How To: ADA MP-1 | Legendary Preamp from the 1980s.

How to get the best out of it and how I use it to get sounds from crystal clean to chunky distortion with different guitars & pedals. Into Marshall power amp and how it compares to Marshall JCM800 2203 & Peavey 5150.
- MP-1 owner's manual: adadepot.com/manuals/ADA-MP1-...
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[@darrenwilliamsahs2211]

Bunch of old metal heads who still have their original 1989 ADA! Bought mine with my first credit card! Still have all the original manuels and everything. Love it till this day. Very versatile.

[@lostinpa-dadenduro7555]

Still got my ADA and JMP-1 😀👍

[@TheLochs]

I bought one in 1989 because my teacher Paul Gilbert had one. Its still one of my favorite preamps to this day.

[@Kevin.Kelly.]

Never heard of him.

[@TheLochs]

Too bad.

[@helio1055]

Who?

[@imsubbingtoeveryonewhosubs7448]

Wait a minute…

[@R2R3Lockingnut]

I still owned my original ADA MP 1 from 1989. Ran it with an Alesis Quadraverb and a Crown Powerbase 2 power amp ✊🏼 Those were the day ‼️

[@deddiev1718]

I had the same with s Boogie 50/50 power amp

[@EugeValovirta230V]

Cool!

[@Lavabug]

Sepultura and Testament used to use the MP1 into the front end of a JCM800. People got really creative with these.

[@HAHb-zc2dp]

Disgorge is the adult band that used this

[@Lavabug]

@@HAHb-zc2dp mexigorge or caligorge? I thought the latter used digitech racks.

[@HAHb-zc2dp]

@@Lavabug please don't say shit like mexigorge.lmfao, that's like pedos who say "melodeath" and "atmoblack"... Instant throat punch. I mean specifically the true disgorge from San Diego, they used the ads mp1 he talks about it in video interviews. Skolnick went Marshall mf4, I have one it's not bad

[@HAHb-zc2dp]

@@Lavabug I replied to this seem my reply is gone? Diego from disgorge San Diego used ada mp1, he talks about it a lot in interviews . Don't say Mexigirge btw

[@marcmacaspac6568]

Euge, I've owned my ADA MP-1 since 1989 and now it's 2024 and I still learned something new about programming it from your great video..thank you for this.

[@EugeValovirta230V]

Great to hear! Thanks!

[@MichaelSorensen-bl3ec]

Producer Michael Wagener (who was for a time the guitarist in Accept, before they became huge) used this to great effect with many bands. I remember hearing White Lion's 'Big Game' album and being astonished at how good it sounded. And then Extreme's 'Pornografitti' sounded even better. It was all over lots of late 80's and early 90's albums, it always sounded very natural and organic to my ears. Probably helped that it was being played through by some of the best gunslingers ever! Great demo.

[@0megalul309]

and thru proper tube power amps

[@helio1055]

White Lion is fucking underrated

[@suddentroubleband4557]

​@@0megalul309Nope, McIntosh 2100 solid state power amp. The MP1 was designed to have both a preamp and power amp style of saturation specifically so it would sound better with solid state power amps. Sounds great with tube power also but the Wagner albums were the McIntosh

[@klauth_Yksyn]

This brings back memories of the good ol' days! ..I was a drummer in a Testament cover band in the early 90's and the ADA stuff was code of the road! \m/

[@EugeValovirta230V]

Rock on!

[@tuulenkoti]

Best review channel on youtube

[@EugeValovirta230V]

Don’t know about that but thanks!

[@chasinggain]

You make the best videos Euge! I just wanted to let you know that I appreciate what you do. Thanks for making excellent music and great reviews 😄🤘

[@IamTheDustDevil]

Luv my MP1 too !!! Since I purchased it in 1989 & it's a monster with the 3TM & 300v transformer since 2012 from ADADepot,

[@presatito]

The song 'it's a monster ' was recorded with an ADA 😂

[@IamTheDustDevil]

@@presatito "Pornograffitti " Great Album !!!!

[@danriley5848]

I had one back in the day and it was a great unit. Great video as always 🤘🏻

[@EugeValovirta230V]

Thanks! 👍

[@RichardA5150]

I finally found a really clean ADA MP-1 for a great price, ive wanted one since 89 when one of my friends got one. but watching you vid finally made me pull the trigger.

[@timp.9582]

Had one of these waaay back, then foolishly sold it when I dumped the rack system. For years you could buy these on craigslist for $100-150 all day everyday. Then the pricing went bezzerker with the gear craze of the pandemic. Tooled around with the idea of getting another but remembered the PITA to dial in the tones with the push buttons up/down/enter - just dont have time for that at my age. Nonetheless it's a rock n roll machine!

[@Vander_berg]

I had a ADA MP-1 back in the day. Boogie rackmount head and an Alesis Quadraverb. Needed $$$ to go to University and sold all my gear along with my muscle car. Never crossed my mind to even ask my parents for help. Oh how times have changed lol.

[@fredpastukh3460]

Best preamp ever!

[@zoomzoom3950]

Nice! A blast from my past! My main rig back in the day was a full ADA rig: MP-1, MQ-1, B200S and four 2x12 vertical splitstacks; and an Alesis QuadraVerb and Furman power conditioner. Eventually, I replaced the MP-1 and MQ-1 with an MP-2. The MP-2 has a secondary EQ so I no longer needed the MQ-1...turns out it was much easier to program the MP-1 and MQ-1; I could reuse different MQ-1 eq curves with different MP-1 patches. In the MP-2, all that EQ had to be programmed into the patch. I still have my main MQ-2, the only challenge is if the screen goes, difficult to source a replacement. Last I checked, a few years ago, it was still working. Cheers!

[@MadLad612]

Love that flag ❤

[@EugeValovirta230V]

Cool!

[@matteonunziati-at-prato]

I had one when I was a teenager. Nice preamp!

[@EugeValovirta230V]

It is!

[@klauswhitedreamer]

A really great, legendary sound! ♥️😽🙏

[@StochasticRandom]

I remember Vernon Reid from Living Colour played one of those. I went with the JMP-1 which is still my main amp. Still works perfectly.

[@EugeValovirta230V]

JMP-1 is great too! I did hundreds of shows with that into VHT 2/50/2 back in the day.

[@StochasticRandom]

​@@EugeValovirta230VNice!. Would love to see some videos from back then. Would also like to see more new rack gear to be honest.

[@Alexthejump]

I bought an ADA mp1 (original first version) in 1989. As a final amplifier I used a Marshall jcm 800, 2210 (connected to the send-return) I used this combination until three years ago when I bought the Evh 5150 III 50 W El34.

[@Dennisbluschke]

Are you completely satisfied with the change or do you sometimes think of getting your old tone again?

[@Alexthejump]

@@Dennisbluschke Yes. This evh amp is absolutely superior in every way. Maybe I'm only missing this "famous" chorus in ADA. But with the help of line 6 hx effects I can achieve a similar sound.

[@FretFriendLaGR]

Sounds pretty good at the beginning (all I watched so far) :)

[@EugeValovirta230V]

🤟🎼

[@youWoNtLikeMe04]

This sounds great... headed to reverb

[@miguelangelnava4639]

I quite like that sound, really good

[@jesterraj]

Merry xmas my friend to ypu and yours!

[@EugeValovirta230V]

Same to you!

[@nickm.9474]

Ahhhhh!! Wish I still had mine. Classic case of where the heck did that go. Funny thing. Just yesterday an old girlfriend from thirty years ago found a live tape of my old band. I was using the mp1. Sounded pretty awesome! 😄

[@EugeValovirta230V]

😎🤟

[@VeryGreen1987]

Nice sound👍

[@EugeValovirta230V]

Thanks!

[@RutchanonWongsang]

awesome bro

[@EugeValovirta230V]

Thanks ✌️

[@RutchanonWongsang]

@@EugeValovirta230V i cant belive 80gear still sound good to this day

[@patrickdv2169]

i usa alot of ada mp-1 from stock to ss mod,3.666 mod, and 3tm full mod the best preamp with rocktron velocity valve power amp only 700 made.cheers dude.

[@emailchrismoll]

Back in the day this thing was amazing. I'm surprised i haven't seen it built into any modelers like the Helix

[@TheMack]

Agreed. If you go the PC plugin way, Nembrini Audio has made a great replica of this.

[@joshuasydnee]

Great video Euge, what amp switcher are you using?

[@EugeValovirta230V]

Thanks! KHE: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5C6oaiQjJdlepYsi=JieI6queSQaTd3hw

[@fredpastukh3460]

Anybody know,why when I use midi switch between the channels,I start hear delay and reverb only without main sound?I mean effects loop Thanks

[@1977raider]

Love that ESP guitar that looks like an original Mirage! Great demonstration of this unit !

[@EugeValovirta230V]

Yep. Thanks!

[@helio1055]

Original mirages actually had strat bodies and fish hook headstocks

[@1977raider]

You are right its called the "New York " headstock and my 85-87 Telecaster has it! Has 2 humbuckers ebony board its my go to guitar! Plays so effortless and nice

[@petripuustinen2855]

Hmm, I should be commenting on the main subject, however, noticed your use of mic pre. I have a neve style WA73-EQ and yours was WA-412. It would be interesting subject for a video to compare different mic pres for guitar use (cabinet, mic, mic-pre and into i/o). I like the neve style or "sound", which has been found on many blogger racks that have been doing professional work for ages. I put the sound on quotes, because that would be the topic of a video whether a pre makes difference and if yes, how much and maby in what kind of applications different pres might be more suitable. I'm in an impression that also WA-412 is not that transparent, which can be a deciding factor for gtr and for example high gain use, hence, interesting topic.

[@EugeValovirta230V]

Thanks for the suggestion! It can be transparent or coloured depending how hard you push it. I’d say I push it just to get a bit of that classic API (it’s basically a clone of an API) style punch.

[@alisabbagh8242]

Its a nice piece of gear. I wish I could afford one but Its always a matter of paying my rent or buying and ada. The prices are out there!

[@Johnsormani]

Prices are crazy nowadays. I bought my 2 mp1 and 1 mp1 classic between 100 and 150€ each some years ago

[@Kevin.Kelly.]

@@JohnsormaniI bought one for $50 one time.

[@dalepiwek]

Ive got one from 88' and ive modded it to the tits. I can tell u a few objectively legit mods. The ceramic input resistor sounds inferior to an orange drop of the same value. Less dull mud. The pcb input (inverting op amp) 25k mini pot isnt enough, a 100k wired to the rear input jack hole is very helpful. Installing 2k and 10k mini pots where the mid and bass resistors are really helps the EQ flexibility. The tube board 6.8uf filters benefit from becoming 22uf. Youll never hear this thing withought both outputs feeding an amp and after using a 2:90, recto, and probably a dozen others nothing sounded near as good as 2 Krankensteins fx loop returns 🤘

[@aquilarossa5191]

Stop it! You keep making me want to buy stuff. Merry Xmas Euge. :)

[@EugeValovirta230V]

😎🤷‍♂️

[@Necronomicon66]

Are you running the ADA directly into your DAW? Or do you run it through a poweramp and IR loader? Does it have built in IR and power amp simulation?

[@EugeValovirta230V]

15:45 😉 IRs and power amp sims weren’t invented when this was built in the 1980s so no 😁.

[@youWoNtLikeMe04]

​@@EugeValovirta230Vlol, great response.

[@dirkfierce2525]

You can run it directly into your DAW and use a power amp emulator. The back panel has a switch to turn the output to line level. I've run mine both ways and currently have it going directly into my DAW (I use one of Michael Nielsen's power amp emulators in Overloud). It works fine but would work a lot better if I could play like Euge...

[@Johnsormani]

The words Impulse response and power amp simulation weren’t even invented yet when this unit came out 😂

[@jukkahoppania3847]

Klassikko etuaste!🤘btw, onko nuo boksit joissa pidät nuppeja kustomia, vai saako noita jostain valmiina?

[@EugeValovirta230V]

Kustomeita. Toisen teki Transit Case joskus 2000- luvun alussa ja toisen Hypocase vähän aikaa sitten: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZrNkKB9ndaWoJIsi=vYwEWDXmMMWPj4xW

[@jukkahoppania3847]

Ok, tänks. Melkein olis tuollaista vailla😄

[@napalmjayhee]

Saatko Euge jostain käsiis vielä Lee Jacksonin perfect connectionin? Olis hauska nähdä siitä pätkää.

[@EugeValovirta230V]

Ei mitään hajua, mut olis kyl kova.

[@littledittymusic727]

YY gives me more B IDE. Thanks El or Elal! 😁

[@EugeValovirta230V]

🕺😎🙏

[@HAHb-zc2dp]

Legendary pre amp used by disgorge!

[@primaballerina84]

German Troops 😂😂😂🙏🏻🤘🏻

[@EugeValovirta230V]

😎🤷‍♂️

[@HAHb-zc2dp]

The 666 mod.is mandatory foe the ada

[@riffmondo9733]

I have had my 1988 model for sale on Reverb for 2 months. I think I will take down my ad now.

[@ripperthecrooks6428]

How much were you selling it for? Anyway yeah classic piece of gear

[@riffmondo9733]

800 bucks with shipping.

[@ripperthecrooks6428]

@@riffmondo9733 keep it , its only going to increase in value

[@EugeValovirta230V]

Good 😎

[@JRP3music]

I never used overdrives with my ADA MP-1.

[@EugeValovirta230V]

Personal preferences 👌.

[@JRP3music]

I know, I am just noticing every video I have aeen everyone has used an overdrive or a Rat. It was an observation. When I used mine, I didn't even own an overdrive. I did eq with a parametrics in my Rocktron Replifex and I also used my ADA MP-1 infront of a Tube Works Realtube II on clean to use stereo fx loop. The clean preamp had different freq center points.

[@tomitoikka367]

Brilliant video 🤘😎👍 If someone's really keen on plugins they should try Nembrini's MP1 Pro plugin. It gives quite authentic ADA MP1 sounds. ADA MP2 is a different kind of beast. Here's "Big City Nights" opening riff played by me @ our rehearsal place couple of weeks ago. No additional pedals, only some chorus & reverb from Digitech GSP2101. Recorded with my Samsung S22 Ultra. kzbin.infoQp7P6BqGoEc?feature=share

[@EugeValovirta230V]

Thanks!

[@user-vq8br3rq2n]

Boring GuitarKZbinr makes boring video about a rack unit that loads of other boring poeple have already made videos about...Well done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@zlatkodraskovic5532]

Mate, you’re grinding your teeth… 😂