I've bought a Quad

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A Boogie preamp, not a bike :D

Got it for a very fair price . . . and b/c I've liked my Studio Pre a lot (sold it unfortunately) I can finally record silently again at night again (and can run my "Black Tiger" thru the loop as well), I think the rec out is pretty cool on this one, no? I liked it on my Studio Pre . . .

Best thing is that it looks like new, was hardly used and collected dust for the last 10 years (yeah, I'll have a look at the filter caps). FS is included.

Back into the 80s :D
 

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Wow, that thing looks almost brand new. Nice score! :thumbsup:
 
I should have bought guitarslingers :doh:

Very cool Olaf!!!!
 
Rock on Olaf!!! I can hear the opening VRRROOOMM slide to Still Of The Night from here :D :lol: :LOL:
 
Not sure if I should buy that tasty 2/50/2 which is on ebay currently :D
 
Congrats, Olaf! That was a damn nice score. I don't think I've ever seen one in that good condition. Scooped mids, eh? :D Please, do a WS 1987 clip with that beast!

-Jaakko
 
Congrats Olaf ! I wouldn't mind having one of those myself :yes:
 
Congrats Olaf, haven't heard anything but good things about those... :thumbsup:
 
Very nice, one of the coolest pieces they ever made. They work better with marshall's 9200 pwr. amp, than anything boogie made!! I think the record-out is very different on the quad than the studio 22.
 
one of the cleaner looking quad preamps I've seen in awhile.
Hell with the 50 watter...look for a "coliseum 300" power amp.
 
One of the meanest, most-forgiving, loudest, most killer preamps I ever owned.

I liked it more than my CAE 3+ in alomst every category.

only problem with Quad = weight, size, lack of midi, inherent design flaws ( bass must be on one, one channel is WAY louder than other channel, etc.)


Otherwise, it's like Vintage Metallica in a box, but 40% better.
 
Merci mes amis.

I will do some clips - the question is: who should play that WS stuff - I can't :D
 
JTyson":do5qdwpy said:
Very nice, one of the coolest pieces they ever made. They work better with marshall's 9200 pwr. amp, than anything boogie made!! I think the record-out is very different on the quad than the studio 22.
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better or worse?

Thanks.
 
Its apples and oranges. I think the studio 22 sounded a little better high-gain, but it was really purpose-built for recording, it just happened to sound great as a front end to a pwr amp. Built like a panzer tank. Of all the rack mount, guitar preamp things out there, those 2 will be running in the next ice age! When I say I think the st-22 sounded better, I'm talking about the sound quality of the record-out, not the gain characteristics, for that matter, I like the quad better. It defined an era. Congrats! very cool find !
 
One of my favorite preamps FO SHO!

Looks to be in great shape too. Cool score!
 
Thanks everybody - I forgot the VHT for a while and went with a used Hughes/Kettner VS250 first (pretty cheap, 8 EL84s), Lets see if I will dig the 80s again :D
 
Nah, your gonna hate that thing! Sell it to me now, and spare yourself the stress of another bad purchase !!
 
duesentrieb":1wungoph said:
Not sure if I should buy that tasty 2/50/2 which is on ebay currently :D
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I would... Damn, I love mine!

Steve
 
I had one many years ago. It would have been just a bit too much at the moment, you know.
I'll start with the baby tubes thing again first :D
 
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