Secret Preamp / Always On kinda pedals

[Heroinsheep]

OK so there's an actual pedal called Secret Preamp.
By Chase Tone. Anybody have any experience with this pedal for bass?
It seems pretty cool for guitar and I dig the preamp taken from Echoplex thing...

I recently removed the SansAmp from my live setup and I'm looking for some nice pre-amp / always on kinda pedal...

Would happily hear any advice on similar things... looking at the Linden EQ and Boss CE-2... I know those are all completely different pedals but when it comes to these always on things I feel it's all different ways of looking at the same thing to some extent... I want something nice that just sounds really good and has very few options... I got more than enough EQ on amps...

P.S... By always I don't actually mean ***always in every situation for ever and ever***, but: for live, when you need that slight amount of grit/articulation/emphasis/magic spice or something without being all overdrivey.


Thanks

 

[DirtyDuke]

I have one. It is an ep style booster. I wouldn't say it adds grit but it does add that magic sparkle that you immediately miss as soon as you turn it off

I think they are on sale at the moment too. Buy direct. They get it to you quickly and you dont get gouged by the sellers on reverb.

If you don't like it, it won't take long to sell.

 

[Heroinsheep]

I have one. It is an ep style booster. I wouldn't say it adds grit but it does add that magic sparkle that you immediately miss as soon as you turn it off

I think they are on sale at the moment too. Buy direct. They get it to you quickly and you dont get gouged by the sellers on reverb.

If you don't like it, it won't take long to sell.

Nice!
I actually didn't know this EP booster existed... Is the Chase one better or the pretty much the same as the Xotic one?

 

[Mosfed]

Nice!
I actually didn't know this EP booster existed... Is the Chase one better or the pretty much the same as the Xotic one?

I would get the Chase Bliss one. The EP Booster is Echoplex based but rather dark and veiled on bass.

 

[Heroinsheep]

I would get the Chase Bliss one. The EP Booster is Echoplex based but rather dark and veiled on bass.

Which pedal do you mean exactly?

 

[Mosfed]

Which pedal do you mean exactly?

the Xotic EP-Booster is better on guitar. I tried to make mine work on bass for a long time and just couldn’t get past the extra hair and diminished highs it contained.

I’ve actually never heard the Chase Tone (sorry that i said Chase Bliss above) Secret Preamp one but I’ve come close to getting a few times and I would trust Duke’s opinion like gold.

I’ve played through an actual Echoplex and it is a killer preamp (although I would wager it’s more of a tone of a forgotten time and there are better things out there now for always on tone boosting preamps for bass especially)

 

[rafitoprtx]

Mine is the Pigtronix Fat drive. I set with with the gain @ 9 o clock. My Ampeg Scrambler and Fuzzistor push it to OD and Fuzz. By itself it sound like a tube amp set clean with a little dirt when i dig harder. Sound great straight to FOH @ church.

 

[Heroinsheep]

(although I would wager it’s more of a tone of a forgotten time and there are better things out there now for always on tone boosting preamps for bass especially)

Nice. Care to share any examples of such?

 

[Mosfed]

Nice. Care to share any examples of such?

there’s lots of magic tone boxes out there.

a few that come to mind (some harder to get than others): Spaceman Atlas Boost, Broughton Solarian, Spaceman Saturn, Bugcaster/Valvecaster/Bug Drive, Broughton Archetype Boost, the Diamond BCP comp, Fairfield Barbershop on super low gain, etc etc

 

[DirtyDuke]

Which pedal do you mean exactly?

Get the chase tone secret preamp

 

[jmattbassplaya]

Don’t know about that particular pedal, but I’m still running a Tech21 VT Bass as my preamp of choice. Adds some great balls, punch, and high end sparkle to my tone. I even run a second one as an overdrive.

 

[johnk_10]

as far as Echoplex preamps go, i don't find the xotic ep-pre to be dark or veiled at all. i also have a ClinchFX one that sounds really good.

 

[roller]

Henretta Engineering's Emerald Prince = exactly what you're describing. Kevin modeled his design from the preamp in the Echoplex... and yeah, it's really cool. It's one of those "leave it on all the time" pedals... sounds fantastic.

OK so there's an actual pedal called Secret Preamp.
By Chase Tone. Anybody have any experience with this pedal for bass?
It seems pretty cool for guitar and I dig the preamp taken from Echoplex thing...

 

[rohi]

Some of the higher voltage (>9v) compressors double as preamps-- my whirlwind OC bass is one, it's my always-on-compressor so it came to mind.

 

[Blu bro]

Moog 101 on bypass mode is my secret source. I use my Hudson Broadcast as a slight dirty boost to push it to the next level when needed.

 

[Johno Dunn]

Le Bass is mine. But to be fair, I have a Source Audio Programable EQ (v1) in the loop and Midi’d to it, so technically 2 always on’s. But I can go from clean, to dirt, to blended with a click of a switch. All 3 very usable tones!

 

[sears]

Henretta Engineering's Emerald Prince = exactly what you're describing. Kevin modeled his design from the preamp in the Echoplex... and yeah, it's really cool. It's one of those "leave it on all the time" pedals... sounds fantastic.

Wow that's tiny! Does it thrive on 18v like the Xotic?

 

[roller]

Don't know for sure offhand... but I don't think so.

My Emerald Prince is in a Henretta Six Speed unit.

Wow that's tiny! Does it thrive on 18v like the Xotic?

 

[NortyFiner]

My always on signal chain leader is a Fairfield Accountant comp. I've also tried the Durham Sex Drive in the same role and will give it a good reference.

 

[knumbskull]

Fuzzrocious BDPG for me.