T.C. Electronics Integrated Pre-Amp ....

[griff10672]

Any one have any experience with these they could share with me ?

In my constant search of rare , expensive , discontinued pedals to tweak and clone .... I happened upon the TC Electronic Integrated Pre ..

From what I've read so far I guess it was one of Meshuggah's " secret weapons "

there's maybe one vid on youtube that's decent on it where a guy is boosting his 5150 III with it

 

[RaceU4her]

One of the fortin pedals I believe is a direct clone

 

[mnemonic]

I don’t know if they use it much anymore but all their old stuff was boosted with the tc pre, bass on zero.

I bought one off eBay years back and then later built a tagboard clone (so I could turn it on and off). This was back before there were as many clone options on the market. I also built the pedalpcb clone which has a built in charge pump, it’s the most convenient version since it doesn’t need a separate 30 volt power supply. They all sound the same, barring pot tapers being a little different with modern alpha pots, vs whatever weird 3mm shaft pots tc electronic used back in the 70’s and 80’s.

It’s not really anything special, just a high headroom (when you use at least 18v supply) eq with a huge range.

The 33 is also just the tc pre circuit with fixed bass and treble controls, which makes it not that usable with most amps. I also built a clone of it, sounds the same as my real tc pre with bass at 0 and treble at about 1 o’clock if I remember correctly.

 

[dave74]

dirty tree is also a play on it iirc

 

[psychodave]

The Peper's Dirty Tree is a great clone of the TCIP. Plus they are not expensive. I've had one for a few years and I use it with my Randall RG and Uberschall. It's pretty quiet too.

 

[mnemonic]

While there are a bunch of tc pre clones out there now, what I’ve not seen is anyone try to clone the old booster line driver + distortion (BLD). I also have one of them and the boost section isn’t the same as the tc pre. Schematic is available online for both for comparison.

Attached is the BLD service manual, though I have read online there are some discrepancies between the schematic and the pcb layout in the service manual.