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Digbeth Nathan East Bass Preamplifier

Designed in collaboration with Nathan East.

Handcrafted in the UK.

Nathan’s compact, portable solution to achieve his ‘BIG RIG’ DB-EAST sound.

The DB-EAST-PRE is everything you have come to expect from DIGBETH feature wise. Foot-switchable & blend-able FET and TUBE sound input stages.

A tube channel with selectable gain characteristics along with a RANGE control for adjusting the level of low-end signal pre-distortion letting you tighten up the distorted low end.

Powerful 3 band EQ with selectable mid PRE-SHAPES and the mighty TILT function PLUS a MASTER VOLUME.

Dual 6.35mm mono jack inputs allow simultaneous connection of two instruments.

Each input is routed through the preamp to its own dedicated LA·IR equipped DI out which is configured in the LA·IR app.

Controls: Master Volume, Tube Volume, Tube Drive (with Mode switch), Tube Range, FET Volume, Tilt, Bass, Lo-Mid (with switchable Q and operating frequency) Hi-Mid, Treble.

Bypass/Mute footswitch, FET/Tube footswitch (with Mode toggleswitch), Input 1/2 footswitch.

Balanced Male XLR DI out with switchable Ground Lift and DI Source Mode switch: Pre, Post and LA·IR.

3.5mm stereo jack AUX input and 3.5mm stereo headphone socket.

6.35mm jack FX loop and output sockets.

6.35mm jack Tuner out. LEDs for Bypass/Mute, Input 1/2 and FET/Tube channels.

The integrated LA·IR technology enables cabinet IR storage, and independent parametric EQ allowing real time customization for any venue or recording scenario; all managed by the app!

USB C for class compliant audio streaming @48kHz (emulated and un-emulated main out) and accessing LA·IR app.

USB C:C 1M cable & USB A(M):C(F) adaptor included.

Heavy duty metal cabinet.

Buffered bypass.

Cannot be powered by a battery.

Regulated 12V DC PSU with centre negative 2.1mm connector type (RPC12), not Included.