The Steel Guitar Forum

I just stumbled on this product. Looks pretty neat! Has anyone tried one for steel?

A pretty good unit. I used one for about a year till it quit working. I contacted Presonus to get it repaired but the cost for repairing was $187. another $100 and I could have got a new one. Wasnt real impressed with their service department.

If your interested Ill sell mine for $50 and you can deal with presonus. I'm done with them.

Great feedback Greg. Appreciate it. What are your symptoms just curious.

I had one but recently sold it. It "collected dust" in my home studio. I tried it with condenser mic's and with pedal steel and couldn't find anything I liked. It may be a nice unit, but not for me.

Surprisingly, this was the only Presonus hardware device that was not either defective when I got it new or crapped out later.
Although I have Studio One DAW software I'll never buy another Presonus hardware device.

Gary Hegland wrote:Great feedback Greg. Appreciate it. What are your symptoms just curious.

Nothing but white noise coming out of the unit.

Jack Stoner wrote:I had one but recently sold it. It "collected dust" in my home studio. I tried it with condenser mic's and with pedal steel and couldn't find anything I liked. It may be a nice unit, but not for me.

Surprisingly, this was the only Presonus hardware device that was not either defective when I got it new or crapped out later.
Although I have Studio One DAW software I'll never buy another Presonus hardware device.

You probably didnt use it enough for it to crap out. LOL

Greg Lambert wrote:...it quit working. Wasnt real impressed with their service department. I'm done with them.

My sentiments exactly, after two separate Presonus products failed. Their software may be okay, but their hardware blows up.

I dunno, i just bought a brand new Presonus from Sweetwater, and it's just incredible. I actually don't like their software. I bought a new Presonus StudioLive 16.0.2 USB, and a red case to put it in. This thing is amazing. I've owned various Presonus processors, PA speakers, preamps, and analog mixers through the years, never had a moments trouble.

With "white noise" it could just be the tube. I'm not sure how many tubes are in it but it is a tube preamp.

Jack Stoner wrote:With "white noise" it could just be the tube. I'm not sure how many tubes are in it but it is a tube preamp.

I changed the tube , same results..

Too bad, but that was a thought.