Best Pre-Amp for headphone practice

Rob Morrisby (3810)

Bass Equipment Forum · 8/21/2005 2:09 PM

Hey there

Im off to University in a few weeks, and need to the ability to practice bass silently without disturbing my flat mates too much!

I have the system sorted for guitar. Yeah, I apologise for occasionally slipping over to the dark side! I have Guitar - Line 6 POD - Laptop/Digital Mixer - Headphones - Ears. It works great, but I need a similar set up for bass now.

Although I love the Line6, Im not sure I need somthing as versatile as a POD for bass. I have a range of Boss pedals for Bass - Im sure they will see me through. All I really need is a pre-amp, somthing similar to the Tech21 Bass Driver:

Or, is there an alternate I should be aware of? Any help on the subject is greatly appriciated. Oh, and I apologise if this has been covered before. I did search FretBuzz, but couldnt find anything that delt with my problem directly.

-Rob

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Re: Best Pre-Amp for headphone practice

8/21/2005 3:36 PM

WILLIAM HULSEY (25101) wrote:

I think the Sansamp would be great for headphone practice. I am getting the MXR M-80! I will use it for a pre-amp, DI, a touch of dirt, a recording pre, and a headphone amp.

Either one looks versatile enough to use for many applications. Good luck!

Bo

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Re: Best Pre-Amp for headphone practice

8/21/2005 3:41 PM

WILLIAM HULSEY (25101) wrote:

Another one that looks good. EBS Microbass II...It's "knobby" and should be loads of fun!

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Re: Best Pre-Amp for headphone practice

8/21/2005 4:12 PM

Rob Morrisby (3810) wrote:

Hey Bo

Thanks a lot for the advice.

-Rob

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Re: Best Pre-Amp for headphone practice

8/22/2005 5:39 PM

Brad Mock (16379) wrote:

You should really be fine using your bass pedals thru the POD, aren't there already some clean presets for recording bass on the POD? I know I have recorded my bass thru a POD at a couple of gtr players studios and got pretty good sounds.

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Re: Best Pre-Amp for headphone practice

8/23/2005 10:20 AM

Rob Morrisby (3810) wrote:

Anyone know about this thing, the Hartke VXL Bass Attack pedal?

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Re: Best Pre-Amp for headphone practice

8/23/2005 11:35 AM

WILLIAM HULSEY (25101) wrote:

I've fiddled around with one. They don't seem too bad. You should check it out along with the others.

Bo