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The Combo Club

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SoulReflection said:
Well, it is a combo according to most definitions. It is self-contained, has its own speaker and amp. Its not called a "Combo" and it lacks a 1/4" input so it will be interesting to see how the "Tribunal" rules...:)!
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Actually, it does have three jack inputs. Definitely a combination of amp and speaker in one box, as it's a flat response, it will work with modelling pedals extremely well, not that I will be bothering to do that.
It's just a high quality mains, battery, bluetooth, 'combo' with FX, and you can control the eq, fx and mix from an app on your phone! A very useful piece of kit.
 
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Mark Ambler said:
Actually, it does have three jack inputs. Definitely a combination of amp and speaker in one box, as it's a flat response, it will work with modelling pedals extremely well, not that I will be bothering to do that.
It's just a high quality mains, battery, bluetooth, 'combo' with FX, and you can control the eq, fx and mix from an app on your phone! A very useful piece of kit.
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I am not disagreeing with you. As I said in my edit, I am using two, powered monitors. Incidentally, they were designed by PJB!!!
 
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GonePlaid said:
Maybe we should add "pickuppable with one hand"*.(The exception being 'The Kasino'-of course)

* by people not named Schwartzenegger
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A Fender Twin and it's Univox equivalent were both pickupable with one hand when I was 20. Not sure how my back would feel about that today; it would want two handles on the side for the brief pickup to put it on a dolly or transferral to/from a vehicle.
 
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iagtrplyr said:
Agreed. And if you look back at past posts we went through this until some members became queasy. A combo is self-enclosed, separates are not. I know for some strange reason we have to go through this conversation every now and then for new members and guests, but I finally agreed with those who defined combos as I did above. I personally don't think we can waffle back the other way for the sake of a new (yet old) argument.

For those who agree with this thinking, let's hear from ya. Otherwise, an even better idea than a Fly 3 would be a used combo from a local music store. It'd be like adopting a pet from the humane society and would garner one of these bad boys from me...:thumbsup:
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See, that's what I am looking for - a definitely definitive definition, or as close as makes no nevermind. The wiki links did not provide that. If you can point to one, I'll be happy to run with it! I hate unnecessary reinvention.
 
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Geez, if I'd of thought people here were gonna get so seriously involved with all this no-combo-yes-combo stuff I'd never have posted here (in honest FUN -remember FUN, guys?) about my playing around (remember 'play'?) with a cobbled together self-designated 'combo'. ~I just thought of it as somewhat creative and amusing (and still do), and truthfully I don't give a good you-know-what about any minor and unimportant club number issues! o_O
Also I doubt too many other TB'ers would either? I mean, I can't see this issue upsetting very many folks other than the few who obviously must enjoy debating over it...
There's a slogan some good friends taught me once, and it was "How important is it"?
Well... ~For me, it's not! :rolleyes:
 
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Mark Ambler said:
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My new house combo, 8” mains/battery, Bluetooth, eq, fx. Not cheap, but handles bass pretty good. Volume similar to a Markbass 801. Does that qualify?:)
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Unless someone provides a compelling case for no, I gotta say yes. Amp built into speaker enclosure, using it as a bass amp...
I don't think anything and everything someone wants to call a combo is necessarily a combo. But I also don't want to live in the 1960s. (OK, I kinda do, but that's my issue.) Progress happens, and to deny it is absurd.
 
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Miles_ONeal said:
See, that's what I am looking for - a definitely definitive definition, or as close as makes no nevermind. The wiki links did not provide that. If you can point to one, I'll be happy to run with it! I hate unnecessary reinvention.
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That is exactly what I gave you from the Combo Club Cyclopædia section. Only significant posts are linked there, not all the discovery & discussion. The very last link in the "Defining Combo-ness" sub-section is the final official word on the subject. It says, ... ...

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When I posted that I had ... ... ... I’m ending the vote with returning back to allowing the B15 to exist in our club because of its uniqueness. Other than that, no other combination of head and cabinet will be considered.

The components have to be in a single chassis, though they can be removable like the Markbass combos. So in other words, we move neither forward or backward from our first attempt to define what a combo is. The gavel is smacked down, case closed. ... .
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Greywoulf said:
Geez, if I'd of thought people here were gonna get so seriously involved with all this no-combo-yes-combo stuff I'd never have posted here (in honest FUN -remember FUN, guys?) about my playing around (remember 'play'?) with a cobbled together self-designated 'combo'. ~I just thought of it as somewhat creative and amusing (and still do), and truthfully I don't give a good you-know-what about any minor and unimportant club number issues! o_O
Also I doubt too many other TB'ers would either? I mean, I can't see this issue upsetting very many folks other than the few who obviously must enjoy debating over it...
There's a slogan some good friends taught me once, and it was "How important is it"?
Well... ~For me, it's not! :rolleyes:
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I think you are confusing "upsetting" with "discussing."

Many of us like to discuss hypotheticals, without ever actually being upset by said discussions. Just because it does not look like FUN to you, does not mean it is not FUN for others.
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SoulReflection said:
To anyone who thinks otherwise...:spit:!
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Hey, you stole my emoji from earlier! I like it though. Gee, SR, I thought we were all having fun. Don’t ya hate it when people walk through the club doors, cause a ruckus, and then blame us for being no fun? I’ll tell ya what’s fun...hitting the IGNORE option. :spit:
 
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Mark Ambler said:
Actually, it does have three jack inputs. Definitely a combination of amp and speaker in one box, as it's a flat response, it will work with modelling pedals extremely well, not that I will be bothering to do that.
It's just a high quality mains, battery, bluetooth, 'combo' with FX, and you can control the eq, fx and mix from an app on your phone! A very useful piece of kit.
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From yer phone? What's the number(area code first, please)?
 
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Miles_ONeal said:
A Fender Twin and it's Univox equivalent were both pickupable with one hand when I was 20. Not sure how my back would feel about that today; it would want two handles on the side for the brief pickup to put it on a dolly or transferral to/from a vehicle.
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Yeah, I looked longingly at an original '59(?) Bassman 10. 'Til I tried to pick it up. And that was ~25 years ago.
 
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G-Dog said:
That is exactly what I gave you from the Combo Club Cyclopædia section. Only significant posts are linked there, not all the discovery & discussion. The very last link in the "Defining Combo-ness" sub-section is the final official word on the subject. It says, ... ...


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Ugh. How'd I miss that?
 
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