A winning combo. The Markbass Vintage Pre is the new cutting edge pedal thatll elevate your bass tone with aplomb while simultaneously offering a handy DI and recording shortcut. What began as an idea from bass legend Marcus Miller has been superbly realised by the team at Markbass. The Vintage Pre is quite simply a tone monster. Combining a top-end preamp with an incredibly useful analog to digital converter this pedal is the new all-in-one bass solution perfect for both live and studio use. Detailed controls including 4-band EQ two independent distortions and wet/dry blend control give this pedal serious versatility meaning itll immediately feel right at home in any setup or existing pedalboard. Guaranteed to offer practicality all while lifting your bass tone with rich saturated warmth and drive thanks to the integrated 12ax7 tube; its hard to go wrong with the Vintage Pre.
Mammoth tone Real tube tone. The Markbass Vintage Pre doesnt need to imitate. Thanks to the integrated 12ax7 tube you get all the warmth and saturated drive youd expect from a valve amp just in pedal form. Dont let its name fool you however as this rich tone extends way beyond just vintage tube tones. Two independent distortions allow you to access the full gain spectrum from creamy warm drive to gritty crunchy higher gain tones. The integrated boost circuit gives you the ability to take things up a notch whenever required with +6dB of clean boost available on tap. Huge tones regardless of settings; versatility is one of the Vintage Pres many strengths. Detailed controls Speaking of strengths the Vintage Pres detailed controls give you total freedom to dial in a wide range of tones. The 4-band EQ is an ideal size giving you expressive control; with the mid response split between two controls you can accurately sculpt your tone and presence. The 3-way switch that sits in the centre of the pedal lets you set the tonal foundation: Old gives you the classic vintage tube tone with a scooped treble response Cut is a mid-scooped setting while Flat is your standard flat frequency response. Finally the Blend knob allows you to carefully tailor the balance of dry signal and affected wet signal expanding your tonal arsenal even further. Ultimate practicality Now for Markbass box of technical tricks. The Balanced DI Out is a real DI Box with transformer optimised to offer tonal purity across the frequency spectrum and eliminating the need for an external DI unit- youll quickly become every sound engineers best friend. The RCA output and TOSLINK make this pedal the perfect studio tool. With a switchable sample rate of 44.1/48/96KHz youre guaranteed pro-quality audio every time whether in the studio or on stage. The final touches are the Aux In input and headphones output allowing you to use the pedal silently again ideal for silent recording or just practicing. Specifications Tube: 12AX7/ ECC 83 Input: Impedance 1MΩ EQ:Low: Level ±16dB (Freq. 70Hz) Mid Low: Level ±16dB (Freq. 400Hz) Mid High: Level ±16dB (Freq. 2.5KHz) High: Level ±16dB (freq. 10KHz) 3-way switch: (Flat/Cut/Old)Controls: Gain | Master | Drive | Blend Switches: On/Off | Drive | Boost Outputs:Balanced DI Out with transformer (GND switch) Digital Outputs: RCA (with transformer) and TOSLINK with sampling rate 44.1/48/96KHzPower requirement: 12VDC | 300mA (power supply included) Dimensions (W x D x H): 7.6 x 5 x 2.32 | 19.3cm x 12.7cm x 5.9cm Weight: 1.9lbs | 840g
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