The vortexitude is making your Zon's headstock logo glow too, I bet they work well together!
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Big E Speakers Part 4 - Quadraphenia
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The vortexitude is making your Zon's headstock logo glow too, I bet they work well together!
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Gorgeous! I wouldn't be able to decide whether to play it or just stare at it. That thing is truly a work of art.Man ---this bass---it's probably the prettiest bass I've ever seen.
Any sound clips?
I actually mostly stare at it and attempt to play it. I have a video of mike's excellent technique and acting on it. I just don't know how to load it into the forum
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Gig report: I got to use the 210 Flex at my favorite club last weekend. Fantastic! I could hear myself all overt he stage, without boomyness, with great clarity, and our recording engineer/producer said it was the perfect live bass tone. The Valkyrie head probably helped a bit, too.
Plus, I could carry the cab up and down stairs by myself. It is a snap to move and load. Great piece of work, Mike!
Plus, I could carry the cab up and down stairs by myself. It is a snap to move and load. Great piece of work, Mike!
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I think I've mentioned that Flex/Valkyrie is a combo I've wondered about! Rarified air you're breathing, there!
I talked to mike the other day about the ma112,I'm really interested in it but I also wonder if its too much are there any sound clips anywhere. I'm also intrigued by the ma 109
Guys that own them will chime in, but if I did not already own 2 other models, I would be getting the 12. It is very dependent on the volume you need, i.e. style and club size or do you get PA support etc. Plus Mike was talking about crossover tweaks etc. If you play blues in moderate clubs, and never play outdoors without PA support, the 10 will probably be fine. Just guessing here. have a 46 for small to medium and a 48 to fill more than an 8x10. No kidding. Great stuff
Unsure whether Walkabout or 26 was running out of steam on yesterday's gig. Think tube swap is next.
Running an HPF-3, smidge of boost @ 30 (yeah, i know) them cones were movin.
Arco on the low B through the filter twin is something to hear!
Running an HPF-3, smidge of boost @ 30 (yeah, i know) them cones were movin.
Arco on the low B through the filter twin is something to hear!
EDIT: Big "duh" for me. You wrote right in your post that you're using an HPF-3, which is what I suggested and then expounded upon at some length in my original post.
Coyoteboy, where in the signal chain are you running the fDeck? I like mine in the effects loop of the WB sans effects, but recently, per a post in the fDeck thread, tried it in front of my MXR envelope filter. Dialing up the frequency knob on the HPF just a bit (maybe from 35 Hz to 40-45Hz) cleaned up the filter's response noticeably.
Re. cabs, I'm mulling over a 2x6 for a small, Walkabout-based rig. 4 Ohms would be nice to take advantage of the WB's available juice. 8 Ohms would be nice in that would allow for a small-medium-large rig in combination with a 4x6: 8 Ohms with the little cab, 4 Ohms with the big one, 2.67 Ohms (which the WB should handle) with both together. Of course, I could get a little cab and a big cab and not worry about combining them.
Thinking, too, if you've got a 4 Ohm 2x6 that you could, theoretically, do a second with the Walkabout, which should be good down to 2 Ohms. I know that the Ohms-ratings of cabs are nominal, though -- every cab is different and it depends on your use. I've never run my Walkabout at 2 Ohms, but it's a thought.
Re. tubes, putting two JJs in the WB tightened that amp up considerably. It's much more articulate and even than before -- my favorite tubes in that amp so far, overall -- though other tube combos yielded other advantages/disadvantages. If I could get the sweet high end I got with a Tung-Sol in v1 (JJ in v2) with the articulation and evenness of the two JJs -- now I'm just being greedy.
Coyoteboy, where in the signal chain are you running the fDeck? I like mine in the effects loop of the WB sans effects, but recently, per a post in the fDeck thread, tried it in front of my MXR envelope filter. Dialing up the frequency knob on the HPF just a bit (maybe from 35 Hz to 40-45Hz) cleaned up the filter's response noticeably.
Re. cabs, I'm mulling over a 2x6 for a small, Walkabout-based rig. 4 Ohms would be nice to take advantage of the WB's available juice. 8 Ohms would be nice in that would allow for a small-medium-large rig in combination with a 4x6: 8 Ohms with the little cab, 4 Ohms with the big one, 2.67 Ohms (which the WB should handle) with both together. Of course, I could get a little cab and a big cab and not worry about combining them.
Thinking, too, if you've got a 4 Ohm 2x6 that you could, theoretically, do a second with the Walkabout, which should be good down to 2 Ohms. I know that the Ohms-ratings of cabs are nominal, though -- every cab is different and it depends on your use. I've never run my Walkabout at 2 Ohms, but it's a thought.
Re. tubes, putting two JJs in the WB tightened that amp up considerably. It's much more articulate and even than before -- my favorite tubes in that amp so far, overall -- though other tube combos yielded other advantages/disadvantages. If I could get the sweet high end I got with a Tung-Sol in v1 (JJ in v2) with the articulation and evenness of the two JJs -- now I'm just being greedy.
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A 2x6 is one of the cabs I'm mulling over for a small, WB-based rig. 4 Ohms could be nice, to take full advantage of the WB's available juice. 8 Ohms would be nice in that it would allow a small-medium-large setup with a 4 Ohm 4x6. The WB should handle both at 2.67 nominal Ohms, and put out... maybe 400 Watts? More? Of course, I could always get a small cab and a big cab without worrying about combining them. That might make sense, even if it doesn't satisfy a certain anal-retentive desire to get three rigs out of two cabs.(That would be a pretty symmetry, no?)
Anyway, if you haven't tried an HPF and are looking to maximize a small rig, I might look there. I don't think the WB has much HPF built in.
In respect to the 4 ohm 26's--just got a slew of the new 8 ohm 6's so the 26 can be done in 4 ohms
Hey, Mike--
MarkA's mention of Fdeck's HPF3 made me think of this. Seeing how there's an MAS112 in my future (saving up the shekels...), what's your feeling about using a high pass filter with your Big E cabs?
I've had one for a while and often use it on a gig when I figure I might be tempted to run a bit too much bass boost on the instrument in the course of the night (and overtax my cabs), or if there's a boom in the room (and I figure it's best to roll off the extreme low end). Those are the two scenarios in which I use the box.
MarkA's mention of Fdeck's HPF3 made me think of this. Seeing how there's an MAS112 in my future (saving up the shekels...), what's your feeling about using a high pass filter with your Big E cabs?
I've had one for a while and often use it on a gig when I figure I might be tempted to run a bit too much bass boost on the instrument in the course of the night (and overtax my cabs), or if there's a boom in the room (and I figure it's best to roll off the extreme low end). Those are the two scenarios in which I use the box.
Whew! Now im not worried (too much) about stressing out these prototypes. JJ's is where im heading tube wise, though the descriptions of the northern lights seem promising as well.
Which model AX7 are you referring?
For the JJs, the ECC83s. Also tried the JJ 803s (long-plate version, though there might have been only one of those on hand, so I don't know if I tried a pair), among others, but the 83s won out overall.
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For real clarity, try JJ gold pin - they sound noticeably different than the regular JJ's which are very thick in the mids with a more subdued top end (not necessarily a bad thing). For the richest harmonics, I like the Tung Sols.
A Tung Sol in V1 with a JJ in V2 was my second favorite combo. Top end was so sweet, and harmonics popped like crazy. It wasn't as even across the registers as the JJs in both slots, though, and the low end was just a bit loose. Will look into the gold pins -- are they identical to the regular tubes aside from the pins? Have thought about trying a Telefunken, but that's already kind of "boutique" tubes-wise for me. I only got into the whole tubes things this year, and I don't want to get sucked into one *more* area of gear obsession!
But, yeah, I'll look at those gold-pins.
Thanks!
