jay-syncro Posted July 5, 2014 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
jay-syncro Posted July 9, 2014 Author Posted July 9, 2014 [quote name='paulie' timestamp='1404682541' post='2494743'] Any interest in a trade for my Aguilar DB659 preamp?? [/quote] PM'd
jay-syncro Posted July 23, 2014 Author 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.
jay-syncro Posted August 8, 2014 Author Posted August 8, 2014 I'll include the Peli case (over £100 new) for the asking price of £475. Bargain.
molan Posted August 8, 2014 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
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