Yes, it's another NV-centric thread. I don't often use this cab due to the practicality of it in many venues, but anytime I can get away with it, I like to bring it out. I got a call to play with a band I used to play with for a benefit gig yesterday. While I've used a number of heads with this particular cab, it occured to me that I haven't used my 400+ with it yet. I've used the Mesa with an 810E before and found it to be a wrecking ball through that cab, so I figured it would sound pretty awesome through the Berg.
The gig was an outside venue. I put the cab on a riser behind me on the stage, and stuck a PR40 on one of the drivers. With minimal EQing, I got a great sound right out of the gate. And as many of you know, getting a good stage sound for bass outside is difficult, since the lows disperse everywhere and the mids and highs remain more directional. The low-end was very controlled from the sealed design. I pulled out the High and Volume 1 pots for some extended top-end. I do the psycho-bass suggestion and run a 12AU7 in the driver socket. I turned up the Master to about 7 to let the amp open up. I find that the key to the NV is to be careful with your mids. It's such a mid-heavy cab, that you may even have to cut around 250hz to keep it from sounding congested. But once you clean up the low-mids, the amp is very articulate and big sounding. Normally, I'm a horn guy, but I didn't miss it with this arrangement, as the Mesa seemed to provide just the right amount of top-end to the woofers. About half way through the set, the tubes were running pretty hard and I could start to hear overdrive and compression on the low B. Normally, I wouldn't run the amp that hard, but since it was outside, I had things cranked. Overall, it sounded really awesome.
The bass player from the previous band on the bill and the sound engineer's roadie, who is also a bass player, both really loved how it sounded.
The gig was an outside venue. I put the cab on a riser behind me on the stage, and stuck a PR40 on one of the drivers. With minimal EQing, I got a great sound right out of the gate. And as many of you know, getting a good stage sound for bass outside is difficult, since the lows disperse everywhere and the mids and highs remain more directional. The low-end was very controlled from the sealed design. I pulled out the High and Volume 1 pots for some extended top-end. I do the psycho-bass suggestion and run a 12AU7 in the driver socket. I turned up the Master to about 7 to let the amp open up. I find that the key to the NV is to be careful with your mids. It's such a mid-heavy cab, that you may even have to cut around 250hz to keep it from sounding congested. But once you clean up the low-mids, the amp is very articulate and big sounding. Normally, I'm a horn guy, but I didn't miss it with this arrangement, as the Mesa seemed to provide just the right amount of top-end to the woofers. About half way through the set, the tubes were running pretty hard and I could start to hear overdrive and compression on the low B. Normally, I wouldn't run the amp that hard, but since it was outside, I had things cranked. Overall, it sounded really awesome.
The bass player from the previous band on the bill and the sound engineer's roadie, who is also a bass player, both really loved how it sounded.
