Hi I posted this review on The Shuttle 6.0 thread. But since this is the Mega thread I'll post it here as well. Sorry for the redundancy.
So my Shuttle 6.0 arrived yesterday afternoon. I spent a few hours playing with it before my girlfriend arrived after work. I had promised to make her dinner. I don't know what I was thinking because I knew the amp was coming that afternoon. Live and learn. I was back at it at 9:30 this morning. But back to the point. WOW. I am totally blown away. That little thing delivers in every way. What a nice kick to the chest. And that's through a single GB LS-112T (my only cab right now). I should say that this is the only "main" amp I have ever purchased that wasn't an all tube amp. I'm a rock & roll guy and I love that warm fat tube sound. Last year I had shoulder surgery and was out of work and not able to play. I was forced to sell my Orange AD200 MkIII. I have missed it everyday until yesterday. Out of the box I set the Shuttle flat to start. And it does indeed sound flat and uncolored in any direction. Those knobs are truly meant to be turned as someone said in one of the shuttle threads. I am playing a Bill Nash Jazz Bass w/ Dimarzio pups and using my fingers. It wasn't hard to get a perfect warm punchy fat tube make me smile the rest of the day tone. I ended up with this:
Gain- Between 3-4:00 depending on how hard I was digging. Red light went from always flashing to only flashing on the loudest notes depending on the same.
Input Volume- Between 12-1:00
Low- 2:30
Mid- 1:00
Mid Freq- Varied between 10-11:00
High- 1:00 The tweeter was turned off on the cab.
LF Boost- On
Master- 9:00
I live in an old house and every window downstairs was rattling. I cranked up the master till the Clip/Lim light flashed and it was way too loud to keep the neighbors happy even with the windows closed. That and this GB cab is only rated @ 200 watts. It will be a few weeks before I will be able to afford another higher rated cab so I turned back down. The cab does sound great however and took everything I gave it w/o distorting. I am incredibly happy with my purchase. It does everything I want and then some. It is super simple to figure out and get a great tone from. I got the warm tube grind I wanted with punch to spare and plenty of definition. I have not even opened the manual yet. I would like to thank all the guys who posted reviews in the last month or so. they were very helpful to me in my decision making process. I would especially like to thank Dennis for the Youtube vids, his infectious enthusiasm and mutiple reviews. He was the first poster that piqued my interest in GB. Man Dennis you are one hell of a player. Chops, restraint and style to boot. I also want to say that I am really impressed by the constant attention to these threads by hasbeen and agedhorse. You guys are great. A lot of the questions I had were asked first by other posters and quickly answered by one or both of you. I don't think that there's another company out there with that kind of customer service.
I do have one question of my own. If i run this GB LS-112T rated 200 watts @ 8ohms with another 2x10 cab rated 400 watts @ 8 ohms, does the 600 watts from the shuttle get divided equally between the two cabs? Each getting 300 watts. Or does the 600 watts get divided equally between the three drivers? Each speaker getting 200 watts. Thanks and excuse my rambling. Oh, and I love the retina searing blue lights.
So my Shuttle 6.0 arrived yesterday afternoon. I spent a few hours playing with it before my girlfriend arrived after work. I had promised to make her dinner. I don't know what I was thinking because I knew the amp was coming that afternoon. Live and learn. I was back at it at 9:30 this morning. But back to the point. WOW. I am totally blown away. That little thing delivers in every way. What a nice kick to the chest. And that's through a single GB LS-112T (my only cab right now). I should say that this is the only "main" amp I have ever purchased that wasn't an all tube amp. I'm a rock & roll guy and I love that warm fat tube sound. Last year I had shoulder surgery and was out of work and not able to play. I was forced to sell my Orange AD200 MkIII. I have missed it everyday until yesterday. Out of the box I set the Shuttle flat to start. And it does indeed sound flat and uncolored in any direction. Those knobs are truly meant to be turned as someone said in one of the shuttle threads. I am playing a Bill Nash Jazz Bass w/ Dimarzio pups and using my fingers. It wasn't hard to get a perfect warm punchy fat tube make me smile the rest of the day tone. I ended up with this:
Gain- Between 3-4:00 depending on how hard I was digging. Red light went from always flashing to only flashing on the loudest notes depending on the same.
Input Volume- Between 12-1:00
Low- 2:30
Mid- 1:00
Mid Freq- Varied between 10-11:00
High- 1:00 The tweeter was turned off on the cab.
LF Boost- On
Master- 9:00
I live in an old house and every window downstairs was rattling. I cranked up the master till the Clip/Lim light flashed and it was way too loud to keep the neighbors happy even with the windows closed. That and this GB cab is only rated @ 200 watts. It will be a few weeks before I will be able to afford another higher rated cab so I turned back down. The cab does sound great however and took everything I gave it w/o distorting. I am incredibly happy with my purchase. It does everything I want and then some. It is super simple to figure out and get a great tone from. I got the warm tube grind I wanted with punch to spare and plenty of definition. I have not even opened the manual yet. I would like to thank all the guys who posted reviews in the last month or so. they were very helpful to me in my decision making process. I would especially like to thank Dennis for the Youtube vids, his infectious enthusiasm and mutiple reviews. He was the first poster that piqued my interest in GB. Man Dennis you are one hell of a player. Chops, restraint and style to boot. I also want to say that I am really impressed by the constant attention to these threads by hasbeen and agedhorse. You guys are great. A lot of the questions I had were asked first by other posters and quickly answered by one or both of you. I don't think that there's another company out there with that kind of customer service.
I do have one question of my own. If i run this GB LS-112T rated 200 watts @ 8ohms with another 2x10 cab rated 400 watts @ 8 ohms, does the 600 watts from the shuttle get divided equally between the two cabs? Each getting 300 watts. Or does the 600 watts get divided equally between the three drivers? Each speaker getting 200 watts. Thanks and excuse my rambling. Oh, and I love the retina searing blue lights.
That little 8" speaker is a hard worker for sure. It took the B string of my 55-94 fairly well....and at half the weight of a GK MB150, sounds twice as good IMO. I'd really like to see what the 10" model does.
Really nice tone! It sounds like a Neo-Pak on steroids to me.
