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  3. If the tweeter works, and it's still not bright enough to your taste - try the Hartke Hydrive series, or various GK cabs. I didn't like them at all, so they might be exactly what you're looking for
  4. Damn, that's exactly what I'm after for quite a while now ... Sadly, it's a little bit to far from Munich for collection Well, guess I'll just have to wait 'till there's a natural finished $$4 for sale around here some day - good luck with the sale anyway, it's an excellent bass, and absolutely worth the money!
  5. [quote name='deanovw' timestamp='1352055365' post='1858243']Loud? oh yes.. I had to keep an eye on myself!! [/quote] Yes, the LB550 certainly DOES get loud, if you want it to Mine is now running through a single VS212, and my guitar players keep telling me to turn it down 'cause they want to hear the drums OK, I only turn it up that far once in a while to annoy them, actually I usually try to blend it into the band sound as good as possible - which works very well with the LB550, I can get a nice, gritty rock-sound that sits in the mix perfectly without much tweaking. Great little amp. love it
  6. Played the T-Max head in my old (black/thrash metal) band, great amp - actually preferred it over the Ampeg SVT-3pro (which I originally wanted to buy before I came across the T-Max). Wanted something lighter after a while, but tone-wise it's still one of those amps I regret having sold! But 500[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]£ is way overpriced ... Got mine for about 150[/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]£ (though it really was a great deal), but from time to time they appear on ebay or the 2nd hand market for about 180-250[/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]£. If you don't mind the weight and like the tone, and find one in good condition in that price range - go for it, they really are great, reliable amps [/font][/color]
  7. Cool, Congratulations, and thanks for posting Got the LB550, too - rather good deal, though no anywhere near as good as yours - and, most important, great amp! Played the ABM500 for quite a while, but the LB550 definitely has a different sound (that suits my style even more). The same amount of massive bottom end, but somehow much more ... hm ... "creamy", can you say this? Sorry, my English is long past it's best days And the LB550 also has a much more pronounced, clear high-end. It CAN sound very "vintage", but in my opinion it's also really easy to dial in rather modern (rock) sounds, though it never gets too over the top ... Still sounds pleasant with extreme EQ settings. Amazing amp, I play it in a 90s-style-thrash-metal-band, but it delivers a huge range of (tube) tones ... Actually, I'm quite impressed - played it for rehearsal, have yet to gig it. And it can get DAMN loud, have to compete with our guitarists' two tube-stacks - we aren't one of these quiet, disciplined bands at rehearsal I've got it running with the gain at about 60% and the master at about 40% - it's still got plenty of headroom, but is already more than loud enough Without any dropouts or similar problems that I experienced with several other digital power stages. Just ordered the VS212 cab, too, as with my last 12/8/tweeter cabs I found I liked the tone most with the 8s and tweeters off. So the V212 should be a good match, and at 8ohm can still be upgraded to 2 cabs ... And, admittedly, it just perfectly suits the LB's look
  8. Bought my Ashdown ABM500 there, good price, very fast delivery (to Germany, faster than most German shops!!!), very easy to deal with, great support ...
  9. Had the R500 - excellent amp for "wooly" old-school rock sounds For modern rock or metal, it might lack high end and "snappiness" (that's why I sold it) ... But or classic rock tones, it's great!
  10. Hm, let's see if I still get it together -> some Behringer Combo (actually quite decent, nothing special, did the job) -> Warwick ProFet IV (through a 2x12" from FMC, small German company) -> Hughes&Kettner QC412 combo -> Warwick Tube Path 5.1 (through two FMC 1x12"/1x8" cabs which I play 'till today) -> Ampeg SVT-IIp + Alto D3 power amp -> BBE BMax + Alto D3 -> ADA MB-1 + Alto D3 -> ADA MB-1 + SWR 800W power amp -> Peavey T-Max -> Markbass R500 -> Hartke LH500 -> GK 800RB -> Ashdown ABM500 EvoIII (blackface special edition), my no.1 amp 'till today
  11. Well, with 70 gigs a year, I myself would actually try to find a professional solution. The band then more or less is a professional business, and you seem to make money with it, right? Then I'd buy things like PA, mixing desks, monitors, mics, cables etc. for the band, either with money you've put back for such things (though I haven't played in a band that far-sigthed up to now ), or every "share holder" pays an equal share. If someone leaves? Then he gets back his share ... Not the full money, but the remaining asset value (here in Germany, it's usually minus 25% per year, after 4 years, it's fully expensed, so you don't get back anything). That would be the professionell "business" approach, that should leave noone feel ripped off. The only other working solution I have found up to now: One band member (in my band, that was me ) buys the PA, the band can use it in the practice room (it has to be stored somewhere anyway), and the owner gets the money back by renting it to other bands for small gigs, or his wife for her belly dancing troupe For each gig, he gets a certain amount of the income as PA rent, too.
  12. Brilliant Though I never understood how anyone can spend the whole gig standing on one spot - I couldn't play bass without moving, and if our singer SHOULD happen to want the position center/front of stage back for some singing, posing or whatever it is that these guys do, he would probably tell me
  13. Is the Alto stuff available in Ireland? Then, I'd have a look at the APX1500 (or maybe APX1000). Had it's predecessor, the D-3, in my rack-days Excellent switchmode poweramp, lightweight, and more than enough bottom end
  14. Both are brilliant amps, but if the compressor rellay is the only difference (I only know & own the EVO III head, though it's the UK-made blackface special edition), it's not worth it in my opinion ... For my taste, the III's onboard compressor just doesn't sound good, it takes away too much of the tone somehow. I now use a EBS Multicomp in front of the amp, and never looked back to the ABM's onboard compressor
  15. As bass player, I'd absolutely agree with you But as audio engineer doing the occassional live job, my eternal wrath goes to those dragging their 810 fridge and 300W tube head on stage and so making it COMPLETELY impossible to achieve anything even close to a decent monitor mix Unless you're plaing the REALLY big stages, a rig like that won't make the audio engineer your friend Keeping that in mind, I myself have settled for a (in my opinion rather good) compromise and use two 1x12"/1x8" cabs. That's more than enough for medium to bigger sized stages (for small gigs, I usually only take one of the cabs), still lets me feel my bass, and I can turn the amp up enough to sound decent without crosstalking to every mic on stage
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