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Mesa Subway D-350!
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In addition to producing different great sounds, it's photogenic as well.
Contemplating a PJB Earbox with my D-350 and a 4 ohm cab. Think I could safely eeke out the extra load using the D-350's second speakon?
"What may sound unusual is that the Ear Box has virtually no load on an amplifier. It is very high impedance: almost 1000 ohms at bass frequencies, tapering down to 24 ohms, at the very highest frequencies. It actually stabilizes the speaker load on you amplifier by acting as a ZOBEL network. The Ear Box high impedance allows it to be connected to just about any bass amplifier"
"What may sound unusual is that the Ear Box has virtually no load on an amplifier. It is very high impedance: almost 1000 ohms at bass frequencies, tapering down to 24 ohms, at the very highest frequencies. It actually stabilizes the speaker load on you amplifier by acting as a ZOBEL network. The Ear Box high impedance allows it to be connected to just about any bass amplifier"
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If it’s really a high impedance load (sounds like a piezo tweeter box) and it has the proper resistor compensation, it should be fine.
May just want to try it out then. The stand for it will weigh more than the amp
My switch stays perma-on!
Glow-on Chef!
I have had my 350 a month now. Its by far the best amp i have ever owned. The eq is so nice, very responsive to small adjustments, love the bright switch (always on for me) and the voicing
switch as well!
switch as well!
Sounds great! Because there is no deep switch (which I am a big fan of), is it "missed" on the 350?
From what has been said, nope.
Because of the fanless nature, the deep switch may have prevent that. I sure that agedhorse can explain it clearer.
As with most questions about the D-350, this has already been discussed at length in this thread. (..DAS..)
Mesa Subway D-350! are Andy's comments about the deep switch. Start reading there and also forward a few posts. The user manual answers most everything one would ever want to know about the amp.
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Last gig I played with the D-350 I had to back off the lows. No way do I miss a deep switch on this amp. I much prefer the Bright switch.
D-350 Bright is a real array waker-upper on the Bass Array cabs.
With its Low Mid, it's not a question of if you cut, but how much.
With its Low Mid, it's not a question of if you cut, but how much.
I'm also a fan of the Low Mid knob. What a profound difference it makes!
I’d like to have it, but understand why it’s not there and usually don’t miss it. As @DJ Bebop notes, adding a deep switch would have necessitated adding a fan too.
The D-350 manual factory settings are a must do and tweak from there. Rock is mildly overdriven and Fretless is very clean. The combinations in between give a pretty good range of tone. It takes patience to dial things in though. Some are counterintuitive. But even dimed across the front panel is a useful full grind tone.
Dip poopie alert:
Perhaps this is a good time to ask my question about specific 350 settings? I have a D 350, Subway 115 and a J and P Bass. Learning some Cake songs right now. There have been two bass players in that band. Similar great old school tone. I realize the tone in Cake songs is not unique. Using such as a example. If you are familiar with Cake, I would appreciate YOUR approach to getting that type of tone on the 350. Thank you.
Perhaps this is a good time to ask my question about specific 350 settings? I have a D 350, Subway 115 and a J and P Bass. Learning some Cake songs right now. There have been two bass players in that band. Similar great old school tone. I realize the tone in Cake songs is not unique. Using such as a example. If you are familiar with Cake, I would appreciate YOUR approach to getting that type of tone on the 350. Thank you.
- Feb 12, 2006
- 60,970
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- 220,703
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- Development Engineer-Mesa Boogie, Development Engineer-Genzler (pedals), Product Support-Genz Benz
I’m familiar with Cake, worked many of their shows around the Fashon Nugget era.
The bass tone was fairly low mid and mid-centric. As usual though, it depends on the cabinet.
With the Subway 115, set the tweeter level no more than 12:00 and roll the bass eq off just a little. Add a little bit of low and high mid to taste and you should be in the ballpark.
Cake's bass tone makes me to want to play. Symphony in C and I Will Survive make good student practice. Great live act [insert vibraslap sound here]
Early Cake sounds P-bassy to me. Compressed lows, attenuated highs. Warm. Oh so good.
I was recently running my D-350 contour around noon until I added some pedal saturation. Rolling it back to between 9-10 allowed vocals to come up in the mix and clarified the bass.
Without pedals that contour just pours on the syrup. How to bring out warmth in a lone D-350 though?
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Agedhorse setting roccomendations and a New Fender American Vintage II 54P
