Just letting you know that I had the Audere 3ZB-4B that came in my AB-II swapped for an Aguilar OBP-3SK/PP. Had the pleasant opportunities to deal with Sheldon and Jeff and the crew again (always a pleasure
), play my bass this Sunday in church to test out the new preamp, and play with the talented Kirt McDougall whose father runs Fury Guitars.I didn't have much of a chance to tinker with it yet, but initially, I'm really liking it! I like the simpler controls, and the tone definitely sounds different, but that's probably from playing my Comby over the last week.
Controls went from volume/blend stacked, z setting, mid-high/mid-low stacked, high/low stacked, series/parrallel toggle (bridge pu), battery indicator to volume, pu selector, mid with push-pull feq select, treb/bass stacked, active/passive toggle, series/parrallel toggle (bridge pu).
One big change (as far as ergonomics is concerned at least) is I went from knurled metal knobs to the Dingwall slender rubber knobs. They're taking a bit to get used to, but overall, I'd say I'm happy. More to come once I've played around a bit.
~Matt