Origin Effects BassRig Fifteen Bass Preamp Effect Pedal

Serve up some soul with the Origin Effects BassRig Fifteen! Origin, purveyor of striking amp emulations that they are, set out for a particular bass tone in this BassRig model – one that captivated a generation of bassists. The tone in question is one belonging to Ampeg and their B-15 Portaflex bass amp. Following in the example set by other celebrated BassRig pedals, Origin Effects clocks in overtime for precise Motown tones to stay out all night.

The Origin Effects BassRig series of pedals have done quite a bit to capture the legendary tones of specific amp models from different generations of musical history. Today's BassRig Fifteen assumes the essence of everyone's favorite Motown Ampeg – or at least we would say that if that were all it did. Where the BassRig Fifteen pins down the strikingly warm and punchy tones of the Ampeg B-15 Portaflex, it goes even further to recreate the amp's entire circuitry from its preamp to its phase inverter to its output stage to its reactive load to its rectifier sag to its cabinet and speaker. At every step of the process, the BassRig Fifteen recreates the experience of vintage the Ampeg tube head.

With this BassRig model, Origin went ahead to account for so many elements of playability. For one, an all-analog signal path replicates the sounds of a valve amp-style performance. For another, a simulated push-pull power amp and reactive load pushes the pedal's authenticity even further. When performing and running the tones of this BassRig out, onboard fifteen-inch-speaker cabinet simulation and direct output translates its tones outward seamlessly alongside an amp out EQ control and a clean blend control.

As one of pop music's premier bass amps, the B-15 Portaflex is a legend in its time and any time. With the crack work from England's Origin Effects, that legend has more chapters to be written.