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My special super-duper Eddie-Ciletti ultra hot -rodded Silver face pair of LA4's with built-in preamps and phantom power!
Last winter Eddie took one pair of my silver LA4's and built-in a dual gainstage solid state preamp with phantom power with a little consulting help from his friends Dan Kennedy and Dave Hill. The units have custom Sowter input transformers and they absolutely rock on electric guitar or bass when using dynamic mics. He also did his usual op-amp upgrade and opto-cell matching for the compressor section.
Since those babies became my main electric guitar pre/comps, I have had nothing but ecstatic guitar players since last February. No more long faces and disapointment on the guitar players when they walk into the control room. No more, "hey could you come into the studio to see how it's supposed to sound".
Usually their jaws just drop to the floor and they launch into expletives of joy.
Sorry to suggest a custom unit but these are so fine that I couldn't resist.
And don't forget to make sure the amps are in primo condition. My '72 Super Reverb needed to be braced, reglued, speaker bolts replaced, speakers remounted, and the amp totally rebuilt. But it was reallllly worth it!!!!!
Loads-o-luck.
Whir Lee |