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Post by Maxwell on Nov 12, 2016 22:57:19 GMT
Well, been sick as hell for the last few and yesterday I was looking at bass combos for something for my sick ass to do, I ran across a TC Electonics BG250 112 USED for cheap!!!! It has that TC Tone Print stuff that you can load from a freaking smart phone... I'll be using my Digitech RP500 with my bass patches on it so I don't plan on using the Tone Print but it is still cool beans... The amp has a nice 12" speaker and a tweeter, plus a 250Wrms amp... Hell yeah, compact badass amp... I figured if I started gigging playing bass, I'll sit it on top of a GK 15" 300W powered bass cab.... I should have it in a couple of days I hope... Bass player in my band has a TC head and it does sound really good... I'll report on it after I play around with it... Here is a vid if any are interested...
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Post by Bill h on Nov 13, 2016 20:18:04 GMT
Linette (my wife) always used the ampeg svt 450 (rack mount) with the 8x10 cab. She experimented with different cabinet configurations over the years but always went back to the 8x10. We were gigging a lot in those days and she liked the 8x10 because it was an easy cab to deal with and served the purpose well. I don't know bass rigs that well myself but I do know the 8x10 always sounded awesome and was a good gigging workhorse. Her practice rig was a behringer ultra bass bx4500h with one 15" speaker, what a piece of shit but worked for practice.
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Post by Maxwell on Nov 13, 2016 21:32:31 GMT
Oh I love an SVT, nothing like it. Nowadays though you can get close and more power out of smaller rigs. Amps are better and speakers are more efficient. I've moved SVTs over the years and that gets old with those big ass cabs. My old ass likes small now. Years back I played guitar thru a white Marshall stack. I love all my 1x12" tube combos now.
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Post by Bill h on Nov 14, 2016 16:00:20 GMT
Lol, I know exactly what you mean, if I ever started up again I would get a fender combo of some kind. Linette loved her 8x10 cabinet but she didn't have to deal with it. Guess who did
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Post by Maxwell on Nov 14, 2016 16:30:00 GMT
Factoid of the day... Folks that play B3/C3s, SVTs, Yamaha Electric Grands, or lead singers are never to be found when the truck hits the loading dock..
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Post by Bill h on Nov 14, 2016 16:45:02 GMT
Singers are the freakin worst.
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Post by Maxwell on Nov 14, 2016 18:17:42 GMT
Big time... The rule instead of the exception....
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Post by Maxwell on Nov 18, 2016 4:18:55 GMT
My used TC Electronics BG250-112 bass combo came in today. www.tcelectronic.com/bg250-112/I unpacked it and played it for a little while after I got home from work. (with my five string) So far, I am impressed with the sound of the single 12" speaker. The cab is bigger than I thought. I've found it to be clear and balanced. I played it with everything set flat. Nice tone. The onboard tuner worked well with my five string...a bit odd but it works. Tone Print: Now this function is cool. They say it has two "slots" for patches or something to that effect. What it actually is basically is two memory blocks that will hold a "virtual" effect patch in each. I downloaded the Tone Print app for my android phone. I then selected as 'favorites' a few patches for the BG250. To load them into the amp, I called up the particular Tone Print patch in the app on my phone, kicked either button one or two on the amp's footswitch, and cliked 'beam to amp' on my phone screen, holding the phone close to the bass guitar pickup. You will hear a high pitch racket for a second and the patch is loaded into the selected amp Tone Print "slot". I loaded a chorus in one slot and a tube compressor in the other. I was impressed... I normally play guitar and bass through my Digitech RP500, so I may not ever use the Tone Print stuff but good to know it's there and it works like a champ.... I think the Tone Print technology just may be the beginning of something bigger... Great idea.... Now back to our regular programming.... edro...
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Post by Snoop Droobie Doge Doge on Nov 18, 2016 4:58:43 GMT
There are some pretty good built in effects for the Fender Super Champ amps, but you can hardly modify the parameters which is sorta useless. All this digital tweaky stuff is probably the way of the future.
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Post by Maxwell on Nov 18, 2016 5:32:10 GMT
Be cool to load only the patches you need into the amp.
Only a footswitch, no stomp boxes...
Load a totally new patch into amp in a second or two.
Cool idea.
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Post by Snoop Droobie Doge Doge on Nov 18, 2016 19:06:48 GMT
I would definitely do that if I was in a covers sort of setting.
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Post by Maxwell on Nov 19, 2016 5:24:48 GMT
I'm curious to see where this real time loadable technology goes... Other folks have got to be looking at it in some fashion. On my DigiTech rp500, I don't use all that shit. Very little. Most of the star trek patches suck and are worthless for actual playing. Same on all the big multi's... I'd love an amp with slots for comp, overdrive, chorus, ddl, and rev... All I need...
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Post by Maxwell on Nov 19, 2016 5:26:18 GMT
Who needs patches that are on ALL multi's nowadays that sound like spaceships farting?
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