• Add power and force to your bass with tons of boost and cut

• Clean & clear tone

• Make installation easy, we can prewire this for you!

• Lots of configurations available

• Aguilar’s most sonically flexible preamp

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• Give your bass some ballz with one of the most powerful preamps available. With 16-18dB of boost/cut available, the Aguilar OBP3 can really add (or cut) a lot to any and all of the three frequency bands. Carefully chosen switchable mid frequencies (400 & 800Hz) allow you to be heard amongst your bandmates.
  
  Our Aguilar OBP3 Bass Preamp Custom Kits include the components that you need to install this in your bass.
  
  This kit includes:
   - Aguilar OBP module
   - Potentiometers and switches (if applicable)
   - Stereo Jack
   - 2 Battery Clips
  
  This kit does NOT include
   - Pickups
   - Knobs
  
  Black round switches included with configurations requiring switches.
  
  Prewired OBP-3 Bass Preamps are wired for 9V operation. 
  
  We offer the custom kits kits in both pre-wired and non-prewired. These customs kits go a step further than the standard Aguilar kits and provide more of the components needed. Pre-wiring delivers you a preamp that is almost to the finish line, just the final couple connections and installation into the bass is all you need to do.

  
  

  Learn more about our Aguilar Bass Preamp Pre-Wiring Service here

  
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  **Sorry international bassists, but US Dealers are not authorized to ship Aguilar OBP Custom Kits outside of the US.  Please contact us if you are having trouble finding Aguilar products in your home country.
• Configurations Offered:
  
  1 Pickup - 3 Knob (VPP-MPP-T/B)
  Volume w/Active-Passive Push-Pull -- Push-Pull Mid -- Treble/Bass Stack
  
  1 Pickup - 3 Knob & 1 Switch (V-MPP-T/B-APSW)
  Volume -- Push-Pull Mid -- Treble/Bass Stack -- Active-Passive Switch
  
  2 Pickup - 4 Knob (VPP-BL-MPP-T/B)
  Volume w/Active-Passive Push-Pull -- Blend -- Push-Pull Mid -- Treble/Bass Stack
  
  2 Pickup - 4 Knob & 1 Switch (V-BL-MPP-T/B-APSW)
  Volume -- Blend -- Push-Pull Mid -- Treble/Bass Stack -- Active-Passive Switch
  
  2 Pickup - 4 Knob & 1 Switch (VPP-BL-M-T/B-MSW)
  Volume w/Active-Passive Push-Pull -- Blend -- Mid w/Switch -- Treble/Bass Stack
  
  2 Pickup - 4 Knob & 2 Switch (V-BL-M-T/B-MSW-APSW)
  Volume -- Blend -- Mid w/Switch -- Treble/Bass Stack -- Active-Passive Switch
  
  2 Pickup - 5 Knob (VPP-BL-T-MPP-B)
  Volume w/Active-Passive Push-Pull -- Blend -- Treble -- Push-Pull Mid -- Bass
  
  2 Pickup - 5 Knob & 1 Switch (V-BL-T-MPP-B-APSW)
  Volume -- Blend -- Treble -- Push-Pull Mid -- Bass -- Active-Passive Switch
  
  2 Pickup - 5 Knob & 1 Switch (VPP-BL-T-M-B-MSW)
  Volume w/Active-Passive Push-Pull -- Blend -- Treble -- Mid w/Switch -- Bass
  
  2 Pickup - 5 Knob & 2 Switch (V-BL-T-M-B-MSW-APSW)
  Volume -- Blend -- Treble -- Mid w/Switch -- Bass -- Active-Passive Switch

• Bass control: plus/minus 18 dB @ 40 Hz

  Mid control: plus/minus 16 dB @ 400Hz or 800 Hz. User selectable frequency center

  Treble control: plus/minus 16 dB @ 6.5 KHz

  Input impedance: 1 meg ohm

  Output impedance: 100 ohm 9 or 18 volts operation

  Distortion: .019 into 10k ohm load

  Noise: -95 dBm unweighted

  Battery life: 324 hours

  Wire lead length: 6.50 inches

  Low noise discrete FET input stage, center detent 50 K linear pots,with a dual concentric pot available

  Dimensions: 0.98″W x 0.98″L x 0.59″D

  Warranty: Three year limited warranty

  
  WIRING DIAGRAMS FOR THE FOLLOWING CONFIGURATIONS:
  3 Knob (VPP-MPP-T/B)
  3 Knob & 1 Switch (V-MPP-T/B-APSW)
  4 Knob (VPP-BL-MPP-T/B)
  4 Knob & 1 Switch (V-BL-MPP-T/B-APSW)
  4 Knob & 1 Switch (VPP-BL-M-T/B-MSW)
  4 Knob & 2 Switch (V-BL-M-T/B-MSW-APSW)
  5 Knob (VPP-BL-T-MPP-B)
  5 Knob & 1 Switch (V-BL-T-MPP-B-APSW)
  5 Knob & 1 Switch (VPP-BL-T-M-B-MSW)
  5 Knob & 2 Switch (V-BL-T-M-B-MSW-APSW)
  
  
  Aguilar's OBP3 wiring diagram
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• Below are impressions and anecdotal thoughts gathered over the years. Some are our own and some are from customers.

  • Clean & clear
  • Flexible configurations
  • Well loved mid frequency options
    
  • "Gave my bass some ballz"
    
  • Often seen as one of the more 'powerful' preamps