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Thunderfunk TFB550 - *SOLD*
£550
Dartford


AxelF
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Thunderfunk TFB550 for sale - Dave Funk's classic head.

 

Has a ridiculous amount of tone-shaping options - a 6 band semi-parametric eq section featuring bass and treble knobs plus then 4 sweepable eq points offering virtually unlimited tweaking between 30Hz and 4kHz. In addition to that there are two controls labelled 'Enhance' and 'Timbre' - these have been a revelation to me in live use.

 

From the manual:

 

"Enhance: As you advance the knob, the sound tightens up, boosting the very low, upper middle and, high frequencies, while adding a dip in the lower middle frequencies. This brings out the fundamental notes by reducing frequencies that mask them, and it enhances the high-end transients, similar to techniques often used for recording bass in the studio."

 

"Timbre: Like the Enhance control, it is a complex adjustment of both treble and bass on one knob. Use it to range from a full to a punchy bass tone. Turned down you get a deep, full-bass tone, and turned up you get a tight, punchy-bass tone."

 

The 6-band eq is amazing but I generally got every sound I needed out of this amp by using those two controls alone. Any additional eqing I did was then generally for the specific room. 

 

Also has the solid state/tube emulation switch.

 

Has 2 DIs - pre and post eq, each with a ground lift and an output level for the post eq. 

 

500 watts into 4 ohms - not sure what it would give into 8, but the same as usual I guess!

 

In fantastic condition - it's lived in a rack for all of my gigs, I think I have the rack ears too for it which I'll include.

 

£550, would prefer collection from Dartford ideally, but open to meeting within a reasonable distance or can discuss shipping at the buyers risk/expense.

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Yeah there's not really many videos around that demonstrate what the filters and the eq can do, I've recorded a quick video to try and show some of the range of tones available - please ignore the shoddy playing! ;) You can get a huge range of tones from just the 'Enchance' and 'Timbre' controls alone, or together, or you can just ignore them and use the semi-parametric eq to tune exactly the frequencies you want. The video is recorded with a Warwick Streamer straight into the amp and then out of the 'post eq' DI into my PC. No editing or tone shaping on the DAW.

 

https://youtu.be/FgaWmeUh0NQ

 

 

 

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