Marshall 9004 Preamp

an EQ per Channel ensures you can dial whatever you need into play in about 3 seconds. this alone ensures her as the standard to which all preamps are judged.

Master volume, efx loop, stereo capability, direct outs.

The ability to have a seperate EQ for EACH channel is still the professionals first choice. Great gain to crystal clear, the channel switching is instantaneous.

Noiseless, great for studio work as well as live wild gigging.

The 9004 can acchieve anything from Marilyn Manson and Rage against the Machine to Steely Dan and The Beatles is acchieved with the flip of a switch! If you can read and turn a knob - you too will quickly become a tone guru to amaze your peers, inspire your friends and confound you enemies.

Incredible versatility this is an archive of TONE!

Played with a 40 watt Marshall ValveState Power amp and a 528 watt Decca Power Amp by Peavey.

One or two (of the now obscure, stackable angled) 2X12's Marshall Cabs with 35 watt Greenback Celestian.

Anything from a John Lennon Casino to a 22lb 1979 Charvel - this baby will deliver!

I've dribbled my rack with it's precious cargo across a parking lot or too, seen her mishandled by drunken roadies and she is bullet proof - Always fire and inspire.

Playing in Copy band - and I mean a CONVINCING cover band requires tone versatility and on the business side of the things - reliability.

These are qualities this little jewel has in abundance! Playing one since Christmas '91 when I bought her new, she's has logged nearly two thousands gigs and probably three times that number in rehearsel and recording sessions - she is most likely the most played 9004 on Earth.

Never a problem.

Marshall doesn't like to acknpwledge, even less admit or correspond about analog tubless preamps.

The 9004 Valvestate Preamp has always been consistently versatile in diverse gigging environs. Her twin EQ is still being emulated by competitive designs even today.

Peavey released the RockMaster Preamp about this time with twin EQ's and an AX7 tube.

Gallien Kruger unveiled a twin EQ, analog Guitar preamp with chorus also. Protracted comparision shows the Marshall 9004 smokes them both.

It's the easiest thing on earth to use! Two channels, one pushbutton, different eq per channel... Great!

IT REAPS!!! Seriously. I've had lots of preamps, and I work in a music shop, so I've been able to try almost ANY preamp. It is, by far, the best sounding preamp in it's price range. What if it is solid state? It sounds ten times better than the JMP 1. I had a Triaxis for some time, I sold it and bought back the 9004. It is incredible how easy it is to make it sound good.

I've had three. The first one fell from my table (1 meter high) four or five times. It didn't fail at all! I've been using them for years, It's the most reliable piece of gear in my rack.

I never had to talk to the company, but I have often been temptated to call them and ask why did they stop producing it.

If you have one and want to sell it, please e-mail me!!!! They don't make this preamp anymore, and it's a shame, because it's the best preamp I have tried and only costs 1/10th of the Triaxis (you can buy a car with the money you save). If you happen to find one, buy it. You won't regret it.

Plug 'n play. Made for the techno dork in all of us. Just knobs. Manual? Why? It's solid state.

Depends on the situation. You can get a pretty reasonable Marshall like tone. No, not a sweaty, blistering Plexie, but an improvement over what you probably got. The key: but it cheap. Then it sounds *terrific* for the money. BTW it's a noisey unit. (hey, it's a Marshall, remember?)

solid state. It's seems solid enough. Just got it, but I expect no surprises.

huh?

Whadaya want? It's solid state. Will it change your life? No, but if your sound currently sucks, it will help. Buy it cheap and it's a great unit!! For my immediate needs, it's very cool. Nothing fancy, just the great Marshall tone (singular).

Solid state cheapo preamp. 2 channels. discrete eq. Lacks bottom end. Dirt channel will only get so "undistorted" when you reduce the gain so if you want to switch from a clean tone to a lightly distorted tone forget it . I process it to shit with a quad gt but it still has no life about it. ease of use -10. it's easy to use, It just has no tone

suckola

solid state. Shipped it from uk to us in a rack. No probs

cheap, entry level rack gear.

The Marshall 9004 is a solid state rackmount preamp with a clean and a distortion channel. It is very easy to get a good sound out of it, plug in, and play. Since I bought this used, there was no manual.

The clean channel is very good. It doesn't sound like a tube preamp, but then again, it isn't one. The clean channel is very warm and fat. The distortion is also very warm and fat. Again it doesn't sound like a tube but it does sound very good. It is hard to get a warm bluesy breakup, but metal and hard rock sounds are easily had.

I just got it so I can't say for sure, but I've never had a problem with any Marshall product I've owned.

Have never dealt with Marshall, never had to.

I probably would buy it again. It has a great distortion sound, a great clean sound, and also a headphone jack for silent practicing. I put it up against my Hafler T3 tube preamp, and it sounds almost as good. I wish it had a third bluesy breakup channel in addition to the clean and heavy distorto channels.