jay-syncro Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 (edited) ATS LBA-5 MKII in excellent condition. I bought the amp primarily as it offers two channels that can be used at the same time. This allows me to use Channel 1 (and all the on board EQ) for my bass, and my Mrs to use Channel 2 (direct feed, no EQ) for her keyboard. It works fantastically well for this, but as my band now uses monitors, we no longer rely on backline for monitoring. The LBA-5 is a seriously punchy head that provides a thick (thick? I hate describing sound) and creamy tone (unlike many other Class D heads I've used), despite not having a valve in the preamp. I believe this is down to some MOSFET trickery - as described here: http://www.atsitaly.it/it/prodotti/amplificatori-per-basso/lba-5-mk-iii.html The bass pot is slightly noisy when rotated, but this isn't a problem as when it's set, it stays put. I'm after £475 for the head, and may be persuaded into parting with the excellent (waterproof and probably bombproof) Peli 1500 Case I've been using to cart it around. [URL=http://s452.photobucket.com/user/fleatrainee/media/6a0698e3-9848-4249-9366-aff48579319b_zps6b9cd775.jpg.html][IMG]http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq242/fleatrainee/6a0698e3-9848-4249-9366-aff48579319b_zps6b9cd775.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s452.photobucket.com/user/fleatrainee/media/20140705_113034_zps961850e0.jpg.html][IMG]http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq242/fleatrainee/20140705_113034_zps961850e0.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s452.photobucket.com/user/fleatrainee/media/ef607ae7-ed1a-42be-ad3f-616720fd5230_zpsa0b3e3e1.jpg.html][IMG]http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq242/fleatrainee/ef607ae7-ed1a-42be-ad3f-616720fd5230_zpsa0b3e3e1.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s452.photobucket.com/user/fleatrainee/media/20140705_112713_zps7e4305c7.jpg.html][IMG]http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq242/fleatrainee/20140705_112713_zps7e4305c7.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Edited August 26, 2014 by jay-syncro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulie Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Any interest in a trade for my Aguilar DB659 preamp?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay-syncro Posted July 9, 2014 Author Share Posted July 9, 2014 [quote name='paulie' timestamp='1404682541' post='2494743'] Any interest in a trade for my Aguilar DB659 preamp?? [/quote] PM'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay-syncro Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 Back up for sale. There is a very good review of the LBA-5 in this months Bass Guitar Magazine for anybody that's interested. Top notch quality, hand built in Italy, twin channel, 550w. Yum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay-syncro Posted August 4, 2014 Author Share Posted August 4, 2014 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay-syncro Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 I'll include the Peli case (over £100 new) for the asking price of £475. Bargain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 I've been trying the latest version (same basic amp but a little more powerful) of this a lot recently and have been re-learning the tone controls. A little goes a very long way and the Contour is a killer if you get it just right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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