Nice perspective!
Helped immensely to dial it in the 2nd time round of owning it (had sold it the year later to a guy who was looking for an 800rb, but this came close. Bought it back from him couple years back when he found himself a 1001Rb, so i'm a happy camper xD)
I find I can very quickly get a great tone from any GK by setting all four EQ knobs to just past 12:00. Then just season to taste. For my taste, the Contour button or knob is evil and stays off with extreme prejudice.
The cab its running through at the rehearsal space is an eden 410 something (which considering i've got an swr goliath II 410 & its my absolute favourite 410 cabinet), that GK 800Rb, as i stated, probably needs a good tune up/once over. Cause the volume of it seems to not have the headroom i'm familiar with having on my 400rb. Also figured the 800 deserves to be set bi amped (one cab for lows, the other for highs), as it was designed to be used in that way, as well as full range. Again, won't know until it's serviced, but the rehearsal space won't do that until it's actually non functional. So who knows how long that'll take.
I like GK's for SS amps, they have a little bite.
Indeed they do! I bought mine as a "modern" rendition of my old 70's SS peavey heads which sound amazing. The GK is a little more "portable" & i don't mind it gets beat a little. Mega work horse.
