Need a Decent Preamp

[Bassmike62]

SansAmp PBDDI will never let you down and will let you have a bit of choice in tones, since you have 3 presets (deluxe has 6), so that could be interesting if you want to match basses and tones. Great DI too.

 

[Munjibunga]

So nobody has mentioned the Behringer V-TONE BASS DRIVER DI BDI21 yet?

Because using the B-word on TB could get you banned.

 

[Jim Carr]

I absolutely love my sans amp paradriver DI. It's always on for me. Great clean and does the gritty well. It's on the upper end of your price point, but still hits the mark. I believe they are running around $250 at guitar center and musicians friend

+1

Love it, it kills as an electric bass pre (pedal), is a good DI, does grit, a little compression, and can handle 1 million (mega) ohm resistance piezoelectric pickups like the Gage Realist double bass pickup.

The parametric mids are flexible enough to do bass, violin, guitar, whatever.

 

[seang15]

Because using the B-word on TB could get you banned.

Lol Munjibunga! :-D

 

[JetBlackJazz]

The Swiss Army Knife of sound. ART ProChannel II. Tube (drive), parametric eq, compression, full mic capabilities, a bunch of other things, and under $300. Even if it sounded like crap, with all those features, it's still great. But it *doesn't sound like crap. End of story.