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Peavey MiniMega 1000

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mntngrown said:
The warranty for Fender Super Bassman is 5 year transferable. I took advantage of that.
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It's good you got yours before this year.

From the Fender web site:

"Effective January 1, 2017, all Fender® electronic products purchased new from an Authorized Fender Dealer are covered by a 2-year limited warranty that applies to the original purchaser only and are not transferable (with the exception of Fender Fortis powered speakers).

Fender electronic products purchased new from an Authorized Fender Dealer prior to January 1, 2017 were, and continue to be, covered by a transferable 5-year limited warranty (USA and Canada only)."
 
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toddbooster said:
Happy with mine. So happy, I bought a PVH-210 cab, moved the badge to the other position, turned the cab upright, and found out the feet on the MiniMega aren't tall enough to clear the folding handle. Anyone have an idea about how to get some taller feet for this thing?
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Home depot on the cheap, or check out TB member
bucephylus
 
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Durability report/update:

I'm still Diggin my Minimega. And it survived a fall recently from the top of the stack on my dolly onto concrete in a laptop bag and emerged unscathed, none the worse for wear.
The last two nights I played a big room with all hard surfaces and all in all just a generally terrible sounding room. After making some radical EQ cuts and boosts to the low and high mids I got a very usable tone without exciting the resonant frequencies of the room. We were set up on the floor.
I will also say there is one YT vid in particular that shows extreme EQ settings that's worth watching. It inspired me to experiment and it really helped make me not hate the sound of the room this weekend.
 
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Kirk Bryant said:
Durability report/update:

I'm still Diggin my Minimega. And it survived a fall recently from the top of the stack on my dolly onto concrete in a laptop bag and emerged unscathed, none the worse for wear.
The last two nights I played a big room with all hard surfaces and all in all just a generally terrible sounding room. After making some radical EQ cuts and boosts to the low and high mids I got a very usable tone without exciting the resonant frequencies of the room. We were set up on the floor.
I will also say there is one YT vid in particular that shows extreme EQ settings that's worth watching. It inspired me to experiment and it really helped make me not hate the sound of the room this weekend.
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Can post a YT link to that?
 
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Feralhog said:
In the interest of full disclosure I returned the MiniMega today. I think my biggest problem with it was that there are just too darn many knobs plus crunch, bright, etc. I spent a week trying to dial it in and finally gave up. Wouldn't be quite so bad if I didn't have several basses, each reacting in a different way to all those settings requiring yet more fiddling. It always sounded good and strong, but never got it to sound like I wanted it to sound (I guess the "sound in my head"). Good amp, just didn't turn out to be my thing I guess. :(

I bought a Ampeg SVT7 Pro....the saga continues. A positive so far is....there's less to tweak. We shall see....
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Further disclosure.....I bought it again. I do believe it's the same amp I returned! :bassist:
 
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It does take some getting used to. After having it for a few months, I've pretty much have eliminated all the bells and whistles except for the Punch and Compressor. Into a 4 ohm load, it's monster; into an 8 ohm load, not that much louder than my Genz Shuttle 9.2, although the EQ seems to be more responsive.
 
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The most difficult thing for me so far, and have yet to achieve satisfaction, is getting an old fashion warm thump from it. May be the basses, strings, who the heck knows. All else fails turn everything off, crank up the LOW and have at it. I do have a Ampeg DI box I can try in front of it (and a sans amp).......We shall see!
 
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Feralhog said:
The most difficult thing for me so far, and have yet to achieve satisfaction, is getting an old fashion warm thump from it. May be the basses, strings, who the heck knows. All else fails turn everything off, crank up the LOW and have at it. I do have a Ampeg DI box I can try in front of it (and a sans amp).......We shall see!
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Yeah, to me, this is a very smooth sounding head, unless you engage the Crunch function, and then it gets snarly real fast. Even with the Punch function engaged, it still does not have that bite you might be expecting. I screw around with the EQ daily, but it kinda drives me nuts after awhile. I think if old school warmth is your main tonal goal, Ampeg or Markbass might be the way to go.
 
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Funny this thread pops up again, I am, at this moment, trying to dial in a tight bottom end. I'm doing a quick open E to G walk up on a song I'm working on, and I can't get a tight, controlled tone. Tried several cabs. I can easily get it with my Ampeg PF-800, but on the MM I have the bass down to 9:00 and it's better, but I'm not liking the overall tone. I boost the low mids to compensate and it gets honky. By and large I'm happy with the MM, it's brighter than the Ampeg, but this has me a little disappointed.
 
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It did very well for me at an unusual bar space then a wide open block party atop a special cabinet that is full range with 3010LF's mids and tweets. Sounds good through an old 2x10 in our practice space too. I like it. I turn off all the extras and go 12 for all the eq
 
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So far so good for my MiniMega...it sounds amazing thru this

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jnewmark said:
Yeah, to me, this is a very smooth sounding head, unless you engage the Crunch function, and then it gets snarly real fast. Even with the Punch function engaged, it still does not have that bite you might be expecting. I screw around with the EQ daily, but it kinda drives me nuts after awhile. I think if old school warmth is your main tonal goal, Ampeg or Markbass might be the way to go.
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Interesting, I just sold a Markbass head (granted it was the cheapest one they make) and I'm using a Markbass cab (104HF). I have an SVT-Pro7. Had an interest in the MB 800 Tube but when I tried it I couldn't really hear much difference using the "tube" vs not using it. Sometimes I think I should just get a Ampeg SVT-410HLF and be done with it. I'll keep fiddling. Thanks!
 
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Feralhog said:
Interesting, I just sold a Markbass head (granted it was the cheapest one they make) and I'm using a Markbass cab (104HF). I have an SVT-Pro7. Had an interest in the MB 800 Tube but when I tried it I couldn't really hear much difference using the "tube" vs not using it. Sometimes I think I should just get a Ampeg SVT-410HLF and be done with it. I'll keep fiddling. Thanks!
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I always thought that the LM series of heads by Markbass were the warmest sounding of the lot. I had the 410HLF back in the day; way too much bottom end for me. I imagine that SVT pro 7 must get you there !
 
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jnewmark said:
I always thought that the LM series of heads by Markbass were the warmest sounding of the lot. I had the 410HLF back in the day; way too much bottom end for me. I imagine that SVT pro 7 must get you there !
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The 410HLF is pretty boomy. Maybe I'll try it with half of that (102). May be all I need. The SVTPro7 and the 410 are boom city....
 

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