I'm in... TFB 750A. I had a 420 for a little while too but sold it buy the 750 last Fall. Great amp!
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Thunderfunk Amp club!
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I'm in... TFB 750A. I had a 420 for a little while too but sold it buy the 750 last Fall. Great amp!
Very nice!!!
On another note. I am looking at selling my Aguilar GS410 and getting two smaller and lighter cabs. I am thinking of doing either x2 112's or a 112 and 210. I am thinking of the Epifani UL112's, UL210 or one of the Bergantino 12's that are out there. I play a Sadowsky UV70 and I am looking for punchy and good in the mids with an ability to dial up the sparkle on the top end. I absolutely love my tone right now, but if my cab did not weigh 100lbs+ with casters and stuff, I would keep it.
Any ideas suggestions would be welcome.
As you can see, I am a big fan of the Aggie DB112. You can't go wrong with ther Berg or Epi 112 either. I abandoned the 410 route a while back for the same reason. I love 112 cabs because they are so flexible. They have the low end of a 12 combined with the tightness of a 10 because the cabinet is smaller. I have never been a fan of 212 or 412 cabs. I actually have 4 of the DB112 cabs. I really only wanted 3 but to make a long story short, I ended up with 4. So, I can cover anything from a real small gig to an arena with those cabs. And I don't have to break my back to do it.
As you can see, I am a big fan of the Aggie DB112. You can't go wrong with ther Berg or Epi 112 either. I abandoned the 410 route a while back for the same reason. I love 112 cabs because they are so flexible. They have the low end of a 12 combined with the tightness of a 10 because the cabinet is smaller. I have never been a fan of 212 or 412 cabs. I actually have 4 of the DB112 cabs. I really only wanted 3 but to make a long story short, I ended up with 4. So, I can cover anything from a real small gig to an arena with those cabs. And I don't have to break my back to do it.
4??? Wow! That is really cool. I have to admit, I am not a fan of the DB series. A little too old school vintagy for me. I like more of a modernish tone. That said, I was not running them through my TF head at the time... nor did I have my Sadowsky. I had a DB210 that was a great color (chocolate thunder) but I was not digging the tone. I would also like to go lighter.
One thing that worries me about a smaller setup with any kind of "light" series cabs would be that I run a lot of synth effects. I would hate for my cab to just crumble on me.
I've had my TF for several years now,and love it to death.I'm shopping for another cab,and the NV610 really looks interesting. I'm also looking at the Heritage series Ampeg SVT810. I'd love hear from anybody that uses the TF/NV610 combo.
I'm in... TFB 750A. I had a 420 for a little while too but sold it buy the 750 last Fall. Great amp!
JUST THE PERSON I WANT TO TALK TO... heck, we even have the same bass (in a manner of speaking...)!
how do you like the ae210 pair w/ the aguilar or the thunderfunk?
i'm thinking about going that route...
ever wish the pair of ae210's had the solid punch of the ae410?
Actually, I had an AE410 at one point and switched to the 210s. That was before I had the Aguilar or Thunderfunk head. Overall, I did prefer the sound of the AE410 but sacrificed a little bit of tone for flexibility and portability. The Thunderfunk head matches VERY well with the Berg cabs. I think the voicing of each compliments the others. The AG500 does probably not match quite as well as the Thunderfunk with the Bergs. But, still sounds REALLY good.
nice!
i did try an ae210 w/ an ag500, and frankly, i liked it! and lucky me, i have a tfb550b, too!
and i must be excited, cause i just used three exclamation points.
I picked up my 550B from Blake Bass.
Best Amp I have ever used.
Using it to power 2 EA VL-110s, and at times an EA Wizzy M-Line 112.
Will have some pics up soon.
Best Amp I have ever used.
Using it to power 2 EA VL-110s, and at times an EA Wizzy M-Line 112.
Will have some pics up soon.
As you can see, I am a big fan of the Aggie DB112. You can't go wrong with ther Berg or Epi 112 either. I abandoned the 410 route a while back for the same reason. I love 112 cabs because they are so flexible. They have the low end of a 12 combined with the tightness of a 10 because the cabinet is smaller. I have never been a fan of 212 or 412 cabs. I actually have 4 of the DB112 cabs. I really only wanted 3 but to make a long story short, I ended up with 4. So, I can cover anything from a real small gig to an arena with those cabs. And I don't have to break my back to do it.
Those DB112's are just a perfect thing of beauty to my ear with the TF550b. Wonderfully warm and punchy and 'old school meets new school'. Amazing warm 'fat but articulate' tone to my ear. When I had that rig, it was always among the 'winners' at any GTG we did. I found the DB's a pain to schlepp around though, so they eventually went. It wasn't due to the tone/volume though!.
Great match with the AE210's/410 also... punchy, and a bit brighter in the upper mids than the DB112's to my ear (which is not a bad thing with the TF). I didn't like the TF with the HS210 at all... too dark and dull, but it sings with the AE's. I found the AG500 a much better match with the HS210 than the AE, given the AG500's wider tonal footprint, and it needing a bit of help in the 'punch' area by pairing with a cab with a tight/attenuated deep low end IMO. The TF does not have this issue, since it is already rolled off internally down low a bit versus most other amps to my ear.
Nice!
Anyone ever have a situation where their TF started clipping at 3 on gain? This is a recent occurance for me, and I'm not sure why. I've recently changed speaker cabs, but have tried two speakers with the same result. Volume is low...I haven't been out with it yet. I did recently have to play out without speakers, running through a PA, and noticed it clipping there unusually heavy. Help?
Are you talking about the pre gain control and the limiter light coming on, or something else. How are you defining 'clipping'?
The clipping light will come on and that is normal but I guess you mean you hear the clipping coming from your speaker cabinets.
I have a few suggestions you might want to try. First set everything on the amp flat and see what happens sometimes when you boost frequencies especially the low ones it may cause your speakers to clip. If it is still doing it after you set everything flat. Try this, if you are playing an active bass turn down the bass control on your bass. The output signal from your bass could be over loading the amp especially if it's 18 volts. Since you said it happened while running through a PA I am thinking it's your bass. Turn down the active controls. Also check the battery in your bass it might be going dead.
My settings are as follows: I run my input gain at 4 and every thing else on the amp pretty much flat. On my active bass I run the bass and treble knobs at 50% you then can make adjustments on the amp.
Excellent advice, and seems to work well. I have a Gibson RD77 from 1978, but having had some problems, it was worked on and I think may be much hotter than it used to be. The repair guy said that he replaced components comparable to what he removed, but it does seem much hotter. Sounds incredibly good, though!
I reluctantly had to sell my Thunderfunk 550B and Berg HT-112 to fund a new Roscoe fretless back in Nov 09 (sounds like you're still enjoying the Tfunk Chris.gotfunk).
I finally raised the funding to get another and couldn't find a good used TFB-550B so I purchased a TC RH450 for a few weeks, based on comments that it was in the same tone family as the Tfunk. There actually were some close simularities, but it lacked quite a bit in the high end range. The TC amp didn't seem to sit in the live mix as well as the Tfunk either. I still have a TFB-420 at church and I just preferred the sound of the Tfunk.
Fate smiled on me! GAS got the better of a local player and he offered to trade his TFB-550B and Berg HT-112 for my RH450 and RS-112.
Great to have a Tfunk back in the house!
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I finally raised the funding to get another and couldn't find a good used TFB-550B so I purchased a TC RH450 for a few weeks, based on comments that it was in the same tone family as the Tfunk. There actually were some close simularities, but it lacked quite a bit in the high end range. The TC amp didn't seem to sit in the live mix as well as the Tfunk either. I still have a TFB-420 at church and I just preferred the sound of the Tfunk.
Fate smiled on me! GAS got the better of a local player and he offered to trade his TFB-550B and Berg HT-112 for my RH450 and RS-112.
Great to have a Tfunk back in the house!
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What a great trade! Unload the whole rig for a rig of comparable size/power but everything you need! I'm a TF/Berg guy too, and it's great for everything I do.
Can you add me to the club? Here is my TFB550-B...
Very nice!!! I love my TF!!!! It doesn't matter what I put through it (my old Sadowsky, a Squier CV P, cheapie Yamaha RBX) they all sound really really good.
Congrats!!!!!!!!!!
