Members Astral-sky Posted October 30, 2007 Members Share Posted October 30, 2007 Just looking for a cheap Valve pre ampI remember trying one of these many yars ago but cant rememberhow they sound. Not really interested in the FX as much but any info on the pre amp stage would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jimosity Posted October 30, 2007 Members Share Posted October 30, 2007 I had one not that long ago, it was decent...usable...Our singer at the time played rhythm guitar for a couple gigs and I set it up for him to use and it did fine.In that same price range, you could get a Behringer V-Amp Pro, which was better and had good, usable effects... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Astral-sky Posted November 1, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 1, 2007 surley someone else has used this unit:poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rm100tubehead Posted November 4, 2007 Members Share Posted November 4, 2007 It has a great flanger. That all I can remember about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members M.I.D Posted November 10, 2007 Members Share Posted November 10, 2007 up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ocnor Posted November 10, 2007 Members Share Posted November 10, 2007 A friend of mine that worked in a music store told me people kept bringing them back broken. Apparently the heat from the tubes was causing a failure in the circuitry. Due to the 1 rack space size of the case the heat can't dissipate fast enough. That was the original version so I don't know if they changed anything when they came out with the newer chrome faced version. The other thing that turned me off was the proprietary AC adapter. If that thing crapped out you would be screwed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crucial Kyle Posted November 10, 2007 Members Share Posted November 10, 2007 I own one and use it as my exclusive pre amp which I run into a marshall 9005. The effects are seriously attrocious, terrible. The delay is ok. The distortion you have to mess around with and you can get a pretty good tone out of it (don't expect amazing tone however) I think I am going to replace the tubes soon. Something is gettting a lot of feedback in my chain, I don't know if its the unit, my cables, my pickup, etc. It also slightly clicks when changing channels. However, I've bought TWO of them so take that for what it is worth. Awesome price for the 70$ I got it for (a midi controlled, two tube preamp). I think if people could mod them they'd be going for a lot more. All I can say is that I like my sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seopgh Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 I bought a gfx-1 sometime in the mid to late nineties, It was part of a rack setup that I bought which included a wireless unit, and a tubeworks Provalve power amp. It didn't sound half bad, from what I can remember. Although I concur that the effects were crap. I got the setup for $250, all I really wanted was the power amp which was all tube 50 watts, designed by b.k. Butler (awsome power amp). I ended up trading it for something else since I already owned an mp1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members woodlandfp Posted March 31, 2009 Members Share Posted March 31, 2009 Hi I have used the twin tube as my pre-amp for the last 15-18 years. To be truthful I don't know what I would do without it. Last year I bought a Roland GT8 as a possible replacement for the twin tube- it did not come close to what I was looking for. HELP - what would anyone recommend as a back 0up for the twin tube. We are both getting on a bit, I am not sure who will last the langer - me or the twin tube. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Untraceable Posted March 31, 2009 Members Share Posted March 31, 2009 great cleans, very fizzy 80's distortion. very tweakable but dont expect miracles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PnKnG Posted March 31, 2009 Members Share Posted March 31, 2009 Hi I have used the twin tube as my pre-amp for the last 15-18 years. To be truthful I don't know what I would do without it.Last year I bought a Roland GT8 as a possible replacement for the twin tube- it did not come close to what I was looking for.HELP - what would anyone recommend as a back 0up for the twin tube. We are both getting on a bit, I am not sure who will last the langer - me or the twin tube.Peter Why not just get another used one and store it somewhere save?Then if your current one breaks you just take out the one you have as backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members drewl Posted April 1, 2009 Members Share Posted April 1, 2009 How about a Digitech ValveFX, awesome unit, great effects, very tweakable. I just happen to have one for sale $100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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