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03-20-2010, 12:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ. | | | Anyone else play one of these?
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So here is my new head I picked up last weekend. It consists of a Furman PQ-3 preamp/parametric eq and an original Acoustic model 361 power amp section. Yep, it is all housed in a milk crate.
I showed up just to buy the Furman, but the guy said the price included the entire rig, so I figured what the hell. When I got home and plugged it in I was pretty surprised to find out it all worked, and more surprised that it sounds great. It bumps pretty hard when it powers on, and there is a little bit of hum, but otherwise it is quiet, powerful, and full sounding. Now I just need to squeeze a compressor in to the empty "rack" space.    |
03-20-2010, 02:02 PM
| | | | You win!
That thing looks tough as nails; a little hack job, a little bit home made, an plenty of attitude.
If it sounds good I'd use it in a heartbeat. |
03-20-2010, 02:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Burlington, VT | | | That's awesome
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03-20-2010, 03:30 PM
|  | Hey, what does this knob do? | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: New Hampshire | | | I had a close cousin to that Furman back in the mid-late '70s, and it's what I used to "fix" a lean-sounding amp and a lean-sounding folded horn. I think it had a green panel but I could be wrong on that point. Never had a problem with it. I recall it being very clean and somewhat "character-less," but back then it was volume at all costs and everything else came in a distant second. |
03-20-2010, 06:46 PM
| | | | That is....so....BEAUTIFUL! Bless it's ugly little heart. I love seeing oddball home brew rigs that have the goods tonewise. |
03-20-2010, 06:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by thumpbass1 That is....so....BEAUTIFUL! Bless it's ugly little heart. I love seeing oddball home brew rigs that have the goods tonewise. | Thanks, that is what I thought. I am having some trouble getting my wife to see it's inner beauty though. So far I think it is her least favorite piece of gear I have ever owned. |
03-20-2010, 07:38 PM
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03-20-2010, 07:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: valparaiso, in. | | | The Furman PQ-3 is a great pre-amp. I got mine used at Makin' Music many, many years ago, and it's come in handy for dozens of things over the years. Best $100 bucks I ever spent for gear. |
03-20-2010, 08:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by countrybass007 The Furman PQ-3 is a great pre-amp. I got mine used at Makin' Music many, many years ago, and it's come in handy for dozens of things over the years. Best $100 bucks I ever spent for gear. | That's what I had to cough up for this. I have been amazed at the price of some of these preamp/eq units. I never paid much attention to them until recently, but there are a lot of options out there for very little money compared to bass specific preamps. |
03-20-2010, 08:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: saint michael ,mn | | | thats awesome! your EBS cab is WAY too pretty in comparison though. maybe add some duct tape to make them match better?
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03-20-2010, 08:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tucson,AZ | | Geurilla engineering at it's finest, love it! 
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03-20-2010, 08:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | Isn't that just a Crate amp?... get it... Crate?
Oy. 
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03-20-2010, 08:46 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | Love the rack !
Very good idea , I'll remember this one !
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03-20-2010, 08:51 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hamilton ON | | | I LOVE THIS AMP!!!
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03-20-2010, 10:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: saint michael ,mn | | | he may be on to something here, look at all that ventilation!
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03-20-2010, 10:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Framingham, Massachusetts | | | wowwwie is that thing ugly!
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03-20-2010, 10:12 PM
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Nice pre though.
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03-20-2010, 10:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Eastern Wisconsin | | | Wait a minute, are you telling us that we've been throwing gobs of money away on racks when all this time milk crates are the perfect size and free?!?!?
You're a genius!
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03-20-2010, 10:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Vancouver | | | Dude that milk crate idea is great! I'm measuring one at work next week. |
03-21-2010, 12:05 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Minnesota | | Quote:
Originally Posted by FilCo Thanks, that is what I thought. I am having some trouble getting my wife to see it's inner beauty though | You didn't tell her to look through the holes? | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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