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AudioKinesis Cabs Part VI...

Nice. How's it sounding?
Initial impression is good. Very tight low end, plenty of mids available. With the switches up and the mesa cranked the roscoe can sound like a buzzsaw. Low B stays solid even with the bass turned up. Playing through one hathor it's easy to forget both aren't plugged in. I get the sense they could handle a good bit more power.

4 switches, ports plugged/unplugged, 1 cab, 2 cabs, vertical, horizontal, voice knob, pedals...going to take some time to see what all this rig will do. I've also got a fearless f115 to do some comparisons. But my basement is a terrible place to test cabs. Got a couple of gigs this week with my loud band so it should be interesting.

I wasn't sure if the prodigy would sit well with the cabs vertically stacked. The amp feet hang off a little on each side. Duke put feet on 3 sides of one cab so I could stack horizontally. But the power switch failed in the on position today and mesa is sending a replacement. While I've got the bottom off I'm going to figure out how to put feet closer in so I think the vertical stack will work.
 
Initial impression is good. Very tight low end, plenty of mids available. With the switches up and the mesa cranked the roscoe can sound like a buzzsaw. Low B stays solid even with the bass turned up. Playing through one hathor it's easy to forget both aren't plugged in. I get the sense they could handle a good bit more power.

4 switches, ports plugged/unplugged, 1 cab, 2 cabs, vertical, horizontal, voice knob, pedals...going to take some time to see what all this rig will do. I've also got a fearless f115 to do some comparisons. But my basement is a terrible place to test cabs. Got a couple of gigs this week with my loud band so it should be interesting.

I wasn't sure if the prodigy would sit well with the cabs vertically stacked. The amp feet hang off a little on each side. Duke put feet on 3 sides of one cab so I could stack horizontally. But the power switch failed in the on position today and mesa is sending a replacement. While I've got the bottom off I'm going to figure out how to put feet closer in so I think the vertical stack will work.
Nice!

A quick and easy fix I have done in the past is just Velcro feet to the bottom of the head. This way you don't do anything to the head cosmetically. It works just fine.
 
Just got back from sound check. Always fun with this rig.

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Nice!

A quick and easy fix I have done in the past is just Velcro feet to the bottom of the head. This way you don't do anything to the head cosmetically. It works just fine.

I'm a little concerned about the sticky part not holding when the amp heats up but I'm giving this a try.

Nutdog, that setup is just sexy as hell!

I'm inclined to agree.:D I've been away for work but had a chance go through the setlist for tomorrow nights gig this afternoon and had a blast. Put black hardware on the roscoe, feet on amp...still waiting to see how some pedals work out before final board build.

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...the power switch failed in the on position today and mesa is sending a replacement. While I've got the bottom off I'm going to figure out how to put feet closer in so I think the vertical stack will work.
Interesting. You are the second TB member I have seen with a power switch failure on a Prodigy. And it happened to me at a local music store while trying out the amp. I guess they got a nasty batch from a supplier. I'm just curious, did they advise you on use with a switch stuck ON? Is it okay to just carefully plug and unplug until the new switch arrives?
 
Interesting. You are the second TB member I have seen with a power switch failure on a Prodigy. And it happened to me at a local music store while trying out the amp. I guess they got a nasty batch from a supplier. I'm just curious, did they advise you on use with a switch stuck ON? Is it okay to just carefully plug and unplug until the new switch arrives?
The support guy asked when the amp was purchased and said they were using different switches now. Sounded like they were familiar with the problem. He's sending both the power and standby switch and said it was an easy swap with no soldering. Fine to use and plug/unplug. I'm using the switch on a power strip.
 
I'm a little concerned about the sticky part not holding when the amp heats up but I'm giving this a try.



I'm inclined to agree.:D I've been away for work but had a chance go through the setlist for tomorrow nights gig this afternoon and had a blast. Put black hardware on the roscoe, feet on amp...still waiting to see how some pedals work out before final board build.

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This is very sexy! Nice!!
 
The little rig got a workout with the noise making original trio last night. Knobs at noon for the most part. I'm very pleased. After playing through the same rig for 13 years, then discovering talkbass when the amp quit, I've been on an amp/cab odyssey for the last 5 years or so looking for that perfect tone/volume/portability combination. I think I could be satisfied with this. I may try some more cool things down the line for the fun of it but this rig hits on all cylinders.

A few clips from a zoom q3hd, which does terrible vid in low light but the sound is somewhat better than a cell cam. The venue had a PA for vocals but no monitors and no sound check so I'm not too proud of the harmonies but oh well. As anticipated on a Wednesday night not much of a crowd but that made it good for experimentation.

With envelope:


With duality fuzz:


Clean, I think?:


And a pic of what the cabs look like in a complete redneck's vehicle:D
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And, one more thing, I can't say enough about how great it is to deal with Duke. Great products and a great guy.
 
Oh, cool!
Is that a series I GK Neo 212?
I bet all those work out really nicely with the Mesa.
Series 1 MBE212 8ohm. Got it cheap on CL to have something until the hathors showed up. I don't like the silver/gray so I painted the grill black. I don't recommend running loud fuzz with the tweeter on. Good news is it still sounds good without a tweeter. It's actually a decent little cab. I'll probably keep it for my practice room.

I liked it much better with the prodigy than kxb500 or th350. The mesa is my first tube bass amp and there is something special going on with it.
 
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