The Great Bass Preamp/DI Comparison

[Littlewing6283]

I see that you have a PDR and an
LA-1A, would you mind giving a quick compare/contrast of the two? Had the LA-1A, felt guilty and sold it and have a PDR on the way.

Why the guilt ? It’s all fun over here. I’m the ultimate weekend wannabe hhahahah.

move only had the PDR since Friday. Initial thoughts are I really like it. Easy power requirements. Colors the tone favorably for me. I got both versions. The SE is definitely darker.

with the space requirements and power requirements i still prefer the la1a. Like the roundness it gives me and the boost is nice. My favorite comp but the PDR is fantastic In it’s own right.

That’s three very good boards there. How the heck do you choose which one before walking out the door?

roll of the dice I guess. Whatever I’m in the mood for. As this thread suggests it’s just differences in taste in all the good pre/di’s

though that road house meme a couple pages ago got me thinking of a new bar rig

grace design bix > PDR > pork and pickle or jptr jive > Broughton hpf > tuner

I have another board with a slo on it but lent it to my brother. As he’s thinking of getting a slo. He has a nux right now because of this thread and loves it.

 

[scubaduba]

Oracle and Brick in the classifieds.

 

[fivestringgecko]

There's more window shopping to be done, so curiosity question based on a tip off from @Bassworship1:

Does anyone here have direct A/B experience with the Minnow and Starlifter, and can you share any thoughts?

5sg.

 

[chadhargis]

I’d love to try a Starlifter.

 

[Johno Dunn]

“Why the guilt ? It’s all fun over here. I’m the ultimate weekend wannabe hhahahah.”

The lack of even so much as a Worship gig just had me questioning the need for a $500 compressor. To be fair though, part of the money from the sale got me a PDR that will be here Tuesday. So, obviously not too guilty

 

[Littlewing6283]

“Why the guilt ? It’s all fun over here. I’m the ultimate weekend wannabe hhahahah.”

The lack of even so much as a Worship gig just had me questioning the need for a $500 compressor. To be fair though, part of the money from the sale got me a PDR that will be here Tuesday. So, obviously not too guilty

Pretty awesome little pedal. I’m enjoying it. Still not sure if I prefer the vactrol version

 

[Johno Dunn]

Pretty awesome little pedal. I’m enjoying it. Still not sure if I prefer the vactrol version

The one coming is the standard version, and I’m really looking for the mid forwardness that I have heard it imparts on your tone. I’m all about the mids!

 

[uwrossl]

though that road house meme a couple pages ago got me thinking of a new bar rig

you're welcome

 

[Rev. Cornelius]

So I have a Khan DI coming in a few days. My usual pedal order starts with my tuner>CaliCB>B3K>Panda FI>Nux>RME Babyface>board/recording interface. I use the RME as mixer as I frequently also have a synth I swap out on.

Now add a Khan and an FDeck into the mix and where would you put them? I will also be trying the Khan with a WJ Pre like @benjobass.

Thanks

 

[jacoby75]

So I have a Khan DI coming in a few days. My usual pedal order starts with my tuner>CaliCB>B3K>Panda FI>Nux>RME Babyface>board/recording interface. I use the RME as mixer as I frequently also have a synth I swap out on.

Now add a Khan and an FDeck into the mix and where would you put them? I will also be trying the Khan with a WJ Pre like @benjobass.

Thanks

Personally, so far I prefer the Khan dead last. It can sound good in line with other effects as well to add tubey goodness out of the 1/4", but the whole point to me is to take advantage of its fantastic DI, which sounds great, even in passive mode.

 

[Rev. Cornelius]

Personally, so far I prefer the Khan dead last. It can sound good in line with other effects as well to add tubey goodness out of the 1/4", but the whole point to me is to take advantage of its fantastic DI, which sounds great, even in passive mode.

That is what I thought. I will run the 1/4" to the RME to the board.

 

[scubaduba]

So I have a Khan DI coming in a few days. My usual pedal order starts with my tuner>CaliCB>B3K>Panda FI>Nux>RME Babyface>board/recording interface. I use the RME as mixer as I frequently also have a synth I swap out on.

Now add a Khan and an FDeck into the mix and where would you put them? I will also be trying the Khan with a WJ Pre like @benjobass.

Thanks

Last, directly before recording interface/board.

 

[Bassworship1]

I’d love to try a Starlifter.

Man they are a steal for the money. I would honestly say that as far as live FOH tone only I prefer the STarlifter to my Noble. The noble shines more IEM and Recordings though.

 

[Rev. Cornelius]

Last, directly before recording interface/board.

Scubba: Are you saying after the RME? I use the RME to send either bass or synth to the recording console/board (so I am using the same 2 board inputs for both). Or between the last pedal (Nux or Fdeck) and the RME?

Thanks

 

[scubaduba]

@Rev. Cornelius As close to the end as possible directly before any interface.

 

[Rev. Cornelius]

@Rev. Cornelius As close to the end as possible directly before any interface.

^^^^
Thanks

 

[Ethereal Thorn]

Starting to contemplate flipping my hyper luminal comp for a Effectrode La1a. All you guys got me lusting lol. I'm looking into that and maybe upgrading my iem mixer from the Behringer p16m to the new midas dp48. Otherwise I think I'm pretty close to my personal tonal perfection atm

 

[misterCRUSH]

Starting to contemplate flipping my hyper luminal comp for a Effectrode La1a. All you guys got me lusting lol. I'm looking into that and maybe upgrading my iem mixer from the Behringer p16m to the new midas dp48. Otherwise I think I'm pretty close to my personal tonal perfection atm
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I have the feeling i am finally close to personal tonal perfection too. I also am using a hyper luminal (which i love) and a Two Notes Le Bass tube preamp. that's it besides my Ampeg BA 115 and fretless Fender Jazz. simplicity is it for me. I play in jazz trios so don't need much else.

 

[Littlewing6283]

I think I’m going to give the khan a try.

I liked the alix so much I wanted to give the bix a try on one of my boards.

though the eq options are a lot more limited than the alix. Still happy with it. Putting the PDR in like with the jive really give me some options

 

[Ethereal Thorn]

I have the feeling i am finally close to personal tonal perfection too. I also am using a hyper luminal (which i love) and a Two Notes Le Bass tube preamp. that's it besides my Ampeg BA 115 and fretless Fender Jazz. simplicity is it for me. I play in jazz trios so don't need much else.

Nice setup man. The hyper luminal is a good pedal for sure just I went from using a ehx black finger to it tho and I miss abit of it's added tube butteryness the blackfinger was just abit too noisey and used a huge powersupply so I ended up selling it. The effectrode La1a looks to be a much better design getting similar sound without the noise issues or weird powersupply.