Origin Effects BassRig Ampeg B15 Fliptop recreation

[Quatschmacher]

36 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

I was without my phone for a few days and got back to my emails and saw their mailing list one and thought you would be very very happy ! 

Indeed. You’re welcome to pop over and try it. 

[paulo m]

After watching the Barefaced interview & explanitory audio for myself' this latest offering from origin  could well be more successful than their previous fender & ampeg recreations?

But the Price is going to be a stumbling block for many

Andertons have them @ an eyewatering £449.00 this morning?

Edited 5 hours ago by paulo m

[LukeFRC]

22 minutes ago, paulo m said:

After watching the Barefaced interview & explanitory audio for myself' this latest offering from origin  could well be more successful than their previous fender & ampeg recreations?

But the Price is going to be a stumbling block for many.

Nah- I think price point will be ok - they have sold  plenty of the other bass rigs - if you can afford it it won’t be a problem, and it’s cheaper than an amp and cab. 
 

[fretmeister]

1 hour ago, paulo m said:

After watching the Barefaced interview & explanitory audio for myself' this latest offering from origin  could well be more successful than their previous fender & ampeg recreations?

But the Price is going to be a stumbling block for many.

 

They've got 3 years of sales figures to analyse on the other 2 bassrigs so it's clearly working for them. If they are selling all they can produce then there is no need for them to drop the price. Doesn't mean I have the means to just go out and buy one though, but I can't buy a fancy watch either.

 

I'm looking forward to someone doing a good comparison with the Noble DI. The Noble is more than double the price and if there is a non-valve competitor that sounds as good in a mix then Noble sales might suffer. 

 

I wonder whether the 2 previous bassrigs will get a "Cab Off" Mk2 in the near future.

[Quatschmacher]

3 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

 

They've got 3 years of sales figures to analyse on the other 2 bassrigs so it's clearly working for them. If they are selling all they can produce then there is no need for them to drop the price. Doesn't mean I have the means to just go out and buy one though, but I can't buy a fancy watch either.

 

I'm looking forward to someone doing a good comparison with the Noble DI. The Noble is more than double the price and if there is a non-valve competitor that sounds as good in a mix then Noble sales might suffer. 

 

I wonder whether the 2 previous bassrigs will get a "Cab Off" Mk2 in the near future.

The Noble is a different beast. Not a 6SL7 tube like the B15 and won’t overdrive without something else pushing the front end. A closer comparison would be the SushiBox Grand Slampegg which uses the same tube and tone stack as the B15 (but again won’t overdrive by itself).

Edited 5 hours ago by Quatschmacher

[ra0ulduke]

14 minutes ago, Quatschmacher said:

The Noble is a different beast. Not a 6SL7 tube like the B15 and won’t overdrive without something else pushing the front end. A closer comparison would be the SushiBox Grand Slampegg which uses the same tube and tone stack as the B15 (but again won’t overdrive by itself).

 

I'm very curious about the result.

[fretmeister]

23 minutes ago, Quatschmacher said:

The Noble is a different beast. Not a 6SL7 tube like the B15 and won’t overdrive without something else pushing the front end. A closer comparison would be the SushiBox Grand Slampegg which uses the same tube and tone stack as the B15 (but again won’t overdrive by itself).

 

I didn't know the Noble wouldn't overdrive by itself. Weird.

[markorbit]

56 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

I wonder whether the 2 previous bassrigs will get a "Cab Off" Mk2 in the near future.

I wondered that too. It would make sense I think.

 

As for the £449 price, it's something I'd be willing to pay if I knew it was going to be the answer to what I needed but as with all gear you never know until you've thoroughly tried it, which usually means owning it for a while.

 

It's just a bit too high as I ended up flipping the other BassRigs. As of yet I've never preferred a 'cab-simmed' sound no matter who makes it.

I did particularly like one of the Origin Fifteen demos but it was impossible to determine whether the mojo was a good P bass or not as the pedal was always on.

 

But I do keep coming back to that demo. 

 

[fretmeister]

As with all things like this - the end result for a gig relies on the PA being good.

 

One of the reasons I've got a HX Stomp is that after 10 years with a Helix I can dial in pretty much anything I want in a few minutes, so if I pitch up at a gig and my favourite patches sound awful then I can cobble something together fast even if it is very different to my preferred tone. Getting the gig done is far more important than me loving the tone.

 

Single amp based preamps always carry a risk that it just won't suit a situation no matter what the settings are. Even with my Stomp I have a Caline knock off of a BDDI in the bag. I have the Behringer as well but the Caline is in a smaller enclosure so I take that with me.

 

Still - as of 30 mins ago my youngest has passed her driving test so now I have to find a couple of grand to insure her as an unsupervised driver so I won't be buying any posh pedals for a while. She's got another 2-3 years of study before she gets a full time job so I really hope the No Claims Discount comes easily!

[knicknack]

Mwah... looks good in person. A proper test will have to wait until after my dog walk!

 

[thumbo]

6 minutes ago, knicknack said:

Mwah... looks good in person. A proper test will have to wait until after my dog walk!

 

How does it sound with your mustang? Very cool I imagine! 

[krispn]

Come on @Quatschmacher we’re all on the edge of our seats for the verdict.