Mesa Boogie Subway+ Bass DI-Preamp

The subway + is the best bass preamp that I've used so far. You can get all the classic Mesa tones out of it and the potential for dialing the particular sound you're looking for is right there at your fingertips. I find the deep and bright boost switches a really quick way to get things going then you just choose your gain stage. I then dial in my highpass requirements and choose the voicing EQ curve. You're then just left with the super versatile parametric EQ. Having 2 sweepable mid frequencies gives you so many options to get the sound you're looking for. I also find it useful if I need to match one particular bass guitar sound to another - perhaps something that has already been recorded and you want to overdub a part. You can get things pretty close with this much control. Finally I love having the clean DI as well as the processed signal. You can record both and balance them later in your mix. You can also reamp your bass into your amp system giving you a lot of options. Very impressed