EOengineer
Well-known member
So, firstly...Hello all! I am a newbie, but a long time Mesa user as well as a Boston-based recording engineer.
I recently snagged a boogie studio pre at the local GC store, and minus one problem that is being repaired now, I thought the thing sounded amazing...light years beyong my 1997 2 channel recto head in terms of dynamics, cut, and expression.
After doing some extensive reading, I have discovered that this is basically a MK2 front end, and I have heard murmers that there is a mod to bring the preamp up to MK2 C+ specs...and that is very interesting to me as an engineer...those amps record VERY well.
I am wondering, has anyone actually had thier studio pre modded to mark 2 C+ specs? What were the tonal changes? Cost? What is involved?
Obviously I wouldnt expect it to sound exactly like an original because my simul 2:90 is a different power section...but I am more interested in the actual tonal changes that will occur with such a mod.
I recently snagged a boogie studio pre at the local GC store, and minus one problem that is being repaired now, I thought the thing sounded amazing...light years beyong my 1997 2 channel recto head in terms of dynamics, cut, and expression.
After doing some extensive reading, I have discovered that this is basically a MK2 front end, and I have heard murmers that there is a mod to bring the preamp up to MK2 C+ specs...and that is very interesting to me as an engineer...those amps record VERY well.
I am wondering, has anyone actually had thier studio pre modded to mark 2 C+ specs? What were the tonal changes? Cost? What is involved?
Obviously I wouldnt expect it to sound exactly like an original because my simul 2:90 is a different power section...but I am more interested in the actual tonal changes that will occur with such a mod.