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Baer Amplification Megathread!

#642
R Baer said:
Correct. An iPod, works just fine. The material that is used for the suspension on these drivers is quite stiff when new. You don't need to play really quietly, but keeping the volume moderate for a few hours (coffee house gig volume) will help the surround material loosen up and become more flexible. I certainly notice a difference in the low end between a brand new cab and one that has a few gigs under its belt.
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Thanks Roger :-)
 
#645
Neil said:
I'm afraid I'm going to play too loud too soon and do some damage. I guess I'm nutz. LOL
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Your'e not going to damage the driver by playing loudly, but IMO, it helps the components settle in better if you start off at moderate volume for a few hours rather than just taking it out of the box and cranking your volume wide open. There's a good article on the Eminence site about break in and they recommend playing at normal to loud volumes for the break-in period. [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

As bass guitar can be one of the most demanding instruments for a driver to reproduce, I like to play it safe and make sure the speakers have had a few hours at moderate levels before taking it to loud gig volumes.
 
#647
"Break In" time is over...and I'm left SPEECHLESS by the clarity and depth of this cabinet...it's the first time I've ever HEARD the focus of my B string...the bottom end of the cab has really "warmed up" nicely and has given me a "throaty" quality to my sound that I've never had before!!!

Sigh...WOW!!!! :-)
 
#648
CTC564 said:
"Break In" time is over...and I'm left SPEECHLESS by the clarity and depth of this cabinet...it's the first time I've ever HEARD the focus of my B string...the bottom end of the cab has really "warmed up" nicely and has given me a "throaty" quality to my sound that I've never had before!!!

Sigh...WOW!!!! :-)
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That's great to hear. I'll be doing my first gig with the cabs this Friday night.
 
#649
The more I play these cabs the more I like them. I can't get over how tight, clean and punchy the low end is. :bassist: I'm also impressed at how well they EQ. Subtle EQ changes make dramatic differences...for the good. I'm also finding that as I switch back and forth between amplifiers (B2000, M9 and MB800) I'm enjoying my Carvin B2000 the best...simply because it appears to be the most uncolored and articulate of the 3.:hyper: I haven't gigged with them yet and we all know they will sound totally different on the gig than they do in my studio. However my first gig is Friday and as I've said previously I will report back.

Just out of curiosity has anyone tried these cabs with a Tone Hammer 500?
 
#651
I've used the ML112s with a Markbass F1, a Thunderfunk 750A, and an Aggie Tonehammer 500.

To my ear, the cabs don't impose a timbral character of their own; they let the tone of the bass + amp through. I like that very much! Each of the combinations I've tried works well, and has a different native tone. And the cabs are very responsive to whatever EQ tweaking I want to do, on the bass's pre or the amp's pre.

I'm enjoying that about the cabs very much.
 
#654
g4string said:
What head do you like the best out of the three?
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Well, my choice of head would be driven by the tone I needed for the gig at hand.

If I wanted a bit more wooliness, like a halfway-vintage sort of thing, I'd pick the F1. The VLE would come in handy.

If I wanted a very modern, transparent, slap-oriented sound, I'd go for the Thunderfunk. And the semi-para EQ bands would be nice.

And the head I'm using in my current band (mostly country rock, with a bit of pop and as much R&B as I can push into the song list!) is the Tonehammer. It's tight, aggressive without being honky, and flexible enough to cover what I need for the gig.

Again, something I very much enjoy about the ML112s is that they don't constrain my tone. I can select a head and tweak the EQ to get what I want.


P.S. As for the head I use at home, for woodshedding: I just use one for a couple weeks, and switch it out for another one. Just keeps me fresh. I do the same thing with basses, every few months: get a different one out of the closet.
 
#655
Ewo said:
Well, my choice of head would be driven by the tone I needed for the gig at hand.

If I wanted a bit more wooliness, like a halfway-vintage sort of thing, I'd pick the F1. The VLE would come in handy.

If I wanted a very modern, transparent, slap-oriented sound, I'd go for the Thunderfunk. And the semi-para EQ bands would be nice.

And the head I'm using in my current band (mostly country rock, with a bit of pop and as much R&B as I can push into the song list!) is the Tonehammer. It's tight, aggressive without being honky, and flexible enough to cover what I need for the gig.

Again, something I very much enjoy about the ML112s is that they don't constrain my tone. I can select a head and tweak the EQ to get what I want.


P.S. As for the head I use at home, for woodshedding: I just use one for a couple weeks, and switch it out for another one. Just keeps me fresh. I do the same thing with basses, every few months: get a different one out of the closet.
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Very cool!

Though, I wonder if maybe you have a defective F1 -- I've never heard anything close to wooliness (or what I would define as vintage) out of that head.
Caveat: I haven't tweaked around with the controls much though.

Very clean, tight, and pretty transparent -- SI=SO, only louder.
 
#658
5StringPocket said:
Nice! A pair of ML112 make an ideal modular rig. I use both of mine whenever possible because that stack sounds so full. You're in for a treat.
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Thanks for the encouragement...my second cab came today but unfortunately I was asked to work 4 hrs of OT which meant I didn't get home until after midnight :-(

All I could do was remove it from its box and stack it on top...my mini modular rig looks great but I can't hear it until tomorrow....sigh
 
#660
lo-freq said:
Very cool!

Though, I wonder if maybe you have a defective F1 -- I've never heard anything close to wooliness (or what I would define as vintage) out of that head.
Caveat: I haven't tweaked around with the controls much though.

Very clean, tight, and pretty transparent -- SI=SO, only louder.
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Ah--I see what you're saying. I didn't mean it sounds like a tube amp; it sure doesn't! My word choice coulda been better.

I meant that of the amps I own, the F1 (to my ear) is capable of the least modern tone. Try turning the VLE up, the VPF off, and ducking the high mids a bit. If your bass has a passive tone control, roll off the highs a bit.
 

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