Members JnBroadbent Posted March 25, 2009 Author Members Share Posted March 25, 2009 I just sat there strumming big chords with my ADA for a few hours before I moved on to shredding. In harmonics they are pretty much only standing around next to the Mark series. Marshalls and rectos would be on the furthest point from there, buzzy, sharp, and narrow. Good marshall =/= buzzy, sharp, and narrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dark Angel Posted March 25, 2009 Members Share Posted March 25, 2009 High gain is all we do.Good marshall =/= buzzy, sharp, and narrow Compared to Mesa Mark series and ADA they are. Besides, I was trying to quantify a basic nature of the gain, and included the recto and marshall together when they clearly have totally different tonalities. Someone that loves mark series over Marshall's and dislikes rectos would, I think, know what I'm driving at with the buzzy, sharp, narrow. It's a constrast to liquid, smooth and broad, a desription I've never seen applied to a Marshall(aside from some of the silly molten liquid lead type comments in industry reviews and ads) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members serolF Posted September 10, 2009 Members Share Posted September 10, 2009 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tbdmlog Posted September 10, 2009 Members Share Posted September 10, 2009 alexi used an ada mp1 on the rock house method dvd, it sounded pretty good to my ear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lucius Posted September 10, 2009 Members Share Posted September 10, 2009 Meh, Get the Rockmaster and ADA for under 500 total. I've got a Rockmaster for leads, an ENGL 530 for Rhythms, and the ADA for cleans. Its a fridge but it sounds lovely! Cheers, Lucius NOTE: Any one of those pres will do well for almost any genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marshallnoise Posted September 10, 2009 Members Share Posted September 10, 2009 I played a JMP-1 for years and loved it. I really liked the ADA as well. I just had the JMP-1 when I finally knew what good tone and feel was. The ADA was around before I really knew what I was doing, but I dug it. I would go with the ADA for cost alone and just rock it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hamer95USA Posted September 10, 2009 Members Share Posted September 10, 2009 ADA Depot 3TM "Ultra modded" MP-1 preamp FTMFW!!! Guitar George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phyrexia Posted September 10, 2009 Members Share Posted September 10, 2009 i don't know how you could call a dual rec "narrow". explain that? one of my buddies has an E530, and it sounds great. Good cleans, the lead channel is modern and sounds excellent. The four band EQ instead of 3 band allows for a good deal of flexibility. I've never heard a JMP1 or an MP1 in person. You should also check out the Mesa Studio and/or Quad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HELSTRUME Posted September 10, 2009 Members Share Posted September 10, 2009 Watch vids on youtube. All three have their points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SGB Posted September 10, 2009 Members Share Posted September 10, 2009 Well the best preamp that I ever played for the $500.00 budget was a used Rocktron Prophesy. It can sound like just about anything you want it to if you dig deep enough with the parametric eq's. It's much better then the Standard MP-1 or the "Classic" . Better then Rocktron VV and Pirahna. It was on par with my buddies Triaxis that he had at the time but it also had great built in effects. I play a Fractal Audio Axe-Fx now which is much better then the Prophesy but it's also 3 times the price. Even used. One last note about ADA. I had REALLY bad reliability luck with them!!! I wouldn't even THINK about gigging with one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members heath Posted September 10, 2009 Members Share Posted September 10, 2009 The ada mp1 with mod IV mkII on it. Hi gain marshall sound with questionably the best clean channel in a preamp. Rockmaster is also a good choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Poundcaketoredvelvet Posted September 10, 2009 Members Share Posted September 10, 2009 Don't mean to hijack, but I am considering selling my Dual Rec Roadster and going with a pre/power set up. I will probably get a VHT 2/90/2 for the power amp. What is the best preamp for a liquidy, creamy, juicy, fat, smooth, and buttery lead tone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Poundcaketoredvelvet Posted September 10, 2009 Members Share Posted September 10, 2009 Others will disagree, just my personal opinion. The JMP-1 isn't a bad preamp at all, lots of big names used them including Def Leppard and I think Megadeth for a little while. I just really my MP-1's. Stephen Carpenter from Deftones uses 2 JMP1s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mbarn3065 Posted September 10, 2009 Members Share Posted September 10, 2009 JMP-1 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Filter500 Posted September 11, 2009 Members Share Posted September 11, 2009 JMP-1 ! Do you have any ventilation problems with the JMP-1 and 9200 so snug in that case? I've heard space is needed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlackHive Posted September 11, 2009 Members Share Posted September 11, 2009 High gain is all we do. Well then screw all this stupid JMP vs ADA talk. E530 all the way 110%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members saxxamafone Posted September 11, 2009 Members Share Posted September 11, 2009 we had a stock jmp-1 and an ADA 3TM kept the jmp-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grunge782 Posted September 11, 2009 Members Share Posted September 11, 2009 From my opinion, the e530 hasn't been that great for "high gain". Amazing for leads though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members potaetoes Posted September 11, 2009 Members Share Posted September 11, 2009 does the MP1 have any drop-out or delay when switching presets, or is it instantaneous? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rich4Once Posted September 12, 2009 Members Share Posted September 12, 2009 does the MP1 have any drop-out or delay when switching presets, or is it instantaneous? There's a slight dropout going from the tube clean voicing to the tube distortion voicing. Guys that use the SS voicing for clean say there's no dropout going from that to tube distortion, but I don't know personally because I don't use the SS voicing. Staying within the voicings, or going from tube distortion to tube clean isn't a problem..only going up from tube clean to tube distortion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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