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12-20-2012, 10:41 AM
|  | Musical Anarchist | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sutton, MA | | | I played a loud gig (too loud really) with the TH500 and an Avatar B210neo and that clip light was going pretty good. |
12-20-2012, 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Freddels  I played a loud gig (too loud really) with the TH500 and an Avatar B210neo and that clip light was going pretty good. | If you are in the situation that you have either an 8ohm cab pushed really hard, or a low efficiency cab that needs a lot of power, or too small of a cab for the gig (careful there!), yes, you will get the clip light going, since it has nothing to do with power output, but everything to do with the amount you are pushing the pre, including the master volume.
Quite frankly, seems a bit of a useless indicator to me. I would much rather have a pure 'power amp into clip' sort of indicator.
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12-20-2012, 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by KJung It will be brutally loud before that happens, since everything is kind of tied together for that single indicator.
With my relatively high efficiency Berg cabs, I've never reached the 'clip light' level. Pounding through the moderate efficiency/deeply voiced Audiokinesis TC115 (4ohms), I've gotten it to flash a bit when really digging in toward the end of the night down low. Amp wasn't even warm to the touch after that. | I've not had any clip light flashing with my MESA PH 210/8ohm or Scout 12/4ohm... I"m thinking my LDS 1010/6 won't have any issues either... 1050 watts of 30 pound bliss... Kind of anxcious to hear it with my TH500... 
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12-20-2012, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by gustobassman I was actually wondering if my clip light even worked! |
LOL! I was thinking the same thing this morning. "Great, I'm gonna have to return this head because the stupid little bulb for the clip light doesn't work!"
I guess I was just used to how the gain worked on my previous heads, including the AG500. Now I can rest easy. 
Thanks, Ken ... again.
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12-20-2012, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by KJung If you are in the situation that you have either an 8ohm cab pushed really hard, or a low efficiency cab that needs a lot of power, or too small of a cab for the gig (careful there!), yes, you will get the clip light going, since it has nothing to do with power output, but everything to do with the amount you are pushing the pre, including the master volume.
Quite frankly, seems a bit of a useless indicator to me. I would much rather have a pure 'power amp into clip' sort of indicator. | It's a 4 ohm cab. It was way too loud, the sound guy sucked as nothing was in the monitors, the band kept turning up. It was a fiasco that I hope never happens again. |
12-20-2012, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Freddels It was way too loud, the sound guy sucked as nothing was in the monitors, the band kept turning up. It was a fiasco that I hope never happens again. | Hey Fred, so Larry V is doing sound these days??? 
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12-20-2012, 12:17 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Lexington, KY | | I agree that the clip light seems pointless. There could have been a headphone jack right there!  |
12-20-2012, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by pauliebass I agree that the clip light seems pointless. There could have been a headphone jack right there! | I like it because it's a visual representation of the kind of signal going from the preamp into the power section, even if it doesn't mean the head is going to explode. |
12-20-2012, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by kobass Hey Fred, so Larry V is doing sound these days??? | Ha! No, but he wants to get together and play some jazz. |
12-21-2012, 08:56 AM
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