ADA, MB-1, Level 2 Firmware v2.05, 1990

ADA's bass companion to the MP-1, the MIDI-programmable tube preamp that was in half the racks of the late '80s and early 90's. Two 12AX7s, a solid-state voice you can blend against the tube voice, five-band EQ, and 256 programs recallable over MIDI. ADA ran a bass endorsement campaign around it, Wooten, Chuck Rainey, Steve Bailey, D.D. Verni, and the factory presets are named after them. Never got the MP-1's afterlife, so it's mostly forgotten, which is a shame. This is a Level 2 unit on firmware v2.05 with the 79-preset bank (with the original battery still functional). Earlier MB-1s shipped with 29. Stock factory presets, captured straight off the balanced direct out, no cab. Note: Some time based effects were removed for capture compatibility.