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Topic: Mesa Boogie Studio Preamp - please help! |
Guido Hausmann
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Gütersloh, NRW Germany
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Posted 16 Sep 2013 1:13 pm |
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Just got the mesa Studio pre and changed the v1 to a cleaner one!
But: still get distortion with gain above 1,5 when pushing the pedal! Absolutley no clean headroom and a very low signal out of it to record, even when master volume and output volumes set to max!
With a telly and light overdrive I like it, but with my Sho Buds I don't get it!!
For sure I use the rhythm Channel...!
What's to do???
Cheers from Germany
Guido
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Sho~Bud Pro II, Sho~Bud LDG, Fender '79 Vibrosonic 1x15 JBL, Fender '72 Bandmaster Reverb + Custom 2x12 Vintage Alnico Cab, Fender 75 1x15", Randall Steel Man 500, Peavey Session 500, Goodrich L120, Sho~Bud Pedal
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Ben Godard
From:
Jamesville NC
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Posted 16 Sep 2013 6:53 pm
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you probrably have a hot pickup on your guitar like a BL710. A lot of people have replaced the tubes with ones with a lower gain.
Although Paul Franklin says his preamp is stock and his pickups are BL710. I am not sure how his settings are. Maybe someone else can chime in here |
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Guido Hausmann
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Gütersloh, NRW Germany
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Posted 16 Sep 2013 9:44 pm
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It's a Sho Bud single coil.
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Sho~Bud Pro II, Sho~Bud LDG, Fender '79 Vibrosonic 1x15 JBL, Fender '72 Bandmaster Reverb + Custom 2x12 Vintage Alnico Cab, Fender 75 1x15", Randall Steel Man 500, Peavey Session 500, Goodrich L120, Sho~Bud Pedal
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Olli Haavisto
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Jarvenpaa,Finland
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Posted 17 Sep 2013 4:18 am
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Try playing it like Fender amp. Volume high on the amp, low on the volume pedal.
Also, you could take it to any qualified amp tech and tell him/her to modify the input "to be like the 2nd input on a silverface Fender". That`ll put a pad on the input and your pick up won`t overdrive the first tube too easily.
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Olli Haavisto
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Guido Hausmann
From:
Gütersloh, NRW Germany
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Posted 17 Sep 2013 8:45 am
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...a pad on the input sounds good!
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Sho~Bud Pro II, Sho~Bud LDG, Fender '79 Vibrosonic 1x15 JBL, Fender '72 Bandmaster Reverb + Custom 2x12 Vintage Alnico Cab, Fender 75 1x15", Randall Steel Man 500, Peavey Session 500, Goodrich L120, Sho~Bud Pedal
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Michael Brebes
From:
Northridge CA
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Posted 17 Sep 2013 10:18 am
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What model of tube did you put in the V1 position?
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Michael Brebes
Instrument/amp/ pickup repair
MSA D10 Classic/Rickenbacher B6/
Dickerson MOTS/Dobro D32 Hawaiian/
Goldtone Paul Beard Reso
Mesa Boogie Studio Pre/Hafler 3000
RP1/MPX100 |
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Brad Sarno
From:
St. Louis, MO USA
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Posted 17 Sep 2013 11:41 am
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Is it possible that the output of the preamp is overdriving the next device? What is the next device?
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Brad Sarno
From:
St. Louis, MO USA
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Posted 17 Sep 2013 12:15 pm
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(duplicate post)
Last edited by Brad Sarno on 19 Sep 2013 5:46 am; edited 2 times in total |
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Guido Hausmann
From:
Gütersloh, NRW Germany
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Posted 17 Sep 2013 12:26 pm
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I put a 5751 Highgrade TAD Premium Selected in V1!
Today I used the mesa in front of a Nashville 112 - output into power amp in, this turned out much better with less grit on higher gain settings around 4!!
Maybe the preamp pushes the line input of my Steinberg into gritty distortion?! Although it doesn't sound like that and the peak led is off...!
Maybe I've to experiment a bit more!
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Sho~Bud Pro II, Sho~Bud LDG, Fender '79 Vibrosonic 1x15 JBL, Fender '72 Bandmaster Reverb + Custom 2x12 Vintage Alnico Cab, Fender 75 1x15", Randall Steel Man 500, Peavey Session 500, Goodrich L120, Sho~Bud Pedal
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Guido Hausmann
From:
Gütersloh, NRW Germany
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Posted 17 Sep 2013 12:29 pm
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Next thing: when I put a MXR delay between guitar and volume pedal, the signal gets much clearer and there is no loss in volume and highs through the pot pedal!
Buffer phenomen??
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