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Which head ????
- Thread starter milo
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Now this is funny,,I too am looking for a practice amp but I just bought a Eden E 300 head and I am looking for a cabinet. Wanna trade???? (LOL),,, I bet you can guess my vote..
I have the same cab, sounds great with every amp I used (AI Clarus, EA Doubler, MB Lil Mark III). I guess it's really a matter of personal taste/needs as for which model exactly, but I think a small class D amp makes sense here. One thing to consider though, if you ever want to use a second cab make sure your amp has two speaker outputs, as you cannot daisy chain the EX112.
I voted for the eden, I have one and like it alot. I push an 8 ohm 410 with it. Clean sounding amp, won't give you any grit, at all. It might be too big to sit on top of a 1x12, it's not a micro amp. It is very nice looking, and I like the feel of the knobs. It's not super light but does fit into an old laptop backpack I have, barely.
I went to my local shop interested in the mb200. There was a local bass player there that I had talked to a couple times. He recommended I go Markbass or eden. In this range the eden was the way to go, for me.
Right now, I'm getting curious about the "ampeg sound" I wish I would have found a pf350 to try.
I went to my local shop interested in the mb200. There was a local bass player there that I had talked to a couple times. He recommended I go Markbass or eden. In this range the eden was the way to go, for me.
Right now, I'm getting curious about the "ampeg sound" I wish I would have found a pf350 to try.
I have the MB200 into an Eden ex112 4 ohm. It sounds fantastic with a very full sound. I tried several different combinations and when I heard this one it just clicked with me.
Ibanez Promethean P500H. 500W into 4 ohms.
You'll have to find a used one, though. Or a P5110 combo, which is the same head mounted (flush) onto a 110 cab. The combo sounds great, too!
You'll have to find a used one, though. Or a P5110 combo, which is the same head mounted (flush) onto a 110 cab. The combo sounds great, too!
I have the exact same rig. I was planning on just using it for practice, but it sounds so good and puts out so much volume I'm going to use it to gig with my blues band.
Wouldn't be able to run another cab anyway with the 4 ohm EX112 (unless amp can go below 4 ohms).
Had a PF350 for close to two years and it does it all as far as I'm concerned. That said, they've all got something to recommend themselves. Don't know much about the Eden, but I've played all the others, and they're all good heads. I just like the PF350's tone stack and ability to get some cool sounding grind going when you crank the gain into the red.
Voted GK because the WTX264 wasn't an option; would've changed my vote if so.
I used a WTX260 (basically the WTX264 with the addition of a switchable compressor, pre/post DI switch, and -12dB switchable pad) with a D115XLT for several years and was very happy with it. The amp's warmly voiced, very lightweight, and extremely tweakable. I'd add that the bass boost function on it just devours headroom, so keep that in mind.
I'm not a fan of the E300. It's overly large and heavy, and not as interesting in the mids as the WTX26's; it lacks, for want of a better word, Eden-ness.
I used a WTX260 (basically the WTX264 with the addition of a switchable compressor, pre/post DI switch, and -12dB switchable pad) with a D115XLT for several years and was very happy with it. The amp's warmly voiced, very lightweight, and extremely tweakable. I'd add that the bass boost function on it just devours headroom, so keep that in mind.
I'm not a fan of the E300. It's overly large and heavy, and not as interesting in the mids as the WTX26's; it lacks, for want of a better word, Eden-ness.
