Hello fellow ADAphiles!
I just registered on the board and I would like to take this oppertunity to introduce myself. I'm a 42 year old male living in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. I play (mostly rock/metal) guitar and am in an amateur band with some friends.
10+ years ago when I bought my MP-2, I hung out here for a while. Too bad the old board with it's treasure of information is gone now, but good to see it's still/again here and alive! My MP-2 is after all these years still at the heart of my rig. I use it with our (metal/rock) band but mostly with just standard presets. I've been putting of the danting task of programming my rig for a long time but now the time has finally come for me to face that challenge!
About my current rig:
Furman PL-PLUS E - No rack without one! Everything gets plugged in this unit.
ADA MP-2 - Needs no introduction here! The 1.33 version, I will order a 1.41 chip from Marshalljmp soon. Currently has High Mu matched JJECC83 tubes in it but will look for some lower gain ones in the future. I already did did two upgrades on it, I believe it was a noise mod and a noise gate fix.
Rocktron Intellifex - The older blackface version. I don't use many effects besides some delay, reverb, chorus and the intellifex does that very well. I really love how you can set up to 8 voices for chorus and delay! And ofcourse it has Hush!
MESA 20/20 - I really love this little beast. Don't let the 20 watt rating fool you, it can keep up easily with a very loud drummer! I did the deep mod on it but not in the usual way. The left switch switches the highpass filter in or out for both channels and the right switch alternates between the original and a lower value capacitator. With my old Marshall 1922 cabinet the difference wasn't that noticable but with the new 4x12 ENGL standard cab the difference is huge! It currently has 4 x EL84 and 3x ECC83 tubes from JJ in it.
ENGL 4x12 Standard - I got this cab about 2 months ago and I absolutely love it! The sound of the V60 speakers really suit my rig perfectly! There is a slight midrange scoop on them but that can easily be compensated for resulting in a very smooth midrange sound. It also has very smooth highs, comparable to a greenback speaker. The lows are really tight and also work very well for 7 string guitars.
Behringer FCB1010 - Stock version with older firmware. I love the versatility of this unit, especially for it's price! It's just needs some updating with an UNO firmware chip and a phantom power mod.
As you can see, my rig is really due for some updating, modding and programming. Since budget is tight atm, things will have to be done over time. Good thing about that is that it gives me some time to research everything thoroughly. Currently I'm working on a backplane for my rack with stuff I have lying around the house so I can connect everything a little faster at band practise and spare the connectors on the original equipment. So far I have put in a fan, a dual outlet and an on/off switch on a 2EH blindplate. Still to be added is the speaker outputs, guitar input, a midi input with switchable phantom power and a an extra 230v euro connector as backup power for my FCB1010 in case the phantom power fails.
Other mods I plan to do over time are:
- Rewire the rack with better cables, I now have those cheap colored patch cables in there.
- ROM upgrade on the ADA.
- Order and install the noise mod pack from marshalljmp.
- ROM upgrade on the FCB1010 with an UNO chip.
- Phantom power mod for the FCB1010.
- Install HumFrees to prevent ground loops.
- Fix my TU-2 that has become microphonic.
- Build a fligtcased pedal board for my FCB1010 and TU-2. In the future I will probably add a tubescreamer in there as well.
So, still plenty to do and probably plenty to ask here on the forum.
Looking forward to chat ADA with you all!
Martin.