curious about an ebay mystery..

tomvelsor · #1 10-09-2008, 06:36 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/Tubes-Guitar-Ped...d=p3286.c0.m14

looks really badass and oldschool..i wonder how bass friendly it is? anyone ever seen this before?

cybersnyder · #2 10-09-2008, 06:41 PM

"No warranty, but I'm sure it works." Lost my interest right there.

Never saw this before.

tomvelsor · #3 10-09-2008, 06:45 PM

haha, i dont intend to buy it- just wondering if anyone knows anything about it.

bongomania · #4 10-09-2008, 06:50 PM

I know nothing, except that it has a "load" switch, and it's huge, which tells me it may in fact have a tube power section, making it in fact extremely cool. If I'm right. Regrettably I have negative $$$ right now, so I can't do anything about it. But personally I think it would be worth the gamble up to maybe $225 or so for those that have it, and I'd hit it if I could. If it rolled off any bass it would probably just need a small mod.

cybersnyder · #5 10-09-2008, 06:52 PM

No idea. I can normally find anything on Google, but this one's a strikeout.

KarateKid25 · #6 10-09-2008, 08:01 PM

I like the very last comment the best....

'I may sell this on ebay soon, contact me if interested. Thanks.'

I think he is in denial... (Psssst... Its on Ebay already)

OhThePeacock · #7 10-09-2008, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by KarateKid25

I think he is in denial... (Psssst... Its on Ebay already)

Or really high and forgot what he was doing.

smeet · #8 10-09-2008, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by KarateKid25

I like the very last comment the best....

'I may sell this on ebay soon, contact me if interested. Thanks.'

I think he is in denial... (Psssst... Its on Ebay already)

He's talking about his ibanez guitar.

KarateKid25 · #9 10-09-2008, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by smeet

He's talking about his ibanez guitar.

I just re-read the auction and thats so obvious this time around that I have no idea how I missed that before...

YAY for being brain dead!!

OhThePeacock · #10 10-09-2008, 08:29 PM

On a more serious note though if anyone here has the money to throw down on this they should buy it and at least let us know how it sounds.

Chickencha · #11 10-09-2008, 09:31 PM

If you look at the main picture, you can make out the letters "MTI." I googled "MTI tubes" and came up with a few things.

http://reviews.harmony-central.com/r...ES+Preamp/10/1
http://archive.ampage.org/articles/0..._interest.html
http://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=77075 (first post only)
http://amps.zugster.net/articles/tube-pedals (mentioned briefly down at the bottom)

Judging from those links it doesn't sound like anything too special, but that's not much to go on. I'm still curious about how it sounds -- but not curious enough to buy.

mikeboth · #12 10-09-2008, 09:35 PM

It has a headphones output - I'd be wary of connecting anything between my head and that device without getting it checked out first.

Looks cool though!

KarateKid25 · #13 10-09-2008, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Chickencha

If you look at the main picture, you can make out the letters "MTI." I googled "MTI tubes" and came up with a few things.

http://reviews.harmony-central.com/r...ES+Preamp/10/1
http://archive.ampage.org/articles/0..._interest.html
http://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=77075 (first post only)
http://amps.zugster.net/articles/tube-pedals (mentioned briefly down at the bottom)

Judging from those links it doesn't sound like anything too special, but that's not much to go on. I'm still curious about how it sounds -- but not curious enough to buy.

MTI is also mentioned as the manufacturer in his sales pitch. Japanese made.

Chickencha · #14 10-10-2008, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by KarateKid25

MTI is also mentioned as the manufacturer in his sales pitch. Japanese made.

Looks like I also need to read more thoroughly.

MellowTone · #15 10-10-2008, 07:34 AM

No one seems to like the sound too much....

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Originally Posted by Adam's Amplifiers

MTI Tubes (reputed to sound like crap)

F0URwordLETTER · #16 10-10-2008, 10:46 AM

hahaha that thing doesnt work hahaha

Roodillon · #17 11-01-2008, 10:46 PM

Hello there from a new member. I've been lurking but I had to join today because I am the one who bought this, and I saw that you all want ME to take the risk and spend the dough and then tell YOU what it sounds like. I think not! You can't have your cake and eat it too.

Haha I'm just messing around. I'd be happy to tell you all what it sounds like. And of course people can have their cake and eat it too. In fact I'd say that more people have their cake and eat it then those who have their cake but don't eat it. Of course they eat it. It's cake. People eat cake. So the old saying has a faulty premise. Old sayings aside, I've never seen, heard, or even heard -of- an MTI Tubes before today, but it's exactly the type of quirky old thing that I love to collect. I am actually a guitar player, and most of my effects are for the guitar (or at least designed for the guitar anyway). You should see my collection - I'm not wealthy, far from it, but I am divorced, which means that I am allowed to have a hobby again. I've been playing guitar for 27 years and the bass on and off for about the same. When I play the bass, I play it like a bass. I hate watching a band whose bassist is obviously a moonlighting guitar player and plays the bass like a guitar. So yes I am a guitar player on a bass forum, but I'm not one of -those- dudes. OK? Besides, I'm sure that I'm not the only guitar player here. And I also play keyboards, drums and percussion, and sometimes do vocals.

I could not resist buying this thing. I knew that I was going to get it as soon as I saw it. I don't give a toss what anyone else said about it. It only has to please ME. I have a ton of crazy oddball pedals such as this in, all types of effects. I like them because I can create sounds where almost nobody would be able to recognize the gear by sound alone. Which also means that nobody can get my sound. They didn't model this stuff! For example I can go play somewhere and for my distortion use, say, an Audiomatrix Mini-Boogee, and nobody will have a clue as to what I am playing unless they look at the pedal. And even then probably not. This MTI Tubes is a gigantic, crazy-looking box full of tubes from the mid 1970's. How bad could it be? The guy on HC seems to like his. And you have to take reviews for things like this with a grain of salt. Many people have no idea how to use an old tube preamp like this with their modern gear. Or they don't have the playing skills to get good sounds out of it - they have been playing ultra high gain, solid state pedals and amps all their lives and when they try to play vintage tube gear it sounds like crapola, so they blame it on the gear of course. But I know how to use and play things like this to get the best out of them, and I'll let you guys know what I think of it after I get it.

PS - Thanks for not bidding!

bongomania · #18 11-01-2008, 10:55 PM

Thank you for being a good sport and good humored and taking the gamble! And welcome to the Effects forum of Talkbass, I have a feeling you'll fit right in.

kingpin2512 · #19 11-01-2008, 11:02 PM

I remember when I first saw that and how curious I was about it. I'm glad somebody bought it and came here. I would have but I bought a new bass with the money instead.

Roodillon · #20 11-01-2008, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by kingpin2512

I remember when I first saw that and how curious I was about it. I'm glad somebody bought it and came here. I would have but I bought a new bass with the money instead.

Whatever it sounds like I'd rather have it than a $150 bass!