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Genzler Amplification Club

#9,261
I can’t bear for you to feel that way!

here’s a quick and dirty shot (there’s a flanger, a shure wireless and an MBd-2 hiding under the tier alongside my cioks 7...


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jjk2007 said:
Had another fun one last night! Normally we play inside at this venue but they recently revamped the patio so we moved out there for the evening. I still just used the cab to carry the space and it sounded amazing as always. My trusty old Peavey TL-Five was on point too. One of the mangers (who has FOH/mixing experience) showed up about 1/2 way through the gig and actually said the bass was slightly overpowering everyone else. I turned the master down from about 9:30 to about 9 o' clock. :D My Wife was sitting at almost a 90 degree angle off of the front of the cab and a good 30' away and said she could (surprisingly) still hear the bass. This weekend is in the books and now we move on to next Saturday night.

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Man, I have a first gen TL5 that I was thinking of selling but I'm kinda on the fence. I like the 19mm string spacing of my Laklands better but the TL5 sounds GREAT! ...except for the B string. I just can't get that fat low B like the Laklands without the E string being too loud when I adjust the bass to compensate.
 
#9,265
Strange Question:

One of my power amps failed, and I'm waiting for a replacement. You think I could use my MG800 to power two of my small subs for one night? They're 8-ohm subs and are crossed over. If it was any other head, I'd just go ahead and do it, but I really don't feel like sacrificing my "baby."
 
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Another question: How do I educate folks about the capability of Genzler gear?

I let folks use my MG800 and 2x12-3 rig for backline, and it blows the doors off of anything else out there, but I think that people just don't know enough about them. Had a couple regional acts spec lower quality gear last year, simply because the physical size was bigger and they thought that a 12" cab was weird.

One act even thought a GK Backline series rig was better. (I had set up my rig anyway, and they changed their mind when they heard it.)

Ironically, it's the regional acts that give more hassle than the national acts.
 
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unbridled said:
Another question: How do I educate folks about the capability of Genzler gear?

I let folks use my MG800 and 2x12-3 rig for backline, and it blows the doors off of anything else out there, but I think that people just don't know enough about them. Had a couple regional acts spec lower quality gear last year, simply because the physical size was bigger and they thought that a 12" cab was weird.

One act even thought a GK Backline series rig was better. (I had set up my rig anyway, and they changed their mind when they heard it.)

Ironically, it's the regional acts that give more hassle than the national acts.
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You know this is something that has had me puzzled for quite a while. A couple of other high-end brands have very active TalkBass threads, and I don't know how that translates to sales volume, but Genzler often seems to fly under the radar when there is discussion about comparing and choosing different brands. I'm interested in ideas to promote the Genzler brand, just because I feel bassists are missing out if they don't consider Genzler.
 
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RColie said:
You know this is something that has had me puzzled for quite a while. A couple of other high-end brands have very active TalkBass threads, and I don't know how that translates to sales volume, but Genzler often seems to fly under the radar when there is discussion about comparing and choosing different brands. I'm interested in ideas to promote the Genzler brand, just because I feel bassists are missing out if they don't consider Genzler.
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Not to come off as snobbish - I think Genzler is “thinking person’s” gear. For me, I think about how it sounds - not how it looks - though it looks great. Not the “name”, but how does it project and improve my sound.
I think Jeff has a great stable of endorsing artists who know the value of a solid and great sounding rig. I believe you will start to see more come over to the brand. Especially @RColie, @unbridled as you point out - they just need to try it for themselves.
 
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berman3313 said:
Not to come off as snobbish - I think Genzler is “thinking person’s” gear. For me, I think about how it sounds - not how it looks - though it looks great. Not the “name”, but how does it project and improve my sound.
I think Jeff has a great stable of endorsing artists who know the value of a solid and great sounding rig. I believe you will start to see more come over to the brand. Especially @RColie, @unbridled as you point out - they just need to try it for themselves.
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I could not agree more.
 
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I set mine up frequently, anyway, in hopes that they'll see the light. Many times, for what I call "flatbed festivals," I tell folks that the power won't push their rig
berman3313 said:
Not to come off as snobbish - I think Genzler is “thinking person’s” gear. For me, I think about how it sounds - not how it looks - though it looks great. Not the “name”, but how does it project and improve my sound.
I think Jeff has a great stable of endorsing artists who know the value of a solid and great sounding rig. I believe you will start to see more come over to the brand. Especially @RColie, @unbridled as you point out - they just need to try it for themselves.
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Good assessment.

It's just nuts to me that they would rather have 30 to 40-year-old technology that also eats up a good portion of the backline power available, when my rig can get the old-school tone, or any other tone they want.
 
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Had another rehearsal last night and thought I comment on how the BA15-3 SLT works as a stand alone cab.

In our rehearsal studio we have a nice controlled volume situation. (Drummer uses his Roland TD-50 kit) I am not using my pedalboard and just plugging directly into the Magellan 800 using the Drive channel, Contour A around 10:00 position and everything else at noon.

The best way to describe how this cab sounds is nice round Lows with defined Mids & smooth Highs. This cab just glues you into the mix. I boosted the treble on my Sadowsky onboard pre just to bring out a little more 4K in the highs. Man, does this cab react to subtle eq boosts.

For the person thinking of having 2 BA15-3s DO IT!!! This is an amazing cab that I am really enjoying playing through as a stand alone cab! But, having 2 would be amazing! It does it all unlike any 15” cab on the market.

If you have been thinking about getting or adding the BA15-3 SLT cab to your rig, I highly recommend it. It really is a pleasing sounding cab that can produce beautiful lows with articulation. Love this cab!!
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Newb question.

so I have two cabs both 15” and I had one speakon cable last night and forgot my other. Could I have used a normal qtr inch to hook into the back of the second cab? And would that of went to the head or top cab like a daisy chain? Hopefully that made sense.


Also when plugging in two cabs, do you want to make sure have one cable to left side bakc of cab and other cable to right side of other cab? I see so many inputs in the bakc of the cabs I’m just making sure I’m figuring out how to get the best setup! Thanks guys!
 
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Joeykun said:
Had another rehearsal last night and thought I comment on how the BA15-3 SLT works as a stand alone cab.

In our rehearsal studio we have a nice controlled volume situation. (Drummer uses his Roland TD-50 kit) I am not using my pedalboard and just plugging directly into the Magellan 800 using the Drive channel, Contour A around 10:00 position and everything else at noon.

The best way to describe how this cab sounds is nice round Lows with defined Mids & smooth Highs. This cab just glues you into the mix. I boosted the treble on my Sadowsky onboard pre just to bring out a little more 4K in the highs. Man, does this cab react to subtle eq boosts.

For the person thinking of having 2 BA15-3s DO IT!!! This is an amazing cab that I am really enjoying playing through as a stand alone cab! But, having 2 would be amazing! It does it all unlike any 15” cab on the market.

If you have been thinking about getting or adding the BA15-3 SLT cab to your rig, I highly recommend it. It really is a pleasing sounding cab that can produce beautiful lows with articulation. Love this cab!!
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Totally agree, so much I added another, I didn’t need to for volume but to make my fx cut through band level mix better and all that the second cab made a world of diff. Plus just made the tone fill up the room more.
 
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Joeykun said:
Had another rehearsal last night and thought I comment on how the BA15-3 SLT works as a stand alone cab.

In our rehearsal studio we have a nice controlled volume situation. (Drummer uses his Roland TD-50 kit) I am not using my pedalboard and just plugging directly into the Magellan 800 using the Drive channel, Contour A around 10:00 position and everything else at noon.

The best way to describe how this cab sounds is nice round Lows with defined Mids & smooth Highs. This cab just glues you into the mix. I boosted the treble on my Sadowsky onboard pre just to bring out a little more 4K in the highs. Man, does this cab react to subtle eq boosts.

For the person thinking of having 2 BA15-3s DO IT!!! This is an amazing cab that I am really enjoying playing through as a stand alone cab! But, having 2 would be amazing! It does it all unlike any 15” cab on the market.

If you have been thinking about getting or adding the BA15-3 SLT cab to your rig, I highly recommend it. It really is a pleasing sounding cab that can produce beautiful lows with articulation. Love this cab!!
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To agree even more the 15” I was Leary about adding at first cause I didn’t want more thump. The single 15” did that enough on it’s own. But I did need something to make my higher notes pop and like I said earlier make my fx cut through mix. While the single cab will do just fine especially if you are just a plug and play guy, you nailed it saying adding a second 15” is heavinly! I’m almost positive no one in my music scene locally has genzler anything and the opens mics usually have house bass amps. I plan to bring my single 15” cab “ so damn lite why not” and I want the scene to hear this bass tone. Most certainly I think I will get a reaction for the scene once they hear what these genzlers can do!! The cabs are second to none!


I have the megellan 800 head an you are so right!!! The littlest turn of Eq changes it all. I play jam music so like all generas get thrown in and I have a fender jazz this pretty easy to dial in, but then I have a Spector Euor 5 the newer ones and they have a sensitive eq on the bass so there’s still some figuring out to do.

I have learned I like my jazz bass on channels one blue countour cause it seems
To add thump to the jazz. Then the second channels is great for the Spector cause that bass comes with so much lows channel two does a good job trimming those edges.
 
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PhishPhan22 said:
Newb question.

so I have two cabs both 15” and I had one speakon cable last night and forgot my other. Could I have used a normal qtr inch to hook into the back of the second cab? And would that of went to the head or top cab like a daisy chain? Hopefully that made sense.


Also when plugging in two cabs, do you want to make sure have one cable to left side bakc of cab and other cable to right side of other cab? I see so many inputs in the bakc of the cabs I’m just making sure I’m figuring out how to get the best setup! Thanks guys!
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when using speaker cables, it matters not if you send 2 outputs to 2 cabs, or daisy chain them.
It is not recommended by any manufacturer (that I know of ) to use instrument cables in lieu of speaker cables.
 

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