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*** SOLD *** Demeter VTBP-201 valve pre-amp
£300


Happy Jack
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Yup, it's the original, classic, 'black-face' pre-amp that everyone used to drool over.

Works as well as new, but it's not new. I can tell. It's got scratches on it and stuff.

Spec? You want spec? OK.

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Bizarrely, it occupies 1.5U of rack space. No, me neither.

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It also works when installed upside down.

I don't have any original packaging for it but, if collected, I'm happy to chuck in the Stagg 4U rackbox for no extra charge.

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By far the best recorded bass guitar sound I have achieved was through the preamp of my Demeter head, which is almost identical to the 201 pre (the head has a 'Dark' option in addition to 'Bright'). Consequently I find myself somewhat conflicted - do I spend out a wedge just to have this permanently in my home studio rack, when for the sake of 5 minutes I could dig the head out of my gear cupboard? First world problem or what!

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[quote name='molan' timestamp='1504902562' post='3368262']
Ever tried the original Lee Sklar settings?

They ought to sound too bright but actually work in a live gig setting :)
[/quote]

According to Talkbass, they would be:

[color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]-Bass(120) 12:00[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]-Mid 1:00[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]-Treb(4K) 3:00[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]-Pres(4K) 2:00[/size][/font][/color]

In short, no I haven't. I usually have:

[color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]-Dark[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]-Bass(60) 12:00[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]-Mid 2:00[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]-Treb(2K) 10:00[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]-Pres(4K) 10:00[/size][/font][/color]

My BF cabs don't give much above 4kHz anyway!

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