Genz Benz GBE 750 question

[greenboy]

Standing close to your amp: that's fine, just be aware that people 20 feet away are getting more "loudness" then you are.

More properly, they are getting more of the directional frequencies: midrange and treble. I can assure you that if you place a cab delivering full bandwidth up at the level of your ears that you will go deaf before anyone 20 feet away ; }*




* courtesy of the inverse square law

 

[Eublet]

A couple of things I'd like to add here. I just received a GBE 1200 and a NEOX-212T this past week that I'm getting used to.

I've stayed away from 4x10's because of their extreme projection. They give lots of volume out front compared to what's heard on stage. That can be a good thing in the right situation, but for 99% of the things I play, it's a bad thing. I've felt like the FOH engineers where always my worst enemy when playing out with 4x10's, always asking me to turn down when I can hardly hear and want to turn up. Elevating the cab makes it sound thinner, which is bad since most 410's aren't especially thick on their own, at least not the way a 15 is or 2x12 is.

I also can't imagine having clipping or headroom issues with the GBE 750. It has the same power as my Eden wt550, which I had very few clipping issues with, although there were time I felt like it didn't have the raw headroom I wanted. Nothing wrong with the head, just not always enough power built-in. Haven't had that with the GBE 1200, and my gut tells me that the 750 would be the same.

 

[greenboy]

410: either raise your cab or if you miss the low end coupling, tilt it up toward your ears. Same with any other squat cab, really.

 

[Giraffe]

I would check my pickup height before going any further. Many players adjust their pickups way too low, castrating their bass's output level. Get someone knowledgeable to look at your bass if you're not sure about this.

Good luck!

 

[rugrat]

okay...I'm afraid I'm lost:
* you said the lights come on easy.....but before you said they didn't come on at all.
* You also said it wasn't that loud which lead me to believe you thought it was clipping too early.

In the end, if you like the tone you are getting, don't worry about the lights. One reason though you have the channel gains up before the lights come on is because youre eq knobs are flat. The higher you have these, the lower the gains will need to be before the lights come on.

But again, I wouldn't worry about when the lights come on. MUCH of it comes down to the individual player's style too. Will Lee and Randy Jackson will clip on amp long before a guy that plays with a ramp (Richard Bona/Matt Garrison) will.......generally.

Sorry for the confusion. The pre-amp overload lights don't flash unless I have the gains quite high. What seems to be flashing quite often is the clip-limit light on the "master section status indicator". Overall I really like the amp. It's just going to take some time getting comfy with all the controls. I'm pretty used to plugging in my Mesa 400+ and not having to do much.

 

[rugrat]

410: either raise your cab or if you miss the low end coupling, tilt it up toward your ears. Same with any other squat cab, really.

I'm leaning towards picking up a Genz 2X12. Thanks!

 

[rugrat]

I would check my pickup height before going any further. Many players adjust their pickups way too low, castrating their bass's output level. Get someone knowledgeable to look at your bass if you're not sure about this.

Good luck!

Good point tombrien. I pretty much do all of my own work and the pick ups are set close to factory specs. Thanks!

 

[hasbeen]

More properly, they are getting more of the directional frequencies: midrange and treble. I can assure you that if you place a cab delivering full bandwidth up at the level of your ears that you will go deaf before anyone 20 feet away ; }*




* courtesy of the inverse square law

that's why I put "loudness" in quotes.

 

[Ryan L.]

My "master clip light" will flash occasionally, but I have never heard the amp itself clip. I am assuming that the light is set up to flash quite some time before the amp actually does.

 

[Eublet]

My "master clip light" will flash occasionally, but I have never heard the amp itself clip. I am assuming that the light is set up to flash quite some time before the amp actually does.

From my understanding of the manual, that is exactly right.

 

[hasbeen]

My "master clip light" will flash occasionally, but I have never heard the amp itself clip. I am assuming that the light is set up to flash quite some time before the amp actually does.

yes.....long before you actually will hear clipping.

 

[Ryan L.]

yes.....long before you actually will hear clipping.

That's what I thought. Anyway, I gave up worrying about it long ago. The amp seems to have a ton of headroom, and will put out a lot of clean, usable volume.