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ADA Preamps => Original MP-1 => Topic started by: Crabs on March 24, 2015, 08:43:27 AM
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Yep,
My very first MP-1 is on it's way to me! :banana-rock:
Now understand, it's NOT working BUT I'm excited none the less. :banana-guitar:
Hopefully it will be up and running in a while. :ada-big:
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We will help to get it up and running :thumb-up:
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We will help to get it up and running :thumb-up:
I'm depending on it! ;)
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Lots of help and support here, and when you get it working, then the fun starts LOL
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Here at last, here at last, thank God almighty they're here at last !
My MP-1 and MC-1 :banana-rock:
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:whoohoo!: , the beginning of a very enjoyable adventure.
So crabs, what other gear have you got, guitars ? what sort of music do you play ?
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Amps:
Fender Princeton Chorus Combo
Tech 21 Trademark 30 Combo
Peavey Classic 50 4x10 combo
Rack gear in addition to the MP-1:
Quadaverb GT
Hafler T-3
ART Multiverb 3
ART SGX-2000 express
Carvin SX-15 preamp
2 power conditioners
1 rack tuner
Power Amps,
Marshall Valvestate 8008
Peavey Classic 60/60
Solid Body Guitars:
Fender American Deluxe Fat Strat "locking"
G&L Asat Custom semi hollow
Gretsch BST-1500
Parts Strat (my #1)
Carvin AE-185
Carvin Bolt
Carvin SC-90
Agile AL-3100
Agile AL-3100 P90
Agile AL-2000 P90 Gold Top
Agile 3110se.
Acoustic/Electrics:
Carvin Cobalt 980 Acoustic/Electric
Carvin AC-375 Acoustic/Electric
Acoustic:
Washburn Flint Hill SC
You might notice I didn't list any Speaker Cabs, that's because I have none. Not yet anyway, I do have 8-12" speakers that I plan to install into 4 - over-sized 2x12 cabs I plan to build later this year. They will be much like Marshall 1936 cabs
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Ok got some good stuff, this will be interesting.. MP1 is good adition IMHO, lets get it working for you :thumb-up: >:D
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"What sort of music do you play ?"
Sorry, forgot to answer that one,,,,,,,,,, I play Modern Praise & Worship Music.
Of course a few old classic rock/blues type stuff comes out every now and then. :)
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Hey Crabs, cool, the MP1 is very versatile so I'm sure will suit your needs :thumb-up: BTW the MT200 MJMP is offering you is US 110v model, just the ticket for a nice ADA MP1 rack.
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Hey Crabs, cool, the MP1 is very versatile so I'm sure will suit your needs :thumb-up:
I think it will, a good friend of mine had an MP-1 in the 90's and I loved it. He had it running through an effects processor (don't remember the brand/model), then Mesa Boogie power amp (again don't remember the model) and a pair of the ADA 2-12 speaker cabs. Sounded great!!!!
Fact is that all my "rack rear", really ALL my gear except for my Pod 2.0 only gets played at home in the "Music room" because at church we have to go "direct to the board". :-\
BTW the MT200 MJMP is offering you is US 110v model, just the ticket for a nice ADA MP1 rack.
I hadn't realized MJMP had offered me one until seeing your post mentioning it here. I have since emailed him about it. Thanks! :thumb-up:
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:banana-rock: :banana-rock: :banana-rock: :banana-rock: :banana-rock: :banana-rock:
My MP-1 LIVES ! ! I tried reloading the Factory Presets as per MJMP and the 29 Factory Presets showed up like they are supposed to!!!! Sooo, now to get the battery holder and a new battery installed.
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Hey Crabs, excellent news :thumb-up: . To use your MP1 at the church, you could use the headphone outs and go direct (as they do a bit of cab sim (take off some top end)), or better get the new(ish) ADA GCS-3 cab sim or similar (http://www.adaamps.com/Products/ada-GCS/GCS.htm) and put in the MP1 FX loop. My friend MikeB does this and plugs direct into my studio set up for rehearsals. He's set up 2 patches for each sound, one with loop on for direct into desk (as runs through cab sim) and the other with the loop off for live. MikeBs set up and the experiments we did to refine it are well posted here, do a search for MikeB posts (check his profile and click view posts). He combines with a TC GMaj, but any other serteo multi FX would work in his patch set up.
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rnoland,
Thanks for the reply. We'll see, I don't know if I'll get to use the MP-1 at Church or not BUT at this point I'm so glad to finally have one I'm not very concerned with it being used at Church or not. I just want to use it, and my music room will be an awesome start. I'm going to experiment with using it with my Marshall 8008 and Peavey 60/60 Classic........... at least as soon as I get my speaker cabs built. :-\
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A long time ago, I paired my MP-2 with a Quadraverb and an 8008 - pretty ample rig and very portable :thumb-up:
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To be honest I don't know what I'll team with what.................... I have way more preamps than power amps..........
First thought (before I had the MP-1) was to pair the Hafler T3 into the ART Multiverb 3 the Peavey Classic 60/60 and the second rig would be the Quadaverb GT or ART SGX-2000 express or
Carvin SX-15 preamp into the Marshall 8008 BUT now with the MP-1 in the mix I'll WILL use th eMP-1 as my main preamp regardless of which power amp.
By the way; I talked to a friend who works on computers and he had an old PC that he gave me today, I promptly de-soldered the battery holder (CR2032) as well as de-soldered the factory MP-1 battery and put the holder in it's new home,,,,,, works perfectly. I even reused the battery from the computer, for now at least. Already powered her up, loaded the factory presets, turned it off and back on and it holds the presets like a champ. NOT planning on any Mods for a while since I've never had a MP-1 before. I want to get to know her before I start changing anything about her. ;)
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Hey Crabs, great news :thumb-up: . One way (and the best IMHO) to solve your preamp/poweramp patching issues is get a decent (small) mixing desk (like the carvin 12 ch with 6 aux sends (http://carvinaudio.com/collections/mixers/products/c1240-concert-series-mixer)), then run it all like a PA, plug all your preamps into it in stereo, assign all the FX gadgets via the 6 aux sends and return, take the various outputs (sub groups and main) to the different poweramp ins. You can then control which preamp is active via midi patch to them all, e.g. patch 25 = MP1 (all other preamps bypass/sound off on that patch, etc). It has 4 subgroups and main outs so you can use sub 1/2 to one poweramp, sub 3/4 to another and main to another. You'll have to repatch the speakers though when changing amps (unless you got a speaker splitter).
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Hi rnolan,
That's a very interesting solution. Thanks for mentioning it, I'll have to think about it for a while.