Conference napalm::guitar

      .. and you know what I say to a $800 tube preamp with only three
    sounds instead of four?  
    
    
      Seriously, they probably are nice but I've never seen one in a
    store. For that price I would "Boogie", you never know when these
    upsatart companies are going to belly up. You're talking to a 
    maniac with KH and Metaltronix in his rack. Then I play a B.C. Rich
    American made axe and they aren't made anymore neither! I'll tell
    you what companies going out of business next right after I buy
    one of their products.
    
    							-BooM-

    -1
    
    Really!!
    ;^)
    
    Send Boom mail...find out his most recent purchases...then go buy
    something else!!
    ;^)

    I'm sure those things can be had for less...The MP1 had a $799 retail
    too...
    
    BUT...For the bucks I think I'd want more than two EQ setting available
    at call up...Hence, why I like MIDI.
    
    jc               

    The WantAds are littered with MP-1s now, like for $500 for preamp AND
    MIDI controller!!!  Wahada deal...

    I thought the MP1 was THE preamp of choice?  Is everyone going back to
    a simpler, more straight-forward configuration?
    
    Mike

    I didn't say that.  *For me* the MP1 *is still* the preamp of choice,
    although it's not for everyone.  I've heard Alan Starrs Kittyawk
    Quattro and it surgically removed my gnads.  I loved the sound.
    My little Marshall Micro stack head preamping my rig sounds KILLER
    too... There are plenty of good preamps out there.  The trick is to 
    find one that is verstile enough for your needs.
    
    The last band I played in covered everything from Black Sabbath to
    James Taylor.  I needed to go from rippin' gain to pure-pristine-clean
    at the touch of a button and a lot of tones in between.  Thats where the
    MP1 really shines; it's verstile up the whazoo...
    
    jc (Clarifying himself)

    re: Boom

    Just say no to only three sounds...  ;^)

    re: Mike

    I think that there are probably many reasons there would be Mp-1s on
    the used market.

    The Mp-1 has been around long enough that there's just a lot of them
    out there, naturally there will be some for sale.  Musicians are
    naturally fickle, and many of them that use music for a living find
    themselves having to sell off their stuff to get by when gigs get
    scarce.           

    Remember that Buck's in an area with a big used instrument market too,
    I've *never* seen one for sale around here! 
    
    Notice that they're still bringing pretty good prices, showing their
    continued popularity.  The average price I've seen for a piece of used
    musical equipment seems to be about half of what it goes for new.  If
    it's bringing much more then that then it's either in exceptional
    condition or it's a high demand item.  

    You should know by now that guitar players can't ever keep the same rig
    for too long without some irrational desire to get change it.  I've
    even thought about selling my Mp-1... (don't be sending me offers yet,
    it's NOT for sale right now)

    Greg

      waaaaaiitaminit!  Say no to three sounds! I've got four "sounds"
    in my preamps but that don't mean just four sounds. Keep in mind
    I'm coming out of the KH into a GSP-21 that gives me seven bands
    of EQ and adjustable + or - 12db in 1db increments. So - I have
    the KH EQing pre-gain (in the Testarossa), the GSP-21 EQing post
    gain, plus the GSP doing the effecting - only three sounds??
    
    
     HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
    
    							-BooM-

    I agree that it is scary owning something that can't be easily/readily
    fixed. I owned a KH Quattro for about a month, but eventually traded
    it in for a Mesa Boogie Studio preamp. The main reason was the Studio
    has the speaker emulator circuit, but there are other features as well
    that the Quattro didn't have (like stereo efx loop, reverb, etc). 
    
    I do not regret selling the Quattro, because I have heard countless
    horror stories about fried transformers and other problems. There is
    no factory-authorized repair center for KH.  Mesa Boogie, on the other
    hand will stand behind their products into the next century and beyond.
    Not only that, the Mesa is practically bullet-proof, so I don't expect
    to have too many problems with it anyways.
    
    Since I bought my Studio Preamp (mainly for recording), My Fender "The
    Twin" has not seen much use. I have been driving the Studio preamp into
    my PA and playing straight through my PA speakers in stereo. I"m running
    a MidiVerbII in the efx loop of the preamp, and the stereo effect is
    cat's-ass. The other night, I decided to try something differant. I 
    connected the monitor send from my PA mixer into the power amp input
    (efx return jack) of my Twin. Now the mono signal comes through the
    Twin and the stereo signal comes through my PA speakers. What a sound !!
    
    I can see a definate advantage to having more than 2-3 sounds available, 
    but for me two is enough. The graphic EQ on the Studio preamp gives you
    the ability to kick in a tone boost, so it actually amounts to having 
    four differant tones. BTW, the Studio preamp sells for $595 and IMHO
    it is well worth every penny.
    
    Mark
    

    
    re: Greg
    
    <Just say no to only three sounds...  ;^)
    
    "Whitey" is just jealous!  ;^)
    
    Seriously, GTS has not effected me for last 6 months, at least!  I 
    have not had the desire to go out and find a completely different rig
    that I have fallen in love with in the store.  I'll take it home, and
    it'll end up sounding like me, anyways...  ;^(
    
    Now, another Boogie half stack, well, that's a different story.  
    Heh, heh, heh!
    
    J. who_sez_get_something_versatile_AND_durable_and_stick_with_it