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Got my GK MB Fusion today!!!!

#23
iamdenialNJ said:
wow this little thing has 3 12AX7's!?!?!

are these the small 12AX7's I keep hearing about?
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Nope, it uses three full-size 12AX7's. This is a shot from the NAMM prototype, but I'd expect it to still look much like this:

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This is the same preamp that is used in the Fusion 550, and I was damn impressed with that one.

Tom.
 
#25
Chef said:
I'm really intrigued by this one...Vic really liked the full size Fusion 550, and if this 'un sounds like that 'un...well...that's all good!
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I am pretty much down to this one and the Mesa Walkabout for a head to give me a little more tubey warmth with my GK Neo 112's.
 
#26
I had an original MB and thought it sounded to thin and solid state.
I got a MB fusion today and A/B with my GK micro bass on top of my GK Neo 1x12" with my Juzek upright.

Although the controls have similar features and the GK transparent, clear sound is still present the MB Fusion tone is fuller.
for upright the cab sounds better with the tweeter turned off.
Then i plugged in my Fender MM5 and Fclef 5.
the MB fusion sounds great, I had to remember to turn up tweeter on the Neo 1x12" to get the G string to snap.

I really like the voicing filters on top of the amp.
this amp sounds great and looks great .... now let's pray it is reliable
 
#28
kerrycares said:
I had an original MB and thought it sounded to thin and solid state.
I got a MB fusion today and A/B with my GK micro bass on top of my GK Neo 1x12" with my Juzek upright.

Although the controls have similar features and the GK transparent, clear sound is still present the MB Fusion tone is fuller.
for upright the cab sounds better with the tweeter turned off.
Then i plugged in my Fender MM5 and Fclef 5.
the MB fusion sounds great, I had to remember to turn up tweeter on the Neo 1x12" to get the G string to snap.

I really like the voicing filters on top of the amp.
this amp sounds great and looks great .... now let's pray it is reliable
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Can the MB Fusion deliver a reasonably Hi-Fi tube tone (no audible distortion or hiss in headphones, a round tone with no compressed/squashed dynamics, glassy highs)?

Would you use it as a recording pre-amp?

Thank you.

+1 on the reliability. I'd expect that Mr. Gallien and his team have pulled out all the stops to ensure this amp has a smoother roll-out than the MB2​-500 did.
 
#29
This what i have been waiting to hear. I've heard about the GB Shuttle 6.0, and 9.0, and the LM Tube, and I wondered how the GK MB Fusion compared to them. I mean if one tube warmed the tone up like most people say it does on the GB, and LM Tube, then I would think three tubes in the preamp would give a better tube sound than the other two.
 
#30
I don't know if i'd use it as a recording pre-amp until i've listened to the DI.
On the original MB the DI was thin and glassy so I dumped it and got a SWR Marcus Miller M2 Tube Pre and the DI is much fatter sounding.

I bought this amp for live small upright or electric gig.
The microbass is parked by the TV and my Acoustic Image Focus 2R is being kept as a just in case backup.......

+1 on the reliability. I'd expect that Mr. Gallien and his team have pulled out all the stops to ensure this amp has a smoother roll-out than the MB2-500 did.
 
#32
Will the MB fusion work well with a Epifani PS 410 at moderate to loud volumes, without sounding like it's straining? I have a older 800rb, and it is great, I love it when I'm doing Smooth Jazz, but it doesn't have that fat sound when doing R&B/Funk. I have been in the market for a head to match with the Epi. The LM III, and GB Shuttle 6.0 have been what I've been reading about, but the MB Fusion is what I've had my eye on. This is the first thread that I have come across that anyone is speaking about it.
 
#33
woody357 said:
Will the MB fusion work well with a Epifani PS 410 at moderate to loud volumes, without sounding like it's straining? I have a older 800rb, and it is great, I love it when I'm doing Smooth Jazz, but it doesn't have that fat sound when doing R&B/Funk. I have been in the market for a head to match with the Epi. The LM III, and GB Shuttle 6.0 have been what I've been reading about, but the MB Fusion is what I've had my eye on. This is the first thread that I have come across that anyone is speaking about it.
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Seeing as how it has the same output section as the MB500, it should drive that cab, no problem.
 
#37
77jazz said:
Last night I ran it with a Mesa Boogie PH1000 (1X15 + 4X10"s), and my 75RI Jazz with NJ4 pickups. This weekend I will run her with an SWR 8X8 and probably my 73 Jazz and my Warwick Thumb. I know they only shipped out a small batch, but BassNW was supposed to get 2 I think. It has two channels with sepparate volumes and gains for each so you can overdrive one of the chanels and leave one for clean. It is one pound heavier than my MB2 at 4.5 LBS.
I will try to get a pic or two snapped in the next couple days.

77Jazz
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How is the overdrive sound on the mb fusion?
 

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