Mesa Boogie Preamp ?

Steven Welborn · Post by **Steven Welborn** » 7 Mar 2004 1:52 pm

Is there more than one model or IS that the model? If more than one model which is the desired model for steel? Thanks

Steven Welborn · Post by **Steven Welborn** » 7 Mar 2004 11:44 pm

This must of appeared as a dumber than dumb post. I MEANT to say,"Mesa Boogie STUDIO Preamp". So.....lets try it again. thanks

Chuck McGill · Post by **Chuck McGill** » 8 Mar 2004 4:40 am

The Studio Pre is the only one that I have
had experience with. I'm sure you could get
great tone from other models but this pre
is patterned after the Mark III I think. I'm
sure a boog guy will correct me if I'm wrong.
This pre has such a warm big sound. Probably
has something to do with them not being made
anymore also that makes them cool.

David Cobb · Post by **David Cobb** » 8 Mar 2004 3:08 pm

The Studio model preamp does have a good sound, it's also the only MB I've had my mitts on.
In addition, there was a fellow who showed up at one of the smaller steel shows using what I can only guess was a stock MB V-Twin preamp and MB 2/90/2 power amp.
He got such a nice tone out of it I had to go up after his set and confirm what it was he had in the rack.

Gerald Menke · Post by **Gerald Menke** » 9 Mar 2004 9:04 am

I use a Mesa-Boogie rack mount V-twin in one of my racks, it sounds great, even through the solid state Hafler rig I use for power in that rack. The overdrive side is lame, but the clean side has sparkling top end and rich bass. Unlike some other Boogie gear, you can get a lot of different, but still cool sounding tones out of this box. And it has a cool blue light. I see them on eBay all the time for around three bills.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Gerald Menke on 09 March 2004 at 09:05 AM.]</p></FONT>

Steven Welborn · Post by **Steven Welborn** » 9 Mar 2004 9:07 pm

I understand the MB Studio Pre has a decent reverb(spring?) which is a real plus which can eliminate the need for an extra rack unit. Do the other MB models have the verb as well?

Gerald Menke · Post by **Gerald Menke** » 11 Mar 2004 7:07 am

Hey Steven,

The V-Twin has no built in effects, but does have a nice sounding buffered effects loop, dedicated recording out and a headphone output (I think!) Cool sounding preamp.

Gerald