Crate TDP 90s

CRATE T D P "Tube Driven preamp" rack mount Two channel

Made in USA

Very Rare

CRATE TDP GUITAR PREAMP

The designers of the TDP preamp have obviously adopted the 'If you can't beat them, join them' philosophy and, though there is a lot of solid-state circuitry under the lid, the important overdrive stage is based round a real, glowing 12AX7 (ECC83) valve.

Housed in a cream/grey 1U package that wouldn't look out of place alongside your Atari or Mac computer, the Crate TDP follows the conventional clean channel/dirty channel approach, with silent switching between the two channels. This may either be accomplished by means of a front panel button, or an optional footswitch which overrides the button when plugged in. There is a single input jack on the front panel, plus a headphone outlet for rehearsal, while the rear panel has jacks for the main line output, an effects loop and the remote footswitch. The line output may either be used direct or switched through the internal speaker simulator, while the effects loop can be switched to work at either line or instrument level. This is useful if you need to use pedal effects, as these nearly all work at instrument level, while standalone effects units tend to operate at studio line level. Mains is supplied via a standard IEC mains lead.

This makes a lovely lead sound, while being able to retain the bright rythm sound. These are getting very rare, snatch a bargain while you can