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BC-1 Bass Crunch Bass Preamp

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Overview

A pedal for bass with 2 modes of tube-like overdrive and deep EQ editing.

The AMT BC-1 Bass Crunch Bass Preamp is built on custom technology by АМТ using JFET emulation of vacuum tube clipping. Its wide adjustment range, in combination with the convenience of a stomp box, makes this preamp extremely versatile.

«Bass crunch» BC-1 preamp is based on a two-channel circuit.

CLEAN channel shapes the classic bass guitar sound characteristic for «old» amplifiers and allows both velvet transparent sound and slight compressed overdrive depending on the position of Gain control.

DRIVE channel contains a number of over amplification stages and is intended for obtaining a modern sound from clean to totally overdriven. The High Mode provides additional possibilities in terms of range enrichment, heading towards higher sound density and aggressiveness. The adjustable 3-position mid-range filter combined with deep adjustments along the frequency ranges offer bassists rich possibilities in shaping the overdriven tone range.

Controls:

Clean
Level - output signal level adjustment
High - high frequencies adjustment
Mid - middle frequencies adjustment
Low - low frequencies adjustment
Gain - channel sensitivity adjustment

Drive
Level - output signal level adjustment
High - high frequencies adjustment
Mid - middle frequencies adjustment by means of rejecter filter Freq. notch
Freq. notch - cutout frequencies switch (rejecter filter) 500Hz, 330Hz, 230Hz.
Low - low frequencies adjustment
Pre. Notch - rejecter filter switch before Drive stage. 700Hz, 400Hz.
Gain - channel sensitivity adjustment

Overall Controls
Blend - signal level balance adjustment between channels Clean and Drive
Master volume - BC-1's overall output level adjustment.

Footswitch DRIVE - Drive channel on/off
Led - Drive channel on indicator
Footswitch HI/LO - Drive channel increased sensitivity on/off.
Led - HI/LO mode with Drive channel increased sensitivity on indicator.

Features

  • Sophisticated tube-like sound emulation from clean to crunch
  • 2 seperate channels of control
  • Deep EQ editing
  • Footswitches with LEDs to accurately kick in sounds

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Specs

BC-1 Bass Crunch Bass Preamp Specifications:

Connections
  • Right Panel
  • INPUT - instrument input of the preamp
  • SEND FX - signal send to aux effect
  • RETURN FX - aux effect signal return
  • Left Panel
  • OUTPUT - direct output to power amp.
  • CTRL OUT - AMT TS-2MIDI aux convertors control output
  • CAB.SIM. - direct output to mixer's line input.
  • DI OUT - balanced output intended for connection of devices equipped with balanced inputs.
  • Power
  • DC 18V - for connection of power adapter
  • Battery compartment - for two 9V batteries installation.
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