I love my Streamliner 900 as is. However, if I feel the need to change it up in future, maybe the Broughton HPF or similar might be worth checking out.
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G-B Streamliner 900 + HPF = WINNER!
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I'd try that, Howie. My only issue with the Streamliner was taming the low end. The thing is a beast!
The Mesa 800D is a beast as well and I use its on-board HPF constantly. You should definitely use one with the GB 900.
I also have a Hartke KB15 combo so I added a Broughton HPF to my pedalboard to use with it.
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That's what I love about it! It turns any bass into a low end monster! Brutal!! Love it.
But I've found settings on it that allow me to tame it well enough with my active Warwicks and even my p-bass (with a treble bleed) to get some good tonal variety.
If I was to compare it to a pork sandwich, the Streamliner is the pork and the others are whatever else is in the sandwich
Sound advice right there. I was just browsing online. Thanks Pep.
I was actually playing with my Streamliner and Bass800D a while ago. They actually sounded pretty similar-ish since I go for a specific sound and both of them get although in different ways.
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There are similarities for sure, the Streamliner was going for a similar vintage vibe but there are very significant architectural and tone differences too, including the eq which is a completely different topology.
Of course, I get it. One has a Modified Baxandall tone stack and the other a Fender tone stack. One has three tubes and the other has one. One has an adjustable HPF and deep and bright switches while the other has a selectable mid knob among probably many other things.
Different ways to get there but it is possible although the Bass 800D is definitely easier to get there than the Streamliner. I'm having a lot of fun right now with both of these amps.
Well said!That's what I love about it! It turns any bass into a low end monster! Brutal!! Love it.
But I've found settings on it that allow me to tame it well enough with my active Warwicks and even my p-bass (with a treble bleed) to get some good tonal variety.
If I was to compare it to a pork sandwich, the Streamliner is the pork and the others are whatever else is in the sandwich
Any updates? Did you end up trying it at rehearsal or A/Bing it with any current amps with onboard HPF or switch like the Kinetix? Thanks.
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Well, I just found a Broughton HPF for sale on TB and bought it.
For someone who loves the Streamliner voicing (and after trying more modern amps with on board HPF's and finding they make a huge difference) I'm really thinking the HPF with the Streamliner will be the "icing on the cake".
I'll update once I have it.
For someone who loves the Streamliner voicing (and after trying more modern amps with on board HPF's and finding they make a huge difference) I'm really thinking the HPF with the Streamliner will be the "icing on the cake".
I'll update once I have it.
I was able to A/B extensively against my WD-800.
Both sounded great, but the WD-800 was just more flexible & intuitive to adjust.
But, in a twist, I eventually ended up selling both and buying a Shuttle 9.0.
Then I heard two bands in one weekend & both bassists sounded great…through Streamliners.
So I bought ANOTHER Streamliner & did a bunch of comparing with the Shuttle. I was able to get the Shuttle VERY close to the Streamliner, but not vice-versa.
And the Shuttle was much more straightforward to EQ.
I’m not currently in a band, so I have my Shuttle in the classifieds - but I won’t be upset at all if I don’t sell it…
Do keep us updated. Funny this thread started to speak about hpf pedals. I’ve been looking at a hpf& lpf for my genzler Magellan 350 combo to put on my pedalboard.Well, I just found a Broughton HPF for sale on TB and bought it.
For someone who loves the Streamliner voicing (and after trying more modern amps with on board HPF's and finding they make a huge difference) I'm really thinking the HPF with the Streamliner will be the "icing on the cake".
I'll update once I have it.
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The Genzler RE/Q (HPF/LPF + 5 band EQ) was designed to compliment the Magellan amps.
Hey Andy, I actually looked into that exact pedal. If genzler don’t introduce another over drive pedal I’m getting the 4 on the floor pedal. The RE/Q you designed Is just a tad too big for my pedalboard I’m building. I made a mockup to check if everything fits.
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It had to be a little larger than we preferred so that the knobs and switches were easier to see and use. This applies to all of the pedals in the line.
There’s the 4 on the Floor and Crashbox 4 O/D and Distortion pedals, they are more of a clean slate for sculpting your own unvoiced distortion that you can then voice as needed (like with the RE/Q).
Interesting. I prefer the Streamliner over the Shuttle myself and found trying to get the Shuttle to sound like the Streamliner was not impossible, but even after getting it reasonably close, it still never gave me the heft the Streamliner has that i love about it.
So I'll see how the HPF goes adding some spice to the mix.
Thanks for reply!
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I'm back with the Streamliner now...
The Shuttle is a GREAT amp, but ultimately I like my amps to have a slightly "rude" quality.
And the Shuttle was dapper and well-mannered.
I was offered a good price on my Streamliner and foolishly sold it. But I've really been getting into my Shuttlemax 9.2 and it's been great. Once it's been dialed in, I get some serious thunder from it. Mates well with my Mesa 215.
Ha! The restlessness of bassists…I was offered a good price on my Streamliner and foolishly sold it. But I've really been getting into my Shuttlemax 9.2 and it's been great. Once it's been dialed in, I get some serious thunder from it. Mates well with my Mesa 215.
This is the THIRD time that I've bought a Streamliner, and I really should have known better than to sell the first two!
A couple years ago, I started writing an amp diary - went back to my first amp and tried to remember everything I've bought and sold since then.
It's been instructive...and humbling...to refer back to it when I ask myself "why did I ever sell that one?!?!"
In the case of the Streamliner, it was never about quality of tone, it was about ease of use.
The controls are REALLY interactive, so its often counterintuitive which knob needs to be twisted to get the sound I'm after.
My remedy for that is a deep-dive into the Streamliner Settings thread; I have the amp on my desktop and I'm listening through good headphones.
I want that EQ interaction to be second-nature by the time I play the amp on stage again.
And I'll go and update my amp diary now, so that hopefully I'm smarter by the time I ever think about selling THIS one.
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