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SWR Mo Bass

#21
My, aren't we testy. I am deeply sorry if my post offended you; just relating my experience, I do not believe I am the only person on the planet less than impressed with this amp's performance. The loudest Peavey I have owned was a combo, I forget the model, it was badged "BW equipped," and older unit with the mid control labelled "mode" and frequency and waveform knobs for the mode control. I replaced the stock 15 with a Hartke aluminum one. It is quite loud, even without an extension cab. The Mobass I had, running through the same 2 4 ohm cabs as I had used with my 400+, was instantly eaten when the one guitarist and drummer kicked in. I could hear myself fine up to 3 feet away from my cabs.

I mentioned "rock context" trying to hint that volume levels are subjective... what's suitable for jazz may not be loud enough for rock. In other words, my loud and your loud are most likely different. I recall one amp I sold here on TB because it was not loud enough even to rehearse with, the aggressive drummer forces us to turn up to be heard. The person who bought it proclaimed it very loud. I like a bass rig to be able to make itself felt without PA support if need be, not just function as a stage monitor.

Since I've only been partially successful in my attempt to reply without being a smart@ss, I'll stop reading this thread before things get ugly for no good effect.
 
#23
Fealach said:
My, aren't we testy...QUOTE]
Sorry if I came off as testy, as it wasn't my intention. My point is that you should read the Owners Manual, and I didn't get that vibe from your post. Here's why:
...a great bedroom practice amp, if your bedroom is very small. Really, it seemed more like 30 watts than 900. I've had 100 watt Peaveys that were much louder. Not useable in a rock context...
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If the amp truely seemed like 30 watts to you, I don't think you could have possibly either (1) had your cab(s) connected correctly, or (2) know what the heck you were doing when attempting to use it correctly. I just couldn't take your review seriously once I got to the bit about a small bedroom. Especially when comparing it to a 100 watt Peavey amp loaded with their infamous Black Widow speakers (thats what the BW stands for, by the way, and I've had experience with them in the past).
I guess we all should have put YMMV at the end of our posts. :D
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#26
I know I said I was going to stop reading...

I did write that I had replaced the speaker, I believe, I am not too fond of many Peavey stock speakers. Read the manual. Connected it correctly. I have managed to get plenty of volume out of many different amps and cabs over the years. I have a 600 watt head now, running at 425 into 4 ohms (read that manual too) that completely kills the SWR. My Genz Benz 2-10 combo would also give it a run for its money. It may be better with SWR cabs, since the head seemed to have less than the expected volume for the stated watts and the SWR cab I owned later seemed unable to handle near its rated wattage.

The mini Mo would be the ticket, I'd think, match it with the power amp of your choice and be as powerful as you need. I've thought about getting one myself. The 1 SWR product I was actually happy with was a preamp, the IOD.
 
#27
If anyone has a Mo’ Control pedal board please contact me at [email protected] I just got one of the heads but it was missing the pedal board. I wasn’t gonna let it get by but didn’t realize how hard it is to find the pedal! Maybe I’m just looking at the precise wrong time. Hopefully. But contact me if you have an extra. Thanks!
 

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