SOLD: BBE BMax-T tube preamp £140

[72deluxe]

I am selling my BBE BMax-T as I have two of these. One used to be in my live rig, and one at home but I am slimming down a bit.

Some details:
- I bought it secondhand without a box. I will package it appropriately.
- I don’t have the manual but can point you to the PDF.
- This is the earlier model WITHOUT the red knobs. These are black knobs with white markers. These are actually much easier to see/read than the later red knobs (which have an invisible blob as the marker).
- It has the original GrooveTubes 12AX7 in it. You can replace it by taking the lid off.
- You cannot get it to overdrive or fuzz (unless you boost the input before hand I suppose?)
- The tone stack on this is a Fender tone stack, so the treble/mid/bass settings should be set to 10/2/10 o’clock for relatively flat.
- There is a further parametric mid control so you can boost/attenuate various frequencies.
- It has a single-knob compressor on it: in truth this is a limiter with fast attack and release. If you thwack your bass, some peaks can get through. Although labelled 0-10, you are just adjusting the threshold for the limiter to kick in (so think of the labelling as -10 to 0).
- There is no makeup gain control on the compressor - use the main output control for that.
- It has a Jensen transformer for the DI (worth £70 by itself).
- It has the famous BBE Sonic Maximizer in it (which is an IC on the main board). This basically attempts reversal of phase smearing so sounds reach your ears in a phase-coherent manner (all at the same time). I have no idea how this works because to my mind, you’d need to know where the listener was to work out how much to delay a frequency range. It is on a variable control, with a low contour boost too. Too much of this sounds odd, but a little bit adds some great punch!

You can read up on the patents for the Sonic Maximizer here:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US5510752A/en
https://patents.google.com/patent/US5736897A/en
http://www.radio-flier.com/bbe_data.htm

Photos available here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3vzHZmGDdwKZE9xdGtDZFhLa2M

I did a video overview which has some sounds on it: http://youtu.be/7PNCR22MXtA

Postage is £10 within the uk on top of the price (£140).

Edited August 14, 2016 by 72deluxe

[72deluxe]

Sold!