dave_bass5

Ive always believed Hank could play anything he wanted to, but with such a clean sound he limits himself. A true genius. Nothing flash, just universally appealing.

I was going to mention the age, but also the love of jazz. Take yer pick lol.

I use that for the intro bits on Lonely Boy.

Two sets? 🙂

Ive gone back and forth between my MB800 and L800, and the hiss seems to be about the same, and ive never worried about the MB800 at gigs. In a dead quite room its always going to be noticeable, but tomorrow night will be its first outing. If i find it a problem ill get it changed, but im pretty sure its normal. Even at this volume its a very powerful tone. With the Trim almost on max (as suggested) the volume is so loud all i can do is to turn the master until i can hear something, and then have to stop there. Love the Bump switch. I think ill have that on most of the time. The OD channel is very nice. With the master on 0 on both heads the hiss is the same so im sure all is working as expected.. Its strange how GK suggest using the two heads quite differently. Ive read that quite a few people say GK's sound a bit ugly on their own, but fit so well in a band mix. Ive always found that, but the L800 seems to sound a bit nicer compared to my MB800 at home.

Lover that look, really well done. The slightly reduced contrast matches the mellow tone of the music perfectly. I brought a grey card (WhiBal) a good many years ago. Still got it, never really use it. Great idea though.

Watched about 20mins of it last night. Grew up listening to them. I cant get over how clean and precise they all sound, especially Hank. Just like listening to a recording.

I started using a TNT 1x15 comb at the rehearsal studios a few years back, and it walked all over the rig I personally owned at the time. Was very tempted to see if I could find one until i tried to pick it up. Amazing sold tone though.

Is that a ‘thing’ 😉

Could all change on the 23rd 😉..... ......probably not though.

Well they didn’t clap 😆

Yeah, that’s normally the main act, we are just the support lol. funny story. We used to play one in Slough on a Sunday eve. That was big bingo night where everyone turns their phones off and its quite an intense atmosphere. Dead silent. One night we sent the guitarist to the bar. One his way back with 3 pints of lager, he just gets on the dance floor and i called his mobile. He had the loudest Crazy Frog ring tone ive ever heard. No where to put the drinks down, and no way of answering his phone. Took us at least 5mins to stop laughing. The crowd were not amused.

At one of these clubs we were stopped mid set so they could read out the winners of the meat raffle. Apparently the guy that does this wanted to go home early, so 20mins in to our second set they asked us to stop for 10mins.

Most of my gigs are at these places. Some not too bad, and some have pretty decent lights, but quite soul destroying. Money is good though.

Could still hear it with the tweeter off, but it’s not really a problem, it was just more noticeable in a quite room than my other heads. Just backing the gain off made a difference. Not sure why GK advice having it all the way up, although if my P bass cant trigger the overload LED without really hammering it I dont think its as powerful as on some heads so must be at the optimum setting I suppose. You do get a lovely very mild breakup. More added harmonics rather than dirt.

Yeah, its just a wooden box after all. 😳

Thanks. I did think the amp looked quite boring at first, but it fits in well with the Berg’s look.

I never hear them at all, and i did put my ear close up. I was at such a low volume setting though that I’m pretty sure they were either off, or only working at very low speed. The hiss was quite noticeable though. The amp was only on 1 on the master. Ill have another listen at rehearsals on Tuesday. I can say that the MB800 has very loud fans, but I guess with such a cramped enclosed i can understand it’s needed. This was just in my quiet living room though.

😂

This shows how much willpower i lack. A month ago the MB 800 (middle one) was my only GK head, and in less than 4 weeks the GK’s grew to 3 🙂

Just had a quick low level play at home. Really like the tone. More lively than my MB800. not as bright as i feared which is good. I did think the hiss was a bit louder than my other heads, Even without a signal. i guess it wont be heard with a band. Might be because i had the input trim right up (with no clipping light on). I have realised its not going to fit any of my bags, at least not liek my other heads. I can just get it in a couple, but no room for my Helix and cables. All in all very happy.

So it wouldn't bother you if a new piece of gear had scratches and marks on it? For me its all about getting what i pay for. Nothing to do with OCD.

Dont forget the GK heads have a signature tone, so you cant just go by specs.

I dont think i ever used my VTDI as a OD as such, it was more an amp sim with dirt. Never used it as on or off, just on all the time.