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Mesa Subway D-350!

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agedhorse said:
..... The thickness of the gold flash on connectors is typically ~5 - 10 micro-inches, which when plated on conductive coated clear Mylar can actually be seen through, it's THAT thin.
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One of several reasons I am not a fan of gold-plated hardware and pickups on musical instruments.

agedhorse said:
Gold is better where there is chemical reactivity present (vapors corrosive to copper or tin)...
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In the medical test device I assembled years ago that is where we used gold pins, for the cartridges that had "stuff" running through them.
 
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MCF said:
I was surprised to see that the Rumble is 7 1/2 pounds heavier than my Subway 410. They impressed me as being very good for the money when I heard one powered by a MarkBass head some time ago. I suspect it would sound great with a D350 and make a nice affordable gig ready rig for someone on a budget.
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It is a good lower budget cabinet, in fact it's a great lower budget cabinet that comes from the lineage of some good cabinets that came before them. You can see some of that lineage in the Focus 410 and Contour 410(ext) which was phased out when Fender shut Genz Benz down.

MCF said:
Sacto’s finest! So cool that you worked with them and could give advice on achieving a similar tone. I am so happy I joined the Mesa family. Thank you.
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Yes, their FOH engineer and tour manager was a good friend of mine, and worked in my shop for a bit. He was one ofthe few guys I would "dry-rent" gear to.

Jeff Scott said:
One of several reasons I am not a fan of gold-plated hardware and pickups on musical instruments.

In the medical test device I assembled years ago that is where we used gold pins, for the cartridges that had "stuff" running through them.
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Gold plated hardware (including jacks and plugs), pickup covers, trim, etc. are very thin and not at all durable. To plate heavy enough and hard enough to be durable would increase the cost by an order of magnitude.

Gold is also used in the medical industry to prevent contamination of samples.
 
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Lately I've mostly been using my D800+, but for rehearsal last night I pulled out the D350 with my Barefaced Super Twin. Almost forgot how great this little amp is. Playing level with two loud guitars and a drummer was about 9:00 on the Master. I set it at noon just to show the fellahs and it was crazy loud. Tone is great - missed the deep (corrected from "bright") switch a little bit, but dialed some of that in with my SVT-PRE.
 
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Nebadon2000 said:
That was my guess:)
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Approves of The Deep switch, while finding the Bright switch more useful more often.
 
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lermgalieu said:
Agree. I love the deep switch, but when I use the D350 I find that everything is just fine.
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I find that if I'm doing something at higher volumes where the deep switch is key element of my sound, I'm probably operating more in the D-800 series head design space. Although I have been surprised at how capable that little head is at higher volume with added bass EQ. Andy real hit a sweet spot in his tuning of the voicing, high pass and bass EQ filters that allows 350 Watts to sound seriously huge.
 
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Al Kraft said:
I find that if I'm doing something at higher volumes where the deep switch is key element of my sound, I'm probably operating more in the D-800 series head design space. Although I have been surprised at how capable that little head is at higher volume with added bass EQ. Andy real hit a sweet spot in his tuning of the voicing, high pass and bass EQ filters that allows 350 Watts to sound seriously huge.
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It plays real nice with that Super Twin.
 
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Al Kraft said:
I find that if I'm doing something at higher volumes where the deep switch is key element of my sound, I'm probably operating more in the D-800 series head design space. Although I have been surprised at how capable that little head is at higher volume with added bass EQ. Andy real hit a sweet spot in his tuning of the voicing, high pass and bass EQ filters that allows 350 Watts to sound seriously huge.
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Yes, this was something that was heavily influenced by our late friend "Chef", he was a (very) vocal inspiration for capitalizing on this voicing being more timeless and practical for more players than with a deep switch.
 
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One of the other aspects of the D-350 that I like is how well it adapts to different styles of music. I also think it's hard to get a bad tone out of it regardless of whether you're a very experienced player exploring more extreme settings or just starting out and learning what EQ and voicing is all about.
 
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Al Kraft said:
One of the other aspects of the D-350 that like is how well it adapts to different styles of music. I also think it's hard to get a bad tone out of it regardless of whether you're a very experienced player exploring more extreme settings or just starting out and learning what EQ and voicing is all about.
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I was playing my "beater" (1996 MIM P bass) which has turned into my favorite bass, and it had a very winning rock tone with no pedals other than my Fairfield Always-On Barbershop (Modèle B).
 
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