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Anyone Hear Back from TC Electronic on the RebelHead Tryout?
- Thread starter Andy Brown
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Not to be a downer, but I read quickly about their beta program, and I'm sorry, but someone is going to have to be a real pro to even have a shot at TC sending them an amp to play with. We are talking about a real bass playing resume. I don't know any of you all personally, but I'm guessing most on this forum are regular band type Joe's like me. I think we are all out of luck. I'll be very curious to see who if anyone on the TB board gets in.
I have tried it at Namm. For me it was a disappointment, especially the sound. I did not find anything special in it. I did not find any concept behind its sound; I play Aguilars and Markbasses most of the time and I always have the feeling that both sound have thousands of hours of development by experienced bassist in it. The way they work in a mix, the way they enhance certain frequencies, the way they handle overharmonics, the dynamism they offer, etc. You can offer tons of features if you don't have the sound... TC's prodigy was a dry, cold sound for me. But of course, circumstances were not really ideal, so I may be wrong! Curious about others' opinion though who played it at the show!
I was at the Lakland both playing the TC with my own bass model (55-94) & I could't agree more - it didn't even sound good. That was with one of their techs at the controls. My circumstances were ideal - I was in a relativily quiet corner with all the time in the world to fiddle with the goofy thing. Normally I wouldn't go off on an amp like this, but they came out with so much HOT AIR about this thing taking over the world - not mine.
Regardless of short term freebies, has anyone actually got any of it by any other means (purchase, loan, demo, ...): the head, the cabs - in actual use?
I bet that the beta program was just a setup to check out how much interest there was for the product. First, how many people would turn down a free amp. Even a Behringer ( if it worked) would be cool for free.Now they have a specific target group, all bass players. Second, see how much spam for the product comes into your inbox when this whole thing winds down. Face it, they already did the testing for the product, closer to home and how many amps do you think they need input from?
I don't disagree, it's a great way to gauge market interest. I have done beta testing and also know others who do, usually they want to keep out of the major news in case they need to fix anything.
In my opinion and experience, you can't try an amp out in a store, or crowded hall will sounds plundering from all over.
And the DB cops keep you from turning it up to really tell what it can do. A less colored more accurate amp may come off as unimpressive when in fact it may be more versatile.
You really got to get it in your hands for weeks to try in real practice and venues. With all the features of this amp you'd really have to experiment and practice what it can do. For example, a multi-band compressor can do a lot of great things, but also a lot of harm if you don't first practice it.
agreed,
its a part of every market you can think of. usually what consumers'll see is the 2nd or even 5th iteration after such testing.
- Jul 23, 2004
- 5,675
- 312
- Disclosures
- Founder/Owner: Wing Instruments
FWIW - I did get a response. I am on the "definitely maybe" list. This program is real. They're looking for players to put the gear through the paces at gigs, practice, whatever. I'm still keeping the faith. I'd love to try this stuff out.
