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2 minutes ago, Happy Jack said:

I've had mixed experience with power amps from Thomann, including one that started emitting showers of sparks before catching fire in the middle of a country & western gig, but the most pleasant surprise I've had in ages was

 

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I bought the 2-channel 2600W 'New Generation' and I've been delighted with it. My default option for power amps is to buy ludicrously expensive Powersoft Digam units, so I keep an eye on the cheap clone market from the Far East. This was my fourth attempt at buying a cheap-as-chips lightweight 1U power amp from China and, if this one is anything to go by, they've finally cracked it.

 

Sparks and fire huh? Well that certainly isn't ideal bloody hell.

Thanks for the recommendation there. I've added it to my watch list to keep tabs on. I'll certainly consider those

20 hours ago, Owen said:

The LM3 fx return trick works. Don't fix it. There is NO CHANCE that at playing at home volumes you will hear any difference. 

I dunno, I crank it up loud quite often haha. 

2 hours ago, Happy Jack said:

 

That's pretty much your answer there. No intention to be dismissive, but you're almost certainly wasting your time (and your money) if you go the preamp + power amp route. That's a solution (one of many) to issues encountered when playing live. If you do end up on stage, and it's amazing how often that's the outcome 😎, then re-visit this topic one you have a couple of dozen gigs under your belt.

Not dismissive at all. I welcome your input.

I already have the preamp in my B7KU and it sounds fantastic through the FX return. I much prefer it already. 

Thomann have a power amp that's quite well reviewed for £150. I'm tempted to try one, then if I like it i'll sell my LMIII and buy some other bass goodies that i've had my eye on with the change. I would like to upgrade my BK7U to the v2 version.

48 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

The advantage of keeping the LM3 is that if your pedals go down in a future gig you still have a working system to get you through to the end.

Well that's certainly true! I'll think on it, though i'm not likely to look to join a band anytime soon. Thanks for the help

Just tried bypassing the preamp via the FX return as suggested and it sounds amazing. It makes quite the difference!

Now I'm considering selling my LMIII and getting a power amp instead haha.

31 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

 

 

FX loops are generally for some types of FX pedals. Traditionally time based FX like chorus / delay / reverb etc. That way those FX are in the signal chain after the internal preamp

 

Bass>Amp input> FX Send > reverb pedal > FX return.

 

The most common approach for guitarists is to put overdrives / fuzz etc in front of the amp, and then the reverb / delays / chorus etc in the loop. But You can turn any amp with a loop into just a poweramp by sending a signal from something else - like your B7KU or a Line 6 Helix etc etc.

 

Many bassists don't use the loop at all and just put all the pedals in front. Bass>pedals>amp.

 

There's no rules really. It's all just options to find the tone you like best.

That's really helpful. Thanks very much!

Just as you say, I have my setup as bass > pedals (8 of them) > amp.  And while it sounds good that way, I couldn't help but wonder how it would sound via a power amp once I found out about that they're a thing.

Cheers!

1 minute ago, fretmeister said:

 

Possibly. Preamps and FX pedals are not the same thing so it depends on your entire signal chain.

 

But you can experiment with the kit you have - run your BK7U straight into the FX Return on the LM3. That will bypass the LM3 preamp.

Ohh right! 😅

I'll give that a shot in a bit. I had wondered what the FX return was for. It's Not something i've ever needed to know about thus far haha.

1 minute ago, Downunderwonder said:

If you have a power amp with a good input sensitivity you can muck about trading preamps for little cost.

 

A 2 channel one gives you a spare amp for redundancy support. Monitor amp goes down, keyboard amp blows a fuse, you're the savior.

Thanks for the input. But a lot of what you said there is lost on me as I'm not, nor ever have been, a gigging bassist. I'm more a sort of hobbyist who only plays at home (for the time being).

1 minute ago, fretmeister said:

To use with a different preamp.

 

A standard bass head has a Preamp and a Poweramp in it.

 

But if you can't get what you want in a single box, having separates might get you there.

So I have a LMIII which I bought specifically for its clean/unbiased sound to use along with my DG BK7U (among others).

Would a power amp provide a cleaner tone for my BK7U & other FX than the LMIII?

So I didn't know Power Amps were even a thing until recently (I just play at home for my own enjoyment).

Why would you choose a Power Amp over a standard bass head? 

1 hour ago, 2elliot said:

Top service matey.

 

Thank you!

You're very welcome dude. May it serve you well! 

Thanks to all 4000 and odd people who checked this listing out.

The item is now sold 😅

22 hours ago, ern500evo said:

I’m away until Tuesday now. I am tempted so I’ll have a think over the weekend and get back to you when I’m back. Someone will probably buy it over the weekend now 😀

Ok dude, no worries

15 hours ago, ern500evo said:

It’s a Streamer Stage 1. I’ve watched a YouTube video of the preamp and he’s using a Warwick in some of the clips and it does sound pretty good 

I just had a look on youtube for some examples and I found a couple. It does seem to work well in the Warwicks!

Give me a shout if you'd like to buy mine. It's packaged up and ready to go for whoever wants it. I can ship it out on the day of purchase no trouble

Well mine doesn't seem to be going anywhere, so if you want to grab one and save a few quid in the process you know where to look 😅

Don't think i've heard one in a Warwick before. Which model is it? Warwicks of course usually have such a unique tone, I wonder how the DGTC would effect that?

1 hour ago, Henrythe8 said:

Sorry, found one locally as of this morning.

Can't emphasize enough how great this preamp is, the frequency choice makes it soooo useful. 

 

No worries dude, thanks anyway!

I was actually tempted to install it into my Ray 35 but I need to be sensible as I could use the money haha.

10 hours ago, Henrythe8 said:

Interested, should you consider shipping to the distant and exotic country of France 🙂 

Hey there.

Well given this posting has had almost 3000 views and no interest, yes I'll consider shipping it to France haha.

If you can PM me some address details, i'll package it up and get some quotes for shipping if you're happy to cover the cost?

Bought for a project build which was abandoned and as such, never fitted.

The box has been opened twice, once when it arrived and again for the picture in this ad. While it looks quite at home on my shelf in its nice Darkglass box, I'm sure someone out there could put it to good use.

Included is 2 brand new 9v battery clips as a wee bonus.

£120 w/free 2nd class shipping. UK buyers only please.

Cheers!

*Edit to add that I'll consider trades for other bass/music related items of equal/greater value.

On 05/01/2021 at 10:16, SumOne said:

It has a footswitch to change the order of the loops - so one loop could have chorus and octaver (that you can click both on/off with one footswitch) and the other loop could have distortion,  you can either have chorus and/or octaver feed into distortion or click to reverse it and have distortion feed into into chorus and/or octaver....as you can have several pedals in each loop it opens up a lot of combinations, it took me a while to work out what pedals always sounds good in front or behind each other to put in one loop and which ones sound good either way around and need to go in separate loops.  

Or if you don't think the reverse thing is that useful for you and you just want to turn on/off several pedals in a loop with one click it's probably worth considering what loops you would like your pedals to be in (I guess the compressor and tuner probably won't be going into loops). Bright Onion do everything from 1 up to 12.

Or perhaps you'll want to blend in your clean signal to loops. There are pedals for that by Bright Onion, or the Boss LS-2 or the EHX Switchblade or tri-parallel mixer, or Old Blood Noise Endeavors Signal Blender. 

I went through all this about a month ago, my conclusion was the dual reverse was mot useful to me but if I had the ££ and pedal board space I would have gone for the Boss ES-5.

I figured it would be something like that. That reverse function honestly sounds like a lot of fun. Definitely something to consider when I make my purchase.

As it goes i've decided a loop pedal would be more useful to me at the moment, so I think i'm going to get a ditto+ instead.  

5 hours ago, SumOne said:

Not many loop switchers do the reverse loop thing so it depends if that's something you think would be useful. Personally I thought 2 loops with the reverse was more useful to me than 5 loops with no reverse. As far as I know the ES-5 is the cheapest option for 5 loops and being able to reverse loop ordering but its cost and size are disadvantages. 

How does the reverse thing work? What does it do exactly?

18 minutes ago, cLepto-bass said:

Vein-Tap offer a wide range of true bypass loopers...

https://www.vein-tap.com/

Thanks!

1 hour ago, SumOne said:

A loop switcher is indeed what you need to turn on/off 2 or more pedals at the same time with one footswitch. Bright Onion pedals are good for this.

I got to a similar situation about a month ago (9 pedals) and I got something slightly different from them worth considering: The Bright Onion dual reverse looper  https://www.brightonion.co.uk/dual-reverse-looper/ for £65. It was handmade and sent to me within a few days (you get to customise your LED colours). It's good.

I have octave, chorus, envelope filter in one loop and distortion pedals in another: can get a couple of pedals in  a loop ready to be switched on/off with one footswitch rather than tap dancing, and cuts pedals out of the signal chain when the loops aren't activated. Plus you can reverse the order of the loops with a footswitch - that opens up a lop of options. 

I heard good things about the Boss ES-5 which can do all that with 5 loops, but that costs £330 and I didn't feel I had enough pedals to justify it.

Hi

So what would be the benefit of your dual reverse looper over say, a larger 6 switch looper? 

1 hour ago, milford59 said:

No - you don’t need a loop-switcher..... you just need to dump all those pedals and buy an HX Stomp.......😀

I would absolutely love one of those but I can't quite afford one at the moment and i'm unable to save further right now because of reasons. I'd be buying the loop switcher with some christmas money I was gifted

So my pedalboard is getting a bit fuller these days and growing (Darkglass B7KU, Seymour Duncan Studio Bass Compressor, Marshall Echohead Delay, Valeton OC10 Octaver, Boss CE-5 Chorus, DOD FX25, Korg Pitchblack). I'm having fun combining fx but its getting somewhat tedious tap dancing all over my board for the desired sounds that i'm using more regularly.

Is a loop switcher what I need in order to use two (or more?) fx at the same time with one press of a switch? Can anyone recommend one up to £120? 

I came across these on my searches thus far but i'm not 100% sure i'm looking at the right thing-

https://www.brightonion.co.uk/bigger/

https://www.thomann.de/gb/mooer_pedal_controller_loop_6.htm

Many thanks!

So I recently bought a 2019 sterling ray 5 with the roasted maple neck. I happen to have a tone capsule sitting doing nothing which was bought for a project build that had to be abandoned.

I was going to sell the DGTC but now i'm wondering if I should have it installed in the ray 5. I already have a B7K Ultra on my pedalboard, so of course i'm thinking the two would work well together. I play in a post-hardcore band so that DG tone works well there. 

Being honest, I don't know a whole lot about onboard preamps and what have you. Would it be a worthy upgrade? What sort of tone could I expect?

Cheers.

I will never ever use eurosender again. I used them this time over my preferred courier because I thought it would support basschat in some small way. 

I'm not going into details because it will make me angry and I want to forget about it, but I have never dealt with such an inept, money-grabbing, useless and disregarding company as this in my life. 

My advice is to stick with a courier you know.