It's the 800--Dave's newest creation. I've never played a TFunk prior to getting this at work Friday and bringing it straight to the gig, so I was curious and as objective as possible. Here's my tip of the iceberg impression: it was everything I love about my Puma and my Aguilar AG-500 in one, but with headroom to burn. I can tell it will be its own thing when I get more flight time with it.
This rig kills.
Set flat in the pretty neutral room we were in, it was heaven. Roger's secret sauce yields a cabinet with no hiss/air harshness, so the rig was thick and punchy and crystal clear with huge low end solidity all the way down to open B. Me and the drummer were smiling like kids on Christmas. Both basses I played that night, along with each of my pedals, showed well. It sounded like big iron should (but the whole thing weighs about 95 pounds). I felt large and in charge of the whole room, without PA support. As usual, the ML cabs put everything right in that sweetspot between the thud of the bass drum and the sizzle of the cymbals.
Add a touch of dirt, back off the passive tone, roll to the neck, and it's an 800 watt B-15. Go the other direction, and it's an Acoustic 360 through an 8x10. Either way, the G string always sounds thick and rich...a sibling of the other 4 strings, not an anemic cousin. Of the 4 amps I've put through this 2 x ML112 stack, this one has the most flexibility and gets me closest to my tone goals. It sounds absolutely massive with tons of headroom, zero breakup, and no low end compression. Of course, a major MAJOR portion of my happiness with this rig is the ML112s. They just sound so great on stage. In my 20+ years as a professional bassist, I've never come across a cabinet that hits me where I live like 2 ML112s do.
I used to run a Millennia TD-1 through a Bergantino IP112 + HT112ER. That was my previous best rig ever, and it is a true masterpiece of amp/speaker design. This rig is in that tone zone, but it's lighter, less expensive, easier to carry, and has the flexibility (and peace of mind) of NOT having a built in power section. IMHO, YMMV, and all that.
Baer + Thunderfunk =
This rig kills.
Set flat in the pretty neutral room we were in, it was heaven. Roger's secret sauce yields a cabinet with no hiss/air harshness, so the rig was thick and punchy and crystal clear with huge low end solidity all the way down to open B. Me and the drummer were smiling like kids on Christmas. Both basses I played that night, along with each of my pedals, showed well. It sounded like big iron should (but the whole thing weighs about 95 pounds). I felt large and in charge of the whole room, without PA support. As usual, the ML cabs put everything right in that sweetspot between the thud of the bass drum and the sizzle of the cymbals.
Add a touch of dirt, back off the passive tone, roll to the neck, and it's an 800 watt B-15. Go the other direction, and it's an Acoustic 360 through an 8x10. Either way, the G string always sounds thick and rich...a sibling of the other 4 strings, not an anemic cousin. Of the 4 amps I've put through this 2 x ML112 stack, this one has the most flexibility and gets me closest to my tone goals. It sounds absolutely massive with tons of headroom, zero breakup, and no low end compression. Of course, a major MAJOR portion of my happiness with this rig is the ML112s. They just sound so great on stage. In my 20+ years as a professional bassist, I've never come across a cabinet that hits me where I live like 2 ML112s do.
I used to run a Millennia TD-1 through a Bergantino IP112 + HT112ER. That was my previous best rig ever, and it is a true masterpiece of amp/speaker design. This rig is in that tone zone, but it's lighter, less expensive, easier to carry, and has the flexibility (and peace of mind) of NOT having a built in power section. IMHO, YMMV, and all that.
Baer + Thunderfunk =
Nice! I was REALLY impressed with the Streamliner/ML112 combination when I had that pairing to check out. I can imagine two of them with the 900 would take care of just about anything! Perfect match! Enjoy that!
