Noble preamp, any BC owners?

[Piers_Williamson]

On 03/04/2018 at 17:31, ordep said:

....I am loving it! simple and easy to use, less knobs means less room for errors for me 😄

I had a Monique before and it definitely have the same vibe. 

Its a keeper for me. 

 

 

Great minds (almost) think alike...

 

[ordep]

On 18/03/2024 at 14:10, Piers_Williamson said:

 

 

Great minds (almost) think alike...

 

Nice! Still the foundation of my clean tone, although board has been revamped a tad. 😁

 

Still in love with the Noble + Cali after six years…

Edited March 19, 2024 by ordep

[Quatschmacher]

On 05/03/2017 at 22:26, TKenrick said:

I'm no Ed Friedland, but here's my attempt at a review of the Noble for those who are curious. Recorded examples with jazz and P bass with various EQ settings, overview of features/specs and honest feedback from using it 'in the field' over the last 18 months:

[media]http://youtu.be/YsuuPfxFXvA[/media]


Examples of the Noble in a full band mix (signal path was bass>Noble>desk, nothing else):

[media]http://youtu.be/WW6_XDJTME8[/media]

[media]http://youtu.be/FLIEZuRcoZc[/media]

Great tracks!

 

Also am now listening to your EP too and really enjoying it. 

Edited April 12, 2024 by Quatschmacher

[Steve_M]

On 17/03/2024 at 09:18, Reggaebass said:

Just reviving this one to ask if anyone uses their Noble with a valve amp, or would it not be beneficial, I already get the sound I want from my V4B but I’m quite impressed with all the videos I’ve watched on the noble 

 

Idly perusing and came across this - yes, running mine into my V4B and it sounds lush. I mean, it's more lush (cos a P Bass into a V4B is pretty sublime already). I have the DI at the end of my pedalboard chain sent to FoH, the V4B is just for me on stage. Tend to keep it pretty clean normally and jump on a pedal if I need a bit of dirt.

[Reggaebass]

6 minutes ago, Steve_M said:

 

Idly perusing and came across this - yes, running mine into my V4B and it sounds lush. I mean, it's more lush (cos a P Bass into a V4B is pretty sublime already). I have the DI at the end of my pedalboard chain sent to FoH, the V4B is just for me on stage. Tend to keep it pretty clean normally and jump on a pedal if I need a bit of dirt.

Thanks very much for this Steve, yeah the P bass does sound really good though the V4B, good to know it works well and sounds great, cheers 

[Piers_Williamson]

On 17/03/2024 at 09:18, Reggaebass said:

Just reviving this one to ask if anyone uses their Noble with a valve amp, or would it not be beneficial, I already get the sound I want from my V4B but I’m quite impressed with all the videos I’ve watched on the noble 

Re-asking this question...I thought it was a no-no putting a valve pre-amp in front another valve pre-amp....any views out there?  I was watching/listening to a vid of a Noble put in front of a B15 with a 63 Precision, which sounded sweet! 

[Ramirez]

55 minutes ago, Piers_Williamson said:

Re-asking this question...I thought it was a no-no putting a valve pre-amp in front another valve pre-amp....any views out there?  I was watching/listening to a vid of a Noble put in front of a B15 with a 63 Precision, which sounded sweet! 

 

A DI won’t affect the amp (apart from maybe some slight change in impedance loading).

 

A DI box converts the signal to microphone level on XLR, to plug into a microphone preamp.

 

The parallel (or ‘through’) output on a DI does not go through the DI circuitry (and the valve and EQ in the Noble’s case) - it is simply passing your bass signal through to connect to an amp, so that you can take a DI feed before the amp. 

 

So don’t buy a DI box in the hope of improving your amp sound- they don’t do that, and they’re not designed to!

[LukeFRC]

8 hours ago, Ramirez said:

 

A DI won’t affect the amp (apart from maybe some slight change in impedance loading).

 

A DI box converts the signal to microphone level on XLR, to plug into a microphone preamp.

 

The parallel (or ‘through’) output on a DI does not go through the DI circuitry (and the valve and EQ in the Noble’s case) - it is simply passing your bass signal through to connect to an amp, so that you can take a DI feed before the amp. 

 

So don’t buy a DI box in the hope of improving your amp sound- they don’t do that, and they’re not designed to!

This is not correct for the Nobel preamp- it bb is not a parallel out.

The xlr goes via two valve stages, the Jack out goes via all 4 stages. 

[Piers_Williamson]

This was the vid and this was how the signal chain was described:

"Derek is playing a 1963 Fender Precision bass with La Bella Low Tension Flats and a Nordstrand Nordy Mute. The signal goes through a Noble Preamp DI into a slightly pushed 1970s Ampeg B 15 and then a Neve console. Simple. Classic. Sounds killer".

 

 

[Reggaebass]

9 minutes ago, Piers_Williamson said:

This was the vid and this was how the signal chain was described:

"Derek is playing a 1963 Fender Precision bass with La Bella Low Tension Flats and a Nordstrand Nordy Mute. The signal goes through a Noble Preamp DI into a slightly pushed 1970s Ampeg B 15 and then a Neve console. Simple. Classic. Sounds killer".

 

 

Really like that and great playing, the bass and setup doesn’t get much better than that, I want a noble and a B15 now 😁

[Piers_Williamson]

10 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Really like that and great playing, the bass and setup doesn’t get much better than that, I want a noble and a B15 now 😁

I have the Noble (see above in the thread) but sadly not the B15 (or the 63 Precision!).  I have to make do with a 77, which is lovely, but probably weighs twice as much.

Edited 10 hours ago by Piers_Williamson
tidy up format

[Ramirez]

11 hours ago, LukeFRC said:

This is not correct for the Nobel preamp- it bb is not a parallel out.

The xlr goes via two valve stages, the Jack out goes via all 4 stages. 

 

Ah! Interesting and unusual… thank

you!