ADA MP-2

Presets are exaggerated...typical..., but easily tweaked, with literally 1,000 gradations of tube distortion, awesome

With the right power amp and speakers to fatten the preamp distortion, you can get great sustain without honkiness

lcd illumination went up on me twice, otherwise the unit is dependable

i use it with the filter on all the time ,this preamp is the best i used

i use a fender stratocaster, a fender blues de ville, the preamp is noisy but the noise gate works good.

i can use it without a backup

i can use it

i play rock,for 15 years,i use it with a eventide gtr 4000, a t. c. electronic g-force. i live in mexico and i have a big problem because
my mp2 is broken, and i dont have the users manual ,the technician needs the diagram for repair, and i would like to know how can i use controllers in real time.please help me .i would like to buy another one or two. my e-mail is muloc_13@hotmail. i can pay for the manual and the diagram. thanks.

Very easy to use but very dificult to get a good sound...once you get there you will never leave.

The MP-2 has lots of distortion , so you'll probably abuse of it and call it noisy. Comparing to other preamps like JMP-1 and MP-1 the MP-2
is a worl of sounds. The low gain voices (wich have as much distortion as a JMP-1, with the right tubes)a lot sound better. Tweak the equalizer to clean the high frequencies.
I use an ibanez RG guitar , a marshall poweramp and ADA cabinets.
For using with Guitar amplifiers cut the treble and the presence.
The tremolo, the wha wha and the chorus sound very good specialy if you use them together.
I dont need to use the noise gate but it's very effective.

Its reliable, i used it in a lot of gigs without problems.
Once i had o problem with noisy hum but my tech solved it very
well.

Don't Know.

Very good for getting all kinds of sound from clean to trash to "unbeliveble".

Sound is ok, but not superb. Clean's are good, and you can tweak the sound a lot, but from distortion you wont get any marshall-sound, so if you're looking for a high-gain amp, count this one out.

Jada jada jada, lots of tweakin tho not much effects (chorus, "wah"...).

Not very reliable for a long gig. Once we played for about four hours with lots of volume, and the floor controller stated "error" or something like that. Couse it's valve-preamp, it heats a lot too.

I have used it for six years or so, and it have served quite well. If you like to tweak your sound, this is for you. If you're even a bit lazy, _do not_ buy this one.

My ADA MP2 WAS great. When on a heavy distorted channel, the unit buzzes tremendously. I've tried every grounding configuration I can think of, to know avail. It sounds like it's some sort of capacitance problem. Trouble is, I can't find anyone who can/will fix them! I live in the Chicago are. Anybody wanna lend a fellow string-bender a hand?

Very easy to use, especially for a quick adjustment on stage.

I got the modification that was advertised here by the guy Spiridon. My ADA MP2 blows everything I've ever heard away with the new sound. Nothing comes close, not Mesa Boggie's Tri axis, not Marshall's JMP1, nothing. My ADA MP2 can now emulate any distortion sound with out noise (I keep my noise gate off, I no longer need it)and can get heavier, or lighter, or more crystal clean than anything else on the market. I'm selling my other preamps. I no longer need them.

Never had a problem.

I am a college student studying music. The ADA MP2 with the modification totally covers all my tonal needs. I'm glad I found one.

Very easy to use, I bought a floor model without a manual and managed to figure it all out pretty quickly. I would like a copy of the the owners manual though so if anyone has a copy could you let me know?

I am using a Marshall Valvestate Power Amp into a 1960 4x12 cab. It rocks. Just having trouble with the loud hum I get at higher volume.

Yes it is dependable, I have a buddy who has used this on every gig.

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Been playing for 15 years. This is finally the sound I have been looking for. I play hard rock and metal stuff. Dpending on the Guitar used and the power amp used I imagine it has a wide range of sound possibility.

very easy

READ THIS! ada created what i beleve to be the best preamp in the rack
RELM!(read on),BUT they put the wrong tubes combo in it!yes it has 2
12ax7's standard stuff but all you know about the utterly crappy,farty
noise!sound this unit makes when you crank the gain!looose bottom and
hey my humbuckers are acting like single coils now!got the picture and
yes the noise gate works but that noise is still there when it opeans,
loud 60 cycle hum from hell!.so get out your screw driver cause your
about to transform that ada into a flame thrower that will send mp1's
and overpriced boogie triasses runing for cover!.Is this possible-->
E-mail me for the mod!at sthero@worldspy.net ,for reason use mp2 mod,
after you transform your unit you will have a thight bottom,plenty of
gain,and tone!,and noise so low you can and will turn off the noise gate!,and for you clean and jazz dudes no more distortion on the clean
settings when you pump the base on the eq's!.So dont thrash that ada
mod it! with my help e-mail me!

used it during a brown out and it blow something up years ago but luckily it was still under warranty and they repaired it and havent
had a problem since so make sure your useing good regulated A.C. power
with surge protection!

its out of production but ada is still around making studio stuff but
im afraid support for products like this one is gone!

take your rating up to a 10 also with my help!

I'm running this thing through a Rocktron replifex and a Peavey tube power amp, going into a fender 2X12 cabinet. Yes, it has that 80's ADA high gain rock sound. Feel that puffy hair flappin' and those spandex pants creeping up your ass!! It does the high gain thing well, although it can sound a tad bit nasally and harsh if you crank things on it...The clean sounds? No, not quite. But you can get that deep, mid scoop Metallica crunch if you want. And poison as well....I use this thing when I get a wild hair and want to pretend I'm an 80's guitar hero.....

Hey, for $150, What's not to like?

Rackmount preamp with midi switching and lots of features. FX include compression, chorus, tremolo, graphic EQ, room EQ (unusual knob), wah filter, and a few other things that aren't that important....

No problems yet. I used to have a MP1 too, and no problems with that either....

Never delt with them, and can't anymore, since the ADA guys are out of business (just like those glam bands, thank god...)

This is a good preamp for a specific sound. It doesn't sound like a Marshall, Mesa boogie, or anything else. But it does do it's thing well and has a nitch. If you can find one cheap and want to add to your collection of gear, grab it....

It's easy to get the sound that I expect from it. Like a mellow clean tone to a high gain crunch tone.

I use an asortment of G&l's,ESP's and Robin guitars. All of those guitars are first ran through a nady 1200 wireless then for effects I use a zoom 1010 a dunlop crybaby and a dunlop talkbox. Then for rest of my rig. I first use a morly a/b box and run a mesa/boogie mark IV as preamp into to one of the two ENGL 2x20 poweramps (for clean tone) then into two Marshall 1960A 4x12's and two marshall 1960B 4x12's. Now this is were the ADA MP-2's come in. I have two MP-2's I slave one into the other (for my overdrive) then through a marshall powerbrake and then on to the other ENGl 2x20 poweramp.That is all sent to the same 4x12's ha ha try to find out how I did that little trick.

I can depend on them they have never let me don't yet. I play gigs with them all the time all though I do have two but I use then both at th same time so I guess I wouldn't consiter the other one a backup.

no, because they went belly up what the hell isup with that anyways. They have some pritty nice stuff.

I play really play a mix between shred and death metal. His preamp is a much needed tool if you are building pro sounding rig.