Port City Amplification Introduces Orleans All Tube Bass Preamp
Port City Amplification has entered the world of bass preamps with the Orleans model, an all tube preamp housed in a rack-mountable unit. The sleek unit offers Treble, Middle, and Bass tone controls as well as a Thick switch that provides extra tone shaping in the low frequencies.
Handmade in North Carolina, the Orleans features JJ Preamp tubes and is built with Mojo Dijon capacitors, carbon film resistors, custom U.S.-made transformers, PVC coated copper wire and Switchcraft jacks. Its enclosure is solid aluminum.
The Port City Orleans Bass Preamp is available now for $1,299. For more info, check the Port City Amplification website.
Port City Orleans Bass Preamp Specs:
- Volume, Treble, Middle and Bass Controls
- Thick Switch
- JJ Preamp Tubes
- Handmade in USA
- Solid Aluminum Chassis
- Dimensions: 19? W x 3.5? T x 11? D
- Weight: 4 pounds
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All those tubes and no gain control. That’s a shame….
That’s because it’s french-maid…. (Orleans, Dijon,… ok I said nothing lol)
No info about the back panel. Isolated DI, tuner output, mute switch, polarity switch, ground lift?
It would be nice if NT would enter the modern era of Internet! All these amps and pre amps, FX, etc. If was only possible to have a video or embedded link to a video of products. Can’t wait for the day we can have sound and video over the interwebs 😵😉😂🤣🚀🔮🔮
Hey John, I can’t embed a demo if no demo exists! When I wrote this (12 years ago!), there was nothing to include. Looks like someone made one 4 years ago you can check out on YouTube.
Trust me, I try to include video whenever I can.