The Combo Club

[GonePlaid]

For everyone playing tonight: be safe and have a good gig. And a good New Year

 

[GwenOnBass]

For everyone playing tonight: be safe and have a good gig. And a good New Year

+1

 

[iagtrplyr]

The Eagle has landed. all 40 lbs of her too. I'm about to unwrap and see what I'm up against. As an old Bronco 40 and Line 6 modeling user, I'm familiar with the basics, but after looking over the manual (all 7 pages of it, on top of an addended section) I know what I'll be doing these cold winter nights when it's zero outside. But I want to know all the aspects of this here amp so I can be of help to anyone else in the future. Plus, I'll never hear the end of it from the membership if I drop this ball! Pics this evening and once I master the recording paraphernalia, I'll post a recording too.

As mentioned, an incredibly happy new year to all my friends and acquaintances on TB, particularly in the CC. You folks have made it for a guy who can't play as much as he'd like to right now with all your fun-to-read tales and current stories. Let's keep the good times rolling in 2019! Take care and best of luck to all of our warriors playing out tonight!

Mike, the iagtrplyr, aka, Fearless Leader

 

[ghostinthemach]

I’ll take pics of my 800 at the Fullerton Elks ‘gala event’ tonight.

Happy (safe) New Year all!

 

[Devon Bustard]

The Eagle has landed. all 40 lbs of her too. I'm about to unwrap and see what I'm up against. As an old Bronco 40 and Line 6 modeling user, I'm familiar with the basics, but after looking over the manual (all 7 pages of it, on top of an addended section) I know what I'll be doing these cold winter nights when it's zero outside. But I want to know all the aspects of this here amp so I can be of help to anyone else in the future. Plus, I'll never hear the end of it from the membership

I’ll take pics of my 800 at the Fullerton Elks ‘gala event’ tonight.

Happy (safe) New Year all!

My regular venue is closed over the holidays, so my 800 is collecting dust down in the bassment

 

[G-Dog]

To the Combo Club:

It's been a great 2018! Let's have an even better 2019!!

A Happy and Safe New Year to You and Yours!!
​

 

[Doctor Intrepid]

I'll be playing alone or hanging with the wife on the couch. Should be safe!

Everyone please a safe and awesome New Year!

 

[Pontiac Thrasher]

A Safe and Happy New Year to you-all : )
Even the combo's are happy, WOW!

 

[SoulReflection]

Happy, healthy and prosperous New Year, Combo Club members !

 

[iagtrplyr]

Happy 2019 to anyone who's still up and thinking about bass combo amps! I just finished messing around with presets and playing along with a few of them. Instead of writing a whole lot I'm going to make a few bullet points to highlight what I've found out so far from the Stage 800. As I have time I'll try and talk a little more about it, or better yet, answer questions you might have about it. I'll say this...there's sure a lot of amp here!

*Setup was a breeze. No glitches at all with the wi-fi or Bluetooth. Works as my Marshall Code 50 did.
*In size, comparable to the Rumble 200/500. A solid 40 lbs, but not bulky like the Ampeg 210 v2 was.
*Updated top panel will take a little getting used to, but it's similar (though much nicer) to the Bronco 40 in that a plethora of adjustments await you, just not on your computer screen as with Fuse.
*Break in the speakers? Nah, they're ready to level whatever room you have them in. Monsterous bottom even at 8:00. Cannot imagine running this pup at noon unless you're doing a show in the Grand Canyon!
*Presets? From "not bad" to "meh" to "yuck." I'm still not a big Fender fan when it comes to their tones. Though it's an obvious step up from the Brono 40, I'm still hearing presets with that need major pruning to get them tolerable for my ears. Shockingly, I'm not digging any of the 'Peg sounds. Just too much perceived Ampeg grit and it's annoying. OMG, I thought "Motown" would be right up my ally, but only if you like overprocessed boom without hardly any definition. Yeah, I'm a crappin, but it doesn't mean I'm leaving them as is. Tonight I just wanted to hear the defaults to get my first impression. What I did like hearing through my phones as I dialed up a little Fleetwood Mac was through the "Dual Showman." Super clean and a tad thin, but very articulate. Sang well with the acoustic guitars in Landslide. The "Bassman Clean" (#1) is as good as any of them right now for decent sounding bass. And don't start me with the purposely weird presets like all the synth stuff (brutal) like the "Octobot." Hey, if someone better than me, like many of you, can make that thing sing go right ahead and enjoy it. A couple of interesting presets I did like were "shimmer," which sounds to me like Zoom's Bit Crush, and "Vibratone," doing a nice Leslie mimic. I'm not tossing any of them out yet, but I miss a defretter or bass ensemble for a more realistic fretless sound like my Zoom.
*Finally on presets, the solid state and tube preamps are quite good IMHO, especially the tube model. I think they'll both be great baseline tones on which to build on.
*Sounds great through headphones. Ran my computer into Aux In, and YouTube sounded fine with the amp after I balanced the volumes. The nicest thing is absolutely no noise in the background. My Zoom pedal sits really close to the computer and white noise comes through my phones to the point where it's almost distracting. Not a peep with the Stage 800.

Okay, I know most of you are probably trying to get the bell ringing from last night out of your heads so I'll move on. I welcome any thoughts and differing opinions on the subject. I've always found modeling amps to have difficulty cutting through live music, but have a sneaky suspicion this may be the exception. I'm already planning on taking it with me to Ohio over the summer and team it up with the Ampeg PF-210 I have there. I know efficiencies will be different (ported vs. sealed cab), but I think it'll be fine. One thing is no one will be able to say they cannot hear the bass!

Here's a few pics. Later CC!

 

[ghostinthemach]

 

[G-Dog]

Happy 2019 to anyone who's still up and thinking about bass combo amps! I just finished messing around with presets and playing along with a few of them. Instead of writing a whole lot I'm going to make a few bullet points to highlight what I've found out so far from the Stage 800. As I have time I'll try and talk a little more about it, or better yet, answer questions you might have about it. I'll say this...there's sure a lot of amp here!

*Setup was a breeze. No glitches at all with the wi-fi or Bluetooth. Works as my Marshall Code 50 did.
*In size, comparable to the Rumble 200/500. A solid 40 lbs, but not bulky like the Ampeg 210 v2 was.
*Updated top panel will take a little getting used to, but it's similar (though much nicer) to the Bronco 40 in that a plethora of adjustments await you, just not on your computer screen as with Fuse.
*Break in the speakers? Nah, they're ready to level whatever room you have them in. Monsterous bottom even at 8:00. Cannot imagine running this pup at noon unless you're doing a show in the Grand Canyon!
*Presets? From "not bad" to "meh" to "yuck." I'm still not a big Fender fan when it comes to their tones. Though it's an obvious step up from the Brono 40, I'm still hearing presets with that need major pruning to get them tolerable for my ears. Shockingly, I'm not digging any of the 'Peg sounds. Just too much perceived Ampeg grit and it's annoying. OMG, I thought "Motown" would be right up my ally, but only if you like overprocessed boom without hardly any definition. Yeah, I'm a crappin, but it doesn't mean I'm leaving them as is. Tonight I just wanted to hear the defaults to get my first impression. What I did like hearing through my phones as I dialed up a little Fleetwood Mac was through the "Dual Showman." Super clean and a tad thin, but very articulate. Sang well with the acoustic guitars in Landslide. The "Bassman Clean" (#1) is as good as any of them right now for decent sounding bass. And don't start me with the purposely weird presets like all the synth stuff (brutal) like the "Octobot." Hey, if someone better than me, like many of you, can make that thing sing go right ahead and enjoy it. A couple of interesting presets I did like were "shimmer," which sounds to me like Zoom's Bit Crush, and "Vibratone," doing a nice Leslie mimic. I'm not tossing any of them out yet, but I miss a defretter or bass ensemble for a more realistic fretless sound like my Zoom.
*Finally on presets, the solid state and tube preamps are quite good IMHO, especially the tube model. I think they'll both be great baseline tones on which to build on.
*Sounds great through headphones. Ran my computer into Aux In, and YouTube sounded fine with the amp after I balanced the volumes. The nicest thing is absolutely no noise in the background. My Zoom pedal sits really close to the computer and white noise comes through my phones to the point where it's almost distracting. Not a peep with the Stage 800.

Okay, I know most of you are probably trying to get the bell ringing from last night out of your heads so I'll move on. I welcome any thoughts and differing opinions on the subject. I've always found modeling amps to have difficulty cutting through live music, but have a sneaky suspicion this may be the exception. I'm already planning on taking it with me to Ohio over the summer and team it up with the Ampeg PF-210 I have there. I know efficiencies will be different (ported vs. sealed cab), but I think it'll be fine. One thing is no one will be able to say they cannot hear the bass!

Here's a few pics. Later CC!

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Homina, ... homina, ... homina . . . . drool

 

[GonePlaid]

Happy 2019 to anyone who's still up and thinking about bass combo amps! I just finished messing around with presets and playing along with a few of them. Instead of writing a whole lot I'm going to make a few bullet points to highlight what I've found out so far from the Stage 800. As I have time I'll try and talk a little more about it, or better yet, answer questions you might have about it. I'll say this...there's sure a lot of amp here!

*Setup was a breeze. No glitches at all with the wi-fi or Bluetooth. Works as my Marshall Code 50 did.
*In size, comparable to the Rumble 200/500. A solid 40 lbs, but not bulky like the Ampeg 210 v2 was.
*Updated top panel will take a little getting used to, but it's similar (though much nicer) to the Bronco 40 in that a plethora of adjustments await you, just not on your computer screen as with Fuse.
*Break in the speakers? Nah, they're ready to level whatever room you have them in. Monsterous bottom even at 8:00. Cannot imagine running this pup at noon unless you're doing a show in the Grand Canyon!
*Presets? From "not bad" to "meh" to "yuck." I'm still not a big Fender fan when it comes to their tones. Though it's an obvious step up from the Brono 40, I'm still hearing presets with that need major pruning to get them tolerable for my ears. Shockingly, I'm not digging any of the 'Peg sounds. Just too much perceived Ampeg grit and it's annoying. OMG, I thought "Motown" would be right up my ally, but only if you like overprocessed boom without hardly any definition. Yeah, I'm a crappin, but it doesn't mean I'm leaving them as is. Tonight I just wanted to hear the defaults to get my first impression. What I did like hearing through my phones as I dialed up a little Fleetwood Mac was through the "Dual Showman." Super clean and a tad thin, but very articulate. Sang well with the acoustic guitars in Landslide. The "Bassman Clean" (#1) is as good as any of them right now for decent sounding bass. And don't start me with the purposely weird presets like all the synth stuff (brutal) like the "Octobot." Hey, if someone better than me, like many of you, can make that thing sing go right ahead and enjoy it. A couple of interesting presets I did like were "shimmer," which sounds to me like Zoom's Bit Crush, and "Vibratone," doing a nice Leslie mimic. I'm not tossing any of them out yet, but I miss a defretter or bass ensemble for a more realistic fretless sound like my Zoom.
*Finally on presets, the solid state and tube preamps are quite good IMHO, especially the tube model. I think they'll both be great baseline tones on which to build on.
*Sounds great through headphones. Ran my computer into Aux In, and YouTube sounded fine with the amp after I balanced the volumes. The nicest thing is absolutely no noise in the background. My Zoom pedal sits really close to the computer and white noise comes through my phones to the point where it's almost distracting. Not a peep with the Stage 800.

Okay, I know most of you are probably trying to get the bell ringing from last night out of your heads so I'll move on. I welcome any thoughts and differing opinions on the subject. I've always found modeling amps to have difficulty cutting through live music, but have a sneaky suspicion this may be the exception. I'm already planning on taking it with me to Ohio over the summer and team it up with the Ampeg PF-210 I have there. I know efficiencies will be different (ported vs. sealed cab), but I think it'll be fine. One thing is no one will be able to say they cannot hear the bass!

Here's a few pics. Later CC!

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"Corn-grats"

 

[Devon Bustard]

Happy 2019 to anyone who's still up and thinking about bass combo amps! I just finished messing around with presets and playing along with a few of them. Instead of writing a whole lot I'm going to make a few bullet points to highlight what I've found out so far from the Stage 800. As I have time I'll try and talk a little more about it, or better yet, answer questions you might have about it. I'll say this...there's sure a lot of amp here!

*Setup was a breeze. No glitches at all with the wi-fi or Bluetooth. Works as my Marshall Code 50 did.
*In size, comparable to the Rumble 200/500. A solid 40 lbs, but not bulky like the Ampeg 210 v2 was.
*Updated top panel will take a little getting used to, but it's similar (though much nicer) to the Bronco 40 in that a plethora of adjustments await you, just not on your computer screen as with Fuse.
*Break in the speakers? Nah, they're ready to level whatever room you have them in. Monsterous bottom even at 8:00. Cannot imagine running this pup at noon unless you're doing a show in the Grand Canyon!
*Presets? From "not bad" to "meh" to "yuck." I'm still not a big Fender fan when it comes to their tones. Though it's an obvious step up from the Brono 40, I'm still hearing presets with that need major pruning to get them tolerable for my ears. Shockingly, I'm not digging any of the 'Peg sounds. Just too much perceived Ampeg grit and it's annoying. OMG, I thought "Motown" would be right up my ally, but only if you like overprocessed boom without hardly any definition. Yeah, I'm a crappin, but it doesn't mean I'm leaving them as is. Tonight I just wanted to hear the defaults to get my first impression. What I did like hearing through my phones as I dialed up a little Fleetwood Mac was through the "Dual Showman." Super clean and a tad thin, but very articulate. Sang well with the acoustic guitars in Landslide. The "Bassman Clean" (#1) is as good as any of them right now for decent sounding bass. And don't start me with the purposely weird presets like all the synth stuff (brutal) like the "Octobot." Hey, if someone better than me, like many of you, can make that thing sing go right ahead and enjoy it. A couple of interesting presets I did like were "shimmer," which sounds to me like Zoom's Bit Crush, and "Vibratone," doing a nice Leslie mimic. I'm not tossing any of them out yet, but I miss a defretter or bass ensemble for a more realistic fretless sound like my Zoom.
*Finally on presets, the solid state and tube preamps are quite good IMHO, especially the tube model. I think they'll both be great baseline tones on which to build on.
*Sounds great through headphones. Ran my computer into Aux In, and YouTube sounded fine with the amp after I balanced the volumes. The nicest thing is absolutely no noise in the background. My Zoom pedal sits really close to the computer and white noise comes through my phones to the point where it's almost distracting. Not a peep with the Stage 800.

Okay, I know most of you are probably trying to get the bell ringing from last night out of your heads so I'll move on. I welcome any thoughts and differing opinions on the subject. I've always found modeling amps to have difficulty cutting through live music, but have a sneaky suspicion this may be the exception. I'm already planning on taking it with me to Ohio over the summer and team it up with the Ampeg PF-210 I have there. I know efficiencies will be different (ported vs. sealed cab), but I think it'll be fine. One thing is no one will be able to say they cannot hear the bass!

Here's a few pics. Later CC!

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My personal favourite setting is the flip top amp on the fliptop cab. Add a slight extra bit of gain and volume, a little bit more bass and take away a tiny bit of treble.

 

[Bassmike62]

Traynor DNB115 for me. The thing weighs a ton, but at 400w, it holds to any setting I've used it.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Homina, ... homina, ... homina . . . . drool

Nice recall on Jackie Gleason. Pro.

 

[GwenOnBass]

My personal favourite setting is the flip top amp on the fliptop cab. Add a slight extra bit of gain and volume, a little bit more bass and take away a tiny bit of treble.

Lining myself up like a duck at the traveling carnival shooting gallery (except the gun sights are off by a country mile) to say the fliptop / B15 can properly be considered to be a combo amp.

Possible that Peavey looked at the design and said we can make that, and a lot louder and heavier too.

 

[Pontiac Thrasher]

Anyone ever hear of a combo tying one on?

Seriously, I wake up today, go into the living room, there is a couple of empty cans of electrical cleaner laying on their sides, voice coil wire all over the place, and my lil combo that was soooo hsppy last night, is now looking kinda under the weather...

 

[iagtrplyr]

My personal favourite setting is the flip top amp on the fliptop cab. Add a slight extra bit of gain and volume, a little bit more bass and take away a tiny bit of treble.

Thanks Devon. I hope that’ll be my favorite in time too. I know all of the presets will need adjusting so I’m not counting any of them out yet (except October!).

Thanks to my brothas for their warm wishes as well. I didn’t gave a micro USB so I ordered one along with the Fender cover. It’s good dust protection when not being used.

Ghostie, the 800 looked like all-business in your onstage pics. How’d ya sound? What are your go-to settings? Nice way to kick off your 2019!

 

[iagtrplyr]

Lining myself up like a duck at the traveling carnival shooting gallery (except the gun sights are off by a country mile) to say the fliptop / B15 can properly be considered to be a combo amp.

Possible that Peavey looked at the design and said we can make that, and a lot louder and heavier too.

I’ll provide cover for ya at the carny gallery, M, because I agree with you. One day fliptops will be allowed in the Combo Club. M, you let me know if anyone threatens to shut down your laundromat!