joel406

If you're using watts, you're doing it wrong.

Yes. You're doing it wrong.

Careful... This kinda talk will bring out the pitchforks and torches from people who don't like your kinda thinking.

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First off, I do own some amps. Mesa Subway D-800+. Got 2 of em. An Epifani UL901V2 with a custom tone stack and 2 ohms capable. I paired these with either my Subway 212s or my Subway 410s. I own 2 of each. While these are IMO the best amp/cab combination to get great sound. I have found better options. 4 years ago I switched to IEMs. With a Quad Cortex and various other pedals, I now enjoy. I just picked up the Anagram last week. I have built several pedal boards with various devices such as (but not limited to) the Le Bass. Subway pedals. ReVolt. CabM. And a few others, All in all I estimate I have 6 pedal boards. 2 are Quad Cortex based. So what freedom am I finding? I no longer gas for amps. No matter what's out there. I'm free of interest. The IEMs rock. And sound so much better than trying to run an amp. Whether it's a small pub or huge stage gig. All I gotta have is a pedal board. Bass and my wireless units. Pure freedom. Wireless cover 300 feet in every direction. I tried to find where they would start to lose signal. Never got far enough out. I just don't need to move 300 feet from my signal point. So happy to be free of amps. I will keep the amps I have. They may come in handy one day. But gigging with amps is over. And needing more is never gonna happen. No dragging a 410 or 212. No more volume wars with the guitar player. IEMs truly set you free. And! Wait for it. If you buy decent IEMs (like I did). The sound you get is pure magic. I even still experience that "thump" we all know and love. Probably some kinda weird effect. Like still being able to feel a lost limb. But satisfied I am. I get some people will never part with their amps. I guess they like hauling cabs. I guess they like having ringing ears. But for me amps are so 1985.

I'll take IEM's for the win.

Sorry for your deficiencies.

If your ever in the USA (I don't know why you would want to be) hit me up.

No, they're not. In fact, the smaller the venue the more the need for IEMs. Amps muddy the sound in small venues. I've had sound techs tell me they had to take me out of the mix all together. And I was just running a 212. ONE! 212. Amps are fun. I get that. But if you want quality sound at an event. No. They are a liability. And your overall sound suffers. Play what you want. But my ears haven't rung in 3 years. And spectators tell us we're the best sounding band they have ever heard. Amps are cool but ignorance will make you deaf.

Ya know... If you're going to use an amp. Don't diss Mesa Boogie. I don't know how available they are where you are. But I'm a player who has had the chance to play just about everything. My house use to be littered with heads. At one point I think I had close to 30. Now I keep just 3. 2 Mesa Subway D-800+'s. And one Epifani UL901v2. I keep a pair of Subway 212s and Subway 410s. That being said. Stage volume is not your friend. Nor your sound techs. A Quad Cortex. Helix. Anagram. Or just a pedal board with a nice pre amp and your favorite effects. Even just a DI box. Some decent IEMs. I use a wonderful 8 driver a side set. That just sound magical. Fixes all your amp troubles and reduces the amount of crap and weight you haul by as much as an SVT. Not to mention it puts an end to all volume wars. Believe me your tone will thank you. As well as your sound tech. Time to get caught up to the 21st century. Amps are dead.

Holy fudge ripple... So dang glad I got mine.

Mine has arrived. Studio should be ready by Saturday to start assembling. I got so much to hook up it's gonna be a hot minuet.

Sorry fellow low enders. I seem to have bought the last Anagram Sweetwater had. I suspect most here order from a more European based distributor. Don't know how their stock is doing. But I consider myself lucky. Yes, I have a tracking number.

Well, I have 2 Quad Cortex. I recommend it for bass. Theres plenty in there. I use a few external pedals I prefer like a compressor, Chorus, envelope and the Pog III. The other QC runs all that and a Pog II. I have way too many boards now. If they all didn't sound so f'n great I'd stick with just one. But hey! Where's the fun in that?