From formercakid@yahoo.com Mon Nov 05 05:49:00 2007
Subject:Re: about preamps....

You need power tubes to get that creamy overdrive and
compression. A good power tube pa head (if you can
find one) with a line out or record out will give that
type of overdrive. I use a 1970's reworked/restored
Fender PA 135 head. The Fender Black Face design tube
amps will also do it. Also, an old HiFi amp/preamp
with power tubes is an option.
--- jblann1 wrote:

> There seems to be alot of recent discussion about
> preamps and trying to
> get the leslie-like growl as realistic as possible.
> But it seems to be
> the combination of 2 preamps (amps) to accomplish
> this. For example a
> B3's AO-28 with a 122 amp vs. the new SVM's AMA/VTP
> combo set. But
> I've seen other folks try to do this with other
> equipment... like
> tweaking (or changing tubes) on their XK3 and adding
> another tube
> preamp in the chain to their leslie. Even with the
> famed VTP, it is
> also said that it's not intended for thick leslie
> overdrive, but merely
> to mimic the warm tone of the AO-28 organ preamp
> before it hits the
> actual leslie tube amp.
> Is it possible to get anything close to a growling
> overdrive with a
> 12AX7-like tube preamp or chained preamp setup?
> Most of the overdrive
> tones I've heard from such devices (motion-sound or
> even the 3300)
> sound more thin and raspy than what I hear from
> original 6550 (true
> high voltage-driven) or even the AMA.
>

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