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    Carvin BX500: Part II

    Yeah, I had the same experience last weekend. Only I went in cold with no time to get the sound tweaked in. Standing in front of the rig the sound felt great, punchy, tight and tons of presence. The engineer took the DI out of the back to push to the PA. I kept thinking I had too much stage...
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    Carvin BX500: Part II

    Wow, what a bummer. So far my experience has been great. I played it all night at 2 ohms blasting the heck out of cabs. Stage volume was substantially high with our 2 female singers jumping up and down all night. Again, lots of presence, attack. So far it seems very flexible. I was a...
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    Carvin BX500: Part II

    OK, I bought a BX500 and it arrived this week. It arrived late on Friday so I set up w/my regular rig (Carvin R1000 bi-amped to a 4 ohm Avatar 410neo and 4 ohm 212neo cabs). On Saturday night I set it up on top of the other Carvin head (just in case) and plugged the whole shabang together, set...