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My preamp journey

#481
I've been continuing going thru my preamps and pedals and have made some progress with the clean up. I've been focusing on the ones that aren't on my board and trying to simplify. I'm a firm believer that gear should be played, not sit in closets.

For those of you wondering what's not on my board:

DSM Bass Simplifier
Sushibox Dr. Watson
Sushibox Slampegg
Master Effects Monoblock
Sansamp Geddy Lee
Eden WTDI
Eden Terra Nova
Trace Elliott GP7(?)
SIB Fatdrive
Black Mountain Signal

The Terra Nova is up for sale. I love the tone, but it's more of a centerpiece type of preamp, I was hoping to use it as a swap out - it sounds better and is more flexible than the WTDI for sure, but it's also a lot bigger and has a lot of features that I don't need.

The Black Mountain Signal, for bass at least, is much less of a preamp and more of a dirt box. I would never use it alone, but it adds a nice console like tone and when I drive it hard a nice clipping. I may have to find a spot for it on my board.

I fully intend to whittle them down more, but every time I pull them out I remember how much I like them. The grind of the Dr. Watson, the punch of the Monoblock (I mean PUNCH). The Monoblock is what I wish an SVT sounded like.

The Geddy Lee is super flexible. One of the big surprises. The WTDI and Trace Elliott give me those classic tones. And there is nothing like the Fatdrive.
 
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#482
So ... JHS Colour Box and Southampton Ictineo are inbound.

The whole "My Feed* function on Reverb is evil. I put up these keyword alerts at low prices and ... Well everyone knows what happens. I've been looking for both for awhile and coincidentally they both popped up today.
 
#485
I'll just leave this here...

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#488
deff said:
I wish there were some decent videos of the Dr Wattson. I know videos are kind of terrible in general but this pedal interests me.
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I'm still trying to get my demo sh*t together. I did some recordings over the weekend of the various Mesa 400+ preamps that I have and it all came out sounding distorted.
 
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#490
deff said:
I wish there were some decent videos of the Dr Wattson. I know videos are kind of terrible in general but this pedal interests me.
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The Dr. Is great BTW. I'm going to be putting mine up later today as I am planning on getting a hand wired version ... And most likely a hand wired Slampegg.
 
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#491
moon-bass said:
Man, between you and @kevmac lol ... I did not know these were out and I'm GASsing for the 64 already. I love my Cali76, so I can't imagine that these are anything but incredible ...
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Yes, Origin Effects makes great pedals (I love my Cali 76) and I was tempted to buy the SV, but I'm very happy with my ME Super 300. That $500 price tag also scared me off, as it's only $300 less than what I payed for my V4B.
 
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Kendescending said:
Yes, Origin Effects makes great pedals (I love my Cali 76) and I was tempted to buy the SV, but I'm very happy with my ME Super 300. That $500 price tag also scared me off, as it's only $300 less than what I payed for my V4B.
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I agree with you,they sound great as expected.And also priced as expected.Prices I've noticed have been rising steadily as supply shrinks .
 
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Someone already has dibs on the Watson.

I'm throwing a few things up for sale later today, if anyone is interested -

Master Effects Monorail, a Fox Pedals Defector Fuzz, a DI (either a JDI or a Lightning Boy), a TT800, and possibly a Black Mountain Signal. I thought someone had dibs on the Black Mountain tho .. I like the Black Mountain and I'm on the fence, but in reality it's more of a dirt pedal than a preamp. It does sound unique, but I'm not sure how much i will use it.

That, added to a few that I already have up - an Eden Terra Nova and a Zoom MS-100BT - should be enough to pay for a new Origin preamp.

Or a Shift Line Olympic ...
 
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moon-bass said:
Someone already has dibs on the Watson.

I'm throwing a few things up for sale later today, if anyone is interested -

Master Effects Monorail, a Fox Pedals Defector Fuzz, a DI (either a JDI or a Lightning Boy), a TT800, and possibly a Black Mountain Signal. I thought someone had dibs on the Black Mountain tho .. I like the Black Mountain and I'm pon the fence, but in reality it's more of a dirt pedal than a preamp. It does sound unique, but I'm not sure how much i will use it.

That, added to a few that I already have up - an Eden Terra Nova and a Zoom MS-100BT - should be enough to pay for a new Origin preamp.

Or a Shift Line Olympic ...
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Good luck finding an Olympic, unless you want to pay a couple of hundred over list.Unless you know something I don't.I still want one even though a Flex is on it's way (Russian post is slow going at the moment) the Bass rig is impressive, especially the 64'.So options are there.
 
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kevmac said:
Good luck finding an Olympic, unless you want to pay a couple of hundred over list.Unless you know something I don't.I still want one even though a Flex is on it's way (Russian post is slow going at the moment) the Bass rig is impressive, especially the 64'.So options are there.
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Yea, based on what you have told me I'm not holding my breath for an Olympic.
 

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