i use an adcom gtp-500ii pre with a tuner, got it for $200 shipped a few years ago, has very good tone controls too. most tone controls bosst bass too far into the mids, the adcoms bass controls are at like 100hz i think. get a decent preamp & i think you will like the adcom. Yea, I’ve been looking into that that one. After all it’s for garage. I’m not out there everyday. Thanks for the input. Curious to see how it will sound. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk