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Thunderfunk vs. EBS Fafner or HD

#4
embellisher said:
Wow. There is such a thing as a used TFB420? Are they as rare as a used AMP BH420?
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Very tough to find either one. I bought the first and only used ThunderFunk I've come across.

A friend of mine recently put her AMP BH-420 up on Bassgear.com. It was like new. I'd guess it's already gone by now. I have two. I'm pretty sure I'll have two for a loooong time;)
 
#5
Unfortunately, I have not seen any used ones either. Actually I did, but it was an older one without a speakon and I didn't like the price.

There's a new one on ebay, but the starting bid is $850. Not much of a deal, and it may end up higher than retail. :hmm:


EDIT: It was on harmony-central, BTW. I just checked it again and the ad says:

This Thunderfunk is the 5th one built so it's one of the originals without the fan or the speakon jack.(this amp needs no fan...just as the AMP didn't need one).
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Wow, that's pretty outdated. I would prefer one of the newer versions, which have upgraded components. But the ad was posted back in April and is definitley gone by now anyway.
 
#6
CrazySean said:
Unfortuantely, I have not seen any used ones either. Actually I did, but it was an older one without a speakon and the price was a ripoff.

There's new one on ebay, but the starting bid is $850. Not much of deal, and it may end up higher than retail. :hmm:
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Mine has a speakon AND it's signed by Dave... which as far as I understand adds about 14 watts.
 
#13
Brad Johnson said:
You'll hate me for this:

My wife bought a Roland GR-50 guitar syntheziser. It's a rack mount piece, in great shape. It came in a nice 3 space soft rackbag.


I should mention that my wife doesn't play any instruments and found this at Goodwill...

for $25

:bassist:
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it never fails...I think you'll have to be related to Brad Johnson to get deals around here :crying:
 
#17
ZenBass said:
I am totally happy with my Fafner..

I can get every tone I desire and it doesnot colour the sound of my bass unless i use the hi treb switch and bass switch...as they are filters...

But its great coupled with my Proline 2000 Cab its my dream setup..

right next to an all valve Trace Elliot Stack.!!!
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So, how does it compare...?

:D
 
#18
oddio said:
However, the only thing that has held me back on the TFB-420 is the need to drive a 2ohm load on occasion. I seem to remember 4ohm minimum.
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For the record, according to Dave Funk, the TFB-420 can drive a 2 ohm load, but it won't produce much additional power and he doesn't recommend it.

So it seems like there's no point in doing it then since you won't be producing much more volume by adding another cab. Have you tried this though Brad? Also, the manual says it will void the warranty if you do it (but that's probably outdated).

Sean
 
#19
I played my TF a little more last night...here is what I think so far. It has a old school feel to me.....great slap tone with my Fender jazz and Nordie basses. Lots of punch fingerstyle too! Got some of the Brother Johnson style to me..I think it's plenty loud eonugh....so far just a home. Will see after a gig tonight. I love the enhance and timber switches. they are awesome! Just a little turn gives you many tone options. No clue about the EQ section yet...since Brad not touching them too :eek: :confused: :help:

Comparing to my EBS Fafner....the Fafner is more hifi. lot more power. In a way, you can dial in a very similar tone, cuz that's what I like anyway.

I played thru the Epi 1 x 12 and Accugrove 1 x 12. both cab sounds great with the TF. The Epi has a little more bottom than the Accugrove. I'll bring both to the gig and test them. Will give a better report later :cool:
 
#20
CrazySean said:
For the record, according to Dave Funk, the TFB-420 can drive a 2 ohm load, but it won't produce much additional power and he doesn't recommend it.

So it seems like there's no point in doing it then since you won't be producing much more volume by adding another cab. Have you tried this though Brad? Also, the manual says it will void the warranty if you do it (but that's probably outdated).

Sean
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If I did and it voids the warranty, do you think I'd admit it here?

:eyebrow:

JUST KIDDING;)

I've only run it with a minimum 4 ohm load, either one or two 8 ohm cabs or one 4 ohm. The only "issue" I had with my AMP BH-420 was less efficient cabs causing it to warm up. With the fan on the TF it stays cool no matter how hard I've pushed it.
 

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