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07-13-2010, 08:45 AM
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Endorsing Artist:Orange Amps, EBS FX, Ernie Ball, Fender Bass Guitars | | | | | Fender tbp-1 and power amp or tb-600?
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I'm planning on buying a smaller backup head for touring/amp for doing local gigs and sessions when at home with.
I've read loads of good things baoutthe new fender pro amps and have tried the fender amplitube plug in demo to get an idea of the tone and i'm digging it.
Question is do I go for the straight up tb-600 head or do I go the preamp way and buy a quality power amp. I've never done the preamp and poweramp thing, but the tbp-1 does have slightly better features like a jensen DI etc.
How much does a power amp affect the sound? Would the tone be better coming from the head it's matched power section or would the pre/poweamp combo give me options and possible better tone?
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07-13-2010, 09:32 AM
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07-13-2010, 09:35 AM
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Endorsing Artist:Orange Amps, EBS FX, Ernie Ball, Fender Bass Guitars | | | | | haha yeah man i here ya. Probably why I can't make a decision.
I suppose my worry is the power amp, I don't really know much about them or what brand to go for in terms of headroom and reliabitlity! |
07-13-2010, 09:40 AM
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07-13-2010, 09:51 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hour North of Columbus, OH | | | I've been going to the power/pre route lately. I know there's a TBP-1 in the TB Classifieds right now. I'd probably go that route. My power amp only weighs 8.6 lbs., so that's a plus.
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07-13-2010, 09:57 AM
|  | Dr. Jim | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Denton TX, Kailua HI, New York | | | Pre/power is more flexible, as either piece can be upgraded. You can also rack a couple of pre's with a power amp for only a couple of pounds extra weight. I have two (an ART and a BBE), which at times has been useful, and provides a backup.
That Fender pre is very very nice.
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07-13-2010, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim Carr  Pre/power is more flexible, as either piece can be upgraded. You can also rack a couple of pre's with a power amp for only a couple of pounds extra weight. I have two (an ART and a BBE), which at times has been useful, and provides a backup.
That Fender pre is very very nice. | The flexibility is why I've started doing this. I figure I can start collecting preamps for different tones, and it's cheaper than buying totally different heads. Just seems like fun to me.  
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