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Mesa/Boogie Official Club Thread

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#281
Visirale said:
Hope all is going well for you all...

Just wanted to come back after owning the titan for another week or two. It really is my perfect head. I just love the mesa bass tone. I think a large part of it is that my first "real" head after my first combo and the crappy SVT350h was a mesa bass 400. This thing gives me the tone I loved out of that, but with a lot more headroom. I'm sure once I get everything set up after college and am raking in the bucks (;)) I'll get a bass 400+ or whatever they put out to replace it... but this is definitely going to be my workhorse for a while.

The mesa tone is just to die for... I just love how the tone gets warmer and warmer as the gain gets turned up. My stingray with flats is loving it... and my sadowsky hasn't met it yet because it's been in the shop for over 2 weeks now :(.
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Couldn't agree more. I've got the BB750, which is what the Titan V12 preamps are supposedly based on. Their power ratings are very conservative, IMO. And they sound like heaven.
 
#283
tombowlus said:
I just got done reviewing the Fathom/M6 Carbine for BGM, and let me tell you, it is one special amp. :cool:
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I'm really glad to hear you say that Tom. I'm looking for something still true to the sound of my tone but with some grunt and balls to it if I push it. Can it be both clean and warm or gritty and aggressive with some knob turning? I'm thinking this with a Berg 410 in the future would do the job for louder gigs.

.....edit: I think someone else mentioned putting one of these in an Aguilar head case...i think that's a great idea. It'd be like carrying around the Ashdown EVO500 that I used to have. One of those Aguilar cases and a Tuki cover and you're good to go!
 
#284
emjazz said:
I'm really glad to hear you say that Tom. I'm looking for something still true to the sound of my tone but with some grunt and balls to it if I push it. Can it be both clean and warm or gritty and aggressive with some knob turning? I'm thinking this with a Berg 410 in the future would do the job for louder gigs.

.....edit: I think someone else mentioned putting one of these in an Aguilar head case...i think that's a great idea. It'd be like carrying around the Ashdown EVO500 that I used to have. One of those Aguilar cases and a Tuki cover and you're good to go!
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Well, the M6 is not as much on the 'ballsy/gritty' side of things as is the M-Pulse line. The Big Block might be just what you want, in that regard. By comparison, the M6 is aggressively articulate, super tight, and while certainly very powerful (and as full sounding as you could want it to be), it's more controlled and precise than the somewhat more warm sounding M-Pulse line.

But, I don't want to give away the whole review, so I'll be quiet now... :ninja: :smug: :p :D
 
#285
tombowlus said:
Well, the M6 is not as much on the 'ballsy/gritty' side of things as is the M-Pulse line. The Big Block might be just what you want, in that regard. By comparison, the M6 is aggressively articulate, super tight, and while certainly very powerful (and as full sounding as you could want it to be), it's more controlled and precise than the somewhat more warm sounding M-Pulse line.

But, I don't want to give away the whole review, so I'll be quiet now... :ninja: :smug: :p :D
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Aggressively articulate sounds great! I'll definitely be checking this one out. Thanks Tom.
 
#286
tombowlus said:
Well, the M6 is not as much on the 'ballsy/gritty' side of things as is the M-Pulse line. The Big Block might be just what you want, in that regard. By comparison, the M6 is aggressively articulate, super tight, and while certainly very powerful (and as full sounding as you could want it to be), it's more controlled and precise than the somewhat more warm sounding M-Pulse line.

But, I don't want to give away the whole review, so I'll be quiet now... :ninja: :smug: :p :D
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Very eloquent synopsis Tom.

I have only used my Carbine Combo on three live dates, barely scratched the surface of its capabilities (ie the manual suggestions that the gain control offers extra goodness between 12:00 and 2:00 settings) but so far I am liking, the bands are liking, and sound people are liking what I'm getting out of it so far. I doubt very much that this will be a short lived honeymoon like so many other products have been for me.

I played on outdoor corporate picnic last weekend, I have yet to get the master volume past 9:00, and did a Zoom H2 recording from the front of the stage directly in front of the Carbine Combo just to get an idea of where I was at so far. :eek:

Those that have passed after a brief audition in a shop have no clue as to what they passed up.

Pix and review when the custom covering and grill arrive, yeah I'm still a little miffed about that but the sonic goodness has more than made up for that gaff, promise.

Cheers,

Mr. BEAR
 
#287
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#290
I've had a few Boogies in my day, but I'm still partial to my prototype Bass Triaxis w/ Strategy 500 power amp through some of their old school, EV loaded cabs. Kind of like this:

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I also currently own a Walkabout with 2 Powerhouse 112s:

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And previously, I've owned a whole mess of Boogie gear:

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#295
emjazz said:
Ben, have you had a chance to try the new M6 Carbine? What are your thoughts. I'm very interested in this one.
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Honestly, I haven't tried it. I've been out of the gear game for a good while now - I've been busy playing, and haven't had much time to dig around for new stuff.

That said, I'm not as impressed with the newer Boogie stuff as I am the older gear. I have a Walkabout not so much because I love the tone, but because it's super lightweight and I gig A LOT. The new stuff is just a bit too polite sounding for my tastes. Sure, it's still well built, and they are really thinking outside of the box in a bunch of areas, but tonally I still prefer their older, grittier, more midrange heavy gear. Make sense?
 
#296
Benjamin Strange said:
Honestly, I haven't tried it. I've been out of the gear game for a good while now - I've been busy playing, and haven't had much time to dig around for new stuff.

That said, I'm not as impressed with the newer Boogie stuff as I am the older gear. I have a Walkabout not so much because I love the tone, but because it's super lightweight and I gig A LOT. The new stuff is just a bit too polite sounding for my tastes. Sure, it's still well built, and they are really thinking outside of the box in a bunch of areas, but tonally I still prefer their older, grittier, more midrange heavy gear. Make sense?
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Gotcha. I'm actually interested in this amp because it sounds to be more flat, clean and clear. If GC hadn't lost their right to sell the bass line than it wouldn't be an issue for me to try it myself at any point. The nearest place I've found that has it is 2 hours away. Oh well.
 
#297
emjazz said:
Gotcha. I'm actually interested in this amp because it sounds to be more flat, clean and clear. If GC hadn't lost their right to sell the bass line than it wouldn't be an issue for me to try it myself at any point. The nearest place I've found that has it is 2 hours away. Oh well.
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GC didn't lose their rights - they chose not to carry Mesa bass gear.

In my opinion, GC has been both a blessing and a curse for Mesa. On one hand, it's brought them far more exposure to the masses. On the other, GC has required so much from Mesa in regards to supply that they can barely keep up. Some would say that quality control has gone down, which isn't necessarily true (percentage wise, they maintain the same levels of returns and repairs; but the number of units has gone up). They've also gone from being perceived as a little boutique shop to a mega giant money making enterprise, but the fact is that they still only have around 80 employees, are still being built in the U.S., and they still pay their employees decent wages (the guy that puts those leather corners on their amps makes around $12-$15 an hour). They also get broken in the stores quite a bit - when I worked for GC it wasn't uncommon for me to walk into the Boogie room and find some kid flipping a Triple Rectifier's power switch on and off over and over again, with no speaker hooked up, just for kicks. They're not necessarily fragile instruments, but they don't hold up to major, idiotic abuse that many GC customers usually put on them, and thusly many people have gotten the idea that they are less reliable than other brands (which isn't necessarily true).
 
#298
Benjamin Strange said:
GC didn't lose their rights - they chose not to carry Mesa bass gear.

In my opinion, GC has been both a blessing and a curse for Mesa. On one hand, it's brought them far more exposure to the masses. On the other, GC has required so much from Mesa in regards to supply that they can barely keep up. Some would say that quality control has gone down, which isn't necessarily true (percentage wise, they maintain the same levels of returns and repairs; but the number of units has gone up). They've also gone from being perceived as a little boutique shop to a mega giant money making enterprise, but the fact is that they still only have around 80 employees, are still being built in the U.S., and they still pay their employees decent wages (the guy that puts those leather corners on their amps makes around $12-$15 an hour). They also get broken in the stores quite a bit - when I worked for GC it wasn't uncommon for me to walk into the Boogie room and find some kid flipping a Triple Rectifier's power switch on and off over and over again, with no speaker hooked up, just for kicks. They're not necessarily fragile instruments, but they don't hold up to major, idiotic abuse that many GC customers usually put on them, and thusly many people have gotten the idea that they are less reliable than other brands (which isn't necessarily true).
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Well, for me it just means it's a little more difficult to try the gear before I buy something. As for amps, I don't drop the money until I've checked it out. I'm in no rush though so when I get around to it I'll check out the new amp. I'm looking forward to it. I think Boogie is a great company and I for one am glad that they're putting out some different products now.
 
#299
Picked this up today after drooling over it for a few months, since the first time I played a Fathom combo. I'm completely floored by the sound, and the volume.

Can't wait to bring this to rehearsal next week!

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