Slaphound, let me introduce to you, The Doctor. He's in, BTW.
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The Combo Club
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Slaphound, let me introduce to you, The Doctor. He's in, BTW.
Nice to meet you Dr.
I can only refer to the backwards message on Judas Priests “Better by You, Better than Me”
I can only refer to the backwards message on Judas Priests “Better by You, Better than Me”
Ooh, quoting JP from one of their finest albums. Of course, your recommendation is for something much nicer than the last time this subliminal message was scrutinized, but I digress.
Hey did anyone else here ever have a Gorilla combo with a funk switch? Mine was my first amp a 50 watt and it stuck around for a while, well at least until I got my hands on a vintage acoustic brand 150 watt combo with a 15 inch speaker. I miss that one!
Had a Gorilla combo. Don't remember the size or if it had a funk switch. Doubt that it did, because that would have kept me from purchasing it.
I had one in '85, had it at Berklee when I was there for a year. Perfectly ok little amp.
I remember them in GC a long time ago (late 1990s?) never tried one out, and didn’t know anyone that had one I could try.
Hadn’t thought of them in Ages!’
"Perfectly OK" is the sound I get out of the head sitting on my combo. I got it to drive my 4x10 so I can play while giving my son bass lessons. The 4x10 ends up being coupled to my combo the rest of the time. That eq on my combo is so awesome!
Hi all, been a minute. I hope all here are well in the current world.
I've been away playing drums and guitar... please don't be mad at me.
Posting here because for guitar, I got a combo amp. It's a Boss Katana Mk2, 50 Watt. 1x12 speaker, scalable power at 50w, 25w, and 1/2w. It's a modelling amp with an app component that offers a lot of options, but I mainly use it clean with effect pedals. Inexpensive and functional amp, definitely worth the price, imo.
Just thought I'd share.
I've been away playing drums and guitar... please don't be mad at me.
Posting here because for guitar, I got a combo amp. It's a Boss Katana Mk2, 50 Watt. 1x12 speaker, scalable power at 50w, 25w, and 1/2w. It's a modelling amp with an app component that offers a lot of options, but I mainly use it clean with effect pedals. Inexpensive and functional amp, definitely worth the price, imo.
Just thought I'd share.
Don't be troubled by that, someone has to take care of it.I've been away playing drums and guitar... please don't be mad at me.
As I mentioned before, that is one is one imposing rig ya got there, ‘champ! I’m curious, which tone do you like better, the Rumble or the Acoustic? They’re different enough you can enjoy both, but if you had to pick, which would it be????
Hi all, been a minute. I hope all here are well in the current world.
I've been away playing drums and guitar... please don't be mad at me.
Posting here because for guitar, I got a combo amp. It's a Boss Katana Mk2, 50 Watt. 1x12 speaker, scalable power at 50w, 25w, and 1/2w. It's a modelling amp with an app component that offers a lot of options, but I mainly use it clean with effect pedals. Inexpensive and functional amp, definitely worth the price, imo.
Just thought I'd share.
wraub, it has been a long time, how ya doing? I hope you haven’t given up the bass for these toys you mentioned.
I previously owned, three years ago, the same Katana you have and I liked it. Tons of versatility and good sounding too. But my playing sucked and that ended that experiment. Sold it to my nephew, who is s pretty good guitar player and he’s had it ever since.
It was reasonably-priced as well, which leads me to this question as I head off to slumber: if Roland can make a decent combo amp for guitars at a competitive price, then why can’t (or don’t) they do the same for bass?
This is a job for...a thinker! Ya’ll welcome to try to explain the reason why...thanks.
I’ve been here on but mostly off the past week and it’s because my best friend and music mate, John, came back and we’ve been playing daily and recorded some songs last night with our school’s music teacher, Jordan. We had fun and I’ll begin mixing them tomorrow. I used my RB-112 combo to play and record and it performed flawlessly.
I’ll be annoying everyone, like normal, this weekend. Keep up the posts!
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Believe it or not that acoustic sounds better! They both cost the same (except I got my Rumble for $350 on a scratch and ding deal) and the Rumble is more powerful but the sound shaping and pre eq direct line out combined with the kickback design (stage monitor) make the acoustic a winner in my book.
I was tinkering in this direction: "Who wants to burn their fingers on a demanding niche market when you've already established a name for yourself by satisfying the masses?"
I was tinkering in this direction: "Who wants to burn their fingers on a demanding niche market when you've already established a name for yourself by satisfying the masses?"
I’m confused at who is asking this question. Is it Roland asking themselves this? If so, I see them feeling content about filling up the planet with BOSS pedals, but bass amps a niche market?
Maybe they do see them as that, but it’s a shame if they do. Even though the Cube line is as ugly as sin, IMHO, they’re nearly bulletproof and quite versatile. I could imagine a modeling line of bass amps under the Katana name competitive to what Fender puts out, but maybe you’re right, swink.
If you have ten million billion different pedals on offer and 7 of them are specifically bass oriented , this is not your core business. A 120W bass amp as top of the line says as much.
That's 50 percent more chances of being right than what my wife gives me.
If you have ten million billion different pedals on offer and 7 of them are specifically bass oriented , this is not your core business. A 120W bass amp as top of the line says as much.
That's 50 percent more chances of being right than what my wife gives me.
Hmm...I hadn’t thought of it that way. Tell you’re wife, you’re worth all your weight in borscht!
A Roland BN100, with an 18" driver, was my main gigging amp back in the day. It wasn't too special, but I didn't seem to care.
