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I'm listening to CDs through a Big Twin 2 at the moment. I suspect Behemoth will be running a second one to enjoy the songs in stereo.

Hello the worldly collective experience of BassChat! I'm looking for some product ideas and am being truly overwhelmed with marketing BS in the search for the right product. I teach bass and guitar and have put together a nice mobile set up for going out to students, as well as teaching from my dedicated studio space. What I am looking for is a new portable (quality sounding) speaker system. If I give you my thoughts on what I need, have you tried anything that would fit the bill? Portable, battery powered is an added bonus. Stereo preferably for listening to music too (better quality for use at home would be good but a big ask maybe) Line input Instrument(s) input Some form of Bluetooth (Apple devices) Charging output for MP3 could be good EQ Big sound as it'll need to reproduce bass guitar adequately I do have an audio interface I can use as well giving more inputs but would like to just plug my laptop directly in to the box saving on excess of leads. Hmmm, I can't think of anything else off the top of my head but I'll add more thoughts as we go along. Right now I am wondering about the likes of Roland, Ik Multimedia 'iLoud' and similar but would also like to know if the Bose type products of this world would suffice. I'm thinking no due to the lack of inputs.

[quote name='Chiliwailer' timestamp='1429263777' post='2749749'] Hi Chris, Whilst working in guitar shops I have done neck swap tests many a time...many a time! The best test is when its the same body with two necks, rather than two different basses entirely. In my experience, and with others around me too, we found there is a definite difference, no placebo, no question of what we heard. As a general rule of thumb, I found rosewood to be warmer or with more low mid range, maple has more attack. We also did body wood swaps...but let's not even go there as I'm sure there are some that already want to lay into this post [/quote] I'd agree with this and the comment about Maple appear to accentuate 'clank'. The good kind of clank that is.

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1429035298' post='2747269'] Damn this thing could replace my entire rig. Thank God I'm skint! [/quote] This, especially when it comes to using in-ears or when recording. I am very interested in pairing with the likes of the Barefaced Big Twin 2.

This thread and Kevin's review are making my wallet hide in the corner. Right now I'm after a new bass, cabinet and one of these to make my life a whole lot easier. Gonna need a small lottery win though! I look forward to seeing more reviews!

That's good to know! I'm keen to get my head round the stereo side of things. In terms of the effects that usually are stereo, do the modulations all offer stereo staging and what options do the delays and reverbs have? (Ping pong, stereo tap, reverse / hall, room, cathedral effect types etc) The manual doesn't seem to mention effect parameters - hmmm!!

It's a great review and my credit card is now hiding behind the sofa!!!!!

Oh and with a tour upcoming, I can see in-ear users finding this a god-send as well as the FOH engineer!

Brilliant review! The Multiamp makes so much sense and to be honest, on paper it looks like what I have been looking for for years! My current rack system is a hodge-podge of pedals that I am trying to logically control, separate rack effects and preamp gubbins that can't adjust parameters on the fly. Even with out a lightweight amo in the equation it still weighs more than the advertised 5kg of the multiamp. I am very interested in trying the S version - it could solve so many gear related problems I have. An end to my search??? I suppose the next question would be in choosing a pair of cabinets that would best suit the modelling properties of the multiamp. Thank you for taking the time to review. Great to see a unit that is bass specific finally.

update: I've just spotted in the manual that the Cab Sim is treated as a block on it's own in the signal path which is a really good idea. Therefore, I've answered my own question. It can be bypassed. ACE

Hey Kevin! Thanks so much for the detailed response. Yeah, I think this looks like a really interesting proposition indeed. I am very interested in giving the S version a whirl as it seems that the kit that I have used up until now could well become redundant (with the exception of the odd pedal I'd want to hang on to of course!) One other question - can the Cab Sims be turned off so that the amp is left in the signal path?

The details online are pretty sparse. I'd love to know what effects are actually on board the Multiamp. I think for the in-ear user this could be a really nice piece of gear. One box does it all??

The GK will sound louder as the Hartke Transporter I am pretty certain has a much lower sensitivity and thus will appear quieter on the same volume setting. Which will sound better is for you to decide and of course, you can always push the volume control up to make up the difference.

Subscribed! I really want to try the stereo version as it could replace most of my rack system!

Refer to the BassChat Spotify collaborative play list for plenty of great bass lines I say!

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1426695029' post='2720922'] If you are talking about the Shure PSM200 I can understand why... The 300 and 900 do the "more me" mix thing to... as do the Sennheiser. Of course, if you have two receivers and pan each one to the extreme, you can use one transmitter for two mono mixers for two people. [/quote] Do you have any experience with the PSM300? There's a review coming up in my mag, but I wanted to see what you guys thought too.

[attachment=187784:IMG_3133.jpg] [attachment=187785:IMG_3134.jpg] Last seen being sold by a buffoon some 20 years ago to a guy from Bury St Edmunds. Yes, I was young a stupid!

[quote name='Shockwave' timestamp='1427641675' post='2732582'] To improve on my original request, I am looking for something very aggressive with plenty of top end. [/quote] The SD isn't aggressive toned in the top end, so maybe not a choice you are after then. It's a super clean machine.