Post by morrow on Jan 25, 2023 16:13:59 GMT -5
I’ve been aware of a boutique tube preamp known as Monique , crafted by Jule in California for some years now. They’re hand built , with point to point wiring by Jule , the designer. It’s a one man shop. They are said to give a Class D head that elusive warm tube thing.
They are not generally sold in stores , every once in a while one will pop up in the TB Classifieds. One appeared just after Christmas and was immediately sold. I missed it. I have read many testimonials by those that have bought them. Despite the price most seem to be in awe of how they sound.
Well another surfaced recently and this time I managed to snag it.I had hoped to find one last year , but it finally happened. She arrived intact , and I’ve been using it with various amps at home , done gigs with it and carted it off to rehearsals. For gigs and rehearsals I’ve been using my Bergantino Forte as the back end , going in through the effects loop to bypass the Forte’s front end and tone stack and using Monique as the front end. Well she sounds like a 700watt B15.
I’m in love.
They are not generally sold in stores , every once in a while one will pop up in the TB Classifieds. One appeared just after Christmas and was immediately sold. I missed it. I have read many testimonials by those that have bought them. Despite the price most seem to be in awe of how they sound.
Well another surfaced recently and this time I managed to snag it.I had hoped to find one last year , but it finally happened. She arrived intact , and I’ve been using it with various amps at home , done gigs with it and carted it off to rehearsals. For gigs and rehearsals I’ve been using my Bergantino Forte as the back end , going in through the effects loop to bypass the Forte’s front end and tone stack and using Monique as the front end. Well she sounds like a 700watt B15.
I’m in love.
