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Everytime I hear hartke in comparisons like this they always sou d great and up there with the best. Such a shame they just arent really competing over here anymore.

Yes, theres nothing worse than just all the band continually changing red, green, blue all night in a never ending colour wash. For a simple set up, think of it as 2 sets of lighting. 1 to actually light the band (so people can see them) and 2 for the disco style party effect.

I completely agree.

That's nice and colourful, all you need to do on top of that is light the band in white from the front. It's the one thing nearly everyone forgets to do. Add some plain white light to light up the band members and the colours will still work great at the back.

Fair play, that does sound great.

Just roll the vle and vpf to off, cut a bit off bass, add in some high mid and treble. That should give you a clearer more sterile rumble sound. Then gradually change each week to however you like it. It may well be the bass on the mb that's different to their ears. In fairness it is quite deep when at noon.

No top of the tops to me means no representation of the countrys feeling through music. Without a mainstream national music program, it's harder to get music of the people / sign of the times into the national public eye. Hence without looking I guess the charts is still full of forgettable drivel rather than any meaningful lasting social representation of the times.

Evening all, Jason anyone any experience of the fender super bassman 300? Any opinions on sound, weight, reliability etc

Love stories like that. It's great when the guys at the top of their game are super nice to people. Great stuff!

That's the epitome of a cool rig!

Could you just use IEMs?

Are Hartke coming out with anything new, or still struggling?

Nice! I like that.

Is that a dial on all of the 3 - Bass, treble, and mids? It's the ability to shift the bass frequency I like the idea of. I'll have a look if so.

Looks lovely. Isnt that just mids that are adjustable though? (Quite difficult to see on my phone). The wharfedale had bass, miss and high adjustable frequencies.

That's what I got told off the guy that designed the valve amps I had. He also suggested as you switch it off and its powering down, hit your bass strings to help discharge (I presume) the capacitors.

I've just got the blackstar bass 2. To be fair its excellent. Gain, tone, vol, adjustable drum patterns and an aux in for phone etc.

No I didnt. I implied not to turn it off straight away. But feel free to argue with yourself.

Exactly what I was saying. Dont just turn it straight off, leave it for a minute or two in stand by, then turn off.

If you put (the valve amps I've had) it in stand by at the end of the night, it keeps the fans on to assist and speed up the cooling process before switching off and moving.

As others have said previously hartke really missed the boat class d wise. Their classic preamp, valve/as mix and eq and graphic, alongside a class d power section would be awesome.

Now that looks quality!

Yes, lots with parametric mids, but never seen a parametric for each of bass, mid, high. In theory it should really open up an amp.

Evening all Just looking around at different amps and set ups - as you do.... I came across an older wharfedale 300w solid state head. Had a host of features on it, but one that took my eye. Instead of the usual 3 band eq, it had 6 dials. On closer inspection they were bass, mid, hi, but next to each one was a completely adjustable parametric eq dial for that frequency area. I think that's a great idea, so you know what you are boosting or cutting and not reliant on more determined eq centre points. Anyone else ever come across this on an amp?

I had one, gigged with it to test it (with PA support) and thought it was great. Great sound, great quality, and just enough to juice left to gig with in a very full on band. I put larger rubber feet on, which helped the air cooling massively.