![]() ![]() A pre-amp will usually have some tone shaping controls and perhaps even a valve stage to warm up the sound. Imagine it as half of a bass amp – the first half, dealing with shaping the bass signal. Thankfully there are a couple of alternatives for getting a good sound. So plugging straight into a headphone amp isn’t going to give you a very pleasing tone. Bass amps are carefully designed to flatter the sound of a bass, at least most are. ![]() The sound of a DI’d bass really isn’t all that pleasant – DI means direct injected or direct input – “plugged straight in” in everyday words. Done forget, you’ll need a decent set of earphones (see In-ear monitors). It needs amplifying, either with a dedicated headphone amplifier, or via something that has a headphone output. I said there was at least some sort of amp, that’s because the signal out of a bass guitar isn’t powerful enough (or the right impedance) to drive earphones. ![]() Hearing the other music(ians) – for the live set up or play-along practice.Getting a signal suitable for head phones.There are three challenges with this set up: The second set up is for playing live, and has some similarities, but is slightly extended, so I’ll describe them both together. Very considerate for co-resident non-bass lovers. The practice set up is obviously for personal/private practice – simply listening to your bass playing through headphones. There are two places where an ampless set up is useful: Actually there is an amplifier, but it is just for some headphones, so it isn’t big and heavy to carry around. Ever thought of playing without an Amp? The last set up in the Bass Amp Set Ups list is one that doesn’t use an amp at all – the ampless set up. ![]()
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