Jad Freer Sisma Mega Thread.

[gtirard]

What a thoughtful feature...there is a spare fuse on board!
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This saved my day when at soundcheck, the amp was dead. A stage crew guy opened up the little trap door and viola, a spare fuse!....now on with the show. I have replaced the spare and carry a couple extra in my kit bag.

Hum… I was talking about "attention to detail" on my very first post… Super cool

 

[Jeff Scott]

What a thoughtful feature...there is a spare fuse on board!
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This saved my day when at soundcheck, the amp was dead. A stage crew guy opened up the little trap door and viola, a spare fuse!....now on with the show. I have replaced the spare and carry a couple extra in my kit bag.

I've seen that on other products with that type of IEC connector.

 

[carsonchilders]

212 is really nice

Glad you think so too!

 

[gtirard]

I still wonder how Sisma would sound if it had a class D power section, but I've found a good explanation of class G - at least one I understand…

 

[Jasper Mortier]

Pff. Finally had time to do a back to back recording of my vintage SVT and my Sisma. Ciao!

 

[PaperbackRyder]

Pff. Finally had time to do a back to back recording of my vintage SVT and my Sisma. Ciao!

Excellent review and comparison Jasper. Thank you! I no longer own an SVT, and now, no longer miss it because i am loving the Sisma. In fact, Two recent gigs had excellent backline; one had an SVT w 810, and another with an Aguilar DB751 w 410. Both times I sound-checked using the house rig but ended up using the Sisma instead. The Sisma is clearer, warmer and with much more flexible EQ for adapting to the room, the bass, the pedals etc. Yes the SVT, with the 810, has some unique magic. There is nothing quite like playing a theatre sized room and being bathed in that tonal warmth. I am very satisfied carrying the 9lb Sisma to gigs.

 

[Jasper Mortier]

Excellent review and comparison Jasper. Thank you! I no longer own an SVT, and now, no longer miss it because i am loving the Sisma. In fact, Two recent gigs had excellent backline; one had an SVT w 810, and another with an Aguilar DB751 w 410. Both times I sound-checked using the house rig but ended up using the Sisma instead. The Sisma is clearer, warmer and with much more flexible EQ for adapting to the room, the bass, the pedals etc. Yes the SVT, with the 810, has some unique magic. There is nothing quite like playing a theatre sized room and being bathed in that tonal warmth. I am very satisfied carrying the 9lb Sisma to gigs.

Thanks man. The time will surely come I'm not able to lift the SVT by myself in my car. Meeting my bandmates at the van or the crew at the venue I always get help but at home I have to load and unload by myself! So I figured I'd better be prepared. 100% workable alternative, do not prefer it to the SVT though (yet?)!

 

[carsonchilders]

Pff. Finally had time to do a back to back recording of my vintage SVT and my Sisma. Ciao!

Big fan of your videos. Didn't realize you are on Talkbass.

 

[Jasper Mortier]

Big fan of your videos. Didn't realize you are on

Big fan of your videos. Didn't realize you are on Talkbass.

Thanks man. I don’t often buy new stuff, but consulting Talkbass made me buy the Sisma, the Broughton HPF/LPF and a Turbo-tuner the last 2 years! All 3 super products. I do want to get rid of my stupid TB-name. Does somebody got advise? I got to pay or something?

 

[John D Harris]

I changed mine a while back.

I think you go to the "Contact Us" link down toward the bottom of this page and request through that, IIRC.

Excellent review!
I quite enjoyed that!

 

[DELACIUS]

Pff. Finally had time to do a back to back recording of my vintage SVT and my Sisma. Ciao!

Thanks a lot for this!

 

[gtirard]

Pff. Finally had time to do a back to back recording of my vintage SVT and my Sisma. Ciao!

It's funny, because I didn't really think of Sisma as being a SVT alternative, and I thought it was quite neutral/uncolored with all the EQ flat, but it's been a very long time since I haven't played on a real SVT, and I suppose the cab also plays an important role.

I love your demo of the EQ section, it shows very well the wide frequency range of the passive bass and treble controls, compared to the more focused mids. The explanations on how you are using the EQ is also interesting and inspiring, although I use mine differently - I usually start with slight adjustments of the bass and treble depending on the room's acoustic, then I only work with the mids if necessary.

Your comments about the "authority" of Sisma is also interesting.

Sisma rocks!

 

[Jasper Mortier]

It's funny, because I didn't really think of Sisma as being a SVT alternative, and I thought it was quite neutral/uncolored with all the EQ flat, but it's been a very long time since I haven't played on a real SVT, and I suppose the cab also plays an important role.

I love your demo of the EQ section, it shows very well the wide frequency range of the passive bass and treble controls, compared to the more focused mids. The explanations on how you are using the EQ is also interesting and inspiring, although I use mine differently - I usually start with slight adjustments of the bass and treble depending on the room's acoustic, then I only work with the mids if necessary.

Your comments about the "authority" of Sisma is also interesting.

Sisma rocks!

Wow, that's weird. Neutral? Glockenklang is neutral! For me super hard to get a workable tone out of one of those. But yes: the cab is like 75% or something. Bit like the body / neck discussion on a bass. What determines the character the most. The body (= cabinet) seems to determine the fundamental character whereas the neck (=amp) seems to determine the personality? As hard a Glockenklang is for me, is a bass with a graphite neck! Just a theory! I'll stop now.

 

[gtirard]

Wow, that's weird. Neutral? Glockenklang is neutral! For me super hard to get a workable tone out of one of those. But yes: the cab is like 75% or something. Bit like the body / neck discussion on a bass. What determines the character the most. The body (= cabinet) seems to determine the fundamental character whereas the neck (=amp) seems to determine the personality? As hard a Glockenklang is for me, is a bass with a graphite neck! Just a theory! I'll stop now.

OK, I'm probably wrong. instead of "neutral", I should probably say "not too severely voiced", or " doesn't have a baked in tone that's hard to remove", or simply "I like its voicing"... LOL

 

[Jasper Mortier]

I think you go to the "Contact Us" link down toward the bottom of this page and request through that, IIRC.

You did remember correctly! Thanks.

 

[John D Harris]

You did remember correctly! Thanks.

Easy-peasy / nuttin' two-it!

 

[Jasper Mortier]

What a thoughtful feature...there is a spare fuse on board!
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This saved my day when at soundcheck, the amp was dead. A stage crew guy opened up the little trap door and viola, a spare fuse!....now on with the show. I have replaced the spare and carry a couple extra in my kit bag.

What caused it to blow? Only happened to me once with a faulty power generator. A short in you speaker cable or something?

 

[PaperbackRyder]

I have no idea why the fuse blew. There have been no further issues.

 

[badsneakers]

Cool, we agree - for some reason the One10 is not the best matching cab for Sisma. I don't think that it's because the One10 prefers low wattage amps, because my One10 sounds great with the Quilter Bass Block (450W @8 Ω). I think it's more because the coloration of the One10 is not ideal with Sisma's own character. Barefaced 12 inch cabs being more neutral, they pair very well with Sisma's character. IMHO.

Hmm.. I was thinking about this amp to go with my barefaced three10

 

[STurner]

Try bypassing the tube preamp and plug into the return on the back of the Sisma. This effectively turns it into a CODA and may very well give you the tone you need for your One10.