preamp

GreyFox · Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 2:52 pm Post subject: preamp

http://www.bestbassgear.com/aguilar_preamps.htm

i no NOTHING about preamps do you guys want to teach me?
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urbanfunkmaster · Sea Monkey Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 10

yo!

So its an OLP musicman kinda bass right? Ive had expoierience with seymore duncan pickups in the past and they are quite frankly solid! I would have to recomend that you check out their music man replacement system...this will fit straight into you bass exactly, plus it will make you bass sound perhaps better than a real music man (though that may be a debateable statement) and will most certainly increase the value of you bass. check it out at: www.seymourduncan.com

good luck bro

Rufio · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 11:20 am Post subject:

Did you post that in the wrong thread or somethin?
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Dark Lord Vigo · Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 7:01 am Post subject: Preamp Heaven

I believe he did, I saw that same message on another one.

Preamps come in a number of different forms and in a number of different locations in the recording/playing chain.

LOCATION 1 is in your bass. This is described as active circuitry and means that your bass will take one or two 9V batteries which empower a tiny little amp in the form of a circuit board to cut the "noise" "hiss" - whatever - from your pickups then amplify that signal to a good transmittable/recordable level.

Basses with this circuitry built in can usually swich between active (clean, louder signal requiring battery) and passive (quieter, hissier signal no battery required) but not always.

If your bass is not active DO NOT DESPAIR. There are a number of recourses available to you.

You can buy active pickups or passive pickups with an active preamp and install / have them installed.

If you do not want to do this LOCATION 2 can be a DI box which acts as a preamp. These are well cheap and will do a similar thing to above but will not work as well because they are aimed at multiple instruments rather than specifically bass. They are generally quite good though.

Line6 Pods & BassPods are also preamps with a bit of fancy thrown in - in the form of amp/cabinet models. They also allow you to save settings and do various cool stuff to organise your sounds. I use one of these as a tone shaper B4 going to my Hartke amp head. These set you back a lot more for all the extras but r worth it. Still prefer actual effects to the built in ones though. You can also buy preamps that look like amp heads or rackmounts.

LOCATION 3 is the mixing desk. An engineer can preamp your signal if it isn't strong or clean enough to record/transmit.

It depends how much control you want. A preamp can really shape and define your sound, so the nearer you have it to the start of this chain (i.e. closer to you), the more control you have.

At the bass end, it's up to you to get the sound you want. If you leave preamping to the engineers, they will imprint their opinion on your sound.
If you know what you want, make sure your sound is like that before it gets three feet from you.
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