Noble DI vs Origin Effects BassRig Super Vintage

[@SteveTheBassGuy]

I love the Noble, adds so much to the tone naturally. I use mine with a B15 and an SVT live and direct in the studio, can’t beat it.

[@IvanBassist]

Love my Noble :)

[@BerndBasstronaut]

I have theCali76 in combination with the BassRig and a DSX Bass in my pedalcase, and the Bassrig sounds great when you want the real fat Ampeg sound. I like the Nobel, but it´s much to expensive for me. With my Origin Effects setup can i get a very fleible choice of warm analog bass sounds, and i love the Origin´s stuff.😉

[@geoffreymerrifield5666]

Great, great video. I preferred the BassRig both in the tracks and isolated. Of course Ivan's comments make the Noble very appealing and when he said "Feels better, wider, etc" I found myself thinking the Noble was it, but then I listened again and definitely preferred the BassRig. Some kind of FOMO happening. The Noble is $1279. and the Origin Effects of $495. They both sound exceptional. I like the simplicity of the Noble, but appreciate the options of the Origin BassRig. BassRig wins for me.

[@IvanBassist]

Thanks for watching!

[@Klaus80804]

In the 80s I played through an original SVT Tube Stack with the 8x10 cabinet. It was a killer tone. But when I quit the Heavy Metal Band that I was using it for, I had to reduce equipment to adopt to the smaller stages and volumes I was playing in later years and bands. I always missed the SVT tone, and even so I got close with the Tech21 pedals it was never the same again. I think the Origin Super Vintage nails the tone today that I was missing for so many years/decades. The Noble sure has the better clean sound, but hey I am a Rock-n-Roller and I want that dirty SVT tone.

[@IvanBassist]

It’s a great pedal! :)

[@ChrisJohnsonChannel]

Yep SVT in a little box or pretty close to it

[@jamesowen3497]

I own the Noble and used to have the Origin Effects. I used both together with the Noble at the end of the chain. I sold the Original Effects. Prefer my QC with the Noble. Great video.

[@NoahShreve]

Can confirm James’ tone rocks

[@MrLouisianaHayride]

The Nobel cuts though better to my ears in the demo tracks. But I own an Origin myself and its perfectly good and has gotten compliments from other bassist on gigs. I'm sure I'll end up with a Noble at some point. Yay for gear!

[@SuperBillsykes]

Thanks, good (honest) comparison. It would have been helpful to see the settings used for each example? Was everything flat on each unit ALL of the time?

[@comannorbert]

For fattening the sound of the Origin Super Vintage I use the Origin DCX in front. Very fat tubey sound. I play with two bands, one is a funk/hip-hop band, another is a progressive nu-metal band and for recording I use two pedaboards: Pedalboard 1 (for funk, soul, pop music, hip hop, more melow rock etc.): PolyTune 3 Mini, Origin Cali76 v2, Origin DCX (clean boost and eq) and Origin Super Vintage; Pedalboard 2 (for nu-metal, djent): PolyTune 3 Mini, Empress Bass Compressor Blue SPK, Darkglass Microtubes X Ultra, SansAmp BDDI v2. In the past I used the SansAmp BDDI live, but now my ampless Live Rig is: TC PolyTune Mini, Origin Cali76, Origin DCX (clean boost and eq), Darkglass Microtubes X Ultra (only for modern metal) and Origin Super Vintage. I have a massive live sound with this ampless rig (I use Stingray Special 5 HH basses and Sandberg VM/TM 5's)! In compression section is always a battle between Empress and Cali76, for live gigs and in general I prefer Cali's more colored fuller character, but for me the Empress is better (more clinical, sterile in a good way) in modern metal (nu-metal, djent) combined with Darkglass distorsion.

[@christopherstorrier5560]

I used a Noble the other week, was very impressed but my NU-X MLD is a real Swizz Army knife of a pre-amp/DI pedal ....suprisingly the Laney Digbeth bass pre-amp/DI is really good when used live,not bad for £130....i would like a Noble as the sound quality is really good & it can be used with other instuments...not the cheapest DI but worth it if your a working musician gigging &/or recording......

[@AaronTharpe]

I'd suggest that the Black Panel version of the Bass Rig is a much better comp to the Noble. I found the Super Vintage to be too crispy / springy no matter what I did, and the drive to me felt way too "BWOP"y for my taste. The Black Panel has much more natural depth and responsiveness in my opinion. Another killer on in this realm is the CAPO from Jad Freer. A little more modern capabilities, but can also nail all of these sounds pretty flawlessly.

[@flomali]

I have the Noble now for three weeks. I heard the difference immediatly when i pluged it in. I think you have to practise a bit with it, in case of how it sounds with bases and the other pedals. In the rehearsal room you hear the difference when paying over the amp. Sounds way better than before and cuts in the live and recorded mix with a big pound of warm lows. I use the noble with Microtubes from Darkglass and a P-Bass, that is my sound for Blues Rock. I agree totally with you about the Noble, i love it! But i have to say that the Origin Effects Preamp sounds also very good! Keep on doing your thing, Ivan! I line your videos!

[@NMbass906]

I love the tone on the Noble but honestly I think the Bassrig sits better in the mix on this one.

[@IvanBassist]

Makes sense. There’s nothing applied to the Noble. It’s a clean, raw DI track 😄 Add some saturation or an amp sim plugin = problem solved

[@carlton1390]

Yes, the Super Vintage has the Ampeg hi mid presence. The bottom end of the Noble is glorious but highs are not there.

[@faithnoman2635]

@@carlton1390high mids. The Noble has the highs I hate. The clicky plastic highs.

[@beefvalve]

HOLY SHIT MAN. not only is this a great comparisson, but this is some major riffage there damn!. please take my subscription 🤩 now please excuse me, i gotta binge watch your videos.

[@IvanBassist]

Thanks! 🙏🏽

[@KaltOhm]

Great Video. I get what you say that both are different beasts. The BassRig is more of a one-pedal-does-it-all kind of thing. I can imagine packing just that pedal for a gig and not needing anything else. For the noble, you still would need some saturation pedal at least. Probably I would take the Noble for the studio and the BassRig for a gig. Both sound awesome to me.

[@MichaelStone-dn3uz]

The Noble is a more Tube like sound than the ORIGIN. I was thinking that the Origin was going to win the the challenge/ review. Thank you for doing this review for all of us. I’m seriously considering getting one for myself and I just might sell my Dark Glass Kraken or my Electro Harmonix DLX Big Muff Pi. and my WayHuge Pork and Pickle. I’m really impressed by the quality of sound that emulates like Tubes so well. It really sounds like Tubes.🤯

[@robertrosejr1]

Origin has my vote

[@jrdPalacios]

I wish I could put the origin effects cabsim output into the Noble.

[@IvanBassist]

Agreed!

[@OriginEffectsUK]

You can wire XLRs to unbalanced jacks, which would potentially allow you to do this. Just wire pin 3 to pin 1.

[@jrdPalacios]

@@OriginEffectsUK maybe there is a v2 version coming out that allows for the amp 1/4 out to have cabsim sound as well, not just DI ;)

[@MrFagilo]

Hey, could you maybe do comparisson between noble and ritter di?

[@aldito7586]

That Origin Effects Super Vintage sounds beyond!!! -

[@mikecann4438]

Love getting to hear those side by side. Super different sounding boxes but both sure have their place. I've been using the noble since 2017 and still just as in love with it. I sure love the origin effects stuff as well! It's also lived on my board for a long time!

[@IvanBassist]

They’re great!

[@danielcolocho2547]

Would it be redundant to use both? Like send the bass rig to the Bible and noble out to house?

[@IvanBassist]

That would definitely work. You’d need an XLR to TR or TRS converter if you want to retain the cab sim sound going into the noble, though

[@ankyspon1701]

Great comparison, can anyone tell me the name of the track the bass line is from, or is Ivan just improvising?

[@IvanBassist]

I just came up with that riff :) thanks for watching!

[@DirkDusty]

Hi. I'm a fan of your video's. You have done a video on the Aguilar Tonehammer DI and a video on the Tonehammer amp. Can you tell me if they sound both the same for the clean sounds?

[@IvanBassist]

Yes. Nearly identical. The only difference is the DI has the option of using the AGS circuit by engaging the footswitch. But preamp-wise they’re the same as far as I know

[@DirkDusty]

Thanks! @@IvanBassist

[@robertrosejr1]

Please explain to me are these pedals that I can use on a pedalboard with my head and cab or do they act as an amp

[@IvanBassist]

The Noble is a tube DI with a 2 band EQ section. It has both an XLR out as well as a 1/4” out, allowing you to connect it to your stage amp and also a mixing console. The BassRig is designed to be sort of an “amp in a box”. Its XLR out includes a cabinet simulation, while the 1/4” out does not have the simulation, but it has some knobs that allow you to tweak the sound going into your amp without affecting what is being sent to FOH/mixing console through the XLR out

[@romulomc]

The Super Vintage will almost always fit perfectly in any mix. The Noble is amazing for less dense and darker mixes. Had both until reclently and sold the Noble. Got a Black Panel and now I run both the Black Panel and the Super Vintage simultaneously for recording. I also record the dry signal through a RND Portico II that gives me a clean sound at the same level of low end clarity as the Noble but with ayy more control since the unity can EQ, filter, compress and saturate.

[@IvanBassist]

The portico costs twice as much as the Noble and it is a rack unit though 😅

[@ArthurPerez-t2e]

The jazz sounded better through the bass rig. Does the noble sound scooped compared to the other? I agree the noble sounds huge though.

[@IvanBassist]

The Noble only sounds scooped if you boost the treble and bass too much

[@wallace_nelson]

I had to subscribe. Great Demo. I haven't gotten my Nobel yet. I prefer the Nobel. It's super Clean... Wouldn't mind having both. Thanks for sharing.

[@IvanBassist]

Thanks for the support!!

[@DiogoBaeder]

I'm a sucker for the Noble one, the tone it puts out is insanely good. But I reckon that the BassRig would probably work better in a heavier Rock situation. So I guess it doesn't make much sense to compare them, I see them as different tools for different needs.

[@PorchBass]

I prefer the DI closeness of the noble. Great video. Track sounded rich.

[@johannmunoz_gtr]

Iván puedes hacer un vídeo del Noble VS Revolt Bass? 🔥

[@tinotonestudios7778]

Ya estuviste probando los Darkglass Microtubes 500 V2 amps o los Ampeg Venture V7?

[@IvanBassist]

El venture si

[@Rwellsii94]

The feel of the Noble is unmatched. The bassrig sounds great though. Ass a little compression and saturation to that Noble and it’s going to sit in that mix perfectly.

[@jagpanzer16]

AWESOME VIDEO!!!! Thank You.

[@kevmac1230]

The Noble sounds a bit richer.That said it does cost more than twice as much.

[@masquebajos]

¿Podrías comparar el Noble con el nuevo Aguilar AG Preamp? Saludos desde Chile.

[@IvanBassist]

Hola Raul! Por el momento no, pero puedo ver si se puede en el futuro

[@rodrocolodro]

gracias por tus videos Iván, consulta... tienes los bajos SB-2 tribute y fullerton? en todas las fotos que he visto, la posición de la cápsula del puente es diferente, en los tribute está más cerca del puente... imagino que la posición de dicha cápsula en los bajos hechos en USA es la mejor... estoy alucinando? será algo intencional? tengo entendido que en ambas versiones las cápsulas son las mismas... suenan igual ambas versiones? no he encontrado nada de información al respecto y te consulto porque siempre veo que usas bajos G&L y yo tengo actualmente un SB-2 tribute y quiero cambiarle el cuerpo y de paso modificar las ubicaciones de las cápsulas (no me gusta como suena la del puente), en esta comparación tampoco sé si la cápsula del mástil está en la misma ubicación en los tribute vs fullerton, aparentemente sí, pero no estoy seguro; gracias, saludos!

[@IvanBassist]

Hola Rodrigo! No. No tengo esos bajos. Solo tengo el Lb-100, JB y Matador.

[@rodrocolodro]

@@IvanBassist gracias por responder! saludos! éxito!

[@IvanBassist]

@rodrocolodro Con gusto. Las capsulas deberian ser las mismas entre los modelos USA y tribute.

[@boomerbutler7569]

I have Noble taste on a Sans Amp budget. 🤣

[@IvanBassist]

😂😂😂😂

[@andremartin8510]

The Noble better for me.

[@jmanthirtyseven]

Would you ever use both the Noble and Bass rig?

[@IvanBassist]

Doubt it.

[@vodekz1534]

Noble,

[@tonimadrid7791]

Noble sounds more like a D.I