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Noble Amps Preamp
- Thread starter IanMartinAllison
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Not that I have to be sold on the magic going on in this little box of pure awesomeness... but I just plugged up my old Ibanez EDB700... I haven't really played it in almost a year. The last time I did, my thoughts were.. man, has this always sounded this bad? What was I thinking?
Mind you, this was through a GK MB800... not bashing the head, loved the power, just got frustrated with knob twisting.
Fast forward... through the Noble, it made me not want to sell it any more!!
LOVE THIS BOX!!
I'm definitely changing out the Ernie Ball Regular Slinkys that I can't stand any more, but I'm thinking the old Ibby will be getting some love... of course with the Noble
Mind you, this was through a GK MB800... not bashing the head, loved the power, just got frustrated with knob twisting.
Fast forward... through the Noble, it made me not want to sell it any more!!
LOVE THIS BOX!!
I'm definitely changing out the Ernie Ball Regular Slinkys that I can't stand any more, but I'm thinking the old Ibby will be getting some love... of course with the Noble
Guaranteed to sound amazing!
I run mine through my Mesa D800 some times. Fantastic stuff.
I'd like to hear that! Paired with my 12/6 or F210 it's amazing
Hey Allen
I've used my Noble through through the front end and also straight to the preamp on numerous amp types including SVT's, Genz Benz streamliners, Acme focus, mark bass etc I've also played through numerous cab types including my own fEARless 115, ampeg 810 and 410, mark bass, peavy etc
It always sounds good. Using my streamliner
straight to the power amp into my F115 it's great without needing any additional EQ however with some of the other combos I would have liked something between the Noble and the head (this mainly to do with voicing of the cabs) but not front of house as I'm constantly complimented on the sound at the desk.
Cheers
Ben
Ok guys, I'm needing some suggestions .
I don't like asking questions like this, because in a this is MY favorite type responses...
I'm wanting to try some new strings on my Ibanez .. as mentioned above , after playing it through the Noble I'm appreciating the bass again.
But I can't stand the string noise of the Ernie Ball Super Slinkys that are on there...
I'm wanting to use the Ibanez at church for more melodic ambient type situations, the string noise is driving me crazy .
I know flats would do away with that, but haven't found any I like. I'm about to try a set of La Bella on my Lakland Skyline Duck Dunn .. but I'm not sure flats would work on the Ibby...
Any suggestions on less noisy strings??
Thanks in advance
I don't like asking questions like this, because in a this is MY favorite type responses...
I'm wanting to try some new strings on my Ibanez .. as mentioned above , after playing it through the Noble I'm appreciating the bass again.
But I can't stand the string noise of the Ernie Ball Super Slinkys that are on there...
I'm wanting to use the Ibanez at church for more melodic ambient type situations, the string noise is driving me crazy .
I know flats would do away with that, but haven't found any I like. I'm about to try a set of La Bella on my Lakland Skyline Duck Dunn .. but I'm not sure flats would work on the Ibby...
Any suggestions on less noisy strings??
Thanks in advance
Maybe try a nickel set instead of stainless. I have a love/hate thing for flats. Sometimes they seem too boomy for me. So I would try nickels and put a piece of foam between back pickup and bridge.
@MTN.bass72 I have LaBella Black Nylon Tapes on one of my basses. Quiet, yet you can get an edge with them.
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I recently put a set of LeBella deep talking jazz and I'm very happy
I'm a Fender flats/D'Addario flats guy on my passive P's and they sound great with my Noble. I imagine any string really would
I've got Fender Flats on my '95 Precision, and TI Jazz Flats on my '73. Both sound ridiculously good through the Noble. I agree with trying nickel strings on the Ibanez though. DR Sunbeams are warm and are very smooth feeling strings.
My other basses have Flats - mostly Sadowsky Black Label, 1 Blue Label and one set of LaBella DTFs
I may just give the Sunbeams a try, because I absolutely love the Black Beauties that are on my D. Lakin JO .
Thanks. for all the suggestions guys, I appreciate it !
Anyone experimented with swapping the JJ ECC82 preamp tube in their Noble? I'm not looking for anything in particular from a tonal perspective and I'm extremely happy with the sound of the preamp as it is. Just seems like an interesting experiment-
Word of caution: I'd suggest running that by the manufacturer first. 12AU7s are capable of a lot more plate current than 12AX7s are and if they're biased in the typical 12AU7 sweet spot (~8-10mA as opposed to ~1-2mA for a typical 12AX7) in the Noble, putting a 12AX7 in there would be bad. You can safely sub an AU7 for an AX7 pretty much anywhere but there's no guarantee that you can safely do it the other way around. Ignore if "12AX7" is a typo.
Is the quarter inch male-to-male cable connecting the Noble preamp out with an amp's effects in jack a standard unbalanced "patch cable" or does it have a particular wiring configuration?
