soulstar89 Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago (edited) I wanted to upgrade my setup. I originally wanted a tone hammer with a barefaced one 10 but I couldn’t find a barefaced near me to play and see how I like it. I LOVE the tone of the ashdown abm evo IV heads but for home and jamming its over kill. The genzler combo with carry bag came up and decided to give it a try. It’s surprised me with how it’s shown me how articulate my p bass is (Bart pickups & chrome flats). The setup is transparent, responsive and articulate even up the neck, something I haven’t heard before. This is the first amp head and speaker where even with my tone knob on bass turned down I get a really full articulate sound, not muddy boomy sound with no note definition. The EQ is near always at noon “flat” I play fingerstyle funk, r&b, fusion kinda jazz lol (melodic phrasing). This setup makes me want to play more jazz melodic music. The sound is amazing. Still trying to see how to get a tad more warmth from this amp and cab. It’s also near impossible to clip the gain light so figuring out configurations. The contour circuit is very useful. The blue circuit to my ears smooths things out where the amber boosts the mids and compresses bass and treble. anyone which a Magellan head or similar setup, what’s your settings like for the genre for funk, r&b, Motown stuff? cheers Edited 6 hours ago by soulstar89 1 Quote
BassAdder60 Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago (edited) I had the Magellan 800 head and it’s an awesome amp for sure Build quality, quiet fan, EQ that works and mine had drive too but I rarely used it. This and the Eich T900 were amongst my favourite amps for allowing your bass to sound like your bass ! Edited 6 hours ago by BassAdder60 1 Quote
soulstar89 Posted 5 hours ago Author Posted 5 hours ago 24 minutes ago, BassAdder60 said: I had the Magellan 800 head and it’s an awesome amp for sure Build quality, quiet fan, EQ that works and mine had drive too but I rarely used it. This and the Eich T900 were amongst my favourite amps for allowing your bass to sound like your bass ! Mate I was amazed how articulate my bass was. I put in a @KiOgon loom kit in and some Bart’s. Ive still the original pickups and some roundwounds so I’ll be interested to see how the sound changes. How did you go about achieving more warmth? I notice the treble doesn’t help much with my pbass with flats. It adds or takes away clank noise. Quote
BassAdder60 Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago 17 minutes ago, soulstar89 said: Mate I was amazed how articulate my bass was. I put in a @KiOgon loom kit in and some Bart’s. Ive still the original pickups and some roundwounds so I’ll be interested to see how the sound changes. How did you go about achieving more warmth? I notice the treble doesn’t help much with my pbass with flats. It adds or takes away clank noise. I recall I used the contour control to make it less modern sounding. The thing is compared to the ABM600 which has a very warm slightly woolly tone anything else seems too bright at times ! The clarity you are now hearing helps a lot in a band situation Quote
soulstar89 Posted 5 hours ago Author Posted 5 hours ago 14 minutes ago, BassAdder60 said: I recall I used the contour control to make it less modern sounding. The thing is compared to the ABM600 which has a very warm slightly woolly tone anything else seems too bright at times ! The clarity you are now hearing helps a lot in a band situation That’s a very good point. The abm evo has a warm woolly tone but is articulate. They are extremely different. I can definitely see this amp would help in a band situation. Need more time to play with it. What did you move on to after the Magellan? Quote
soulstar89 Posted 4 hours ago Author Posted 4 hours ago 34 minutes ago, chris_b said: Jeff Genzler makes some great bass gear. He does. He even replied to me on talk bass. You sold me on the sound tone hammer and barefaced one10. Just couldn’t find a place to hear it. 1 Quote
BassAdder60 Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago 1 hour ago, soulstar89 said: That’s a very good point. The abm evo has a warm woolly tone but is articulate. They are extremely different. I can definitely see this amp would help in a band situation. Need more time to play with it. What did you move on to after the Magellan? EICH T900 ! Quote
soulstar89 Posted 4 hours ago Author Posted 4 hours ago 5 minutes ago, BassAdder60 said: EICH T900 ! Lol oh. I played the eich t500 at the bass gallery last year. Sounded nice. If I remember correctly the eich has a similar feature of genzler contour. Quote
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