Mudfuzz wrote:How much headroom if any does it have on say a active fiver?
I wouldn’t call this a head room type of preamp (It is a preamp really).
I think it will all depend on how much boost your amp’s front end can take before going into overdrive.
The only active bass I have is my Jag, and I was only playing around with the over driven sounds and through tube bass amps which aren’t really known for clean head room.
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I don't know, both my 400+ and my CL have plenty of clean headroom if set right, on the other hand I don't like the sound of either when you slam the front end.
Also since this is a pre how does it sound direct for recording?
Also since this is a pre how does it sound direct for recording?
Not bad, but touchy. I tried direct into the board, and of course got distortion (not the good kind) Finally I used a di and had to attenuate the signal to keep from overdriving the board.
Later today I am going to plug it direct into the power amp and see how it sounds.
I was using my B-15 and V4-B which aren’t super clean head room amps, which is what I like about them.
I’ll also check it with my YBA-200 which has a normal and -6db input plus I can bypass the its pre and run it into the power amp.
I’ll have to measure the plate voltage to make sure of the exact voltage, but it’s not a problem. Fenders and Marshal ran theirs close to 300 on the plates
There is lots of room in the box, almost as much air space as a tweed champ.
mr. sound boy king wrote:
Organic apples are not normal, they are special, like analog, whereas normal apples, like digital, taste sterile and lack warmth.
Using a ’51 Precision reissue (6.3k pickup) and the B15’s volume set at 9:00 o’clock I could get a nice clean boost up to 2:00 o’clock on the Klipper, at 3:00 it began to overdrive. Unity is around 10:00 o’clock on the Klipper’s volume.
Obviously higher volumes on the B15 over drove with lower settings on the Klipper as do hotter pickups.
I plugged directly into the power amp and got a nice clean all the way up. Not super loud but nice recording volumes and no overdriving the board through the mics (impedance could have been a factor) I got the same results with the YBA200 just a lot louder.
I still prefer the sound going through the preamp.
mr. sound boy king wrote:
Organic apples are not normal, they are special, like analog, whereas normal apples, like digital, taste sterile and lack warmth.
