Picked this up Sunday after finding it on CL a couple weeks ago. His asking price was reasonable to begin with, and I STILL managed to talk him down another $50. It's in absolutely mint condition, comes with the factory cover, and I only paid $400 for it! Ladies and gentlemen, my new gig rig, the GK mb212-ii:
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First impressions: This thing is loud...no...LOUD! This is by far the most powerful amp I've ever owned and it shows. Made my pant legs flap! OK, I was sitting right in front of it wearing old man sweat pants but they were moving! Very clean, clear high fidelity sound even at prodigious volumes. I started with all controls flat, no contour, horn on with each of my basses. This amp "translated" the sound of each bass in a very linear fashion. By that I mean I could hear and distinguish the different personalities of each bass with little if any "coloring" by the amp. The Thunderblade on my Squier VM Cab. really barked. I put new rounds on my Carvin LB75 and could hear every wrap as my fingers slid over them. The controls are well laid out and very easy to tweak. The B string sound was excellent and I was surprised at the sonic depth I heard without muddy bloom. My son has my precision right now so I couldn't test the "P with flats" sound but I'm sure I could dial in a great sound with that bass just as easily as I did with the others. I also own a Carvin ProBass 150 combo and when I picked up both combos, one in each hand, I couldn't tell which was lighter. That's 500 watts and 2X12" at the same weight as my old 100 watt 1X10". Amazing. This will replace my Eden RS410 combo. I love the Eden but this is so much lighter. The Eden seems to have more "baked in" sound while the GK seems to my ears to be more about clean power and headroom, which it has an abundance of. I'll never get rid of the Carvin as it's a sentimental favorite of mine however the Eden is already up on my local CL. Now if I could just find somebody to pay for the privilege of dragging that old 1X18" cab out of my basement for me...
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First impressions: This thing is loud...no...LOUD! This is by far the most powerful amp I've ever owned and it shows. Made my pant legs flap! OK, I was sitting right in front of it wearing old man sweat pants but they were moving! Very clean, clear high fidelity sound even at prodigious volumes. I started with all controls flat, no contour, horn on with each of my basses. This amp "translated" the sound of each bass in a very linear fashion. By that I mean I could hear and distinguish the different personalities of each bass with little if any "coloring" by the amp. The Thunderblade on my Squier VM Cab. really barked. I put new rounds on my Carvin LB75 and could hear every wrap as my fingers slid over them. The controls are well laid out and very easy to tweak. The B string sound was excellent and I was surprised at the sonic depth I heard without muddy bloom. My son has my precision right now so I couldn't test the "P with flats" sound but I'm sure I could dial in a great sound with that bass just as easily as I did with the others. I also own a Carvin ProBass 150 combo and when I picked up both combos, one in each hand, I couldn't tell which was lighter. That's 500 watts and 2X12" at the same weight as my old 100 watt 1X10". Amazing. This will replace my Eden RS410 combo. I love the Eden but this is so much lighter. The Eden seems to have more "baked in" sound while the GK seems to my ears to be more about clean power and headroom, which it has an abundance of. I'll never get rid of the Carvin as it's a sentimental favorite of mine however the Eden is already up on my local CL. Now if I could just find somebody to pay for the privilege of dragging that old 1X18" cab out of my basement for me...
Enjoy!
