Hi guys.


Yesterday I bought this awesome preamp on US ebay.
Gonna write review as soon as I get it and try it in details.
Had to share this with you!!

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Congrats Muris .

Cheers,
Tony

Thanks a lot Tony,once more!

Mr Muris,
I was wondering what exactly is a preamp? I have always wondered but been to embaressed to ask!

Hi Matt

It's like part of a real amp(where channels,drive,clean,EQs are) but without power section.
So you need some power amp to use it live
while it works great in direct recording option.
And this one has MIDI so you can store like 123 sounds,
8 channel modes-from soft clean to Nu-Metal stuff,5 12ax7 tubes etc.
Can't wait to put my hands on it tho!!

great Muris!! but.. which preamp have you bought?


gabriel.-

Thanks Gabriel.

Mesa Triaxis Version 2.

+1 but just to add that the preamp needs some form of frequency compensation/speaker simulation and load on the line out - without which you could blow the tubes. Most preamps have this but not all.

Cheers,
Tony

Very good point Tony,as always.
This one has 2 types of outputs,one for power amp and another one for direct recording.
Without these,cab simulator is truly needed.

Awesome - can't wait to hear some sound samples!

Same here Kris,thanks!

You already have a very inspiring sound - I have tweaked my delay settings because of you!

That's very kind Kris!
But wait till I add G-Force to it

Sounds great!! Could i buy a cheaper pre-amp for my Vox AC15 do you know?

Looks very cool Muris - get us some sound samples already!



Matt, your AC15 already has a preamp built in - this would be kind of overkill, though if you have an effects loop you can plug one in there and bypass the AC15 preamp entirely.

I have to admit that I am not convinced there is much of a difference between a preamp and some multifx units in terms of what they do, except I imagine that preamps such as Muris' have very specific voicings to get a killer sound whereas multi fx are designed to be neutral (until you add amp and cab modelling). Can anyone throw some light on this?

That's great!! Let us hear some samples!

gabriel.-

Assuming that we're talking about rack multis like g major/force, eventide eclipse then I'd say you're pretty much right Andrew. A pre like Muris's lovely new Triaxis will be specifically designed to be able to reproduce various Mesa amps - and others. I'm guessing a bit but I'm sure it can do a great Mark 1 and 2 and a Dual/Triple Rec. Quite a few high end pre's have tube circuitary along with state of the art electronics for midi etc.

Something like a G Force may have some preamp programmes but they'll be a digital emulation and passed through a digital circuit. To my way of thinking a quality rack multi effects really excels usually at things like time and modulation type effects like reverb, echo, chorus and flanging etc. For eq and compression my preference there would be to a separate rack eq and rack compressor generally. (Anyone mention Neve .)

There's of course one or two multis like the Eclipse that can also do eq and compression well though:



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(Well it's got to be worth a try )
Cheers,
Tony

Thanks!

Let me know if the Santa thing works out ...

Nice!!!!
I wonder if you won the one I was bidding on? :-)

You were bidding too??
Guy's name is Aaron,is that the one?

No, that's not me...
I was probably on another one...
Can't wait for the samples!

Ok

Will post few as soon as I get it tho!!

Awesome, Mesa is a great company.

Absolutely!!

And combined with 2:90 power amp that I already have,
comes like Dual Rectifier.

Ahhhh ... awesome combination!

I'd say better as it can do the Dual Rec bit and so much more. Sure you're going to have hours of fun with it Muris especially when you get the G Force added .

Cheers,
Tony

Thanks Tony,sure I will!!

I've always wanted a Triple Recto.

Congrats Muris, looks cool



I wanted one since I saw them Price is overkill though and I dont think my playing would do them justice

Thanks Owen.

Mesa gear is truly top notch,and killer with the price as well

Great preamp Muris. Great company indeed. There are just a couple of stores in Houston that handle their products. I got jacked around by two of them. I write a letter to Randy Smith - the president/founder of Mesa. He calls me on the phone to make things right. I ended up buying a Mesa Tremoverb off of ebay and Randy had a great customer rep from Mesa call me. They sent me a complete set of new Mesa tubes for my used Tremoverb - and these are not cheap. Absolutely amazing. When will it arrive Muris? We are waiting to hear it.

Thanks.

It shall arrive in few weeks I hope.
And Smith is awesome guy,founder of many cool features regarding to tube world.
Odd he had to leave Mesa and start his own company.
But still Randall amps are great,it's just that Mesa is more famous I believe.

congrat muris

Thanks mate

Muris,

Randall Smith (Mesa) and Don Randall (Randall amps) are two different folks.

Man,have I missed that????!!!!!?????

Hej Muris, cestitke na TriAxis-u. Nadam se da ce biti nekih semplova! AKo nije problem reci malo detaljnije koju poweramp sekciju koristis i koji kabinet bi isao uz to. Hvala

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It's sort of our local type of language but I'm gonna answer in english.

Still haven't got Triaxis,bought it recently,should be here in few days I hope.
Not sure of preamp/sound section but I guess all 8 are awesome
I have Mesa 2:90 poweramp and I run it on 2 x 12 custom cab ,Celestion GT-100 speakers.
Gonna post some sound clips for sure.

Again sorry for the local language. Ill write in english, respectivly to the other members.

Transaltion of my earlier post would be :

Hay Muris, congratulations on Triaxis. I hope there will be some samples soon. If not a problem tell me in little detail what poweramp section are you using and what cab would go along with that. Thanks

Hope it does mate - sod's law is that it will arrive the day after you leave for Egypt . (Hope it arrives BEFORE you go though .)

You're much more patient then I am though: I'd be tearing my hair out by now .

Cheers,
Tony

Might as well wait until the TC Gforce arrives too before giving us some samples - might take you a while to figure out how these work - like I said before, you might have to put your girl friend on the back burner for a while.

Thanks for support Tony!!

Yeah,looks like I've got used to waiting pretty well
but I'm still reading manuals in a mean while.

Don't think I could get it before Egypt tho,
Triaxis is already at my friend's in Vienna and he's waiting for G-Force to arrives as well,
then he'll be shipping it all together my way.

So I'll probably put a grin on my face when I get home from Egypt.

Cant wait to hear the lessons with the new toy, congratulations Muris

Congrats Muris

Thanks guys

Something extra nice to look forward to coming home to then Muris .

And have a safe and enjoyable trip as well .

Cheers,
Tony

Thank you Tony

Oh !!!!! Looks awesome, I wish heard how it sounds

Congratulations Muris

Thanks Juan.

Few more days to get this baby in working shape,
gave it to el. tech. guy to change power supply INSIDE of unit,
converter I got isn't strong enough unfortunately
But I played it few hours before I noticed converter got too hot,
sounds as hell indeed!!
And what surprised me the most,clean sounds are amazing too
along with Mesa's well known Hi-Gain stuff.