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New SolidGoldFX Beta V Bass Preamp Pedal

#161
I find everything at noon pretty clear and clean. If anything it clears and articulates the tone of my passive Fenders into Traynor amplifiers. The Level adds grit versus gradually, usually none at 9 o’clock and very subtle at noon. Maybe running at 18V helps, but I haven’t tried hard to look for differences with 9V.
 
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butterfingers1 said:
I find everything at noon pretty clear and clean. If anything it clears and articulates the tone of my passive Fenders into Traynor amplifiers. The Level adds grit versus gradually, usually none at 9 o’clock and very subtle at noon. Maybe running at 18V helps, but I haven’t tried hard to look for differences with 9V.
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good point regarding the voltage mate

I’ve only used mine at 9v
 
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#163
I’ve used mine at 9V here and there and never really noticed a difference. Right now my voltage doublers are there but mainly to declutter the drawers. But I’ve found the effect of Level does vary, sometimes quite a bit, and I’m not sure why. I don’t regret getting the voltage doublers, always good to have around to troubleshoot pedals that accept higher voltages.
 
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Looking into this more this morning. The strength of the signal coming into the Beta V, even at 18V, easily overdrives it even with Drive at 0. Reducing the incoming signal quickly cleans it up, grit appearing only at higher and higher Drive settings.
 
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I have 2 BetaV.

3 passive Fenders (Squier single coil p, Player P, Player j).

3 Traynor setups, ampliers, cabinets, combos, each with its own pedals ad follows:

Broughton Buffer Bandwidth Amplifier >
one of 3 compressors (Broughton, Empress, Diamond) >
drive (Broughton Svpre and Scorpion, BetaV) >
Broughton HPF/LPF.

So, too many possible combinations to keep track. Sometimes that BetaV Drive just won’t tune out the grit, but tends to go away eventually.
 
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Many say the Broughton SVpre (which I had), Master Effects Super 300, and OE Bassrig sound like Ampeg.

The BetaV to me is transparent (with my Traynor amplifiers anyway). The Drive dial brings in a good overdrive distortion effect. The LPF switch slams down a, well, low pass filter, well into the middle frequencies, 600 Hz say. It’s not unlike the tone knob on guitars. But the sound remains relatively clear and articulate. Besides these two effects (Drive and LPF), the Beta V doesn’t really have a “colour” like the SVpre definitely did.
 
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I recently got a Free The Tone VCA type Compressor
Putting it in front of the SGFX BETA V and using a passive Bass is exquisite

71 Jass - LaBella Flats 760FS -FTT Comp -SGFX Beta V - Ashdown Klystron SS Head

Thumb, fingers, plectrum all lovely
 
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That pedal seems interesting.

I seem to read contradictory things and I want to make sure…

I would like to use that pedal for some clean tube like saturation that breaks up when I dig in. I mainly use basses with a fairly high output (G&L L-2500, Ibanez SR606e to name a few) and enjoy using the low B quite a bit. Chances are I’d let it on all the time…

Any chance I could achieve what I want with that pedal or am I going to be in the distorted territory as soon as I dial in a little drive? It’s my constant problem with pedals…
 
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Inconnu said:
That pedal seems interesting.

I seem to read contradictory things and I want to make sure…

I would like to use that pedal for some clean tube like saturation that breaks up when I dig in. I mainly use basses with a fairly high output (G&L L-2500, Ibanez SR606e to name a few) and enjoy using the low B quite a bit. Chances are I’d let it on all the time…

Any chance I could achieve what I want with that pedal or am I going to be in the distorted territory as soon as I dial in a little drive? It’s my constant problem with pedals…
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I’m not familiar with the basses you mentioned but I can’t get the SGFX to distort unless I thrash it.

yes it responds to how you play. (Digging in)

I generally don’t use it with my Ashdown CTM-300 but certainly do with a solid state amplifier

Worth a try I think
 
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foal30 said:
Overdrive for Bass for me is like Envelope Filter or Compression

try before buy where possible

my best pedal could be your worst etc
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I really (and I mean really) know what you mean!

I have owned and tried lots of overdrive pedals and… everything depends on how the bass reacts to the pedal and vice versa. To me, it’s even worst with compressors (I came to a point where I believe I just don’t like compressor pedals) but not that much with envelope filters (I might have got lucky with those, I easily found what I wanted).

I get it… they have a return policy and there’s a local retailer who seems to have them in stock…
 
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krispn said:
A friend borrowed my BetaV and then subsequently bought one and he felt mine was smoother across the gain and ended up selling his. Not sure if mine was the oddity or his was but perhaps some QC quirks?
I still have mine on the board and enjoy it
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that makes me wonder if the one i had was one like your friend's.
 

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