http://www.adadepot.com/adagear/gearpages/preamps/ADA-MP-1.htm

This baby is now mine. For those who don't know this is a preamp made in 1988ish. the Mp-1 was used by many many rock/metal bands of the 80's. Metallica used it, as well as Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big, Racer X). and Now I'm using it. the tone is godly. two tubes with 4 gain stages. midi control, a clean tube voicing. a solid state voicing. It's wonderous. and so versatile.

Also discontinued and really hard to find. =D but I own it now. rejoice for me.

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Wake up, rise and shine, Gotta take another pint, Dig heads and watch out for the night.

not really that hard to find... just not cheap

now all you really need is a good direct box unless that has cabinet modeling on it... i can't remember if they do or not

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LONG LIVE DREAMCAST!!!

Pretty.

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"I'd rather be hated for who I am rather than loved for who I pretend to be." -Janis Joplin

Really hard to find HERE. and I've got a good poweramp to plug it into. and this poweramp goes into my 4x12 cab. so no problem for cabinet simulation.

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Wake up, rise and shine, Gotta take another pint, Dig heads and watch out for the night.

now all you need is a better mic then... or a good direct box

Good times, Seb I can't wait until I get my new guitar... I'll keep on holding out with my RG450 for now

When they say phone jack, I assume they don't mean telephone... right?

No they don't. I guess Phone jack is a nickname for the standard 1/4' jack.

Figured as much, though I was thrown off by that at first.

I need a guitar...

Sexay

Yeah MP-1s are nice, and they're moddable. Just don't screw it up like I did mine and have to spend forever finding what's broken.

Metallica's use of the MP-1 was pretty short-lived, but the most notable use is that the MP-1 was used as a preamp along with the Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ power section for most of the tones.

Paul Gilbert's was a big endorser, as was Nuno Bettencourt.

It's a nice, versatile, cheap ($120 USD for a great all tube preamp) guitar preamp.