fiftycalibre

Lets hear what you like. Make and model.

I thought of making it a poll, but there are too many.

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coldsteal2

Seymour Duncan 4 tube Guitar Preamp

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MaineMetal

Looks like one of those Lee Jackson pre amps!
I like an original Kasha Rockmod II pre amp.

Adwex

I used a JMP-1 for years.

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tazzboy

Peavey Rockmaster Preamp

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Kendall124

+1 for the JMP-1.

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softmc

ART SGX 2000, Fantastic preamp (rest of effects are ok) but the pre amp is great i Have used it for years with a jcm 800 2203 it gave me jcm crunch at low volume if needed, I now use it with my 2553 jubilee head it gives the jube another pre amp section and makes it even more versatile. the art sgx was brought out in 1990 and utilizes a 12ax7 tube to get its sound .these were Hi quality units ,it cost me a grand then now you can pick them up on ebay for under £100

Brett Blackmore

Hi,

I had the famous ADA MP1 preamp - great tube sound. I wish I had it now for my 1987 plexi... Nuno Bettencourt had them in the 80's/early 90's...

Cheers Brett

Adwex

Wow, I'm surprised to hear anyone say that. I had an SGX 2000, that I upgraded to the "Express" version. After a while, I hated it. I gave it away to a friend of mine recently. The only thing I liked about it is that it has eq. knobs on the front panel so it was easy to make quick adjustments. Other than that, I hated the way it sounded. I still have the matching pedalboard. What a bad design that was...the 2 expression pedals were on the left side, and you need 3 cables, midi in, midi out, and power. I had to get the upgrade chip for that too because with the original version, the expression pedals made a horrible "zipper" sound, so bad that it was unusable. The new chip fixed that. I got the pair used for $600 back in '94, bought the upgrade chip for each at $100 each, for a total of $800, and as I said before, I gave it away last year. I also hated the stupid pink painted design on the front panel that made it hard to read. Later they changed it to all black.

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lp_junkie

Engl Tube Preamp, 2 channels- clean and boost, 5 12AX7's, stereo output, stereo effects loop.

It's my favorite recording pre, and used to be in my live rig for years.
Haven't fired it up in about 5-6 years now though, but still like the tones it put out.

softmc

There is a knack to getting a good sound out of them, basically use them as a pre-amp only, forget all the other effects and only use the tube overdrive setting just enough to give a mild crunch, maybe a little compression or tweaks with the graphic eq. then put this into a jcm800 with preamp on 5 ish and you start to get the jcm800 fully cranked sound at a fraction of the level.
also using the stereo out you can feed another amp fender HRD ect, for a different sound. I totally agree the pedal board is poorly designed I removed the crap pedals and fitted a cry baby wah carl martin HD+Boost and an amp switcher. this then allows me to bypass the art sgx 2000 straight into my silver jubilee for my lead sound, then when I switch the jube to rhythm I switch in the sgx for some crunch. it works for me . personally I was fed up trying to get a good lead sound from my 2203 as it needs to be insanelly loud for the natural distortion so I think a pre-amp works but even better is the Silver jubilee 2553 it is an awsome sounding amp .

Benzesp

My old ver1 Triaxis with the 2.O piggy back board. Should have never sold it......

joey

ADA MP-1 3TM Ultra Mod.

Simply kills.