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Mesa Boogie Walkabout Mega-thread Part 10

#301
PK;
It first started showing up when I first fired up the amp. So at that time I thought it was just a cold tube or one starting to go bad. Then it went away for a bit. I then sold the cab to a fellow TB'r out west. When he first got it he emailed me saying that he thought the speaker was possibly blown or cone shifted. He took it into a Mesa approved shop and they found it was the switch. It was a 65 dollar repair, which I paid for of course. You'll know as soon as you bypass the x-over. Good luck.
 
#302
derrico1 said:
BTW, if you want to try the slave amp trick and you have an LMII or LMIII around, try racking it with the WA. Those Little Marks can get pretty close to flat. You can feed the Walkabout's DI into the LMIII's front-panel balanced input, feed FOH from the LMIII's DI out, and drive one or two cabinets each from the WA and the LMIII. That combination of amps gives you a fairly convenient set of features, doesn't add much weight (the LMIII is ~ 6.4 lbs), and kicks considerably harder than the stock WA combo.

I've done this with the WA driving a Bergie AE212 and an LMII driving a Schroeder 21012L. I'd like to try it with 3 AE212s (w/ the WA pushing 2, and the LMII pushing the third). Please LMK if anyone wants to send two more Bergs my way—you know, for science.
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That's a great idea! I need to try this... :bassist: :bassist: :bassist: :cool:
 
#303
derrico1 said:
Flat in terms of being fairly uncolored. (Otherwise, it defeats the goal of achieving a Walkabout tone at greater SPL.)

Yes, it's getting fairly complicated for a stage rig. The easiest way to get more SPL out of a Walkabout is to add more speakers, ideally in efficient cabs. Alternatively, you could add more Walkabouts.

I've done both; and IME going for a larger cab is the more practical solution, because in its combo form, the cabinet limits the rig's overall volume. (The combo cab is a good performer for its class, but there's only so much volume you can wring out of a 112, passive radiator notwithstanding.) And of course, to use a WA + power amp as your stage rig, you're already committed to driving bigger cabinets with more speaker area.

BTW, if you want to try the slave amp trick and you have an LMII or LMIII around, try racking it with the WA. Those Little Marks can get pretty close to flat. You can feed the Walkabout's DI into the LMIII's front-panel balanced input, feed FOH from the LMIII's DI out, and drive one or two cabinets each from the WA and the LMIII. That combination of amps gives you a fairly convenient set of features, doesn't add much weight (the LMIII is ~ 6.4 lbs), and kicks considerably harder than the stock WA combo.

I've done this with the WA driving a Bergie AE212 and an LMII driving a Schroeder 21012L. I'd like to try it with 3 AE212s (w/ the WA pushing 2, and the LMII pushing the third). Please LMK if anyone wants to send two more Bergs my way—you know, for science.
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Thanks for the detailed reply. I'll try the PHA-1 with the XLS1500 as it's very flat, light and simple. I don't have a LM, around but do have a B1500 that I could use. It's heavier than the Raven/Crest combination but is also pretty flat to my ear.
 
#304
I'm just blown away by the WA. I've only had it a couple of weeks, but I hope to have it for a while. I've been running a Darkglass B7k into it with a Nash PB63 and JB63, and it freaking kills. I wish I had a band going on, doing something like The Sword, so I could crank things up.

To dig up a beat topic, what cabs are you finding work well for rehearsal volumes with a rock band? Would a Baer ML212 or a CN212 type cab do the trick? I'm eyeing some of the new Gen4 Barefaced offerings, but they seem to be out of my budget for a little bit (GAS-y Q4 for me in 2013: Nash PB63, Buster 200, WA). My current PH115 and pending Fearless 115 probably won't pull enough juice at 8ohms as stand-alone cabs, though I could be underestimating).

Not much more to add; just sharing my joy.
 
#305
I've been using the WA and a fF 15/6/1 for rehearsal. It seems to work pretty well for that.
I've not gigged it that way; I feel like a 15 sub under or 12/6/1 over would probably be required.
 
#307
monsterthompson said:
I'm just blown away by the WA. I've only had it a couple of weeks, but I hope to have it for a while. I've been running a Darkglass B7k into it with a Nash PB63 and JB63, and it freaking kills. I wish I had a band going on, doing something like The Sword, so I could crank things up.

To dig up a beat topic, what cabs are you finding work well for rehearsal volumes with a rock band? Would a Baer ML212 or a CN212 type cab do the trick? I'm eyeing some of the new Gen4 Barefaced offerings, but they seem to be out of my budget for a little bit (GAS-y Q4 for me in 2013: Nash PB63, Buster 200, WA). My current PH115 and pending Fearless 115 probably won't pull enough juice at 8ohms as stand-alone cabs, though I could be underestimating).

Not much more to add; just sharing my joy.
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My WA+CN212 is pretty dang loud. That cab can take all the WA can dish, IMO.
 
#308
monsterthompson said:
To dig up a beat topic, what cabs are you finding work well for rehearsal volumes with a rock band? Would a Baer ML212 or a CN212 type cab do the trick?
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I love my ML-112's with the WalkAbout, so I would expect the ML-212 to be similarly great. As a general rule, my Bergs all seem to get along very well with the WalkAbout, so the CN212 is a safe bet, as well. Two to four Ampeg SVT-210AV's are also quite glorious. :bassist: :bassist: :bassist: :cool:
 
#310
tombowlus said:
I love my ML-112's with the WalkAbout, so I would expect the ML-212 to be similarly great. As a general rule, my Bergs all seem to get along very well with the WalkAbout, so the CN212 is a safe bet, as well. Two to four Ampeg SVT-210AV's are also quite glorious. :bassist: :bassist: :bassist: :cool:
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Still searching for a 2nd 210AV so I can consider selling the Berg(!). As glorious as the CN212 sounds, I'd rather carry two of Ampeg cabs so if it does the job I'll be very happy. That said I keep A/B'ing the WA with the TH350 at the moment and might just keep the smaller one :)
 
#312
monsterthompson said:
Is the WA with a single ML112 enough for a rehearsal with a band? I ran an M6 into an ML112 for a test of the cab and it worked, though I didn't push it for concern of killing the cab on loan.
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I use it with a Genz NX2-112t, and with the gain at 12:30/1 and master around noon I can bury everyone in a rehearsal space (loud stuff, in the neighborhood of doom...not quite metal). To avoid an unhealthy volume war I usually keep the master around 10:00.
Roughly the same ballpark as the CN212, I believe.
I just have to bump the bass and high mids a bit for my taste.
If I could justify spending the $$$, trying a ML112 or ML212 and both together would be fun (long as I could stand 50ft away). Guess I wouldn't have to crank the high mids, either.
 
#313
I don't think I've seen much mention of using their WA with a Epifani UL410, probably because this cab exposes some of the WA's shortcomings at higher volume settings.

This setup is what I typically use for small/med bars. Last weekend I had both the gain and master at around 10 o'clock, added a little bass and mids, and a little cut at 30hz, or whatever the lowest freq is on the semi-para. The comments I got were how present the bass was in the mix without being too loud.

For outdoor gigs, I'll use my 700rb ii with the UL410.
 
#314
Vanceman said:
I don't think I've seen much mention of using their WA with a Epifani UL410, probably because this cab exposes some of the WA's shortcomings at higher volume settings.

This setup is what I typically use for small/med bars. Last weekend I had both the gain and master at around 10 o'clock, added a little bass and mids, and a little cut at 30hz, or whatever the lowest freq is on the semi-para. The comments I got were how present the bass was in the mix without being too ...
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I use this combo for in my studio for practice with a loud drummer. I like the UL410 (mine is the early light weight series 2) with the WA. I boost the lows and low mids, cut the deep lows with my FDeck HPF 3 and crank up the passive mids to 3 o'clock. The sound is great and I seem to have less room nul points with that cab in that studio.

With my Berg AE410 and Mesa Scout cabs there is a dead spot right where my Piano player sits. The bass and mids just seem to fall off there. My drummer gets hammered with lows. The UL410 sounds very even throughout the whole room.
 
#315
My Walkabout head got the gig last week. It plays like buttah.. Its gonna do this weeks run... Sounds great on my 810 cab too..

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#316
monsterthompson said:
Is the WA with a single ML112 enough for a rehearsal with a band? I ran an M6 into an ML112 for a test of the cab and it worked, though I didn't push it for concern of killing the cab on loan.
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I have used a single ML112 and Walkabout for some pretty loud rehearsals, and have had plenty of volume. Two ML112's is my preferred stack, but a single gets the job done for me.
 
#318
Anyone play a WA with two 3015s (non-LF) in a loud band? I have yet to try that due to my doubts about the WA at 4 ohms providing enough power to keep up with a loud drummer. Have done many a gig with two 3015s and my B1500 but that's 1200 watts.
 
#319
Yessir.
I ran two Mesa Diesel 115's, reloaded with 3015's for a while; it worked pretty well!
However, those were big, heavy boxes despite the neo driver swap, and, they didn't have horns, and I pretty much need more treble extension than that.
Good deal though, if you don't need horns.
 
#320
morebass! said:
Anyone play a WA with two 3015s (non-LF) in a loud band? I have yet to try that due to my doubts about the WA at 4 ohms providing enough power to keep up with a loud drummer. Have done many a gig with two 3015s and my B1500 but that's 1200 watts.
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I had a vintage Ampeg 215 with 3015s in it that got stupid loud with either a Mesa D-180 or 400+ in a painfully loud stoner metal band, so I would bet the Walkabout could hold its own pretty well with something similar as long as you don't waste too much headroom pushing the low frequencies too hard!
 

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