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Can It Do Clean

Discussion in 'Amps and Cabs [BG]' started by Bass-4-God, Jan 8, 2013.


  1. Jan 8, 2013 #1
    Bass-4-God

    Bass-4-God

    Feb 19, 2007
    Dallas, TX
    I know everybody talks about the warm sound and the growl that you can get from the GK 700RB-II, but can it do clean as well. I always hear about how the 1001RB-II does clean because of the power and headroom, but what about the 700RB-II.
     
  5. Jan 8, 2013 #2
    IPYF

    IPYF

    Mar 31, 2011
    Turning the contour section all the way down makes any RBII unit act like an 800RB.
    Some would argue that there's not a cleaner sound in the world.

    The boost control is also very intuitive. If you run your woofer volume on full and use the input gain and the boost knobs to engineer your tone you can get a good growl on any of the RBs. Do that backwards (like you would on any other amp) with the master set lower and your input set higher will clean up your sound immensely.
     
  10. Jan 8, 2013 #3
    Bass-4-God

    Bass-4-God

    Feb 19, 2007
    Dallas, TX
    Where are all the GK experts?
     
  14. Jan 8, 2013 #4
    Epitaph04

    Epitaph04 Supporting Member

    Jul 5, 2010
    SoCal
    You need more info than what IPYF posted? Yes it can do clean just fine.
     
  18. Jan 8, 2013 #5
    JimmyM

    JimmyM

    Apr 11, 2005
    Apopka, FL
    Endorsing: Ampeg Amps, EMG Pickups
    Of course it can do clean. Haven't seen many bass amps that don't.
     
  22. Jan 9, 2013 #6
    IPYF

    IPYF

    Mar 31, 2011
    I know right. Did I stutter or something?
     
  26. Jan 9, 2013 #7
    puremusic

    puremusic

    Nov 1, 2009
    Saginaw, MI
    The clean tone is the only tone that I use on mine. I know how to get the dirt but I use the clean tone with plenty of headroom.
     
  31. Jan 9, 2013 #8
    ObeyGiant

    ObeyGiant

    Feb 26, 2012
    Cookeville, TN
    I don't own one, but the engineer in the studio I was just at plays bass and uses a 700rb-II. I recorded with it miced through an ampeg 8x10 and it was clean. Very beautiful sounding amp really. Whenever I upgrade my equipment GK will definitely be on the list of things I check out more in depth.
     
  35. Jan 9, 2013 #9
    Bass-4-God

    Bass-4-God

    Feb 19, 2007
    Dallas, TX
    I get that it can do clean but most players on here only really talk about the growl of the 700RB-II and clean with the
    1001RB-II beacause of the extra headroom. So I quess I just was curious about having enough headroom to do clean with the 700RB-II and how certain adjustments of the contour and the boost and woofer may or may not effect volume.