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Mesa Boogie Walkabout Part 5!!!

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Nuno A. said:
Thats what you get for writing at 2 in the morning..ahahah
i wanted to ask if in a real music situation, the combo by itself its usable, if actually somebody uses just the scout for playing live, sure this is so subjective, what might be loud for me can be a soft pillow for others, i guess i just need an excuse to buy one..
did you have Low Down Sound make a special cab so that you can mount the walkabout like in a combo or you just use the head on top of the cab?
i divorced recently and my ex got the car, often i travel with train and so, i need to use a combo, something i can carry with one hand only, cant carry extra bags , nothing.

About the song Chef, it really sounds great, i often play that song when i have to sub for a French Jump Blues band, its really a great song and the audience seems to love it.
the bass sounds really nice and round although sometimes i can really hear the spirocore sound on the top end, and being a gut / synthetic guy thats not really my cup of tea, but the bass sits wonderful on the mix.... (maybe i have to send you some used strings i have around and try to convert you to no metal? ahahahaha)
thats a nice band you have there for sure.. congratulations.

Nuno
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I use mine regularly with an acoustic uprite & elec bass. Sounds great for both. PLENTY of volume- we aint a LOUD band- jazz/blues soul- Just Drums, piano/organ, Bass & vox. But the room is pretty large- hold say 300 max, but when we play there there are regularly about 100 ppl there & I never am wanting for volume. If I ever do- a single 8 ohm 12" cab to add to the WA combo does the trick EASILY!
 
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The white plastic-y ones?
Didn't like them, though it's been a long time...to the best of my recollection I thought they were too low tension for me.

Dominants are a steel outer, and a perlon core inside; so they have gut warmth, and steel sustain, which is about perfect for me.
 
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To those that downloaded and commented, thanks for the feedback!
It was really posted as "a reference point for folks who feel using the Walkabout for DB is foolish"....;)
I personally think it's the bee's knees...The Scout cab works pretty well; but the LDS 2x8+5 is really a gem.

It was the band's first gig, so, hopefully things will improve some yet. None of the three singer folk are very experienced; the rest of the band is relatively seasoned.
 
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Chef said:
It was really posted as "a reference point for folks who feel using the Walkabout for DB is foolish"....;)
I personally think it's the bee's knees...The Scout cab works pretty well; but the LDS 2x8+5 is really a gem.

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The WA's warmth is all good. I've heard lektrik guitar played through it that sounded dreamily good as well.
 
#650
vin*tone said:
Given that you get noise when you're not touching the string... and also that you're getting it in one location and not the other - it sounds like a classic earthing/interference problem.
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I agree for the most part and hope that turns out to be the issue. I still have to explore the tonal differences I'm hearing.
 
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Chef said:
To those that downloaded and commented, thanks for the feedback!
It was really posted as "a reference point for folks who feel using the Walkabout for DB is foolish"....;)
I personally think it's the bee's knees...The Scout cab works pretty well; but the LDS 2x8+5 is really a gem.

It was the band's first gig, so, hopefully things will improve some yet. None of the three singer folk are very experienced; the rest of the band is relatively seasoned.
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Always enjoy some audio. Nice job A.
Anytime!
B.
 
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Chef said:
The white plastic-y ones?
Didn't like them, though it's been a long time...to the best of my recollection I thought they were too low tension for me.

Dominants are a steel outer, and a perlon core inside; so they have gut warmth, and steel sustain, which is about perfect for me.
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Yes- they have the white-ish winding visible.

The DOMINANTS sound cool for what I want. Which are the ones you're meaning?
I HAD a set of Corelli meds on(light for most strings I think) & I didn';t like them much. So I'd like to know a good set to have as a spare.
 
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Chef said:
@Nola:
I haven't gigged the Walkabout with two GK Neo's., but it bench tests well;)

Last weekend I did a big outdoor gig with one 4x8 and one 2x8, and it was awesome.
On that Sat am, we tracked parts of the new cd with the Walkabout as DI, and blended it with Walkabout thru 4x8; the engineer was pretty giddy about it. It'll be a long time before dailies are ready so don't expect me to post clips anytime soon....
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Chef,
When you say that you used the Walkabout as DI, was this in the studio and did you have speakers hooked up to the Walkabout? If so, I didn't realize you could use the Walkabout without hooking up speakers and not cause damage. Did I miss something???
 
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Chef said:
Here's a link to down load a clip of my new swing band, live at The Bridge, in Columbia, MO.

1961 King/Thomastik Spirocore Mittles/K&K BassMax/K&K two band pre/Walkabout/LDS2x8+5

The engineer mic'd the cab, and took the di and "ran about 80% DI with some cab blended cause it sounded damn good too.

Considering it was our first show, and getting a 10 piece band firing on all cylinders can be like herding cats, I'm pretty dang happy with it. I think the horns could be a bit more present in the mix, but hey, it's free;)

Click on the link and follow directions. Feedback welcomed.

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Im fresh in from a road trip-trying to check this out but am unable to hear it.It wont download for me!!:(
 
#660
did you send in your email, recieve the link in response, right click on it to download?

you can try this, but it might only work keyed to my email...dunno. it just worked here though:
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