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Double Bass Schertler Pre AIII Pre Amp

#2
I bought the vintage + the PreAIII. Kinda regret it.

After being given 2 different preamps, both had too much white noise. The first one I had was just a joke.

The pickup itself has some issues. I have phasing problems with the dual capsule model, where if you play a lower open string and higher notes at the same time you get an awful wolfy distorted sound.

All is not lost, it looks like you can just split the 2 capsules into 2 individual connections then use a more advanced mixer to sort out that issue.

I would recommend the single capsule as the safe option, and only buy the preaiii if you can thoroughly test it to make sure it isnt noisy.
 
#4
I don't own the vintage, but I bought a second Stat-B and tried the two out together through one preamp. Powerful sound, but a little artificial/electronic/phasey sounding, compared to just one element. Now, I also tried an original Schertler 2 element p/u before I bought my Stat, and really liked the sound of that one, so maybe the vintage version is a different animal than using 2 Stats together...

On the preamp, I would go with the less expensive Stat Pre unless you really need another external output in your chain. I don't find the tone controls that useful on my PreAll. I haven't experienced the noise problem jazzman has, but maybe it's unique to version lll.
 
#6
I have been using one element on the E side and the PreAll. I use to use the stat-pre until its volume control crapped out on me. Decided to try the PreAll as a replacement. The Stat-Pre was fine, I got 5 years out of it. I've been told it is basically a phantom power supply for the pickup. It doesn't do much for the piezo pickups I've tried it with, so I think it's not a "traditional" preamp for general use.
 

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