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Hartke LH1000

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gotbass1228

Apr 6, 2009
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Indianapolis, Indiana
#1
Hey. My name is Joe. Ive been using this forum as a resource for years, I just now decided to become a member. Ive been playing bass for almost 10 years. My favorite bands are Rush (i have a couple tattoos), Dream Theater, and Lamb of God. I own around 6 basses. I have a homemade P bass. I have a Geddy Lee bass, a random Jazz bass, a Rickenbacker 4003 (jetglo), and a six string Ibanez 506. I have an ampeg 810 and an ampeg 115. For the smaller rug im using a seymore duncan 400 watt head. and for the 10 im using a vintage "sunn concert lead". I also am running my Sansamp RBI.

Now, my question for this thread is this... Although I have seen several reviews on this sight about this amp. How well would the Hartke LH1000 work with an ampeg 810 and a ansamp RBI?:bassist::bassist:

btw, im part of TRF (The Rush Forum). maybe people know me?:hyper:

THANKS!
 
#6
I would think that would work really well.
The LH100's tone is clean by nature; putting the sansamp in front would let you dial in grit at your disgression.
Good call.
 
#8
Depends on the ohm rating of the cabs in question.
go to the samson/hartke web site, and download the lh1000 manual.
It'll tell you what ohm loads it supports.
 
#12
Bass_masta16 said:
Some people are going to really give it to me if they remember..

I had a thread a while back on how I had this head, and I didn't like it.. Those reasons are completely unknown to me now :D

I love this thing, and I bet you would too.

One of the best heads I've ever owned, I 100% recommend it :)
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Glad to see you came around Bass-Masta16! Anways, the LH1000 is a beast IME! Plenty of power and tone. Don't let the EQ trick you into thinking you can't dial in a lot of different tones because it's an awesome set up! It is two 500 watt amps and that can be used as one amp bridged for 1000 watts. You can use the amp as two amps and have two 4 ohm cabs connected to it. It even has a balance control on the front of it in case you don't want to send the same amount of power to both cabs just for this purpose. However, there is a little switch on the back of the amp. Do not have that switch on bridge mode and have a load of less than 4 ohms. In order to run two 4 ohm cabs you have to have the switch in stereo mode. I also suggest reading the manual on the Hartke site to get a thorough understanding. Feel free to ask any questions though.
 
#14
gotbass1228 said:
are there any downsides?
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The trend as of the last few years is towards extremely lightweight amps that will fit in your gig bag. The LH1000 is a little over 30 pounds and it's easier to carry around when racked, so it's not exactly a lightweight amp. That being said, I own a Little Mark II and while it's a great sounding head and a joy to carry around, the LH1000 sounds better to my ears.

Some might say the EQ is limited but I've had no trouble getting exactly the sound I'm after.
 

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