Lifelong Peavey fan, and I own a MiniMax. Love it. Small cabinet or large, it has pushed everything I've plugged it into nicely. It was my first class D amp and I was skeptical at first but it will absolutely drown out a metal drummer with ease. I get most of my sound from my pedalboard, and so all the EQ is at noon. Nice and neutral. It's cheap and rugged. I have no doubts it will last me a very long time. I see some people complain about the fan noise, but honestly you're only gonna hear that in a quiet room. If you're at rehearsal or gigging, you won't even realize there's a fan.
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New Amp Head
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I tried an Ampeg V7 with the VB-88 cab and was completely blown away. If i was buying today I'd probably get those two.
My head is an Orange OB1-500. It's known as a rock amp but it has immaculate cleans for other genres like pop, funk or whatever else you may need. It gets dirty from a separate gain section that can be blended in like you would with bi-amping (two separate amps), which means it never loses its clean tone, just wraps the top end in a nice coat of dirt. It's discontinued, but can be easily found for about 800 on the used market. It's a class A/B head so it still feels alive similar to a tube head, even though it isn't one.
If you want Orange but don't care about the dirt and prefer to carry 6.5 pounds instead of 23, the Little Bass Thing head is a great option.
Both of those brands are my favourites as a more rock-oriented player.
My head is an Orange OB1-500. It's known as a rock amp but it has immaculate cleans for other genres like pop, funk or whatever else you may need. It gets dirty from a separate gain section that can be blended in like you would with bi-amping (two separate amps), which means it never loses its clean tone, just wraps the top end in a nice coat of dirt. It's discontinued, but can be easily found for about 800 on the used market. It's a class A/B head so it still feels alive similar to a tube head, even though it isn't one.
If you want Orange but don't care about the dirt and prefer to carry 6.5 pounds instead of 23, the Little Bass Thing head is a great option.
Both of those brands are my favourites as a more rock-oriented player.
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I'm not OP but i've been curious about that one. Does it resemble the classic YBA sound?
Another vote for the Quilter...any Quilter but I use the 803. Another alternative is the EBS Reidmar 752...I also have the predecessor 750. There's a kickin' deal in the classifieds:
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For sale FS: EBS Reidmar 752
Wonderful amp, LOUD, and tons of punch. It was a NAMM amp for EBS, purchased from them there and only played at home, other than one church gig.
Compared to my Markbass Little Mark II (Italian-made version), this has a bit more volume into a 5.3ohm Epifani UL-310 SII, along with a bit more...
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I would say partially only. They are class D amps so they are very articulate while their tube amps are more "rounded" on bass notes by comparison.
The SB series is clean, transparent and neutral while the YBA are pillow sounding if I may say.
I like the physical mute button on that. I think those are very useful. My Hartke Tx300 has a mute button and I like the Tx300 a lot.
I appreciate the opinion of a player like yourself that finds himself in a playing environment like yours involving a lot of clubs of that sort. I myself am from Lake George, New York.
I would guess that you regularly see a lot of good bass players…
Thanks.
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If you have a loud drummer there is something special about that warm feeling of knowing that you can drownd him out at any time…..
And just to clarify: that simply means you can keep up with the drummer, and after all, the two of you are a team, so the bass must be able to go everywhere the drummer goes power wise, as a minimum.
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I’m inclined to agree on the AG700 being somewhat BLAH. The TH700 has a lot more character and versatility. However, since I’ve purchased several Mesa Subway heads (WD800, T800, 800D) I no longer have the Aguilars.
Mesa Subway 800D is my favorite. It sounds “big” and gives me that “tube sound” I grew up with. It also has clean highs and rich mids.
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agreed! that mute button seems to be out of fashion on up-to-the-minute amp offerings now. incredible practical tool.
Yep, i saw everybody back in the Olden Days, every jazz / fusion / improv / funk / classical / "downtown" etc player in town, got to know a nice handful of "big names" as friends, that was what NYC was about. i played everywhere, from 80s bodega underground improv spaces to big clubs to Lincoln Ctr & Town Hall. it was all happenin'. but i'm now way out in the mojave & the community buzz is mostly about which new Red Baron frozen pizza they got in at the Dollar Tree out on the highway.
Lake George is awesome. is there a music scene, good players etc up there? Clubs, spaces? seems there might be more folks who have moved up there in recent decades
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Some maybe, but certainly not on all new offerings.
Real expensive, like super ultra mega $$$$$.agreed! that mute button seems to be out of fashion on up-to-the-minute amp offerings now. incredible practical tool.
Yep, i saw everybody back in the Olden Days, every jazz / fusion / improv / funk / classical / "downtown" etc player in town, got to know a nice handful of "big names" as friends, that was what NYC was about. i played everywhere, from 80s bodega underground improv spaces to big clubs to Lincoln Ctr & Town Hall. it was all happenin'. but i'm now way out in the mojave & the community buzz is mostly about which new Red Baron frozen pizza they got in at the Dollar Tree out on the highway.
Lake George is awesome. is there a music scene, good players etc up there? Clubs, spaces? seems there might be more folks who have moved up there in recent decades
Small place. Very remote from civilization so to speak.
Tourist trap. High volume drinking clubs, etc. Clip joint outlet city type environment. Canadian American destination, at least it used to be….
Hundreds of miles from anywhere.
There is a good drum shop nearby, Bobby’s Drum Farm. Old drum parts, vintage stuff like that.
Has potential.
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wow. sounds like if somebody's been there for a good chunk of time & has a cheap living situation, could be great nature-wise. but yeah, might be tough to attract an "emerging scene" of players, due to distance & costs.
It is one of those geographically isolated places. Mostly exports musicians to bigger economies.
Grace Potter came from near there. Across the lake in Burlington.
But remoteness is a reality. It is a different kind of place from a metropolitan or megapolitan area. And the climate is like sticks and stones and it will break your bones. It is about -20 F in Lake George Village right this minute.
good lord!!!! brrrr.. that's apocryphal temps!
t shirt & shorts weather here for the last week, daytimes. what a crazy world.
