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The other option is to turn the bass's volume down a bit.
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MESA/BOOGIE TT-800 Questions
- Thread starter Dom Amato
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It is.
As far as the distortion from that Schroeder 1210i was complaining about, that was its own issue, the 10" driver is going off for a re-cone soon as I can drop it off. But yeah it does get a little frustrating when I don't want that.
The 'Heckinhecker' doesn't distort, but it's got pretty low output. This is the Heckinhecker- modded Hamer w/ Ric p'ups & harness, and graphics by Phoebe... Along with a couple things that are no longer...
My solution will be a Fender Jazz Bass in my very near future. I like what the 'Bird does, but nothing does everything, and the Jazz Bass has always been over of those 'close-to-home' things for me.
Interesting that the pickup layout of the Thunderbird is similar to a Jazz Bass.
(*shrug*)
...now Mr Agedhorse, I know you're not as young as you once were....
True. I do that lately, I feel now like it's just the nature of that beast. I only commented on it because it's information about how all these things interact. The TB+ pickups are pretty intense, while the stock Rickenbacker 4003 pickups in the Heckinhecker are comparatively anemic- but I love the sound of that bass.
And this amplifier, I'm learning about its character and gain structure. I'm settling in with learning about what I've got here.
Ouch!...now Mr Agedhorse, I know you're not as young as you once were....
Played a Fender Jazz and a Peavey Axcelerator through the TT-800 last night. I'm getting along with this amp... I stayed with the Boogie channel, ran two pedals through the FX loop, no SansAmp. Good stuff here.
I was surprised at how hot my basic epiphone thunderbird was through a 2x12 carvin combo at this benefit concert I played at a few days ago.
Ive found that the TT-800 with the boogie channel set to “classic rock”, a sansamp bddiv2 set to “SVT” and a thunderbird with fresh rotosounds is a kick ass sound! I gotta throw new strings on my ampro2 p bass but my PJ and my amstd Jazz sound insane too! I think im finally starting to really know how to work the amp and get sounds I like. Now I gotta mess around with the subway channel more. I havent been playing through that channel as much as I would like
Ahhh It feels good being back after a little hiatus haha
Did the same with my Boogie channel the other night, with a SanSamp Bass Fly Rig... But the Sansamp was set very conservatively, don't actually need it except for a sound effect on one song.
It typically takes me a long time to get to know a piece of gear. But similar experience here.
It definitely took time for me to learn how to get the two to work together in a way I like. I normally keep it on but sometimes Ill take the sansamp off and use my way huge pork and pickle for a more aggressive O/D and some fuzz. That pedal can be very tame or balls to the wall grit and grind. Great pedal that I recommend for anyone looking for a sick drive pedal!
I recently brought my TT800 back out and have been spending some time with it to play around with different settings and sounds. I can generally get an approximation of “my sound” with any amp. That said, some amps are easier than others to dial in. Ever since going through the Genzler-Benz Shuttles, then the Streamliner, I have locked on to, what for me, was a great sound…and sort of left things there. Same with my Genzler Magellans, my TT800 and my BD800. They all sounded great right out of the box. My tone was there…and the response to touch and attack was so much more enveloping than anything shy of a big tube rig from my past.
I have played a little more with the BD800 because it’s just so easy to muck around with a little tweak here and there. I don’t really have to put much thought into it. My Magellans have so many different possibilities, but I need to think a little more about what I am trying to achieve…then it’s just a matter of dialing it in. Great amps!
When I got my TT800, I was so gobsmacked by the sound in the Boogie channel, that I got it to my “happy place” …and just left it there. Then I switched to the Subway channel. Different controls. So I played around…and found out that, in retrospect, I had it set up to mimic what I had done in the Boogie channel! Now friends, that is one heck of a waste of a great two channel amp! About this time, my BD 800 came in and I was smitten with it. As time has passed and I have gigged the BD800, I wanted to start fresh with my TT800. So now I am actively going for completely different sounds and feel from the two different channels…and discovering that I simply missed so much the first time around.
Life is good and this is the best time to be a bass player…thanks Andy, Jeff, Scott and all who have made it so!
Kim
I have played a little more with the BD800 because it’s just so easy to muck around with a little tweak here and there. I don’t really have to put much thought into it. My Magellans have so many different possibilities, but I need to think a little more about what I am trying to achieve…then it’s just a matter of dialing it in. Great amps!
When I got my TT800, I was so gobsmacked by the sound in the Boogie channel, that I got it to my “happy place” …and just left it there. Then I switched to the Subway channel. Different controls. So I played around…and found out that, in retrospect, I had it set up to mimic what I had done in the Boogie channel! Now friends, that is one heck of a waste of a great two channel amp! About this time, my BD 800 came in and I was smitten with it. As time has passed and I have gigged the BD800, I wanted to start fresh with my TT800. So now I am actively going for completely different sounds and feel from the two different channels…and discovering that I simply missed so much the first time around.
Life is good and this is the best time to be a bass player…thanks Andy, Jeff, Scott and all who have made it so!
Kim
Al Kraft
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I had a gig last week where we were down to a trio (due to vacations and a last minute back injury). So I brought my TT800 and AK C112T cab. The Boogie channel was perfect for the trio get me a lot of what I like about the BD with a little less of an edge. It was also super easy to dial in a voicing that nicely filled in some "empty sound space" in the band mix.
Even though I use the BD a lot, the TT still impresses me every time I play it and I really like how the TT and my WD sound with my AK cab. Having a good selection of versatile tools make most jobs a lot easier.
If I didnt already have my TT, I wouldve gotten the BD800 no doubt about it. But im very thankful I got my TT. What I love the most is how well it works with my pedals and how it gets super clean with flavor. Im still fiddilng around with the subway channel. I got it set to the reggae preset from the manual at the moment and found that my ray5hh that Ive been really considering trading/selling really sounds good through that channel. EB Coblalt flats and soloing bridge pickup sounds freaking amazing through the subway channel.
Iv owned a tt800 for about 2ys (?), I'm still 'fine tuning ' both channels, with my 3 basses. I recently bought a Walla Walla Maverick,which iv strung with the new Labella Super Polished (presure wound type). That Maverick was made for the Boogie channel. It's replaced my trust old LPj DC with flats, for my old school 60s tones.
The TT800, sounded great, out if the box, but iv found, with time and a continuous tweaking, it just sounds better, and better.
Iv mainly played guitar, for most my life.
And, think of my experience with the TT, it mirrors my experience with the Boogie guitar amps iv owned (mk2, mk3, and a mk3 simuclass) . The were all very responsive to settings, they all took time to dial in great sounds, as opposed the Marshalls , Voxs, ect, that gave u 1 sound, no matter what eq you dialed in.
