Ampeg Classic Analog Bass Preamp Pedal

This was paired with a yamaha trbx 304 active bass so should have been good match. Used as a headphone amp. It has a pad switch found in the battery compartment. I was surprised, given it is an active bass, to not need the 15db pad. With it I couldn't get enough gain, and without the pad, I found the bass distorted at high (but not excessively loud) volumes. I'm not a heavy metal enthusiast, and still have good hearing. It also has some hiss which is not present on a different headphone amp (fender mustang micro). This is just about heard at the point of a "comfortable volume". Lastly the scrambler circuit isn't to my taste. The eq adjust works well, including the ultra lo and ultra hi switches which I like. Shame I love the idea of this as a DI box with a few extra features, but there is too much noise.

Very disappointed with this pedal. After using the Sansamp Bass Driver and Sansamp VT di pedals for a long time I thought I’d try the Ampeg, sadly is noisy and doesn’t bring much character to your bass sound. Save up a get yourself a Darkglass or Sansamp.

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昔少ベースをしており、その時はスタジオのアンペグ使用して惚れ込んでいました。 その時期に楽器可のマンションで20W位のアンペグのアンプを買って練習しておりましたが、苦情が来て止めました(笑) ベースは最近再開しました。 アンプから体に受けるような振動は当然有りませんが、音はアンペグです。 色々シリーズが有りますが、どうしても電池駆動が良いのでこれを選びました。 ワガママですけど先程書いた大音量の振動も欲しいですが、それはスタジオに行くしかありません。 大方のスタジオに置いてあるアンプもアンペグなので、これでの音作りもそのまま応用編出来ます。 パッシブオンリーのベースでも、これで音作りの幅が広がるのでオススメです。

Llegó en perfectas condiciones, es bastante ligero pero bien ensamblado y da un buen color en el sonido !!

Simple d'utilisation

I love the Ampeg sound. I have a "virtual amp" already, I use a Zoom B3n and after trying all the amp models in the B3n, I found myself settled on their "Flip-Top" model, which is an emulation of an Ampeg PortaFlex. It's a pretty good emulation, but I wanted to see how it compared to SCR-DI, which is made by Ampeg itself. The SCR-DI seems to have everything that new Ampeg Rocket Bass combo amps have, just no actual power amp section or speaker, so this was a way (I assume) to also evaluate the sound of the Rocket Bass amps. First of all, super solid build! Solid metal, very hefty. Doesn't have a door for the battery cover, you have to take off the bottom cover, but the screws for the bottom cover are also the rubber feet, so it's pretty easy to unscrew the rubber feet with your fingers to remove the cover and change the battery, no screwdriver needed. I did not evaluate battery life with a 9 volt. I love the sound! It seemed to have a slightly cleaner and deeper and truer feel than the Flip-Top emulation in the B3n. I don't have a ton of experience with other Ampeg bass amps (other than having heard a lot of them) but it sounds very "Ampeg-y" to me. I also loved the Scrambler circuit, it was an easy way to inject just my preferred amount of grit/gain/overdrive into my sound. Much easier than the B3n in that respect -- the B3n can get me where I want, but it requires fiddling, and on my passive PJ bass, it also requires me to turn up the volume at the instrument end, which the Scrambler circuit did not. I could get the Scrambler to easily give me the crunch I sought regardless of the volume on my PJ. However, since the B3n's emulation was almost as good, and the B3n also has tons of effects and an excellent built-in tuner, I decided to stay with the B3n and return the SCR-DI. But I highly recommend the SCR-DI if you are looking for a virtual amp/DI box! The sound was great! Kind of wish I could have kept it, but the B3n gets me close enough and I love the extra features, and I don't actually need the balanced DI out right at the moment (which the B3n doesn't have (