danbowskill

Anyone use these pickups? I'm a longtime fan of dimarzio model p's with my p bass ( tried many pickups over the years)... But a new project has me playing a lot of chords and I'm finding the dimarzios break up far to easy for multiple string playing. Any pros and cons with the tone riders? Price of them is a big plus 🙂

I'd only ever use it at 4ohm and it's incredibly loud....real old money 400w.

It's a very easy 1 hand lift

10.5 kg ......nothing for a full fat head

Hi Al. I was going to order it from Handbox , but was intercepted by Dan ( member DeeDee of this parish) who had just received his brand new r400 but due to personal circumstances was unable to play it....... So he offered it me ( it's brand new). So i can't answer questions about ordering etc ( sure wateroftyne could help there?). I really don't want to gush too much about this amp( hard not to, trust me) ,as I have with previous amps on here in the past, only to discover niggles with them. In the mix this is AMAZING,I can hear every note fantastically...most amps I've had I've always had some sort of preamp pedal ( VT bass,tone hammer etc) as a safety net valve esq sound......but my VT seriously adds no improvements to this amp whatsoever ( much nicer o natural)its a proper plug in and play head. Compared to the tte 800 amp they have a similar valve like thump feel but the r400 has super clarity and is mighty nice in the upper mid's.....the main thing that let the markbass down was the lack of good mid's. If I can get hold of a decent video recorder I'll try and do a snippet of rehearsals to show how it cuts in a fairly heavy band. If anyone has the chance to try this head do it! I am right in love with it 🙂

Nice traditional big transformer power with a few tuuubes. I was certainly concerned about no mid's..... But with the contour down it has bucket loads, and it all feels the right frequencys....... Such a tube sounding head. Hard to explain without playing one. I friggin love it 🙂 More talk here

Sooo happy with my new sound now.

Just bought a Handbox amp from Dan. Incredibly well packed and perfectly delivered. Super easy deal....one of them wonderful basschaters we should all trade with. Thank you

Well it landed 🙂 Stone me this thing is glorious as glorious gets. My main 2 doubts with getting one lay in the volume and mid's I could get out of it( I like mid's ,and volume)....... As others have said,I need not have worried, very loud,crisp, punchy with globs of mids .can't get over how light it is for a solid state iron head.the quality of build certainly shines here. Look forward to testing it in the mix. Thanks for shedding some light on Handbox amps wateroftyne 🙂 would never have one otherwise. Very happy bunny.

DeeDee (Dan) has kindly parted ways with his new r400. I'll report back on how it is through the Ampeg cab, heavy/alt music in a loud band with a p bass pick played......looking forward to how it takes with my different drive pedals Cannot friggin wait :-):-)

What's the easiest way of ordering a r400? Think I'm going to give it a bash. I'm playing Drop C through a Ampeg 610 cab .... Heavy (ish) music., Is the volume output quite good on these

That's a shame, was looking for a basschater's hands on opinion

Have you got your hands on it yet?

I had the moosky obsessive and found the opposite.....at low level it was excellent sounding but when at practice it felt very thin on the low end 😞

That colour is gorgeous! Like the other comments......a beefy gigging rig in that shade you would certainly get my $

Has anyone else experienced pedals that sound crud when practicing low level but when cranked they sing? I was gifted a T rex bass juice for my b day, when played at home I thought it was a proper stinker carp distortion......but after a full on band practice i was blown away! Such a awesome dirt tone