| Reviewer
| Andrew Barlament
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| Experience
| 2
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| Email
| sponge@anonymous.to
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| Review date
| July 23 2001
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| Manufacturer
| ADA
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| Model
| MB-1
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| Price
| $210 used
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| Item owned for
| 1-6 months
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| Dimensions
| 1 rackspace high, I think 19" wide, and about 6" or 7" deep(shoul |
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d fit in your rack)
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| Weight
| About 3-5 pounds I'd say.
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| EQ
| 5 band
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| Other
| 2 programmable effects loops, Bi-ampable with crossover and limiter.
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I like the idea of buttons and pressing the EDIT button, it makes sure
you don't bump the knob and lose your setting. After you get the hang of
pressing buttons, the patches are really easy to create. Take a little time
and find out which levels are best.
I use it by plugging the Full range output into my Peavey Basic 112's
power amp in, thereby bypassing the combos preamp section, and using it as
a power amp and a cabinet.
This isn't noticeably noisy when playing with a guitarist and drummer,
but sometimes, in my room, I hear a faint buzz, nothing to get excited
about.
The distortion is really good, I like it a lot. The MB-1 has 3 distortion
levels, clean, edge, and full. The tone is shaped from shaping filters,
input level, and eq, plus the output level. It sounds really good and tubey
(from the two 12ax7a's).
The chorus is really rich, you can set the depth and the rate. I really
like the chorus and I can get some good tones with it, I can make it sound
like a flanger, and just some spaced out trippy sounds too.
The EQ section is like a graphic EQ, the Lo button is for anything below
120 HZ, and everything else (except the Hi button- I think it's everything
above 19k Hz) works like a graphic EQ. It is pretty flexible I think.
I got it used from someone who had it for about 6 years. It still works
perfectly.
I really like this preamp. It is one of the only preamps that has patches
that you can instantly access besides the Line6 and the Sansamp PSA-1. This
is also probably the most flexible preamp I have used. I would definetly
buy one again. The feature I love most about it is the patches saving (it
can save up to 256 patches!!!), since it is one of the only bass preamps
out there which can do this. Why won't other companys get with the
program?? So all in all, it is a great preamp, and I would reccommend it to
pretty much anyone!
ADA is no longer im buisness, as their company burned down, replacement
parts and service can be reached by the man who bought the company after it
burned down, he can be reached through the unofficial ADA site,
ultimatetone.com
| Construction
| 90% | 
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| (Seems like it can be dropped, wouldn't try it though.)
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| Clarity
| 90% |
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| (Pretty digital-ish, but I like it.)
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| Versatility
| 98% |
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| Value
| 100% |
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| (You can only get it used, around $200 is a STEAL)
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| Overall
| 95% |
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| (This is excellent!)
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