What is the key to making a transparent preamp?
Let's say it's for bass. The point is that no matter what bass you plug into it, it still sounds like that bass. A P-Bass sounds like a P-Bass, a Jazz Bass sounds like a Jazz Bass, and Derek Smalls's doubleneck BC Rich mockingbird sounds like Derek Smalls's doubleneck BC Rich Mockingbird. No fancy sound alteration, just the true natural sound of the bass but loud enough to pump it thru a poweramp.
I'm assuming that the fewer parts in the signal path, the more transparent the circuit will be, so a minimal amount of amplifying untils such as transistors and opamps as well as a minimal number of knobs should be used. Am I right on this? If not, please tell me what I'm wrong about/missing/forgetting/confused about.
Thanks!
Rock'n'Roll,
--Andy
Let's say it's for bass. The point is that no matter what bass you plug into it, it still sounds like that bass. A P-Bass sounds like a P-Bass, a Jazz Bass sounds like a Jazz Bass, and Derek Smalls's doubleneck BC Rich mockingbird sounds like Derek Smalls's doubleneck BC Rich Mockingbird. No fancy sound alteration, just the true natural sound of the bass but loud enough to pump it thru a poweramp.
I'm assuming that the fewer parts in the signal path, the more transparent the circuit will be, so a minimal amount of amplifying untils such as transistors and opamps as well as a minimal number of knobs should be used. Am I right on this? If not, please tell me what I'm wrong about/missing/forgetting/confused about.
Thanks!
Rock'n'Roll,
--Andy