Light version of the Mesa Walkabout without breaking the bank

[gillento]

I love the sound of my Mesa WA but I need a backup/ second similar amp and don’t have the money for a WD800.

What are alternatives in sound?
Ashdown ROOTMASTER (RM), Aguilar TH700?

 

[lomo]

How much power do you need? Do you have a cheap source of power/are you open to a pedal solution through a different head or power amp?

 

[gillento]

I already have an extensive pedal board but I am open to ideas.
As for power, the WA is 300 watts MOSFET, I suppose in Class D I’d need more for the same amount of headroom.

 

[zenrad]

How about the Subway D-350? That may get you close.

 

[gillento]

The d-Series does not sound like the Walkabout or WD800 at all.

 

[lomo]

I am a longtime Walkabout fanboy-owned a few, and the WD800, but now get most of my flavor from pedals. The difficulty with getting "your" Walkabout sound is that the Walkabout is pretty versatile....clean through wooly, mid-forward or scooped...it's all in there, so knowing how you like to use it is key. That said, there's an enormous amount of overlap between the sounds I can get from a Walkabout and those from a Quilter Interbass using its' vintage cabsim setting and pushing it into light OD. It's a marvelously toneful little thing....45 watts>4 Ohms on its' own or into another power source as needed. Pedal preamps like the Sushibox Underground Accelerator can also overlap very widely with the Walkabout. With either of those into any small, clean head, most of what the Walkabout can do is accessible. Caveat-for passive pedals like most Sushiboxes, which use classic style, passive eq, having active mid control elsewhere in the chain can be critical if you want full flexibility.

 

[agedhorse]

I already have an extensive pedal board but I am open to ideas.
As for power, the WA is 300 watts MOSFET, I suppose in Class D I’d need more for the same amount of headroom.

For comparison, the WD-800 at 800 watts has much more headroom than the Walkabout.

The WD is the replacement for the Walkabout. It was developed with the input from many TalkBass Walkabout players, addressing the limitations with the original Walkabout at their requests.

If you don't have the money for it, you will need to compromise.

 

[zenrad]

The d-Series does not sound like the Walkabout or WD800 at all.

You mentioned you have an extensive pedal board - if you have something like the Empress Para EQ it can help but nothing is going to sound closer to a Walkabout than the WD-800

 

[agedhorse]

You mentioned you have an extensive pedal board - if you have something like the Empress Para EQ it can help but nothing is going to sound closer to a Walkabout than the WD-800

[disregard my reply, I misread this original post]

 

[Lammchop93]

save up for the WD800.

 

[drewphishesp]

find a used wd 800, theyre out there

 

[gillento]

find a used wd 800, theyre out there

Living in Europe, this is very tricky.

 

[gillento]

I disagree.

As in? The Empress ParaEq is not a good choice?
I am not sure how to read this.

 

[PotsdamBass8]

If you just need it for a backup, as in to get by if something happens to your WA, I wouldn’t go crazy trying to find a match.

 

[agedhorse]

As in? The Empress ParaEq is not a good choice?
I am not sure how to read this.

Sorry, I completely mis-read your post.

 

[Nebadon2000]

If there was an inexpensive light Combo that sounded even very similar to Walkabout it would be known and back ordered indefinitely

 

[DJ Bebop]

Living in Europe, this is very tricky.

They are there, probably not used yet.

 

[mikeswals]

Why not a used walkabout head? Many are like under 500 now

 

[pfschim]

Why not a used walkabout head? Many are like under 500 now

well, the OP is in Europe and I'm guessing the used Walkabout market over there is probably limited compared to the states

 

[mikeswals]

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