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Genz Benz Streamliner Part 9

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#381
gillento said:
Just got my Streamliner600 back from repair after 7 MONTHS!!!!
Power amp module was replaced!

Guess the GB service is not that brilliant in Europe due to being in the hands of Fender:(
On the other hand, Jeff G.made everything in his possibilities to speed things up!
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That is shocking, and I hope Jeff, Agedhorse etc. will agree and do something about it.
 
#382
wateroftyne said:
That is shocking, and I hope Jeff, Agedhorse etc. will agree and do something about it.
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I am 100% sure no one from GB is responsible for this.

I was referred to Fender Europe because they are doing service for GB in Europe. (At that moment a friend of mine, who is working in the industry, warned me about Fender's reliability regarding delays)
Fender referred me to this tech in Belgium who apparently has a great reputation.
Problem was that communication between me and this tech was very, very difficult: some of my emails were not answered, one crucial one was replied to a wrong email adress.
So delays became longer and longer. At some moment I was quoted a minimum of 12 weeks for the module to arrive from Fender.
16 weeks later, still no reply.
At that moment I contacted Jeff Genzler (and Fender EU).
Then the tech said he needed to figure out what version of the board was needed!!!
I had to pay in advance the whole summ.
In the meantime GB sent the right board via express delivery to the tech (no word from Fender about this)
5-6 weeks later my amp is finally ready!

So as soon as Jeff G. seemed to take care of it, it finally happened.
So, the whole operation would have been much easier if just sent the amp beck to the US and having it serviced over there instead of going thru the official channels.

Once again thanks to the GB people!!!! Without them, I would still be Streamliner-less!
 
#384
Played a jazz gig yesterday w Fender 62 reissue jazz bass -> Streamliner 900 -> Bergantino HT112ER. Wow. Sounded better than great. Bass @ 11:00 Mids and Treble @ noon. Couldn't be happier. Using a Phillips JAN NOS 5751 in V1 so I run the Volume @ noon and Gain @ 2:30 and that seems to provide a remarkably organic touch-sensitive responsiveness. Yes, the cool blue lights go out from time to time, but all in all this is great amp. Thx GB.
 
#385
woolysock said:
Played a jazz gig yesterday w Fender 62 reissue jazz bass -> Streamliner 900 -> Bergantino HT112ER. Wow. Sounded better than great. Bass @ 11:00 Mids and Treble @ noon. Couldn't be happier. Using a Phillips JAN NOS 5751 in V1 so I run the Volume @ noon and Gain @ 2:30 and that seems to provide a remarkably organic touch-sensitive responsiveness. Yes, the cool blue lights go out from time to time, but all in all this is great amp. Thx GB.
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It is a great amp, musically, no argument. For many, the market's best micro offering. But yet another example of an LED light issue. It's just a little hard for me to believe that GB wasn't/isn't aware of the issue. Maybe the LEDS on newer units are more hardy.
 
#386
AchtungBass said:
It is a great amp, musically, no argument. For many, the market's best micro offering. But yet another example of an LED light issue. It's just a little hard for me to believe that GB wasn't/isn't aware of the issue. Maybe the LEDS on newer units are more hardy.
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I've had my Streamliner 600 for almost a year and no problems with the blue LED's yet. Oh and I love this amp and the tones I get from it.
 
#387
I played my first gig with my fEARful 15/6/1 (and the Streamliner 900 which I've been using for a while). As always the Streamliner sounded great, even better through the fEARful, with amazing low-end definition. I used the SVT settings (gain and volume at 3:00, bass and mid at 9:00, mid freq at 600Hz, treble at 11:00).

But... We played LOUD, with no PA support for bass. Since the fEARful is an 8 ohm cabinet, I had to turn up the amp higher than I ever have. The master was at 1:00 and gain and volume were as I said at 3:00. This made the amber peak LED flash on the attack of pretty much every low note for the whole show. It sounded great, but I just wanted to make sure that this is OK to do.
 
#392
smeet said:
No replies... Is it safe if the amber peak light is flashing on the attack of every note for a whole set? Or am I pushing the amp too hard? Any chance of damage? Thanks!
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It's fine PROVIDED your cabinets can safely handle the power. What cabinets are you using?
 
#394
agedhorse said:
It's fine PROVIDED your cabinets can safely handle the power. What cabinets are you using?
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I was really concerned about this myself. I am not so worried about my cabinet, TB153, as it does not sound like it is being pushed to hard at all. In fact it sounds very good really. I was worried about the power section of the STL600, did not want to hurt it with continued "hard use".
 
#395
smeet said:
I played my first gig with my fEARful 15/6/1 (and the Streamliner 900 which I've been using for a while). As always the Streamliner sounded great, even better through the fEARful, with amazing low-end definition. I used the SVT settings (gain and volume at 3:00, bass and mid at 9:00, mid freq at 600Hz, treble at 11:00).

But... We played LOUD, with no PA support for bass. Since the fEARful is an 8 ohm cabinet, I had to turn up the amp higher than I ever have. The master was at 1:00 and gain and volume were as I said at 3:00. This made the amber peak LED flash on the attack of pretty much every low note for the whole show. It sounded great, but I just wanted to make sure that this is OK to do.
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I never tried this tone setting, it sounds truly amazing on my stl600. Where/when did you find this setting?
 
#396
Flashing peak LED on peaks/attack is no problem. Peak LED on much of the time is something I wouldn't recommend as the average power will be much higher than many manufacturer's cabinet power ratings are bsed on. Eventually, you could activate one of the protection circuits as this kind of operation is outside it's (and most amp's) capabilities.
 
#397
dubstylee said:
I never tried this tone setting, it sounds truly amazing on my stl600. Where/when did you find this setting?
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It's from the Streamliner tone control thread. It scopes out about as close as the SL can get to flat- it flattens out the broad midbass and treble humps, and reduces the roughly 10dB mid scoop that you get with the tone controls at noon down to...

...I forget. About 3dB?

Even though it looks pretty flat on a scope with a static signal, you still get a lot of that plush, rounded Streamliner character. Also, with both the gain and preamp volume at 3, you're giving it enough makeup gain (you lose a lot of level with the EQ rolled back like that), to push a pretty big signal through all three tubes. Gives it a nice touch of compression, and a bit of "hair" on the notes.
 
#398
steve_rolfeca said:
It's from the Streamliner tone control thread. It scopes out about as close as the SL can get to flat- it flattens out the broad midbass and treble humps, and reduces the roughly 10dB mid scoop that you get with the tone controls at noon down to...

...I forget. About 3dB?

Even though it looks pretty flat on a scope with a static signal, you still get a lot of that plush, rounded Streamliner character. Also, with both the gain and preamp volume at 3, you're giving it enough makeup gain (you lose a lot of level with the EQ rolled back like that), to push a pretty big signal through all three tubes. Gives it a nice touch of compression, and a bit of "hair" on the notes.
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Is the gain button engaged or not? Just curious.
 
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