best rack preamps?

[JerryP]

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Peavey Rockmaster. A sleeper piece of gear if I ever saw one.
Jerry

[FSU_Seminoles]

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any love for the Rocktron Prophesy ?

[Cleveland Metal]

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The Rocktron Voodu Valve (US Version not korean) or the PSA-1 Sansamp as a sub 350 dollar solution is a nice solution as well.

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I got a Voodu Valve a while back and am pretty pleased with it. The Voodu has reverb, chorus, and delay whcih are the only things I use anyhow.

And the Voodu's got gain out the ying yang! So much so that I had to swap out the preamp tube it came with (an AX-7), with a lower gain tube so the low gain setting could be used for clean tones.

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I think they come with a GE/JAN 5751 tube in stock form which is a low gain 12ax7 type of tube. YEs, the AX7 will really go too far in gain in that preamp for sure and be fairly un-usable.

[Twisteramps]

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5751s are a great first tube if you have a tube amp with more gain than you can use (like a 5150) - it fattens up the tone and is lower noise. You do lose some gain, but the tone payoffs can be worth it.

Pete

[kennslp]

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The ADA MP1 is a classic and I find myself going back to it every time I buy a new pre. I've played CAE, Soldano, Mesa Triaxis, JMP1, Bogner Fish, Hafler/Bogner Triple Giant, and even the MP2 but the MP1 just works for me. The catch to it for me is using it in conjunction with a BBE Sonic Maximizer. This unit really breathes some life into the MP1. All of the other units I mentioned sound good (Soldano/Caswell X99 was awesome but I couldn't find one when I would have been in the market), in fact I still frequently use the Triple Giant, but the flexability and feel of the ADA keep it in my rack. I hope this helps.

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Holy $hit!!!..Bill, is that you?????? You better get to posting pics of that LTD !!!!!

-Kenn

[jazzman]

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I used an ADA MP1 for years. It sounded great and still does. I haven't really checked out any of the newer preamps because I ditched the rack rig quite a few years ago. The Boogie triaxis was pretty cool, as was (of course) the Soldano SP77. There are probably a few others I can't remember. I would use whatever sounds cool.

[Cleveland Metal]

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Well, I'd get more money selling your dick to an Oddity Museum than selling a JMP-1 on ebay, so yes, I guess I would.

[jazzman]

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[horns666]

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[jazzman]

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[FSU_Seminoles]

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where's the voodu valve by Rocktron located in all the preamps ... like ahead of the jmp-1 ? equal ?

[horns666]

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it's a matter of preference really , John likes the vooddo valve better..

and I like the JMP-1 better..

listen to both thru decent poweramps and you be the judge..

[cobhc]

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as far as the lee jackson, i have one, and it has an awful lot of gain when using a guitar loaded with a j50bc and a je-1000, i dont turn the preamp vol up past 2 and thats more than enough for shredding, gain is not a problem, but as far as tone in a proper setup, i'm not sure as i'm running it through my combo still, i need to get a cab to go with my poweramp, etc. But the gain is there.

[neilli]

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I have an MP-1 and I love it, and for the price, I'd be surprised if you could get anything even close to it.

I didn't like the sound from the JMP-1 I borrowed, and while I might like a Tri-axis, VHT, Bogner, CAE or whatever a little bit more, I'm happy with what I have and would rather spend the money on more guitars!

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[cobhc]

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ooh, just remembered as well, there was a few different circuits for the lee jackson 4 in total i believe, you might wanna check the s/n on one if you think about buying it, the ones ending in 88 onwards sound better and are based on a modded marshall circuit, or so i'm told, and the 87 and before are based on a modded fender circuit, i have the 87, and it sounds like a marshall to me.