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Mesa Walkabout Megathread!
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That's what I thought, but this price list said 1150: http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/MatrixClaw/blog/23970/
- Apr 3, 2003
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+1 I'll give a big "booyah!" to that. I love the versatility of the Walkabout with just those two knobs (Gain and Master).
due to Mesa's pricing policy, there is no "street price" for their gear, where a dealer can cut a dea for some % off of "list" for any particular buyer. It's a fixed price situation for all dealers unless a piece of gear has been discontinued, or a dealer sells a piece of gear "used, as new". I have heard that Mesa oversees this policy pretty aggressively.
Not defending it, just putting it out there.
That's if you want the head in a "case". Note that the "compact" is listed for 999.
This is the case I'm talking about [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
Exactly, twice the price in the UK.
Shipping costs don't come into it as the company can cover these with export tax breaks.
I would get the 15" combo tommorow for a realistic price.
yes, the subject of Mesa's non-US pricing has certainly been beaten to death here in the Walkabout Megathread.
I have no personal insight into the policy, but agree that it is too bad for those outside the states as Mesa gear in general is very nice, and the Walkabout in particular is an exceptional amp (IMO/IME).
There's always the Ashdown Little Giant
sorry about that british bassplaying pals
Come up north and try my Little Giant 1000 playing through my lightweight Eminence loaded 15" Neo cab.
Whereabouts up North? I'm pretty busy busy busy at the mo but I can always find time for bass related adventures...
this comment was actually just a bit of good natured ribbing, gently and politely aimed at Bassman62
And that is exactly the way the I took it; no offence taken I can assure you.this comment was actually just a bit of good natured ribbing, gently and politely aimed at Bassman62
I actualy went to a Pub to see a band and commented to my wife what a good bass sound, I hadn't noticed that the guy was playing my old 1965 Fender Jazz Bass that I'd sold to him a couple of years before, he was playing through a 12" Walkabout Combo.
After 47 years gigging the Walkabout would have been my dream. The cabs are also just as stupidly priced in the UK.
I realize the scout cab was specifically designed for the passive radiator to fire into the floor, but has anyone tried one of these on its' side? I often read posts talking about elevating cabs to avoid boom/coupling with the floor, and wonder about these things when I should be doing others....
I, as well, no longer have mine..but..wish I did. From my experience, It's built like a tank.
Once, after loading out from a gig in Chicago, it fell off the loading dock to the driveway
about a 5 ft. drop.
It powered up the next day and never missed a beat. Someday..I'll have another.
Once, after loading out from a gig in Chicago, it fell off the loading dock to the driveway
about a 5 ft. drop.
It powered up the next day and never missed a beat. Someday..I'll have another.
Chef
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Lomo:
Never messed with positioning my any different than "normally."
The passive radiator doesn't actually put out sound; it's a design to "fool the cab's driver into thinking it's in a bigger box;" thus allowing it to sound deeper and fuller than a box that small has any right to.
(as i understand it, IME, IMO, YMMV, etc)
Never messed with positioning my any different than "normally."
The passive radiator doesn't actually put out sound; it's a design to "fool the cab's driver into thinking it's in a bigger box;" thus allowing it to sound deeper and fuller than a box that small has any right to.
(as i understand it, IME, IMO, YMMV, etc)
We played a club with wooden stage a while back, I put the Scout 12 on an amp stand to get rid of the booming that it was creating. It worked really well.
Conversely, I played an outdoor gig and set the Scout directly on the concrete slab and it actually helped carry the bottom quite well.
... both ends of the spectrum, kinda...
OK. Now I grok. If that's the case, then it should work equally well in either orientation.
well, I'll chime in here to report that, some months ago, I decided to try my Walkabout on its side in a rehearsal.
Comments above about the function of the passive radiator not withstanding, it did change the sound of the cab.
To my ear it made the deep full low end that the Walkabout is known fo drop out to a noticeable degree, made it a thinner sounding cab.
Because of all the smart/technical types here on TB, I was prompted to read up on passive radiators and how they function. I do understand that the bottom loaded radiator does not produce sound itself, and really just operates in lieu of a port for the purposes of tuning the cab, thus allowing it to deliver more lows than the simple box size would suggest. But, setting a Walkabout on its side changes the tonal character of the amp. The same is true of the passive radiator design Scout cabs too (I have a Scout 15 that I tried it on).
No idea what the explanation is, but there you go.
Comments above about the function of the passive radiator not withstanding, it did change the sound of the cab.
To my ear it made the deep full low end that the Walkabout is known fo drop out to a noticeable degree, made it a thinner sounding cab.
Because of all the smart/technical types here on TB, I was prompted to read up on passive radiators and how they function. I do understand that the bottom loaded radiator does not produce sound itself, and really just operates in lieu of a port for the purposes of tuning the cab, thus allowing it to deliver more lows than the simple box size would suggest. But, setting a Walkabout on its side changes the tonal character of the amp. The same is true of the passive radiator design Scout cabs too (I have a Scout 15 that I tried it on).
No idea what the explanation is, but there you go.
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