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12-27-2012, 05:49 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: White Plains | | | Don't worry about the speakons, they're nice but not a necessity. Especially with a lower wattage amp like the 800RB.
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12-27-2012, 06:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Seattle, WA | | 800rb's f'n rock, period. I've owned several 400rb's as well, & I love those amps too...
BUT, I dig the old stuff... so I'm biased, LOL... 
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12-27-2012, 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Pedulla-Player  Do you think the 800 RB would sound good through these cabs? | Yup 
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12-27-2012, 07:04 AM
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12-27-2012, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by dmusic148 He's razzing you because you said inputs when they're outputs.
If your new cabs are 8 ohm units just plug them into the Low amp and insert your earplugs.
Will it sound good? That's entirely up to you! Let us know what you think. | Man I've been getting razzed on here a lot lately. Kinda makes me feel like an idiot (which I just may be I guess). Either someone is correcting my spelling , my lack of technical terminology , or trolling my threads. If your going to razz me - please say why so I can correct myself next time. Honestly it's Kinda making me wonder why I spend time here? I may ask a lot of questions , but I'm just trying to learn from people with experience using the gear that I am interested in... I wasted enough money on gear that I wasn't happy with and would like to make this my last gear purchase for a long time to come.
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12-27-2012, 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by bassgod0dmw Don't worry about the speakons, they're nice but not a necessity. Especially with a lower wattage amp like the 800RB. | Quote:
Originally Posted by GreaserMatt 800rb's f'n rock, period. I've owned several 400rb's as well, & I love those amps too...
BUT, I dig the old stuff... so I'm biased, LOL... | Quote:
Originally Posted by AdamR Yup | Thanks - I appreciate your knowledgeable advice.
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12-27-2012, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by TripleDouble Now to be labeled "rare/discontinued" in classifieds... | And priced starting at $1500 
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12-27-2012, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by JimmyM And priced starting at $1500 | I hope so 
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12-27-2012, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by willsellout Just picked up a transition era 800RB (91') with the vertical switch, but with the dual 100 watt speaker jacks and the huge super sturdy feeling pots. I waited years to grab one of these. Can't wait to bring it to practice next week. It will be going against my Mesa Mpulse 600. I want to see what it can do. | I have and use both of these amps. I like the Mesa very much, especially with my new Baer ML112. I bought the '86 800RB in '03 as a back-up and it quickly became my primary, being used first with an Eden 212XLT and then an Aguilar GS212.
Yes, it has a hard wired tonality - and there's nothing wrong with it! I don't play modern, extended range basses so the EQ is more than adequate. All of my basses sound pretty darn good through it.
The real difference I find between the GK and the Mesa is the GK sounds much more immediate in its response. The Mesa sounds great but it's just a touch "softer". This is a trait of the MPulse amps, and it becomes noticeable against the GK.
The GK is also amazingly loud for its 300 watts.
Both these amps get a lot of love for different reasons and are selected for use accordingly.
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12-27-2012, 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Pedulla-Player If your going to razz me - please say why so I can correct myself next time. . | Not his style, man.... : D
Hey, whoa, nobody thinks you're stupid, dude--it's just that guys like Chef see stuff like that SO often(so do I)that it's become a sort of sport to see if you can be steered in the right direction with gentle prodding... : D
And I was serious about my "let us know" comment -- it will sound good, to some people and probably not to others -- it's the way of things. I'm sure it'll be great.
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12-27-2012, 02:21 PM
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Staff Reviewer; Bass Gear Magazine Moderator | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Columbia MO | | Hey: I could be wrong...maybe there are speakon inputs now.
Technology moves pretty fast!
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12-27-2012, 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by dmusic148 Not his style, man.... : D
Hey, whoa, nobody thinks you're stupid, dude--it's just that guys like Chef see stuff like that SO often(so do I)that it's become a sort of sport to see if you can be steered in the right direction with gentle prodding... : D
And I was serious about my "let us know" comment -- it will sound good, to some people and probably not to others -- it's the way of things. I'm sure it'll be great. | I guess between him answering my question with a "Huh?" and some other guy correcting my spelling kinda made me feel like an idiot. I may have taken things out of context and maybe they were just joking around - just how I took it...
Chef has answered many of my questions before and for that I am grateful.
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12-27-2012, 02:24 PM
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Staff Reviewer; Bass Gear Magazine Moderator | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Columbia MO | | | Glad to be of service, when I can!
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12-27-2012, 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Chef Hey: I could be wrong...maybe there are speakon inputs now.
Technology moves pretty fast! |
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Originally Posted by Bassist4Eris My reggae skills are rudimentary enough that I just play whatever the original guy played. :) | |
12-27-2012, 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Chef Glad to be of service, when I can! | You've been a huge presence here on TB with you willingness to help people an answer their questions. I was just taken back by your "Huh?" comment on my question. I'm sure that you were just messing with me , but my mood was already fouled by a couple other TBers so I took it to heart more than I should have. For that - I apologize. Thanks again for all of your valuable insight and wisdom of bass gear.
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12-27-2012, 03:40 PM
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Staff Reviewer; Bass Gear Magazine Moderator | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Columbia MO | | | I'd never heard of speakon inputs. Doesn't mean it couldn't happen though.
Sorry 'bout that.
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12-27-2012, 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by JimmyM And priced starting at $1500 | I like my 800RB, but if somebody offered $1500 it would be gone so fast it would make your head spin  |
12-27-2012, 05:32 PM
| | | Getting back to the point of this thread, I' like to share a few more thoughts about these amps. The 700rb and 1001 rb and the newer 400rbs have options that modern players might expect (demand) : more connectivity, tuner out, mute button. pre -post-volume on the DI , and more.
The 800rb and older 400rbs are much more bare bones. (They have everything you need but not everything you see on modern amps)
The bi-amp feature on the 700 and 1001 is useless unless you have a GK RBH cab ( I don't , but no worries. just use it full range, sounds great.)
The bi- amp feature on the 800 rb is much more useful (but again not really neccessary to get a great sound) The typical biamp set up on an 800Rb is a 4 ohm load on the woofer section ( a single 15 or a 4x10). The high end is 100 watts to an 8 OHM LOAD ( 2x10 8 ohm)
You can set the X-over point, you have seperate volume controls for high and low and a button to switch between full range and bi-amp ( soun  ds great either way) |
12-27-2012, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by 4stringsonly The bi-amp feature on the 700 and 1001 is useless unless you have a GK RBH cab | Their Neo cabs also offer biamp capability.
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12-27-2012, 05:51 PM
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Staff Reviewer; Bass Gear Magazine Moderator | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Columbia MO | | Not true.
The Neo Series are bi-ampable; that's what I run. Quote:
Originally Posted by 4stringsonly
The bi-amp feature on the 700 and 1001 is useless unless you have a GK RBH cab ( I don't , but no worries. just use it full range, sounds great.)
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