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Clean tone preamp pedal that “warms”

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__4f166

Nov 12, 2022
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Enjoying some "high note bass solo" these days, such as American Elm by Janek Gwizdala, El Silencio by America Paz, that drives my crazy for the bridge pickup, pre-delayed reverb, warm ,emotional high note soloing bass tone.

Just recently assembling my pedalboard, and I'm looking for a preamp pedal that provides the warm tone those bassist have gotten.I've tried darkglass aou and b7k both with distortion off, but it sounds a bit cold and lack of emotion.

Is there any recommendation for some clean tone preamp pedals that provide warm tone? Or any suggestions for creating tones like the songs above the article? Thx
 
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Nightowl Edison.
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__4f166 said:
Enjoying some "high note bass solo" these days, such as American Elm by Janek Gwizdala, El Silencio by America Paz, that drives my crazy for the bridge pickup, pre-delayed reverb, warm ,emotional high note soloing bass tone.

Just recently assembling my pedalboard, and I'm looking for a preamp pedal that provides the warm tone those bassist have gotten.I've tried darkglass aou and b7k both with distortion off, but it sounds a bit cold and lack of emotion.

Is there any recommendation for some clean tone preamp pedals that provide warm tone? Or any suggestions for creating tones like the songs above the article? Thx
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Due to Janek's demo, I got a Caveman BP1 Compact. I'm using both the BP1 and an Effectrode LA-1A (in the BP1 FX loop) as my clean tone which has been perfect for me, and they are subtle enough to not interfere with my use of other effect pedals. I run those 2 into my Quad Cortex using the BP1 DI, and add other effects from there if needed.

For extra clean warmth from there, I will sometimes run the QC Hiwatt Dr103 model, gain turned down clean. I started doing that after getting a Sushi Box Dr Wattson and love the sound, both clean and dirty. Sushi Box have recently released the Elementary pedal, which is a lower gain Hiwatt based pedal. If I wanted a single pedal to add some non subtle clean warmth, that would be it.
 
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Derek Williams said:
Due to Janek's demo, I got a Caveman BP1 Compact. I'm using both the BP1 and an Effectrode LA-1A (in the BP1 FX loop) as my clean tone which has been perfect for me, and they are subtle enough to not interfere with my use of other effect pedals. I run those 2 into my Quad Cortex using the BP1 DI, and add other effects from there if needed.

For extra clean warmth from there, I will sometimes run the QC Hiwatt Dr103 model, gain turned down clean. I started doing that after getting a Sushi Box Dr Wattson and love the sound, both clean and dirty. Sushi Box have recently released the Elementary pedal, which is a lower gain Hiwatt based pedal. If I wanted a single pedal to add some non subtle clean warmth, that would be it.
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Is sushi box fx available for international shipping?
 
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funkinbottom said:
Another vote fore Sushi Box. I have a Space Heater that is absolutely wonderful. Gives you that nice tube warmth and little to no grit, or a whole bunch, depending on how much gain dialed in. I personally use very little gain. A fantastic pedal for some tube vibe.

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Would you use a Sushi Box with a tube amp.? in this case the orange 200AD. I need something to boost the old vintage bass signal going into the amp.
 
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ac100X said:
Would you use a Sushi Box with a tube amp.? in this case the orange 200AD. I need something to boost the old vintage bass signal going into the amp.
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I would think so, but I don't own a tube amp to know for sure. Nathan makes a pedal simple called More. Looks pretty interesting. Here's a link.

https://www.sushiboxfx.com/product-category/pedals/

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Is there any recommendation
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Just noticed you joined today. Wellcome to Talkbass, it's a fun hang.
 
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__4f166 said:
Enjoying some "high note bass solo" these days, such as American Elm by Janek Gwizdala, El Silencio by America Paz, that drives my crazy for the bridge pickup, pre-delayed reverb, warm ,emotional high note soloing bass tone.

Just recently assembling my pedalboard, and I'm looking for a preamp pedal that provides the warm tone those bassist have gotten.I've tried darkglass aou and b7k both with distortion off, but it sounds a bit cold and lack of emotion.

Is there any recommendation for some clean tone preamp pedals that provide warm tone? Or any suggestions for creating tones like the songs above the article? Thx
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I will join the @Sushi Box FX chorus as I love what his pedals impart to my tone. If your bass already has a great tone and you just want to enhance that then MORE is what you need. If you are looking to add some sweetening to your bass' voice and warmth then the Underground Accelerator might do the trick, it certainly works for me I have one on each of my pedal boards.
 
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