What settings do you have it on? Line-in it sounds alright but whenever I hook the fucker into a power amp it's uber noisy and trebly and shit sounding
What is "modern metal" and why wouldn't you expect vintage equipment to be able to handle it? The MP-1 is from 1988, but it's supposedly modeled after a 1958 Marshall Plexi. Gee, how can that handle metal at all?
Every metal tone you hear today was done 20 years ago by someone, and the maximum useable distortion levels were already attained back then.
In this video in particular, no tonal or musical idea sounds newer than about 1985.
thank you man. What is it with kids these days? Why on god's green earth would the ADA MP-1 not be able to reproduce the pure trash that is newer metal tone? It's a great pre-amp, but you can make it sound as bad as this video too!! :)
@andypopa256 nearly cutted off, now i've got to mod it a bit, the 3.666 mod especially to finish the bloodwork. It sounds... hmm... marshall-like, which of i'm not a big fan. :D and also, i'm running it through rocktron velocity, not a really pro poweramp. Switching to some tubes asap.
@foreverjimmy I haven't played the V-TWIN but I have watched demos and they're weak. I'd go for ADA, although there's no reason why you wouldn't go for an outright metal head like the 6505+ (which is also cheap and US made)
I've got both. Just because the V-Twin is from Mesa Boogie that does not mean it sounds like a rectifier!! The V-Twin sounds great, but don't for Metal (!) Not enough Gain
@99mmpick It's not modded. I'm in Germany right now so I'm pretty far away from my ADA but the settings are mostly like big bass, no mids, big treble, big presence. I know all about how scooped mids so non true and yadda yadda but honestly it's a sound that suits the ADA very well. You have to be really careful with the mids. I have presets with high mids and they sound good but like really really specific. I haven't been able to get like... a lamb of god tone or anything. That's another story.
@andypopa256 If you're playing through a flat-response power amp, you can get away with a little bit of mid scoop. A lot of guitar amps are already mid-scooped with all the tone knobs at "12 o'clock"; when you turn up the mid, you're actually flattening the EQ. The ADA with the controls at zero seems to have a flat EQ; so compared to lots of amps it sounds mid-rangey. On the crunch channel, you can get a good blues crunch tone with the tone controls flat.
@shreddaddy1 A tube combo made by some dude. It's pretty weak for metal, but it's 50w, 2 x 6L6 and has a V30 - which means that if you pair it with a preamp it's super ok. Maybe I'll do a video of it some day.
through a vht power amp it might sounds very very good
AdamFrostofficial 2 months ago
oooh yes, it can!!
:D
i just love ADA MP1...
zbljk 3 months ago
@minpinful Yeah, it is all in the fingers, but the ADA MP-1 without mods handles itself very well for it's age.
andypopa256 4 months ago
sick, Whats your rig and whats the ada mp1 running into?
DALE97DSM 4 months ago
It is nice to see someone playing metal with a Gibson studio; great guitar!
jdrichmond237 4 months ago
ada mp1 are great
specialbru 6 months ago
Did you write that riff at 0:34 or who is it by?
SmoothAsButtah7 7 months ago
hola tenes conectado el ada a la placa presonus ? y de ahi al pc ??
gracias!
ototel 7 months ago
that group is the music you played was beating fa tell me no?
ericketernal16 7 months ago
What settings do you have it on? Line-in it sounds alright but whenever I hook the fucker into a power amp it's uber noisy and trebly and shit sounding
jbohler33 8 months ago
do you have any other ada products
gogonog 8 months ago
@gogonog no
andypopa256 4 months ago
nice guitar and mp-1. did you put the mods on ada?
gogonog 10 months ago
What is "modern metal" and why wouldn't you expect vintage equipment to be able to handle it? The MP-1 is from 1988, but it's supposedly modeled after a 1958 Marshall Plexi. Gee, how can that handle metal at all?
Every metal tone you hear today was done 20 years ago by someone, and the maximum useable distortion levels were already attained back then.
In this video in particular, no tonal or musical idea sounds newer than about 1985.
KazKylheku 11 months ago 6
@KazKylheku
thank you man. What is it with kids these days? Why on god's green earth would the ADA MP-1 not be able to reproduce the pure trash that is newer metal tone? It's a great pre-amp, but you can make it sound as bad as this video too!! :)
marviosantos 10 months ago
i'll figure if it can next sunday, getting it this saturday and chopping my band mates heads off sunday. :D, should sound great through 4x12 mesa.
Is your gibson modified or stock?
overdriff 1 year ago
@overdriff Stock :D
How are your friends' heads?
andypopa256 11 months ago
@andypopa256 nearly cutted off, now i've got to mod it a bit, the 3.666 mod especially to finish the bloodwork. It sounds... hmm... marshall-like, which of i'm not a big fan. :D and also, i'm running it through rocktron velocity, not a really pro poweramp. Switching to some tubes asap.
overdriff 11 months ago
Is it boosted?
guidedbyechoes 1 year ago
@guidedbyechoes No boost! :D
andypopa256 11 months ago
ADA MP1 or MESA V-TWIN ?
foreverjimmy 1 year ago
@foreverjimmy I'd go for ADA.
andypopa256 11 months ago 5
@foreverjimmy I haven't played the V-TWIN but I have watched demos and they're weak. I'd go for ADA, although there's no reason why you wouldn't go for an outright metal head like the 6505+ (which is also cheap and US made)
andypopa256 4 months ago
@andypopa256 hey could the ada work in front of a tube head amp or does it have to run into a phantom power amp?
ApotheosiZ 3 months ago
@foreverjimmy
I've got both. Just because the V-Twin is from Mesa Boogie that does not mean it sounds like a rectifier!! The V-Twin sounds great, but don't for Metal (!) Not enough Gain
dazedhorizon 3 weeks ago
is it modded ADA? if it is not could you share the settings?sound great
99mmpick 1 year ago
@99mmpick It's not modded. I'm in Germany right now so I'm pretty far away from my ADA but the settings are mostly like big bass, no mids, big treble, big presence. I know all about how scooped mids so non true and yadda yadda but honestly it's a sound that suits the ADA very well. You have to be really careful with the mids. I have presets with high mids and they sound good but like really really specific. I haven't been able to get like... a lamb of god tone or anything. That's another story.
andypopa256 1 year ago
@andypopa256 hi, wich firmware version have you? and wich mod? thx
ersemola 1 year ago
@ersemola No mod, fw isn't the newest one but it doesn't affect anything.
andypopa256 11 months ago
@andypopa256 If you're playing through a flat-response power amp, you can get away with a little bit of mid scoop. A lot of guitar amps are already mid-scooped with all the tone knobs at "12 o'clock"; when you turn up the mid, you're actually flattening the EQ. The ADA with the controls at zero seems to have a flat EQ; so compared to lots of amps it sounds mid-rangey. On the crunch channel, you can get a good blues crunch tone with the tone controls flat.
KazKylheku 10 months ago
If anyone wonders if ADA MP-1 can do metal the answer is: Metallica's Justice was recorded using one ...
filipopolis1976 1 year ago
@filipopolis1976 Smashing Pumpkins also used it on "Gish" the most metalized rock alternative I have heard
teflondon91 1 year ago
What are ya running the MP-1 to? Love that metal tone bro
shreddaddy1 1 year ago
@shreddaddy1 A tube combo made by some dude. It's pretty weak for metal, but it's 50w, 2 x 6L6 and has a V30 - which means that if you pair it with a preamp it's super ok. Maybe I'll do a video of it some day.
andypopa256 1 year ago
@andypopa256 wich tubes do you use on your ada mp1?
ersemola 1 year ago
@ersemola Sovtek I think
andypopa256 11 months ago