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[quote name='bassmandan' post='67064' date='Sep 28 2007, 10:24 AM']alright alright!.... but I just couldn't resist. Sorry everybody, 'twas mean, I concede..... I'm not really [i]that[/i] old, and I'm certainly not grumpy, but I have this very week been accused of being a "self-important douchenozzle" on another forum; so maybe I should think a little more before I type, er..... and not post drunk!

in all sincerity: welcome aboard Emmanuel, I hope your time here is a happy one!

- Dan[/quote]


haha...a 'self important douchenozzle'?..I love that..I think I'm going to add that to the Canadian vocabulary.

Thanks for the review! Nicely put...that totally covers it!

I got this preamp in October for my old hybrid bass...I love it. I added an extra switch for on/off. Nice to have that onstage at times.

Your favourite passive bass is brought alive by this unit. With the vol/vol/treble-bass setup, it's a revelation.
This is some serious 'ahead of it's time' gear, totally clean/versatile great sounding and very high tech useful stuff for 2007. [almost '08!]

It's like adding another 10 years to your favourite single malt. It's even better, but you can't totally put your finger on it...but sure as hell, you don't want that lousy 12 year old anymore.

The Low Z is very cool, but only dial in a bit of the bass boost.. or it gets real muddy. The Mid Z is my favourite..it's BIG but really bites when you play back at the bridge...High Z..? maybe limited to your own pleasure on some tunes, I like it though..all very musical..

The bass boost is massive! I found that maybe a 1/4 of the boost range is plenty most of the time .
The treble boost has some hiss at full on, but on expressive TI flatwounds, 3/4 on is cool for adding a pleasant top end.

I have this preamp on a 'conglomerate' bass that has evolved in tonal quality over near 30 years, and this unit is right up there on the list with sex.

My other very cool basses have fallen by the wayside like some old cabs that are now fuzzy coffee tables, rounding out the stereo low end.

This is An early Tokai ..>Fender Jazz bass copy body of unknown woodage, with a newer slick Squire Jazz Bass Neck..it's a beauty for sound and feel.

Pickups are a Dimarzio DP123 at the bridge and an old approx '90 Bart at the neck position..., with a Schaller bridge and generic nut..oh, and Thomastik Infeld JF344 flats.

Hey I just found you guys whilst searching for other bass stuff!

This is a bit different cab configuration than the thread, but I've had a Schroeder 4x10 Light for 5 months now..This cab rocks...and weighs in at 58 pounds...and you can put it in the back seat of a Honda without killing yourself.

If I was rich I'd buy a bunch more different configurations to play with, but fear I would never know which one to take along.
They are expensive, but no more so than other high end boutique gear, and worth every penny!

I play in a very loud classic rock band complete with marshall stacks, and this 4x10 cuts all by itself with a Crown XLS 602 run bridged with lots of headroom. Even at outside gigs it's heard way out from the stage and chances are someone will tell you to turn it DOWN.

I ran a SWR 4x10 for 15 years and I love it, but it weighs a hundred pounds, and this cab smokes it for tone.

I ordered the Titanium tweeter as Jorg said it was sweeter sounding, and yes it is. All other cabs I've ever had, the obnoxious tweeter is almost always off, (those are the selenium jobs)but this one stays on full. Of course you won't hear the sweet shimmer it adds to your tone onstage cutting through the stacks, but at home and in quieter settings, it's beautiful.

This cab has all the lows you could handle and is rich and full sounding. I expect all his cabs to be like this.

I do credit the whole setup right from the Thomastik Infelds for the ability to punch, but the final link is the cab.

I got the 4x10 to cover all situations at Jorgs's suggestion, but I have a feeling that the 21012L would be a killer cab too. I really like 12's together with 10's..If I get any more cabs in the living room my wife will freak.

The guys are always joking about my woosy looking setup and begging to drag along more cabs for 'effect', but once it's fired up I got to dial out real low end to make one guitarist more than happy and run the whole system at a bare idle so the soundman is not freaking out..this cab 'projects'....don't make mistakes because there's no muffing it with this speaker.

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Jim Castlegar, BC, Canada