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my Audere preamp experience

#41
No - the additional cap combines with the pickup's coil to create a peak in the frequency response (the volume increases).

However the response at frequencies above the peaked location will now fall off faster than they would without the cap.

It will not sound like a simple low pass filter...
 
#43
JAUQO III-X said:
Remember as I noted in post #1 of this thread there are caps that you can use with The Audere Preamp that you can use to alter the sound of the preamp.

With standard Fender pickups,no caps and a maple fretted bass neck the sound can be just too biting for 90% of players without some extra capacitance.The standard caps are selected to leave plenty of bite for most players but not to be too far over the top. The caps are 330 pF for the neck and 680 pF for the bridge. For a fretless, you can pull the caps (or insert smaller caps) and get a higher frequency to the High Z-Mode peak.This can add more "bite" if the frequency peak does not exceed the range of the player’s cabinets.The ideal caps also change with pickups - for example Nordstrand adds more capacitance in his pickups because of how he winds his coils - so you might not want any caps in the sockets.Barts can range from standard Fender to pickups which have very little wound in capacitance - so one might want a larger cap depending on type.The caps only affect the High Z-Mode sound.(the standard Audere preamps have a cool 11 turn adjustment to do this but the cost is too high for this price point).Audere will sell (as an option for about $15 extra) bags of 10 different caps players can tryout.Players can also install there own caps - should create some "special secret" cap recipes.

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Question, are the capacitors just plug-in, or is there any soldering involved?
 
#46
Antman3820 said:
I am having a custom 5 string Jazz bass built by Chris Stambaugh and after talking to him, I am going to be using Bartolini Hum Cancelling J's and was considering the U-Retro. Deposit is on the way and the bass wont be ready for a while. Looking for that nice 70's Jazz bass, Marcus Slap vibe as well.

BUT.............

After reading this Thread, I am considering the Audere instead. Active with Z-mod....4 band etc. Which way would you guys go Pre-amp wise ??? I have heard great things about both the U retro & Audere. I got 2 months or so before Chris and I finalize the Pre- amp choice....Always enjoy the input from you guys. Thanks



Tony
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I have a 4 band audere in my stambaugh 5 string and love it, massive clear bottom end in Z mode.
 
#51
I'll play; about a year ago I refurbished a 62' P-bass body I was given by a friend. Since I already had a few different basses with different Pre's including Fender, J-Retro, Kubicki, Fodera, Bartolini and some others. I decided to try the Audere. I really wanted to pump up the tonal options of a normal PB. BOY OH BOY did it do the trick. My drummer friend always asks me to bring the PB as he says its the best sounding Bass he's ever heard!
Just last Sat. we were playing a club with a weird setup, 2 story's with the band set up on an open landing halfway in between. I was using an Elrick Bolt on Gold series. The whole first set I was trying to get the Elrick to sound good in this room with poor results. We were also on a hollow stage which was problematic. On the break I broke out the 62' P/ Audere. I was amazed how I so easily I dialed a great sound in on it. Aditionaly and amazingly this pre gives one the ability to make a P bass sound like a 2 pickup bass! Crazy!

My take ...this is the best Preamp I have ever owned. PERIOD!
 
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#52
Hi - this is my first post here. I found this site while trying to find out about pre-amps to put in my bass. The bass itself is a Fender Jazz, Chinese made! A previous owner had drilled out a socket on the side of the body and added a battery box, but by the time I got it, the active gear has been removed and passive stuff put back in - badly. Still, the bodywork is sound, it's got a gorgeous spray job, and it keeps its tune. Got away with it over the last year and it cost £150.

This week I added an Audere JZ6 and a pair of EMG-JHZ pickups. On the EMGs the screen wire is joined to the Cold wire at the control panel end, so it was easy to split them and do a really proper "star" earthing job.

Being in the UK, with import duty, postage, Parcel Farce's (you may know them as Parcelforce but I know the truth) extra charges for advancing the import duty and delivering when I'm actually at home, I ended up paying £205 for the Audere JZ6. It was still cheaper than the UK-made John East equivalent - something I only came across after ordering the Audere pre-amp. Add on the cost of the EMGs, some Rotosound black nylons and the original cost of the bass, it came to £459, co-incidentally, that's what you pay for a new Ibanez SR-500 in the UK. My friend has one - she knows her stuff - she's American now married to an Englishman but used to be a roadie for Kiss. However she was blown away by the sound of my modded Jazz Bass. Well the EMGs are known to be neutral but nothing to write home about. So the purity of tone, the deep deep undistorted bass, the twangy tuneful trebles, the only explanation I can see is that the Audere does its job. Not flash. Just a quality and range of sound that I could only dream about before, and, unless a string is vibrating, total silence. Bliss!

I don't know enough to know what it's better than or worse than, but I like it, that's for sure.
 

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