Bump...
I'm always trolling Craigslist and Reverb.com to find used rack gear. Usually, when something does show up, it's ridiculously overpriced. Not today. I found a 2120 at a local shop for a decent price...and it's MINT! I just started fiddling with it & it took me a few minutes to re-remember how these things work.
Once again, all the patches were set to 100%
I do NOT see the logic in that. Turned them all back to 50% for headroom. I thought this thing had a direct out, but I guess it's just 1/4". Sounds decent in the headphones, better with the poweramp and speakers. My wah is making all kinds of buzz, I may have to look into something else (I'm using a Boss V-wah, which is a modeling pedal really). The buzz is only there in the amp, not with headphones, I'll look into it. Could be my One-Spot power supply.
Anyway, I'm digging having a rackmount unit to play with again, and it's very pretty - haha
Would I gain any benefit from rolling tubes in this thing? Or, does it just take any ol' high gain tube, like the MP-2? Tube rolling in that thing doesn't really do much to the tone, just warms it up. Changes in tubes are much more drastic in the MP-1, MP-1 Classic. It's a PITA to change the tubes, so...
The pitch shifting is pretty dang nice, better than my Boss MS3 (which is about 20 years newer). I think Digitech always had the upper hand on pitch shifting with their wammy stuff. My EHX Pitch fork does a great job with wammy FX on my other pedal board. I won't need it with this.
UPDATE: Next morning....the buzz is gone. I blame a cable. Gotta find it.
This thing sounds really good, when you dial back the settings a bit....I think they overdid it, trying to demo all the features, turned them up to 11.