Onboard pre with true bypass??

To my knowledge Sadowsky is a "true-bypass" preamp.

As a matter of fact any on-board preamp can be made true-bypass. The trick is to blend the pickups "before" the circuit.

 

The Sadowsky should be. Aguilar preamps also can be.

 

Hey there,

I don't know if Glock is true bypass or not but it absolutly rules.


In fact, with some pre like Carvin pre or Warwick one with a active passive option, I would usualy not care about passive. But on the Glock, thanks to the passive tone function, I found some very usable tone that I could not get in active for instence bridge pickups with tone rolled all the way off for that Jaco thing.

Sincerely, I think you should not forget glock pre just because it is not true-bypass.

 

yes any pre can be true bypass with the right switch wired in. I do it all the time.

but it almost sounds like you would probably be happier with no pre and just a passive setup. No one needs a preamp, its all a matter of taste. If you like what your pickups are doing alone, then you're done, you found your tone.

 

Hi raal,
the active/passive switch at our onboard preamp is a real bypass switch.

 

If you like the Nordstrand pups, why not a Nordstrand preamp?

Call the shop...

M

 

I had Dave Meadows wire my first 3ZB with an Active Passive switch. Both pickups straight to the Jack. It would have been a simple enough thing to wiring in a separate tone control for them. What I found was that I never used that setting. The Audere is so uncolored when set flat that it was just unnecessary for my uses. I had him rework that particular pre later and had him remove that switch.

One thing you might want to try is wiring both pickups to the jack and listening to it that way - you're going to get a big volume boost and a lot of hi end. You'll need to compensate at the amp to adjust for the gain boost to make an honest evaluation of the tone. You might find yourself re-thinking the idea that true bypass is necessary.

FWIW - I have the stock Bart MK1 electronics in a Lakland 55-01 with Nordstrand Big Singles. That pre is coming out shortly.

 

raal, I am pretty sure to know anything about the glock onboard pre, because I am the constructor and builder of that little thing. When you mean true bypass without volume control, than the glock is not, because in passive mode you can still use the volume and pu-balance pot. If you mean true bypass still using the volume, than it is a true bypass pre, because in passive mode, the signal is routed directly from the volume to the jack and no other electronics in that way.
Hope that will help you.

 

I guess the best test would be to remove the battery, put it in bypass modes and then you can see if it's true bypass.

This reminds me that I need to get my 2 band Glock preamp put into my bass.

 

I was going to suggest an Audere as well. They are extremely transparent. I installed one in a Lakland (that I regret selling) and in the neutral position, it sounded identical to passive mode to my ears.

 

G&L ASAT and its ilk. It is a totally passive p/u tone control with an active buffer following it. I hear only an increase in gain (and noise?) with the pre engaged. The amp does have some sort of shelved bottom boost but it is not very much, maybe 6 dB?