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GenzBenz Streamliner Pt 8...

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I personally don't like my VT pedal with the Streamliner much. The VT pedal with my old SWR solid state head sounds good together though. I think a good distortion pedal will get better results.

I'm finding the same thing, the VT just seems to muddy up the SL's sound. Have you had any luck with a distortion pedal with the SL? I suppose that I could just dial in the fuzz with the SL gain but would like to keep it simple.
 
Has anyone's light in the "Genz Benz" window stopped working? Mine stopped working for some reason.

Every once in a while an LED will fail. Give Scott or Jeff a call and they will arrange to get it taken cae of under warranty. No worries.
 
Hi all - since I started using the Streamliner as my go-to amp, I have found that I am no longer using my VT bass pedal as much. Played a gig Saturday night and didn't use it at all - just turned up the gain when I wanted a bit more drive, and my bass tone controls for more highs. FYI, I am playing a P-Bass with tapewound flats and a G&L fretless also with tape flats.

When I was using a Shuttle as my amp, I used the VT all the time, mostly for overdrive. I am curious to know if others have had the same experience or if you are still using the VT with a Streamliner and if so, how?

The VTBass pedal IS my rock/pick sound.
What I do is basically shape my DI sound with an RMI Basswitch and the VT (for slightly driven pick sounds) and send it to the FOH/MO/IEM desk. In all my situations, whichever amp I am using is responsible for my stage sound.
The same goes for the Streamliner 600.
 
If I want 900 watts of FET vs 3 tube tone I like the Sansamp BDDI & just use the SL900 poweramp section. Pretty awesome feature to be able to use it just as a poweramp.

This interests me. Is there a "tone primer" for the Sansamp alone? I have to mess around with it some more, but the settings in the Tech 21 manual didn't do it for me. Just curious if others have had favorable results doing this?
 
1200?! Quite possibly with Genz, but 900 is MORE than enough for me (I just went with it because it wasnt much of a price difference between the 600 and 900 in the UK).

It is possibly, IMO, the loudest most 'forceful' micro amp I've played.

My new Stingray HH turned up last week, and I plugged into my Streamliner with it yesterday. Crystal clear clarity, aggression (which can be tamed) and more than enough high end content for anything I need. The snappiness of the Ray sound great through this amp. I can completely understand why it is viewed as a high end studio tube pre.
 
How exactly does the MID switch work? Never had an amp with a switchable mids before, I always had high and low mids knobs.
So how would one say boost the lower mids and roll back some high mids?
That's how I usually do on my amp, because GK NEO cabs are a bit bumped in high mids.
Would I have to select say 600 Hz and boost that, or is it better to select 2.5K and roll it off a bit?
What I'm interested in is how the other mid frequencies react to one another.
 
How exactly does the MID switch work? Never had an amp with a switchable mids before, I always had high and low mids knobs.
So how would one say boost the lower mids and roll back some high mids?
That's how I usually do on my amp, because GK NEO cabs are a bit bumped in high mids.
Would I have to select say 600 Hz and boost that, or is it better to select 2.5K and roll it off a bit?
What I'm interested in is how the other mid frequencies react to one another.

You need to read this thread. The answer you seek is in there.


http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f15/genz-streamliner-600-900-tone-control-primer-813663/
 
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