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#124,921
JJR58 said:
Well, my i respectfully say that the voicing control on the Mesa is not exactly a waste of time.
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I have an SWR 400s and it has a 'Transparency' knob. A bit can help shape the tone but more leads to unusable territory. As it was a product of the mid 90's, I figure it was addressing an assumed 'need' for a certain kind of tone then.
 
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#124,922
Count Bassie said:
They exist on CL.
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I watch LA, Lancaster, Inland Empire, Bakersfield, San Diego, Etc. pretty regularly. Haven’t seen one that I can recall. Maybe different back east? But I do see GC has various used iterations. Need to do some research. My GC is pretty decent so I’ll start looking at what might be best. Building arsenal for gigging in a Couple of years...I have a retirement plan.
 
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#124,923
JIO said:
I have an SWR 400s and it has a 'Transparency' knob. A bit can help shape the tone but more leads to unusable territory. As it was a product of the mid 90's, I figure it was addressing an assumed 'need' for a certain kind of tone then.
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I'm familiar with that one. Thing is, and i know you know this. When you had mentioned mid-sweep, that's parametric eq. Being able to center in on a frequency. But the whole contour thing is usually fixed, that's the issue for me. It's really not adjustable. And often sounds like crap. Uh, hope i didn't say i bad word there. You get what i'm sayin.
 
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#124,924
JJR58 said:
We weren't the house band, but got hired to play at a strip club back in PDX.
It was actually a lot of fun and everyone kept it clean (the band anyway) and had a great time.
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I came pretty close to getting a gig playing for a swingers' club holiday party. It fell through. I'm not sure what that would have been like.
 
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#124,931
Miles_ONeal said:
Looking at budget used amps nearby. Ampeg BA115HP ($250), Fender Rumble 115 ($200), Peavey TKO 80 ($150).
There’s also an Ampeg B1RE ($120), but I’d need to pick a cab.

Any standouts, or keep looking? Mostly for practice for now, but occasionally would be used for back yard jam sessions.
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Rumble fan here. Reliable value for cost. Fender is usually decent to deal with re any issues. I love old USA Peavy basses. No longer the same company IMO. I’m not a fan of the bass amps. Other than classic SVT, I’m not an Ampeg fan.
 
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#124,936
MCF said:
Figures....
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Wocka wocka wocka!
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