LukeFRC

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1384366670' post='2275800'] thing is I still filter out those frequencies when usin my 6.0 or even the 9.2max heads, I think the minimum they can put out is 37hz anything lower is the mush that people think they want when trying it at home or in the shop, if you really do need that live with volume forget most of the gear most of us have [/quote] you're right of course, but that gets into the practical using of these amps rather than the whole "which is louder" discussion. Practically some amps are set up to filter freq and use the power wisely.... others run all sorts of multi band compression which sounds great in the shop but gets lost in the mix.....

someone buy this please!

Is this even a clear cut fight? A lot of the newer micro amps will have some kind of processing to make them sound louder, a certain Eq here, a bit of compression here, a low end roll off there, or even full on DSP to squeeze as much power out of it as you can (TC RH I'm looking at you!) Not to say that that isn't a good thing in an amp but it does mean you're not comparing like for like. StingrayPete1977 mentioned his Shuttle 3.0 - which is a nice little amp - but the EBS will be putting out low end that the Shuttle is filtering out.... loudness alone is not a fair comparison

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a very drool worthy bass. How does it sound?

specific enough you will probably need to go custom. If I were you I would get the parts made by USCG and then find a willing luthier to fettle the things together.

surely (and there are more who know more than me) but the benefit of bi-amping is splitting the signal to drivers that are best able to deal with that portion of the signal. The low end to a bass driver and the mids to a midrange driver etc. The crossover(s) you use will need to be right. I don't see much benefit of sending each pickup to a different amp if you're trying to get the "best and cleanest" sound.

Ply is a kind of lamination but not all lamination is ply.... Just throwing that out there!

Looks great!

that's rubbish, 'aint it?

[quote name='funkle' timestamp='1384099906' post='2272730'] Thanks man. A shorter review could have been: An excellent cabinet whose only contender is another extremely specialised cabinet with fancy DSP, compression, and limiting built in. As for other passive cabinets... Of course not everyone wants a 'flattish' cab. If Alex starts doing powered cabinets or PA equipment, I think there's some incredible possibilities there. [/quote] My tecamp Puma 1000 has the same powersoft amp module as your Berg IP - if I knew how to programme DSP hacking into the Puma to add the DSP board to pair it with a BB2 would be the plan!

thanks for the review funkle!

i can see it

good question

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1383778388' post='2269156'] I think this is where owning a 'vintage' bass becomes really interesting. For people looking for a certain sound or vibe then owning an original '64P and a similar era B15 represents the absolute pinnacle of tonal nirvana. Whether most people can hear any difference between these and modern equivalents is a, very, moot point. However, for many people, there is so much more to the enjoyment of playing than the simple sound that others can hear. For these people there's some sort of mystique to flipping the power switches on a B15, waiting for it to warm up and smiling as the Ampeg logo comes to life with a warm glow and then going to full power whilst caressing a silky smooth worn in neck from 50 years of gigging and with perfect fretting and a gorgeous feel. For a lot of people that genuinely is the definition of 'magical' This experience is pretty damn tough to replicate with modern kit and I'm absolutely sure that's why lots of people think nothing of dropping thousands on vintage gear. It makes them feel great and inspires them to play in a way that modern equipment never will. I'm not judging these people or saying that they are crazy to spend this sort of money on a couple of planks of wood, a few bits of rusty metal and some out of date electronics plus an amplification system that has its roots in a bygone era but I can completely understand their passion. If, simply by owning these ancient artefacts, they play longer and derive greater pleasure playing then that's only a good thing as far as I'm concerned. The difficult part is justifying cost. If you could remove cost from the equation would you have kept the '64 and B15 because of the amount of pleasure you got for them. If the replacements are not definitively 'better', however you might define that, then maybe the older models might have been more fun to play. The thing I always, without fail, find odd about discussions over expensive objects is that people so often deride others just because they've lashed out on something that may not have an intrinsically greater value than a far cheaper item. If it makes them happier then where's the harm? [/quote] Molan - I am interested - how do you find your modern vintage styled wes steed compare to your real '63 Jazz? how would you describe them tonally?