new acoustic bass head

[SwamiRob]

"Fish and Chips" fish is usually covered in an egg, flour and water batter and then deep fried, sometimes (I don't know how) the egg is left out of the batter mixture. Also it tends to be a full fillet of fish as opposed to squares or anything like that.

Other useless Fish and Chips based facts for the non-Brits:

• Fish is sometimes deep fried in Beef dripping (fat) in some Northern counties of England

• Sometimes Fish is battered with the skin still on

• Cod is the preferred fish of the South, whereas Haddock is more common in the North

Good news about Acoustic USA though, very tempting. As much as I'd love to get a Thunderfunk they're very expensive, also if we're lucky there might be a high powered one on offer at some point that might beat the TF for volume.

 

[Lowbrow]

"Fish and Chips" fish is usually covered in an egg, flour and water batter and then deep fried, sometimes (I don't know how) the egg is left out of the batter mixture. Also it tends to be a full fillet of fish as opposed to squares or anything like that.

Other useless Fish and Chips based fact for the non-Brits:

• Fish is sometimes deep fried in Beef dripping (fat) in some Northern counties of England

• Sometimes Fish is battered with the skin still on

• Cod is the preferred fish of the South, whereas Haddock is more common in the North

Good news about Acoustic USA though, very tempting. As much as I'd love to get a Thunderfunk they're very expensive, also if we're lucky there might be a high powered one on offer at some point that might beat the TF for volume.

Maybe you could start a Laney thread? :

 

[barbarbass]

I got one of these myself, and it's more than enough for what i do. Of course, we are not a "volume" band -- only one guitarist, who usually (though not always) goes for a clean 80s kind of sound, a saxophonist, and drummer (loud, and entire kit always miced).

I have a GK Goldline 4X10, and previously, I was driving that with a 100W Fender bassman -- which, I must admit, was a little short of juice (no headroom; I was always at 7 or 8). The Acoustic has an XLR direct out, so it's ready to go for the kind of club that would make you use a PA, anyway.

 

[SwamiRob]

Maybe you could start a Laney thread? :

They're too poor to afford fish and chips down in Birmingham!

I don't really know that much about Laney stuff though, all the stuff I've played has been BLT era and I'd get slated by the older gents that were around in what most of them consider to be their golden age. I'm not a big fan though, although there is 1 guy in a stoner rock band that uses an old Laney setup with matching 2x15 and 2x10 cabs, sounds really nice for them. Definitely alot better then the stuff they're making now, got bought up by some civil engineering company that makes bridges...

Either way I'm gonna be very torn about what to do if they come out with high power USA built stuff. Me mum's from Birmingham and I'm English either way so I should probably show a bit of pride for the under respected Laney stuff.

 

[Lowbrow]

They're too poor to afford fish and chips down in Birmingham!

I don't really know that much about Laney stuff though, all the stuff I've played has been BLT era and I'd get slated by the older gents that were around in what most of them consider to be their golden age. I'm not a big fan though, although there is 1 guy in a stoner rock band that uses an old Laney setup with matching 2x15 and 2x10 cabs, sounds really nice for them. Definitely alot better then the stuff they're making now, got bought up by some civil engineering company that makes bridges...

Either way I'm gonna be very torn about what to do if they come out with high power USA built stuff. Me mum's from Birmingham and I'm English either way so I should probably show a bit of pride for the under respected Laney stuff.

You may not know that stateside, especially in the 70s piles of amps days, we saw pics of lots of Brit bands using amps with unfamiliar names of them, like HH, WEM, and -- especially intriguing to me -- those bizarro heaps that Dave Hill and Noddy Holder played through! (STS maybe? I've squinted at Slade photos a million times trying to read the logo). Orange was one of the few that made it across the pond (along with Marshall of course).

 

[SwamiRob]

You may not know that stateside, especially in the 70s piles of amps days, we saw pics of lots of Brit bands using amps with unfamiliar names of them, like HH, WEM, and -- especially intriguing to me -- those bizarro heaps that Dave Hill and Noddy Holder played through! (STS maybe? I've squinted at Slade photos a million times trying to read the logo). Orange was one of the few that made it across the pond (along with Marshall of course).

HH are quality amps, pity you can't find many of the decent ones anymore. I have a friend that has one of their stupidly loud tube guitar heads and he gets regularly by the hardcore users begged to sell it Has a cool "studio" and "stage switch", don't know many stages that would need the volume that bloody thing put out.

 

[Stacknobuser]

Yea, that guy was out of his league so I just let him dig his own grave. He didn't really understand how to have dialog and he definitely didn't understand the "FORCE OF ACOUSTIC". Hopefully he does now!


It's kinda sad for me to think that the new acoustic stuff is actually a mass marketed "anything it wants to be" brand. It still sounded very good but it will have lost a little of it's sheen with me if this turns out to be the case. I hope somebody gets some answers for us....

Not sad at all, and exactly as represented.

The new Acoustic products have been specified and designed by a team of industry experts, bass players and engineers.

Many of these folks have worked for other companies, and since many have been in the industry for over 20 years, they often worked for competitors. The new Acoustic organization built the team we felt was best to handle this assignment.

This is the best and most solid way to introduce new products - to go with a team of seasoned professionals with years of combined experience and then develop and tweak a product to make it the best product possible.

The spirit and legacy of the original Acoustic gear was taken into account, and the tones and core values were honored in the development of these products.

These products are currently sold in Guitar Center stores and affiliates and carry a 3 year warranty.

Camaro or Firebird, which is better? Depends on your brand preference and the feature set and performance that appeals to you. There are both significant and subtle differences.

Suggest you let your ears and wallet make the decision.

Hope this helps.

 

[beanbass123]

I just picked it up yesterday and im amazed for the kinda music that im playing (old school hardcore punk) it worked out perfect. and anyone that things 200 watts isnt enough should give this beast a shot. I also was talking to the salesman who claims that guitar center bought john paul jones's acoustic 360 and they are copying the circuit to produce one of there own. could just be talk but ill be waiting for it

I own one of JPJs(not original) acoustic 360. I think the story you heard was a jumbled up story. They are making acoustics again because of a guy named george vetchking. He bought the rights to it and is now producing it again hence the acoustics in guitar center. They sound good!

 

[gibsonbassist45]

i just picked the same thing up today dude. b200H head, and B410 4x10 cb. i like it alot dude.its working out pretty decent against that ampeg i was looking at. cant wait to practice with it.id recomend it to anyone on here

 

[Rich Guastella]

I have the same head in the combo with one 15...and for my purposes this thing is great...plus I only paid 299.00 for it new..I play small studios and small to medium clubs with the hard hitting drummer and a marshall and a Peavy..combo's no stacks though...always have plenty of juice to spare..I play a Schecter C-4 thru it..nice original tone...I plan to put the Acoustic 4-10's cab underneath for additional cfm's..;0)

 

[SSCBA]

That's a good way to look at it, but until someone opens up a Kustom and takes some pics, we won't know if these are Akoustics or not. They could be radically different on the inside. My bet is they are the same.

I OWN a Kustom DE200 and took a look inside. IT'S ALMOST THE SAME AMP, except for the ground/lift switch and other minor stuff. They have the same STK IC, same bands of eq, same cooling system, same placement of pc boards, etc.

 

[musicman7722]

I OWN a Kustom DE200 and took a look inside. IT'S ALMOST THE SAME AMP, except for the ground/lift switch and other minor stuff. They have the same STK IC, same bands of eq, same cooling system, same placement of pc boards, etc.

Do us all a favor and send along some pics of the insides and help us put this baby to rest, one way or the other.

Thanks

CP

 

[ReidK]

Kustom is building them for Acoustic.

This is from the Intertek website. Intertek is an international testing and certification group. This table shows who is actually doing the manufacturing for various trade names. Scroll down until you find "Acoustic" in the left column:

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Reid

 

[Lowbrow]

Kustom is building them for Acoustic.

This is from the Intertek website. Intertek is an international testing and certification group. This table shows who is actually doing the manufacturing for various trade names. Scroll down until you find "Acoustic" in the left column:

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Reid

Nice researching and good job, Kustom!

 

[Gearhead43]

"Fish and Chips" fish is usually covered in an egg, flour and water batter and then deep fried, sometimes (I don't know how) the egg is left out of the batter mixture. Also it tends to be a full fillet of fish as opposed to squares or anything like that.

Other useless Fish and Chips based facts for the non-Brits:

• Fish is sometimes deep fried in Beef dripping (fat) in some Northern counties of England

• Sometimes Fish is battered with the skin still on

• Cod is the preferred fish of the South, whereas Haddock is more common in the North

Good news about Acoustic USA though, very tempting. As much as I'd love to get a Thunderfunk they're very expensive, also if we're lucky there might be a high powered one on offer at some point that might beat the TF for volume.

MMMmmmm.... love me some Brit food. I have always wanted to try a fresh made Scotch Egg - those things are a heart-attack on a plate. We have a good "British Pub" here that serves all the pub grub. Real fish n chips, scotch eggs, chips (fries) with a bunch of different toppings like curry sauce, red beans (?) , or gravy. It's this place :

http://www.streetsoflondon.net/menu.html

Man now I am hungry........

Oh yeah, and can't wait to see the new Acousic stuff.

 

[LHbassist]

I am a pro, going on 35 years, I own a LOT of gear. I just ordered and am about to drive over to the GC in Reno to pick up my new Acoustic B200 combo. I really wasn't looking to buy still another piece of gear, but I played through it out of simple curiousity. That's why I bought it I dug it, and I 'found' my Mesa Powerhouse 1-12 the same way. The Acoustic amps and cabs at the present time are an incredibly good bang for the buck deal. The seperate head and 2 -1-15 cabinets smokes the Ampegs of similar wattage I heard there.
I own a GK Micro bass, a GK 1001 rb2 and a Pearce B2p head. I like really good amps....we all know that these Acoustics are made in China, and Ampeg is now made in Viet-Nam- but still overpriced, inmho. So, if we want good value priced gear, this is it. To those out there that think you're going to play really really loud music of any kind without pa support are just not experienced enough to know that you will probably need to go direct, no matter what you have. I used to use a Mackie M1400 and an SWR Grand Prix, with a Cerwin-Vega B-36 mf cabinet, a very loud rig. I still always went direct, especially outdoors. Sound 'engineers' like to pump the kick drum over the bass in the front of house, and they don't care if you have a 2,000 watt Crown with 4 cabinets, they'll tell YOU to turn down your stage volume. Harrah's Reno outdoor stage has gone to in-ears and cabs facing the player on their stage! I remember seeing a lot of bands in the 60's play at various venues in N.Y., including the Fillmore East, and the bassists had 50 watt Fender Bassmans, and 100 watt Marshalls...then, later on SVT's, Acoustic 360's and 370's and Sunn's. They all either relied on their own rig, or had a mic on one of the speakers going into the house, that was it. I heard them all, and without them being buried underneath the kick drum! Pre-direct boxes! Now to the real point, regarding applications:
I wouldn't dream of showing up at an upright gig with a folded horn 18 and a power amp-pre amp. I also wouldn't think I could cover an electric bass gig on anything other than a jazz gig with my microbass combo. The Acoustic combo will fit in a small niche for me...medium to large rooms where I need to play just electric, or double, and carry as little as possible. My upright, an electric in it's gig bag, and my Harbor Freight fold-flat hand truck with the B200 bungee'd to it, one trip in, one out.

 

[Willy2911]

I am Glad to see some Acoustic fans in the house!!! They are amazing amps - and all I use anymore.
Pease out

 

[SwamiRob]

red beans (?)

I have no idea what that is, the only thing I can think that it might be is mushy peas, which are marrowfat peas cooking with baking soda, but they end up VERY green so I dunno what the hell that's about. Either that or they mean BAKED beans, which are just Haricot beans in a really lame tomato sauce, although they are very good on a trashy English breakfast when you have a hangover, although a trashy English breakfast isn't quite the same when your a Lacto-Vegetarian.

Scottish food is a very different animal, gonna assume you've all heard of battered Mars bars, but they deep fry (and batter) alot more then that. They even do battered pizza, like normal low quality take away pizza wasn't fatty enough in the first place, they thought deep frying it in batter was a good idea... None of the whole deep frying kinda thing is all the traditional to Scottish cuisine obviously, but they're mad enough to eat alot of the unhealthy crap they've come up with over the past few decades.

Those Streets of London places are hilarious, they've done a pretty good job to be fair, looks like alot of the more recently renovated Brit pubs (I prefer the cosey old ones to be honest), but stuff like having the Celtic and Rangers scarfs nect to each other above the dart boards is pretty funny. I'd give someone ALOT of money if they could find a pun in Glasgow with the balls to do that. A hell of alot better then alot of your "traditional Irish pubs" though

I'm a bit surprised by battered zucchini (which they should call courgette if they wanna be authentic ) the whole point of going to a chippy is to AVOID any form of fruit or vegetable

Anyway, aside from discussing the heart clogging food of the British nations, anyone know anymore about the Acoustic USA stuff yet?

 

[Lowbrow]

 

[Bassmore]

Ford actually makes Lincoln!

GM actually makes Corvette!

Just my 2 cents. To me, it really doesn't make a huge difference if Kustom may be the mfg. Actually it's kinda good. Ford and GM both makes cars, it's what they've done, it's what they do.

If in fact, Kustom is the "true" manufacturer of the Acoustic Amplification products and it's not just a license share type of dealio on a given patent or something of the sort, or they happen to lease the Chinese factory manufacturing facility (suited with the appropriately trained and experienced technical work force) to Acoustic or whatever, or Acoustic Amplification perhaps recruited one of the Kustom designers for their Acoustic Amplification line Team and that designer had previously already set the wheels in motion for a similar Kustom design...well so be it. Certainly kudos should been giving to Kustom. Here you go Kustom...Kudos!

That being said, then SUPER KUDOS TO ACOUSTIC AMPLIFICATION!!! for being able to identify a good thing and actually act on it/make it happen. Such as:

- Recruit Experienced Designer talent from various reputable amplifier mfg.'s,

- Secure a road tested performance proven mfg. facility and it's resident talent,

- Identify a market need for "best in working class" (non boutique) quality bass amplification at mortal non-rock star affordable pricing points (btw, all my Sh#@'s still in layaway),

- Put in motion the revival of an almost forgotten Legacy name, "ACOUSTIC", that has always had a stellar reputation for awesome power and tonality coupled with long lasting high quality products,

- Posses the Kahonies to do everything in their power to make sure they can live up to the "tall order" of reviving such a Great name and it's incredible legacy reputation,

- Craft a damn good way to bring the whole thing to market (GC) such that everyone reading this at least is aware that such Great Things can and do exist!

Personally, perhaps I'm somewhat of a cave dweller, but I have not seen a whole hellava lot out there on the "new" Kustom bass amps, until recently, and that would be here. And even then I'm certainly not hearing any bad things about them. Comments?

Well, although some may feel differently (btw, that's what this great little TB place is all about), I'm still feeling Really Frickin Amped about my New Acoustic Amplification rig (2 x B200H's, 1 x B410 and 1x B115) along with a more recently purchased (layaway) used Acoustic Control Corp. Model 126 and as sick as I may be (GAS), I'm still, nonewhatsoever, no less excited about the new B600H and perhaps some new cabs when they roll out in the next month or so!

I mean as far as I'm concerned, I got a new Lincoln and a new Vette for the price of a Ford and a GM!

Comments welcome,

Play On!

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