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Mesa Boogie Walkabout Combo

#2
RBX4 said:
I'm interested in this amp for solo practice, does any1 know how loud the fan is? I find it very annoying when the fan is too loud when practicing! :-)
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The Walkabout fan is loud compared to others. If you are sensitive to it you can swap the fan for a quieter one (costs about 10 bucks). I found it annoyed me at 1st, but I quickly stopped caring 'cause I love the tone so much. BTW, if you search, you'll find a huge bank of info on this topic.
 
#3
lomo said:
The Walkabout fan is loud compared to others. If you are sensitive to it you can swap the fan for a quieter one (costs about 10 bucks). I found it annoyed me at 1st, but I quickly stopped caring 'cause I love the tone so much. BTW, if you search, you'll find a huge bank of info on this topic.
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Cool! Thanx!
 
#6
The guy who turned me on to the Walkabout plays in a jazz band. He told me the fan on his was too loud. Then he talked to his band mates, who told him to turn it up. Problem solved.

I've never particularly noticed the fan noise on mine.
 
#9
I agree. My Walkabout is at its best when it's turned up. The very best tone I ever got out of it was at an outdoor gig. I have a Genz-Benz Shuttle 3.0-10T for small venues and practice. And when the M/B is turned up, you won't hear fan noise.
 
#11
I use one for solo practice and I love it. It's obviously more than needed for that application, but sounding good helps inspire me to play more, and gives me more pleasure out of playing
 
#15
lomo said:
You'll certainly save a lot of bread by doing that as compared to the Mesa. Whether you'll be as happy with the tone and performance and whether the savings are worth it is a matter only you can decide.
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Well I use to play the swr workingpro 12 and that took a crap during a storm. I'm currently playing a peavy max 112 it's good cheap but not top notch.. Good small amp but I wanna play top notch! :-)
 
#16
RBX4 said:
Well I use to play the swr workingpro 12 and that took a crap during a storm. I'm currently playing a peavy max 112 it's good cheap but not top notch.. Good small amp but I wanna play top notch! :-)
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If you want top notch then IMHO the Carvin 210 combo is not the way to go. The WA is a top notch combo that is powerful enough for small gigs as well, and it can be expanded with an extension cab (or by removing the head, which takes a screwdriver and 1 minute, and putting it on a larger cab) to play medium venues.
 
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lomo said:
If you want top notch then IMHO the Carvin 210 combo is not the way to go. The WA is a top notch combo that is powerful enough for small gigs as well, and it can be expanded with an extension cab (or by removing the head, which takes a screwdriver and 1 minute, and putting it on a larger cab) to play medium venues.
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WA meaning Warwick?
 

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