Feel like a Rock Star now!!!!!

Just got the EICH Bass Board.

Holy cow!!! If anyone of you want to feel important without playing loud and in front of a billion people, then get this thing.

All it does is make vibrations under your feet. And holy cow, can it rumble.

It works well but now to the bad part.
1. it has no internal amp so it will suck up your amp power. My 250 watt TC electronic sounded pretty lame. But this could be because I got the M size and not the S size bass board which might suck less power.


2. to get more vibration you have to turn up the volume, which basically defeats the purpose of the rig, since I want to feel like a VIP rock star at 6 am when I CAN NOT turn up the volume. It seems like the amp volume is what dictates how much this thing will vibrate. I need to fiddle around with this thing but I believe I am pretty right about this problem. It does have a headphone output but it is under the board and I just can not fathom connecting any headphone from below, all the way up to my head. It just doesn't seem right.

I guess I could connect a headphone directly to my amp and feel the power but I hoped to be able to use this without using a headphone and without disturbing people around me.

3. It is hell heavy. You ain't gonna be moving it around. It's almost anachronistic in this day and age of light weight rigs.

4. I wish the corner edges were a little less sharp. One day I will trip over this thing and be bleeding and crying.

5. I was under the impression that the vibration was firing upwards so I wouldn't disturb the neighbors below but my wife says she can feel it 15ft away at moderate volume. (subjective but think, not too loud, still subject. LOL) This means 6 AM rockstar sessions might be out of the picture if I turn up the amp too much.

That said, I love this thing. If you have a hard time feeling the air/beat from all sorts of reasons or just want to feel like a rockstar (like myself) get this rig. It is cheap and it will give you all the orgasms you will ever need. Incidentally it vibrates like you know what. LOL

 

putting the rockstar thing aside, it just feels good and needless to say you when you can feel the vibration / air, it's easier to get on top of the beat.

I play with a headphone amp at 6 am and not being able to feel the beat is not natural when you play the bass and this Bass Board is a good substitute for those that can't (literally) feel the beat.

 

If I remember correctly, Eich split from Tecamp. They got into a fight or some disagreement. Their amps are pretty much the same but the speaker cabinets are not.

I am tempted to try out one of their 1210 speakers. I am just afraid that it won't be much different from my Barefaced Big Baby 2 since all the new 12 inch speakers coming out kinda sound the same (hi fi).

 

I have the Puma900 and always thought that the T900 was the same thing. I'll have to check this out sometime soon.

 

I just looked at the Tecamp site and they do have something that looks like my Bass Board. It looks like the same thing only Eich looks a little more snazzy with the silver binding that will eventually give me a aching foot.

You know what actually happened to the two? How could they be making the same products if they are at a dispute?

 

That thing really does make a difference at low volume. It makes life easier because I can feel instead of just hearing. Bad thing is that I get lazy and just try to feel the beat instead of listening to the beat and what I am actually playing.

But like you mentioned, the weight..... If they did make it any lighter, that thing would be bouncing in mid air every other beat. I guess you can't have it all.

 

You are absolutely right about the small version. I thought it would make a difference and quite frankly it makes no difference if it is big or small. Well..... you could have a girl dancing naked next to you while you are playing if you get the bigger version and I am sure she is going to get a kick out of the vibration. In this case, I recommend the middle size. She will have to stand closer to you. LOL

All jokes aside, I can not understand why more people don't use this. It is so awesome. The only problems with this thing is the weight, that is if you get the bigger size. Ear fatigue. If you aren't careful, it will kill your ears. And the fact that if one plans on using it as a part of the gigging rig without PA, you will need a bigger amp, since this thing saps the watts.

Otherwise, this thing is too good to pass. I just wonder what this thing is like if I combined it with their XL Cab.....