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Mesa Boogie Walkabout Mega-thread Part 10

#3,583
NOLA Bass said:
I have the screws. I figured it out finally. I need to brew some coffee, I was more confused than trying to help my son with his geometry homework!!!! :cool:
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That's because Euclidean geometry is a lie! Two parallel lines? Really? Don't know about Euclid, but I live on a ball (roughly). :cautious:
FWIW, I did the same thing when mounting my VDL Mondo. :D
Hey! It was late and I couldn't wait. :woot:
 
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Leo was right said:
By the way Agedhorse, Leo was not a musician at all and he did what he did, what's about? Are you a bass or a guitar player?
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Keyboard player. Not good enough to make a living at, but had a great opportunity to take the pro audio path in 1978 via an excellent heart to heart talk
(read as "counseling") with Taj Mahal (Mesa endorser too) making a passionate argument for me to change my music industry profession. Best career move I ever made.

Not being a bass or guitar player actually helps because I don't automatically force "my tone" on you. I have worked with and listened to MANY excellent yet different tones from the industry's top players over 35 years. That's the essence of where the products I design come from.

Hope this helps.

[edit to remove extra word "bad"]
 
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agedhorse said:
Keyboard player. Not good enough to make a living at, but had a great opportunity to take the pro audio path in 1978 via an excellent heart to heart talk
(read as "counseling") with Taj Mahal (Mesa endorser too) making a passionate argument for me to change my music industry profession. Best career move I ever made.

Not being a bass or guitar player actually helps because I don't automatically force "my tone" on you. I have worked with and listened to MANY excellent yet different bad tones from the industry's top players over 35 years. That's the essence of where the products I design come from.

Hope this helps.
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You have this in common with Leo Fender, Jim Marshall, these guys didn't play the instruments they are design or invent. Probably you are right saying that it give you a step back and a broader view on the conception, having lot of input from players.

A funny thing: Everett Hull (Ampeg) hate Rock'n roll.:roflmao:

You have the chance to know Taj Mahal, a great artist.:thumbsup:
 
#3,589
agedhorse said:
Kinda-sorta, but not kinda-sorts, in that the goal and the design evolved through a series of exploratory steps, each step leading to somewhere different along the path. Dan was the guy in charge of that project, and he was able to come up with something quite unique, though it only maintained it's uniqueness up to about 300 watts. Beyond that, the combinations of competing tradeoffs just didn't work together the same way and the performance really fell off.

In some ways, like with a tube power amp, more power is not necessarily better.
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Good news for the bassist on the
move: the Walkabout®. This little
brother to the M-Pulse 600™ delivers
all the same great tone at a size and
weight that fits the demands of any
bass player who’s traveling light and still
needs huge sound.

Using the same soulful tube preamp
as the 600, the Walkabout’s


What it is confusing is that, this is a copy/paste taked of the Mesa catalog who let think it is very similare.
 
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Leo was right said:
You have this in common with Leo Fender, Jim Marshall, these guys didn't play the instruments they are design or invent. Probably you are right saying that it give you a step back and a broader view on the conception, having lot of input from players.

A funny thing: Everett Hull (Ampeg) hate Rock'n roll.:roflmao:

You have the chance to know Taj Mahal, a great artist.:thumbsup:
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Maybe why Alleva-Coppollo basses are SO good too?
 
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#3,595
4stringmf said:
My 360 + PH 4x12 is certainly loud enough against two tube half stacks for metal..... I pretty much think the 60 watt difference between that and the WB is pretty much negligible to none.
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A 60w difference is effectively imperceptible since all else equal you need double the power/watts to add 3dB of volume and 3dB is the threshold of human hearing detecting a change in volume.

If the lower-wattage amp is more distorted you might even perceive it as louder. Hence the "tube watts" vs. "ss watts" confusion/debate.

Clean headroom is the thing the WA lacks for some.
 
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McFarlin said:
Well, here it is:
Mesa Boogie Subway WD-800 WalkAbout Bass Amplifier | MESA/Boogie®


This thing looks insane. I think they included everything TB wanted.
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Yes, very much TB influenced.

s_wood said:
Whoa! Awesome... and a tube front end in the preamp!

Andy, what can you tell us about tone and availability date?
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Availability should be within a couple of weeks.

As far as tone, it's VERY Walkabout influenced yet incorporates some of the features that you guys have asked for and also gets rid of some of the quirks that you guys found particularly challenging.

As everything was coming together, we actually chose a couple of TB community members who are both hugely experienced Walkabout fans as well as understanding the technology and being real player to help. They are in a better position to explain the tone and feel from a player's perspective than I am, they both have extensive time on this new amp. Spilling the beans, that would be Al Kraft and Chef.

I would expect the owner's manuals to be on line soon (if not already), these too contain more player perspective and influence thanks to those two. I think you will find the manuals even more helpful than before.

This is all with the intent to make this amp more player relevant.
 
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