Your Fave Old School Preamp - Pre 1992

[guitarguru777]

I was cruising around on ebay today bored out of my mind looking for SOMETHING TO SPEND MONEY ON !!!!!

I came across some old preamps and wanted to get some opinons on them...

ADA MP1 - I loved my old one, Thinking about getting another

Digitech GSP 21 - Some crappy presets, but not bad for an all digital box IMHO

Digitech 2101 - Ummmm Anyone here a rocket Scientist ???

Tone Labs - Blue Tube

Crate (white face) Tube Preamp - Its a crate what do you expect ...lol

Out of those the MP1 was my fave....

What preamps have you guys used or still use made before 92'

Da Fukn Guru

 

[James Murphy]

i used to have a Tom Schulz Rockman, does that count?.. lol

and then there was this gray half rack space Boss thing....

uke:

 

[guitarguru777]

HA HA HA HA .... dude the ROCKMAN ruled in like 81' LMAOOOOOO

But yea man im trying to remember the name of that Boss preamp now ... I do remember it though.

It was the one in the guitar mags with all the Musical Notes looking all phhotoshopped and shit wasnt it ?

Da Fukn Guru

 

[Flat Fifth Fury]

How about the great Mesa/Boggie Quad? Two complete Mark II/III preamps in a 3 rack space package complete with EQ and reverb!

 

[silverwulf]

How about the great Mesa/Boggie Quad? Two complete Mark II/III preamps in a 3 rack space package complete with EQ and reverb!

Hands down my favorite one. Those things sound amazing. The Mesa Studio Preamp's are pretty good too. Aside from those, I would go with an ADA MP-1 Preamp.

 

[Forbiddenevil]

i used to have a Tom Schulz Rockman, does that count?.. lol

I have also a Rockman. Sounds good for clean guitars.

And a Kitty Hawk Pre. Don't know which model.

Alex

 

[Kazrog]

I used the Roland GP-16 for years. Came out in the late 80s. Had the most awful noise gate I've ever used...

 

[StefTD]

I don't know than they all are produced but I own/owned a Marshall JMP1 (owned), ADA MP1 3 Tube Mod, Kitty Hawk Quattro and a Digitech 2101, the ADA sounded not bad but I liked it way more with an BBE Sonic Maximizer in the effect loop, the last one I bought was the 2101 and everytime than I am playing this preamp I think "wtf, this thing owns all".
I also own a Line6 POD I and a Behringer Bass V-Amp but both only for practising.
I also liked the Mesa Studio Preamp very much, I had one here for something about a month and had an EQ in front to boost it a bit and it was very nice to play Metallica through it
I would like to have one of these Lee Jackson Preamps Zakk Wylde used some years ago, but try to get one of these in Germany.
The next problem is the money, I will sell the ADA Preamp, the Kitty Hawk and the Line6 POD because I'am 18 and need some money for a car.

@Forbiddenevil, the Kitty Hawk Preamp with 4 Channels but only 2 EQs and one Output is the Quattro, the same that I own
http://www.l-k-world.de/assets/images/db_images/db_kitty_hawk_quattro1.jpg
this one, sounds not bad but high output humbuckers are the best way to go with it, very good for opeth style rhythm sounds imho.
Sorry for the mistakes, I am way to tired and to drunken

 

[metalkingdom]

The Peavey Rockmaster was a monster in the late 80's/early 90's. My favorite preamp that I wish that I didn't sell was the Rocktron Pro Gap Ultra. That thing kicked major ass back in the day!

 

[black sugar]

i used to have a Tom Schulz Rockman, does that count?.. lol

and then there was this gray half rack space Boss thing....

uke:

The other guitarist in my band had somehow managed to acquire all six of those Boss modules by the time I joined the band and still used them -- three years ago!

Funny thing is, I saw the band live a few times before I joined and I thought his tone was really good. Go figure. Now he has a tube amp and stopboxes like a good little boy.


I still have my trusty old
BOSS ME-10 rotting in the garage somewhere.

I totally agree with the ADA MP-1 and the Peavey Rockmaster.

I'm gonna go retro and build me up a 12-space rack now.

 

[guitarguru777]

God dude when i was n my 1st band i had a 12 space full of bullshit i never neeeded ...lol

The ADA which i did need ...lol
A Microverb
A Quadraverb
Nady Wireless of course i used it ...lol
Peavey Power amp 4 space bastard that weighed a good $150 pounds ...lol

I HATED lugging that thing around ....

Got rid of it about 96 and went to a Randall RG100 That i LOVED ... unfortunately it got stolen

Da Fukn Guru

 

[Razorjack]

I've got a JMP-1 with a Boss GX-700 and a Marshall 9005 4u tube poweramp (along with a couple of other things) and I'm selling up as I really am getting tired of carrying it around!!

 

[Forbiddenevil]

@Forbiddenevil, the Kitty Hawk Preamp with 4 Channels but only 2 EQs and one Output is the Quattro, the same that I own
http://www.l-k-world.de/assets/images/db_images/db_kitty_hawk_quattro1.jpg
this one, sounds not bad but high output humbuckers are the best way to go with it, very good for opeth style rhythm sounds imho.
Sorry for the mistakes, I am way to tired and to drunken

Yes, that is the pre-amp. Bought it years ago on ebay for 30 Euro.

 

[SickBoy]

Aside from those, I would go with an ADA MP-1 Preamp.

I see everybody mentions MP-1, what about MP-2, what's your opinion on that toy?

 

[Razorjack]

The MP-2 sounds alot more artificial than the MP-1, although it's still a good preamp.

 

[EtherForBreakfast]

+100 Rockmaster. Awesome preamp, all tube, FIVE fx loops, $160 used all day long.

 

[kaomao]

The MP-2 sounds alot more artificial than the MP-1, although it's still a good preamp.

Yes really crap compared to the mp1, that was very natural
A lot of guitarrists used mp1 (Kirk Hammet, Paul Gilbert, George lynch, SkidRow and so on), always a good sound/tone

Maurizio

 

[PTE3X]

mp-1 was "the shit" back in the day.I had that an alesis quad and a mesa 295 poweramp-Tone from hell.I wonder if the mp-1 can still "cut it" in today's music?

 

[guitarguru777]

Im about to buy anoyher one and find out .... lol

Da Fukn Guru