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14 minutes ago, Sparky Mark said:

Phew! Thank goodness it's 140 miles from Hertford.

 

Hang on a mo... I'm staying in Bristol next week! 

Just for you I’ll include postage in the price……

Based on the legendary DB924 preamp. 
 

tiny pedal that adds some great definition and depth to a passive bass. 
 

velcro on bottom. 
 

comes with original box. 
 

price includes postage to UK mainland. 

Bought for a project that never happened. 
 

great flexible preamp with two channels, drive and deep. Does way more than the Geddy Lee sound.

never gigged. 
 

one of the rack ears is slightly bent (see picture) 

Original box included. 

can post at extra cost. 

GSS Sumo Monster Amplifier. 
 

1200 watts @ 4 ohms

800 watts @ 8 ohms 
 

Headroom power for days! 
 

bought fir a project that never happened. 
 

hardly used. £450 plus postage or collection Bath/Bristol. 

1 hour ago, Bunion said:

Hmm I still don’t know why your comparing this to a Noble you’d be better comparing to an ampeg B15, SVT IIP, or an ashdown ‘lil bastard’, 
The Noble is a tube DI, it’s not an amp designed to get gritty, overdriven fuzzy or synthy(sic) 

The Noble is a one trick pony because it’s meant to be just that. It’s warms the tone with the tubes and allows clean boost of the bass and treble without distorting. 

The fact you had to buy a separate DI puts the TBT in a different class of box and indeed it was designed for and is a guitar class A 2.5 watt power amp/preamp in stomp box format, although it has found other niches in studios. 
Im sure it’s a great piece of kit and I’d sure like to try one. 
However take the Noble for its purpose of a tube DI and compare the BTB In the same parameters and then the Noble wins. 
 

TLDR: TBT is a 2.5watt guitar amp/preamp, the Noble is a clean Tube DI, no comparison. 

 

I’ll agree to disagree! 

On 12/10/2022 at 07:38, Sibob said:

I’m not sure we can call it a like-for-like comparison with the Noble if you need a 3rd party DI to go straight to board haha (good call on the Orchid though).

I think they’re just very different beasts, this is a general use Pre, the Noble is a B-15 soundalike. I’d say the Noble is way more pedalboard friendly, it looks smaller than TBT and also powers 6 other pedals. But I’ve certainly heard good things tonally from TBT.

 

Si

 

The time I spend with the big trees the more I like it over the noble. The noble was a one trick pony, a fantastic trick but one only. 
the big trees can do clean, gritty, overdriven, fuzzy and synthy and if that’s too much you can just switch to the beautiful clean channel. 
I can buy (and have bought) a great DI cheaply (orchid) and an isolated power supply (the noble outputs aren’t isolated) to complement the big trees and the total including the TBT will be less than importing a noble. 
I did miss my noble but not anymore. 

I think the clean channel of TBT is as good as Noble 

1 hour ago, Sibob said:

I’m not sure we can call it a like-for-like comparison with the Noble if you need a 3rd party DI to go straight to board haha (good call on the Orchid though).

I think they’re just very different beasts, this is a general use Pre, the Noble is a B-15 soundalike. I’d say the Noble is way more pedalboard friendly, it looks smaller than TBT and also powers 6 other pedals. But I’ve certainly heard good things tonally from TBT.

 

Si

 

Having owned both the TBT is better suited to what I want out of a preamp and the clean channel is to die for. 
it has more flexibility than the noble IMO 

Pairs nicely with the sumo monster 

Interesting use of this last night. Played a pub with two acoustic guitars and cajon. Everything through the PA but no monitoring. Used the amp out on the TBT to power a small speaker. Worked a treat. 

On 01/09/2021 at 07:50, Merton said:

 

I reckon that is sound logic. I’m seriously considering their Pure Amp 800, to be run from the preamp on my pedalboard into my BF10s (a third of which would be possible with that amp). They could be the next Basschat fad hahaha 😝 

Or just get the ONE and flip the pure switch. Then you have an EQ for the room if needed. 

On 20/09/2022 at 15:12, Dosi Y'Anarchy said:

I’ve got my eye on a Fake Plastic Trees at the moment….at some I’ll get one, saw a great comparison between that and the Benson Preamp (which I’ve owned before). The FPT seems brighter and less compressed than the Benson, which is a plus in my book.

 

 I’d love to have their whole range of pedals but frankly they cost too much for me to afford but I’ve not heard a bad word said about any of their line and the fact that they seem to be as at home on guitar as bass means there’s some a lot of value there

I had my eye on one too but settled on the TBT to try and cover all bases…..

On 19/09/2022 at 08:51, Brucegill said:

Are you using this for Bass? 
 

I had one a while ago but used it for Guitar. Sounded great! Great with synths too. 

Yep. That was the primary purchase reason. 
 

put my acoustic through the clean channel and it was unbelievable. Don’t think this can make anything sound bad. 

Used it last night. Sounded great in the mix and as a bonus I was able to use the clean channel as a mute by turning it down 

Ibanez CS9 clone? 

Using this tonight at church practice. Straight to the board via an orchid electronics micro DI. 

looking forward to seeing how it does 

1 hour ago, naxos10 said:

That looks a nice pedal, I hope it sounds as good.

Sounds good so far. Need to put it through its paces 

55 minutes ago, Bigwan said:

Feature list looks great. Aesthetically not so much. Not a cheap unit either! 

It is a bit marmite! 

Was unsure where to put this as it can be a preamp too amongst many other things. 
 

Received my Big Trees yesterday and had a very quick play. Initial thoughts are it sounds really good. 
 

I’ve previously owned the noble and was after an interface that could also overdrive itself. I’ve only used it for five minutes but I’m thinking this will meet my expectations. 
 

Anyone ever get one of these? 

5 hours ago, opwillberg said:

Hello, 

I'd be interested in buying this from you if it's still up for grabs. 

Best

Otto

Yes it is 

It is. Bank transfer ok? 

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