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Audio samples: [url="http://www.box.com/s/oz8epemknj5zdyyaozvk"]http://www.box.com/s...emknj5zdyyaozvk[/url] [url="http://www.box.com/s/1tcavphj55sesav85dsr"]http://www.box.com/s...phj55sesav85dsr[/url] [url="http://www.box.com/s/moxbui2eh5k0t4fe57v9"]http://www.box.com/s...i2eh5k0t4fe57v9[/url] [url="http://www.box.com/s/p8omze726bjsa4irv4qu"]http://www.box.com/s...e726bjsa4irv4qu[/url] [url="http://www.box.com/s/k8kblhbioq8xkypvpu9s"]http://www.box.com/s...hbioq8xkypvpu9s[/url] [url="http://www.box.com/s/5rxt2nrtse476vg010ar"]http://www.box.com/s...nrtse476vg010ar[/url] [url="http://www.box.com/s/i2g4jtr5sj926jtnajlf"]http://www.box.com/s...tr5sj926jtnajlf[/url] These audio samples wererecorded in my home with a Dell PC, soundblaster audigy sound card, magix software, and a small battery powered condenser microphone. There might seem to be too much of the room in the recordings, or something, but these audio samples will give you an idea of the possibilties with the use of this preamp. A Boss GT-6B digital effects processor was used in all. It was adjusted for best possible tone with instrument/amplifier combination and then the Nitewalker Bass Guitar Tube Preamp was placed in the circuit. The electric cello is a Korean made "Strauss" with all active electronics removed. It has a piezo pickup with a single volume control wired to it, and is being played through a Crate solid state guitar amp. The Ibanez bass is being played through a Randall B-210, and the Fender precision bass is being played through a Traynor custom special amplifier. The circuit for the Nitewalker Bass Guitar Tube Preamp may be viewed here: [url="http://www.box.com/s/4q1nlx9gghrmv35r438f"]http://www.box.com/s...x9gghrmv35r438f[/url] Here is a photo of one where you can see inside: [url="http://www.box.com/s/p5hdyd1b1gifz7ubox9e"]http://www.box.com/s/p5hdyd1b1gifz7ubox9e[/url]

OK I removed all the surplusage. I didn't mean to insult anyone, huh?. If one were so inclined one could research the patent prosecution in the U.S. Patent and Trademark office (11/327,757), and reach a real understanding of how it works and how it fits historically in the scheme of things harmonically. DISCLAIMER: It's possible that I could profit from the matter mentioned here in the future, so please take anything stated here with a grain of salt. Here is a link to a sound clip: [url="http://www.box.com/s/i2g4jtr5sj926jtnajlf"]http://www.box.com/s...tr5sj926jtnajlf[/url] I will post some more soon.

Mass producing old technology capacitors will be a real thrill to get done. Then there would be the added cost of getting professional electrical engineers to design the perfect power supply. I'm hopeful now that I have a UK patent, but not confident that anything will be done. I travel around the US showing the effect of this circuit at various music stores and other venues, but most of us are all in the same boat financially. I'll keep you posted. Thanks for your interest. DISCLAIMER: It's possible that I could profit from the matter mentioned here in the future, so please take anything stated here with a grain of salt.

I found that by experimenting with large physically sized condensers from an old Conn organ and mixing a modern, smaller physically sized one in the circuit that the tone was much made better. I copied a bogen pa for the preamp circuit, and kept changing components in the circuit until the bass response improved. It sounded like an old 78 record, though, so then I tried the newer capacitors. I had a Bass Tone amp when I was 13 (in 1966). It had a nice tone, but you couldn't turn it up very loud without getting a lot of distortion. That's the tone I was trying to bring back. There are sources for capacitors that will do the same thing as the Conn organ ones that are made today. Most of them have sterling silver wires and are very expensive. The term for them is loosly "paper in oil", but actually they are film and foil with oil. Russian military surplus PIO caps are available that work very well too. You need to use the larger physically sized ones, which are the ones usually with the higher voltage ratings. DISCLAIMER: It's possible that I could profit from the matter mentioned here in the future, so please take anything stated here with a grain of salt.

Known technology that was known 60 years ago and never revealed before this time makes it possible. Thank you for your interest! DISCLAIMER: It's possible that I could profit from the matter mentioned here in the future, so please take anything stated here with a grain of salt.

[b][font="1Ec641Arial,Bold"][size="2"][font="1Ec641Arial,Bold"][size="2"]Patent No. GB2458411 was granted on Feb. 1 in the UK. (electronic bass register musical instrument tube preamplifier)[/size][/font][/size][/font][/b]

[quote name='Al Heeley' post='1270029' date='Jun 15 2011, 04:16 AM']most single-unit stompbox pedals are designed to be used in front of the pre-amp, but there's no hard and fast rule for this. Processors and rack-mount units are most often used between preamp and power amp in the fx loop.[/quote] I agree. The only pedal to watch for on this that I've found is a wah wah pedal.

If you shop Beverly Hills [url="http://www.readyshare.com/Users/clatshaw@newbasstoneinc-com/UploadMails/Classic_Two_View_Ride11_15_2010_85758_PM.htm"]here[/url] is a suggestion.

Here's a suggestion: Try different combinations of pickups and strings with different types of amps. For example one brand of string will give you a more desirable tone using a bass with humbucking pickups while going through a solid state amp. The same brand of strings may give you a richer tone through a tube amp using a bass with single coil pickups. Then you can try to beef it up more with active preamp circuits, and digital effects- and so on and so on. Good luck finding what you're looking for! [quote name='crag42' post='922814' date='Aug 12 2010, 06:46 AM']I'm wondering if you guy's can help me..... I'm a bass player who has never really used effects pedals.... Ive now got a band going and we are finding ourselves doing a lot of Hendrix and the like with some Kings of leon,Stereophonics, U2 etc thrown in too..... I'm now wanting to extend my sound with some effects, but i dont know what i should be going for?.... can you guys inform me?..... I dont want anything gimmicky or weird..... just something to really fatten and enhance my tone.. Any help or expertise would be gratefully recieved Cheers Craig[/quote]

Thanks for your interest. I'm not set up to do any recordings these days. I've been trying to get some clips up by the people who are using them, but haven't had any luck yet. I'm working a steady day gig to support this venture, so not just now. Sorry. [quote name='richrips' post='845823' date='May 23 2010, 07:58 AM']Any samples of your preamp doing their best Timmy C sound available? Checked out the website and they certainly seem an interesing venture. Cheers, Rich[/quote]

I don't have much time , but if you want a better sounding bass guitar you could delve into the patent documents that I posted online here [url="http://groups.yahoo.com/search?query=nitewalkerpreamp"]http://groups.yahoo.com/search?query=nitewalkerpreamp[/url] in the files section. I don't include the power supply in any of the info, but the one I use uses a Hammond transformer with a full wave bridge with a 15 Henry choke running to the plates and a half wave bridge running to the heater. The overdrive just boosts the plate voltage a bit. [quote name='cm261' post='845671' date='May 23 2010, 04:32 AM']Pray tell?[/quote]

I could help you with that!!

I guess noone ever heard of an experience pedal? Here is one on ebay: [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/Prescription-Electronics-Experience-Pedal-/180507776066?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item2a071a1442"]http://cgi.ebay.com/Prescription-Electroni...=item2a071a1442[/url]

For a high dollar fuzz tone I recommend a prescription experience. (experience pedal)

There is nothing like a [url="http://www.nitewalkerpreamp.com"]nitewalker[/url][quote name='karlthebassist' post='785121' date='Mar 24 2010, 01:45 PM']. My pedalboard is currently Bass > TU-2 > DD-6 Digital Delay > MT-2 Metal Zone Distortion > Amp and I rarely even use the DD-6, and when I do, it's usually on acoustic 6-string. I also have an Akai Headrush 2, which I just use for playing about at home - so is irrelivant. My main interest these days, from a creative side, is playing with my indi/folk band and I have plenty of oportunity to play some pretty melodic lines and maybe one or two bass solos. So I'm thinking of maybe getting a reverb. I do really like the sound of the EH Holy Grail on bass, and it would be awesome on my acoustic guitar too. I notice they do a nano version. Is this any different to the normal one? Or is is just smaller? I understand the nano pedals use the 9VDC center -ve power supplies too. Sounds like a bonus. Other things that grab my attention would be a chorus pedal (don't know which one), althougth I don't really know how usefull it would be. And an octave generator which would allow me to add octaves to simulate an 8 string bass, or add depth. Micro POG maybe? Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions of pedals that I could use for acoustic bass that would augment my sound in an interesting but tasteful way?[/quote]

It looks very complicated and difficult to use to me.

Sorry, Never heard of him??!! I keep a low profile here in Vegas. I joined the musicians union when I arrived here in 1997, but other than that I never got around much here. I'm starting to get known in LA at this time through some trips to the LA and Orange Co Musicians Swap Meet every couple months. [quote name='silddx' post='779988' date='Mar 19 2010, 09:41 AM']Hello mate, hope you like the weather here on Basschat, it's warm and cosy and very sunny. It's only where the server is locatated that the weather is sh*t. Anyway, being from Vegas, you may know of another Basschat member, Craig Martini, who is rather awesome. Cheers.[/quote]

I just found this forum on myspace. I've been going to the talkbass and bass player magazine forums for a couple of years. I've been playing electric bass, since I was 13. That makes it 44 years ago. I'm using a 1968 Traynor tube head that I bought in 1973 and a Randall B-210 solid state head. It's from the 80's. I have two Ibanez basses and a fender precision. I also play electric cello through a crate g-120c solid state amp. I use a newbasstone nitewalker bass guitar tube preamp and a Boss gt-6b for signal processing for whatever I'm playing through. I graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1979 with a major in professional music, which is the same as instrumental performance.

If you follow the link on the startpage that says patent pending you will find a basic schematic, so you can do some experimenting on your own if you don't want to pay. I'm a fellow musician, and maybe there is an electronics wiz out there who can take it even one step further than I have done. [quote name='Clarky' post='778843' date='Mar 18 2010, 10:08 AM']I would hope so at $1,195 each! Welcome to the Forum Edit: it does look great on your site, just a fair bit pricier than the alternatives discussed above in this thread. Unfortunately UK based citizens also get stung for import duty (c20%) fronm the US so in sterling terms it would cost me £950 to buy.[/quote]

There's nothing like a Nitewalker. [url="http://www.nitewalkerpreamp.com"]Visit My Website[/url] [quote name='Beedster' post='769418' date='Mar 9 2010, 09:47 AM']Looking to get some valveyness through my Ampeg mini rig, especially for the fretless (the fretted seems OK TBH). Don't really need distortion, just fat warmth. I've looked at the EBS Valve Driver and similarly priced items but doubt I'll get the chance to A-B any. Any recommendations? I'd prefer to buy from the UK if possible Cheers Chris[/quote]