Genz Shuttle 6.0 gamble

My main amp head is an Ampeg PF 800 that I dearly love . I had an Ampeg SVPCL preamp with a Crown XLS1500 that was the bees knees but wanted to downsize so I got the PF 800 . Tone wise the pre-poweramp rig was awesome but the PF 800 is very close and I have been very satisfied . I needed a backup amp and the PF 500 would be a no brainer but it just hasn't worked out .

A Fender Rumble 500 head came up so I bought it during the pandemic . After reading the Rumble thread and reading all the good things said about them I thought it would be a slam dunk . Last week I brought the Fender head to practice and tried to get a tone that fit in our bands mix . After three songs I gave up and went back to my PF 800 . That night , last Wednsday , I put the Rumble up for sale and it sold almost right away . No Ampegs in the classifieds but there was a Genz Shuttle 6.0 . I had a Shuttle 9.0 a few years ago and liked it so I ended up buying the Shuttle .

The amp came today and I took it to practice tonight . Wow , it sounded great right from the first song . Plenty of power and cut right through the mix . I used the previous owners EQ settings and it just killed . It won't dethrone my PF 800 as my number 1 but I do love it .

It does show that as bass players we all have different tone goals . I also tried a GK 1000 RB but the tone just wasn't for me even though the amp was a powerhouse and cut like a knife . I'm sure the Rumble 500 head is great too but it just didn't do it for my tone .

 

I find I like the pre on the Shuttle just fine , no add ons for me . Before I got it I was thinking I would have to push the high boost button like I use the ultra high on my PF 800 . When I got it the low boost and mid cut buttons were engaged and not the high boost , just the opposite from what I thought would work . I tried a few different combinations and came back to how it had arrived . Lots of different EQ choices already , I like it !

 

I have two 115 cabinets with Eminence Delalite II 2515 drivers built to Eminence specs . The specs say that with a high pass filter at 65Hz they are rated for 300 watts RMS each . The Deltalites are a little mid forward sounding and they sound wonderful with the Shuttle . The Shuttle is supposed to have HPF built in from what I gather so it works great . With my Ampeg PF 800 I use a Fdeck series 3 high pass filter .

 

Ok ! Thanks for the info on the Shuttle . The cabinets have steel grills now and look more pro . Next time I have them home I will pull the drivers and paint the back . You are right , they deserve it .

 

Painted the back of the cabinets . Here they are with the metal grills , much nicer look .

 

The Genz is really killer , it works great with these speakers . Most likely it sounds great with about any speakers .

 

Practice tonight . Oh yeah , pics or it didn't happen .