Advice on Pre-amp

Danny Jones · Post by **Danny Jones** » 29 Sep 2004 4:53 pm

Direction on a good pre-amp, Does anyone have any good advice. Thanks

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William Peters · Post by **William Peters** » 29 Sep 2004 5:15 pm

Danny,

I don't think you can go wrong with a PV Tubefex. They have lots of EQ and great effects. You can pretty much shape your sound anyway you want.

On the other hand, I can't recommend the Behringer V-amp.... too much distortion, and not enough headroom.

I have also tried a PV PGP-20, and decided to trash it. It had a lot of distortion, and, it didn't seem to have the right kind of EQ.

Others here seem to talk highly of the Line6 Pods. I would like to try one of those sometime. Would also like to try one of the Evans units if I had the bucks.

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Bill

http://www.wgpeters.com
Mullen RP SD12U, ART-SLA, Tubefex, Vamp-Pro

David Higginbotham · Post by **David Higginbotham** » 29 Sep 2004 5:49 pm

Tubefex, Profex II, Transtube-fex are in the $200-$300 range and Peavey quality!

Digitech Genesis 3 in the $100 range.

You would not be disappointed in any of these preamps.

Dave

Eddie Thomas · Post by **Eddie Thomas** » 29 Sep 2004 6:21 pm

Danny, you have the best effects, money can buy. You need a good, straight ahead preamp like an Evans or a Walker. One of those and an MPX1, is a great combination.

Bill Hatcher · Post by **Bill Hatcher** » 30 Sep 2004 2:40 am

Alembic F2B.

Robert Parent · Post by **Robert Parent** » 30 Sep 2004 3:38 am

The Roland GP-100 is a very good and under rated preamp in my opinion.

John Daugherty · Post by **John Daugherty** » 30 Sep 2004 8:15 am

Danny, we need to know what kind of amp you want to drive. If it is a power amp w/o any kind of EQ you will need a preamp such as the Evans. I have tried several effects units into power amps and could not get a decent tone or enough volume. I had to use a preamp plus an effects unit. I do not like to program the EQ settings as you have to do with the profex. I like having knobs which I can adjust without a lot of hassle.....JD

Danny Jones · Post by **Danny Jones** » 30 Sep 2004 1:43 pm

Folks, I'll be using a Peavey DPC 750. I'm getting more direction toward Evans or Walker. Thanks for all this good stuff. Danny J.

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James Quackenbush · Post by **James Quackenbush** » 1 Oct 2004 5:52 am

There are many choices you have here..
If you are looking for a straight ahead Fender type tone with no reverb, the Alembic is hard to beat....If you want a little more versitility, the Mesa Boogie Studio amp is a great choice....If you want effects added to the pre, the GP100 is a good choice ... I have all of these pre's and more...Out of all of them, I think it's a toss up between the Alembic and the Boogie....The Boogie may get the slight edge as it has more control in the tone section ...It's also a very FAT toned pre with more bell's and whistles than the Alembic, and also has reverb ....Jim

John Macy · Post by **John Macy** » 1 Oct 2004 8:01 am

The Boogie Studio Preamp is killer--I have two of them and use them all the time. The can be had on the used market for around 250. Used daily by Paul Franklin among others. I have an Evans in my direct demo rig that works well, also. I am definitely going to add a Gerry Walker, though...

Brad Sarno · Post by **Brad Sarno** » 1 Oct 2004 8:32 am

The Walker pre is very cool in that it's got a similar EQ to the vintage Session 400 or LTD. That EQ with the passive midrange control is, I think, one of the best steel EQ's ever. Set all the knobs at noon and you've got a perfectly voiced steel preamp right off the bat. It's the only pre out there that has that topology. If you liked the tone shaping of those great old amps, it's the pre to have.

Brad Sarno

Harold Parris · Post by **Harold Parris** » 8 Oct 2004 5:29 pm

I have tried a Hughes Kettner tube base preamp with Peavey Session and Nashville 400s. Duncan made a rack mount tube pre-amp a few years back that has two channels which is excellent for pickers that rotate between lead guitar and steel. It has a killer sound on both lead and steel. You could find one used in some of the for sale ads or auctions.

Danny Jones · Post by **Danny Jones** » 10 Oct 2004 3:45 am

Thanks for the good advice, fellas. I came across a good Evans pre-amp from a friend. It seems to be working out, as soon as I figure it out to the right settings.
Danny

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Cor Muizer Jr · Post by **Cor Muizer Jr** » 13 Oct 2004 8:08 am

that's right Danny Evans is the good one.

musician and sound engineer

Cor