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Big E Speakers Part 4 - Quadraphenia

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edwinhurwitz said:
SMS Classic Tube Preamp, Alembic DS-5R (power supply for bass) and Crest Prolite 3.0. Not shown: Grace Felix as DI. The cabinet has been dubbed Thor by my drummer. And it lives up to its name.
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whats that preamp in there Edwin?
 
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kesslari said:
Post a pic here plz!
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MAS Bodai 28 - Bodai 38 Special and 18 Discussion

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Had some fun in my living room last night. Since acquiring my Bodai pair and 1,8, I hadn't fired up my remaining 110 Flex. Mike acted surprised when I told him how often I ran it with the tweeter off. I hooked the Flex to my 800+ and played with the tweeter on, playing with the different mid-level settings. Nice. Then I turned off the tweeter and set the mids for no attenuation. It's magical. Those two 5.5" mid/high drivers are good at sounding nice or nasty. I was soloing the neck pickup on my Dingwall NG-2 and tweaking the high-mid (2.5k) control up a bit. Nitty, gritty goodness. The 110 Flex is just a killer cab. :cool:
 
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spiritbass said:
Had some fun in my living room last night. Since acquiring my Bodai pair and 1,8, I hadn't fired up my remaining 110 Flex. Mike acted surprised when I told him how often I ran it with the tweeter off. I hooked the Flex to my 800+ and played with the tweeter on, playing with the different mid-level settings. Nice. Then I turned off the tweeter and set the mids for no attenuation. It's magical. Those two 5.5" mid/high drivers are good at sounding nice or nasty. I was soloing the neck pickup on my Dingwall NG-2 and tweaking the high-mid (2.5k) control up a bit. Nitty, gritty goodness. The 110 Flex is just a killer cab. :cool:
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I remember liking that setting on my 210 Flex. Tweets off, mids hot. Can get agressive and Grindy in the mids, good stuff.
 
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Anyone have any experience with a MAS112 Essential (LPT version)? I'm having a conversation with Mike later this morning around building one that has a footprint of ~24" wide for use with a low powered tube amp.

This'll be primarily be for practice and recording - I'm channelling my inner B-15, MAS style. Oh, and I still have my 18Sound/Caire MAS112 and my 4/16 ohm MAS26.

Had a Flex 110/Sub package, like the 112 or 26 more, for what I do. I've thought quite a bit about adding a 110 Sub to the 26 though - nice modular package that way.

I'm looking forward to chatting with Mike in an hour or so...

John
 
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I’ve had an MAS 112 with the 18sound and one with the custom speaker in the LPF. The 18sound was really impressive, but after comparing the two, I went with the LPF. The LPF had a much more traditional sound, kind of like a giant B-15. Really nice mids and still the crazy lows.
 
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radbass,

Great to know. It's sort of what I expected but your info was confirmed with the man himself.

FWIW, just finished the call with Mike. An order for a 24" wide x ~28" tall MAS112 LPT with the custom Eminence driver and 4x3" mids with a ~5-6 week delivery will be placed momentarily.

The delivery timeframe will likely give me time to either build a Trinity Amplification TripTop amp, or if I get time compressed, go out and buy a different low powered tube amp to pair with the new cab.

Ahhh the choices - oh my!

John
 
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