Rack Mount Acoustic Preamp?

Harold Bullard · Post by **Harold Bullard** » 12 Feb 2006 2:54 pm

I'm looking for a rack mount acoustic preamp. I've searched with 3 different browsers and not coming up with anything. Can anyone give me some idea? Are the only acoustic preamps in stomp boxes? Many thanks for any help.

James Quackenbush · Post by **James Quackenbush** » 12 Feb 2006 5:22 pm

http://www.pendulumaudio.com/SPS-1.html

Brad Sarno · Post by **Brad Sarno** » 12 Feb 2006 7:17 pm

Or this:
http://www.steelguitarblackbox.com/page8/rtppage.html

Brad

Dave Grafe · Post by **Dave Grafe** » 12 Feb 2006 10:10 pm

Brads's is a nice piece of gear, but has no EQ or other control facilities.

I am very fond of the old AudioArts 4100 4-band parametric EQ, it has a fabulous FET preamp and four fully parametric bands of EQ and sounds smooth as silk. Watch ebay and you can get them for under $200.00

Robert Parent · Post by **Robert Parent** » 13 Feb 2006 4:34 am

Rane made a very nice acoustic preamp I believe it was called an AP13. Owned for for many years until one day GAS caught up with me and I traded it for something useless. Every now and then they pop up used but the usually sell pretty fast.

If you can live with a stomp box design the LR Baggs Para-DI is very nice as well for around $140.00. [This message was edited by Robert Parent on 13 February 2006 at 04:36 AM.]

Darvin Willhoite · Post by **Darvin Willhoite** » 13 Feb 2006 6:07 am

This is not a rack mount, but I have a Boss AD-5 that works really well. It has effects and notch filters for feedback supression. Barcus Berry and Rane both used to make rack mounted acoustic preamps. These pop up on Ebay pretty often.

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Darvin Willhoite
Riva Ridge Recording

Brad Sarno · Post by **Brad Sarno** » 13 Feb 2006 6:34 am

Dave, the link I put up was for the Revelation Tube Preamp, not the Black Box. It actually has 4 bands of EQ with a sweepable midrange dip that really helps dial out that typical honk or bark that you get with an acoustic instrument pickup. Even though it's voiced like an old Fender in a way, it's actually a very musical EQ that works great for acoustic stuff.
http://www.steelguitarblackbox.com/page8/rtppage.html

The Baggs Para DI is pretty flexible, almost too flexible for some people. The little SansAmp Acoustic DI is really a great sounding little acoustic DI. These are pedal sized though, not rackmount.

Brad[This message was edited by Brad Sarno on 13 February 2006 at 07:50 AM.]

T. C. Furlong · Post by **T. C. Furlong** » 13 Feb 2006 6:36 am

I would highly recommend that an electrified acoustic player check out Brad's Revelation Preamp which has absolutely magnificent EQ. I have one and it is the real deal for Steel and acoustic instruments. Chock full of "tubey goodness"! And it's half the price of the Pendullum unit.
TC[This message was edited by T. C. Furlong on 13 February 2006 at 06:42 AM.]

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 13 Feb 2006 7:41 am

A few years ago I bought a Crate rack mounted acoustic amp that worked out quite well.
Erv

Dave Grafe · Post by **Dave Grafe** » 13 Feb 2006 9:04 am

Sorry Brad, I'll have to check it out, the AA units are getting hard to find and if the Revelation has your 12AX7 front end, well, 'nuff sedd!