Avalon VT-737SP

[Kiwi]

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I recorded through one over the weekend and the sound was pretty good. I particularly liked the combination of super quiet electronics, compressor and tube preamp. But at £1200 or so, they're going to be a little pricey for most.

Has anyone used one in their bass rig?

[The Funk]

Alex uses the DI, I think it's the U5, as the preamp in his rig. That would be a stupendous preamp for a gig rig.

[synaesthesia]

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I recorded through one over the weekend and the sound was pretty good. I particularly liked the combination of super quiet electronics, compressor and tube preamp. But at £1200 or so, they're going to be a little pricey for most.

Has anyone used one in their bass rig?[/quote]


Yes. These have been out a while, I think they were new about 10 years ago when I was doing a lot of TV soundtracks. This model is not as celebrated in the BG world but if I remember it has an instrument input so it is not like you'd be forcing a mic preamp to work for you.

[Rich]

Vocal preamps & channel strips make for great bass preamps. I've recorded through a [url="http://www.tlaudio.co.uk/docs_07/product_07/5051.shtml"]TLA 5051 [/url]in the past and the sound was lovely. I thought about getting one, but it didn't really fit in with my desire to downsize.