Sad day: Audere is closing

[jid]

I have them in so many of my basses and just went to order one more…. Web site says closing.

Sad day indeed.

If this is a repost, I tried search and apologize!

 

[Geri O]

I have them in so many of my basses and just went to order one more…. Web site says closing.

Sad day indeed.

If this is a repost, I tried search and apologize!

Yes, a repost, but the Repost Police will get over it or die mad….

You are expressing a reaction to the sad news about Audere. You don’t appear to be presenting old news as new.

 

[jid]

definitely not presenting old news. I have a bass with a bartolini preamp that I’ve never really loved. Finally getting around to looking at changing it and bam…. Now I have to make new choices!

Any recommendations for an alternate? John East was always the plan B (or A for many)!

 

[DWBass]

Bass Mods makes affordable preamps.

 

[BGroovy]

If you love Audere grab a used one

 

[ragetoca]

definitely not presenting old news. I have a bass with a bartolini preamp that I’ve never really loved. Finally getting around to looking at changing it and bam…. Now I have to make new choices!

Any recommendations for an alternate? John East was always the plan B (or A for many)!

I have played most preamps and my top 3 favorite:
John east
Sadowsky
Nordtrand 3 band

 

[JRA]

sad news, indeed...and those preamps were so affordable!

 

[KevInDaBassment]

Miss them terribly...given how great they sounded and the prices for them, shoulda registered Audere Audio as a charity IMO. Definitely going to miss them...

 

[deepestend]

I have one in a super J and it's really good. Have had a bunch over the years and his design is great.

 

[ardgedee]

If this is a repost, I tried search and apologize!

Previous thread: Audere Audio closed!

Contains a little more information.

 

[ELG60]

definitely not presenting old news. I have a bass with a bartolini preamp that I’ve never really loved. Finally getting around to looking at changing it and bam…. Now I have to make new choices!

Any recommendations for an alternate? John East was always the plan B (or A for many)!

I like John East. You may as well.

 

[mlwhit03]

I love my 3 band Audere, also! X-[
With them gone, what does everyone think is the closest character/sound to them?

 

[rockosocko]

Forget about the fact that they were afffordable. They sounded amazing, were easy to install and the customer support was outstanding. I have using them since 2008, and have them in several of my basses. With the exception of perhaps Agiular, I have yet to find a premp that compares to them.

 

[bass12]

Trickfish might be a good alternative.

 

[deepestend]

Some of the EMG preamps also have the active panning that the audere ones had. No personal experience, but they look good on paper.

 

[Malak the Mad]

I've only installed one kinda-sorta recently and have another one waiting to be installed. Personally, the big three factors I'll miss are…

1. Great results for a very affordable price.
2. So many options to choose from.
3. And most of all, the whole "on-the-plate/drop me right in, matey!" design motif!

While #3 is not unique, most other preamps are built only for rear-routed or side-jack basses. (Sorry, most Jazz basses in existence! No onboard preamp for you!) And those that are do are usually expensive and/or have very narrow lanes when it comes to options.