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ATS LBA-5 MKII *Sold*
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ATS LBA-5 MKII in excellent condition.

I bought the amp primarily as it offers two channels that can be used at the same time. This allows me to use Channel 1 (and all the on board EQ) for my bass, and my Mrs to use Channel 2 (direct feed, no EQ) for her keyboard. It works fantastically well for this, but as my band now uses monitors, we no longer rely on backline for monitoring.

The LBA-5 is a seriously punchy head that provides a thick (thick? I hate describing sound) and creamy tone (unlike many other Class D heads I've used), despite not having a valve in the preamp. I believe this is down to some MOSFET trickery - as described here: http://www.atsitaly.it/it/prodotti/amplificatori-per-basso/lba-5-mk-iii.html

The bass pot is slightly noisy when rotated, but this isn't a problem as when it's set, it stays put.

I'm after £475 for the head, and may be persuaded into parting with the excellent (waterproof and probably bombproof) Peli 1500 Case I've been using to cart it around.

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I've been trying the latest version (same basic amp but a little more powerful) of this a lot recently and have been re-learning the tone controls. A little goes a very long way and the Contour is a killer if you get it just right :)

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