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Noble Amps Preamp

#182
brandinstroy said:
Has anyone opened one of these mini amps to see the inside? I would like to see what it's like.
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Check out the tread "Jule Amp M700" here on TB for some side by side comparisons with the Minnie. I don't personally have any pix of the innards of either but it's no secret. They can be found. I am sure Jule would happily supply some photos, too, just contact him.
I have corresponded with Jule Potter within the last few days, this is part of what he told me:

"The back orders continue to be almost two months. In that strange business too small to afford to get bigger but there is plenty of work. I have much to be grateful for.

The Hypex amp is continuing to impress. That is a very good thing."

Good luck with your decision...
 
#183
diglo said:
Trying out the noble with a Demeter Minnie 800D class D power amp. This is a nice setup! The clean lot of headroom Demeter with the fat warmth of the Noble. Mini-rig of doom!
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So sexy, but I don't need it, I don't need it, I don't need it, I don't need it....

If the Demeter Class D was 1000 watts my willpower would shrivel immediately.
 
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#186
My Noble arrived today!!! And my goodness is it all that it was cracked up to be. This thing is flawless. Beautiful construction, versatility, and it sounds flat out amazing. And you get really excellent customer service from Mr. Roan to boot. He quickly responded to questions about power amp sensitivity, tube choices and even cable choices without sounding sales-y at all. I am very impressed by the entire process. Especially since it all ended up with me achieving the perfect bass tone for my goals and set up.

I will be using the noble to power my pedals and running it through either a Crown XLS2500 or a GK MB800 power section. My main bass is a NYC Sadowsky J. My cab is usually a Bergantino AE410. I haven't had a chance to run it through that rig yet but I did run it through the power section of my practice/rehearsal amp (Fender Rumble 200 v3) and it just sounded amazing. I honestly don't like the tone of that amp so much, but the Noble made it sound almost like a freaking tube amp. Unreal. I use IEM's most of the time, so I have been using a REDDI up until now to get that tube ampy tone in my ears and FOH. I love the REDDI and recorded some of the best bass tracks of my life with it, but the tone, form factor, flexibility of the Noble fit all of my needs perfectly. I will be doing some recording next week, so we will see how the Noble stands up to the REDDI on tape. Methinks it will be just fine. I will do some comparisons between the tonehammer, REDDI and Noble but suffice to say they are all really nice preamps that do their thing superbly. I am just taken aback at how good the Noble really is right now. And, most importantly, how perfect it is for my needs. These are my thoughts after a few moments of testing it out at home. I am more than happy to report back after the weekend's shows and recordings, if anyone is interested.

And no I'm not endorsed, sponsored by, or otherwise affiliated with Noble amps, just a seriously happy customer.
 
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#187
M Sterling said:
My Noble arrived today!!! And my goodness is it all that it was cracked up to be. This thing is flawless. Beautiful construction, versatility, and it sounds flat out amazing. And you get really excellent customer service from Mr. Roan to boot. He quickly responded to questions about power amp sensitivity, tube choices and even cable choices without sounding sales-y at all. I am very impressed by the entire process. Especially since it all ended up with me achieving the perfect bass tone for my goals and set up.

I will be using the noble to power my pedals and running it through either a Crown XLS2500 or a GK MB800 power section. My main bass is a NYC Sadowsky J. My cab is usually a Bergantino AE410. I haven't had a chance to run it through that rig yet but I did run it through the power section of my practice/rehearsal amp (Fender Rumble 200 v3) and it just sounded amazing. I honestly don't like the tone of that amp so much, but the Noble made it sound almost like a freaking tube amp. Unreal. I use IEM's most of the time, so I have been using a REDDI up until now to get that tube ampy tone in my ears and FOH. I love the REDDI and recorded some of the best bass tracks of my life with it, but the tone, form factor, flexibility of the Noble fit all of my needs perfectly. I will be doing some recording next week, so we will see how the Noble stands up to the REDDI on tape. Methinks it will be just fine. I will do some comparisons between the tonehammer, REDDI and Noble but suffice to say they are all really nice preamps that do their thing superbly. I am just taken aback at how good the Noble really is right now. And, most importantly, how perfect it is for my needs. These are my thoughts after a few moments of testing it out at home. I am more than happy to report back after the weekend's shows and recordings, if anyone is interested.

And no I'm not endorsed, sponsored by, or otherwise affiliated with Noble amps, just a seriously happy customer.
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Awesome, can't wait to hear more once you've tested it out more! I am wanting one of these more and more...
 
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Boom
 
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#190
NEWS FLASH - I just got done with some quality time with my Noble. Guess what. If you drive it with enough input gain you can have tube distortion out the wazoo! A pick player with a high output active bass might achieve this without adding any gain. I play fingerstyle with a light touch, so I didn't hear even a smidge of breakup before. Today I cranked the output of my compressor up to max, reduced the compression ratio and dimed all four tone controls on my bass just to see what would happen. It sounded like a tube amp screaming at full roar (or a good tube emulation pedal like the VT Bass). I'll never play exactly that way, but it's great to know that I can get as much distortion out of it as I desire. Another way to get there would be to put it in the effects loop of an amp, crank the gain side of the amp and roll off the output volume to compensate.
 
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#195
Doner Designs said:
Anybody using the low cut switch?
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So the bass boost shelving starts at 80 hz (+/- 18 db) and the low cut takes out 6db per octave below 150 hz. I think there are roughly 2 octaves between 40 and 150 hz, so I guess that would mean the cut slopes from about -6 to -12 db?

I'm thinking that this means that if the low cut is engaged and the bass boost is a little past noon then we would get a scoop between 80 and 150 hz (where the two controls don't overlap - switch is cutting but knob is not boosting) and the bass below 80 hz is roughly flat depending on the slope of the two EQ curves.

With my other gear I typically cut low mids a little bit anywhere between 200hz to 500hz in order to remove some boominess and tighten up the low end. I still need to play around with it more, but it seems like maybe I can get a similar result with the low cut switch engaged, bass boosted to around 1- 2 o'clock and treble boosted to around 9 - 10 o'clock.

I played with the box quite a bit this weekend, but not with the switch...something to try next Saturday.

Tim Lefebvre uses the low cut and then winds the bass all the way up. Not sure what he does with the treble. In this video he leaves the treble flat.

 
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A lot of guys go buy the gear that their favorite players use. I did the opposite like a true gear geek. After researching and purchasing a Noble I "discovered" Tim Lefebvre and The Tedeschi Trucks Band. Great music in my mind and Tim's playing is prominent though it has a warm fat tone. That's based on the 2011 album Revelator. I just realized that it's the 2016 album Let Me Get By that was recorded with the Noble. Guess I'll have to pick up that one too. Not sure how to describe the genre of their music - reminds me of Dream Theater - not that they sound alike, but both bands are beyond categorization bringing in elements from several genres. Amos Heller is a big Noble fan too but I don't know if I can bring myself to listen to a T-Swift album....maybe one song.
 
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#198
ExaltBass said:
either -

Tuner >> Noble >> Amp/FOH

or

Tuner >> Cali76 CB >> Vintage Microtubes >> Effects (in loop) >> microThumpinator (HPF) >> Noble >> amp / FOH
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Is the loop you refer to here separate from the amp I presume...using something like a One Control loop switcher box? That's a great idea for keeping the sometimes-on effects in a side loop to reduce any noise and keep the clean signal as clean as possible. The Cali and Microtubes are outside the loop because you use them all the time or a lot I assume?
 
#199
Doner Designs said:
Is the loop you refer to here separate from the amp I presume...using something like a One Control loop switcher box? That's a great idea for keeping the sometimes-on effects in a side loop to reduce any noise and keep the clean signal as clean as possible. The Cali and Microtubes are outside the loop because you use them all the time or a lot I assume?
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Yes, you have it right. I use the One Control Mosquite Blender with these pedals in the loop. I don't always have the VMT on, but the the Cali is.

OneControl Mosquite Blender (efx loop with blend)
  • MXR M83 Bass Chorus Deluxe
  • MXR M288 Bass Octave Deluxe
  • TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb
 
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Doner Designs said:
So the bass boost shelving starts at 80 hz (+/- 18 db) and the low cut takes out 6db per octave below 150 hz. I think there are roughly 2 octaves between 40 and 150 hz, so I guess that would mean the cut slopes from about -6 to -12 db?

I'm thinking that this means that if the low cut is engaged and the bass boost is a little past noon then we would get a scoop between 80 and 150 hz (where the two controls don't overlap - switch is cutting but knob is not boosting) and the bass below 80 hz is roughly flat depending on the slope of the two EQ curves.

With my other gear I typically cut low mids a little bit anywhere between 200hz to 500hz in order to remove some boominess and tighten up the low end. I still need to play around with it more, but it seems like maybe I can get a similar result with the low cut switch engaged, bass boosted to around 1- 2 o'clock and treble boosted to around 9 - 10 o'clock.

I played with the box quite a bit this weekend, but not with the switch...something to try next Saturday.

Tim Lefebvre uses the low cut and then winds the bass all the way up. Not sure what he does with the treble. In this video he leaves the treble flat.

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I finally got a chance to watch this with decent sound... wow! I see I have more experimenting to do :bassist:
 
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