walter woods amp

[brunobass]

nice walter woods amp on ebay right now

[Munjibunga]

Link?

[Jonathan Starr]

It's mine, Munji. Breaks my heart, but it's time to move on.

NOT!

Oops... Mine is in TB classified. Misread Bruno's post.

[Munjibunga]

I sold mine a couple weeks ago. I hated doing it, but it wasn't seeing any action.

[Jonathan Starr]

Been gigging mine, but tired of no built in DI. Will give an EA doubler a shot, since I'm using the MTD ABG fretless along with a jazz.

[pygmygrizzly]

there was one on craigslist in burbank CA a few weeks ago, I think it was 8 or 9 hundred bucks. my roommate a few years ago had one, he was running some bag end cabs with a sadowsky 5 string, and that man could read like no one I've ever seen.

[Matt Dean]

Yes, it's true... getting a Walter Woods enables one to sight-read the most complicated of charts.

[KJung]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Starr

Been gigging mine, but tired of no built in DI. Will give an EA doubler a shot, since I'm using the MTD ABG fretless along with a jazz.

I was a Walter Woods player for almost 2 decades. While it won't help with your doubling thing, the Markbass F500 is a thing of beauty... more meaty down low than the Walter, not quite as airy up top, but very natural, and a great, full featured DI. The Walter Ultra could woop it volume-wise when using a large 8ohm cab, but at 4ohms, I heard virtually no difference in volume, and the F500 just had more meat and punch and 'character' with slab. Just FYI.

[Jonathan Starr]

I've always found the WW Ultra to sound great, with plenty of tone shaping. It's not as much fun as playing an SVT or my Mesa 400+ etc, but certainly fine for small to medium rooms.

I'm trying to find a way to have a solo/boost footswitch and mute for both channels, using separate eq for each bass, without running pedals and lots of spagetti and conections in my chain around the floor. My feet get tangled up with just the two cables from my basses to the amp. I think the EA Doubler will do this for me. I'm also sick of carrying a Countryman DI and an extra qtr inch cable to access the output of the Woods. Less stuff to carry and set up makes me happy.

[Jonathan Starr]

I got a bunch of offers, but have decided I can't part with Mr Woods. It's effortless for me to get the sound I want from the Woods.I've been messing with the new Doubler, and just can't get it dialed in. I love the features, but I have yet to hear it sound sublime with adequate punch.

[KJung]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Starr

I got a bunch of offers, but have decided I can't part with Mr Woods. It's effortless for me to get the sound I want from the Woods.I've been messing with the new Doubler, and just can't get it dialed in. I love the features, but I have yet to hear it sound sublime with adequate punch.

I too would not think an EA Doubler would be in the same league as the Walter, or many of the other micro's out there right now. +1

[Mike Dimin]

Originally Posted by KJung

I too would not think an EA Doubler would be in the same league as the Walter, or many of the other micro's out there right now. +1

Jonathan, nice to hear from you. it's been a long time my friend. Charlie is using a GB Shuttle 9.0 with his MTD ABG and is absolutely loving it.

Ken, please disclaim that you are an EA hater. You have become SO VERY TRANSPARENT over time. Grow up

[KJung]

Wow. Yes, being transparent is a good thing. I continue to be unimpressed with the EA micro amps compared to the rest of the category (the iAmp Pro is a different story). I guess I could lie? Sheesh. All anyone has to do is try them, and I believe many will come to the same conclusion as the OP and me (and if you do a search, quite a few have).

As the OP found out, using the Doubler as his proxy for the many wonderful new Micro heads out now in deciding whether to keep his Walter or not gave him, IMO, a very incomplete picture of the category.

Again, my suggestion to the OP is to NOT use the EA Doubler as a proxy for the state of the current performance of 400-600 watt Micro heads in the category. On the other hand, if you are happy with the Walter, not a lot wrong with that! I gigged an Ultra for many years.

[Mike Dimin]

Originally Posted by KJung

Wow. Yes, being transparent is a good thing. I continue to be unimpressed with the EA micro amps compared to the rest of the category (the iAmp Pro is a different story). I guess I could lie? Sheesh. All anyone has to do is try them, and I believe many will come to the same conclusion as the OP and me (and if you do a search, quite a few have).

As the OP found out, using the Doubler as his proxy for the many wonderful new Micro heads out now in deciding whether to keep his Walter or not gave him, IMO, a very incomplete picture of the category.

Again, my suggestion to the OP is to NOT use the EA Doubler as a proxy for the state of the current performance of 400-600 watt Micro heads in the category. On the other hand, if you are happy with the Walter, not a lot wrong with that! I gigged an Ultra for many years.

I gigged WW for many, many years as well. It never had the low end that any of the new micro amps have. I could get technical why, but I doubt you care.

I have also played the amps that you seem to gush over, and in all honesty their level of distortion in the low mids is totally unacceptable. The fact that you can only buy them at GC, at least in the US, is also a huge detriment.

Finally the EA Micro amps use the same ICE module that many of the other Micro amps use. The features on the Doubler are unmatched. Perhaps you don't like it, but others including John Patitucci who, by the way, bought his at retail, love it. I'll listen to the REAL players over your self aggrandizing anytime.

[KJung]

Originally Posted by Mike Dimin

I gigged WW for many, many years as well. It never had the low end that any of the new micro amps have. I could get technical why, but I doubt you care.

I have also played the amps that you seem to gush over, and in all honesty their level of distortion in the low mids is totally unacceptable. The fact that you can only buy them at GC, at least in the US, is also a huge detriment.

Finally the EA Micro amps use the same ICE module that many of the other Micro amps use. The features on the Doubler are unmatched. Perhaps you don't like it, but others including John Patitucci who, by the way, bought his at retail, love it. I'll listen to the REAL players over your self aggrandizing anytime.

Totally agree with the low end performance of the Walter Woods, which is why I moved on from it a while back +1... things have come a long way with SMPS performance.

Midrange distortion is, I agree, much of what determines the sound of an amp, and they all vary, so +1 again. Pure personal taste there... one man's 'clean' is another man's 'sterile', one man's 'midrange distortion' is another man's 'character and warmth'. All these heads sound quite different, and they all sound good in their own way, and will appeal to different players.

+1 again that micro amps from many different companies that use the B&O ICE modules sound quite different (and quite a few executions do not use the ICE module)... the preamp, voicing, etc. is the key. And, some companies seem to do a much better job with their limiting designs and the matching of preamps to power amp than others. Absolute volume GREATLY varies among various executions.

I understand things can get a little personal when one aligns him/herself with a company (although it doesn't seem that you work for EA anymore), and then reads anything negative about the product. However, once the vast majority of TBers who are NOT aligned with any company in any way are bullied into not posting honest opinions, then TB just becomes a 'marketing outlet' rather than a source for honest information.

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