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Re: Ada preamp question
hey Kent,
Regarding the 3TM mod.. it sounds like it has alot more gain because of the way it sounds. the tone on the 3TM is alot tighter & clearer then a stock MP-1.. and the gain is alot more useful, even when both ODs are cranked to 10s, which you'll probebly never need to do that. The 3rd tube is sorta split in half. half of it is basicly addition for the gain (useful gain), the other half acts as a tone buffer for the 2 tone control trimpots added to the tube board. There are 2 trimpots added (Check here):
The Top Trimpot controls the Mid/Low To High Frequency Balance Control
The Bottom Trimpot controls the Mid To Low Frequency Balance Control
The Brown channel.. i've only played with the Clean Tube setting a couple of times and from what i can tell you, its got this spongy sag type of sound. you can get pretty cool sounds out of it if you use the OD settings "properly"...
Let me know if you have any further questions..
by the way, what are you using with your MP-1? amp wise, effects, etc.
hope that helps
Originally posted by Kent S.
I actually get very little noise from my MP-1, and no appreciable hum, but the more I can lower the noise floor, the better. Cool deal Duke, thanks for the updated link as I haven't been to the ADA Depot in more than a while.
Hey how is the three tube mod? I'm not really looking for more gain, as I've got enough, I wouldn't mind being able to add the *brown tube* mode to mine (although I don't know how good it is, because I never messed with the MP-1 Classic), but the MP-1 could use something a bit warmer, and fatter than the overdrive from the clean tube mode. I'd like to be able to get the third tube to basically act sorta like a power tube ... heck I wonder if a 6V6 could be stuck in there ...
Any plans for a three tube mod that will do a power amp emulation on the third tube? Just curious.
As a side note, I bet the cap on the BBD driver chip, could be switched to change the delay time of the chorus to give a simple flanger, but I wonder how I could get it to switch per program ... Oh well, lofty idea anyway. Thanks Duke.
Hey how is the three tube mod? I'm not really looking for more gain, as I've got enough, I wouldn't mind being able to add the *brown tube* mode to mine (although I don't know how good it is, because I never messed with the MP-1 Classic), but the MP-1 could use something a bit warmer, and fatter than the overdrive from the clean tube mode. I'd like to be able to get the third tube to basically act sorta like a power tube ... heck I wonder if a 6V6 could be stuck in there ...
Any plans for a three tube mod that will do a power amp emulation on the third tube? Just curious.As a side note, I bet the cap on the BBD driver chip, could be switched to change the delay time of the chorus to give a simple flanger, but I wonder how I could get it to switch per program ... Oh well, lofty idea anyway. Thanks Duke.
Regarding the 3TM mod.. it sounds like it has alot more gain because of the way it sounds. the tone on the 3TM is alot tighter & clearer then a stock MP-1.. and the gain is alot more useful, even when both ODs are cranked to 10s, which you'll probebly never need to do that. The 3rd tube is sorta split in half. half of it is basicly addition for the gain (useful gain), the other half acts as a tone buffer for the 2 tone control trimpots added to the tube board. There are 2 trimpots added (Check here):
The Top Trimpot controls the Mid/Low To High Frequency Balance Control
The Bottom Trimpot controls the Mid To Low Frequency Balance Control
The Brown channel.. i've only played with the Clean Tube setting a couple of times and from what i can tell you, its got this spongy sag type of sound. you can get pretty cool sounds out of it if you use the OD settings "properly"...
Let me know if you have any further questions..
by the way, what are you using with your MP-1? amp wise, effects, etc.
hope that helps
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