Yes Indeed.
Andrew Gouche could play using a toaster as an amp and he would sound great. Excuse my above remark if it was unclear.
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The Official MTD USA Thread
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Yes Indeed.
Andrew Gouche could play using a toaster as an amp and he would sound great. Excuse my above remark if it was unclear.
Yeah, the DIST cabs sound really nice, pretty similar to their older UL2 line, but they're crazy expensive because they do "true" 4 and 8 ohm operation due to some super expensive highly custom dual coil speakers.$1699 for a 410 cab? W'ouch!Does it play the gig for you? Can't you bi-amp them or something so they sound like 2 separate 410 cabs in one
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Personally, I don't think I could justify the cost for the relatively small practical benefit. I tested a couple of the earlier models subjectively and it was hard to tell much difference switching from 8 to 4 ohms. Just further evidence to what I always say that it's generally more about adding drivers instead of power if you want to get louder.
I couldn't agree more. After year of playing with high power amps and cabs. I came to the realization. If you truly want loud....add more drivers. High power into a lower amount I drivers will gain you some benefit. But it is minimal. All in all, not great news for your back. Lol
Vic said:
Nice! I just got the (Kingston) AG6 from Glenn. I am loving this instrument (my first 6). We'll have to meet up in Bensalem and compare.
For those of you in the Philly area, Glenn Marrazzo at Bass Specialties has a couple sweet US 535s in the shop, one used and one new (no, the consignment one is not mine!). He has current pics up at Link Removed.
I'm hungry for some mango. Must be the summer heat. How many folks here have mango-topped MTDs?
bass12 said:
I had some mango for breakfast this morn. Kind of doesn't seem as exciting, though...
I'm also still going nuts over olive wood right now. I have yet to see an olive top that doesn't make me want to sell a kidney.
I wasn't too keen on mango as a top wood when I first started seeing it but it began to grow on me - especially after seeing some samples from Mike's stock of spalted mango:
I have to admit that there's a bit of a sentimental connection for me where mango is concerned. Some musicians/friends from Trinidad and Granada had a very strong influence on me musically-speaking from when I fist started to play bass. They played mostly calypso and soca and when I think of mangoes and mango trees I think of those styles of music (and of Lord Kitchener singing about getting his foot stuck in a mango root while dodging ghosts in a cemetery
)...
bass12 said:
+1
I didn't like it much either until I saw it in person. The pics really don't do it justice. I love it now.
I actually haven't seen any in person, I don't think. That's a nice piece you've got on your bass by the way!
bass12 said:Since you haven't received an answer yet, yes it is mango.
Thanks!
I've been off the grid the last 24 hours.
No problem!
Some more photos of that bass of yours would be greatly appreciated you know...
bass12 said:Since you haven't received an answer yet, yes it is mango.
Looks fabulous. I didn't even know that a mango tree was large enough to make a top with.
These tops come from special mango trees that Mike grows next to his shop.
But seriously, if you do a search for mango trees you'll see that there's quite a variety in trunk sizes.
thehess said:
I tried to play the one you bought, but I can't play six string basses. I have played both of the MTD's at Bass Specialties, and they are both killer axes.
