JT_Marshmallow
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Took me 10 tube amps to find it. Finally!
The Studio Pre is the holy grail!
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lookslikemeband
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How does it match up with that Peavey Power Amp?
I'm shopping around for some PA's for a few Mesa pres I've been snatching up.
I'm shopping around for some PA's for a few Mesa pres I've been snatching up.
JT_Marshmallow
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Actually, the Peavey is still in the mail...should be here Tuesday or Wednesday. I'll report back to this thread with my opinion on it. I do know that many of the Harmony Central reviewers for the Studio Pre said they were using with the Peavey 50/50 and its a great combo.
So far I've tried it through the power sections in my Dual Rectifier and my Marshall JCM2000, and both sounded amazing. I doubt this would sound bad through anything - even a solid state power section.
So far I've tried it through the power sections in my Dual Rectifier and my Marshall JCM2000, and both sounded amazing. I doubt this would sound bad through anything - even a solid state power section.
lookslikemeband
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Cool!
I'm looking to match up my Recto Pre with something different - and I want to get a Studio.
Congrats man!
I'm looking to match up my Recto Pre with something different - and I want to get a Studio.
Congrats man!
JT_Marshmallow
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My Studio Pre through my Recto 2x12 will get me 90% to the tone of my Dual Rectifier, especially with high-output pickups or a compressor pedal in front. I just hooked up my compressor today and almost heard my old Dual Rectifier's tone. It gets VERY close...
And I can get this sound from both the 6L6 power section I tried and the EL34 power section I tried. I'll let you know if EL84's (in the Peavey 50/50) can deliver the CHUNK. I've been wondering this myself...
And I can get this sound from both the 6L6 power section I tried and the EL34 power section I tried. I'll let you know if EL84's (in the Peavey 50/50) can deliver the CHUNK. I've been wondering this myself...
myqqy
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I love my studio pre, but I think the recto pre has way more clean tone options- I'm a sucker for deep, gorgeous clean tones with chorus and delay...
JT_Marshmallow
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Just got it today. I wasn't sure if I was gonna like EL84's, but forget it - they rip. There's 8 of them in this thing. I'm not sure if running through more tubes than usual has any bearing on the sound but it sounds amazing. Low-end chunk is so tight I can't believe it. The Resonance and Presence controls on the Peavey are great tone tweakers.
Looks like I'll be keeping this for a while...
The only things I could imagine replacing this would be a VHT 2502, or Mesa 395 or strategy 500.
lookslikemeband
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DMTransmutation said:
Sweet! Glad you dig it man. Those are the PA's I've been looking at, but I'm short the coin needed at the moment.
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i'm looking to get a studio pre too. i have a quad now that i run through a strategy 500. i'd like something a little easier to manage, like a studio pre into a 50/50. that would warm the cockles of my heart!
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I just paired my RectoPre with the 50/50 as well. I originally was going to use the Pre for one recording and then sell it, but after hearing it, I too proclaimed it the holy grail of recording preamps.
FastRedPonyCar
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myqqy said:
You must not be doing something right because my studio pre delivers this in spades with my Gmajor.
I've found though that the higher I crank the power amp channels, the more clean headroom I get. my clean channel is actually louder than my overdrive channel (which i've specifically eq'd to be this way) but it has all the headroom I need and the overdrive channel will still melt faces off.
Which power amp are you using?
shredi knight
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If it sounds like the lead tone in this clip, then it must be the holy grail (he's using a Studio Pre into a 2:90):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqOomFjGfGg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqOomFjGfGg
I love his tones too, but you must know that... :shock: on that album rhythms are played with the Studio Pre, while leads are played with Native Instrument Guitar Rig 2 (software!) or with Boss GT6! :shock: Must say he and his technicians do know how to make a thing sound goodshredi knight said:
FastRedPonyCar
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I can't get to the youtube clip. Is it Marco?
If it's the clip I'm thinking about, it's a very good lead tone just a HAIR too dry and aggressive for my personal tastes.
If it's the clip I'm thinking about, it's a very good lead tone just a HAIR too dry and aggressive for my personal tastes.
shredi knight
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ytse_jam said:
He used a variety of sources for the lead tones, but for the song "Andromeda", the lead tone is the Studio Pre:
(From YouTube)
"Marco, could you tell us about your rig? Yuor lead tones aren't coming from that lonestar in the back right? Thanks!"
"No the lead tone is coming from the Studio Preamp through the Simul Class 2:90 power amp. Mesa Standard 4x12 cab miked with a Shure SM57 and a Sennheiser E906 mics"
(From his message board)
"....Sure, what I wrote are my settings on the Studio Preamp. Graphic Eq. set to V and both Deep and Modern voicings on the 2:90 are on. That's the sound I used to record Andromeda (slightly more Drive for the lead, around 7,5 - 8 ) ."
"I used ALOT of stuff to record There's Hope. In no particular order, a Mesa Boogie Studio Preamp (mainly for rhythms), a TriAxis, the Lonestar (on tunes like Seven or Spread the Disease aswell as the country tone), Native Instruments Guitar Rig 2 (leads on There's Hope and Still Hurts), a Lexicon MPXG2 (lead on Farewell), overdrives like the Mi-Audio Tube zone and Blue Boy, a Boss CS-3 (on Texas BBQ) and a Morley Bad Horsie wah. The rest was all plugins from ProTools."
I really wish he would have used the Studio Pre on the whole album. IMHO, the lead tone on "Andromeda" is noticeably better than on the rest of the cd (in fact, I think it's about the best lead tone I've ever heard).
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