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I did have a look but wasn’t sure if they did 4 ohms as special orders or if the older generations had the option of 4 or 8ohm.

I’m still none the wiser if BF offer both 4 and 8 ohm alternatives on all their cabs. Some manufacturers do. It’s not an unreasonable question. I just took it for granted your 112’s were 4ohm or at least one of them was as you’ve talked a lot about your ‘900w at 4ohm’ - it’s no biggie just could be misleading for folk who were reading along. Actually it’s one of the reasons I was unsure if BF offered 4ohm versions of their 112 cabs as your statement implied (to me at least) you were getting 900w from the BB2/AO900 pairing. Most folk would discuss their gear in real terms - output etc. An example one of my amps is capable of 1200w but I don’t run it at 2ohm - I generally talk about it as an 800w at 4ohm head as that’s how I use it day to day. But you’re never taking two cabs to a gig 😀

I have no experience of BF cabs so wouldny know. I do know my Tecamp is sold in an 8ohm or 4ohm version- I don't know if BF do this too...

He might be meaning bypassing the amps eq section entirely as there will be ‘built in’ colouration even at flat’ -!whether it’s enough to notice on some amps more than others is a while other topic on what is ‘flat’ etc which have been done to death especially on TB. Ive used some tube pre amps years ago where the eq could be bypassed entirely and you we just getting bass>tubes>output. One unit in particular when used this way was unquestionably the best sound I’ve had on a bass.

I wonder if it’s to do with how the mid range is voiced on the dug and if it just makes it more mix friendly?

Long time legend. Chops and feel!

Honestly they’re more different looking than similar from the dials and sliders. You should give those settings a spin and hear what the similarities are. Be good to hear how they A/B!

Ah it’s the fx return not power amp in he was using. That’s where I got my wires crossed. Your amp doesn’t have a power amp in.

Which would be redundant if using the ‘power amp in’ option in the back. Just saying!

I might have been reading too literally but if using the ‘power amp in’ section’ you only get the power amp none of the other amp features would be available as you’d only be using the power section. Obviously you might be saying just plug into the front of the amp. There’s a power amp in the TS for £400 ish which does 3kwatt at 4ohm. Plenty of headroom with that and it’s only 8kg!

Dug amp has some great features and sounds big!

Going for a Jesus Lizard thing? Now that’s a bass tone!

Top notch! Let's hope it's retained the funk!

I was just repeating myself Look forward to hearing your experience with it and making captures of your bass head @bjelkeman

There is that 😀

Hölger is dead on!

Superb!

I had been using a Basswitch preamp for many years (8+) so I had my additional tonal needs covered with that for a long time. Clean clear and dual semi para mid eq was a great help for additional tone tweaking but I’ve used other preamps too.

I’m not in the market as I continue to use my HXStomp for my additional eq needs. If I did go down the active eq path I’d be looking at a Uni pre (set and forget with the option to tweak the internal parameters should I fancy an afternoon tweaking) or a tone capsule based on what I like eq wise in relation to the sensible Bass Mid Mid eq points

I suppose from my perspective and this may well not be shared by many but I’ve always wanted my eq to offer options which aren’t available ‘behind me’ at the amp. I gigged a Markbass TTE head with a three band eq for ages. The head sounded good and was lightweight but for more flexible eq I used a Basswitch. This gave me the flexibility of need to get more option. If you’re still gigging the DG AO you’re already looking at a good 6 band eq with pretty much the same eq frequency points as the Glock (which I thought you disliked in the Sandberg) except the super high on the treble. If you go down the Bergantino BIAmp route then you’ll be looking a a programmable eq. If the Carvin will be a gigging bass is personally say get the EQ which offers you the best options in relation to your other gear so a Uni Pre may be a bit more expensive now but having all those option of selecting lows and highs make it much more future proof and also makes the bass more versatile. Plus you could fit the Uni pre yourself or have a mate who’s competent help you and save on the fee charged by a shop. Spend the money once by getting the right bit of kit - you were never that keen on the glock in your Sandberg and it’s not offering anything that different from your amp. The UniPre is a far more adaptable unit and it will allow you to further enhance what the natural voice of the bass is doing precisely because of its adaptability/flexibility.

Thing is if your amp is already giving you control over 40Hz with the bass tone pot (or something thing pretty close) having that flexiblity of another less “boomy end“ related EQ point say at 70hz or 80hz onboard the bass would be more sensible or certainly give you another option to cut some ‘boomy end’ and still give some poke or punch down in that region (while still creating a nice space for the kick but that’s into studio/recording/mixing levels of geekdom). Fitting an on board EQ which covers 2/3 of what you amp is basically doing seems less useful. The example I’ve used recently - my Fender amp - its 40-400-4k. If I were fitting an on board EQ I’d be actively looking for additional flexibility not mimicking what’s already available on my amp so an Aguilar would be off the radar as it’s only really offering one different option (plus my amp has a semi para mid too so I can tweak the basic BMT further anyways). It’d be like buying a DG AO pedal and setting the drive up on it exactly the same as the drive setting on your amp DGAO amp You’ve talked a lot about eq over the years and I think this is you’re first refit of the electronics on a bass so why not be bold and give yourself the option you’ve been on about for quite some time😀 I think you discussed the East Unipre or it has been on your radar too so no surprises with the features and flexibility it offers. If your never gonna gig the bass and it’s only gig home use then the logic would be have it set up to do something different and be that super flexible EQ - you’ll be well familiar with your home rig and how each bass sounds to notice what something like the Unipre offers - you’ll really be able to get into and the most out of it. If you’re gonna soup up a ‘bargain’ you might as well go for it! It’d be a teal wasted opportunity when so much has been said about eq points over the years that the default is go with what’s already available on the amp. Plus the AO amp’s graphic must have given you a few good ideas about what those EQ points do to the basic sound which would inform what an on board should bring. Again if your Gigi g amp already have a bunch of eq options it’s be good to work around those and have that added control for when it’s needed.