Beer of the Bass Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 (edited) I spent this afternoon recording a couple of tracks with a friend who's been visiting from the US for a few weeks. I had a look at the studio's choice of house amps and ended up playing through an Ampeg Micro VR and 210AV. I'm rather surprised by how much I enjoyed the sound of this rig, as I'd thought they looked like a bit of a gimmick like those miniature solid-state Marshall stacks. The head has the EQ centres in useful places, as I can turn the mids up without it sounding boxy and the soft clipping when the gain is turned up is nicely done, but I suspect it was the cab which I was really getting into. The interesting thing for me was that while I could hear the low end roll-off that comes from a small sealed cab, it didn't sound like I expected it to from having heard it described. Rather than sounding thin, it came across as pleasantly tight and even and had plenty of lows for the type of sound I go for. The upper mids and highs were cool too, I presume there's some sort of presence peak going on which it turns out I find pleasing. I don't know what the drivers in there are, but I guess they're relatively humble ceramic jobs. I'm not about to dash out and buy one at the minute, but it was educational in figuring out what my low-end requirements really are... Edited September 21, 2014 by Beer of the Bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Those cabs are really nice sounding little cabs indeed. I had one, paired with an SVT410HE. Because the same amount of power went to each the 210 would break up quite nicely, giving a good driven sound, whilst the 410 would stay quite clean. Was a balancing act though, had to be careful to not push to the point of no return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 I have two of those cabs - ironically you can't use two of them with the Micro VR head as it makes it produce nasty popping/cracking noises so [size=4]I use them with an Orange Terror Bass instead![/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basshead56 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 [quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1411334688' post='2558595'] I have two of those cabs - ironically you can't use two of them with the Micro VR head as it makes it produce nasty popping/cracking noises so I use them with an Orange Terror Bass instead! [/quote] Never noticed that with my Micro VR and 2 cabs. Is this a common problem then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Yeah, there's a big thread on Talkbass dedicated to it. The amp is fine with other 2x 8ohm cab combinations, but distorts in a bad way when used with a pair of the cabs that were designed to go with it! I bought a new Micro VR head about a year ago and it had issue so returned it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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