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Here's my new rig - I've had the cab for a few months now and bought the head off Flanker last week. I used it in anger last night and all I can say is WOW. In the first set I 'mixed' the tube channel with the FET one 50/50 and got a fat, warm and very punchy sound with my Spector, but TBH there was a bit too much of the valve warmth in there for what I do, so in the second set, I just used the FET channel and it's the best sound I've ever got out of a rig. The head and cab are really well matched and the build quality is absolutely astounding.

The head is deep, rich, articulate and a joy to use - especially with the footswitch (guitarist was very unhappy that I had more control at my feet than he has :huh: ). It's really well made and yeh, at 33lbs the head's a bit heavy but I'm a big strong lad so no worries.

The only down side to it is that there are a lot of very bright blue LEDs on the amp and on the footswitch and not being familiar with the layout of the amp / footswitch I was a bit 'blinded' and couldn't see the writing behind / around the LEDs and didn't know what was what but I'll soon get used to that.

I think I need to play around with the head a bit more because there's a lot of versatility on offer blending this and that. Having the facility to mix the two channels is a revelation - the FET channel sounds amazing on it's own but dialling in a bit of the tube channel gets you into tone heaven.

Suffice to say, I'm ecstatic with this rig. A couple of pics taken hastily this morning with a cheap camera and a severe hangover... Happy New Year everyone :)



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[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='367769' date='Jan 1 2009, 02:38 PM'][/quote]

Now THAT'S a rig!!! :huh:

I love my Genz Benz Neox212T and my Spectors..... so I can only imagine how immense they must sound through this head!!! GAS attack!! I wish you lived down the road from me so I could try it out! :)

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Elros, that active speaker looks good - something I have been looking into recently. At £390 for a pair it looks like a good choice. I presume two would work with the Vbass stereo outputs? You just plug each channel into a speaker via an xlr lead, and I right?

Cheers
ped

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[quote name='cetera' post='367881' date='Jan 1 2009, 05:08 PM']Now THAT'S a rig!!! :huh:

I love my Genz Benz Neox212T and my Spectors..... so I can only imagine how immense they must sound through this head!!! GAS attack!! I wish you lived down the road from me so I could try it out! :)[/quote]

I'm a frequent visitor darn sarf (Wokingham) - next time I'm down your way I'll let you know. :huh:

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[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='367918' date='Jan 1 2009, 06:10 PM']I'm a frequent visitor darn sarf (Wokingham) - next time I'm down your way I'll let you know. :huh:[/quote]

Cetra - just make sure you count your Spectors when he's leaving :)

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[quote name='wotnwhy' post='376936' date='Jan 11 2009, 05:40 PM']for the last few months i've been without a propper bass rig. and i've now finally got one together:





powerfull, punchy, deep, lightweight and CHEAP! i can carry the whole setup in 1 go, and rig cost under £600 ^_^ ;)[/quote]
Love it! Once I've finished building my 1x15 cab I can join you on these hallowed pages with LH500 porn, until then, it just doesn't feel right :P

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[quote name='wotnwhy' post='376936' date='Jan 11 2009, 05:40 PM']for the last few months i've been without a propper bass rig. and i've now finally got one together:



powerfull, punchy, deep, lightweight and CHEAP! i can carry the whole setup in 1 go, and rig cost under £600 ^_^ ;)[/quote]


They look cool but what is that little black pad for to the right of the EQ?

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[quote name='budget bassist' post='377028' date='Jan 11 2009, 06:58 PM']Awesome, how does it sound?
I'm a bit wary of that boost only EQ...[/quote]

for the last few months i've been using a Phonic 150w PA head as an... ahem... "amp".. and i've been happy with the sound, compared to that the sound with the hartke was instantly deeper, punchier and clearer. deffinitly seems to have balls, even at low volume*

as for the boost only eq, i'm still a little confused by it. set everything to zero and you have silence, but surely if it's boost only you need a signal to 'boost'... to be honest i've found that setting everything in the middle gives me a good starting ground, then just eq like normal. can't find any difference of note* to a normal amp eq frankly. so i don't think it should be a worry

*still haven't tried it out "in anger" so don't know if there'll be any suprises there

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[quote name='wotnwhy' post='378063' date='Jan 12 2009, 06:25 PM']as for the boost only eq, i'm still a little confused by it. set everything to zero and you have silence, but surely if it's boost only you need a signal to 'boost'... to be honest i've found that setting everything in the middle gives me a good starting ground, then just eq like normal. [b]can't find any difference of note* to a normal amp eq frankly.[/b] so i don't think it should be a worry[/quote]
That'll be because it's the same sort of tonestack that a lot of other bass amps have been using for years, typical 3 band thing. For example, the AD200B has a similar sort of EQ.
I might be wrong on this but I'm pretty sure this sort of tonestack is cut only, not boost, hence why when everything is at zero, the output is zero.

I don't know why everyone seems so concerned about it, or something? It's very common. ;)

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[quote name='escholl' post='379658' date='Jan 13 2009, 08:52 PM']I don't know why everyone seems so concerned about it, or something? It's very common. ;)[/quote]
It's a great tonestack and very easy to use, I too see no issue with it :P

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The standard Fender designed tone stack used in many pre-amps (Trace V-type, BBE, Alembic, old Fender, and many others) is bass and treble boost and mid cut. To make it flat you need to set the bass and treble at 2 and the mid at 10.

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[quote name='budget bassist' post='383557' date='Jan 17 2009, 09:04 PM']Good to see the ray still hasn't gone anywhere kev, she's something special ;)[/quote]
cheers mate, yeah i managed to raise enough money to keep hold of it, hopefully i shouldnt need to sell it now :P

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My old (but current) rig:

Ashdown MAG300h + Mag210t Cab:



My new rig:
Tech 21 Landmark 300 + Alien Audio 1x15:



I use a a few gadgets AKG wireless > Sansamp > Presonus Comp and a TU-2 on the tuner outs.

Heres the full stack of it:



Once the cable i bought from obbm arrives ill have a stereo 300w rig (well 300+125) ;)

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