4 Strings Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 I'm thinking of a new amp and looking for something powerful 500W+, want it to be small and British. Genz UK would be good. Who have I got? Orange Terror - great but, I think, too dirty sounding for me and a bit big. Ashdown MiBass - ideal, looking to see how they fare What else is there? Interested to see Matamp playing with a Class D power amp, but I still don't think that's going to be small. Are there any others? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 The Matamp one is supposed to be in a Minimat box, so pretty small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crez5150 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Purple Chili have one but it's not particularly small casing though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatbass787 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 [url="http://www.absolutemusic.co.uk/store/guitar-department-45/bass-amps-456/ashdown-little-bastard-550-limited-edition-valve-digital-bass-head-550-watt-46248"]http://www.absolutemusic.co.uk/store/guitar-department-45/bass-amps-456/ashdown-little-bastard-550-limited-edition-valve-digital-bass-head-550-watt-46248[/url] If you want something that's actually made in England... MiBass do look good too but havent had chance to try one yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 Hi, thanks all, with the Terror, Minimatamp, Purplae Chili and the big LB there's certainly a theme unfolding! Certainly the MiAmp was the sort of thing about which I was thinking but its all good. Any others? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Jamin Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 When I went down to the Matamp factory they also had a prototype for a 500w Class D amp in a 'gig-bag sized' case - think Markbass F1 size. Didn't play through it much but it sounded pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 That sounds great. Would love to see/hear that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooks79 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Yeah, the Class D Matamp prototype is tiny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 [quote name='crez5150' timestamp='1323277145' post='1461512'] Purple Chili have one but it's not particularly small casing though [/quote] Its not small as in Genz or MB small but its very light, looks cool and goes down to 2 ohms Got a few gigs under my belt with mine and its very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 and the preamp is point to point done in the UK by denis cornell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 [quote name='sk8' timestamp='1323334720' post='1462037'] Its not small as in Genz or MB small but its very light, looks cool and goes down to 2 ohms Got a few gigs under my belt with mine and its very good [/quote] Could you stick up a pic? How much was it (if you don;t mind me asking)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 [quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1323337464' post='1462076'] Could you stick up a pic? How much was it (if you don;t mind me asking)? [/quote] Not the greatest pics but you get the idea i hope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 Pics are great, thanks very much. The amp is still quite a lump, b interested to compare it to the Matamp. How's it sound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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