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Does anyone make a B15 in a pedal format?

@MDBass...You need a Broughton P15! :bag: (I kid! I kid!)

Unless I'm wrong (And I mostly am) the B15 sound is the sum of many parts, including the following three: The EQ section of a B15, the "tubey-ness" of a B15 and the cab sim of a B15.
The Linden may get you reeeeaaallll close to the EQ section. You've got some drive pedals. And then you've got the cab sim. I bet with the Linden you could get pretty close with a drive pedal you already own and the OCSD.

My unedumacated two cents.
 
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@MDBass...You need a Broughton P15! :bag: (I kid! I kid!)

Unless I'm wrong (And I mostly am) the B15 sound is the sum of many parts, including the following three: The EQ section of a B15, the "tubey-ness" of a B15 and the cab sim of a B15.
The Linden may get you reeeeaaallll close to the EQ section. You've got some drive pedals. And then you've got the cab sim. I bet with the Linden you could get pretty close with a drive pedal you already own and the OCSD.

My unedumacated two cents.

That may be a possibility, I'm just hoping to be able to do it with less than three boxes since my board space is limited and this isn't the ONLY sound I want on it.

Definitely a possibility I could accomplish something similar between the Linden, a drive like the 5th Gear, a comp and the OCSD though.
 
or anybody else, any truth to this?
I just did this and its not a B15 to my ears...It is its own thing with a the highs cut for sure with a bit of saturation but not what I would call the B15, its a interesting take with a fretless. This sounds awesome for someone with a modern fretless and wanted to do a a traditional jazz trio.
 
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I just did this and its not a B15 to my ears...It is its own thing with a the highs cut for sure with a bit of saturation but not what I would call the B15, its a interesting take with a fretless. This sounds awesome for someone with a modern fretless and wanted to do a a traditional jazz trio.
@TonyP- Thanks!
 
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I just did this and its not a B15 to my ears...It is its own thing with a the highs cut for sure with a bit of saturation but not what I would call the B15, its a interesting take with a fretless. This sounds awesome for someone with a modern fretless and wanted to do a a traditional jazz trio.

Thanks Tony: I don't have my Vintage any more otherwise I would have done it myself.

Such a helpful thread! Though not really to my wallet...
 
All this B15 talk has driven me to buy a Linden EQ... going to see how close I can get with my hyper luminal and omnicabsim
I got the Barber EQ recently and with the limited time I've had on it, I absolutely love what it does to my clean tone. Just looking for the right low-med gain tubey OD to pair with it and I can die a happy man :smug:
 
I got the Barber EQ recently and with the limited time I've had on it, I absolutely love what it does to my clean tone. Just looking for the right low-med gain tubey OD to pair with it and I can die a happy man :smug:
I’m thinking Hyper Luminal>MBD-1>Linden E.Q.>OmniCabSim might create something tasty :-)
 
Looks interesting, but I’m not big on $700 preorders. I’ve been burnt on too many indegogo or Kickstarter projects.

It appears that 13 have already been made and 10 or so already sold...one of them may or may not have been sold to me ;)