MuseMatt

+1, go second hand, preferably from this place. Good stuff, honest people and definately as good as new stuff. Oh did I mention it's good stuff ?

thought I recognized the thing!

that's the way you should set it up, according to the manual. First crank up your gain until you experience the gain peak light flashing, then turn it down a bit.

That works best for all amps in my opinion.

I didn't feel the need to go past 12 yet and can't test it here. I assume it keeps going, I will try it some day.

I thought it was mostly used to get through the mix when playing in a band

I think the volume control is better though; Trace Amps become loud really quickly (hence the name 'Trace Watts'), but I think it sometimes lacks subtlety. No such problem with the Nemesis.

I've had my Eden Nemesis 650 for a bit more than a week now and can really say I love it! Not sure which cabs you will get with it, but the nemesis cabs are very lightweight and suitable for the nemesis series. In my opinion it gives you a good reflection ofyour bass's sound.

The Edge control (or Distortion on the RS400) gives you a bit extra compression which is really useful when playing low sounds (especially metal), and the semi-parametic eq gives you quick acces to your sound.

Highly recommendable so try it out if you fancy one!

I would really like to recommend Mooradian gigbags to anyone, they're very good, though very expensive.
For people using two basses it is definately the better option! Just wanted to share this with you all, and custom bags are available as well!

I prefer Dunlops

[quote name='escholl' post='529167' date='Jun 30 2009, 11:24 PM']

so many things there don't make sense - what did you mean?[/quote]

Well... in my experience the powersupply on stages are not always very good...

but I think I messed up with my English vs Dutch here; I think it's called a power distributor in English... at least: unit that guarantees a constant electric current to your amp ... does that make any sense?

RMS is the constant power handling of the amp, and the other (also called peak) tells you what peaks it should be able to handle at peaks. My trace elliot amp has 150 watt rms / 300 watt peak; meaning it has 150 watt constant output, and it will withstand up to 300 watt in peaks.

Peaks can be prevented by using a power amp which provides you with a constant output; something that's not always guaranteed when hooking up your cab to a power socket. (Think about noob techies hooking up a powersocket for stage use to the same group as the stage lights)

looking forward to pics!

I would recommend this setup for anyone who's tired of heavy cabs! They're really lightweight but sound rocksolid!

something similar to this might suit your needs if you want to go cheap [url="http://www.zzounds.com/item--IBASWX35"]http://www.zzounds.com/item--IBASWX35[/url]

I would say: buy! They're great instruments!

+1 to the turning your amp down. If the low volumes seem a bit 'weak' try turning your bass down rather than your amp. Should work fine.

Else, just go on eBay and find some cheap bass amps if the sound doesn't need to be too fancy.

I have to say that I really love my RD and that it's definately worth buying one if you see any.

I tried it out... and bought it

Thank you all for your advice, it's a great amp!

thanks a lot for that! I won't be using it at 'lower' levels probably so that should be no problem.

You do not necessarily need to go to seperates; Ampeg does do quite some good combo's in different shapes and sizes. For rock they are extremely well usable!

[url="http://www.ampeg.com/products/bassamp/ba300/210.html"]http://www.ampeg.com/products/bassamp/ba300/210.html[/url]

Not very lightweight (but does have removable casters), but very good sound when I played it. Also, it's a hybrid amp as it has a tube pre-amp; very warm sound to it.

From the very same DVD: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg5TaS4EIVE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg5TaS4EIVE[/url]

I love these kinds of cooperations. You get the best of all worlds playing it beautifully

That sounds great definately looking forward to trying it out

At my local bass shop there's a Eden Nemesis 650 for sale with a 2x10" & 1x15" cab (not sure which, but also Eden). I obviously am going to try it out before I buy it, but I was hoping if there are people around with experience with these amps.

My reason for changing setup is that I can to get rid of the massiveness of 4x10", as it's just not easy to handle, and I mostly play rock music.

you describe how I experienced markbass! Well responsive amp, and great volume... just the cab didn't do it for me (see my mb-weak thread).

So, what's the real difference if you would A/B it with the LMII (if you can tell)?