Phil Jones MICRO 7

[koshey]

Hi my dudes,

I'm searching for a small combo to noodle around at home and not to stress my neighbours. It should be compact as well.
I play 5 strings and in drop somethimes. I would like 5th string to sound decent (or at least just to sound)

Is PJ MICRO 7 any good? I already have a Bighead as a headphones pre and it is pretty good for the purpose..

thanks in advance for your opinions!

Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Fedor

 

[Aloe]

I had a s-77, basically the same thing, but with twice watts and speakers. low B was gorgeous. not sure, how he m7 compares, but the best part of the s-77 was that you can turn it up and play with a quiet drummer. IME, quiet combos that don't stand to a drummer with brushes are just waste of money. you can turn down a loud combo, but not the way around.

I also own a bg-75, for almost a decade. low B is decent, without sub-sonic boom, but still articulate and defined. it's a tad quieter than the s-77, but crazy light and compact. and takes a battery for the cases, you want to play out without an electric outlet.

 

[koshey]

Hey man, thanks for the reply. I see, you use a warwick as well. I have a thumb, which have a specific sound

I had a s-77, basically the same thing, but with twice watts and speakers. low B was gorgeous. not sure, how he m7 compares, but the best part of the s-77 was that you can turn it up and play with a quiet drummer. IME, quiet combos that don't stand to a drummer with brushes are just waste of money. you can turn down a loud combo, but not the way around.

I also own a bg-70, for almost a decade. low B is decent, without sub-sonic boom, but still articulate and defined. it's a tad quieter than the s-77, but crazy light and compact. and takes a battery for the cases, you want to play out without an electric outlet.

 

[Aloe]

Hey man, thanks for the reply. I see, you use a warwick as well. I have a thumb, which have a specific sound

yeah, my thumb 5 sounds nice in my d4. with an s-77 it was decent, but a tad boomy, you might need a hpf not to disturb the neighbors. the d4 (bg-75) is on warmer side, the s-77 is more modern sounding, both boomy and crisp, but lacking something in the mids. despite they have the same eq, to me on the d4 it's more effective, i.e. providing a wider range of usable adjustments.

 

[Aloe]

p.s. the current eu bg-75 actually doesn't take a battery (I have the old one that does). if that's something that you want, look for a d4 plus (bg-80).

 

[el murdoque]

I'm a big fan of the Double Four. It's smaller, lighter looks better to my eye (especially in a living room).
It does Low B with pleasure and the sound that comes out of it does not carry nearly as much as a big amp turned to the same volume.

 

[koshey]

I'm a big fan of the Double Four. It's smaller, lighter looks better to my eye (especially in a living room).
It does Low B with pleasure and the sound that comes out of it does not carry nearly as much as a big amp turned to the same volume.

seems that this is a much more serious machine. But thanks for the answer!

 

[el murdoque]

Ah sorry. Price hikes. When I bought mine, they were €399 at Thomann. Now I just looked at the M7 and saw it was €329 and figured it might be worth the price difference. I just saw Thomann sells the D4 for €499 now. That is of course a steep step up, price wise.

 

[burgerdj]

Yep, the Phil Jones combos do a really nice job with the low B at reasonable volume. The input pad and limited indicator are helpful in getting the gain right. I recall that there may be a HPF built in to keep everything clean and efficient…not sure on that, but I demoed one with a Stingray 5 and was really impressed.

 

[Wesley R]

Hi my dudes,

I'm searching for a small combo to noodle around at home and not to stress my neighbours. It should be compact as well.
I play 5 strings and in drop somethimes. I would like 5th string to sound decent (or at least just to sound)

Is PJ MICRO 7 any good? I already have a Bighead as a headphones pre and it is pretty good for the purpose..

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thanks in advance for your opinions!

Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Fedor

I like mine, it fits in the spot it was chosen for. It came super boxed, and sounded almost ok. I turned the middle control down a tad, and it went from sounding cruddy to pretty darn good. I am hesitant about purchasing their $100 guitar cord.

 

[Altitude]

Outstanding combo. I was a doubler in college and I would love to have had one of these for big band gigs.

 

[Jason Bonilla]

I’ve found the phil jones cabs I’ve played in the past at music stores to be fairly Mid heavy and therefore decently “loud” but not really all there when you want to dial in a nice low boom along with that mid.