miroslav
Cosmic Cowboy
I bought a Sebatron and I am very happy.What!! for $200 to $300? (the original budget in the thread) I would be happy too. Where can I get one at that price?
I bought the 4-channel Sebatron VMP for about $1200...so that's $300/channel.
It was a good deal on eBay, and it was about 7-8 years ago...but still one my favorite pres in my rack, and I have a few other decent pres (Langevin DVC, Groove Tubes SuPre...etc).
This past weekend I recorded a bunch of various guitar tracks for a new song, using a variety of mics...but I used the Sebatron for all of them. It's a great preamp. With the built-in 3-choice tone options for both the lows and the highs, I can quickly find a suitable combination without a lot of fuss. The Sebatron has consistently delivered on just about everything I've used it on.
I purchased other pres after the Sebatron, and have used them with success, always feeling like I needed to use something other than the Sebatron...but at times I've had to work the other pres a bit more to get where I needed.
The Sebatron is just too easy...it sounds good and there are rarely bad results with it.