Recent content by Stebonw12

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    Staccato 51

    Agreed. You have to put forth some effort to find your tone or tones that your looking for. It has a lot of variables with its 'TubeTone' control as well as 4 band eq. The Staccato 51 is 'pre-tuned' to a certain extent to somehow emulate Rocco Prestia's taste, but I haven't found that...
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    TC RH450 Club

    The above is my Staccato 51 (essentially an RH450 with a bit of a firmware tweak) mounted into a TC Eelectronic RH210C cab with a single 12" cab underneath. Very portable and plenty of headroom for any venue I have played at so far. It has been a bit of a challenge to find my 'tone' but with...
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    TC RH450 Club

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    Aria Pro II serial

    In 1983 I purchased a new Aria Pro II 'Thor Sound' TSB-650 bass in CT for just under $400 with a hardshell case. I won't speak for current Aria products but this bass is amazing. Its beautifully made with 9 laminates of maple and ash, neck through the body design with a brass nut, sealed...
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    OLD DUDES(AND DUDETTES)of 50+ years and new gear.

    I just picked up a TC Electronics RS112 Single 12" cabinet (maybe 25 lbs) to compliment an existing RS210 cabinet with both driven by a Staccato 51 power amp. small, light weight, setup with tube emulation circuits, oodles of tone adjustments, built in tuner, mute (for tuning in silence - way...
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    TC RH450 Club

    I'd like to join this group. I just purchased their Staccato 51 with an RS210C cabinet. The Staccato is just an RH450 in a Santa Claus suit with an altered tonal range. Having spent the extra cash for a red case I'd like to say the tonality is more refined but that would be both snobbish as...
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    Staccato 51

    I just bought s Staccato 51 amp along with an RS210C cabinet. Makes a great looking combo. Plenty of punch but I'm still searching for my tone for the 2 basses I own. A 1982 Aria Pro II Thor Sound and a Squier Jazz bass. I want to add a single 12" speaker (like the RS112) which I believe would...