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  • April 17, 2013 at 9:13 pm #82952
    scruggspeg
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    I am using a solid state 200w amp and want to warm up the sound a bit using a tube pre amp. I am looking at the LPB-2UBE as a possible solution. I am not looking for color so much as a slight boost and a tube modulated signal to the solid state amp. Has anyone used the LB-2UBE for this application? I realize that it is 2 channel. If I run them in series I would set the boost the same in each channel to avoid distortion. I would get my distortion from a separate pedal. I want a set and forget solution, Many thanks for any advice.

    April 23, 2013 at 3:00 am #118956
    Crowyote
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    I highly recommend it. I just bought it for my Moog Guitar, and I cacasde the tubes by plugging the mono output into the stereo in jack. This way I can get everything from smooth glassy cleans to heavily saturated fuzz tones.

    P.S. to put “glassy” may not be correct, but the frequency range retains its clarity and brightness while still being quite warm. I’m using a Fishman Performer as my main amp now, and the LPB-2ube makes it sounds so much fuller. Chaining the two channels together allows me to control the tone in interesting ways by varying the hi/lo input as well as the volume/gain combinations of the two channels.

    April 23, 2013 at 11:35 am #118957
    scruggspeg
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    Crowyote, Thanks for the comeback. You are using your LPB-2UBE just the way I had envisioned, and if you are getting the clean glassy highs, that is what I need for the steel guitar. You are chaining both channels as well, and that is the way I was thinking of doing it too. Many thanks for your input.

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