WR Goliath Tube Bass Emphasizer

[bassdiddle]

Does anyone have experience playing through this preamp? It sounds fantastic:



I'd love to hear some feedback... It sounds so good I might start saving for one. Also might look into building one, the internals appear to just be a tube gain stage with a 3-band eq:

Love the turret board

Thoughts?

 

[DLemos]

The second demo sounds really good. Punchy tone, well rounded.

 

[Kaarenonstad]

Old post but I thought I should give some info: I just got my Goliath, and its great. My basic sound (Stingray, Markbass LM 3, 2xtraveller 102 cabs) was very good (my ears, band and several soundmen). The Goliath, togheter with a Tc spectracomp sounds amazing. Really enhances the sound without loosing the Musicman sound. Lots of control of tone and a wide sweep of volume/tube colouring. Deeper and more resonant tone. More like a big Ampeg, Even if I still can carry my whole setup. Also Roland W, who build them, is a great guy to do business with.

 

[Dennis Layman]

Curious how this compares to the Noble that is double the price.

 

[gtirard]

Curious how this compares to the Noble that is double the price.

You can listen to comparative samples of the Noble and the Goliath here (and many many other tube preamp-DI):

Tube Preamp/DI Sound Samples — Noble, Oracle, P-15, Super Stack, REDDI, Tonecraft, Jule...

 

[Dennis Layman]

You can listen to comparative samples of the Noble and the Goliath here (and many many other tube preamp-DI):

Tube Preamp/DI Sound Samples — Noble, Oracle, P-15, Super Stack, REDDI, Tonecraft, Jule...

Thanks checking this out!

 

[alotabass]

I own both the Goliath and the Noble. The Noble is cleaner sounding where as the Goliath is bigger and more Ampeg-like. It can grind like an amp which is very cool. I have since moved to rackmount DIs for my studio so both the Goliath and Noble are for sale. The Noble just sold but the Goliath I never listed, if anyone is interested PM me.