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Big E Speakers Part 4 - Quadraphenia

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"Always."

When I was a kid, there was a Star Wars arcade game -- polygon graphics, 1st-person perspective; you fly an X-Wing and try to blow up the Death Star. (I was a force of nature at this game -- the Force was indeed strong with me.)

You put in a quarter, and Obi-Wan-Kenobi's voice was heard to say, "May the Force be with you."

Put in a second quarter and he'd add, "Always."

Even back then, I thought that was funny.
 
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I second the Big E ballroom love: had a ballroom gig with the flex 210, 2di4>puma900. Sounded frickin fantastic. The sonic farm makes the flex sound incredible!

Michael,how does the Monique 700 sound with the 66, compared to the fatboy>tone hammer power section?
 
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Only indirectly MAS-related:

Played at the aforementioned club with the aforementioned head and a big Carvin (15"? 18"?) cab that was there (issues with the Peavey 410). Missed the clarity and articulation of the Flex in a big way, not to mention the mids, which help a lot with pitch definition in a difficult space.

Played a blues jam elsewhere - medium sized pub - through a Genz Benz Shuttle 6.2/12" combo. I actually like that combo pretty well - impressive sound for such a small package and I felt that Genz made significant improvements with that generation of amps and cabs over the previous one. Nice full, clear sound. Still, though, gotta say, after playing the Flex top, that the detail and propulsive little kick behind the notes was missed. I took my 112 to this pub before, with my big GBE 1200. Can you say overkill? It sounded good, but I never felt like I got into the meat of its powerband. I bet the Flex top would do well there and still be easily within its capabilities.
 
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What's not to love?

Thunder Jet
Thunderman
Thunder Cab

45 watts of EL-34 powered, gut punching, Vortexitude.
 
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Great Scott.

I'd prepared myself, as the photo slowly loaded to my phone, for two cabs, not three. I have a hard time imagining what that must be like.

I should have said that it'd be tough on most of the stages I play to put the 112 horizontally (but, then, they don't let me out very much). Summer outdoors might be a possibility. I hadn't thought much about it until recently, but will give it a shot at the earliest opportunity just so I can see what it's like.
 
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J.Wolf said:
I second the Big E ballroom love: had a ballroom gig with the flex 210, 2di4>puma900. Sounded frickin fantastic. The sonic farm makes the flex sound incredible!

Michael,how does the Monique 700 sound with the 66, compared to the fatboy>tone hammer power section?
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The Monique 700 is really lovely sounding. I haven't put the Fatboy through the Tonehammer, but have through the Ice 1000 and 700. The Fatboy seems to do something that no other pre can do. It has this glorious tiny bit of compression. Your notes sound HUGE but no sacrifice in the envelope. Bass drum "thump" at the beginning of the note and astounding braking. The sound guy for Rascal Flatts said that he can get the bass player's Jazz sounding like a P-Bass. Humongous with no overhang. I would think that the Monique 700 would have the Fatboy/TH combination beat as far as ultimate output, but the Fatboy/TH sitting better as far as function in the mix.

Note to mods---I have no affiliation with Jule or Brett (Fatboy)---I'm not comparing either to anything I'm affiliated with.
 
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MrBEAR said:
Understood Mark

However that is your situation not mine.

I sit when I play. Pearl Roadrunner drum throne.

I also employ an amp stand.

Mike and I have also spoken, at great length, so he totally understands how "I" utilize my cabs.

Besides when I play outdoors I can also do this:

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There was a minor earthquake recorded in the Midwest over the weekend. Was that rig in action?
 
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One little Two little Three little MAS Cabs.

..... "the people came from miles around"

Nope not my bad. I only used my MAS Match rig this weekend.

Unless the cats got into the studio while I was away. Which would explain why I am up listening to the Nebelung attempting to cough up a hairball.

I suppose vortexitude can cause that too.

Edit: obviously not really awake. The LPT was not home so they only had two cabs to mess with. Not guilty.
 
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J.Wolf said:
I second the Big E ballroom love: had a ballroom gig with the flex 210, 2di4>puma900. Sounded frickin fantastic. The sonic farm makes the flex sound incredible!

Michael,how does the Monique 700 sound with the 66, compared to the fatboy>tone hammer power section?
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The Monique 700 is a very special amp....
I feel compared to the Fatboy the Monique is richer and darker but the interface with the hypex module makes the Monique more airy in the high end than with the small ice module. The Monique feels better with right hand technique and how the envelope of the note is amplified. The Fatboy is bigger in the lowend and really quick
and easier to hear in a mix. I agree with Mike that the Fatboy starts and stops quicker. Both these units sound fab.....
I would like to hear the Fat boy with the 1000 ice....
 
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Yeah, we need to do a comparison of the Monique, fatboy and 2di4 with the 1000w ice module. That would be an interesting hang.

I will say, beyond the gushing, that the SF>puma900>flex210 was easily the most effortlessly expressive and articulate yet warm rig I've gigged to date. This is the previous title holder for that, IME.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/wolf1025/rig/rig003.jpg
 
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zorf said:
for horizontal placement, does the LPT sound unbalanced with just one high frequency driver at an angle like that?
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We specifically talked about that. He wanted to be able to stack it if needed. So I put feet on the bottom. (for horizontal placement) I then asked if he usually stands on the right or left. I think he said right because I put the tweeter so that it is angled toward you when in that position. If you didn't want to stack you could orient the cab either way when elevated. The mids on that woofer go pretty high---which is why I can get away with just a tweeter. All the way through the mids you get that crazy dispersion thing.
 
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Mike Arnopol said:
We specifically talked about that. He wanted to be able to stack it if needed. So I put feet on the bottom. (for horizontal placement) I then asked if he usually stands on the right or left. I think he said right because I put the tweeter so that it is angled toward you when in that position. If you didn't want to stack you could orient the cab either way when elevated. The mids on that woofer go pretty high---which is why I can get away with just a tweeter. All the way through the mids you get that crazy dispersion thing.
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What Mike said.
Remember, from a previous post, I sit when I play.

Also when the LPT was first discussed I specified it would be used mainly for Blues with a four string, flatwounds, and 45 watts of Thunderman goodness. All of the extras came from Mike and Duke.

I suppose I would use the tweet more often with an outdoor, no FOH support, gig in "Elephant Hunter" configuration.

I really mess with the "Duke Switch" during room check fine tuning the midrange extension and generally leave the tweet off.

Now that said, I have found that turning on the tweet when flanging, chorusing, or phasing is extremely helpful.

Hey Mike, how about a foot switchable tweeter?
 

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