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Got my GK MB Fusion today!!!!

#421
Chef said:
I don't he's dissin' the head, but, the MBE410 vs the GK212...
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Yeah, certain cabs sound better for certain venues. There's so many variables...bass, strings, pickups, electronics, amp, cab, room, genre, etc. My opinion is the MB Fusion is a great amp. Until Aguilar has something similar, I'm sold. It sounds way better than my AG500 did, IMHO, although I still love my DB750, just not the size & weight!
 
#423
tallboybass said:
OH....and by the way, the tweeter was off, so the sizzle didn't come from that!
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I needed more sizzle at my gig on Friday, so I flipped on the presence switch. It made it just crisp enough to cut. The room was big and boomy, with lots of echo, and I was on fretless. It helped me to cut through a bit more. With fretted, I like the presence off, and my AccuGroove doesn't have very crisp tweeters due to the dome covered tweeters they use. Probably wouldn't have been necessary with my coax Bag End.
 
#427
tombowlus said:
The 700RB-II and the MB Fusion are in the same tonal ballpark, for sure. The main difference I hear is that the MB Fusion adds in more harmonic content. The 700RB-II probably has a bit more solid/even midrange, too. But that difference is not huge.
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I would have to agree with this statement too. They both punch through and sound huge, but the 700rbII really cuts.
 
#428
DaveAceofBass said:
I would not judge the amp based on this, it sounds like you were hearing the room more than the amp. I played my first gig with it at a martini bar/high end restaurant/jazz club, and it sounded incredible and everyone was complimenting my tone, both with electric and upright. However, when I played a pops gig with the Charlotte Symphony (electric bass), the tone was buried and awful. But, we did another concert at a different venue and the tone improved. I used it yet again with my fretless this past weekend at the convention center, in a big room. It sounded good but got a little muddy. So, the room plays a big part in how the amp sounds. In a big reverb-y hall, it's not as punchy, but in a carpeted venue, or a smaller place without high ceilings, the tone stomps. Plus, you can really dial in the tone with all of the EQ controls.

By the way, all of my uses with it were with my AccuGroove Tri112L. I might try it with my Bag End S15X-D next time.
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+1 all the way. Did a gig like this last week in a room where it sounded like we were playing at the bottom of a well : loud, boomy, with no definition. No amount of knob twiddling did much good. I finally had to start playing over the bridge pickup on my Jazz just to get a little clarity, but my E and A string was just pure mud. Sometimes the venue just sucks and there is not much you can do except to just get through it.
 
#429
Setting bias towards the bridge pickup helps.
Making sure your cab is four feet from any walls and corners helps.
Getting the cab off the ground can help, but is a last measure, for me.
 
#430
DaveAceofBass said:
I needed more sizzle at my gig on Friday, so I flipped on the presence switch. It made it just crisp enough to cut. The room was big and boomy, with lots of echo, and I was on fretless. It helped me to cut through a bit more. With fretted, I like the presence off, and my AccuGroove doesn't have very crisp tweeters due to the dome covered tweeters they use. Probably wouldn't have been necessary with my coax Bag End.
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At this point I can't imagine ever needing the presence switch. The MB Fusion has PLENTY of highs, but it IS nice having options!
 
#432
tallboybass said:
At this point I can't imagine ever needing the presence switch. The MB Fusion has PLENTY of highs, but it IS nice having options!
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Chef said:
Some basses are darker than others; some strings are older than others;)
The presence switch is an option I'm appreciative of.
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I'm going with tallboybass on this. I've never been happy with the sound I get by boosting highs on a bass that didn't have it naturally. I'll probably never use that presence switch. IMHO/IME tho.
 
#435
Chef said:
I've been asked this a lot, and responded a lot.

I gigged the SL900 once, and flipped it as it was just too soft and mid-scooped for me.
Very tubey, which can be nice enough. Not much treble extension, and mids just didn't cut thru the mix enough for me.

The MB-F is very mid present, grindy, punchy, and much less tubey overall. Plenty of mix cutting mids.
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Alan,

You forgot to turn the knobs on that SL900 you flipped it so fast.:). JK, I didn't get along with that amp at all for the first week and first gig. I am a big M6 fan boy and have loved the MB500 and MB200 as the are the best micro to get in that tone space. I have a picture of the settings where I was able to get the MB200 and SL900 in the same tone universe as the M6 in the SL900 thread (part 5 I believe) if any one is interested in how the MB200, SL900 and M6 stack up.
 
#438
I deserve that, thanks!

The new Nord seems to suit me really well too, and plugging into the MB-F/two112's was like "hey, there's my sound."
Gotta love that when that happens!
 
#439
I have recorded my bass using DI output of my MB-F, post EQ. Very different from what I get via the cab, but by no means any worse. Lovely cut through the mix.

Question not on topic, forgive me: If you record your bass, is it more OK to use the mic or DI output could be acceptable?
 

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