Back in, say, 2000-2005 you could buy one of these Boogie preamps for $250 and then people discovered that you can cop a great deal of the MkIIC vibe with them and the prices more or less tripled.
They are pretty amazing and flexible but they also have some of that MkIV smoothness in the lead voice that you cannot get from a MkII.
Check it out:
You'll find Blackface chime and string articulation, some Marshall grind, and, of course, the singing Boogie lead voice.
I run mine into my UAD Apollo and a Engl amp E765 plugin (bypassing the preamp section and just using the power amp section + cabinet emulation).
The weak spot in the StuPre is the reverb but, again, this is a studio tool and any studio will have reverb effects.
Owners Manual: https://mesa-boogie.imgix.net/media/User%20Manuals/StudioPre.pdf
They are pretty amazing and flexible but they also have some of that MkIV smoothness in the lead voice that you cannot get from a MkII.
Check it out:
You'll find Blackface chime and string articulation, some Marshall grind, and, of course, the singing Boogie lead voice.
I run mine into my UAD Apollo and a Engl amp E765 plugin (bypassing the preamp section and just using the power amp section + cabinet emulation).
The weak spot in the StuPre is the reverb but, again, this is a studio tool and any studio will have reverb effects.
Owners Manual: https://mesa-boogie.imgix.net/media/User%20Manuals/StudioPre.pdf