The Dark Lord Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I was in a rehearsal room last week which had an Ampeg B2R going through a Trace Elliot 1x15 cab. Happy days. Using my USA Standard Jazz - I got a great sound. This week, I used the same rig - but with my passive, double soap bar Warwick Streamer. Man it was terrible. Plink, plonky no balls stuff. Nothing I could do with the amp could get a good tone. I improved things, a fraction, by using one of the guitar cabs as an extension cab. Still terrible. The I remembered that I had my TC Electronic RH450 in the boot of my car outside. Wonderful. There is such a range of tones that I was able to dial in what my bandmates called "a big meaty bass sound". After the first bit of the rehearsal - i was thinking of ditching the Warwick on ebay. Then, with the RH450 - it was fine again. The bass is a great player, light, with a great neck - but very weak sounding, so needs a good, versatile amp to get the best out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethfriend Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Just recently got one of these myself to give me some more versatility than the orange terror I had. Definitely got versatility, the EQ is a far more powerful tool than I am used to. Also found it to be naturally a warm sound even with the tube-tone off which I wasn't expecting. I am yet to find the perfect setting for my bass but have struggled to get anything un-usable out of it which is good I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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