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    Bad case of G.A.S.

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted · Edited by PlungerModerno

    Ohhh. . . . Compact came in the post. Nice.

    It's really well sized - pretty shallow - and is light.

    If only I had an amp to test it with. mb fusion is on the way, but I'm not sure where I'll be getting a speakon :blink: which I kinda need.

    I've made some enquiries, and will reveiw when I've tested it.


    Here:

    EDIT: Speakon and amp on the way. Dying to get rocking. Having the cab in the house with nothing to play through it is pretty frustrating.

    Bad case of G.A.S.

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    Fair enough . . . We shan't all like the same things - I've yet to have the experience of A/Bing a bunch of rigs and head types so I'm gonna reserve judgement.
    I'd imagine if you can get a high-ish end PA poweramp to run with fairly low distortions using class D design - a bass head can do it too, at least as well, as bass needs a far less hi-fi sound. Well a bit less as I understand it.

    Some do have a thing for 'heavy iron' and that's totally up to them. I don't know enough to know either way - but my guess is a lot of it is psychoacoustic.

    Hello from the Green Isle

    in Introductions

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    [quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1345499627' post='1778326']
    yo lads, we should have a bass meet up. in a pub. a real CHEAP pub. (yeah.... im from ballymena :()
    [/quote]

    Sounds like fun. My trick to drinking within my means is to drink less and less often. Sucks but I far prefer it to drinking at home.

    I love Duvel - but it's €5 a glass (about 330 ml).

    Cleanest sounding amp?

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    [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1345319323' post='1776316']
    Orange Terror Bass.

    I`ll get my coat.......................
    [/quote]

    Nope - it's got to be Mesa Boogie or Marshall head... Dimed. ;)
    Orange heads are close though... Love that crystal clear Hi-Fi tone B)

    Bass amp for under £500?

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    Posted

    [quote name='Mr Fretbuzz' timestamp='1345463165' post='1777696']
    Just ordered an ashdown mag 300 Evo iii head and mag 410t cab as a package from dv247 for £555 :-)
    [/quote]

    Cool.

    Enjoy the undergarment flapping force of the BAAAASSSS as it thunders!

    Was it the amp or the cab that I fell in love with?

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    Could be Eq, could be the room - could even be that you happened to 'feel' it at that moment.

    If a cab can produce a given frequency, it is just as 'fast' as another cab. You know those high end headphones that have small drivers - they can go to 20Hz or even lower.

    The reason people go for 15" and 18" in PA subs and in many bass rigs is one of cost. You need a more complex, expensive and heavy cab to get a given low end sensitivity (i.e. loudness out per watt in) with smaller drivers in general.

    Have a read: http://barefacedbass.com/technical-information.htm
    http://barefacedbass.com/bgm-columns.htm

    And check out these: http://billfitzmaurice.info/forum/
    http://www.billfitzmaurice.com/

    Very helpful material IMO. It's way outside my expertise to critique this - but it seems to be really well founded in experiment and acoustic theory. Enjoy!

    Bad case of G.A.S.

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    Posted

    [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1345187132' post='1774618']
    Similarly, the Mesa Walkabout is small, fairly light, and not Class D. And all the better for it..

    Ooh, controversy, etc.
    [/quote]

    Exactly... or not.

    I'd say there's a bunch of reasons to like either... mesa are pretty legendary, and that might have as much to do with it as the choice of power section class.

    YMMV. ;)

    Barefaced cabs?

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    Posted

    [quote name='Mr_Orange' timestamp='1345198501' post='1774798']
    I'm at week 11 waiting for my compact. Fingers crossed it won't be too much longer!
    [/quote]

    just started week 9.

    The waiting game sucks.... let's play hungry hungry hippos!

    Feedback for Mace

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    I purchased Mace's G&L tribute L-2500. http://basschat.co.uk/topic/178790-sold/

    Posted from the UK to Ireland - Arrived unscathed, In a hardcase inside a box - all wrapped up well so there was no way for the bass to bounce around in there.

    The instrument was in the condition described (v. good & clean).

    Great member to deal with - via email or phone. Thank you! B)

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    Why fans? Why not proper passive cooling?

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    Posted

    [quote name='Jack' timestamp='1344946713' post='1771437']
    It's not really loud at all but the amp is also my home practice amp if I'm not using headphones.

    I'm a computing enthusiast and I'm currently 2 feet away from a huge metal box with 3 140mm fans, 2 120mm fans and a 180mm fan. Id guess the GK was easily twice as loud, and at a much more annoying frequency (likely because of the amp's fan's smaller diameter).
    [/quote]

    I guess it depends on the fans and the ambient and running temperatures.
    Page 9 of: [url="http://www.gallien-krueger.com/productmanuals/160-0540-A%20MB%20FusionManual.pdf"]http://www.gallien-krueger.com/productmanuals/160-0540-A%20MB%20FusionManual.pdf[/url]
    Quote "Continuously variable fan cooling"

    So does that mean (and it mightn't) if the tubes are hot the fans are loud... which, combined with the full voltage on the pre tubes... wait:


    Cool Running = Reliability: To cool the amp
    when its being driven hard, we’ve designed a
    temperature sensitive fan cooling system. When
    the amp is under a light load, the fan is off or
    running at a low speed, reducing fan noise. As the
    amp works harder, the fan speed increases to keep
    everything cool.

    Well I guess that means loud fans :unsure: .

    My Barefaced Super Twelve finally arrived!!!

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    [quote name='Johnnyc' timestamp='1344895640' post='1770922']
    lol practice on sunday... but the drummer can't make it so he's sending the drum tracks from the records mixed into the tracks we play along to! I decided to go without the tweeter. Didn't want the extra cost or weight, and I don't do any slap so I don't really need the ultra highs. Tweeterless seems to go more than high enough, and if I ever do wanna slap I just push the 'bright' button on my amp and it gives you plenty of high end.
    [/quote]

    Better than sitting at home with a drum machine (which can be fun but you know...).

    Tweeters are definitely not essential for most people. They might be nice - I may look at a midget T after the compact... we'll see.

    Why fans? Why not proper passive cooling?

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    Posted

    [quote name='Jack' timestamp='1344934817' post='1771177']
    The fan in my GK is annoying, has anyone replaced the fan in the MB Fusion?
    [/quote]

    Interesting idea... Is it really REALLY loud?

    I'd wait till the warranty period was over till I modded one - but I guess lots of cooling air is the price of 3 full voltage preamp tubes.
    Sucks that the fan is noisy though. Maybe the only answer is to turn it up!

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