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Trickfish Amplification

FlexCore87PP

Mike Pope Flex Core Bass Preamp

$299.00 USD

good bullet iconDESIGNED BY THE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED MIKE POPE

puzzle bullet iconEXTREMELY MODULAR AND FLEXIBLE

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inverter battery bullet icon9V OR 18V COMPATIBLE

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DESCRIPTION

Whether you want to breathe new life into your favorite bass or you’re building the instrument of your dreams, the FLEX CORE system offers the ultimate in tone control. FLEX CORE is an extremely flexible, fully modular, internally mounting preamp system for the bass guitar. It’s configurable for one or two pickups with passive or active operation, customizable multi-band equalization, and has easy plug-and-play installation. FLEX CORE puts the ultimate in tone-shaping control right at your fingertips!

FEATURES

  • High performance, wide range onboard bass preamp with low noise and wide bandwidth
  • Musical EQ with LOTS of flexibility… works with 2, 3, or 4 bands
  • All wire harnesses are PREWIRED and plug-and-play
  • Works with almost any kind of pickup
  • Solderless screw terminals for pickup connection
  • 18V or 9V operation
  • Most installations require NO SOLDERING

SPECIFICATIONS

  • Treble: +/- 15dB at 6kHz or 10kHz
  • Hi Mid: +/- 15dB at 1kHz or 1.8kHz
  • Lo Mid: +/-12dB at 330Hz or 473Hz
  • Bass: +/- 12dB at 46Hz or 90Hz

Download the Flex Core Instructional Overview

CONFIGURATIONS

FC87PP - 2 Pickups - 4 knob
VolumePushPull Active Passive - Blend - Hi Mid/Lo Mid Stack - Bass/Treble Stack

FC79 - 2 Pickups - 4 knob & 1 switch
Volume/Tone Stack - Blend - MidLow/MidHigh Stack - Bass/Treble Stack - Active/Passive Switch

FC89PP - 2 Pickups - 5 knob
VolumePushPull Active Passive - Blend - Hi Mid/Lo Mid Stack - Bass - Treble

FC81 - 2 Pickups - 5 knob & 1 switch
Volume/Tone Stack - Blend - MidLow/MidHigh Stack - Bass - Treble - Active/Passive Switch

*Looking for a different configuration? Most likely we can put it together from our stock.
We have extra components for lots more configurations than listed above - Drop us a line!

Customer Reviews

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William Langan
Mike Pope Flex Core Preamp

Great preamp and easy to install. It has Amazing tone variations. I would highly recommend this preamp and the Fat Bass Tone team. They helped me with my decision and were very fast shipping this out to me.

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Ephraim Rivera Jr
Excellent Friendly Service & top notch products

Just 2 weeks ago I purchased the Mike Pope Flex Core TrickFish Bass Preamp with the assistance of Max who’s very knowledgeable, helped me selecting the right configuration I needed. I will definitely buy from Fat Bass Tone.👍👍

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A.L.
Best preamp around

This preamp is the beezneez. Tone works in active mode which is great. My pickups are good but low output, this pre has plenty of gain to load the pickups. Soldered nothing. Excellent communication, thanks for the help with the capacitor!

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Marcus Lilly
Mike pope flex core preamp

Excellent preamp and fast shipment

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Diogo Brown
Excellent communication

Great communication and very fast shipping! Definitely getting more gear from them!

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Customer Reviews

Based on 10 reviews
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W
William Langan
Mike Pope Flex Core Preamp

Great preamp and easy to install. It has Amazing tone variations. I would highly recommend this preamp and the Fat Bass Tone team. They helped me with my decision and were very fast shipping this out to me.

E
Ephraim Rivera Jr
Excellent Friendly Service & top notch products

Just 2 weeks ago I purchased the Mike Pope Flex Core TrickFish Bass Preamp with the assistance of Max who’s very knowledgeable, helped me selecting the right configuration I needed. I will definitely buy from Fat Bass Tone.👍👍

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A.L.
Best preamp around

This preamp is the beezneez. Tone works in active mode which is great. My pickups are good but low output, this pre has plenty of gain to load the pickups. Soldered nothing. Excellent communication, thanks for the help with the capacitor!

M
Marcus Lilly
Mike pope flex core preamp

Excellent preamp and fast shipment

D
Diogo Brown
Excellent communication

Great communication and very fast shipping! Definitely getting more gear from them!

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