Gold sparkle jazz bass in the studio with Ian Allison and the Noble preamp DI.

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Ian is playing a Fender Custom Shop '66 jazz bass in firemist gold with Lollar pickups into the Noble Preamp DI, direct to UA Apollo Twin. Recorded with Logic, live at Studio Corso in Mountain View, Ca.
Ian Allison (Minneapolis, Minnesota) has worked as a performer, session player, songwriter, and producer alongside numerous artists including Eric Hutchinson, Soul Asylum, Jeremy Messersmith, Max Collins (Eve 6), Verskotzi, Kat Perkins (The Voice), Sara Groves, and many others.

[@progeny]

RULE : Ian Allison + the Noble preamp DI = DOPE :)

[@ireneruthfox]

Noble sounds great.......Got to love that Jazz bass.

[@LawrenceHaberMusic]

Great demo! Sounds fantastic with every setting.

[@HLinc.]

One of the best demos of the Noble Bass Preamp!! Good job guys!

[@handsdown5x]

This pre is a dream come true!

[@reggaebass1857]

Amazing playing

[@markbass354]

that bass is nice

[@sixsentsoldiers]

Right, i always end up going for that Jaco thing.

[@michaelglidden4765]

So you could just plug this into a clean power amp and you'd have all the basics of a regular bass amp? A super small class D... say ...that fit into a pedal board? Any recommendations?

[@jeangrey5911]

Sorry guys I am new to this instrument, what is the purpose of that metal sheet/piece placed on top of the magnets? Doesnt it harder to play ?

[@jacksonmysliwy5520]

it doesn’t make a difference at all, some guys just like how it looks/feels to play with. doesn’t change the sound at all!🤟

[@halcyo]

The old precisions and jazz basses came with metal covers over the bridge and pickups. It was purely cosmetic. They DO look cool. However, many people want fingering access to those areas, so back in the day players started taking em off, and eventually THAT became the standard way haha

[@thegoose0m1]

They became known as "ash trays" because so many people took 'em off back in the day and basically ended up using them as ash trays!

[@reggaebass1857]

I did read once that the original purpose was to shield the pickups from noise and interference and shielding issues. They are purely aesthetic now

[@matthewashley2924]

Can you use this as a head and run it into a cab?

[@citizenbxtr883]

This is a pre-amp (tone shaper). You can go direct to a mixer/front of house but for a cab you would still need a power amp

[@omardogknifemartinez2751]

You can plug it directly from the 1/4 inch output with a patch cable into a rack mount power amp like a QSC GX3. It sounds amazing!

[@sammey1919]

Mids on a bass amp completely suck. Zero those motherF(%^%s.