Recent content by BassMike14

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    Official Mesa Boogie Subway Series Club

    I missed that one. I will go back and find it. Thank you for letter me know. Michael
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    Official Mesa Boogie Subway Series Club

    I guess I'm now a member of the Mesa Subway gang. Mostly based on reviews here, I bought a 115 cabinet about a month ago. Sorta looked at it and finally decided to get a TT800 amp. It arrived last week. I set it up per the factory recommendation, plugged in my bass and started playing. At...
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    Acquiring an SWR SM-900, reasonable?

    I have a SM-400 that I have played for years. I tried three times (recently) to buy a SM-900. Two of them came damaged. Not packed well enough and the mounting ears and hence chassis all bent up. The last one came well packaged in a rack mount but one channel didn't work. One of them...
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    Understanding the Bergantino B-Amp

    Hi folks, I am shopping for a lighter and better head to replace my long-serving but really heavy SWR rig. I just bought a Bergantino cabinet and was looking at the B-Amp. I guess the really issue is that I don't clearly understand how all the controls work and if this is going to end up...
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    Updating my rig: Need suggestions

    I wanted to thank you all for your replies. I know that tone and sound are very user specific so this will be a little bit of a shot in the dark till I have the cabinets and get a chance to play them. I had a really informative talk with Chad at the Bass Shop in Seattle. Very generous with...
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    Updating my rig: Need suggestions

    This is going to be my first and a probably too long post. The gist of the situation is that my faithful SWR rig has just become too heavy for me in my old age. I need lighter speakers. What should I look at? I bought an SWR SM400 and two goliath 4X10 cabinets back about 1988. I ultimately...