Members slapshot Posted April 8, 2004 Members Share Posted April 8, 2004 I have a rack laying around with a Mesa 50/50 in it and thought why not get a pre-amp for this thing and see if I can get some great sounds out of it. I have been currently playing through a THD BiValve but thought I would look into the rack thing again. I heard some good things about the Carvin TN-100 and the Egnator pre-amp. I am curious to what you all would recomend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members miker2c Posted April 8, 2004 Members Share Posted April 8, 2004 Bang for buck I have to say the Engl 530--four channels from beautiful, sparkley cleans to super distortion. All for less than $500.00 new. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DET1973 Posted April 8, 2004 Members Share Posted April 8, 2004 I have a Marshall JMP-1 for 350.00 plus shipping..it also includes the Marshall 4 button foot controller. You can email me at dan@tarrah.com if you're interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Duke of Metal Posted April 8, 2004 Members Share Posted April 8, 2004 Originally posted by slapshot I have a rack laying around with a Mesa 50/50 in it and thought why not get a pre-amp for this thing and see if I can get some great sounds out of it. I have been currently playing through a THD BiValve but thought I would look into the rack thing again. I heard some good things about the Carvin TN-100 and the Egnator pre-amp. I am curious to what you all would recomend? Any idea what type of tone (Marshally?? Mesash??) your looking for?? and your spend budget? Duke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slapshot Posted April 8, 2004 Author Members Share Posted April 8, 2004 I would like to keep it under $500.00 if possible. However I do understand the Engel Pre-amp with the modules can well exceed that. I am flexible with tone. Must have is chimey clean and great lead tone gain aka Marshall plexi / JCM 800. However I love Vox clean/dirt also. Not big on Mesa Dual Rectumfier sounds or midscoop distortion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Duke of Metal Posted April 8, 2004 Members Share Posted April 8, 2004 you can consider an ADA MP-1 if you'd like. To me, The stock MP-1 is sorta like a hotrodded JCM800 with more gain. Even modding it with different mods would costs less then $400-$500. Check into the ADA Depot 3TM mod. New boards productions should be somtime soon since they ran out of the last boards batch not too long ago. I have one and to me honest, Its definitly worth it. Check www.adadepot.com for info if you'd like. Hope that helps a bit. Duke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slapshot Posted April 8, 2004 Author Members Share Posted April 8, 2004 Thanks Duke I will check that pre-amp out. I am kind of interested in the new Carvin Pre. Has anybody have any tried one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members somata Posted April 9, 2004 Members Share Posted April 9, 2004 hands down the most versatile preamp in your price range is the h&k access...i got mine for $425 used a year ago...admittedly that was a hell of a deal on it, but if you can find one, they usually go for right around $500. the access was essentially designed to act as the heart of a rack system, in addition to its fantastic sounding preamp (based around a marshall/soldano sound), it incorporates full midi capability, 3 switchable/assignable loops, 2 relay switches, direct recording out (ala the h&k red box), treble boost, mid boost, and a few other bells and whistles (if you get version 2, most all parameters are midi controllable via midi ccs...) to me it easily matches the triaxis, and even exceeds it in certain ways...its definitely a real sleeper preamp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EvilFilth Posted April 9, 2004 Members Share Posted April 9, 2004 You can score a Mesa Quad for under $500 on ebay once in a while. I did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slapshot Posted April 9, 2004 Author Members Share Posted April 9, 2004 Thank you for the input I will start looking on Ebay for your recomendations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grittar Posted April 9, 2004 Members Share Posted April 9, 2004 Marshall JMP 1 would be right up your alley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slapshot Posted April 10, 2004 Author Members Share Posted April 10, 2004 Thanks these are all good selections. I have a friend who is interested in selling me his JMP-1 It seems lots of people like this pre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Robotechnology Posted April 11, 2004 Members Share Posted April 11, 2004 Also consider both the Rocktron Voodu Valve and Carvin Quad X. The soundclips I heard on the Carvin TN100 sounded pretty good too but, I have no personal experience with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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