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11-12-2011, 04:14 PM
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Wondering if the MB200 Is good for metal music |
11-12-2011, 04:17 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Woodinville, WA | | | Pretty much any amp is fine for metal music. |
11-12-2011, 04:20 PM
| | | | Sure, it can be. You just have to use it with some really efficient speakers if you're in a loud band. A pair of BFM Jack 12's or 15's could be the ticket. |
11-12-2011, 04:24 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Central Ohio | | | You need more power. I have the combo version MB112 and it is just right for my acoustic-based group. No way would it have cut it with the classic rock bands I used to play for.
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11-12-2011, 04:28 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Chicago North | | | You need a lot of power. That's not enough.
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11-12-2011, 04:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Long Island | | | Agreed. Though I love the MB200 it hits the limiter when I use it with my two guitar blues band (1X15 cabinet).
I've used it with an (8 ohm) 4X10 on top of an (8ohm) 2X18 and it sounded great with the same band so the more drivers the better.
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11-12-2011, 06:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Nude Zealand | | Two threads today from this brand new OP on "... for metal".
You guys are too easy  .
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11-12-2011, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by GrowlerBox Two threads today from this brand new OP on "... for metal".
You guys are too easy . | This.
200w is pretty weak for metal.
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11-12-2011, 07:08 PM
|  | And I went BING BOP. BINGA BINGA BING BING BOP. | | Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Waukesha, Wisconsin | | | Might not enough watts, even if you put a really good 2x15 or 410 under it.
Tone-wise and feature-wise, it should be fine. You're doubtless going to get a lot of your sound from a fuzz pedal or similar anyway. |
11-12-2011, 09:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Jakarta, Indonesia | | It is good enough. You need distortion for metal. Small watts can go into a lot of distortion. As an added bonus, it can also catch on fire and adds to your persona!  |
11-13-2011, 12:07 AM
| | | | Unless you're into jazz metal, I'd suggest more watts.......and a serious helping of good speaker.
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11-13-2011, 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by fourfinger You need more power. I have the combo version MB112 and it is just right for my acoustic-based group. No way would it have cut it with the classic rock bands I used to play for. | Yes but that with a 1x12" cab, put the MB200 on a 4 ohm 8x10" cab and it will rock in most bands which do not practice volume wars. |
11-13-2011, 12:56 AM
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Maker of HPF-Pre upright bass preamp | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Madison WI | | | The MB200 looks quite metallic. |
11-13-2011, 10:50 AM
| | And I went BING BOP. BINGA BINGA BING BING BOP. | | Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Waukesha, Wisconsin | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Duke21 put the MB200 on a 4 ohm 8x10" cab and it will rock in most bands which do not practice volume wars. | Yeah, so..not metal bands.  |
11-13-2011, 04:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Narvik, Norway | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by scottfeldstein
Yeah, so..not metal bands. | I'm a bit fascinated about this metal and high/ higher/ highest possible volume levels. One could almost think that metal watts are less then other rock watts as metal players need more watts.... |
11-13-2011, 04:40 PM
| | And I went BING BOP. BINGA BINGA BING BING BOP. | | Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Waukesha, Wisconsin | | | Well, it's perfectly true that there's no logical reason why metal bands would need to play and/or rehears at volumes greater than another type of rock music...but the fact is, lots of them do.
Maybe it's just the visual aesthetic of big guitar amp stacks and double kick drums that lead so many of them down the path of high volume. Not sure. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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