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New Basss Preamp by TC Electronics - Spectra Drive
- Thread starter Nunovsky
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Just what I need...
I don't know what is with me and preamp pedals, but once I see a new one coming out I instantly get a GAS.
Currently using DG B7K V1. Can't be happier with the results.... but...but I want this... I need this ....
I don't know what is with me and preamp pedals, but once I see a new one coming out I instantly get a GAS.
Currently using DG B7K V1. Can't be happier with the results.... but...but I want this... I need this ....
I'm at work and can't hear the demo video, I wonder how close this is to the RH tone circuit? Controls are the same.
Also, it has a switch on the back denoting the signal as line or instrument; does that mean that if you are using this as a stompbox going into an amp or poweramp, you can't also send a DI signal? Or simply that you have the option to dial the line-out signal down to instrument quality if so desired?
Also, it has a switch on the back denoting the signal as line or instrument; does that mean that if you are using this as a stompbox going into an amp or poweramp, you can't also send a DI signal? Or simply that you have the option to dial the line-out signal down to instrument quality if so desired?
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I think, they write, it should sound close to the BH circuit, not RH (they sound differently).
If this thing sounds like a BH, but has a better DI quality (my BG250's has lots of noise above 10kHz in DI out), it might be very interseting.
@dave_bass5 - I've got An Ampeg SCR/DI, a Southampton Ictaneo, a Lounsberry Rupert that can either be used as a preamp or an overdrive, and an Alex-1 Bax which was something I was able to commission from Broughton Audio back the in those golden days when Josh was still taking on custom orders. I've also got a couple of homebrews I've been working on and off with over the years.
It just never ends.
The Tech21 Q/Strip and Liverpool are still at the top of my "next time" list.
Some people accumulate effects. I jones on preamps and compressors mostly. So I've got two addictions going. Plus coffee. I'm an old IT guy. Gotta get my cup of dark blood in every few hours.
It just never ends.
The Tech21 Q/Strip and Liverpool are still at the top of my "next time" list.
Some people accumulate effects. I jones on preamps and compressors mostly. So I've got two addictions going. Plus coffee. I'm an old IT guy. Gotta get my cup of dark blood in every few hours.
Not my favorite bass tone most times but that was a really good sounding demo they had with that bassist tearing it up in the background. Go Gingers!
This is cool! There was TB'er on here that had made a mock up of TC pre a few years ago. I hope they consulted him!
I know I know but I wished they had put a tuner on it...like the one on the RH450?
Brent
I know I know but I wished they had put a tuner on it...like the one on the RH450?
Brent
Ive got a Zoom B3n that has everything I need in one box. I never even think about using it live, but instead will keep buying pedals that i dont have a real use for but NEED lol.
GAS strikes in mysterious ways.
Got that right.
Still, it's nice to plug an outboard preamp into the effects return on your main amp so that you're sidestepping the built-in pre. It's like having a different amp for each day of the week without killing your bank account or running out of space in the house.
I definitely like my preamps. Why hold at one good bass amp when you can have a showroom full of them for roughly an additional $100-$250 each?
And don't even get me started on the sonic and response subtleties and variety to be found when you pair different preamps with different compressor designs. For compressors I'm currently up to five with at least more four on my GAS list.
I am so in need of therapy…
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The preamp or they player?
I wonder how different is it from the preamp section of a BG250? Looks like you can use both the spectracomp and Tubedrive at the same time (bg250 you can switch between them but not both at same time) and get lo-hi mid EQ. Oh, and a ground lift.
I got an Aftershock distortion a week ago, and said to myself "I'm done with overdrive pedals...until TC comes out with their Tone Print version" I knew they'd come out with a tone print overdrive eventually, but I had no idea it'd be one aimed at bass, and I figured I had a year or two before my next purchase, but the overdrive models in my TC head (I can't use them on the one gig where I use an amp) are...too good to not have, especially if I can have them on my pedalboard. Assuming you can edit overdrive parameters on your computer like their other tone print pedals, I'm absolutely on board.
