Doner Designs
Steve Doner
- Jun 2, 2012
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Noble Amps Preamp
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Yeah I have run a Cirrus through it as well. It's a tube pre. Everything is gonna sound sick. Unless of course you think it doesn't. Then it won't.
Welcome to the clubhouse, Bruce!
BTW, I don't see too many FELiX preamps in the wild. I have the little brother, ALiX, which I use primarily for my upright.
I had a good Spring in '16 and treated myself to the Felix. Simply amazing. I love it. I would have got the Alex but they weren't out yet. I like it on EB as much as URB.
I'm going to mess around with putting the Felix before the Noble just for kix.
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Best way I use the Noble with an active bass is to get the bass's EQ set so the low mids are punching how I want them, and then I use the Noble EQ to boost the bass and treble in. I usually don't go much past 9 o clock. Basically it gives me a more modern slap sound without scooping the mids. Allows me to play fingerstyle and throw in slap without needing to hit an EQ pedal or change my tone up.
I'll have to give that a go. Lots of possible sounds to find!
Soooooo.....What kind of lo-gain OD you guys putting before your Noble?
I'd put my THDI in front of it but there's no room on my board! I need a "standard"-ish sized pedal.
I really like the Agro with a low Saturation setting. Anybody have experience with the Agro?
I'd put my THDI in front of it but there's no room on my board! I need a "standard"-ish sized pedal.
I really like the Agro with a low Saturation setting. Anybody have experience with the Agro?
I'm running a Grizzly Bass, although I'm not sure that'll work size wise for you...
I used to have a Grizzly Bass in my chain (and liked it), but recently switched to the Source Audio AfterShock, mostly for the programmability, size, and ability to jump between 3 presets at the flick of a switch. While you can certainly get very heavy and crunchy with it, you *can* do lower gain stuff - almost clean boost type of thing.
Size is similar to MXR style pedal.
Southhampton 5th gear is the best low gain OD I've used.
I just bought a Fuzzrocious Demon for high gain OD/Fuzz to put after. Also looked at the Source Audio which I will try if the Demon doesn't work out. I just personally prefer simplicity. The less knobs and features, the better.
Have you tried a Barbershop or Blueberry?
What sort of drive are you looking for?
SolidGoldFX Beta is incredible. Does the low to high gain stuff very well but for low gain, I'd have to recommend the Southampton Fifth Gear. As a boost, it adds added harmonics to the Noble without getting dirty if that's all you want. It can also bring the nasty if that's what you're interested in.
Your typical low-gain OD. Whatever that means. Think Tone Hammer DI with the Gain set low, but in a smaller pedal form. And without the low end loss. So maybe an Agro won't work because of the low end loss. I had a Barbership and thought it was pretty meh. I had an Azure Drive and liked it quite a bit, though I never really bonded with it.
Cool! That' thing is amazing! But I fear it has too many options for my walnut sized brain.
OK. That looks cool. Any loss in the low end? And are you able to obtain "unity gain" when engaging it?
The old version is only one knob so there is a bump in volume. Nothing too bad. The new version apparently has volume, so yes, you can have unity gain. I have one coming soon.
