SOLD - £90 - MXR M81 Preamp/DI
£110
Watton at Stone, Hertfordshire
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Non the less it does a great job at adding a really nice touch of rich warm tube flavor and slight compression, just taking the upmost sharp edge of my bass signal (not to be confused with tone sucking), sort of rounding off the harshness of my signal in a really beautiful way, while still retaining the bite and zing of it.
This is how the Art Tube MP Project Series tube preamp looks :
This is the specs sheet :
And here's how my always on amp-less setup looks in it's entirety on written form :
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->> [ Either : ->> headphones preamp ->> headphones (for home practice) /Or/ ->> mixer/poweramp ->> PA speaker/full range cabinet (for band rehearsals/jamming/gigging) ]
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From the manufacturer
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