same head + same cab is not always "perfection" - just symmetry. I've found that companies that make great cabs often do not make great heads and vice versa.
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Best Combo/ Head+Cabinet under 1400 dollars
- Thread starter Gomer Pyle
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so bebass, how was the jam?.....you likey the Traynor?This will be just a jam session - not sure exactly what these guys play ha ha. Lots of times I need a small rig to go play blues with a harmonica player. I am in between bands although the harp player should call me some as I am one of the 5 bass players he has on his list. Looking to start a new band with hot guitar and female vocals and thought a modern country thing would be fun. Traditionally I am rock & electric blues oriented. I just moved so really trying to get my feet wet with the local folks. I think I will like that SB200H and would like to try their neo15 with it, or a pair of the neo15s with the SB500H - now THAT would be killer for sure.
To reiterate your post with a slightly different choice for cabs for the OP:
SB500H plus 2 of the TC115neo MAP is $499 for the amp and $479 each on the cab = $1457 total and I am absolutely positive that a store coupon exists to bring it down to his budget of under $1400
It would be cheaper to go with your suggestion of SB500H plus TC410neo which would be 499 MAP for the amp and 799 MAP for the TC410neo for a total of $1298. I would be intrigued by either choice and would think each would have it's own strengths.
- Sep 3, 2006
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Well....the best laid mice that plan for men...
There was a shipping delay and I didn't get the Traynor SB200H amp until this Wednesday. I plugged it in to my 12" cab and it immediately shocked me (sound wise) as I wasn't expecting that amount of volume. No noise. The tone controls are really nice and IMO very well thought out. I was able to get everything from warm & rounded to punchy to smooth highs. Really versatile. I was thinking to myself the "low end expander" was gonna be gimmicky and actually smirked to myself as I turned the knob to see what it really did. The smirk left as it is an extremely useful tool! So impressive overall that I decided immediately it was a keeper and changed my order to Traynor to add a SB500H for me. I had sold my LMII and had ordered an Aguilar TH500 for myself but the Traynor hit all my buttons so I cancelled the Aguilar and ordered the Traynor. The SB200 will be my bedroom amp and gig-bag backup as well as for anywhere I can get by with a single 12 or single 15 such as jam sessions or light gigs.
Unfortunately it will be next weekend before I can (hopefully) try it live with a drummer. Haven't had a chance yet to try it with two cabs but I will report back. Probably gonna do that tonight! Really exciting, coming from a power amp rack to a 1.5 lb amp; this little thing is amazing! Gonna sell at least one of my pre amps as I just don't think I am going back to lugging that rack. May sell my QSC power amp as well and just use one of the the pres as an additional studio accessory - retired from live gigging. It becomes a matter of "why" as to using a larger amp now.
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thanks for the update....I had a feeling you were going to love it....keep us posted
I just tried a Traynor SB200h. It sounded nice but I am baffled by the fact that there is no master volume. I can't buy an amp with no volume control. Can you clarify this?
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It has a gain control and in this it is just like the GK200. The SB500H has both a gain and a master control. The real price difference between the SB200H and the SB500H is only about $100. I personally have and use both amps and LOVE them both. In practice the only real difference in having both controls is that one can get just a bit dirtier with having both. If using a pedal or if playing clean, it to me makes no difference.
