ADA Preamps > ADA MP1 Channel

This thing kicks ass

(1/6) > >>

Chris5150:
Alright, so I've got 3 rack MP1's and I love them dearly. My favorite one has such a particularly killer tone that I fear ever losing and it would probably sacrifice the other 2 just to keep it running. Realizing how old these things are and how much I don't particularly enjoy ripping them apart to fix, I bought the MP1 channel to see if it had any of the same mojo.

Good news, it does! It is pretty fantastic, and does such a great job that I don't feel the need to lug the rack around anymore. I have a GCS 5 I plugged it into, and set that box to full range mode, then plugged it in place of my MP1. It's all there, the only thing that is a little different is the EQ since it isn't stepped and has little wider range. Yeah it sucks it isn't midi and doesn't have the SS mode, and of course the stereo chorus, but I just need the base tone anyways in the set up I am using. I'm smitten hard on this thing, give it a shot if you want a MP1 tone in a different form factor.

I opened it up to throw some NOS tubes I had laying around in it, and it all looks very familiar. I noticed a lot of the same capacitors, the chip for the EQ, it all looks like it should. Had two HG Ruby tubes in it, real high quality stuff. I will be playing with it throughout the week and will do some A/B tests with my favorite MP1 so I can really hear the differences.

All in all, I'm very impressed, and I'm glad I have a MP1 I can tape to my pedal board. Certainly wouldn't call it a replacement, but every proud MP1 owner would do well to have one just to mess with.

rnolan:
Good to hear  :thumb-up: .  and thanks for the heads up.  Looking forward to hearing some more from your testing  :wave:

Iperfungus:
Hey Chris!

Where did you find it?
These little bombs are not easy to find, even on Reverb...

It looks like an interesting item to have in a serious pedalboard...
I trust my Blue and Red Bogner Ecstasy preamp/pedals, but it wouldn't be bad to have a MP1 there...because I love my rackmount 2.01 MP1 preamp, but it's nailed to a GMajor and a Valvestate 8008 power amp into a 3U flight case and that's not my idea of "light and easy to transport"...  :lol:

Furthermore, this little bastard runs tubes at 270V, while MP1 with original transformer runs tubes at 190V if I remember right (and this makes the MDRT mod something with lot of sense).

Chris5150:
You know, if the voltage is correct in the marketing I imagine this thing would sound like an MP1 with a MDRT and the SS gain mod. It's character is very, very in your face MP1, and it seems like it has some more gain. I wouldn't replace my MP1 with it, but it is certainly a healthy counterpart to have on your pedal board. I got it off reverb for $300 bucks and feel like I stole it. I anticipated this being more of a gimmick but it's totally what I needed in my life. It's 80's MP1 tone goodness, but there is a modern flavor in there that I think will work excellent with the death core band I am in. I bought the ADA definition pedal too, to run in front of it because I think it will act like the fet stage before the tubes like inside the real deal. I can't wait to give it a shot, I think their definition peal + MP1 channel + GCS 5 is cool little set up.

Of course, it doesn't beat the real deal. There is a certain grind and liquidness of the rack unit, that I believe is influenced by the various op amp stages doing their thing compressing the signal or what have you. But it's 99%, and I think it has it's own thing going for it that will lend it to more modern metal, it won't be leaving my pedal board for sure. The way you switch between tube clean and dist is lame, but the cab sim acts like a DI and if you kick the pedal off it's like a nice clean SS tone from the rack unit. I never use tube clean anyways, so this works for me. I'll get back to you all when I can record some clips and get that definition pedal.

Iperfungus:
I share your point of view: I love the rack MP1 since I was a kid and I wouldn't replace it. Never.
But this MP1 pedal version is a good companion for the bigger brother.
And then..that's a pedal, less space in it...one has to accept some obvious limitations and have clear in mind what a correct application field can be.

MDRT runs tubes at 240V, so 270V is even more...and that's it: I've a modded MP1 with MDRT and that's a "in your face" MP1.
There's no more gain than before mods...maybe just a little...but there's less compression and this makes the MP1 a punch in your nose.
Dynamic, open and killer sounding.
It's more like a wild mustang now, since MJMP modded it (there are also SS mod, noise mod, battery mod...)...you've to reshape the eq....but the tone is awesome.
You loose a little of that compressed creaminess of original MP1, but you gain more presence and dynamics.
And then you can have creaminess back by reshaping the eq.

From what I can hear from demos, the MP1 Channel's tone is very close to my MP1's tone with MDRT.

300 dollars?
Look....look what I missed here in Italy...look....  :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:

https://www.musicash.it/chitarre/effetti-chitarra/1203-ada-mp-1-channel.html

159 euros...that's more than stolen....Jesus my lord and savior...

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page