Mesa Walkabout w/ an upright?

It can sound very good with upright, actually. It has a pretty full midrange, though, which may or may not be what you want. I do not find it as transparent as an iAMP or Walter Woods, but it has good (albeit somewhat "colored") tone, IMHO.

Tom.

 

Although, they do weigh more because of it Mesa Amplifiers are
built like a tank and can be serviced easily. So if you're willing to
put up with the weight, they will most likely outlast anything else on the market.

Ric

 

I've always liked the tone of the Walkabout, but the single-speed fans on them are so noisy that I find them unusable for low-volume gigs/rehearsals/recordings (which make up the majority of my DB work). Also, the Scout combos I've tried exhibited loud cabinet/chassis buzzes and rattles when pushed hard down low.

 

There is a Walkabout Mega-Thread over in the electric bass side wherein TBer Vic posts regarding his efforts to install a substantially more quiet fan. It seems to be a success.

Tom.

 

I 'm currently using Walkabout with V 208 or V110 with my
Upright. Also had Mesa put in a 10db boost for the the
upright pu's such as underwood or KK etc.
I' m using BBand with both basses.
Quite adequate.

 

For small jazz gigs, like piano, bass, sax or piano, bass and drums, I think the walkabout and scout combo is overkill. Plus as somene else said, the fan is loud on the walkabout. Don't get me wrong, I love the walkabout/scout combo, but I don't see it for the DB.

 

I don't know a lot about the walkabout but i own a MESA MPULSE 360 and i used it a few times for DB and it worked surprisingly well. It might not be a DB amp but has a really good preamp and equalizer. Like tombowlus said MESA is all about good mids.

 

the mesa walkabout is the best electric bass amp on the market in it's class (light weight). It has the best ****ing sound I've ever heard in anything other than my svt.

BUT

The camp just isn't right for upright.

It's really colorful.

I own one, and have used it for upright for a long time, but it's just not really transparent.

I just got a clarus and started using an sm58 on right under my bridge pointed at the soundboard. It sounds 100% more like my bass then anything else I've ever heard.

 

I love this amp for upright - but I should clarify at the time I used that paticular amp I was playing upright with a rock band. we toured a lot and the amp never broke down once. It sounded great as well and has a built in compressor which was great.

 

This thread is right up my alley. I have a Walkabout that I have been using for BG for about 18 months --- Its a workhorse and I cannot find a better warm tube sound from anything else that I've tried.

I agree that the amp has a lot of color, but I also have found that its sound is easily modified through EQ -- thought this may be a benefit.

That being stated, I have a Chris laminate that I have not yet amplified (just starting out on URB). What type/brand of pickup are you using through the Walkabout? (those that have posted that they like the sound).

This will help me alot as I research the type of pickup for my URB.

 

Any body use their Walkabout with a NS yet? I'm expecting a WAV4 to be showing up soon and i'm interested to see how its going to sound with my Walkabout into a Aggy GS112?

 

Hey -- Just bought one of these today. Tried it against the Mark Bass CMD 121P combo -- and the Mesa blew it away! The MB combo was very nice though. Totally solid for its size.

I've been sold on one of these for a while. Brought it home and it sounds extra large with my upright...no need for a preamp even...tons of bottom and thick creamy tube tone.

Bought it at CG so I have 30 days to live with it. Also...big news...looks like GC will no longer be carrying these, so the price was down from $1199 to $999!

The fan noise may be an issue...but so far, it's nowhere near as loud as the fan in my SWR Bass 350...which I've been using on all my DB gigs for over 5 years now.

I also bought this because I double on electric bass and need it for rehearsals and lessons, etc.

I'll report back when I play some gigs on it...

 

Hi Dennis Kong, I'm a BBand user as well. How do you have your mix knob set for the pickups? I'm curious because I'm frequently tinkering with mine; happy with the sound for a while then I'll be on a gig and something I hear (or don't hear) will send me back to the woodshed to mess around with it again.