The Combo Club

[iagtrplyr]

You Betcha'! I've done better with gear over the years with a change of mind. Now, it's what little part of my mind I have left! But I do stand by my

Combination. Just an old Roadie talkin' here.

Nylon! You’re forcing me to re-visit the HD-150 combo again, danggit. I’m just wondering if it’ll play small as well as play large. I’m Leary of fifteens in a smaller environment. I never seem to get the kind of sound out of them unless I’m in a larger room and can run the volume higher.

BTE, your sales skills are impeccable.

 

[GonePlaid]

Yes it's a pity. The "eight inch controversy" has totally spoilt what was a "ten inch" thread to begin with.

Thankfully I read ahead here, thus saving me the time and irritation of going there. Youse guys summations are sufficient.

 

[redstrand]

I know the head can be removed but it’s a great gigging combo. Angry piano above for reference.

 

[west al]

Nylon! You’re forcing me to re-visit the HD-150 combo again, danggit. I’m just wondering if it’ll play small as well as play large. I’m Leary of fifteens in a smaller environment. I never seem to get the kind of sound out of them unless I’m in a larger room and can run the volume higher.

BTE, your sales skills are impeccable.

The Hartke 7 Band EQ on the HD150, works well. I have it on my HD75, and I prefer it over the 10 Band EQ, that was on the HA2500 head I previously had before acquiring the HD75. A very underrated product line.

 

[fermata]

An update on my new Traynor SB112: I played my first gig with it yesterday, background music with a guitarist (no PA, just our two amps) for a reception with 100-150 people in a huge 3-story atrium. I plugged into the -6dB padded input, turned up about halfway, and had a deep yet detailed sound to carry the room. This thing is a beast!

I'm actually preferring the padded input; my bass is pretty lively, and the whole system is a bit of a live wire using the unpadded input (great for rock, I imagine); the padded input calms it down a bit and makes it easier to control. I'm also pleased with the four-band EQ, which is very responsive and easy to dial in. In particular, the Low Mid and High Mid knobs add an excellent amount of control; a tiny low mid bump and a bit of a high mid scoop, and the tone is glorious. And then I adjust the Low Expander for a bit of pillowiness (without boom or mud) and to mellow the tone to taste. I also really like the tweeter for that extra bit of detail and balance. It's a good tweeter: more obvious when you switch it off that on, if that makes sense.

The other thing is how quick and responsive the amp/speaker is; whatever is happening at the bass is happening totally simultaneously at the amp. The effect is that bass and amp feel very much like one instrument. It's a real pleasure to play!

My one minor gripe, carrying it from my car to the hall, is that although it's light (25 lbs.), the cubey shape/depth puts one's arm out a little farther than is quite comfortable, making the combo feel just a bit bulky. (But that's the nature of carrying a near cube; from an acoustics perspective, I don't know if one could make it a bit less deep and then make up the lost space in height or width.) Anyway, it was still an easy one-trip load-in, so who cares, really.

After trying and owning a few different amp setups that were lacking in one way or another, this is the one!

 

[GonePlaid]

An update on my new Traynor SB112: I played my first gig with it yesterday, background music with a guitarist (no PA, just our two amps) for a reception with 100-150 people in a huge 3-story atrium. I plugged into the -6dB padded input, turned up about halfway, and had a deep yet detailed sound to carry the room. This thing is a beast!

I'm actually preferring the padded input; my bass is pretty lively, and the whole system is a bit of a live wire using the unpadded input (great for rock, I imagine); the padded input calms it down a bit and makes it easier to control. I'm also pleased with the four-band EQ, which is very responsive and easy to dial in. In particular, the Low Mid and High Mid knobs add an excellent amount of control; a tiny low mid bump and a bit of a high mid scoop, and the tone is glorious. And then I adjust the Low Expander for a bit of pillowiness (without boom or mud) and to mellow the tone to taste. I also really like the tweeter for that extra bit of detail and balance. It's a good tweeter: more obvious when you switch it off that on, if that makes sense.

The other thing is how quick and responsive the amp/speaker is; whatever is happening at the bass is happening totally simultaneously at the amp. The effect is that bass and amp feel very much like one instrument. It's a real pleasure to play!

My one minor gripe, carrying it from my car to the hall, is that although it's light (25 lbs.), the cubey shape/depth puts one's arm out a little farther than is quite comfortable, making the combo feel just a bit bulky. (But that's the nature of carrying a near cube; from an acoustics perspective, I don't know if one could make it a bit less deep and then make up the lost space in height or width.) Anyway, it was still an easy one-trip load-in, so who cares, really.

After trying and owning a few different amp setups that were lacking in one way or another, this is the one!

Nice review.

 

[aproud1]

An update on my new Traynor SB112: I played my first gig with it yesterday, background music with a guitarist (no PA, just our two amps) for a reception with 100-150 people in a huge 3-story atrium. I plugged into the -6dB padded input, turned up about halfway, and had a deep yet detailed sound to carry the room. This thing is a beast!

I'm actually preferring the padded input; my bass is pretty lively, and the whole system is a bit of a live wire using the unpadded input (great for rock, I imagine); the padded input calms it down a bit and makes it easier to control. I'm also pleased with the four-band EQ, which is very responsive and easy to dial in. In particular, the Low Mid and High Mid knobs add an excellent amount of control; a tiny low mid bump and a bit of a high mid scoop, and the tone is glorious. And then I adjust the Low Expander for a bit of pillowiness (without boom or mud) and to mellow the tone to taste. I also really like the tweeter for that extra bit of detail and balance. It's a good tweeter: more obvious when you switch it off that on, if that makes sense.

The other thing is how quick and responsive the amp/speaker is; whatever is happening at the bass is happening totally simultaneously at the amp. The effect is that bass and amp feel very much like one instrument. It's a real pleasure to play!

My one minor gripe, carrying it from my car to the hall, is that although it's light (25 lbs.), the cubey shape/depth puts one's arm out a little farther than is quite comfortable, making the combo feel just a bit bulky. (But that's the nature of carrying a near cube; from an acoustics perspective, I don't know if one could make it a bit less deep and then make up the lost space in height or width.) Anyway, it was still an easy one-trip load-in, so who cares, really.

After trying and owning a few different amp setups that were lacking in one way or another, this is the one!

Glad it's working out for you. Seems like a really great combo. I have the same cubey issue with my Markbass combo. Not heavy (around 40 lbs) but is a large cube. Still, for short stints I can carry one handed and carrying with two hands keeps it closer to me center of gravity and is easy to carry for long distance.

 

[GwenOnBass]

The Jeff Berlin MB combo had me do a double take. I knew on some level it is a cube but didn't appreciate just how large that cube is until I saw it in person. I've every reason to believe it sounds great.

 

[aproud1]

The Jeff Berlin MB combo had me do a double take. I knew on some level it is a cube but didn't appreciate just how large that cube is until I saw it in person. I've every reason to believe it sounds great.

Yeah it's a biggun. Came close to buying several times. Really is the only thing I don't love about it. I really like the cubby for my HPF. It does sound great. Puts out a lot more sound than I expected. All without a pesky tweeter to harsh my mellow! I plan to buy the NY151 to sit underneath but don't need it.

 

[iagtrplyr]

An update on my new Traynor SB112: I played my first gig with it yesterday, background music with a guitarist (no PA, just our two amps) for a reception with 100-150 people in a huge 3-story atrium. I plugged into the -6dB padded input, turned up about halfway, and had a deep yet detailed sound to carry the room. This thing is a beast!

I'm actually preferring the padded input; my bass is pretty lively, and the whole system is a bit of a live wire using the unpadded input (great for rock, I imagine); the padded input calms it down a bit and makes it easier to control. I'm also pleased with the four-band EQ, which is very responsive and easy to dial in. In particular, the Low Mid and High Mid knobs add an excellent amount of control; a tiny low mid bump and a bit of a high mid scoop, and the tone is glorious. And then I adjust the Low Expander for a bit of pillowiness (without boom or mud) and to mellow the tone to taste. I also really like the tweeter for that extra bit of detail and balance. It's a good tweeter: more obvious when you switch it off that on, if that makes sense.

The other thing is how quick and responsive the amp/speaker is; whatever is happening at the bass is happening totally simultaneously at the amp. The effect is that bass and amp feel very much like one instrument. It's a real pleasure to play!

My one minor gripe, carrying it from my car to the hall, is that although it's light (25 lbs.), the cubey shape/depth puts one's arm out a little farther than is quite comfortable, making the combo feel just a bit bulky. (But that's the nature of carrying a near cube; from an acoustics perspective, I don't know if one could make it a bit less deep and then make up the lost space in height or width.) Anyway, it was still an easy one-trip load-in, so who cares, really.

After trying and owning a few different amp setups that were lacking in one way or another, this is the one!

As mentioned, a very nice review, fermata. The coolest thing is that you are digging what you purchased. I’d say you’re now our official Traynor expert and we didn’t even have to move to Canada to learn more about them. Thanks for sharing!

 

[iagtrplyr]

Yes it's a pity. The "eight inch controversy" has totally spoilt what was a "ten inch" thread to begin with.

Yes, instrumentalist, I accept responsibility for pooping in the pool. Can I say that? So I have banned myself from that particular thread until February, 2, 2020, or in mathematical terms, 02.02.2020. By then I’ll have forgotten it, but in case I don’t, it’ll be interesting to dig up and smile knowing my 8” combos are in loving hands!

The End

 

[Flamingo21]

A very underrated product line.

Earlier this week I did something I rarely do: I visited a brick&mortar store. Played bass all afternoon! All in alI, I think I played some eight basses, one of which I really liked. Then I played that bass over three combos and two separate stacks. None of the combos appealed too much to me, so nothing to report there.

The bass I liked was a simple PJ affair, all black (which I'm not into) and it did everything I wanted. And here it is: it had this big white Hartke logo on its black headstock. So Hartke is a bass brand now??

 

[GwenOnBass]

A Hartke PJ? Interesting. When Peavey made the T-40, it inherited the Peavey weight genes.

Eyeballed all the basses and amps in my local B&M this week when I bought a capo. The reason was to zero in proper neck relief on both basses. The showroom is full of Blackstar bass combos and (mostly) Ibanez basses. A few used basses .... The capo is all I needed ..... Giving lots of consideration to a set of Thunder'Trons for Solstice Eve, my Chowny CHB-1 ....

 

[iagtrplyr]

A Hartke PJ? Interesting. When Peavey made the T-40, it inherited the Peavey weight genes.

Eyeballed all the basses and amps in my local B&M this week when I bought a capo. The reason was to zero in proper neck relief on both basses. The showroom is full of Blackstar bass combos and (mostly) Ibanez basses. A few used basses .... The capo is all I needed ..... Giving lots of consideration to a set of Thunder'Trons for Solstice Eve, my Chowny CHB-1 ....

Sounded like a fun afternoon. instrumentalist as well, but I want your thoughts on the Blackstar amps. GP seems intrigued by them and actually got to run through one, so spill the beans. I’d be interested in the 250 which I believe is the 1-15 combo. Did you jam on that one?

 

[GwenOnBass]

Sounded like a fun afternoon. instrumentalist as well, but I want your thoughts on the Blackstar amps. GP seems intrigued by them and actually got to run through one, so spill the beans. I’d be interested in the 250 which I believe is the 1-15 combo. Did you jam on that one?

I played on the 1x8 and 1x3 combos! I found the 1x8 to be very pleasing to my ear. It's a professional piece of kit, IMO. The 1x3 is tiny. Could easily throw it in my suitcase. Sounds pretty good for the little thing it is.

The shop also carries Vox. They already told me they are happy to order a VX50BA, should I wish. May very well do that, but not an urgent matter for me.

More urgent (and you can flag this as "heard it here first") are arrangements in the works for a few photo portraits with my bass.

 

[Mo Boogs]

Got a new member in my Peg family!

 

[iagtrplyr]

The shop also carries Vox. They already told me they are happy to order a VX50BA, should I wish. May very well do that, but not an urgent matter for me.

Late response here, but I seriously think you should wish upon a star, four-leaf clover, or penny, whichever works best for you. M, I think you’d really like it, or should I say, your basses will really like it. Keep us posted if you decide to venture over to the NuTube side.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Got a new member in my Peg family!
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That's stunning.

 

[iagtrplyr]

Got a new member in my Peg family!
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Mo, nicely played! Did you find her thumbing a ride on the highway? I’m guessing a C’list sale where the previous owner lost his mind and sold it for a hundred bucks. How am I doing? No matter, it’s a beauty. I’d live to get one of those older combos. Their owners swear by them. Get us some details when you come up for air.

 

[Mo Boogs]

Mo, nicely played! Did you find her thumbing a ride on the highway? I’m guessing a C’list sale where the previous owner lost his mind and sold it for a hundred bucks. How am I doing? No matter, it’s a beauty. I’d live to get one of those older combos. Their owners swear by them. Get us some details when you come up for air.

HAHAHHAAH man I love this thang. Yup the guy knew they could go for more but put it up for $125. Geesh there’s one on eBay for about $1200. Mines a one owner in dang good shape. Like brand new after I wiped it down.