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The Acoustic Club

#941
Rip Van Dan said:
Just be real sure what you really have when it comes to messing around with ohms or your liable to end up with an expensive pile of melted amplifier.

Rip Van Dan
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Hmm...I actually wonder if running the B200 combo at 2 ohms would cause a meltdown. Some of the original Acoustic amps (specifically the 150 series) were designed to run at 4 ohms. From talking to people with a lot of experience with those amps who have done a bunch of research on them have said that although the amps say "4 ohm minimum", they were fine to run at 2 ohms, they just wouldn't have any furuther increase in power.
 
#942
Just wanted to give an update on my B200H. I've used it for a few months now (thru a 4 ohm Bag End 2x10) for home practice, but I've also played with others at their practice spaces with this setup.

None of them have seen the new Acoustic amps (not sold in Canada) but everyone's been impressed with the tone and how loud and clear the rig is, and rarely have I had to raise the volume past 1/4. I think if I get anything else down the road it'll be a pair of 8 ohm speakers (not sure what yet). I was thinking of pair of Aguilar 1x12's, but I have to find some places that sell them and try them out with my amp. I did use my B200H thru a 1x12 AE12 Berg cab, and I really liked the tone (but not the price of the Bergs...:rollno:)

I won't rule out getting a B600H in the future either. So far I'm very happy with the amp's performance, and it's solid build and looks too.
 
#945
bongomania said:
Granted, but how would you describe the difference in sound?
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The only original Acoustic amp I ever owned (or played thru for that matter) was the 360, so I can only speak for that. This Humble Pie track is a great example of a p-bass thru a 360:



In comparision the tone of my B200 combo is not as clean and round sounding, more gutsy and gritty, still a great tone for classic rock. And also how the eq section of the B200 is tweaked (and whether the horn is on or off, l keep it off) can make quite a big difference in the tone. Regarding overdrive, personally I don't care for the solid state breakup you can get by overdriving the gain stage of the B200, I keep the gain relatively low and adjust the master volume for my level. My 360 never came close to distorting, even at high volume, it would blow walls down first. :D :bassist:
 
#946
ibnzneksrul said:
The only original Acoustic amp I ever owned (or played thru for that matter) was the 360, so I can only speak for that. This Humble Pie track is a great example of a p-bass thru a 360:



In comparision the tone of my B200 combo is not as clean and round sounding, more gutsy and gritty, still a great tone for classic rock. And also how the eq section of the B200 is tweaked (and whether the horn is on or off, l keep it off) can make quite a big difference in the tone. Regarding overdrive, personally I don't care for the solid state breakup you can get by overdriving the gain stage of the B200, I keep the gain relatively low and adjust the master volume for my level. My 360 never came close to distorting, even at high volume, it would blow walls down first. :D :bassist:
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True dat IMO ...Peace...DAcat :cool:
 
#950
About 27 years after selling my Peavey T-40, I am back in the fold at the urging of my son (budget gear consultant extraordinaire who turned me on to TB as well). Just purchased a B200 to go with a pair of SX's–a '75 Jazz and a '62 PJ. I'm very happy. :D Really good tone! And the best value around. Took this pic with my phone.
 

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#953
Since I got my B200H and B115 cabinet less then 30 days ago I still have a window of time to exchange for the B600H head.

Would love to hear feedback from those whom have gone from the B200H to the B600H ???

I'm not playing really large venues so volume is not an issue, I was just wondering aside from volume, would there be any advantages up-grading to the B600H ???

Thanks in advance
Cheers
Davyo
 
#955
Davyo said:
Since I got my B200H and B115 cabinet less then 30 days ago I still have a window of time to exchange for the B600H head.

Would love to hear feedback from those whom have gone from the B200H to the B600H ???

I'm not playing really large venues so volume is not an issue, I was just wondering aside from volume, would there be any advantages up-grading to the B600H ???

Thanks in advance
Cheers
Davyo
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Davyo,
The first two nights I used the B200H (small venue, bar...you can see it at www.mtbaldybuckhornlodge.com and click on entertainment.) everyone loved the tone. Plenty loud. But I was running the amp on a little less than 10:00 on the gain side and 2:00 or more on the volume side. I took it back and got the 600 without telling everyone in the band. Put the gain about in the same place and the volume around 10:00 also... all eq's set like the manual says for classic tone. The amp was no louder set this way but the immediate response from the band was, "Hey what did you do you've got so much more presence and punch tonight" Sure I could have run the 200 louder but I prefer having headroom. Especially in a bass amp. Don't get me wrong the B200H is a great little amp but I Personally feel the extra $200.00 was well worth it. Interestingly enough I plugge a Tele into it set this way last night (EMG's) and sounded great with a tad distortion. IMHO you won't regret having the bigger head.
 
#956
Anyone else notice that nearly all of the actual volume increase on the B200H is in the first 1/4 or so of the volume knob, regardless of gain knob position? After this point, running into my Acoustic B810, I find it just gets more compressed and eventually distorted, not really louder. Not sure if this is a product of the amp or the cab, but I figured a cab that can supposedly handle 800w's wouldnt be getting pushed too hard by a 200w head at 1/4 volume.
 
#957
mrpillow said:
Anyone else notice that nearly all of the actual volume increase on the B200H is in the first 1/4 or so of the volume knob, regardless of gain knob position? After this point, running into my Acoustic B810, I find it just gets more compressed and eventually distorted, not really louder. Not sure if this is a product of the amp or the cab, but I figured a cab that can supposedly handle 800w's wouldnt be getting pushed too hard by a 200w head at 1/4 volume.
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No the one I had was much louder on 2 oclock than 1/4 volume and it would get louder too all the way clockwise. I'd think it wouldn't be the cabinet either unless there is not enough watts to push an 800 watt cab. I've never had an issue pushing a 150 cab with a 5 watt guitar amp though. The B200H I was using for two nights would not have been nearly loud enough for the band at 1/4 volume. Not sure what the answer is here. Anyone else?
 

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