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02-19-2013, 07:54 PM
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Endorsing Artist: FEA Labs, Jule Amps | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: los angeles, CA | | | So I've only been able to give it a quick whirl in the home studio. At one point my son came and closed the door because I was rattling the windows.
Tonally I don't notice a difference between Minnie and running the Puma 900 power section but I haven't done a direct A/B (maybe later tonight). I will say that Minnie is built like a tank (like Monique) but is light. Seems like James built some afterburner into the master volume taper. The amp has plenty of juice turned low, but it comes on like a freight train after about 3:00 (unlike many amps that essentially have nothing after noon).
I'm tracking Thu/Sat and not sure if I'm running direct (out of Monique) or running a cab - haven't talked with the producer yet. Sunday I have an outdoor gig so Minnie will get her live baptism then.
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02-19-2013, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by nostatic it's alive...   | jeez man ... you have some cool stuff.  
I'm still working on getting me a Baer, and you have that Monique and Minnie sitting right there on top of it. 
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02-19-2013, 08:25 PM
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02-19-2013, 09:00 PM
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Endorsing Artist: FEA Labs, Jule Amps | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: los angeles, CA | | | After doing an A/B with Minnie and the Puma power section I take back what I said - they sound different. The Puma has a bit more edge, Minnie is a bit rounder. Subtle but I hear a difference. In addition Minnie has a lower noise floor at equivalent volumes.
The Rob Allen sounds flat out gorgeous through this combination. The YYD sounds nasty in a good way (part of that is the Baer), the MGS is sweeter. Need to get it on a gig though...
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02-19-2013, 09:17 PM
|  | Less barking, more wagging! | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA | | Those pictures make my wallet itch something terrible, Nostatic!  |
02-19-2013, 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Jazzdogg Those pictures make my wallet itch something terrible, Nostatic! | +1. That LOOKS great and I'm sure it sounds killer.
Luckily I am happy with my inexpensive Crest ProLite 2.0 power amp and my Crown XTI2000 is being delivered tomorrow.
Buying another poweramp = my wife locking me out of the house. 
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02-19-2013, 10:37 PM
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Owner & Creator of Jule Amps & Monique | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Santa Cruz, CA | | | Noise - not
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Originally Posted by nostatic After doing an A/B with Minnie and the Puma power section I take back what I said - they sound different. The Puma has a bit more edge, Minnie is a bit rounder. Subtle but I hear a difference. In addition Minnie has a lower noise floor at equivalent volumes.
The Rob Allen sounds flat out gorgeous through this combination. The YYD sounds nasty in a good way (part of that is the Baer), the MGS is sweeter. Need to get it on a gig though... | I am aware that some of the delay getting these first Minnies out the door was because James was doing his magic lowering that noise floor. I like to think that the low noise of Monique encouraged him to keep at it, but probably not. He just does good work.
Thanks to Douglas for coming to the shop today and playing his Jazz Bass into this combo. Good Day. |
02-20-2013, 06:58 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: nyc | | | I saw a guy walking around Gitard Center in Commack NY last weekend carrying a Jules Monique. I saw it and didn't recognize the logo but said to myself I bet that's a Monique. I want to kick myself for not talking to the guy and asking to try it out. When do you ever get the chance to try a piece of boutique gear like that?
Funny thing, he was in the gitard section looking at combo amps. |
02-20-2013, 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by nostatic After doing an A/B with Minnie and the Puma power section I take back what I said - they sound different. The Puma has a bit more edge, Minnie is a bit rounder. Subtle but I hear a difference. | I bet that transformer Jim is using has something to do with what you are hearing.  |
02-20-2013, 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Jazzdogg Those pictures make my wallet itch something terrible, Nostatic! | Yeah, I'm developing a severe case of Want.
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02-20-2013, 08:10 AM
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The Minnie looks great. Thanks for the pics. I am still deciding between the Bamboo or Dove Cage.
Did Jule ever get a matching bamboo cover made for the Minnie?
I know it is only aesthetics but my OCD drives me crazy sometimes. |
02-20-2013, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by TheButlerdidit Todd,
The Minnie looks great. Thanks for the pics. I am still deciding between the Bamboo or Dove Cage.
Did Jule ever get a matching bamboo cover made for the Minnie?
I know it is only aesthetics but my OCD drives me crazy sometimes. | The bamboo cover for the Minnie (to match the bamboo Monique enclosure) will be available March 15th. In addition to the matching look, it will have indentations on the top to accept the feet of Bamboo Monique. Just got figured out yesterday. |
02-20-2013, 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by juledude The bamboo cover for the Minnie (to match the bamboo Monique enclosure) will be available March 15th. In addition to the matching look, it will have indentations on the top to accept the feet of Bamboo Monique. Just got figured out yesterday. | Excellent! Put me down for one. |
02-20-2013, 09:55 AM
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Endorsing Artist: FEA Labs, Jule Amps | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: los angeles, CA | | | My admittedly inelegant solution has been velcro. The feet on Monique are fairly hard so I put velcro on them and pieces on the top of the Puma (and now on the Minnie). Can't see it when the two are together and keeps things from moving. The Puma has hard feet as well so I used a non-slip pad underneath. Minnie has softer feet and doesn't have a tendency to move.
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02-20-2013, 11:32 AM
| | Less barking, more wagging! | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA | | | As soon as I saw the pairing I thought of adding latches to join them together; transportable as a single unit, but easily separable when desired. |
02-20-2013, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Jazzdogg As soon as I saw the pairing I thought of adding latches to join them together; transportable as a single unit, but easily separable when desired. | That's what duct tape is for 
Agree with you though..... Some kind of coupling mechanism would be super cool.
Poor Jule.
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02-20-2013, 04:42 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | Ya, you guys figure out this stuff AFTER you buy it! Come on, try to think of it before you buy it so Jule can implement it
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02-20-2013, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by tombowlus I bet that transformer Jim is using has something to do with what you are hearing. | I heard the installation of the power amp in the Monique does not include the jensen transformer at the front of the power section, only the Demeter pres do. I assumed the Minnie did not have one as well. Can someone confirm?
Either way that minnie/dove cage rig looks really nice!
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02-20-2013, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by nostatic I live within a day shipping of Demeter. That's what you get for living in Brooklyn 
Then again, certainly takes my Foderas a lot longer to get here... | Now that is funny!!!!!   |
02-20-2013, 05:44 PM
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