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Double Bass Yamaha THR30II Guitar Amp

Huy Nguyen

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Mar 16, 2004
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Guitar amp you say?

I bought this when I was dabbling with guitar a few months back. It comes with a Line6 wireless transmitter dongle that is fully compatible. This thing does it all, guitar amps, limited effects pedals, guitar cab modeling, even bluetooth compatibility! Yes you can play music through it. I bought it with the intention of using it as a desk amp but it just so happens that it's also got a mode for bass.

To my surprise the last couple weeks, I put a KNA DB-1 pickup on my Yamaha SLB200 EUB and plugged it in... and it works! Maybe too well even? I'd say if I close my eyes, it might just pass for acoustic double bass! Holy crap!

Plugged in the NS Cleveland and I'm like wot? It works and passible. It's even got noise gates built in to keep buzzes to a minimum. Prob would work well with something like a BP-100 that tends to be relatively noisy.

It's not cheap ( think it was around $600 by the time things were said and done) and I'm impressed with this little guy. I expect to use it for low volume gigs as pretty much a personal monitor and to play music between sets. It's even battery powered!

Would i run out and get one of these? Probably not but if you play a lot of different instruments, I think this thing warrants a serious look.
 
It starts to make a little noise once you turn the volume dials past 75%. Still usable. I checked again and it has an “ACO” modeler which I assuming it’s for acoustic bass guitar and the sound is fairly transparent. MBOL but at the same volume as the acoustic bass without amplification. Would work in a pinch by the poolside. :)

It has 5 programmable presets so you can jump around without to much trouble.