz said:
I ordered a new Audere JZ3 about 6 weeks ago for the bass I'm going to be surprised with for Christmas. I got this response from Audere.

2 bands: vol, vol, treble/bass OR vol, bal, treble/bass
3 bands: vol, vol/mid, treble/bass OR vol, mid/bal, treble/bass
4 bands vol/vol, high mid/low mid, treble/bass OR vol/bal, high mid/low mid, treble/bass


I got the V,B/HM,LM/T,B.

I've been tempted to put it my HWY 1 Jazz, but I've been good. Waiting for Christmas.....
Click to expand...

Do the slashes mean those are stacked pots?
 
#13
I have a question for Audere Classic owners who have owned the other plate preamps. I found the Z-mode was stuck in Mid for me: and the tone controls on the 3ZB were too polite and wide. I settled on the 2 band audere as the better EQ Points of the Z-Mode plates; but my favorite jazz bass preamp is the Sadowsky.

Will I be happier with the Classic? I'm looking for something to compliment my EMG J's and the EQ points look proper on this preamp. The 15DB Low/High seem more Sadowsky like; perhaps a little wider EQ range on them, but still closer.
 

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